Ludvig Billtoft and Klaudie Medlova took the Summer Rookie Fest 2011

Ludvig Billtoft from Sweden and Klaudia Medlova from Slovakia resulted the best male and female riders at the 2star Summer Rookie Fest 2011 in Val Senales, Italy, the first event of the World Rookie Tour 2011-12. With 24 riders from Italy, Switzerland, Cezch Republic, Sweden and Slovakia, the event was hosted in the Nitro Gentlemen's Snowpark, one of the best summer glacier park in Europe.

Among the male rookie category Ludvig Billtoft resulted the best and won an all-inclusive invitation to the legendary 3Star slopestyle «World Rookie Fest» in Livigno, Italy. Martin Mikyska from Czech Republic and Nicholas Bridgman from Italy got second and third with solid runs on the slashy summer snow. Among the rookie girls the Slovakian ripper Klaudia Medlova showcase an high level of riding and won her section, followed on the podium from Verena Rohrer (Sui) and Katerina Yanova (Czk). Among the young grom, born from 1997 and up, the male winner was Dario Burch from Switzerland while the female winner was Katerina Vojockova from Czech Republic.

The event took place during the Summer Rookie Camp, an international training meeting dedicated to under 18 years old riders who wish to improve their skills for the upcoming World Rookie Tour. The 2Star Slopestyle «Summer RookieFest» happened in the last 2 days of the camp, and saw the participation of many of the campers, plus national rookie teams which joined the meeting.

Watch and download the video from the Summer Rookie Fest 2011 in Val Senales, Italy, at http://vimeo.com/26317850

Watch the event photogallery in the World Rookie Tour facebook fan page: www.facebook.com/worldrookietour

The Summer Rookie Fest was organized by the World Snowboard Federation in collaboration with Board Riders and the Asociace Ceského Snowboardingu and made possible thanks to NItro, Snowpark.it, supported by Cableway Val Senales, Gentlemen's Riders, Neuro, energized by Red Bull. You can watch it on Onboard European Snowboard Magazine, Board.TV, Free Magazine, Freeride.CZ, Snowpark.it and Entry.