wintersports : 54 vidéos

The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

The 1* qualifier competition in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau gave participants the opportunity to gain their first experience and points in the contest. The juniors also had the chance to score important points in a 2* contest. Anyone who thinks that it would be less spectacular here is very much mistaken. The riders not only amazed the spectators, but also the judges with their courageous runs and creative line choices. Diverse terrain, large international field of riders. With 80 r...

Showcasing their skills in technical freeriding and jumps in the deepsnow, the young athletes at the Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) in Kappl, Austria, delivered an impressive performance as they competed for the junior world titles on Wednesday, January 24th. The Freeride Junior World Championships 2024 hosted by Open Faces once again provided a great stage for the next generation of freeriding.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Wednesday, 24th January. With junior world titles on the line, competitors held nothing back, and the talented field delivered a top-class display of technical freeriding.

The FWT Junior World Championship (FWT JWC) is the highlight of the freeride juniors on ski and snowboard. On January 20th to 26th 2023, the annual highlight of the season takes place in Kappl-Paznaun, Austria. In challenging runs, the junior athletes show spectacular jumps and drops in the terrain as well as challenging lines through the deep snow. The future of Freeriding looks to be in safe hands with a continually impressive level of riding from Junior athletes. Despite the challengi...

The first Open Faces qualifier competition of the season started with prime conditions and a triple victory for Austria in the men’s ski category. The freeride hotspot Kappl / Paznaun served as the venue for an OPEN FACES stop for the 11th time. The freeriders met at the “Stoamandl” for the 2* FWT Qualifier and “Kapplaska” has once again lived up to its name. The rider field with 71 international starters promised to be a show. The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the S...

The first Open Faces qualifier competition of the season started with prime conditions and a triple victory for Austria in the men’s ski category. The freeride hotspot Kappl / Paznaun served as the venue for an OPEN FACES stop for the 11th time. The freeriders met at the “Stoamandl” for the 2* FWT Qualifier and “Kapplaska” has once again lived up to its name. The rider field with 71 international starters promised to be a show. The jury's evaluations are tight, which is evident, in the Ski...

With the 2* FWT Qualifier Stop Kappl/Paznaun, the season of the Austrian OPEN FACES Freeride Series 2024 is starting! From the “secret spot” to one of the most popular freeride destinations in the scene – “Kapplaska” with its countless freeride opportunities once again provides the stage for the first stop of the OPEN FACES Freeride Series. The first points of the Austrian Qualifier Series will be awarded at the 2* Freeride World Tour Qualifier Contest.

The Freeride Contest in Montafon (AUT) offers even more of the world's best freeriders who will be at the start of the 4* contest. The first 4* qualifier of the series offers riders 2500 point and a rich prize money for a victory. This is the last event before the "qualification cut" for the "Big FWT Qualifier Finals 2023". The Open Faces Series 2023 demands real skill of the professional freeriders from all over the world who compete in a 1* and a challenging 4* qualifier to thrill their...

The important 1* FWT Qualifier and 2* FWT Junior Event took place last Saturday for the seventh time in the Ski Juwel Alpbachtal Wildschönau and was a high-quality qualifier event, both in terms of the quality of the rider field and the on-site implementation.

Three premieres went down in the Open Faces books: Olivia Riedl caused cheers in the snowboard women’s category with two backflips in her competition run and both a double frontflip and a double backflip in men’s categories showed the insane level at this 1* qualifier contest. Snowboard Men Sebastian Kepplinger and Philipp Lanjus ensured an Austrian double victory in the category of snowboard men. Kepplinger showed a self-confident run from start to finish and delivered many jumps. Des...

OPEN FACES 1*FWTQ + 2*FWTJ ALPBACHTAL SKIJUWEL ALPBACHTAL WILDSCHÖNAU 2023 The series is back as guests at wonderful Alpbachtal / @skijuwelalpbachtalwildschonau and host what we think is the „greatest rookie event worldwide“. ?Perfect beginner face, perfect approach and on top of that mega finish atmosphere and livestream so that really everyone can be there. Be there ? - 04 February 2023 - it will be a big freeride party again! The 1* FWT qualifier and 2*FWT junior event will be prese...

