Squaw Valley, CA Plans To OPEN Silverado Next Week Silverado is one of best lifts and best zones at Squaw Valley, CA and Squaw is talking about opening it next week.  Silverado has not yet opened this season. This lift offers up about 500 acres of challenging, techy terrain below High Camp.  The famous China Wall has been the location of at lest 2 Freeride World Tour events in the […] Industry News Guest Author | February 2, 2017 6 Comments
Freeride World Tour Stop # 2 – Kicking Horse, BC This year there’s a real treat coming to Golden, BC in the first week of February. From the 3rd to the 9th, the only North American stop on the Freeride World Tour is coming to one of the raddest mountains in BC – Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Golden sits on the Trans-Canada Highway, Highway 1, on the east side of […] Industry News D’Arcy McLeish | January 31, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Travis Rice Nails This Run To Win Freeride World Tour Qualifier In Japan Travis Rice absolutely nailed this run in Japan to win the qualifier. He stuck a massive 720 and then another huge 360 to seal the deal and win the 4 star Freeride World Tour Qualifier in Hakuba. His late entry was a surprise, but what he did, wasn’t suprising at all. Travis is an absolute animal and his skills on the mountain are […] Industry News Chris Wallner | January 18, 2017 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: Hazel Birnbaum’s Season Edit is Full of Gnar, Pow, and Endless Smiles “Last season for me was tumultuous to say the least,  I was continually caught up in all the tiny little dramas, and expectations that life creates.  This fall as I waded through ski footage from last season, one thing remained apparent, skiing supplies me endless joy and happiness. I wanted to make an edit that showed this. I am a skier and […] Backcountry Dylan Cautela | November 22, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Hazel Birnbaum Shreds Some Deep Powder And Sick Lines In Her Winter 2016 Edit Hazel Birnbaum is a big mountain skier of Tahoe and also an athlete on the Freeride World Tour! In this SICK edit she shows off her skills not only on the tour, but off. Some people may wonder what Freeride World Tour athletes do when they’re not competing, well Hazel made it pretty obvious, THEY SKI! “Last season for me […] Backcountry Chris Wallner | November 14, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: Top 5 All Time Crashes During the Freeride World Tour Competition Celebrating its 10th anniversary, the Freeride World Tour has released this video of the top 5 crashes during competition. Fortunately for these incidents, conditions were favorable and no major injuries occurred. However, this is not always the case. Often times, conditions are very poor and as riders pick their lines the conditions continue to deteriorate through the heavy traffic. But […] Dylan Cautela | November 7, 2016 0 Comments
Freeride World Tour Heads to Asia for the First Time: Japan to Host 4* Qualifier For the first time in Freeride World Tour (FWT) history, competition will take place on the continent of Asia. Japan will play host to a Freeride Qualifier 4* event, skiing’s/snowboarding’s premiere big-mountain challenge. Competitors from around the globe will converge on the “Japanese Alps” of Hakabu, Japan for a chance to secure a spot on the prestigious Freeride World Tour. Action kicks off in […] Robin Azer | October 21, 2016 0 Comments
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