The Freeride World Tour, also referred to as the FWT Pro or simply the FWT, is an annual series of events in which freeride skiers and snowboarders compete for individual event wins, as well as the overall title of Freeride World Champion in their respective genders and disciplines. The events take place on off-piste terrain – ungroomed snow on steep slopes, often featuring areas of high exposure.
The Freeride World Tour was founded in 1996 as the Verbier Extreme, and was a snowboard only contest until 2004. The first event series under the Freeride World Tour name took place in 2008. For the 2013 season, the Freeride World Tour merged with the Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding, combining all three tours under one global championship series.
A separate class of FWT Qualifier competitions provides the Tour with new rookies each season, with a small number of athletes from each division and region being selected to compete in FWT Challenger events. The top finishers after each Challenger circuit are invited to join the following season's Freeride World Tour. Limited wild card spots have historically been offered to established riders.
The FWT Junior circuit has had many competitions all over the world, as well as an invite-only FWT Junior World Championships held annually since 2012.
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation bought the Freeride World Tour in 2022.
Tour results
2026 Season LocationDatesEvent WinnersSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women Baqueira BeretJan 14 Ben Richards Liam Rivera Justine Dufour-Lapointe Mia Jones Val ThorensJan 25 Ben Richards Victor de Le Rue Agostina Vietti Noémie Equy GeorgiaCancelled due to unstable snowpack FieberbrunnCancelled due to unstable snowpack HainesMar 13 Toby Rafford Victor de Le Rue Sybille Blanjean Mia Jones VerbierMar 28 Ben Richards Liam Rivera Lou Barin Mia Jones 2026 Final RankingsPlaceSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women1st Ben Richards Victor de Le Rue Lou Barin Mia Jones2nd Toby Rafford Liam Rivera Sybille Blanjean Anna Martinez3rd Ross Tester Sacha Balicco Justine Dufour-Lapointe Noémie Equy
2025 Season LocationDatesEvent WinnersSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women Baqueira BeretJan 17 Ross Tester Victor de Le Rue Justine Dufour-Lapointe Noémie Equy Val ThorensJan 29 Martin Bender Enzo Nilo Astrid Cheylus Marion Haerty Kicking HorseFeb 07 Marcus Goguen Victor de Le Rue Molly Armanino Michaela Davis-Meehan GeorgiaMar 01 Marcus Goguen Cody Bramwell Zuzanna Witych Noémie Equy FieberbrunnMar 07Cancelled Liam Rivera Lily Bradley Noémie Equy VerbierMar 20 WeiTien Ho Cody Bramwell Jenna Keller Noémie Equy 2025 Final RankingsPlaceSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women1st Marcus Goguen Victor de Le Rue Justine Dufour-Lapointe Noémie Equy2nd Martin Bender Cody Bramwell Jenna Keller Michaela Davis-Meehan3rd Toby Rafford Liam Rivera Astrid Cheylus Núria Castan Baron
2024 Season LocationDatesEvent WinnersSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women Baqueira Beret Cancelled due to insufficient snow VerbierJan 27 - 28 Max Hitzig Victor de Le Rue Zuzanna Witych Núria Castan Baron Ordino ArcalísCancelled due to insufficient snow Kicking HorseFeb 14 - 20 Max Hitzig Victor de Le Rue Astrid Cheylus Anna Martinez GeorgiaMar 01 - 07 Marcus Goguen Victor de Le Rue Sybille Blanjean Núria Castan Baron FieberbrunnMar 12 - 18 Ben Richards Victor de Le Rue Astrid Cheylus Erin Sauve VerbierMar 23 - 31 Marcus Goguen Jonathan Penfield Hedvig Wessel Erin Sauve 2024 Final RankingsPlaceSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women1st Max Hitzig Victor de Le Rue Hedvig Wessel Erin Sauve2nd Marcus Goguen Jonathan Penfield Astrid Cheylus Núria Castan Baron3rd Ben Richards Liam Rivera Zuzanna Witych Anna Martinez
