I was supposed to tell you people that Homeboy’s official reporter Jarkko Henttonen is ready bring news from Russian Adventure event of Freeride World Tour, but I have to disappoint you by informing that the event was postponed. Snow condition in Krasnaya Poliana is too risky, so organizer Nicolas Hale-Woods and the team of mountain guides decided that the heavy snowfall and high winds over the last 24 hours would not allow for optimal security conditions to hold the competition.

Riders will now travel back home, but will get together again in the end of January when Freeride World Tour lands in the legendary Chamonix. The Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc is scheduled for Saturday, January 30th, and the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch will take place the next possible day using the start list established in Sochi. This means that riders will meet in Chamonix for both events. The line up is as good as it gets with many interesting contenders for the Freeride World Champion 2010 title.

Freeride events are not anymore just one way to spend time, but serious competitions worth more than average yearly salary of most people. The Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc will offer the total prize money of USD 56,200 and the Nissan Russian Adventure by Swatch prize money is set at USD 35,200. The season’s prize money grand total exceeds USD 200,000. Although this is pretty good money for an individual, in general there is much less money in ski industry than in snowboarding industry. Hopefully we’ll see continuous growth, because money is needed to organize big events such as the X Games.

Current ranking in Freeride World Tour is as follows.

Ski Men:

1. AURELIEN DUCROZ (FRA)
2. REINE BARKERED (SWE)
3. SVERRE LILIEQUIST (SWE)

Snowboard Men:

1. XAVIER DE LE RUE(FRA)
2. ALEX COUDRAY (SUI)
3. MAX ZIPSER (AUT)

Ski Women:

1. ANE ENDERUD (NOR)
2. MARJA PERSSON (SWE)
3. JESS MCMILLAN (USA)

Snowboard Women:

1. SUSAN MOL (USA)
2. ALINE BOCK (GER)
3. G. FASNACHT (SUI)

It is a pity that Russian Adventure was postponed, but according to our reporter Jarkko Henttonen riders have had couple of very good powder days. Check out Glen Plake’s video reports below, and especially the last one in which you can see riders enjoying the last day. Not bad, eh? At least Tomas Diet (FRA) enjoyed a lot.