Revelstoke

Hagrin, Yates, Tabke and Backstrom win the first tour stop of the 2013 Freeride World Tour in Revelstoke!

On January 7, 2013, the eagerly awaited FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2013 will finally get underway! The first event of the now united and world's most important big mountain tour will take place in Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada.

After two weather-related waiting days, the skiers' final was finally held in Revelstoke, Canada on Wednesday, January 11, 2012. The North Americans showed clear dominance on the "Mac Daddy"face and displayed breathtaking freeriding, just as you would expect from the best freeriders in the world.

The second day of the contest in Revelstoke, Canada, belonged entirely to the world's elite freeride snowboarders. 17 men and 6 women put their skills to the test on the "Mackenzie Face? on Saturday, January 7, 2012. However, the skiers' final scheduled for Sunday, 8.1.2012, had to be postponed due to the weather.

The 2012 Freeride World Tour season starts on January 6 in Revelstoke, Canada. The elite of the freeride world are getting ready to make their first turns in the fresh powder of British Columbia and begin the race for the crown of world champion. The reigning champions Aurélien Ducroz, Mitch Tölderer, Janette Hargin and Anne-Flore Marxer will certainly not have an easy time defending their titles.

Around three o'clock in the afternoon, we set off from Revelstoke in a southerly direction. Our next destination: the small town of Nelson BC with its Whitewater ski resort. We are lucky that we left Revelstoke so early. The road along the Columbia River in the sunshine is simply a hit. Exactly how you imagine Canada to be. The slopes of the Rockies rise up to the right and left of the river and the glaciers twinkle in the distance.

After our first stop at Kicking-Horse, we continued over the Rogers Pass to Revelstoke two days ago. The first surprise: halfway through the 120 kilometers, we crossed a time zone border, which extended our day by an hour.

A snowstorm greeted us when we arrived in Calgary on Saturday evening. Without any local knowledge, we were glad that a Banff Airport cab pulled out of the airport exit directly in front of us, so we simply followed it in good faith. And as we all know, trust is rewarded, we left the city limits with less than 10 meters of visibility and took Highway 1 west. Shortly before the Rocky Mountains, the snowstorm fortunately cleared, so that we reached the Kicking Horse River Lodge in the small town of Golden shortly before midnight, our accommodation for the next two days.

Fog. Gray, dreary weather, long faces. Everyone absorbed in themselves. Welcome to the bus heading to the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. Unlike the many students, however, it is supposed to take Michi and me to the "Museum of Anthropology". Museum of Anthropology? Never heard of it! And anyway, what does this have to do with our sport of powder skiing?