29 Apr Successful finals in glorious sunshine on Hintertux Glacier in Tux-Finkenberg, Austria: 25–26 April 2026
On April 25th and 26th 2026, the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY hosted by Blue Tomato celebrated its great finals with bluebird and perfect conditions at the Betterpark Hintertux on Hintertux Glacier. For the fourth and final event of this year’s Zillertal Snowboard Freestyle Tour, almost 100 young shredders from across Europe had been travelling to Tux-Finkenberg to earn their last points for the 2025/2026 season standings. At the end of an action-packed weekend, happy winners and awards were celebrated and honored in front of a cheering audience. To top it all off, the overall tour winners were finally crowned the new ‘Kings and Queens of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY 2025/2026” in Hintertux. Check out the highlights of an epic snowboarding weekend – put together for you with love by monepic.at.
It couldn’t have been better! For the great Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY finals, the Betterpark Hintertux at Hintertux Glacier showed off in perfect shape under blue skies and in glorious sunshine with its unique XXL setup. Wille Kaufmann and his Betterparks shape team had done great work to set up a versatile freestyle park for all age groups and riding levels just in time for the fourth stop of the popular amateur snowboard series.
On Saturday, many participants took advantage of the perfect conditions to practice. Together with the Ästhetiker coaches, motivated freestyle newcomers learned new tricks in small groups during the coaching sessions. And a special highlight was, of course, the new halfpipe by Stefan Plattner! At the Ästhetiker Style Session, no spins exceeding 540 degrees were allowed. Even coaches, parents and friends joined in to show off their ‘style’ skills. At the end of the day, Ward Van Tittelboom (BEL) and Marie Kuhlmann (GER) were delighted to receive their Style Awards in the open class for men and women, while Maja Krauerova (CZE) and Nils Soleymieux (FRA) each won the Style Award in the Groms category (U16). To round off the day on a tasty note, Tux-Finkenberg Tourism treated everyone who had been involved in the sessions to a free round of sausages and chips!
On Sunday, the hype got real! Nearly 100 ambitious young snowboarders pulled out all the stops to impress the judges in the open slopestyle competition on Betterpark´s medium and large lines. Eric Dovjak (AUT) and Marie Kuhlmann (GER) were delighted to be crowned the day’s overall winners, both dominating the open category of all male / female competitors. Marie also took the gold medal in her age group Grom Girls (U16). Her team-mate Niklas Huber (GER) claimed the title as the newly crowned Horsefeathers Style Master 2026, while another German – Leo Schwab (GER) – climbed the top of the podium in the Grom Boys class.
In the Rookie Girls category, current Olympian Hanna Karrer (AUT) claimed victory, whilst Dmytro Luchkin (UKR) won the high-class competition of the Rookie Boys contest. In the youngest age group, the Super Grom Girls, Klaudie Pouchova (CZE) was once again delighted to take home another gold medal. Eight-year-old Ryan Borgmann caused a sensation with his impressive style, earning himself the first place in the Super Grom Boys class and claiming the highly coveted ‘most impressive Grom’ award in one go.
With the results of the fourth and final Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY tour stop, the overall tour winners were finally decided in Hintertux. Those riders, who had collected the most points across all four tour stops throughout the season were finally crowned the new ‘Kings and Queens of the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY 2025/2026.’
Congratulations to the overall tour winners:
Open Class Queen: Klaudie Pouchova (CZE) King: Nils Soleymieux (FRA)
Rookies Queen: Anna Chymcakova (CZE) King: Matěj Paták (CZE)
Groms Queen: Anežka Mendlová (CZE) King: Nils Soleymieux (FRA)
Super Groms Queen: Klaudie Pouchova (CZE) King: Newin Kunert (CZE)
The full results and rankings of the latest tour stop, as well as the overall tour results, galleries and more can be found at https://valleyralley.at/results/season-25-26/
Ines Eberl from the Hintertux Glacier marketing team is delighted with the successful event: `It is a pleasure for us to witness the enthusiasm and ambition with which the young athletes practise their sport, and it makes us very proud to be able to contribute to youth development and to be ‘part of the game’.
What a perfect way to end the Zillertal VÄLLEY RÄLLEY season! A heartfelt thank you goes to all participants, coaches, parents, the Hintertux Glacier, the Zillertal, and the partners and supporters of the Zillertal Välley Rälley: Zillertal Tourismus GmbH, Zillertaler Gletscherbahn with Betterpark Hintertux, Tux-Finkenberg Tourist Board, Blue Tomato, Red Bull, Horsefeathers, World Snowboard Federation (WSF), Austrian Snowboard Federation (ASA), World Rookie Tour (WRT), as well as Betterparks.at, Pleasure Magazine, Boardriding.com, x-aces.com and Freestyle Events Austria.
The Betterpark Hintertux will stay open until the end of May now, featuring a first-class XXL setup and the brand-new halfpipe. The next exciting event, the ‘Funpipe Spirit’, is already scheduled for the 2nd of May 2026. More info and actual park opening times at https://www.hintertuxergletscher.at/de/betterpark-hintertux/
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