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The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

Showcasing their skills in technical freeriding and jumps in the deepsnow, the young athletes at the Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) in Kappl, Austria, delivered an impressive performance as they competed for the junior world titles on Wednesday, January 24th. The Freeride Junior World Championships 2024 hosted by Open Faces once again provided a great stage for the next generation of freeriding.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Wednesday, 24th January. With junior world titles on the line, competitors held nothing back, and the talented field delivered a top-class display of technical freeriding.

The FWT Junior World Championship (FWT JWC) is the highlight of the freeride juniors on ski and snowboard. On January 20th to 26th 2023, the annual highlight of the season takes place in Kappl-Paznaun, Austria. In challenging runs, the junior athletes show spectacular jumps and drops in the terrain as well as challenging lines through the deep snow. The future of Freeriding looks to be in safe hands with a continually impressive level of riding from Junior athletes. Despite the challengi...

The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the Ski Women category. Hannah Gruber (ITA), ski instructor and model from Italy, is able to prevail here with 2 safe jumps and a quick pace. Only three tenths separate second and third place. Emma Ledet (DEN) narrowly has to admit defeat to the Austrian Amelie Rosa Deniffel, who starts the race with a great choice of lines and a good dose of self-confidence. It is also close for the Ski Men - only 5 points separate places 1-5. At the...

The first Open Faces qualifier competition of the season started with prime conditions and a triple victory for Austria in the men’s ski category. The freeride hotspot Kappl / Paznaun served as the venue for an OPEN FACES stop for the 11th time. The freeriders met at the “Stoamandl” for the 2* FWT Qualifier and “Kapplaska” has once again lived up to its name. The rider field with 71 international starters promised to be a show. The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the Ski...

With the 2* FWT Qualifier Stop Kappl/Paznaun, the season of the Austrian OPEN FACES Freeride Series 2024 is starting! From the “secret spot” to one of the most popular freeride destinations in the scene – “Kapplaska” with its countless freeride opportunities once again provides the stage for the first stop of the OPEN FACES Freeride Series. The first points of the Austrian Qualifier Series will be awarded at the 2* Freeride World Tour Qualifier Contest.

The final event of the FWT23 season is just moments away, as athletes fine-tune their preparations for the most well-known freeride competition around the world: the YETI Xtreme Verbier. The venue, as always, is the iconic Bec des Rosses, where the Freeride World Tour was born, and still calls home. This face offers brave athletes 450 vertical meters of intimidating terrain, with steeps exceeding 50 degrees in an intricate maze of technical features. It is the ultimate test for any freerider,...

Jonathan Penfield kept his consistent season alive with a fluid line to take the win. He aired into the approach of the Hoisl cliff, before taking a cross-court transfer at high speed. Jonathan then packed the lower section with clean airs and rode out to victory.

Arianna Tricomi claimed back what she has become accustomed to over the years, first place in an FWT event. She showed her true freeride skills up top, accelerating into an extremely technical zone with pace and confidence, and linked this with a trademark 360 in the lower section.

Andrew Pollard delivered a fluid run from top to bottom, starting with a cross-court 360 at pace above the Hoisl cliff, before sending it deep off the nose. He linked this with multiple features – including another 360 and some huge airs – to finish first. Maxime Chabloz completed an exhilarating run, full of high-speed tricks on the edge, to claim second, with Oscar Mandin finishing in third.

The Freeride World Tour 2023 has its fourth stop in Fieberbrunn, Austria - as always with the best freeriders from all over the world! The first part of the FWT finals takes place in Fieberbrunn, where the athletes have to conquer the imposing Wildseeloder. This mountain is a real test of endurance even for the most experienced pros, and the athletes will certainly have to give it all. The judging criteria at the Freeride World Tour are: Difficulty of Line, Control, Fluidity, Jumps & Techniq...

The Freeride Contest in Montafon (AUT) offers even more of the world's best freeriders who will be at the start of the 4* contest. The first 4* qualifier of the series offers riders 2500 point and a rich prize money for a victory. This is the last event before the "qualification cut" for the "Big FWT Qualifier Finals 2023". The Open Faces Series 2023 demands real skill of the professional freeriders from all over the world who compete in a 1* and a challenging 4* qualifier to thrill their...

