Browsing entries tagged with Freeride World Tour
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…
15 Jun 2017
The Freeride World Tour has introduced an under-14 age category for young skiers and snowboarders who have been keen to compete on the world circuit from a young age. The new age group for junior skiers…
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…
19 Apr 2016
The freeride community is in mourning following the news that Freeride World Tour champion snowboarder Estelle Balet has been killed in an avalanche. The 22-year-old two-time women’s champion was making…
8 Mar 2016
Pro skier Matilda Rapaport and clothing brand Peak Performance have filled the “radical job” post they advertised in January. Clothing brand and sponsors of the World Freeride Tour, Peak Performance,…
2 Dec 2014
A new direct flight between the UK and Slovakia this winter will open up more value skiing in Eastern Europe. Wizz Air is flying four times a week from London Luton to Poprad-Tatry airport in Slovakia,…
23 Jan 2014
A British snowboarder who works in central London during the week and commutes to the Alps at the weekend has come second in the first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour (FWT). Sascha Hamm, 37, is…
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…
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…
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