Jérémy Prévost is The Rookie. Qualified from last year FWQ, he’s the youngest competitor on the Tour (he turned 22 only yesterday!). He's alpine skiing past will definitely help him during the FWT!

Mati Imbert came back on the freeride competitions last year in the FWQ. He earned his spot in the Freeride World Tour and now he's ready to battle with all the top skiers! Footage courtesy of Mat Imbert / "Seb Michaud Invitational"

Basti Hanemann's double cliff jump in Revelstoke, Canada for the first stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2012

The official teaser for the first stop of the Freeride World Tour 2011 in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc the 22nd of January.

Little end of the year gift: the full run of Reine Barkered in Verbier filmed by himself with a GoPro cam. Onboard camera courtesy of Reine Barkered.

In this episode, Xavier speaks about his influences, his style of riding and what the competition means for him.

2009 Freeride World Champion Aurelien Ducroz tells us about his disappointing 2010 season and his appetite for victory in 2011. Chamonix's champion shares his vision of freeride for the years to come and analyzes his chances VS the up-and-coming freestyle skiers who took the FWT by storm last year. In 2011 the competition will be fierce to grab that World Title!

Julien Lopez is telling us how was the FWT last year for him and how he is preparing himself for the next season. Fun and instructive!

Shot in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, here is Ane Enderud interview, she's the actual ski female Freeride World Champion and she tells us what she is doing right now, how she is recovering from her back injury and what she prepare to win her 3rd FWT title in a row!

FWT10 winner Aline Bock (snowboard) tells us about the upcoming season... what she expects, how she trains, etc.

Kaj Zackrisson has announced his retirement from the Freeride World Tour. Will this video of him absolutely crushing it on Verbier's Bec des Rosses in 2010 be his last competition run ever? More info here : http://freerideworldtour.com/en/news/kaj-zackrisson-announces-retirement-from-freeride-world-tour_0-2513

After three action-packed years the Freeride World Tour 2011 continues to evolve. Joining Chamonix-Mont-Blanc - FRA, Sochi - RUS, Kirkwood - USA and Verbier - SUI, two new stages, St. Moritz - SUI and Fieberbrunn - AUT, have been added, which increases the international calendar from four to six stages at some of the world's premier ski resorts. Without a doubt this makes the upcoming 2011 season the strongest tour to date. So follow the world's best freeskiers and snowboarders as they put ev...