Chisato Sasada conveys the charm of free ride in photos and texts, despite the players who participate in FWT Qualifier.
She is based in Austria this winter and has participated in the FWT Challenger, a stage with the right to participate in FREERIDE WORLD TOUR (FWT).
From the active perspective of such a player activity, he spelled out the highlights and ways to enjoy the current "FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2025".
If you check this, the FWT to chase live will be even more interesting!
First of all, the schedule and the tournament venue
This season has been in six races in all. It is the season with the highest number of tournaments in the past few years.
STOP #1: 1/18-23 Spain BAQUEIRA BRET (held on 1/17)
STOP #2: 1/27-2/1 France Val Thorens
Stop #3: 2/7-2/13 Canada Kicking Horse, Golden BC
STOP #4: 2/23-3/1 Georgia
STOP #5: 3/8-3/13 Austria FIEBERBRUNN
ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ー ーFINAL: 3/22-30 Switzerland Verbier
All players will participate up to five races, and depending on the overall performance, it will determine whether it will remain in the final round of the final. The results up to the finals have three best reviews in five races. This is called final cut.
Only the players who remain in the final can get the right to participate in the FWT the following season. The remaining players will be demoted to the challenger of each REGION and fight the challenger series again with the other players participating in the FWT.
Of course, many players retire from the FWT scene.
The final performance of the season is determined by the best 4 results, including the finals.
What do you think of free ride is the most interesting for you?
Which mountain or slope do you like in each venue? What line was the best? What kind of trick did you get excited about? What style and sliding players do you like?
There are pleasure to follow the results of who won, but there are many other interesting and fascinating scenes.
That is the free ride tournament and the real pleasure. I honestly want you to enjoy FWT with your own way of enjoying "My Own Freeride Mind".
Highlights 1 | Featured place
New venue! French Val Thorens
This season, a new venue was Val Threns in France.
It has been a long time in FWT in France. Val Trans is one of the ski slopes in the three valleys, Les 3 Vallees. It is the world's largest ski area with a total extension of 600 km.
FWT has the same venue and slope that has been held for years.
In such places, the line variations are limited, and you will gradually get used to the mountains, and for fans who have been watching for many years, you will feel a little tired. For such fans, a first match in a new venue is a must -see.
What kind of slope is it? What kind of terrain is it? What kind of line do players draw and how do they capture? It is a hottest venue.
High score one after another! Georgia with abundant terrain
Georgia tournament, which is said to be popular among FWT riders. It is also a new venue since last season, and it is also a venue where you can see various line variations and aggressive riding due to the amount of snowfall and the abundance of terrain.
Can you see a new line different from last season this season, the second year? Will the difficulty of the trick increase? Last season, seven skiing boys scored 90 points, especially MARCUS GOGUEN won the overwhelming score of 98 points, and it was a ridiculous battle.
I am also looking forward to the match against Georgia this season.
Swiss Verbier celebrating the 30th anniversary
In 1996, the free ride contest in this area started under the name of Verbier EXTREME, celebrating its 30th anniversary this season.
Did you know that this Verbier EXTREME was a snowboard -only tournament until 2004 (I knew it for the first time)?
It was in 2008 that ski categories have entered in 2004 and became the name Freeride World Tour.
From there, a European free ride sacred place that has created various dramas as the FWT Final.
I first experienced the FWT Finals for the first time last season, and I was surprised and impressed that not only the whole resort, but also the locals became FWT at once.
If it is the 30th anniversary, I wonder what it will be like.
FREERIDE WORLD TOUR /JBERNARD
Last season, ski boys were impressive for the overall championship between Max Hitzig and MARCUS, and for skiing girls, Hedvig's long -awaited final championship and overall championship.
What drama will be born this season? Also pay attention to the excitement and heat of the venue.
Highlights 2 | New records with specialty cliffs
There is a specialty cliff at the venue that has been holding FWT for many years. The difficulty of free ride changes even in the same trick depending on the take -off terrain. These specialty cliff tricks are sighted. Especially last season, a new record with such a specialty cliff was published, so I would like to introduce it.
Austria Fieberbrunn: Häusl CliffF
Speaking of Fever Brun, this cliff. In fact, this is where the ski boys, the ski boy, decided the first backflip in history. In addition, Erin Sauve, the overall championship last year, made this Cliffjamp for the first time in snowboarding women's history. It was the moment when the level of snowboard girls rose at once.
Austria Fieberbrunn: Eagle Cliff
Similarly, there is another huge cliff band in Feverwhouven. Cliffs can challenge only a limited number of people because the size changes depending on the way of snow. Last season, a veteran Kristofer Turdell decided this cliff jamp with a double takeoff.
･Swiss Verbier: Hollywood Cliff
Ski boy Finn Bilous has decided for the first time in history. However, in fact, there were some players who decided 360 here after him, so Finn happened to publish a new record in the start order. Maybe this year, Katsuno Tenkei will decide the first back flip here again?
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Highlights 3 ｜ Snowboard focuses on terrain removal and their sense that is different from skiing.
It is a FWT that is inevitably attracting attention to the power of skiing, but it is obvious that they are sliding at a ridiculous high level given the characteristics of the snowboard.
For me as a skier, why can I fly such a big cliff on a snowboard and endure rough landing? Why can I put tricks from such takeoff posture? There are many scenes. No wonder.
Above all, it is surprising that there are many air and tricks that use the overwhelmingly detailed terrain than skiing.
Therefore, sometimes the number of air in one run is more snowboard than ski categories. The way you enjoy such a difference is how to enjoy the snowboard category.
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