Felix Wiemers

A short conversation at the start of the tour with German skiers Bene and Felix.

After a 2-year break at the legendary Compface Wildseeloder, day wins, the tickets for the fourth stop of the FWT in Alaska and the starting places for the FWT 2017 were awarded in bright sunshine. In difficult conditions on the face, many riders showed great performances. The event in the Tyrolean Alps was well attended despite being postponed to Wednesday.

Now it's over, the Alaska tour stop in Haines that overshadowed everything this FWT season. At first it looked as if the Freeride Word Tour entourage would have to travel on without having achieved anything, having sat out the bad weather and made three futile attempts in vain. But then the tide turned: the competition only took place one day after the official time slot. The question of whether the wait and effort for this unique Freeride World Tour stop was worth it was one that many European freeride fans were able to answer for themselves on 23.03.15 on the live stream at prime time. For all those who didn't have the time or opportunity, here is a recap of the event.

George Rodney (USA) for the skiers and Estelle Balet (SUI) and Jonathan Charlet (FRA) for the snowboarders are the winners of the third stop of the FWT in Vallnord-Arcalis. At the stop of the Freeride World Tour 2015 (FWT) in Andorra, which was canceled in Austria and now made up for in Andorra, today's third-placed Felix Wiemers (GER) and today's seventh-placed Stefan Häusl (AUT) punched their tickets for the fourth stage in Alaska.

Loïc Collomb-Patton (FRA) for the skiers and Sammy Luebke for the snowboarders (USA) are the winners of the first stop of the Freeride World Tour in Courmayeur Mont Blanc (ITA). Creative line choice impresses the skiers, control and style the snowboarders. At Cresta Youla, skiers Josh Daiek (USA) and Jérémie Heitz (SUI) and snowboarders Sascha Hamm (GBR) and Ludovic Guillot-Diat (FRA) took second and third place.

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!

The last FWQ tour stop of the 2013 FWQ season in Switzerland stops for the 2nd time in the 4 Vallées - the ski resort that is also known as the Mecca of freeriders. And not by chance...! Niko was at the start of many FWQ tour stops across the Alps in the past season and tells us in detail about his impressions from Nendaz! Thanks for your motivation and commitment Niko! (T.H.)

Last weekend, everything revolved around the X OVER RIDE Big Mountain on the Kitzsteinhorn. It was the second year for the organizers within the Freeride World Qualifier series. As expected, the field of riders was very strong: it was not only about the Open Faces overall victory, but also about securing the last points for entry into the premier class, the Freeride World Tour. With bright sunshine and perfect conditions, nothing stood in the way of the crowning finale of the Open Faces Freeride Series. For PowderGuide, participants Julian Zenzmaier and Jochen Mesle were on site and report on their impressions.