The 3-Star Qualifier on the legendary Quellspitze attracts every year numerous top-class riders to use the challenging face for the first important points for the qualifier ranking. This year the Quellspitze was especially challenging. Only a few days before the Junior World Championships took place on the face and the cold nights and therefore rather hard conditions really demanded the last reserves of energy from every single rider to reach the finish. With a good choice of lines, however,...

Here are the impressive winning runs of amazing freeriding! After 2 times postponement due to weather conditions, the time had come last weekend. The most important World Tour Qualifier Series in Europe celebrated the start of the 10th season with the 3* FWT Qualifier & 2* FWT Junior competition. In difficult conditions and weather-related delays, the riders showed their absolute class and offered top-class performances with many "3s" and backflips on the Quellspitze in Kappl/Paznaun.

The Freeride Junior World Championships (FJWC) returned to Kappl, Austria, Thursday, 24th January. The Quellspitze offering its intimidating beauty in pristine condition to the world’s best young freeriders.

Open Faces Kick Off 3* FWT Qualifier / 2* FWT Junior Kappl / Paznaun planned for 14.01.2023 After the postponement of last week, the Open Faces Kick Off in Kappl / Paznaun for the 10th anniversary should take place next weekend 14 January 2023. With the coming fresh snow would be prepared for the 10th anniversary of an international freeride contest in Kappl.

The Open Faces Freeride Series is back with 4 important World Qualifier stops and own Open Faces Academy Camps for everyone. The grand finale of the World Tour Challenger Contests at the end of the 2023 season will be a Freeride Week with an extensive program and the stars of the freeride scene.

Freeski and Snowboard tricks in the heart of town at the SNOWFEST INNSBRUCK! The Freeski Friday Session successfully kicked off the premiere edition. The world’s best freeskiers threw down the craziest tricks directly in front of Tiroler Landestheater in Innsbruck. Lots of spectators filled up the venue to watch the action-packed spectacle, providing great vibes all around. On Freeski Friday, 30 freeskiers, who you usually find in the snow park on the mountain. Next to the young Austrian squa...

At the big 4* Qualifier Showdown in Gurgl the final tickets for the Freeride World Tour 2023 at the famous Hangerer have been awarded. An epic contest and absolutely worthy conclusion of this year's international Freeride Series. The new system of the Freeride World Tour with the 3 FWQ Final Stops and the big final at the last 4* FWQ in Gurgl has fully proven itself. The best of the Qualifier Tour and the relegated of the Freeride World Tour came to Obergurgl to "grab" the final FWT places...

At the big 4* Qualifier Showdown in Gurgl the final tickets for the Freeride World Tour 2023 at the famous Hangerer have been awarded. An epic contest and absolutely worthy conclusion of this year's international Freeride Series. The new system of the Freeride World Tour with the 3 FWQ Final Stops and the big final at the last 4* FWQ in Gurgl has fully proven itself. The best of the Qualifier Tour and the relegated of the Freeride World Tour came to Obergurgl to "grab" the final FWT places...

The Open Faces 4* FWQ (Freeride World Qualifier) at Silvretta Montafon (AUT) took place on Sunday, Feb. 27th, under special but best conditions this year. It was "the showdown" for the preliminary decisions for the newly introduced FWQ Finals system and the chance to advance to the Freeride World Tour 2023. High-quality runs, a lot of airtime, many backflips and an absolute "moment of the day" of the winner in the men's ski category. Paul Dentan (SUI) won this category with challenging jumps...

The Open Faces 4* FWQ (Freeride World Qualifier) at Silvretta Montafon (AUT) took place on Sunday, Feb. 27th, under special but best conditions this year. It was "the showdown" for the preliminary decisions for the newly introduced FWQ Finals system and the chance to advance to the Freeride World Tour 2023. Paul Dentan (SUI) won the Ski Men category with challenging jumps over short sequenced groups of rocks as well as a wide backflip in the lower part. Impressive performances of the yo...

4*FWQ Silvretta-Montafon - the next stage of the Open Faces is coming up. Many of the best freeriders will be at the start in Montafon (AUT) to qualify for the BIG FWQ FINALS 2022 at this last event before the "qualification cut". The challenging terrain will demand real skills from the freeriders and will offer a spectacular freeride show.

