Browsing entries tagged with Freeride
5 Mar 2018
This coming weekend, the long-awaited continuous ski link between the Swiss ski resorts of
25 Sep 2017
Stops in Japan and Canada have been added to the Freeride World Tour (FWT) in a completely revamped competition schedule for the coming winter. The tour begins in Hakuba, Japan (27-28 January), taking…
31 Jan 2017
This week’s opening event of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix has been cancelled due to unsafe conditions. The first event of the tour that pits the world’s best freeride skiers against each other…
4 Oct 2016
Japan is to host the first ever international freeride competition next January. The Freeride World Tour (FWT) this week announced a qualifier for the tour will take place in Hakuba, high in the so-called…
3 Jun 2016
A new British company is producing a bespoke ski made with ethically sourced bamboo for the freeride market. Three models of the new ski will be hand-made in Britain to bespoke specifications by Pure Freeride…
28 Feb 2012
Norwegian freeride skier Dennis Risvoll took a surprise win in the fourth stage of the Freeride World Tour this week. The competition was held in Risvoll’s home country of Norway for the first time,…
13 Jan 2012
North American riders dominated the first round of the Freeride World Tour, which took place in Revelstoke Canada this week. A Canadian won the ski competition and an American took the snowboarding top…
15 Dec 2011
The Swatch Freeride World Tour is back for a fifth season and has announced its first Scandinavian stop. The series, which features extreme skiing and boarding by the world’s best mountain riders,…
20 Mar 2011
The Freeride World Tour has been successfully fought for and won at the Nissan Xtreme event in Verbier this weekend. The world’s best riders came together for the final round of the tour, testing…
7 Mar 2011
The competition is hotting up on the Freeride World Tour, with the fourth stage now having taken place in Russia. But the series hasn’t been without its tragedy too, as young rider Ryan Hawks died…
21 Jan 2011
Fans hoping to catch the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix will be disappointed – unless they head for the other side of Mont Blanc, to Courmayeur. The international freeride event was due to kick off…
17 Sep 2010
The Freeride World Tour is gaining momentum on the winter event circuit … into its fourth season for 2011, the pinnacle of professional freeriding is expanding. This winter there will be two exciting…
21 Mar 2010
The women’s finals of the Freeride World Tour took place in Switzerland at the weekend, with Julia Mancuso finishing in third spot in the skiing discipline. American Mancuso was competing in her first…
17 Mar 2010
The penultimate stage of the GRAND RAID GORE-TEX™ is headed for La Plagne and Les Arcs on 10 April, a fun event that spans nine resorts between February and April. Freedom to ride The GRAND RAID GORE-TEX™is…
15 Mar 2010
Daredevil extremists will be in Verbier on 20 March for the Freeride World Tour Finals, the Nissan Xtreme, and this year the event will include double silver medallist winner Julia Mancuso. Fresh from…
4 Feb 2010
The best of British snowboarders have been outperforming their rivals in three different disciplines around the globe. Three of our leading snowboarders have won medals this week in freeriding, half-pipe…
18 Jan 2010
Grandvalira has increased opportunities for advanced skiers, with the addition of three more freeride routes. The ski area is not noted its expert terrain; most of the pistes firmly reside in the intermediate…
20 Nov 2009
Kaprun will have three new ski-routes this winter, as part of the resort’s development of Freeride XXL – a combination of information, guidance and fun off the pistes. The glacier ski area already…
29 Sep 2009
Can Aurélien Ducroz of France be crowned Freeride World Champion again? Well, the world’s best extreme skiers and snowboarders will be back in action this winter, when the Freeride World Tour…
19 Mar 2009
The world’s best extreme skiers and snowboarders will be in Verbier this weekend (20-21 March) to take part in the Nissan Xtreme event, arguably the world’s most prestigious professional freeriding…
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