The Nissan Xtreme Verbier takes place every year on the Bec des Rosses: 3222m of altitude. Here are a fiew shots to know it a bit better...

The Freeride World Tour 2009 came to an end with an amazing fourth stage and grand finale: the Nissan Xtreme ? Verbier. The Frenchmen, Xavier de Le Rue in snowboard and Aurelien Ducroz in ski, are the Freeride World Champions 2009 while taking incredible victories on the mythical Bec des Rosses. For the women, the Norwegian skier, Ane Enderud, dominated the event thus took her first ever Freeride World Champion title as did the american snowboarder, Susan Mol, who was third today in the compe...

Contest day... the best runs with the best riders in the world.

The first stage of the Nissan Tram Face Squaw Valley USA took place today on the impressive Silverado face with excellent conditions. The 53 riders qualified for the only North American stage of the Freeride World Tour amazed the crowd under the California sun. Before launching the second day of competition on the mythical Tram Face at the beginning of the week, the athletes and organizers are anxiously awaiting the snowfall predicted this weekend: everything will then be perfect to mark a pa...

Very high level of competition at the Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 Final results, Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 Ski Men: Sverre Liliequist (SWE) Snowboard Men: Cyril Neri (SUI) Ski Women: Jess Mc Millan (USA) Snowboard Women: Aline Bock (GER) (Overall results attached) Amazing kick off for the Freeride World Tour 2009 in Sochi

Day 1 of the long awaited first stage of the Freeride World Tour 2009, the Nissan Russian Adventure, took place today in the Krasnaya Polyana resort near Sochi in Russia, the site for the 2014 Olympic Games. Everything was perfect to make this event a success, large amounts of fresh snow, blue skies with no clouds in sight and riders ready to take on an impressive face for the first competition of the season. Visible from just about everywhere, there were 4 starting points at the summ...

Everyone is in the starting blocks for the first stop in Krasnaya Polyana with two great venues chosen by the mountain guides present

Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more events and more riders. The planet's top freeride skiers and snowboarders will start in Sochi with the Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 and then travel to the USA, France and Switzerland to prove their skills on some of the world's most challenging faces. The Freeride...

French Freerider Aurelien Ducroz tells us about his past and next season on the Freeride World Tour...

In this interview, Freeride World Champion Henrik Windstedt (SWE) relates his experience on the Freeride World Tour 08, and describes what it feels like to become the World Champion. But he also knows that the competition will be fierce to keep his crown in 2009! Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more...

Only one unique score, the overall impression, will determine the riders final score. To evaluate the run, the judges will use a point system of a hundred increments from 1.0 to 10.0. Among other aspects, the choice of the line, the fluidity of the run and the level of control while riding the face will be key criteria judges will take into consideration to decide the final overall score. The riders are judged by a panel of 6 judges (3 ski and 3 snowboard), which are trained and certified by...

3-time Verbier Xtreme winner Cyril Neri shares his thoughts on his past season on the Freeride World Tour, and tells us about the evolution of freeride as well as his expectations regarding the next generation of snowboarders.

FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2009 FOUR LOCATIONS AROUND THE WORLD HAVE BEEN SELECTED FOR THE SECOND EDITION OF THE FREERIDE WORLD TOUR. THE PLANET'S TOP FREERIDE SKIERS AND SNOWBOARDERS WILL TRAVEL TO RUSSIA, USA, FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND TO PROVE THEIR SKILLS ON SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST CHALLENGING FACES.

Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more events and more riders. The planet's top freeride skiers and snowboarders will start in Sochi with the Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 and then travel to the USA, France and Switzerland to prove their skills on some of the world's most challenging faces. The Freeride...