The biggest rookies-only event is coming back to the Swatch Snowpark Mottolino in Livigno, Italy this winter.

Registrations for the TTR3Star Protest World Rookie Fest, that will be going down from January 15th-19th 2011, are now open! Whether you’re a Rookie (born between 1 January 1993 and 31 December 1995), a Grom (born after January 1, 1996), male or female, there’s a bunch of amazing prizes to be won, including tickets to the Oakley Arctic Challenge, the Ride Shakedown or the Rip Curl Sista Session, a trip to Chile, an invitation to the Onboard and Cooler Rookie Shootings, a surf camp in France and loads of goodies.

A new addition in 2011 is the Rookie Training Camp, that will be held immediately after the event from January 19th-22nd. With international pros and media people, this camp is dedicated to progression, filming and photo shoots to learn new tricks, get pictured by Entry Magazine and be filmed by Board.tv.

Participants are pre-selected through regional qualifiers in their in their home countries, ensuring that only the most promising riders come to this event to present you with a fireworks of tricks like double corks, front flips and all other kind of spins again. This ‘Rookie to Pro’ system and attracts the best youngsters and many international team managers scouting for future stars: Snowboarding, THEY are coming!

So if your dream is to be snowboard pro one day, your future starts at the Rookie Fest!

For info and registrations go to worldsnowboardfederation.org, email [email protected] or call +39.340.3285569