Rookie Loic Collomb-Patton Wins Freeride World Tour Loic Collomb-Patton of France has won the 2014 Freeride World Tour after a third place finish at the Verbier Xtreme event. As a rookie in the tour, Loic had nothing to lose and was sending big lines at all the tour stops. He won the first two events, finished 32nd at the thrid, 8th at the 4th, and 3rd in Verbier to win the title. Second place in the tour […] SnowBrains | March 29, 2014 1 Comment
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
Sun, Bootpacks, and Bears | Jake’s Peak Tour 3/13/14 After convincing my friend Reza to ditch his plans for a southerly approach to Jake’s peak – accessed from Emerald Bay and most likely requiring the use of ice-axes and crampons – we settled for the main route. The main route to Jake’s peak can be accessed from Highway 89 just south of the headquarters for D. L. Bliss State Park. We left the car at a little past 8AM and started boot hiking straight up the face as there was not enough snow in the lower elevations. After an hour of boot hiking, which included some scary rock scrambling and lots of bushwhacking, we finally made it to […] Conditions Report Sara K | March 17, 2014 5 Comments
Mickael Bimboes Sends Rocky Cliff HUGE in Chamonix French rider Mickael Bimboes sending it deep during the Chamonix stop. Talk about butterfly inducing, holy sh*t drops, that shark pit at the bottom is looking VERY mean. If it werent for the slight backslap early in his run, he probably would have taken home the win for this stop. Instead, his run was only good enough for 3rd. SnowBrains | March 15, 2014 1 Comment
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