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Freeride World Tour

Finally! The Freeride World Championship comes to Verbier!

Eagerness before the big final! en

The sixth and final stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2012 will be held on freeriding’s most prestigious face, the north face of the Bec des Rosses in Verbier, Switzerland, Saturday, 24 March (weather permitting). The event will be more thrilling than ever with four world champions to be crowned and several potential winners in each of the disciplines men ski, women ski, men snowboard, and women snowboard.

Live-Feed auf FreerideWorldTour.com and Dailymotion.com! Live feed starting at 09:00 am on contest day (contest starts at 09:30) with 10 live cameras, including stabilised air shots from heli (wescam) and two expert commentators: Enak Gavaggio for French and Jack Shaw for English. Verbier and the fabled “Bec des Rosses” is considered the pinnacle of freeride competitions. With its extreme nature only the best 12 men skiers, 6 men snowboarders, 5 women skiers and 3 women snowboarders qualify. We will also see a few wild cards, like the three times snowboard world champion Xavier de le Rue (FRA). The Freeride World Champion titles will be awarded taking the four best results of the FWT12 season, including Verbier. The Xtreme Verbier is also a major public festivity; in 2011 the event hosted more than 10,000 live spectators. The “Bec” never disappoints, with riders pushing the limits in the sport of freeriding. In its 17th consecutive edition the stake is higher than ever with the world’s best riders battling out to score a high place on the ranking and for some, grab the world champion title and a prize purse of 45 000 USD. Check out the current ranking here! Information about the last FWT events here! All information about the FWT here! Check out the Blue Tomato FWT magazine stories here!