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Julien Lopez Caught in Massive Avalanche in FWT Competition VIDEO

This morning we woke up to some pretty incredible news that Julien Lopez had triggered an avalanche during his run at the second attempt at the Freeride World Tour stop in Fieberbrunn (the women skiers skied earlier in the week...
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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...
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FWT Chamonix Ski Highlights

Highlights from the skiing side of things at the first Freeride World Tour stop in Chamonix. SKI HIghlights from FWT15 Chamonix Mont-Blanc by FreerideWorldTourTV
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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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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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Hazel Birnbaum: 2016

Tahoe based ripper Hazel Birnbaum threw together a fun edit from her time traveling and skiing on the Freeride World Tour last season. Enjoy.
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Francesca Pavillard-Cain Checks in After Chamonix FWT

Our friend Francesca took an unfortunate fall in her first ever FWT at Chamonix this last weekend.  No worries, though, she’s skiing pow in Switzerland getting ready for her next competition at Fieberbrunn in Austria thi...
by 2. Will Dujardin
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Ian Borgeson and Drew Petersen at the Taos FWQ

Here is the edit put together by Ian Borgeson and Drew Peterson from the Taos 4 star FWQ event.  These recent graduates from the junior freeride scene are going to take over, as showcased by Ian taking 1st place.  The corked ...
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