The finals for the Freeride World Tour will be on this weekend Saturday the 24th in Verbier, Switzerland. The URL address for the live feed will be:
http://www.dailymotion.com/FreerideWorldTourTV#video=xphguo
The women will be running first on the Petit Bec Du Ross at 9:30am euro time.
The Bec Du Ross is looking gnarly this year.
Petit Bec Du Ross - lookers left of the Bec Du Ross. This will be the women's venue.
WOW Fieberbrunn, Austria. What an amazing event they put together for the 4th stop of the Freeride World Tour. The day ran smoothly with the women running first and putting on a spectacular show. I came in 3rd place which leaves me 5th overall on the ranking board which qualifies me for Verbier!!! The rankings are pretty tight which leaves the title up for grabs in the finals.
For full results check here
3rd place and going to the finals in Verbier! photo Tim Lloyd
air time - Photo Jeremy Bernard FWT
Spectators FWT Fieberbrunn, Austria
Just flew out of Norway and love the place but not the prices. Wow I knew Norway was going to be expensive but it really hit the bank. Nearly $40 US for 2 Starbucks caramel frappachinos !!! What the…
The comp didn’t go as well as I had planned. The women dropped in last and it was extremely flat light. I was finding it hard to get any depth of perception.
Couldn’t make out how far the take offs were when I was skiing down. It was a shock to be skiing my line and suddenly to be airborne.
So I came in 7th place, still 4th overall on the ranking board. So next stop Fieberbrunn, Austria. Congrats to super Smoothy for coming in 3rd and still having a HUGE lead on the overall ranking board. Also congrats to Maria for coming in 4th place and Neil Williaman who had a really nice run and came in 11th. NZ team throwing down!
After Roldal Chris and I had a tourist day in Oslo and met up with Shannon Yates-Cochran and Mel Simmons. We tried to take in as many of the tourist sights as we could. My favorite was the Viking Museum…A must see if you’re ever in Olso.
Now I’m on my way back to Geneva. We have a couple days in Vaujany, France and then off to ride the stunt ditch.
So much snow in Roldal, Norway. This is the entrance into our apartment!
Viking Museum in Oslo
Frogner Park in Oslo. The park contains the world famous Vigeland Sculpture Park (Vigelandsanlegget) designed by Gustav Vigeland. Some of the sculptures are twisted. Shannan Yates-Cochrone and Chris Rodgers
Change of guards, Oslo palace
Keep you posted.
I was recently in Chamonix filming and shooting with Tony Harrington for his documentary that will be broadcasted across Australia and New Zealand later in the year. It’s about the journey of the World Heli Challenge and following the athletes skiing around the world, following their lives and how everyone meets in one place a year at the World Heli Challenge.
It was a tough 8 days due to snow conditions and avalanche danger but we managed to get some fantastic shots and amazing clear days.
If you’re ever in Chamonix and looking for a place to stay I recommend staying at the ‘Le Vert Hotel’. It’s affordable, clean and offer breakfast with your stay. You can even buy your lift passes and rent your ski gear (if needed) from the hotel. There is a bus stop right outside the vert hotel but they also offer a shuttle service so it nice and easy.
The most memorable part of my stay was how friendly the staff were. Also the Menu Du Jour.. I had a lamb stew one night for dinner and it was to die for!!
Thanks guys for a wonderful stay!
Tony Harrington Janina & Maria Kuzma in Chamonix TDDSR_ep24 from The Daily Dump Snow Report on Vimeo.
Last year at the end of the NZ winter season, I headed up to Franz Joseph Glacier on the West Coast, with NZ Skier filming an episode for The North Face Quest series. The crew was myself, Fraser McDougall, Tom Dunbar, Dean Staples and Mike Madden from Adventure Consultants Guides, photographer Camilla Stoddart, and camera man Neil Kerr and Hugh Bernard,
This series follows North Face athletes on their quest to explore New Zealand’s amazing backcountry terrain. We are forced to learn new skills to help us in NZ’s rugged environment as we push ourselves towards the goal of climbing and skiing bigger and bigger peaks.
