//124// World Rookie Finals / PBRJ Finals / Benedek in YoBeat

4star World Rookie Finals

Ischgl, Austria / April 19 2009

An episode full of finals. Welcome to shralp! episode 124 from May 17th 2009.
Let’s start with the World Rookie Finals, which were held in Ischgl Austria on April 19th.
Rookie Finals mean, you see the possible future pros here. Kids aged 13 to 17, showed their skills and impressed.
The world rookie tour has a pretty sweet concept. Meinhard explains it.

So remember the names, you will probably stumble upon them in the next couple of years.

Rookies
1 Roope Tonteri FIN
2 Kevin Backstrom SWE
3 Eskil Korneliussen NOR

Rookie Girls
1 Michaela Davis-Meehan AUS
2 Arianna Sittoni ITA

Groms
1 Sven Thorgren SWE
2 Martin Mikyska CZE
3 Leandro Eigensatz SUI

Grom Girls
1 Maria Maiocco ITA
2 Diana Augustinova CZE

Music: Photo / Rookie Rock (myspace.com/photoloungehouse)

2009 Peanut Butter Rail Jam Championships

Mammoth Mountain, CA / April 25 2009

But there was more spring action:
For this year’s Peanut Butter Rail Jam Championships Mammoth’s Unbound terrain park crew dropped in a pole jam to 32ft. down-box, created a 32 ft. down-flat-down rail and two off-set, flat-down lift towers. A truly awesome setup leading to some awesome riding. But see yourself.

15 & Under:
1 Garrett Weinert
2 Cullen Bernklau
3 Max Warbingjton

16 & Over:
1 Wes Walsh
2 Scott Heffman
3 Sawyer Deen

Girls:
1 Sara Winger
2 Madison Blackley
3 Mary Rand

Open Divison:
1 Johnny Lazz
2 Shaun Murphy
3 Tyler Flanagan

Music: Valient Thorr / Red Flag (volcoment.com)

2009 European Peanut Butter Rail Jam Championships

Les Diablerets, Switzerland / April 18 2009

But there is more from the PBRJ. The European Peanut Butter Rail Jam Championships held in Le Diablerets a week earlier.
Just to show you how insane rail-riding has become, if you can actually call this riding, listen to this trick description: A Cab 270 to fs board hop over to blunt 270 off. Marc Swoboda won the Electric Gooeyest move of the day with that one.

16 & Over:
1 Marc Swoboda
2 Dominik Wagner
3 Mathias Nordby
3 Florian Galler

15 & Under:
1 Lucas Baume
2 Sami Luhtanen
3 Adne Boe

Girls:
1 Anouck Grau
2 Helen Nadig
3 Beth Climent
4 Dina Treland

Music: Valient Thorr / Mask of Sanity (volcoment.com)

David Benedek

Interview YoBeat

And if you want to hear Trick-Meister and Snowboard-Filmer David Benedek say: or
Check out his interview at YoBeat.

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Next episode of shralp snow! will be online May 31st.