Events

• Announcement

• Freeride Skiing
• New Zealand
• Freeride World Qualifiers

The North Face Frontier

New Zealand Freeride Celebrations

The Southern Hemisphere’s longest running and most prestigious freeride event returns to Queenstown.

By: Klaus Polzer August 27, 2026

• Announcement

• Freeride Skiing
• Olympics
• Freeride World Tour
• FIS
• Val Thorens

A blind drop?

Freeriding takes the Olympic line

FIS just announced that the IOC has confirmed the inclusion of the freeride discipline in the 2030 Olympic Winter Games.

By: Klaus Polzer July 08, 2026

• Other

• Red Bull
• Unrailistic
• Åre
• Sweden
• Jesper Tjäder

Must-watch livestream

Red Bull Unrailistic Live Stream

Jesper Tjader's signature event, Red Bull Unrailistic, is back in Åre’s Nationalarenan on 1 May for live streamed rail madness.

By: Scott Naismith May 01, 2026

• Report

• Swatch Nines
• Niseko
• Japan
• Red Bull
• Jesper Tjäder
• Vincent Veile
• Max Moffatt
• Kai Mahler
• Tormod Frostad
• Matěj Švancer
• Daniel Bacher

lost voices of the nines

The fundamentals of karaoke: Swatch Nines does Niseko

Swatch Nines 2026 took Niseko by storm: tricks were landed and voices were lost.

By: Scott Naismith April 20, 2026

• Report

• El Tony
• Crew Clash
• Video Contest
• Gran Masta Park
• Adelboden
• Switzerland
• Isaac "EZ Panda" Simhon
• Rosina Friedel
• Matias Roche

Team battle

El Tony Crew Clash Vol. II: Throwdown in Adelboden-Lenk

Last week Gran Masta Park welcomed the second edition of Crew Clash, with five teams battling to make the best video part.

By: Ethan Stone April 07, 2026

• Report

• World Cup
• Slopestyle
• Corvatsch
• Sarah Hoefflin
• Birk Ruud
• Kirsty Muir
• Mac Forehand
• Henry Sildaru

Slopestyle final

View from the Booth: Sarah Hoefflin and Birk Ruud win the final Slopestyle World Cup in Silvaplanna

Sarah Hoefflin returns to the top step of the podium after six years, while Birk Ruud wins to secure the Crystal Globe.

By: Scott Naismith March 29, 2026

• Report

• Lou Barin
• Ben Richards
• Freeride World Tour
• Xtreme Verbier

New FWT Champions crowned

Lou Barin and Ben Richards triumph in Verbier

The Xtreme Verbier winners also crowned themselves FWT Overall Champions in a mind-blowing competition at the Bec des Rosses.

By: Klaus Polzer March 29, 2026

• Announcement

• Natural Selection Ski
• Jonah Williams
• Hannah Epsteyn
• Palisades Tahoe
• Alaska

Full roster locked in

Hannah Epsteyn and Jonah Williams Win Natural Selection Ski Super Session to complete NST roster

The first-ever Natural Selection Ski Super Session went down in Palisades Tahoe finalising the Alaska stop’s roster.

By: Scott Naismith March 26, 2026

• Report

• Snow League
• Laax
• Switzerland
• Halfpipe
• Eileen Gu
• Luke Harrold

will ride pipe for $$$

The Snow League Laax: Survival of the fittest

Shaun White's Snow League gives halfpipe riders the chance to win a huge stack of cash. But it makes them work hard for it.

By: Ethan Stone March 21, 2026

• Report

• Kitzsteinhorn
• Austria
• Freeride Skiing
• Freeride World Tour Challenger
• Orage

Challenge accepted

Bluebird freeride action on the Kitzsteinhorn at the X OVER RIDE Challenger 2026

Under perfect bluebird skies, the 20th edition of the X OVER RIDE delivered high-level freeride skiing on the Kitzsteinhorn.

By: Ethan Stone March 19, 2026

• Report

• Freeride World Tour
• Alaska
• Sybille Blanjean
• Toby Rafford
• Haines
• Peak Performance

Alaskan Redemption

FWT strikes back with a glorious contest in Haines

Sybille Blanjean and Toby Rafford triumph in Haines, as the Freeride World Tour finally finds appropriate conditions.

By: Klaus Polzer March 17, 2026