La Clusaz

The FWQ series also started this season in La Clusaz (France). The 2* events, which took place during the week, gave riders with few or even no ranking points the chance to qualify for the main event at the weekend. The 4* contest attracted many European freeriders, who competed for the good prize money and the many FWT points. Fabian Lentsch and Jochen Mesle were on site for PowderGuide and report on their impressions.

After the weather in Revelstoke made it impossible to hold the first Freeride World Tour stop in 2013 at the planned time, the "Radikal Mountain" Freeride World Tour Qualifier in the French ski resort of La Clusaz will possibly be the first event in 2013 to compete for FWT points at the highest level!

The FWQ circus is starting the 2012 season with a bang! The best competition freeriders of the "second league" met from 13-15.1.2012 in the French ski resort of La Clusaz to hold the contest adorned with 4****. The first contest of the season offers plenty of ranking points, decent prize money and a great supporting program. Event participants Simon Wohlgenannt, Sebastian Fischer and Fabian Lentsch were on site for PowderGuide and report on their impressions first-hand.

On 18.10.2010 the organization of the FWT and FWQ published the official event calendar of the qualifying events. As with the announcement of the FWT stops, there are changes and innovations to be observed. A new category, the 4-star events, has been added to the existing 1 to 3-star events. This brings the total number of events on the calendar this season to 28.

There was once a freestyle student in France who turned his attention to the big mountains. This gave rise to big backflips and fast lines more than a decade ago. This phenomenon has a name: Seb Michaud. To kick off the Freeride World Tour [FWT], we spoke to last year's runner-up of the tour.