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REVELSTOKE 2013

TEST
PHOTOS

DATE: 11 January, 2013 (first possible contest date)
LOCATION: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: 5 January
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 12 January
EVENT SCHEDULE
5:30pm(CET) Start of live show
5:30pm - 6:30pm Men Snowboarding
6:30pm - 8:30pm Men Ski
8:30pm - 9:00pm Women Snowboarding
9:00pm - 10:00pm Women Ski
0:30am - 01:00am Awards Ceremony
RIDERS ENTRY LIST View/download as PDF
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT MARKUS EDER SAM SMOOTHY
COURMAYEUR-MONT-BLANC 2013

PHOTOS

DATE: 22 January
LOCATION: Courmayeur-Mont-Blanc, Italy
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: Thursday 17 January
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 25 January
RIDERS LISTS SKI - SNOWBOARD
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT MARKUS EDER SAM SMOOTHY XAVIER DE LE RUE BASTI HANNEMANN
CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC 2013

PHOTOS

DATE: 26 January (first possible contest date)
LOCATION: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: 24 January
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 1 February
RIDERS ENTRY LIST SOON AVAILABLE
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT MARKUS EDER SAM SMOOTHY XAVIER DE LE RUE BASTI HANNEMANN
FIEBERBRUNN 2013

DATE: 9 March
LOCATION: Fieberbrunn Pillerseetal, Austria
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: 7 March
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 15 March
RIDERS ENTRY LIST SOON AVAILABLE
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT MARKUS EDER SAM SMOOTHY BASTI HANNEMANN
KIRKWOOD 2013

DATE: 27 February, 2013 (first possible contest date)
LOCATION: Kirkwood, California, USA
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: 25 February
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 3 March
EVENT SCHEDULE
Monday, February 25
9:00am - 4:00pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Athlete Arrival Day
Athlete Check In
FWT Welcome Party
Location
Red Cliffs Lodge
TBD
Tuesday, February 26
9:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 4:00pm
9:00am - 4:00pm
5:00pm - 5:30pm
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Athlete/Media Check In
Athlete Check In
Media Check In
Venue Inspection
Mandatory Athlete Meeting
Opening Ceremonies/Bib draw
Location
Red Cliffs Lodge
Red Cliffs Lodge
The Cirque
Red Cliffs Lodge
TBD
Wednesday, February 27
8:00am - 8:30am
10:00am - 3:00pm
5:00pm - 5:30pm
First Possible Contest Date
Athlete/Media Load
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
Mandatory Athlete Meeting
Location
Kirkwood Mountain Resort
The Cirque
Red Cliffs Lodge
January 8-12
Weather Days
Location
RIDERS ENTRY LIST SOON AVAILABLE
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT MARKUS EDER SAM SMOOTHY BASTI HANNEMANN
VERBIER 2013

DATE: 23 March (first possible contest date)
LOCATION: Verbier, Switzerland
DISCIPINES: Men's and Women's Ski and Snowboard
OFFICIAL RIDERS ARRIVAL DATE: 21 March
LAST POSSIBLE CONTEST DATE: 31 March
RIDERS ENTRY LIST SOON AVAILABLE
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES IN THIS COMPETITION:

LEO SLEMETT SAM SMOOTHY XAVIER DE LE RUE BASTI HANNEMANN
The new six-stop world tour will include freeride skiing and snowboarding at each stop, combining top riders and most champions of last winter's Swatch Freeride World Tour, Freeskiing World Tour and The North Face Masters of Snowboarding.
THE NORTH FACE® ATHLETES
LEO SLEMETT

