Freeride
& Egrave; started the countdown for the '2015 edition of the FWT, the pi & ugrave; dedicated to the great global competition that will bring together Freeride skiing & agrave; the best athletes skiers and snowboarders from 4 continents. At this link & egrave; You can download the complete list of athletes confirmed for 'next year's edition, which will start & agrave; January 24 in France with a stop in Chamonix.
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The Freeride World Tour & egrave; an exclusive circuit that can & ograve; only access a selection of athletes: those that are classified in the top of the standings dell''edizione 2014, the winners of the Freeride World Qualifier last year pi & ugrave; few exceptional presences, & ldquo; wild cards & rdquo; delivered at the discretion of the organizers to athletes who, while not required to give the requirements above, you submit should enter the race.
Ski maschileI first 16 athletes in the 2014 standings automatically confirmed for this edition. The new arrivals are the winners of the Freeride World Qualifier 2014, Leo Slemett (FRA) and Kyle Taylor (USA), together with their fellow podio.Una wild card & egrave; was awarded to Ivan Malakhov (RUS), who participated in the 2014 race and FWQ & egrave; marked with a spectacular race that & egrave; earned second place all''evento of El Dorado Freeride in Andorra. The other wild card are going to Markus Eder, Italian, who had to discontinue his participation last year for commitments in the Olympics, Wille Lindberg (SWE), thanks to two podium finishes in 2013 and Felix Wiemers (GER). Sar & agrave; Also in the race Charlie Lyons (NZL), who won this month FWQ NZ Freeski Open 2014 proving in great shape after the 'injury that stopped him last year.
Stefan H & auml; usl (AUT), in its sixth participation in the FWT states: & laquo; Motivation & egrave not; certainly not a problem for me. This & egrave; always been my dream, I love skiing since I was little and I can not think of a better life. Can I make my hobby into a business, and not ask for better & raquo ;.
FemminileTorna ski race Janina Kuzma (NZL) after the commitments in the halfpipe at the Olympics past had kept away from fresh. They qualify by winning the Freeride World Qualifier Eva Walkner (AUT) and Ashley Maxfield (USA), while remaining confirmed the first 7 athletes of the league in 2014 with strong presence in the United States, Austria and Sweden. Among them Nadine Wallner (AUT), twice champion FWT and the 'current reigning champion Christine Hargin (SWE).
Snowboard maschileCamille Armand (FRA) and Colin Boyd (USA) earned their participation in winning the championship FWQ 2014, while two & ldquo; wild card & rdquo; were granted to Ralph Backstrom (USA) and Jonathan Charlet (FRA). Among the top finishers dell''edizione 8, 2014, all confirmed their presence, the 'current champion Emilien Badoux (SUI).
The 'ateta Frenchman Ludovic Guillot-Diat & egrave; particularly excited about the new location came into the program. & Laquo;'m happy to be back in Andorra, & egrave; the stage that allowed me to get into the game after that in 2011 we won a stage of the Freeride World Qualifier. But my dream is still the 'Alaska, an area totally unknown to me and from which I expect a lot & raquo ;.
Snowboard femminileLe 4 best skiers of the past season are still in the race, led dall''attuale reigning champion Shannan Yates (USA). & Laquo; I'm really happy to still be a part of this community & agrave; of great athletes that & egrave; the Freeride World Tour. & ndash; declared the champion & ndash; I also feel that female athletes are growing more and more & ugrave; on all fronts: freestyle, jumps and speed & agrave; and will see & ograve; of giving up even quest''anno & raquo; New arrivals from the circuit FWQ are Anouck Mauthon (FRA) and Mary Celia Boddington (USA).
The prizes at stake for 2015 amounted to $ 400,000 well. Currently all the athletes are working hard, each in his own corner of the world, to be in perfect shape all''inizio competitions, January 24 in Chamonix on the slopes of Mont Blanc. Like last year, will & agrave; You can follow all the events Live streaming from the official website of the Freeride World Tour.
Here is the schedule of races: ------------------------- SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2015 BY THE NORTH FACE & reg; Event calendar and Cut
1 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC BY THE NORTH FACE & reg; Date: Jan. 24, 2015; Location: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, FRADisciplines: Men & rsquo, s and Women & rsquo, s Ski and Snowboard
2 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR FIEBERBRUNN Kitzb & uuml; Heler ALPEN BY THE NORTH FACE & reg; Date: Jan. 31, 2015; Location: Fieberbrunn Kitzbu & # 776; Heler Alpen, AUTDisciplines: Men & rsquo, s and Women & rsquo, s Ski and Snowboard
3 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR VALLNORD ARCALIS - ANDORRA BY THE NORTH FACE & reg; Dates: February 14, 2015; Location: Vallnord Arcalis, ANDDisciplines: Men & rsquo, s and Women & rsquo, s Ski and Snowboard
After the stage number three will take place the following selections to decide who will continue & agrave; Games: - Top 16 Men Ski (from 28) - Top 8 Men Snowboard (from 14) - Top 7 Women Ski (from 13) - Top 4 Women Snowboard (from 7)
4 SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR - ALASKA BY THE NORTH FACE & reg; Dates: March 14, 2015; Location: tbcDisciplines: Men & rsquo, s and Women & rsquo, s Ski and Snowboard
XTREME BY SWATCH 5 Verbier THE NORTH FACE & reg; Dates: March 28, 2015; Location: Verbier, SUIDisciplines: Men & rsquo, s and Women & rsquo, s Ski and Snowboard
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