Oxbow rider - Laurent Favre

January 10th 2008, during Tignes Airwaves’ event, Laurent Favre will welcome the best ski and snowboard backcountry riders of the moment: names have not been given yet, but the list will be presented in the next weeks…. Win a week during Oxbow back to powder. contest on www.backtopowder.com

After three days of standby, the Oxbow Back to Powder will kick off tomorrow in what are expected to be great conditions. Due to the lack of sun this Tuesday, the riders had a tough time checking out their lines on the ?freeride zone?. However, the conditions for the next two days are expected to be much better, and therefore the organizers have set back the start date of the competition. The riders continued to check out the venue today: spending time visualizing the lines they will be...

The oxbow back to powder has kicked off to a good start. All the riders have arrived and will be gathered in the French resort of Areches Beaufort until January 7th. Today the riders spent the day checking out the different sites of the venue.The backcountry zone, the wood zone (consisting of a series of wooden features in the trees), and the perfect jump. The only inconvenience was the strong wind reaching up to 100km/h on the summits.

Flo Cuviller, Freestyle skier of the Oxbow Exploration team shooted in Japan and Canada More information & video on www.oxboworld.com