The North Face Quest – Episode 2 – Franz Joseph from NZ Skier on Vimeo.
After the second stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour in Chamonix, I was off to Lech em Arlberg, Austria with professional skier Lorriane Huber who is also one of my good friends.
I’ve been hearing this whole season that the best place to be is in the Alberg so I jumped at the opportunity to go skiing there for a few days. For those who don’t know, The Alberg is where I first ever put on a pair of skis and had the joyous moments of sliding on snow. I learnt to ski in 1990 when I was five years old so now at the age of 26 it was nice to go back to my roots, where I first skied and am now hooked to this expensive sport.
The first two days in the Alberg we went shooting with Austrian photographer Hanno Mackowitz. We skied this little resort down in the Valley called Sonnenkoff that has only 8 lifts. So a resort like this is still a HUGE playground for me! It makes me laugh when they explain to me that this place is small.
We had amazing snow ( a lot better than in Chamonix) and worked hard for two days dealing with a lot of flat light but managed to get some amazing shots thanks to our photographer.
Day three we skied in Lorrianes home mountain Lech. We woke to a blue bird morning and skied some nice long pow runs and ended a day with a run called ‘Hull’ which means hell in English. It was nice to still be able to ski untracked snow after 3 days of good weather. Apparently it can get pretty tracked out in the area.
Then it was off to ISPO for a day catching up with sponsors and friends. My favourite place to be was definitely at the Volkl Marker stand with free food and beer flowing all day! Now I’m finally back in Frisco, Colorado after 13 days in Europe. I’ve got two weeks of halfpipe training before I head back to Chamonix to film with my sister Maria Kuzma.
Keep you posted!
Photo by - Lorraine Huber
Photo by - Lorraine Huber
Photo by - Lorraine Huber (Skiing pow and stoked!)
Photo by - Lorraine Huber (Getting Ready to jump a cliff....it was a really flat landing!)
Here is my run from the second stop of the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2012. I skied a pretty conservative line on the lookers right of the venue. Had so much fun though!
I am so stoked to finish on the podium on the second stop of the Swtach FWT in Chamonix, France. The event finally ran on Monday the 23rd after two weather days. Chamonix had just received over a meter of snow two days before the event and with a little bit of a wind crust I decided to change my run. I chose a pretty conservative line skiing to the lookers right of the venue. Sam Smoothy had a killer of a run finishing in 1st place!
The women on the FWT now have a break until the 3rd stop of the tour which will be from the 25-2nd of March in Roldal, Norway. I’ve just left Chamonix and have headed to Lech to ski in the Alberg with Lorraine Huber. There is so much snow up here it’s ridiculous. Got the head cam ready. Keep you posted!
FWT Venue Chamonix - Red dot starting gate. Yellow squares is where they bombed after we received over a meter of snow
Women’s Podium – Angel Collinson, Jackie Passo, Janina Kuzma
Mens Podium
Yeah Kiwis!!!!
Arrived in Chamonix yesterday and settled into our Hotel ‘Hotel Alpina’. Its located close to the Aiguille du Midi cable car which is pretty cool and you can also see the Le Brévent and Mont Blanc…all I can say is the views from the hotel are GREAT!
The weather has come in and looks like snow is forecasted for the next couple days. They are going to try and run the competition on Sunday weather permitting. Ski time tomorrow.
Snow and a lot more on the way!
Christmas time FWT Chamonix!
Im sitting in Denver airport on my way to Chamonix, France for the second stop of the Freeride World Tour. Chamonix has kicked off with an amazing snow season and looks like we are going to get a lot more snow. The comp is supposed to kick off on the 21st but we might be on hold due to snow fall.
Snow
Yesterday I enjoyed 25cm of fresh pow at Vail resort! It was a fun day to finish off my Halfpipe training before I headed away. If your ever in Vail make sure you grab a feed at Moe’s Original BBQ. Yummy southern food!
yummy food
Will keep everyone posted on the comp