Andorra the Latest in Europe to Close its Ski Resorts Until January Scheduled to start their season on Friday 4th December 2020, Andorra has decided to postpone the reopening of its ski resorts until early January 2021. “It is a difficult and painful decision, but from a health point of view, it is better to postpone the opening of ski resorts to January.” – head of Andorran government Xavier Espot The government […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 8, 2020 0 Comments
British Snowboarder Died Following Tree Strike on World Cup Run at Popular Andorra Resort A British snowboarder has died after hitting a tree at a popular ski resort in Andorra, Europe. The 59-year-old was pronounced dead after being rushed to the base station with life-threatening injuries following the accident but his heart stopped and he could not be revived. His wife is understood to have been on the ski slopes with him although he was […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2019 0 Comments
Riders to Watch for the Freeride World Tour in Ordino Arcalís, Andorra Adrian Dolatschko | March 1, 2019 11 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Avalanche Claims Life of Freeride World Tour Mountain Guide in Andorra Competitive big mountain skiing carries with it a pretty heavy amount of inherent risk. And unfortunately, tragedy unfolded Thursday morning at the Vallnord-Arcalís stop on the Freeride World Tour (FWT) when one of the mountain guides in charge of competitor safety died in an avalanche at the Andorran resort, according to TGR. In a short Facebook post announcing the passing […] Avalanche AvyBrains | March 2, 2018 0 Comments
Three Weeks Left for First 2017 Freeride World Tour Stop | Full Calendar & Riders 5 events. 50 riders. Only three weeks left and Freeride World Tour riders will be hiking up in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc again, battling for the first win of the season. “The FWT is the worldwide circuit of freeride snowboarding and skiing with the best riders in the world competing on the most legendary and challenging alpine faces and the most renowned ski resorts across the world”. Freeride […] Matias Ricci | January 8, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: USA’s George Rodney WINS 3rd Freeride World Tour Stop George Rodney form the USA just won the 3rd stop of the Freeride World Tour in Andorra. This win plus being 4th in the last stop (also in Andorra) puts him in 1st place overall on the tour right now. Nice work, George. Scary stuff, though. Like Sam Smoothy’s run last week, there were some critical no-fall zones… “After seeing Sam’s run last week I was inspired to go into some no-fall zones.” – George Rodney […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 20, 2015 0 Comments
GoPro VIDEO of the “Best Run in Freeride World Tour History” Sam Smoothy from New Zealand put it all on the line and won last week. He skied a line up top – in not-so-great snow – that was do or die. He then proceeded to continue charging down the venue. He even pulled off a funky flat landing big air at the bottom that bucked him onto one ski. He got his other ski back down after doing a bit of ballet and hardly bobbled. His run was the winning run of the day. If he would have fallen up top, he would have been in big trouble. [..] SnowBrains | February 16, 2015 1 Comment
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