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Community Profile: Francesca Pavillard-Cain

photo: Mike Schirf Next winter, Francesca Pavillard-Cain is set to represent Crested Butte on the biggest stage in competitive freeskiing.  The 22 year old Crested Butte native took first overall in the Freeride World Qualifie...
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Fabio Studer’s Contest Season Edit

Fabio Studer competed at the highest level of freeskiing across several formats this season.  The 27 year-old Austrian podiumed in 2nd on the Freeride World Tour at Courmayeur, took 3rd at Nine Knights, 4th at Red Bull Linecat...
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SFS and JFT 2014 Wrap up at Big Sky, CB Women Represent

The Subaru Freeride Series and Junior Freeride Tour held their season finals at Big Sky Resort, Montana this past weekend.  The event also closed out the Freeride World Qualifier season, where the top athletes make it through ...
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CB Skis for Jim Jack – A Year Later

We lost our friends Jim Jack, John Brenan, and Chris Rudolph in a tragic avalanche a year ago at Stevens Pass, WA.  We think about our lost friends everyday.  As the head judge at countless FWT events and former head of the I...
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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 Takes 2nd at Fieberbrunn-Kappl HIGHLIGHTS

After her first FWT competition ended with a punch front tumble, Crested Butte native Francesca Pavillard Cain rebounded with a second place at the FWT stop in Kappl, Austria.  Pavillard-Cain, who finished behind Austrian Nadi...
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FWT Haines Live Feed

The live feed for the Freeride World Tour at Haines is up. There has been an early venue hold due to low clouds but it looks like they’ll get it off. Enjoy the FWT live feed below:
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Francesca Pavillard Cain: Prepping for FWT in Europe

Francesca Pavillard Cain is in Europe prepping for the first female stop of the tour at Chamonix.  We’re excited for the Western State Colorado University athlete to throw down on the biggest stage in freeskiing.  This...
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FWT Courmayer Mont Blanc Teaser

The Freeride World Tour is set to kick off January 18th 9:00am CET, 1:00 MST.  We can’t wait to watch Western State Colorado University Moutain Sports member Francesca Pavillard Cain go toe to toe with the world’s ...
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FWT Finals at Verbier: Results, Winning Runs, and Full Replay

The Freeride World Tour Finals took place this morning in Verbier, Switzerland.  The invite only (yes, the select few from the invite only tour) crew of skiers and riders battled it out on Verbier’s famed Bec des Rosses ...
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