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30 January 2018

As there's generally a fair bit of interest in this Winter Olympics carry-on, we thought we'd throw together a schedule for your viewing pleasure; though, close to being on the opposite side of the planet, and bound to daylight hours, we're unsure how much pleasure this viewing schedule may bring.

Izzy and Woodsy step onto the X-Games podium

30 January 2018

The last week of major competition before the Olympic Winter Games is currently taking place with success for our freestyle skiers on one of the biggest stages in the sport. Izzy Atkin and James Woods both scored top three finishes at the X-Games in Aspen in what has been widely viewed as one of the highest quality competitions of all time....

Seven British Ski and Snowboard athletes head for World Cups this weekend

9 November 2017

The competitive snowsports season moves into full swing this weekend with seven British athletes set to compete at two FIS World Cup events. Following a disrupted start two weeks ago in Austria, the Alpine World Cup moves on to Levi in Finland with Dave Ryding, Laurie Taylor, Alex Tilley and Charlie Guest in action, whilst the Snowboard Big Air...

White withdraws from Winter Games NZ

6 September 2017

As a result of a crash in training earlier in the week, two-time Olympic gold medallist Shaun White will no longer be competing in the Halfpipe World Cup scheduled to take place on Friday and Saturday (8-9 September) as part of the Audi quattro Winter Games NZ. "I took a crash while practising for the event,” said White.

FWT Dream Stop approaches

14 March 2017

For the FWT athletes who received their tickets to Haines after the Fieberbrunn stop last week much...

Laax Banked Slalom harks back to comps of yesteryear

6 March 2017

The third edition of the Sudden Rush Banked Slalom LAAX 2017 is a wrap. Around 300 participants from 18...

Chloe Kim & Shaun White Win 2017 Burton U.S. Open Halfpipe Titles

6 March 2017

Chloe Kim (USA) and Shaun White (USA) soundly defended their respective halfpipe titles here at the 35th...

Anna Gasser and Mark McMorris Win 2017 Burton U.S. Open Slopestyle Titles

Banked Slalom in LAAX is go

Complete coverage of the 35th Burton US Open

FWT Fieberbrunn is Crunch Time

World’s Top Snowboarders to Compete at the 35th Annual Burton U.S. Open

FWT in Vallnord-Arcalis goes off under clear skies

Woodsy, Morgan and Ormerod invited to X Games Oslo

Remarkable runs in Andorra FWT

Pyrenean capital of freeride welcomes 52 top riders for 3rd FWT

Les Arcs Great British Celebration

UK's Ellie Soutar second at Junior Freeride World Tour

Air + Style Podium for Katie Ormerod

Morgan and Coultas qualify for Air + Style final

Aimee Fuller qualifies for World Cup Slopestyle finals

The 4* Freeride World Qualifier Event, Big Mountain Hochfügen

Witness the next gen of freeriders at Junior FWT in Grandvaleria

Freeride World Tour opener moves from Chamonix to Andorra

Burton US Open returns to Vail

Woodsy claims X Games gold and Ormerod bronze

X-Games kicks off today

Freeride World Tour 2017 kicks off

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23 Jan 2017 - 12:53pm	X Games on ESPN for Katie O and Woodsy	0
20 Jan 2017 - 10:00am	Brits do well as Finland crowned best team at World Rookie Fest	0
19 Jan 2017 - 1:55pm	2017 Swatch Freeride World Tour in Chamonix just 10 days away	0
19 Jan 2017 - 1:28pm	Broadcast times for LAAX OPEN finals	0
18 Jan 2017 - 8:57pm	LAAX OPEN 2017 Slopestyle Semi-Finals	0
17 Jan 2017 - 10:24pm	Solitude celebrates debut as World Cup host	0
17 Jan 2017 - 4:15pm	Travis Rice wins first Japanese Freeride World Tour	0
16 Jan 2017 - 2:42pm	Brits out in force for LAAX Open	0
23 Dec 2016 - 12:32pm	Laax ready for top riders and the LAAX OPEN	0
19 Dec 2016 - 10:46am	Katie Ormerod pulls out of Copper Mtn Big Air final	0
14 Dec 2016 - 4:08pm	Knights and Queens unite for Suzuki Nine Royals	0
13 Dec 2016 - 12:56pm	FWT countdown	0
24 Nov 2016 - 2:48pm	Team GB prepped for Big Air in PyeongChang	0
18 Nov 2016 - 3:19pm	GB Park and Pipe in Austria for Pleasure Jam	0
29 Oct 2016 - 1:50pm	Jake Terry looking forward to Freeride Junior World Champs	0
4 Oct 2016 - 2:28pm	Japan to host first 4* FWT qualifier in January	0
1 Oct 2016 - 3:26pm	LAAX OPEN 2017 Becomes FIS Snowboard World Cup	0
3 Aug 2016 - 1:26pm	2018 South Korean Winter Olympics Appear In Rio And Look For Volunteers	0
2 Aug 2016 - 7:10am	Altitude Comedy Festival Kicks Off Winter 2016/17	0
30 Jul 2016 - 9:10am	Freeride World Tour 2017 Schedule Announced	0

