Sven Thorgren (SWE) and Celia Petrig (SUI) won the 2012 Protest World Rookie Finals in Ischgl, Austria, and were crowned WSF 2012 World Rookie Champions with a special prize giving ceremony including live music and special guests. It was the largest edition ever of the World Rookie Finals with more than 90 riders and 20 national teams.
Despite of bad weather conditions it was possible to complete the event in Ischgl and to nominate the WSF 2012 World Rookie Champions. Several program variations took place to face the heavy snowfalls and low visibility conditions but at the end all the riders were able to hit two runs during the Rail Session on Friday, and one run in the slope style on Saturday. Sven Thorgren from Sweden resulted best male, while Celia Petrig was the best girl: they won title of WSF 2012 World Rookie Champions and got amazing prizes which will support their snowboard carriers. Among the grooms, the Norwegian ripper Fridtjof Tischendorf resulted male winner for the second time in a raw, while Swiss Romana Petrig was the best girl. The grom champions got “Golden Tickets” to enter for free every World Rookie Tour event 2013.
“I feel zoo well, couldn’t be more happy!” stated the new WSF World Rookie Champion Sven Thorgren after the prize giving. “I want to say thank you to all the staff that organize this events, it was great to ride the Rookie Fests and it help me a lot for my snowboard carrier. So, all you kids out there, keep riding the rookie fest events because they are awesome and they will help you in your carrier.”
During the prize giving ceremony, the Austrian punk band “Sempre Caoz” played the World Rookie Tour Song written during the Music Workshop with riders and with some special people from local social organization “Lebenshilfe Tirol”. The song it was also used in the soundtrack of the official video of the event: check it! Among the other side activities included in the event program there was a Safer Sex Workshop for the older riders organized by Gummi Love, and an Avalanche Clinic by PIEPS for the grooms.
Many other prizes were assigned to the top riders of the event: 2 all inclusive snowboard trip to Australia, a video shooting with the Pirate Movie Production, several invitation to Onboard and Cooler photo shootings, 5 invitations to the 2013 Halfpipe Rookie Fest in Monte Bondone Italy, avalanche transceivers by Pieps and many other goodies.
