All competitions of "TOYO TIRES FWT JAPAN SERIES 2023" ended on February 25th.
At this point, there are a total of 14 players in "REGION 1", which controls players from Europe, Oceania, and Asia, including those who scored high points in the domestic qualifying rounds and those who have already qualified for the tournament based on their results from last season. has qualified for the FWT Challenger starting March 4th.
* Live distribution will also be available on the above YouTube from 3/4 16:30 Japan time
Among them, the following 8 players have traveled to Europe due to injuries, schedule instability, etc., and will stand on the stage to compete for the right to participate in the FWT in the 2024 season.
Katsuno
Tenra Instagram : tenra_katsuno123
Yamada Yuhei Yamada Yuhei Instagram : forgetek
Gen Sasaki Instagram : gen_sasaki_skier
SKI Girls
Sasada Chisato Instagram : chisasukeke
Yui Ohno Instagram : yuipuep
SNOWBOARD Boys
Yoshida Asato Instagram : asato_yoshida
Toyoma Yusuke Instagram : yusuketoyoma
Rei Igarashi Instagram : rei.igarashi
About 140 athletes are eligible to compete in the FWT Challenger, which includes the above eight participants. About 20 people who missed the final in 2023 FWT and the top 40 to 60 people in each region's FWT Qualifier. Approximately 60 to 75 people will participate in these two segments.
FWT Challenger will be held in two regions, Europe/Oceania/Asia and North America. The regions in which Japanese players compete are Europe, Oceania, and Asia. The tournament will be held according to the schedule below.
March 4-8 | 2023 NENDAZ CHALLENGER, SWITZERLAND (Switzerland)
March 9-13 | 2023 JASNA CHALLENGER, SLOVAKIA (Slovakia)
March 16-22 | 2023 GURGL CHALLENGER, AUSTRIA (Austria)
After these three tournaments, the results of two of the three races are reflected in the ranking.
A total of 18 skiers from each region, including 4 men skiing, 2 women skiing, 2 men snowboarding and 1 snowboarding woman, will qualify for next season's Freeride World Tour 2024.
Flowchart describing the flow of participating in FWT24. The part circled in red is the stage where 8 Japanese players will participate.
There are more Japanese players than usual who seize the opportunity, so I am also curious about the outcome of the FWT Challenger.
The tournament will be streamed live on FWT Global's official website and YouTube. Each player is also actively sending out the situation on SNS. Let's support the riders' riding from far away in Japan!
Freeride World Tour official website https://www.freerideworldtour.com/
Freeride World Tour official YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FISFreerideWorldTour
FWT JAPAN official website https://freerideworldtour.jp/
FWT JAPAN official Instagram https: //www.instagram.com/freerideworldtour_jp/