Freeride World Tour

The Freeride World Tour, also referred to as the FWT Pro or simply the FWT, is an annual series of events in which freeride skiers and snowboarders compete for individual event wins, as well as the overall title of Freeride World Champion in their respective genders and disciplines. The events take place on off-piste terrain – ungroomed snow on steep slopes, often featuring areas of high exposure.

Freeride World Tour
GenreFreeride skiing and snowboarding
Location(s)Europe; occasionally in North America and Asia
Inaugurated1996 (snowboard only)
2004 (ski and snowboard)
Founder Nicolas Hale-Woods
Current champions Valentin Rainer (ski men)

Ludovic Guillot-Diat (snowboard men)

Justine Dufour-Lapointe (ski women)

Katie Anderson (snowboard women)
Organised byInternational Ski Federation (FIS)
SponsorsPeak Performance
Websitewww.freerideworldtour.com

The Freeride World Tour was founded in 1996 as the Verbier Extreme, and was a snowboard only contest until 2004. The first event series under the Freeride World Tour name took place in 2008. For the 2013 season, the Freeride World Tour merged with the Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, combining all three tours under one global championship series.[1]

A separate class of FWT Qualifier competitions provides the Tour with new rookies each season, with a small number of athletes from each division and region being selected to compete in FWT Challenger events. The top finishers after each Challenger circuit are invited to join the following season's Freeride World Tour.[2] Limited wild card spots have historically been offered to established riders.[3]

The FWT Junior circuit has had many competitions all over the world, as well as an invite-only FWT Junior World Championships held annually since 2012.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation bought the Freeride World Tour in 2022.[4]

Tour locations

2023 Season
Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Baquiera Beret[5] Jan 27 - Feb 1 Max Palm Michael Mawn Addison Rafford Katie Anderson
Ordino Arcalís[6] Feb 1 Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson
Kicking Horse[7] Feb 16 - 21 Max Hitzig Liam Rivera Megane Betend Michaela Davis-Meehan
Fieberbrunn[8] Mar 10 - 16 Andrew Pollard Jonathan Penfield Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson
Verbier Cancelled due to unsafe snow conditions[9]
Final Rankings[10]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson
2nd Maxime Chabloz Jonathan Penfield Molly Armanino Anna Orlova
3rd Andrew Pollard Liam Rivera Megane Betend Estelle Rizzolio

2022 Season
Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Baqueira Beret[11] Jan 21 - 27 Max Palm Michael Mawn Olivia McNeill Erika Vikander
Ordino Arcalís[12] Jan 29 - Feb 4 Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin
Kicking Horse[13] Feb 11 - 16 Maxime Chabloz Camille Armand Lily Bradley Erika Vikander
Fieberbrunn[14] Mar 13 - 19 Carl Regnér Eriksson Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin
Verbier[15] Mar 25 - Apr 2 Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Sybille Blanjean Manuela Mandl
Final Rankings[16]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin
2nd Carl Regnér Eriksson Camille Armand Hedvig Wessel Erika Vikander
3rd Ross Tester Cody Bramwell Olivia McNeill Manuela Mandl

2008-2021
Location 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013[17] 2014[18] 2015[19] 2016[20] 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021
Chamonix X X X X X X X X
Courmayeur X X X
Crested Butte X
Fieberbrunn X X X X X X X X X X X X
Haines X X X
Hakuba X X X X
Kicking Horse X X X X
Kirkwood X X X
Mammoth Mountain X
Revelstoke X X X
Røldal X
Snowbird X
Sochi X X X X
Palisades Tahoe X X
St. Moritz X
Tignes X X
Ordino Arcalís X X X X X X X
Verbier X X X X X X X X X X X X X

Tour champions

By season
Season Men Women
Ski Snowboard Ski Snowboard
2008[21] Henrik Windstedt Xavier de Le Rue Elyse Saugstad Ruth Leisibach
2009[22] Aurélien Ducroz Xavier de Le Rue Ane Enderud Susan Mol
2010[23] Candide Thovex Xavier de Le Rue Ane Enderud Aline Bock
2011[24] Aurélien Ducroz Mitch Tölderer Janette Hargin Anne-Flore Marxer
2012[25] Reine Barkered Jonathan Charlet Christine Hargin Maria DeBari
2013[26] Drew Tabke Ralph Backstrom Nadine Wallner Élodie Mouthon
2014[27] Loïc Collomb-Patton Émilien Badoux Nadine Wallner Shannan Yates
2015[28] George Rodney Jonathan Charlet Eva Walkner Estelle Balet
2016[29] Loïc Collomb-Patton Sammy Luebke Eva Walkner Estelle Balet
2017[30] Léo Slemett Sammy Luebke Lorraine Huber Marion Haerty
2018 Kristofer Turdell Sammy Luebke Arianna Tricomi Manuela Mandl
2019 Markus Eder Victor de Le Rue Arianna Tricomi Marion Haerty
2020 Isaac Freeland Nils Mindnich Arianna Tricomi Marion Haerty
2021 Kristofer Turdell Victor De Le Rue Elisabeth Gerritzen Marion Haerty
2022[31] Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jess Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin
2023[32] Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson

By nationality (2008-2023)
Nation Champions
 France 21
 United States 12
 Austria 8
 Sweden 6
 Switzerland 5
 Italy 4
 Canada 2
 Norway 2
 Germany 1
 New Zealand 1

See also

References
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