Opening Weekend

Schnalstal is happy to welcome back the Gentlemen's Summer camp organized by the F-Tech crew and Gentlemen Riders. During the opening weekend the Gentlemen's Nitro Park Schnalstal was in perfect condition, with larger jib area and facilities suitable for all levels of riding. For the F-Tech Shooting, we hosted riders like Nutti Niemelä, Mario Käppeli, Gian Simmen, Matze Vogt, Stefano Munari, Julia Baumgartner, Marko Grigis and Kevin Kok. The Italian snowboard Team also remain in Schnalstal to train during the next two weeks on a specially constructed kicker setup. The Fakie Board Test also allowed us to test 2013 materials for free. Different brands such as Nitro, Burton, Forum, Bataleon and Lobster took place in Schnalstal.


We have opened the chill area with DJ set by Arno Parmeggiani and mega BBQ. This is the meeting point where every weekend we will organize the obligatory BBQ and relax in the afternoon. Slackline, trampoline, Indo Board, fishing and music are what you notice. By making the Gentlemen's Card you can test the latest materials 2013 Nitro, DC, Capita, Union, Bataleon, Lobster, Yes, Stepchild, Smokin, Slash. But there's even more! If you are a owner of the Gentlemens Summer Card you will participate in the SurfToLive.com competiton, that means that we are offering 6 wekks of accommodation at the Surf Hous in Santander, Spain. The first lucky winner and was Fabrizio Giusto, congratulations to you and send us a postcard!

 Here is the calender of upcomming events in Schnalstal:

23.06-07.07 Summer Rookie Camp

14-15.07 GMR "The Summer is magic"

28-29.07 Summer Splash Closing Weekend

Summer Rookie Camp 2012 June 23rd - July 7th 2012 Val Senales, Italy

The World Rookie Tour is back for season 2012.13 and the kickoff event will happen soon with the upcoming International Training meeting "Summer Rookie Camp" in Val Senales, Italy. Scheduled from June 23rd till July 7th, it will be the only European summer event for the rookie tour and and it will offer a unique training experience in the wonderfull Gentlemen's Nitro Snowpark, one of the best summer park on the Alps.

The Summer Rookie Camp is a unique opportunity to meet and hang with rookies from all over Europe. Among the many activities of this meeting there will be freestyle camps, barbeque, skate contest and a Red Bull Party which is going to be unforgettable. Riders from all Europe will join at this International camp: a unique chance to improve your riding skills, english knowledge and meet new friends from all over.

The Summer Rookie Camp will host the Board.tv Photo & Video Rookie Shooting on June 28 and  29 with a special format. Infact, in addition to the production of an article for an italian snowboard magazine and an official video edit for the web, all the riders will receive a DVD with the pictures and the footage of the shooting, free of rights, to be used for their own purpose: edit your own video, use the pics for your facebook profile, show your sponsor how good you are or  print a nice picture for your Granma. 

The Gentlemen’s Nitro Snowpark in Val Senales is one of the best summer snowparks in the Alps, with a lot of obstacles from easy line to pro line. The tourist facility providing accommodation is the beautiful Apparthotel Kurtz*** in full board service. The hotel is just 200 mt away from the cableway: from breakfast to the glacier in less than 20 minutes! The hotel has every comfort: a swimming pool, gym, wellness centre, basket and tennis courts, a five-a-side football pitch, and a very nice skatepark  where skateboard camp will be available for free every evening.

The Weekly packages for the Summer Rookie Camp include accomodation in full board (breakfast, lunch, dinner),  access to swimming pool and skatepark,  6 days lift tickets.
Dates: 23-30 June or 30 June-7 July (available on request also 5 and 10 days packages)

Cost: 470€ (available on request also snowboard and skateboard lessons with italian pro riders)
* For teams of 10 riders and more, the coach will get free package (including free lift tickets and free accomodation in full board).

Shuttle Service from VERONA (Airport-Train Station-Highway) every saturday at 50€ per person.

To know more about the Rookie Camp in Val Senales, watch pictures and video from the last editions, check the official website at  www.rookiecamp.eu

Watch and download the video from last 2star slopestyle Summer Rookie Fest 2011 in Val Senales at http://vimeo.com/13711377

EVENT CONTACTS
mail: info@rookiecamp.eu
phone: +39.340.3285569
Official website www.rookiecamp.eu
Pictures by Eleonora Raggi www.raggieleonora.com

The Summer Rookie Fest is organized by the World Snowboard Federation in collaboration with Board Riders and the Asociace Ceského Snowboardingu and made possible thanks to DC, Protest, 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.

World Rookie Tour - Summer 2012 Calendar
Summer Rookie Camp - Val Senales, Italy - international training camp - 23 June . 7 july 2012 www.rookiecamp.eu
ustralian Rookie Fest - Thredbo, Australia - 3Star -  17.19 August 2012
Mall Sport South America Rookie Fest - Valle Nevado, Chile - 2Star - August 2012

Gentlemens Summer 2012

Check out the season recap of Gentlemenriders Nitro Park Val Senales, Italy and stay tuned for this years Gentlemens Summer going down from June 23rd til July 29th. There gonna be loads of happenings that you can't miss during the opening weekend: F-Tech shooting, Sista Sessions Girls Camp, Fakie Board Test Val Senales and ofcourse party at valley. Check our packages and program in attached or on  http://www.facebook.com/GentlemenSummerValSenales and come to visit us!