Michaela Davis-Meehan put down a huge run under pressure to take the win, but, unfortunately, it still wasn’t enough to make the cut. Michaela dropped first and sent two massive airs in the steep, exposed section of the course, boosting out with speed into some fast, powder turns.

Megane Betend delivered a career-defining performance to take first place, ensuring she made the cut for a chance at the world title. Megane didn’t take her foot off the pedal with a fast and powerful display of freeriding, which included an insane triple drop into the finish line.

Mexican rookie sensation Liam Rivera was the first to drop, setting the bar too high for the rest of the field to reach. Liam pointed it straight for the cold, deep pow, linking 360s in both directions to take the win.

After two explosive events in the Pyrenees, the tour heads across the Atlantic to the freeride haven of Kicking Horse, where athletes will have their final chance to lock in points before the cut. The event was postponed a month due to mediocre early season snow, but now the Canadian Rockies are ready with epic conditions awaiting the world’s best freeriders. This year’s schedule boasts five stops in five different countries, with two finals events and a two-run format in Fieberbrunn, where...

The important 1* FWT Qualifier and 2* FWT Junior Event took place last Saturday for the seventh time in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau and was a high-quality qualifier event, both in terms of the quality of the rider field and the on-site implementation.

Three premieres went down in the Open Faces books: Olivia Riedl caused cheers in the snowboard women’s category with two backflips in her competition run and both a double frontflip and a double backflip in men’s categories showed the insane level at this 1* qualifier contest. Snowboard Men Sebastian Kepplinger and Philipp Lanjus ensured an Austrian double victory in the category of snowboard men. Kepplinger showed a self-confident run from start to finish and delivered many jumps. Des...

After a successful restart of the Open Faces series in end-January, it is now time for the important 1* Freeride World Qualifier and 2* Freeride Junior Stop in the wonderful Alpbachtal. The journey for a later Freeride World Tour career starts with valuable points in the 1 and 2 star contests. The Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau is not only world-famous as a family destination, but also offers numerous freeride variants for freeride-enthusiastic winter sports enthusiasts. The Wiedersberger H...

Ludovic Guillot-Diat (FRA) took his first FWT win with an exhilarating run, leapfrogging him above the rest of the field to take the first spot in the overall rankings. Ludo navigated some exposure early in his run and sent it large off a cliff to exit, before stomping multiple airs and a huge backflip.

Another first time winner is the Austrian Valentin Rainer, he’s taking the Ski Men category victory home. Second place goes to Ross Tester from USA and coming in 3rd is current FWT champion Maxime Chabloz (SUI).

The snowboard women category went off today, with all athletes delivering fluid, clean runs. Katie Anderson (CAN) made it two wins in a row, extending the gap in the overall rankings and making her the one to beat this season. The Canadian stacked her run with features and fluidity, throwing in a couple of grabs to bring in the freestyle element and a big air mid-run to show her freeride expertise.

Olympic & world champion in mogul skiing, Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN), the rookie on the tour wins the ski women competition at her second ever Freeride World Tour event.

The 3-Star Qualifier on the legendary Quellspitze attracts every year numerous top-class riders to use the challenging face for the first important points for the qualifier ranking. This year the Quellspitze was especially challenging. Only a few days before the Junior World Championships took place on the face and the cold nights and therefore rather hard conditions really demanded the last reserves of energy from every single rider to reach the finish. With a good choice of lines, however,...

Here are the impressive winning runs of amazing freeriding! After 2 times postponement due to weather conditions, the time had come last weekend. The most important World Tour Qualifier Series in Europe celebrated the start of the 10th season with the 3* FWT Qualifier & 2* FWT Junior competition. In difficult conditions and weather-related delays, the riders showed their absolute class and offered top-class performances with many "3s" and backflips on the Quellspitze in Kappl/Paznaun.

FWT21 runner-up, Katie Anderson (CAN), found a playful line, linking multiple airs and grabs with incredible board control, before cruising through the lower powder field with style.

Michael Mawn (USA) took the win for the second consecutive year with a strong technical line. He threaded the needle at the top of the course, airing into a tight couloir, which threw him out at high speed into the face. He then sent multiple critical airs while maintaining complete control of the board under his feet.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Thursday, 24th January. The Quellspitze offering its intimidating beauty in pristine condition to the world’s best young freeriders.

