Freeride World Tour

Annual series of skiing and snowboarding events From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The Freeride World Tour, also referred to as the FWT Pro or simply the FWT, is an annual series of events in which freeride skiers and snowboarders compete for individual event wins, as well as the overall title of Freeride World Champion in their respective genders and disciplines. The events take place on off-piste terrain – ungroomed snow on steep slopes, often featuring areas of high exposure.

GenreFreeride skiing and snowboarding
LocationsEurope; occasionally in North America and Asia
Inaugurated1996 (snowboard only)
2004 (ski and snowboard)
FounderSwitzerland Nicolas Hale-Woods
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Freeride World Tour
GenreFreeride skiing and snowboarding
LocationsEurope; occasionally in North America and Asia
Inaugurated1996 (snowboard only)
2004 (ski and snowboard)
FounderSwitzerland Nicolas Hale-Woods
Current championsCanada Marcus Goguen (ski men)

France Victor de le Rue (snowboard men)

Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe (ski women)

France Noémie Equy (snowboard women)
Organized byInternational Ski Federation (FIS)
SponsorsPeak Performance
Websitewww.freerideworldtour.com
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The Freeride World Tour was founded in 1996 as the Verbier Extreme, and was a snowboard only contest until 2004. The first event series under the Freeride World Tour name took place in 2008. For the 2013 season, the Freeride World Tour merged with the Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, combining all three tours under one global championship series.[1]

A separate class of FWT Qualifier competitions provides the Tour with new rookies each season, with a small number of athletes from each division and region being selected to compete in FWT Challenger events. The top finishers after each Challenger circuit are invited to join the following season's Freeride World Tour.[2] Limited wild card spots have historically been offered to established riders.[3]

The FWT Junior circuit has had many competitions all over the world, as well as an invite-only FWT Junior World Championships held annually since 2012.

The International Ski and Snowboard Federation bought the Freeride World Tour in 2022.[4]

Tour results

2025 Season

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Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Spain Baqueira Beret[5] Jan 17 United States Ross Tester France Victor de Le Rue Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe France Noémie Equy
France Val Thorens[6] Jan 29 Switzerland Martin Bender France Enzo Nilo France Astrid Cheylus France Marion Haerty
Canada Kicking Horse[7] Feb 07 Canada Marcus Goguen France Victor de Le Rue United States Molly Armanino Australia Michaela Davis-Meehan
Georgia (country) Georgia[8] Mar 01 Canada Marcus Goguen United Kingdom Cody Bramwell Poland Zuzanna Witych France Noémie Equy
Austria Fieberbrunn[9] Mar 07 Cancelled[10] Switzerland Liam Rivera United States Lily Bradley France Noémie Equy
Switzerland Verbier[11] Mar 20 Canada WeiTien Ho United Kingdom Cody Bramwell Switzerland Jenna Keller France Noémie Equy
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Final Rankings[12]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Canada Marcus Goguen France Victor de Le Rue Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe France Noémie Equy
2nd Switzerland Martin Bender United Kingdom Cody Bramwell Switzerland Jenna Keller Australia Michaela Davis-Meehan
3rd United States Toby Rafford Switzerland Liam Rivera France Astrid Cheylus Spain Núria Castan Baron
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2024 Season

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Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Spain Baqueira Beret Cancelled due to insufficient snow[13]
Switzerland Verbier[14] Jan 27 - 28 Germany Max Hitzig France Victor de Le Rue Poland Zuzanna Witych Spain Núria Castan Baron
Andorra Ordino Arcalís Cancelled due to insufficient snow[15]
Canada Kicking Horse[16] Feb 14 - 20 Germany Max Hitzig France Victor de Le Rue France Astrid Cheylus France Anna Martinez
Georgia (country) Georgia Mar 01 - 07 Canada Marcus Goguen France Victor de Le Rue Switzerland Sybille Blanjean Spain Núria Castan Baron
Austria Fieberbrunn[17] Mar 12 - 18 New Zealand Ben Richards France Victor de Le Rue France Astrid Cheylus Canada Erin Sauve
Switzerland Verbier[18] Mar 23 - 31 Canada Marcus Goguen United States Jonathan Penfield Norway Hedvig Wessel Canada Erin Sauve
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Final Rankings[19]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Germany Max Hitzig France Victor de Le Rue Norway Hedvig Wessel Canada Erin Sauve
2nd Canada Marcus Goguen United States Jonathan Penfield France Astrid Cheylus Spain Núria Castan Baron
3rd New Zealand Ben Richards Switzerland Liam Rivera Poland Zuzanna Witych France Anna Martinez
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2023 Season

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Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Spain Baqueira Beret[20] Jan 27 - Feb 1 Sweden Max Palm United States Michael Mawn United States Addison Rafford Canada Katie Anderson
Andorra Ordino Arcalís[21] Feb 1 Austria Valentin Rainer France Ludovic Guillot-Diat Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada Katie Anderson
Canada Kicking Horse[22] Feb 16 - 21 Germany Max Hitzig Switzerland Liam Rivera France Megane Betend New Zealand Michaela Davis-Meehan
Austria Fieberbrunn[23] Mar 10 - 16 United States Andrew Pollard United States Jonathan Penfield Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada Katie Anderson
Switzerland Verbier Cancelled due to unsafe snow conditions[24]
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Final Rankings[25]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Austria Valentin Rainer France Ludovic Guillot-Diat Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada Katie Anderson
2nd Switzerland Maxime Chabloz United States Jonathan Penfield United States Molly Armanino Russia Anna Orlova
3rd United States Andrew Pollard Switzerland Liam Rivera France Megane Betend France Estelle Rizzolio
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2022 Season