SKIER
MARKUS EDER

SKIER
XAVIER DE LE RUE

SNOWBOARDER
SAM SMOOTHY

SKIER
BASTI HANNEMANN

SKIER
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LEO SLEMETT
16th June 1993 - Chamonix-Mont-Blanc
SEE BIO WATCH INTERVIEW
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • 1st The Dahu Freeride Open, Bruson, Switzerland
  • 1st T-Bar Free Session, Freeride World Qualifier 2*, Morgins, Switzerland
  • 1st Eldorado Freeride Open, Vallnord, Andorra
  • 12th Eldorado Freeride, Freeride World Qualifier 4*, Vallnord, Andorra
  • 1st The Nendaz Freeride, Freeride World Qualifier 4*, Nendaz, Switzerland
  • 2nd X Over Ride, Freeride World Qualifier 3*, Kaprun, Austria
  • 4th The Salomon Extrem Freeride Championships, Taos, New Mexico, USA
"I think the fusion of the three tours is a good thing! I went to the USA for the World Junior IFSA Championships in Snowbird, and judgments were very different between the American tour and European tour... Now, same tour, same rules, it will be the same for everyone with only one world champion. My main objective is to stay in the top 12 to secure my place for the next season. I also want to gain more experience and push my skiing."
BASTI HANNEMANN
20th August1986 - K?nigsbrunn
SEE BIO
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • 2nd Freeride World Qualifiers, Hochfugen, Austria
  • 7th Freeride World Tour, Revelstoke, Canada
  • 4th Freeride World Tour, Fieberbrunn, Austria
  • 4th Freeride World Tour, Kirkwood, USA
  • 7th Freeride World Tour, Sochi, Russia
  • 4th Freeride World Qualifier, Hochfugen, Austria
  • 9th Freeride World Tour, Overall Ranking 2011
  • 8thFreeride World Tour, Squaw Valley, USA
  • Quarterfinal Red Bull Huttenrally, St. Anton, Austria
XAVIER DE LE RUE
July 1st 1979 - Saint Lary, French Pyrenees
SEE BIO WATCH INTERVIEW
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • World Champion Freeride World Tour - 2010, 2009 and 2008
  • Best Line (Ski and Snowboard) of the Freeride World Tour - 2009 and 2008
  • Swatch O®Neill Big Mountain Pro - Overall Winner in 2009, 2nd in 2008, Winner in 2007
  • Freeride World Tour Verbier Extreme (CH) - Winner in 2009 and 2007
  • Winner of the Freeride World Tour in Tignes (FR), 2009 and 2008
  • Freeride World Tour in Sochi (RUS) - 2nd 2009 and 2nd 2008
  • Freeride World Tour in Squaw Valley (USA) - 3rd in 2009
  • SBX FIS Vice World Champion in 2009
  • Oxbow Back to the Powder in Tignes (FR) - Winner in 2008
  • Boarder-X World Championship - Winner in 2007
  • X Games Boarder-X - Winner in 2005
  • Gravity Games Boarder-X - Winner in 2005
"I'm really happy to see The North Face getting on board of the Freeride World Tourfor the next few years. I'm sure that along with Swatch and the reunification of both tours, the FWT will reach a well-deserved next level. On a personal level, filming will keep me a bit too busy to follow the whole tour, but I'll be excited to come and ride three of the events of the tour."
MARKUS EDER
30th November 1990 - Luttach, Italy
SEE BIO
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • Victory of team Europe at the Skiers Cup
  • Winner of the SFR Tour France
  • 1st Eldorado Freeride Open, Vallnord, Andorra
  • 2nd Place Red Bull Linecatcher
  • Winner of The North Face Polish Freeski Open
  • Winner of Mayrhofen Freeski Open
  • Winner of Freestyle Series Tour
  • Winner of the Nine Knights (including best jibber)
  • Winner of Kumi Yama
  • Winner of Italian Open Championships
"I think the fusion of the tours is great so finally the world has the one and only champion. For myself, I don't really have big expectations for the FWT 2013. It's my first year and I don't know how it's gonna be. So I'll just try to do my best, bring some tricks into the game and enjoy the whole thing!"
FREE RIDE WORLD TOUR 2013 POSITIONING:
REVELSTOKE: 9th place
COURMAYEUR-MONT-BLANC: 1st place
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CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC:
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KIRKWOOD:
PHOTOS VIDEO POV VIDEO
FIEBERBRUNN:
PHOTOS VIDEO POV VIDEO
SAM SMOOTHY
6th July 1986 - Wanaka, NZ
SEE BIO WATCH INTERVIEW
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
  • 4th overall Freeride World Tour
  • 1st Chamonix Freeride World Tour
  • 2nd Courmayeur Freeride World Tour
  • 3rd Roldal Freeride World Tour
  • 1st Freeride World Tour Male skier to podium three consecutive events.
  • 2nd World Heli Challenge
  • Swatch Skiers Cup victories against Cody Townsend and Oakley White-Allan.
  • 5th Fieberbrunn Freeride World Tour
  • 1st World Heli Challenge
"FWT 2013 is going to be one hell of a show, with all the new riders from the FWQ and the Freeskiing World Tour full claiming rights. We have amazing venues and an incredible amount of talented riders so it's going to be redonkulous. To have one true world tour and one true world champion is an incredible opportunity and I can't wait to have a crack at taking home the title."
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Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face – The Epic Finals At Xtreme Verbier

March 25, 2013

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FWT Fieberbrunn Stop – Pre-Competition Interview with Drew Tabke

March 8, 2013

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FWT 2013 Kirkwood Highlights and Podium

FWT 2013 Kirkwood Highlights and Podium

February 28, 2013

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FWT 2013 Chamonix Podium Update – Drew Tabke Tops FWT Ranking

FWT 2013 Chamonix Podium Update – Drew Tabke Tops FWT Ranking

January 28, 2013

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Freeride World Tour 2013 Podium- Markus Rewrites the rules in Courmayeur

Freeride World Tour 2013 Podium- Markus Rewrites the rules in Courmayeur

January 22, 2013

Out of 15 skiers, the only Italian was the one that stood tall on the Italian podium in Courmayeur, this week. The North Face® athlete Markus Eder, competing for the first time in the Freeride World Tour, came in at 1st place for the Courmayeur Men’s ski contest yesterday. Aurélien Routens hooked the snowboard 1st, [...] ...more

Freeride World Tour – Courmayeur Contest Delayed

Freeride World Tour – Courmayeur Contest Delayed

January 17, 2013

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