2024-25 FIS Freestyle World Cup Season Kicks Off This Weekend with Big Air Chur, Switzerland This coming weekend, October 18-19, sees the start of the 2024-25 FIS Freestyle World Cup season with the Big Air in Chur, Switzerland. The Chur Big Air weekend is a staple on the Freestyle calendar of the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS). Each year, the best Freestyle snowboarders and skiers in the world battle it out on the Big […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 15, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games Slopestyle Spotlight: Red Gerard, Tess Ledeux, and Rene Rinnekangas – Day 3 Recap Aspen X-Games has been off to a blazing hot start, and now the heat of day three is in full fruition. Day three featured some of the most sought after events of the entire weekend, including Men’s Ski SuperPipe and Women’s Snowboard Big Air, but spotlighting the takeover of the Slopestyle field seems especially important today as it took up […] Trip Report Jesse | January 29, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 2 Day two at X-Games provided nonstop action from some of the heaviest hitters around the world. In addition to the competitors showing out, a much larger crowd showed up for the Saturday games, and unlike Friday, today was a warm, sunny day. Eileen Gu, one of the headlining athletes who is representing China, showed why she is the best female […] Industry News Jesse | January 28, 2024 0 Comments
Winter X-Games at Aspen, CO, Recap Day 1 After living in Colorado for seven years, I have finally made it to my first Winter X-Games in Aspen. Needless to say, it has exceeded all expectations so far and has been absolutely action-packed. All of the competing athletes seem fired up and genuinely excited to take on the challenges that await them including some events that are brand new […] Trip Report Jesse | January 27, 2024 1 Comment
Japan Dominates at FIS World Cup Snowboard Big Air Event in Chur, Switzerland Japan claimed not one or two, but a mindboggling five out of six podiums on Saturday at the Snowboard Big Air Event in Chur, Switzerland. After yesterday’s cancellation of the Freeski event, it was a relief that the Snowboard Qualifiers and Finals were possible to be held on Saturday, October 21, 2023. It was not without a ton of effort […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 22, 2023 0 Comments
Freeski World Cup Finals At Big Air Festival in Chur, Switzerland, Canceled Due to Inclement Weather, Winners Declared from Qualifiers The Freeski Finals event at the Big Air Festival in Chur, Switzerland, scheduled for today, Friday, October 20, 2023, had to be canceled due to inclement weather. The victors were instead based on the points from the qualifier from Thursday, October 19, 2023. The qualifiers were initially supposed to take place today but due to the weather forecast had been […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | October 20, 2023 0 Comments
Only 3 Weeks Until FIS World Cup Opening in Freestyle with Big Air at Chur, Switzerland The countdown is on until the start of the first Freestyle World Cup event held by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation (‘FIS’). The Chur Big Air in Switzerland is a staple of the FIS Freestyle calendar and kicks off the Freestyle season each year. The FIS Freestyle category consists of six very unique disciplines: Ski/Boarder-Cross Moguls (Duals and […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 29, 2023 0 Comments
Norwegian Freeskier Johanne Killi Announces Retirement On Monday, September 25, 2023, Norwegian freeski legend Johanne Killi announced her retirement from competitive sport. Killi had been a member of the Norwegian National Team for 10 years, having joined the team at only 15. “JoJo” or “YoYo” as she is affectionally known, burst onto the FIS scene with her first European Cup season in 2013/14, where she won […] Industry News Julia Schneemann | September 27, 2023 0 Comments
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