Austrian Freeride Series

The Austrian Freeride Series kicks off its second season with the 1* Qualifier Open Faces Hochkönig on February 1st. At ten stops in four federal states, freeriders will be battling for no less than 9340 FW Qualifier points and the title of Austrian Freeride Champion over the coming months.

No big surprise: the second Open Faces tour stop in Kappl has unfortunately also had to be postponed due to a lack of snow.

New date: 14-16.02.2014. As part of yesterday's Open Faces Kick Off Party in Innsbruck, the Open Faces organizers also announced the new date for the postponed three-star competition in the Axamer Lizum. This is now to be held on the second weekend in February, i.e. from February 14th to 16th. However, the date for the Open remains open due to the unchanged snow conditions; the Open Faces crew will also provide an update on this next Saturday, January 11.

The FWT continues its global growth. Nowhere is this more evident than in the Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) and the Junior Freeride Tour (JFT). Following last season's success, the two event series will include even more individual events in both Europe and America in winter 13/14. With almost 50 FWQ events around the world, riders will have more opportunities than ever before to earn one of the coveted starting spots for the 2015 FWT. Registration for the European events opens on December 2nd!

Premiere of the Freeride World Qualifier series on the Goldeck sports mountain in the Gailtal Alps: The organizer "SGS - Sportgemeinschaft Spittal/Drau" has proven its organizational talent and successfully integrated the Big Mountain Goldeck into the ever-growing FWQ series. Despite the lack of rain in the run-up to the contest, the conditions on the face were good. The winners of the FWQ premiere knew how to take advantage of this: Wolfgang Kofler (snowboard), Dees Hetzenauer (snowboard), Rene Riegler (ski) and Jenni Kaipainen (ski). Contest participant Nikolai Göz was there for PowderGuide in Carinthia...