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The two french riders Dora Kuentz and Gabin Bouzanne win the 4* Engadinsnow FWT Qualifier finals in the snowboard women’s and men’s category. Ulla Gillot from Austria takes home the win in the Ski Women’s category, while Edvin Olsson from Sweden wins the Ski Men’s category.

The Engadinsnow 2024 in Silvaplana is unique worldwide and combines innovation and freeriding for more than 20 years. The format pairs two riders in a team, tackling the challenging terrain of the Corvatsch North Face together. The Freeride skiers and snowboarders race down the rocky cliffs and steep slopes, showcasing their skills in perfect harmony, while going head-to-head in a knock-out system versus their opponents. The youngsters Austin Pickett (USA) and his compatriot Tyler Blocke...

Europe's most anticipated winter sports event of the year is officially over! 300 of the world's best snowboarders and freeskiers came to the Swiss Alps to open the competition season in style. The unique freestyle facilities, an innovative slopestyle course and the superpipe offer perfect conditions for the superstars on freestyle snowboards and skis.

In the Slopestyle Freeski Men competition Birk Ruud from Norway, current Olympic Big Air champion and Slopestyle World champion took home the gold medal. Swiss local hero Mathilde Gremaud, current World & Olympic Slopestyle champion, wins the women Freeski competition.

After 2019 and 2020, Australian Scotty James once again took the win this year, wowing spectators with his stylish halfpipe run. Valentino Guseli (AUS) landed in second place, making a world premiere with a frontside 1620. Japan’s Ruka Hirano completes the podium in third place. In the women’s event, last year’s winner Mitsuki Ono from Japan won with 81.75 points. The young American Bea Kim and Ruki Tomita (JPN) completing the podium in second and third place.

The twenty finalists showed progressive runs at this first FIS Snowboard World Cup of the season. Tricks such as cab double 9 on the shark fins, back to back 1620s on kickers, backside 5 in the quarter. US rider Julia Marino, who also won the LAAX OPEN in 2020, mastered the seven features best in the women's category. Annika Morgan from Germany came in second place. Anna Gasser, the two-time Olympic champion in Big Air, came third. In the men´s category Canadian Liam Brearley receives the...

The freestyle year 2024 is about to kick off in Laax, Switzerland from January 16th – 21st. The LAAX OPEN 2024 (official FIS World Cup) hosts two sport disciplines: snowboarding (Slopestyle & Halfpipe) and freesking (Slopestyle). Europe's most important snowboard freestyle event will take place again! Freestyle riders from all over the world dominate the sporting and cultural events in Laax. Women, men, on snowboards and freeskis are soaring high and hurrahing the finest freestyle action....

Few comps on freeride world qualifier and others good days. Thanks to my friend Charly Low for the music. Petite session aussi avec les skieurs Solan Dejouy, Emiliano Silva et Mahe Freydier dans la pow pow. Also thanks to French freeride series, No Limits Freeride, Nendaz Freeride et Swedisch television for some images ! Last bu not least, big up to Borealis snowboard, Paani.ch, Sungod et Tooltonic for support. Cheers, Marc

Des compètes entre potes sur le freeride world qualifier et quelques bon jours à la neige dans un petit cocktail sur fond de Charly Low pour la musique. Petite session aussi avec les skieurs Solan Dejouy, Emiliano Silva et Mahe Freydier dans la pow pow. Merci à French freeride series, No Limits Freeride, Nendaz Freeride et Swedisch television pour certaines images ! Bien sur merci aussi à Borealis snowboard, Paani.ch, Sungod et Tooltonic pour leur support.

LAAX OPEN 2023 - Europe's most important snowboard freestyle event will take place again from January 16th to 21st, 2024! Hundreds of freestyle riders from all over the world will dominate the sporting and cultural events in Laax. Women, men, on snowboards and freeskis will be soaring high and hurrahing the finest freestyle action. Exciting final decisions for titles, trophies and CHF 180,000 in prize money are on the agenda. One of the best-known names this year is Valentino Guseli (AUS),...

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...

Get ready to ride the adrenaline rush! Watch the fearless FWT athletes showcase their breathtaking skills at the Kicking Horse Golden BC Pro in our best GoPro of GoPro moments compilation.

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...

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 second stop of the Freeride World Tour 2023 will take place in Ordino Arcalís (AND) in the weather window from February 2nd to 9th. as always with the best freeriders from around the world! Thus, the FWT returns to the freeride Mecca of the Pyrenees. This venue has become a staple of the tour, and for good reason. The playful terrain offers opportunities for explosive action and creative freeride lines.

