Teaser Xtreme Verbier 2011

Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more events and more riders. The planet's top freeride skiers and snowboarders will start in Sochi with the Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 and then travel to the USA, France and Switzerland to prove their skills on some of the world's most challenging faces. The Freeride...

A journey into the mind of a Freeskier. Shot on location in Verbier, Switzerland. Skiers: Yann Rausis and Adrien Hildebrandt Music: 'Carry the Sun' by The Glitch Mob

Since its inception in 1996 the “Xtreme” has been considered the most prestigious event in the freeride world. For the “grande finale” of the Freeride World Tour the elite of freeride will tackle the mythical North Face of the Bec des Rosses, a dauntingly steep and frighteningly jagged 500m rock-face. In places, the Bec des Rosses presents 55 degrees of slope. In an upright position one can almost lean on the face with one’s elbow. With steep and narrow couloirs, high rock cliffs, changing sn...

The Freeride World Tour 2014 final will be held in Verbier, at the Xtreme Verbier on the Bec Des Rosses venue on Saturday march 29. COMPETITION WILL START AT 8:15AM CET tomorrow morning (Saturday 29) on the Bec with snowboard women. Lifts open for the public at 7AM from Le Châble and Médran. LIVEWEBCAST AT 8:15AM CET on www.freerideworldtour.com