This page will be dedicated to getting the word out there about Big
Mountain Comps happening on your local hill. This is a "NEW" sport that
was best know as extreme skiing back in the day with such greats as
Scott Schmidt and Glenn Plake pioneering the early days of its
conception. Present day free skiing has exploded and with the new
technology allowing riders to shred big lines like they were ripping a
SUPER G race course, it is no wonder that these comps have developed.
Every year people are going bigger, feeling badder, and moving faster
in their lines and these venues allow them to lay it all out with some
of the best skiiers from around the world at the pinnacle of their
game. Most of these comps are open to the public and as long as you can
make it past the qualifying rounds, with style and grace of course,
virtually anyone has the ability to participate.
IFSA.. International Free Sking Association.
The IFSA is kind of like the pro league of sorts for big mountain
skiing. They are the God father of creating a standard in a new forming
and growing sport. The President Jim Jack was a competitor for years
before he started judging these events. Check out this interview by CORESHOT FILMS with Jim Jack,
it helps give you a lot better idea of were things are and were things
are going in the IFSA and the sport on big mountain skiing.
This year the IFSA even got a new web pageup
and running so check it out. They are one of the best resources for
finding out info and getting registered for these events. You can set
up a profile also so when you do ski in the events you get your award
points. If you get enough points then you don't have to go through the
qualifier and it can save you some cash money and time. They also do an
OK job posting even schedules and final results but could try and step
it up this year and hit more of the small Big mountain comps...
Registration
for the tour opens Nov. 13th and you can find their site in the links
page. This is the place to be though, with athletes coming from all
around the world to throw down in a venue that never fails to amaze.
Always pushing the sport and taking it to a higher level.
Men,
Women, Juniors and Snowboarders will compete for over $20,000 in Cash
and Prizes at Washington's Largest Ski Area. With some of the best
riding conditions in the world right now in the Northwest, the Silver
King Freeride will prove to be another exciting and fun competition on
the big mountain circuit. Over 390 inches of snow has fallen at Crystal
Mt this season so far and if this turns out to be a typical March,
plenty more will fall this month making the conditions once again epic
during this contest!
This event is a lot of fun with a swag
party for the athletes and a dirt bag costume ball on the final night.
They also do their best to make the event viewable to the public that
usually have no idea that these events even exists. I told several
people last year about the event that asked about my numbered jersey
and they all said wow I never even knew that was a completive sport.
Check back with us soon and once the dates and info is posted about
this event I will update this link.
Freeride World Tour sponsored by Nissan.
Click on the picture to link to the FWT home page.
FREERIDE WORLD TOUR
The Idea: after 13 years organizing the Verbier Xtreme Freeride competition, it is now time to move one step up. The organizers, the athletes and the Freeride industry is ready and waiting for it... This winter, professional freeride skiers and snowboarders will finally go head to head in a Freeride World Tour made up of five events and boasting the biggest prize money ever in the history of this sport.
The Freeride World Tour: the top international Freeriders, Men and Women, Ski and Sowboard, battle for the first ever professional World Champion Title.
The locations: the best Freeride spots on earth have been selected by the organizers and the Pro Freeriders Board (PFB) to host the 5 main events of the Freeride World Tour (FWT), the 3 qualifying events of the Freeride World Qualifying Series (FWQS) and 2 open events.
New Zealand's FreeRide Open
New Zealand FreeRide Open: Here is some great video of a FreeRide big mountain comp in New Zealand. With terrain like that is would be hard to resist.