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Chloe Kim & Shaun White Win 2017 Burton U.S. Open Halfpipe Titles

Chloe Kim (USA) and Shaun White (USA) soundly defended their respective halfpipe titles here at the 35th annual Burton U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships.

Anna Gasser and Mark McMorris Win 2017 Burton U.S. Open Slopestyle Titles

Anna Gasser (AUT) and Mark McMorris (CAN) took home the slopestyle titles at the 35th annual U.S. Open Snowboarding Championships on a creative course at Vail Mountain. The field of 10 men and five women absolutely raised the bar competing in a best of three-run finals format that resulted in a historical leap forward in slopestyle progression.

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Freeride World Tour 2017 Schedule Announced

The famous Freeride World Tour is a decade old in 2017 and has just announced where and when its spectacular competition will be taking place next winter. The Swatch-sponsored Tour reloads with a five-stop journey, once again featuring the world’s top riders competing on legendary competition faces from the Alps to Alaska. The contest kicks off on January 28, 2017 at Chamonix with the wo

Sascha Hamm 6th in Haines

The event in Haines, Alaska was a true show of freeride at its best. It was a nine day wait for the weather to play along but everyone seemed to know that it would be all worth it. The setting was like an Alaskan postcard with fresh powder under a clear blue sky and with a big glacier as a backdrop.

Riders arrive for The Arctic Challenge

According to educated weather people in Norway, the sun has been out for only 17 hours since December in Oslo! But as some of the best snowboarders in the world enters the country, it is sun all over the place. The Arctic Challenge open the doors today! Terje Haakonsen is here. Iouri Podladtchikov is here. Danny Davis is here. Ben Ferguson is here.

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Tom and Amy double down at The Brits

Tom Greenway and Amy Clayton have capped off perfect weeks in Laax by winning ski slopestyle gold today at The BRITS. The pair swept to big air glory in a weather-affected competition on Wednesday, and after the cancellation of halfpipe yesterday both were back in action and on top of the slopestyle podium. In the ladies’ event, 14-year-old Amy Clayton produced a 98-point final run and m

Brookes and Cockrell win, but Mother Nature rules the day

With a big weather front on the horizon, it was hoped that it would only affect one day of competition, but the early arrival of the wind shortened today’s Picture Big Air British Championship to one breezy run. Battling the elements and coming out on top were 2018 champions Billy Cockrell and Mia Brookes. A cloudy morning welcomed riders on the Crap Sogn Gion, but as they cleared it looked

New names claim ski cross golds at The Brits

Olympians and Junior World Champions have graced the ski cross podium in recent year at The BRITS but it was a host of teenagers which took centre stage today in an event which rewarded raw speed over cunning and tactics. With conditions closing in, there was always the chance the ski cross titles would be determined by qualifying times alone, and so it ended up with the weather causing the can

Greenway and Clayton rule the skies

Day one of competition at The BRITS saw the UK’s finest amongst the monoliths of Laax’s pro line kickers, throwing their best moves for arguably the purest event in freeski - Big Air. Just one big trick was all that stood between each skier and the national title, but once the dust settled it was Tom Greenway and Amy Clayton who walked away with the day’s golds. With three perfectly groo

Billy celebrates in style as Maisie defends title

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