Ski
from freerideworldtour
27 February 2010
Since its inception in 1996 the “Xtreme” has been considered the most prestigious event in the freeride world. For the “grande finale” of the Freeride World Tour the elite of freeride will tackle the mythical North Face of the Bec des Rosses, a dauntingly steep and frighteningly jagged 500m rock-face. In places, the Bec des Rosses presents 55 degrees of slope. In an upright position one can almost lean on the face with one’s elbow. With steep and narrow couloirs, high rock cliffs, changing sn...
Snowboard
from freesporttv
23 February 2010
Profile: Xavier De Le Rue: the double double world champion (Snowboard Freeride and Snowboard Boardercross) The sympathetic French snowboarder Xavier De Le Rue is not only double world champion and triple overall world cup winner in Boardercross but also one of the key figures of the freeride scene: In 2008 and in 2009, he won the world championship of the Freeride World Tour. In 2008, the 30-year-old snowboard star was buried by a huge avalanche only surviving thanks to an avalanche airbag....
Ski
from freerideworldtour
22 February 2010
“I couldn’t sleep very well last night as I wasn’t really sure of my line, and I felt a lot of pressure this morning. But I went up early and got a good vision of the course. I looked for good snow and a line I could enjoy. I spotted some nice Alaska-like spines with great snow! I chose not to do some tricks and to focus on fluidity. I wanted to come down safe and sound. It has been really cool and the atmosphere is great, which was very motivating at the start. I am really happy of the victo...
Snowboard
from freerideworldtour
22 February 2010
The most consistent run among the snowboarders was Austrian Mitch Toelderer’s line, making an interesting line interpretation in the middle, steep section of the course, taking two solid airs towards the end.
Ski
from freerideworldtour
19 February 2010
“Once again Candide showed us a very playful line, bouncing down the mountain. He took a more obvious line than Lopez and did not take the highest jumps but he was super fluid and executed all his airs with more speed and landed further down than the other competitors. In the end of the run he pulled off a perfect 360° (a complete rotation), taking about 20 metres of distance in the air, really spectacular.” Martin Winkler - Head Judge SKI
Ski
from freerideworldtour
19 February 2010
With several of the top female skiers injured (Ane Enderud, Marja Persson), American Jess Mc Millan (3rd on the Freeride World Tour Ranking 2009) proved to the crowds the high level of female skiers. With the most original line of the day Mc Millan took a massive cliff drop and skied a fast line including a couple more solid jumps.
Ski
from skipass.com
15 February 2010
New Arva backpack, 18 litres for freeriding. Two bags are adaptable on two backs, a classical one and an ABS (avalanche system) one.
