The Freeride World Tour is back for another wild winter of backflips, big airs and scary steep venues. When should you be tuning in? Who should you be watching? Read more to find out.
2019 Freeride World Tour Venues:
Despite less-than-stellar weather conditions last season, the venues for the 2019 season will remain the same as the previous year. The tour kicks off again in Hakuba, Japan with twenty-two male skiers and ten female skiers. All competitions will be live streamed on freerideworldtour.com.
Hakuba, Japan January 19-26
Kicking Horse, British Columbia February 2-8
Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra February 22-28
Fieberbrunn, Austria March 2-8
Verbier, Switzerland March 23-31
2019 Freeride World Tour Roster:
The 2019 men's roster differs from previous years in the best way possible. The line-up is a mixture of loose kiwis, movie stars, siblings and young guns all eager to prove themselves on the biggest stage for freeriding competitions. This winter, all eyes will arguably be on Tanner Hall who is joining the tour as a wildcard. While the skier has already earned dozens of medals competing in the pipe and park, his recent video endeavors have led him into the world of backcountry and big mountain skiing.
Is Tanner going to throwdown the FWT’s first double backflip? Can Kristofer Turdell breeze his way into the champion title again? Will Hank Bilous surprise us with another nude spread eagle?
All questions to be answered.
The women's roster is filled with familiar faces and upcoming names. The defending champion Arianna Tricomi is back after landing the first and only three in a women’s competition last year. Who else will step up to the plate and add tricks to their run? For the first time ever, the women’s ski group will have two wildcards competing alongside those who qualified through the FWQ. Hedvig Wessel is back after her appearance in Verbier last year, proving yet again that mogul skiers are really really fast and really really good.
2019 Freeride World Tour Venues:
Despite less-than-stellar weather conditions last season, the venues for the 2019 season will remain the same as the previous year. The tour kicks off again in Hakuba, Japan with twenty-two male skiers and ten female skiers. All competitions will be live streamed on freerideworldtour.com.
Hakuba, Japan January 19-26
Kicking Horse, British Columbia February 2-8
Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra February 22-28
Fieberbrunn, Austria March 2-8
Verbier, Switzerland March 23-31
2019 Freeride World Tour Roster:
The 2019 men's roster differs from previous years in the best way possible. The line-up is a mixture of loose kiwis, movie stars, siblings and young guns all eager to prove themselves on the biggest stage for freeriding competitions. This winter, all eyes will arguably be on Tanner Hall who is joining the tour as a wildcard. While the skier has already earned dozens of medals competing in the pipe and park, his recent video endeavors have led him into the world of backcountry and big mountain skiing.
Is Tanner going to throwdown the FWT’s first double backflip? Can Kristofer Turdell breeze his way into the champion title again? Will Hank Bilous surprise us with another nude spread eagle?
All questions to be answered.
The women's roster is filled with familiar faces and upcoming names. The defending champion Arianna Tricomi is back after landing the first and only three in a women’s competition last year. Who else will step up to the plate and add tricks to their run? For the first time ever, the women’s ski group will have two wildcards competing alongside those who qualified through the FWQ. Hedvig Wessel is back after her appearance in Verbier last year, proving yet again that mogul skiers are really really fast and really really good.
