Swatch - Catch the Moment - Xavier de le Rue Profile

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. Our profile shows De Le Rue also pursuing his hobbies climbing and ice climbing and includes interviews with other well-known freeriders like big mountain legend Jeremy Jones (USA).