Neil Williman

If you come to New Zealand to go freeriding, don't miss out on visiting one of the "mini" ski resorts and club ski fields. With few lifts, but usually great terrain, you can get back to basics. It's not uncommon for these almost family-like resorts to make you think that this is exactly how you could imagine your own small, private ski resort behind the house. Ohau and Temple Basin are two good places to soak up the Kiwi ski spirit and hopefully take a bit of it home with you to the European ski resorts.

The qualifier series of the Freeride World Tour 2010/2011 is over. After an exciting, albeit at times very snow-poor season, eight new riders have qualified for the FWT 2011/2012. This means that the field of riders for the official tour stops of the upcoming FWT 2011/2012 has been finalized. However, the FWT is still keeping a lid on how the tour will present itself next winter.