Open Faces Kick Off 3* FWT Qualifier / 2* FWT Junior Kappl / Paznaun planned for 14.01.2023 After the postponement of last week, the Open Faces Kick Off in Kappl / Paznaun for the 10th anniversary should take place next weekend 14 January 2023. With the coming fresh snow would be prepared for the 10th anniversary of an international freeride contest in Kappl.

The Open Faces Freeride Series is back with 4 important World Qualifier stops and own Open Faces Academy Camps for everyone. The grand finale of the World Tour Challenger Contests at the end of the 2023 season will be a Freeride Week with an extensive program and the stars of the freeride scene.

At the big 4* Qualifier Showdown in Gurgl the final tickets for the Freeride World Tour 2023 at the famous Hangerer have been awarded. An epic contest and absolutely worthy conclusion of this year's international Freeride Series. The new system of the Freeride World Tour with the 3 FWQ Final Stops and the big final at the last 4* FWQ in Gurgl has fully proven itself. The best of the Qualifier Tour and the relegated of the Freeride World Tour came to Obergurgl to "grab" the final FWT places...

At the big 4* Qualifier Showdown in Gurgl the final tickets for the Freeride World Tour 2023 at the famous Hangerer have been awarded. An epic contest and absolutely worthy conclusion of this year's international Freeride Series. The new system of the Freeride World Tour with the 3 FWQ Final Stops and the big final at the last 4* FWQ in Gurgl has fully proven itself. The best of the Qualifier Tour and the relegated of the Freeride World Tour came to Obergurgl to "grab" the final FWT places...

FJT stop at Fieberbrunn was quite a hard contest for the youngsters. The performances of the riders were particularly inspiring. Here the winner U-16 Ski Men - David Tschurtschentaler with absolute legs of steel. Super nice and ambitious run.

FJT stop at Fieberbrunn was quite a hard contest for the youngsters. The performances of the riders were particularly inspiring. Here are the winning runs - super nice and ambitious runs.

The FWT Xtreme Verbier is always a special event and both Snowboard categories delivered a mind-blowing show this year!

The FWT Xtreme Verbier is always a special event and both ski categories delivered a mind-blowing show this year!

The GoPro moments from first person view are always spectacular! Here are the best of the Freeride World Tour competition in Verbier, Switzerland. The Freeride World Tour at its 5th stop. It took place in Switzerland at Verbier, (SUI), on Monday, March 26th 2022.

Carl Regner's smooth run in Verbier earned him the Focus Flow Rider award! The Freeride World Tour at its 5th stop. It took place in Switzerland at Verbier (SUI), on Saturday, March 26th 2022.

The Freeride World Tour has its Grand Final. It takes place in Switzerland at Verbier. It is the exciting showdown of world’s best freeriders who throw everything they have at this mythical mountain. Everything is set for a spectacular final after the breathtaking stages at Baqueira Beret (ESP), Ordino Arcalís (AND), Kicking Horse (CAN) and the first final stage at Fieberbrunn (AUT). The evaluation criteria of the so-called runs of these extreme athletes include: Difficulty of Line, Control...

The Freeride Junior Tour returns to Austria to enjoy the incredible freeride playground of Fieberbrunn! The Freeride Junior Tour (FJT) has a highlight forthe freeride juniors on ski and snowboard. In challenging runs, the junior athletes show spectacular jumps and drops in the terrain as well as challenging lines through the deep snow. The future of Freeriding looks to be in safe hands with a continually impressive level of riding from Junior athletes.

The GoPro moments from first person view are always spectacular! Here are the best of the Freeride World Tour competition in Fieberbrunn, Austria. The Freeride World Tour at its 4th stop. It took place in Austria at Fieberbrunn, (AUT), on Monday, March 14th 2022.

The ski categories put on another great show as the two-run format was implemented for the first time in Freeride World Tour history; the race for world title grows more intense with only the Xtreme Verbier remaining...

The snowboard categories put on another great show as the two-run format was implemented for the first time in Freeride World Tour history; the race for world title grows more intense with only the Xtreme Verbier remaining...

Carl Regner's smooth run in Fieberbrunn earned him the Focus Flow Rider award. The Freeride World Tour had its 4th stop. It took place in Austria at Fieberbrunn, (AUT), on Monday, March 14th 2022.