Fantastic Freeriding in the dreamlike deep snow in the beautiful Alpbachtal (AUT). There the freeriders offered an impressive show with spectacular runs. Nico Partell (AUT) stood out, winning men's ski with a run with 3 backflips and high speed overall. Strong performances of the young riders demonstrated the enormous development of freeride sports. High-quality runs, a lot of airtime, many backflips and an absolute "moment of the day" of the winner in the men's ski category.

The 3* Freeride World Qualifier (FWQ) of the Open Faces took place on Saturday, Feb. 12th, in the beautiful Alpbachtal (AUT). There the freeriders offered an impressive show with spectacular runs. Nico Partell (AUT) stood out, winning men's ski with a run with 3 backflips and high speed overall. Strong performances of the young riders were shown in all disciplines in perfect conditions of deep snow.

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! Watch the GoPro footage of Max Palm's run and the first-ever double backflip landed we have seen on the Freeride World Tour!

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! The GoPro angle of Olivia McNeill's winning run in Baqueira Beret! Olivia stomped two big back-to-back cliffs to win her first-ever FWT competition! #FWT22

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! What the GoPro footage of Michael Mawn's landed two clean 360s to win the Men’s snowboard comp. Check out Michael Mawn’s Winning Run from his GoPro perspective.

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! Watch the GoPro footage of Erika Vikander's winning run in Baqueira beret! #FWT22

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! Olivia McNeill stomped two big back-to-back cliffs to win the opening competition of the #FWT22 in Baqueira Beret! Check out Olivia McNeill’s Winning Run.

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! Michael Mawn landed two clean 360s to claim victory in Baqueira Beret for the opening #FWT22 Competition! Check out Michael Mawn’s Winning Run.

FWT22 STOP #1 BAQUEIRA BERET, NEW SEASON KICKS OFF! Erika Vikander wins the opening competition of the #FWT22 in the women snowboard category! Check out Erika Vikander’s Winning Run.

„Dream weather, dream course, a brilliant day!“ Tess Coady (AUS) and Sean Fitzsimons (USA)are the LAAX OPEN 2022 Slopestyle winnersAustralia‘s Tess Coady is the beaming LAAX OPEN 2022 Slopestyle winner … leading after the first run, she topped her own high score in the second run with an incredible performance, taking home 86.18 points: “Winning here means the world to me!”In second place is Olympic champion Anna Gasser (AUT), making it onto the podium at Crap Sogn Gion for the first time...

Europe's most prestigious snowboard contest will take place from January 11-15, 2022 and is also an important part of the FIS Snowboard World Cup Tour 2021/2022 in the disciplines Slopestyle and Halfpipe and is endowed with 140,000 CHF prize money.

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After a successful weekend in Verbier, see how our SCOTT athletes did at the Verbier Extreme. With Kevin Guri taking first place and Lorraine Huber landing second, we here at SCOTT were very happy that our team was able to put in such strong performances. Thank you everyone for such a great tour.

After a successful weekend in Verbier, see how our SCOTT athletes did at the Verbier Extreme. With Kevin Guri taking first place and Lorraine Huber landing second, we here at SCOTT were very happy that our team was able to put in such strong performances. Thank you everyone for such a great tour.

After a long waiting period the SCOTT athletes showed an excellent performance. See Lorri Huber, Stefan Hausl and Fabi Lentsch, the SCOTT Austrian connection how they managed their home spot in Fieberbrunn: the Wildseeloder!

Wednesday with Wallisch episode 4 is out. See Tom shredding from NYC down the eastcoast and back to Park City, always on his new SCOTT JIB Tom Wallisch signature skis!

Tom gives us the 411 on what he has been up to in January...including some serious guitar hero shredding.

The SCOTT athletes showed a solid performance at the 3rd stop of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix. See the first reunion of the new SCOTT – MIPS testimonial team with Seb Michaud, Stefan Häusl and Jeremie Heitz.

Seb Michaud interviews Kevin Guri about the new SCOTT OffGrid Goggle during the stop of the Freeride World Tour in Courmayeur.