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Location Dates Event Winners
Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
Spain Baqueira Beret[26] Jan 21 - 27 Sweden Max Palm United States Michael Mawn Canada Olivia McNeill United States Erika Vikander
Andorra Ordino Arcalís[27] Jan 29 - Feb 4 Switzerland Maxime Chabloz United States Blake Moller New Zealand Jessica Hotter France Tiphanie Perrotin
Canada Kicking Horse[28] Feb 11 - 16 Switzerland Maxime Chabloz France Camille Armand United States Lily Bradley United States Erika Vikander
Austria Fieberbrunn[29] Mar 13 - 19 Sweden Carl Regnér Eriksson United States Blake Moller New Zealand Jessica Hotter France Tiphanie Perrotin
Switzerland Verbier[30] Mar 25 - Apr 2 Switzerland Maxime Chabloz United States Blake Moller Switzerland Sybille Blanjean Austria Manuela Mandl
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Final Rankings[31]
Place Ski Men Snowboard Men Ski Women Snowboard Women
1st Switzerland Maxime Chabloz United States Blake Moller New Zealand Jessica Hotter France Tiphanie Perrotin
2nd Sweden Carl Regnér Eriksson France Camille Armand Norway Hedvig Wessel United States Erika Vikander
3rd United States Ross Tester United Kingdom Cody Bramwell Canada Olivia McNeill Austria Manuela Mandl
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Tour locations

Key: X – Event Staged. C – Event cancelled. M – Event moved.

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Location 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013[32] 2014[33] 2015[34] 2016[35] 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Spain Baqueira Beret X X C X
France Chamonix X X X X X X X X
Italy Courmayeur X X X
United States Crested Butte X
Austria Fieberbrunn X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X X
Georgia (country) Georgia X X
United States Haines X X X
Japan Hakuba M[N 1] X X C
Canada Kicking Horse X X X C X X X X
United States Kirkwood X X X
United States Mammoth Mountain X
Andorra Ordino Arcalís X X X X X[N 2] X X X X C
Canada Revelstoke X X X
Norway Røldal X
United States Snowbird X
Russia Sochi X X X X
United States Palisades Tahoe X X
Switzerland St. Moritz X
France Tignes X X
Switzerland Verbier X X X X X X X X X X X X C X X C X[N 3] X
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Notes
  1. [1]
    Postponed due to weather and restaged in Kicking Horse.
  2. [2]
    2 competitions staged due to COVID-19 pandemic calendar impacts.
  3. [3]
    2 competitions (season opener, season finale) staged due to cancellation of season opener in Baqueira Beret.

Tour champions

By season

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Season Men Women
Ski Snowboard Ski Snowboard
2008[36]Sweden Henrik WindstedtFrance Xavier de Le RueUnited States Elyse SaugstadSwitzerland Ruth Leisibach
2009[37]France Aurélien DucrozFrance Xavier de Le RueNorway Ane EnderudUnited States Susan Mol
2010[38]France Candide ThovexFrance Xavier de Le RueNorway Ane EnderudGermany Aline Bock
2011[39]France Aurélien DucrozAustria Mitch TöldererSweden Janette HarginFrance Anne-Flore Marxer
2012[40]Sweden Reine BarkeredFrance Jonathan CharletSweden Christine HarginUnited States Maria DeBari
2013[41]United States Drew TabkeUnited States Ralph BackstromAustria Nadine WallnerFrance Élodie Mouthon
2014[42]France Loïc Collomb-PattonSwitzerland Émilien BadouxAustria Nadine WallnerUnited States Shannan Yates
2015[43]United States George RodneyFrance Jonathan CharletAustria Eva WalknerSwitzerland Estelle Balet
2016[44]France Loïc Collomb-PattonUnited States Sammy LuebkeAustria Eva WalknerSwitzerland Estelle Balet
2017[45]France Léo SlemettUnited States Sammy LuebkeAustria Lorraine HuberFrance Marion Haerty
2018 Sweden Kristofer Turdell United States Sammy Luebke Italy Arianna Tricomi Austria Manuela Mandl
2019 Italy Markus Eder France Victor de Le Rue Italy Arianna Tricomi France Marion Haerty
2020 United States Isaac Freeland United States Nils Mindnich Italy Arianna Tricomi France Marion Haerty
2021 Sweden Kristofer Turdell France Victor de Le Rue Switzerland Elisabeth Gerritzen France Marion Haerty
2022[46] Switzerland Maxime Chabloz United States Blake Moller New Zealand Jess Hotter France Tiphanie Perrotin
2023[47] Austria Valentin Rainer France Ludovic Guillot-Diat Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe Canada Katie Anderson
2024 Germany Max Hitzig France Victor de Le Rue Norway Hedvig Wessel Canada Erin Sauve
2025 Canada Marcus Goguen France Victor de Le Rue Canada Justine Dufour-Lapointe France Noémie Equy
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By nationality (2008-2025)

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Nation Championships
 France 24
 United States 13
 Austria 8
 Sweden 6
 Switzerland 6
 Canada 5
 Italy 4
 Norway 3
 Germany 2
 New Zealand 1
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