FWT Verbier Xtreme Finals Saturday and Tour Update The finals of the 2014 Freeride World Tour have been set for this Saturday at 9am. The weather window for the Verbier event began on March 22, but competition has been delayed due to a storm moving through the area and low snow […] SnowBrains | March 26, 2014 2 Comments
Avalanche Danger Cancels Freeride World Tour’s Final Stop @ Revelstoke, B.C. It’s been a rough year for the Freeride World Tour (FWT). The Revelstoke, B.C. stop was postponed 3 months in December due to high avy danger and low snow. The Fieberbrunn, Austria stop was moved last minute to Kappl, Austria due to extreme avalanche danger. The Kirkwood, CA stop was moved to Snowbird, Utah due to lack of snow. […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 11, 2014 0 Comments
8-Foot-Deep Avalanche @ Snowbird Postpones Freeride World Tour The Freeride World Tour (FWT) can’t catch a break this year. The Revelstoke, B.C. stop was postponed 3 months in December due to high avy danger and low snow. The Fieberbrunn, Austria stop was moved last minute to Kappl, Austria due to extreme avalanche danger. The Kirkwood, CA stop was moved to Snowbird, Utah due to lack of snow. Now, the Snowbird stop has been postponed due to […] Avalanche SnowBrains | March 5, 2014 2 Comments
Not Enough Snow @ Kirkwood, CA = Freeride World Tour Moved to Snowbird, UT In case you haven’t heard: California is having one of its worst snow years on record. It’s so bad that the Freeride World Tour had to ditch Kirkwood and its legendary Cirque for Snowbird, Utah. Snowbird’s terrain isn’t nearly as challenging as the Cirque, but FWT organizers don’t have many options. SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, USA (Feb. 14, 2014) – The […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 17, 2014 4 Comments
Current Freeride World Tour Rankings & Video Highlights: Squaw’s Jackie Paaso in 1st Place The men of the Freeride World Tour (FWT) have gone through 2 stops of the FWT (Courmayer, Chamonix) while the women have gone through one (Chamonix). The FWT’s next stop will be this Saturday at Feiberbrunn, Austria. […] SnowBrains | January 31, 2014 3 Comments
How To: Compete on the Freeride World Tour | by Griffin Post If you are a TGR fan and have watched their last few movies the name Griffin Post should look familiar to you. Griffin has been scoring bigger and bigger segments with the premier ski movie producers lately along with his frequent travel buddy Todd Ligare. What you might not […] Daryn Edmunds | November 30, 2013 0 Comments
Amazing AK Video from Chopo Diaz and Drew Tabke This edit is the first in a series created by South American skiing sensation Chopo Diaz, current FWT Champion Drew Tabke, and their buddy/cameraman Claudio Vicuña. The good people at The North Face helped send these relatively unsung heros of freeskiing to the final frontier ok AK to do some camping and shredding sans helicopters. I like the way they build up […] Daryn Edmunds | May 31, 2013 1 Comment
Photos and Results from the 4 Star FWQ at Snowbird, UT Images: MSI/ Mike Schirf Words: Daryn Edmunds The 4-Star FWQ at Snowbird was held last weekend and man was it ever a shredfest. Riders from all over North America descended on the classic venues of Silver Fox and North Baldy to crush pow, send airs, and earn points in the final stop of this seasons Subaru Freeride Series. The weather was epic […] Daryn Edmunds | April 19, 2013 6 Comments
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