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FWT Revelstoke kicks off Friday – BombSnow Blog and Photos

The Freeride World Tour in Revelstoke has been on Weather Hold since Monday.  After almost 3 feet of snow, a high pressure weather window is moving in and the competition will be held Friday.  Meanwhile, competitors and frien...
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Crested Butte FWQ Postponed

We’re having déjà vu. The CB Extremes have been postponed.  You can read the official press release below.  Basically, we need this high-pressure sitting over the western United States to get the F outta here and for ...
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Freeride World Tour – Haines, Alaska – Live Feed

The FWT Haines live feed is up!  The start order is Snowboard Men, then Ski Men, Ski Women, and Snowboard Women will close it out.  After this event the FWT will take another cut to take athletes to Verbier Extreme, the FWT C...
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Countdown to Opening Day: Matt Evans Shreds

Photo: Mark Epstein Welcome to our Countdown to Opening Day series. During the 30 days leading up to opening day at Crested Butte Mountain Resort, we will be featuring a clip or edit from winter in the West Elks. This is video ...
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FWT Andorra Vallnord-Arcalís LIVE Replay

The FWT Andorra stop in Vallnord-Arcalís went off last night while we were sleeping.  Kristofer Turdell (2:02:02) won it for ski men, Arianna Tricomi (1:33:50) won Ski women with a 360, Manuela Mandl (1:12:31) took the Snowbo...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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FWQ Series Concludes at Kicking Horse: Durtschi Wins Overall Ski Title

The final stop of the Freeride World Qualifier series wrapped up this weekend at Wrangle the Chute up on Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in British Colombia. Western State Colorado University freshman Max Durtschi secured the ove...
by Edward Dujardin 2.0
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FWT Courmayeur – Mont Blanc Highlights and Results

After weather delayed the event for a week, the Freeride World Tour stop at Courmayeur Mont Blanc finally went down yesterday morning with the American Sammy Luebke taking the snowboard title and FWT rookie Frenchman Loic Collo...
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Tom Runcie takes 3rd Place and Sickbird at Snowbird

Crested Butte represented at Snowbird!  Eight Crested Butte athletes were skiing in the finals.  Tom Runcie led the charge taking 3rd place and earning the coveted Backcountry.com Sickbird Belt Buckle. Despite poor snow condi...
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain on the podium. Trent Bona Photography

Crested Butte Invades Taos For FWT Qualifier

photo: Trent Bona Photography | This past weekend, around twenty Crested Buttians (including the WSCU Mountain Sports Team) invaded Taos Ski Valley to take part in the four star Freeride World Tour Qualifier.  Expectations wer...
by Edward Dujardin 2.0
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NZ Open Big Mountain Highlights

Competitors Brave Awful Conditions to Put on a Show The New Zealand Open wrapped up last week.  Terrible conditions did not hold competitors back, as they competed for NZ’s most high profile competition at the Remarkable...
by Edward Dujardin 2.0
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