World Rookie Tour confirms a three-continent 2026/27 season

The World Rookie Tour returns across Europe, Asia and North America this winter, with Japan back on the snowboard calendar and the World Rookie Snowboard Finals heading to Kitzsteinhorn in spring 2027.

The World Rookie Tour has confirmed that its 2026/27 season will run across three continents, taking the youth circuit from Alpine resorts to newer freestyle destinations in Europe, Asia and North America. Organisers Black Yeti describe the season as another chapter for a circuit built around giving young riders a route from national qualifiers towards a professional career.

Asia is the headline addition. Japan returns to the snowboard calendar for 2026/27, and the United States is confirmed again, keeping North America on the map. The full calendar, event dates and registration details are still to be announced.

The road to the Finals

Everything points towards the World Rookie Snowboard Finals, 31 March to 5 April 2027, which return to Kitzsteinhorn in Zell am See-Kaprun, Austria, for the end-of-season showdown and the crowning of the new World Rookie champions.

The 2026/27 season is backed by a group of brands including Blue Tomato, TSG, Capita and Union, alongside Quattro Media, Boardriding, Collective [of] Moving People and Surf to Live. Snowboard International is again an official media partner of the tour.

The winter gets going first at the World Rookie Camp on the Hintertux Glacier from 11 to 15 November, five days of pre-season coaching with the Ästhetiker crew, workshops and rail sessions, with the closing rail session awarding Rookie Rank points and qualification places for the 2027 Finals. Registration for the Hintertux camp closed on 9 November.

More at worldrookietour.com.