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Freeride World Tour ready for liftoff
Originally Published: January 6, 2013
By
Devon O'Neil | XGames.com
Over the past week, like birds flying south for the winter, an elite group of freeskiers and snowboarders began migrating from various mountain ranges around the world to interior British Columbia, where a new kind of competitive glory awaits.
Their destination, Revelstoke, is set to host the opening competition this week on the revamped Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face (FWT), which will crown undisputed world champions in the freeriding discipline for ...
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