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.

Premier victories for Johanne Killi and Andri Ragettli at the FIS Freeski World Cup in LAAX. Reigning Slopestyle World Champion and local hero Andri Ragettli (SUI) wins ahead of Olympic Champions Alex Hall (USA) and Birk Ruud (NOR). No stranger to the LAAX victory podium is Johanne Killi. As the first LAAX OPEN Freeski winner, the Norwegian completes the loop to the European Freeski Open, held in LAAX in previous years where she won in 2014 as a newcomer.

Europe’s premium freestyle event celebrated a premiere, for the first time ever Freeskiers were part of the event. The FIS World Cup made its first guest appearance at the LAAX OPEN 2023 with two sport disciplines – snowboarding and freesking. Olympic champion Zoi Sadowski Synnott (NZL) and World champion Marcus Kleveland (NOR) take home the LAAX OPEN Slopestyle titles, while Japanese Junior Olympic champions Ono Mitsuki (JPN) and Ruka Hirano (JPN) are the 2023 Halfpipe champions. The winning...

The Freeride World Junior Championship is back! This year, the best young skiers and snowboarders of the world come together for the most eagerly anticipated competition of the Junior series, the Yeti Freeride World Junior Championships by Dynastar. This is the event where the most talented freeriders of the new generation compete to secure the coveted title of Junior World Champion in all four categories: Ski Men, Ski Women, Snowboard Men and Snowboard Women. For more Freeride World Tour...

The LAAX OPEN will take place from 18-22 January 2023. The world-renowned freestyle event now also has freeskiing on board. The traditional Snowboard World Cup in Slopestyle and Halfpipe will be joined by the Freeski World Cup in Slopestyle. Around 300 freestyle World Cup riders are pleased to show off their skills at the prestigious international contest. Fortunately, in 2023 the characterizing OPEN side event program is back on track: DJ sets and live concerts in the rocksresort village, LA...

Freeski and Snowboard tricks in the heart of town at the SNOWFEST INNSBRUCK! The Freeski Friday Session successfully kicked off the premiere edition. The world’s best freeskiers threw down the craziest tricks directly in front of Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck. Lots of spectators filled up the venue to watch the action-packed spectacle, providing great vibes all around. On Freeski Friday, 30 freeskiers, who you usually find in the snow park on the mountain. Next to the young Austrian squa...

Similar to the two-star competition, New Zealand skiers and snowboarders were strongly represented on the podiums in the four-star category. One category in particular stood out, according to Judge Dion Newport: Women's Ski Freeride. Jess Hotter (NZL) and Kelsey Wittels (USA) had a close battle for the win. In the end, it was Jess Hotter's particularly controlled and fluid run that gave her the win by a very narrow margin. In the men's race, the podium was in the hands of locals in both the S...

Similar to the two-star competition, New Zealand skiers and snowboarders were strongly represented on the podiums in the four-star category. One category in particular stood out, according to Judge Dion Newport: Women's Ski Freeride. Jess Hotter (NZL) and Kelsey Wittels (USA) had a close battle for the win. In the end, it was Jess Hotter's particularly controlled and fluid run that gave her the win by a very narrow margin. In the men's race, the podium was in the hands of locals in both the S...

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The US Freeski Team made a clean sweep of the women’s Freeski Halfpipe Podium, with Hanna Faulhaber taking the top spot with an impressive score of 92.67, 13 points clear of her teammate Carly Margulies in second place. Riley Jacobs rounded out the US podium sweep in third. Cardrona local and Beijing 2022 Winter Olympian 16-year-old Gustav Legnavsky took the win in the Men’s Freeski Halfpipe category with an impressive run that included three double corks, scoring 94.33. Gustav was disappoint...

Local athletes Ruby Andrews and Luca Harrington topped the women’s and men’s Freeski Slopestyle with results from qualification on Saturday used as the final results. Jesse Parkinson of Australia, winner of the Men’s Snowboard Slopestyle, was a standout competitor in his field. The judges were really impressed with the backside triple 1440 he was stomping, the only competitor performing this massive trick. Mari Fukada, Japan, claimed to top spot on the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle podium. She...

From 19th to 22th April, the Kitzsteinhorn Snowpark in Zell am See-Kaprun (AUT) was the venue for the Austrian & German Masters, which took place again after a two-year break. In the halfpipe and in the slopestyle course, the riders dug deep into their bag of tricks to win prestigious titles in three age categories and, in the halfpipe as the last European Cup of the 2021/22 season, also for valuable FIS points.

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...