How to Ski Kicking Horse, BC Like a Local Brought to you by Kicking Horse Mountain Resort How to Ride and Ski Kicking Horse Like a Local: Outside the unpretentious ski town of Golden, British Columbia, sits Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Among its 2,800 acres, you’ll find plenty of terrain for the beginner and intermediate to explore, but this resort is best known for its hair-raising steeps and bounty […] Featured Article Robin Azer | March 3, 2020 0 Comments
VIDEO: Markus Eder Gaps Highway, Skis Insane, Self-Built Ski Track in Italy I’m going to let the video do the talking for this one. But point in case, is there a skier in the game more creative and harder charging than Freeride World Tour champion and Volkl Skis athlete Markus Eder? Hard to say… Related: VIDEO: Watch Markus Eder’s SWITCH Cliff Drop as the FWT Comes to an End at the Verbier […] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 20, 2020 0 Comments
Kick Your Skills Into Gear With Unmatched Terrain at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort Known as the ‘Champagne Powder Capital of Canada’ most mountain fanatics don’t need to think twice about taking a visit to the legendary Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. Mention the 3,400 acres of skiable terrain over the Dogtooth Range accompanied by the most chute skiing available in North America and a vertical drop of 4,300 feet, planning a trip to KHMR […] Featured Article Alex K | February 19, 2020 0 Comments
Anticipating the 2020 Freeride World Tour in Hakuba Valley, Japan Brought to you by Hakuba Valley As if Hakuba Valley joining the Epic Pass wasn’t enough of a reason to go visit, being the host of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) puts it at the top of the ski destination list. Hakuba offers freeriders deep powder and unique skiing in a different environment than you’d think. Instead of the traditional […] Featured Article Kristen Strom | January 13, 2020 0 Comments
Jackson Hole, WY Athlete Tim Durtschi to Join All-Star FWT Lineup The Freeride World Tour has announced that legendary big mountain skier Tim Durtschi will be joining the tour as a season-long wild card this year. Durtschi has competed in many different competitions over the years but is best known for his segments in Teton Gravity Research films. The Alaska native joins a powerhouse lineup of freeriders including Tanner Hall, Andrew […] Industry News Robert Hansen | December 5, 2019 0 Comments
Freeride World Qualifier and Freeride Junior Tour Dates Released Every year the Freeride World Tour brings out some of gnarliest sends and intense speeds in the sport. Just recently, the Freeride World Qualifier and Freeride Junior Tour event dates were announced, so now is the time to find locations near you and take a shot at getting on the FWT for the 2021 season. Events will be held throughout […] Industry News Ryan Nadiak | November 22, 2019 0 Comments
Tanner Hall Moves Past Oakley Onto Pit Viper Team Tanner Hall, the freeskiing superstar also known as Ski Boss, has officially partnered with sunglasses brand Pit Viper just one year after suddenly being dropped by Oakley following their twenty-year partnership. Hall has been dominating the freeriding world since 1999 and despite sustaining many horrific injuries in past years he shows no signs of slowing down any time soon, so it […] Industry News Lucy Ferneyhough | November 15, 2019 1 Comment
Tanner Hall Makes Cut as FWT 2020 Lineup Announced [arve url="https://youtu.be/CQsHCWJVJZE"] SnowBrains | October 18, 2019 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Could You Ride the Bec de Rosses in Verbier? The Bec de Rosses is legendary for three simples reasons: It’s big, scary, and world class. It’s 40-60 degrees for 2,600 vertical feet and is littered with cliffs, dead ends, and mandatory airs. On the Bec, you either wus-out and ski the dogleg (which still feels death defying, Featured Article Miles Clark | July 6, 2019 13 Comments
2019 Freeride World Tour in Review [arve url="https://youtu.be/hwatLda0QQM"] Adrian Dolatschko | May 3, 2019 0 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Ouch! The Top 5 Crashes from this Season’s Freeride World Tour [arve url="https://youtu.be/d8VNpgtGJbI"] CrashBrains | April 19, 2019 0 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Riders to Watch for the Freeride World Tour Final in Verbier, Switzerland [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtEZD0QUFp4"] Adrian Dolatschko | March 22, 2019 13 Likes 0 Tweets 0 Comments
Crested Butte, CO Report: Bluebird Before the Snow With a 58″ base, Crested Butte is sitting right about at 100% of average annual snowpack to-date. The recent snowfall was enough to open some additional terrain that’d been waiting for a deeper base. Related: Crested Butte, CO Opens Famed ‘Extreme Limits’ Terrain | Unlike Any Other Inbounds Terrain Sunday lived up to its name, providing endless rays to offset […] Conditions Report Jon Roubik | February 15, 2019 0 Comments
American FWT Rider Conor Pelton Drops ‘Season Edit’ | 6 Days, 3 Continents, 4 Countries, Endless Powder… [arve url="https://vimeo.com/285493945"] SnowBrains | September 14, 2018 8 Likes 6 Tweets 0 Comments
VIDEO: Tucker Vollbrecht’s Sweet 2017/18 Freeride World Qualifier Edit [arve url="https://youtu.be/TiVEq-1BV24"] SnowBrains | August 11, 2018 143 Likes 1 Tweet 0 Comments
CONFIRMED: Tanner Hall Granted a Season Wildcard to Compete in Next Year’s FWT Tour For at least a week now, rumors have been circulating that Tanner Hall would be on the receiving end of an FWT Wildcard, and the news has finally been confirmed. Tanner, 34, one of the world’s most decorated veterans of freestyle and freeride, will be granted a season wild card to compete alongside the planet’s top freeriders on the five-stop international tour […] Industry News Steven Agar | May 29, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Watch Markus Eder’s SWITCH Cliff Drop as the FWT Comes to an End at the Verbier Extreme Every good thing comes to an end, including this year’s Freeride World Tour, which has been nothing short of amazing, writes tetongravity. This year’s final stop, the Verbier Extreme on the infamous Bec de Rosses face, went off yesterday with competitors giving it their all. Snowboarder Sammy Luebke claimed his third consecutive FWT title, saying: “I’m feeling super amazing, conditions […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 3, 2018 0 Comments
VIDEO: Highlights From The FWT Event At Kicking Horse Mountain Resort [arve url="https://youtu.be/YFAAT5hYphk"] Chris Wallner | February 9, 2018 1 Like 1 Tweet 0 Comments
Freeride World Tour Drops Alaska Stop for 2018 The Freeride World Tour (FWT) announced today their new stops for the 2018 season yet failed to point out the ones they dropped. Mont Blanc – Chamonix, France and Haines, Alaska, USA will not be returning as stops on the FWT this season. Chamonix we can understand, it has been cancelled in the past due to low snow. But, […] Industry News LadyBrains | September 12, 2017 0 Comments
VIDEO: Freeride World Tour Badass and Squaw Valley Local Ryan Faye’s 2016/17 Season Edit Ryan Faye has been throwing down this season. From the Chimney and Siberia Ridge at Squaw, to Alaskan faces on the Freeride World Tour, to the kickers at Snowbird, Ryan turned heads and cemented his status as part of the next generation of top Squaw freeriders. Ryan started his freeride career on the Squaw Valley Big Mountain team, and just […] Featured Video Roger Romani | July 28, 2017 1 Comment
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