2023 Season LocationDatesEvent WinnersSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women Baqueira Beret Jan 27 - Feb 1 Max Palm Michael Mawn Addison Rafford Katie Anderson Ordino ArcalísFeb 1 Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson Kicking HorseFeb 16 - 21 Max Hitzig Liam Rivera Megane Betend Michaela Davis-Meehan FieberbrunnMar 10 - 16 Andrew Pollard Jonathan Penfield Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson VerbierCancelled due to unsafe snow conditions 2023 Final RankingsPlaceSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women1st Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson2nd Maxime Chabloz Jonathan Penfield Molly Armanino Anna Orlova3rd Andrew Pollard Liam Rivera Megane Betend Estelle Rizzolio
2022 Season LocationDatesEvent WinnersSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women Baqueira BeretJan 21 - 27 Max Palm Michael Mawn Olivia McNeill Erika Vikander Ordino ArcalísJan 29 - Feb 4 Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin Kicking HorseFeb 11 - 16 Maxime Chabloz Camille Armand Lily Bradley Erika Vikander FieberbrunnMar 13 - 19 Carl Regnér Eriksson Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin VerbierMar 25 - Apr 2 Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Sybille Blanjean Manuela Mandl +2022 Final RankingsPlaceSki MenSnowboard MenSki WomenSnowboard Women1st Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jessica Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin2nd Carl Regnér Eriksson Camille Armand Hedvig Wessel Erika Vikander3rd Ross Tester Cody Bramwell Olivia McNeill Manuela Mandl
Tour locations Key: X – Event Staged. – Event cancelled. – Event moved. Location 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026 Baqueira BeretXXXX ChamonixXXXXXXXX CourmayeurXXX Crested ButteX FieberbrunnXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX GeorgiaXX HainesXXXX HakubaPostponed due to weather and restaged in Kicking Horse.X Kicking HorseXXXXXXX KirkwoodXXX Mammoth MountainX Ordino ArcalísXXXXXXXXX RevelstokeXXX RøldalX SnowbirdX SochiXXXX Palisades TahoeXX St. Moritz X Tignes XX Val Thorens XX VerbierXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Notes
Tour champions
By season Season Men Women Ski Snowboard Ski Snowboard 2008 Henrik Windstedt Xavier de Le Rue Elyse Saugstad Ruth Leisibach 2009 Aurélien Ducroz Xavier de Le Rue Ane Enderud Susan Mol 2010 Candide Thovex Xavier de Le Rue Ane Enderud Aline Bock 2011 Aurélien Ducroz Mitch Tölderer Janette Hargin Anne-Flore Marxer 2012 Reine Barkered Jonathan Charlet Christine Hargin Maria DeBari 2013Rankings – Freeride World Tour 2013 Drew Tabke Ralph Backstrom Nadine Wallner Élodie Mouthon 2014 Loïc Collomb-Patton Émilien Badoux Nadine Wallner Shannan Yates 2015Rankings – Freeride World Tour 2015 George Rodney Jonathan Charlet Eva Walkner Estelle Balet 2016Rankings – Freeride World Tour 2016 Loïc Collomb-Patton Sammy Luebke Eva Walkner Estelle Balet 2017Rankings – Freeride World Tour 2017 Léo Slemett Sammy Luebke Lorraine Huber Marion Haerty2018 Kristofer Turdell Sammy Luebke Arianna Tricomi Manuela Mandl2019 Markus Eder Victor de Le Rue Arianna Tricomi Marion Haerty2020 Isaac Freeland Nils Mindnich Arianna Tricomi Marion Haerty2021 Kristofer Turdell Victor de Le Rue Elisabeth Gerritzen Marion Haerty2022World Champions Crowned at Xtreme Verbier 2022 Maxime Chabloz Blake Moller Jess Hotter Tiphanie Perrotin2023 Valentin Rainer Ludovic Guillot-Diat Justine Dufour-Lapointe Katie Anderson2024 Max Hitzig Victor de Le Rue Hedvig Wessel Erin Sauve2025 Marcus Goguen Victor de Le Rue Justine Dufour-Lapointe Noémie Equy2026 Ben Richards Victor de Le Rue Lou Barin Mia Jones
By nationality (2008-2026) +NationChampionships261486654322
See also Extreme skiing
References
External links Freeride World Tour