Freeride

The Paznaun offers everything a winter sports enthusiast's heart desires. Every ability level will find the perfect terrain to ride here; for ski tourers, off-piste skiers or freeriders.

Most PG readers will be familiar with the name Tom Leitner from his participation in the Freeride World Tour. As one of the first to show freestyle elements in big mountain contests, he is certainly one of those riders who can win a tour stop at any time, as long as he gets his line down cleanly. In addition to contest riding, he also found a little time to film during the past season.

It's almost time: the season is starting and winter is already in the starting blocks. That's why, in the last part of our "Fit for winter" series, we'll be showing you together with Phil how to get your coordination in shape so that you're able to react quickly to sudden and unexpected stimuli, such as hits, when riding.

A total of four meters of snow transformed Las Leñas into a winter wonderland: one day was better than the next... We were finally able to do all the things we had come here to do.

At last!!! The suffering is over! After three continuous weeks of frustration due to terrible conditions, snow finally fell!!!

Argentina - The land of beef and red wine! Of tango and beautiful women! And above all, the Andes!

We move on to the Strandafjellet ski resort, which is now one of the most popular freeride resorts in Scandinavia. The area around Strandafjellet has a number of worthwhile ski touring peaks - we opted for the favorite peak of the Queen of Kongeriket Norge (Kingdom of Norway).

Norway has long ceased to be an insider tip - at least for spring ski tours. Central Europeans have been traveling to the north for years. These trips are usually so late in the winter that the first flowers are already blooming in the Alps. If you venture north a little earlier, you can still fully enjoy the freeride potential of the mountains there.

The original premiere date of the Back on Track Freeride Contest could not be held due to bad weather and the avalanche situation at the time. But the new date gave hope for a great weekend... The idea was to get back to basics - in a simple and nature-friendly way, we headed up into the wildest part of the Montafon mountains with skins and snowshoes. A three-day friendly freeride competition: freeriding and chilling out together were on the agenda. PowderGuide event reporter Matze Kurzthaler was there and has plenty to report:

The sixth Kick The Vik Eco Freeride Contest took place in the Oberalp region from March 22 to 24, 2013. Skiers and snowboarders made the pilgrimage to Maighelstal to compete against each other in a big mountain freeride competition and to ski good lines together. The ecological concept is the central element here: the riders ascend under their own steam, neither snowmobiles nor helicopters are used. The riders rate each other's runs and the winner is the one who has received the most votes.

PowderGuide, as a long-standing partner of Black Diamond, had the opportunity to test some of next year's ski models on various occasions.

French freerider Sebastien "Seb" Michaud first got on skis at the age of three. After five years as a member of the French free-style team, he discovered his passion for freeriding and has since enjoyed numerous international successes. Seb Michaud is now one of the most experienced freeriders in the world. We wanted to get to know the cool Frenchman a little better in a short interview.