Damn! Russian Adventure of Freeride World Tour was postponed due to risky snow condition. Hopefully riders got a chance to enjoy very nice powder skiing. Check out also Glen Plake’s video reports straight from Russia!

The Freeride World Tour was initiated in 2008 and consecrated by the participation of the world’s elite freeriders: men, women, skiers and snowboarders alike. They tour the planet’s most radical faces in pursuit of the world freeride title. This year the winner get +$200,000.

Freeride World Tour season 3 begins in Sochi (Russia) and is followed by competitions in Chamonix (France), Squaw (USA) and Verbier (Switzerland). Crazy action guaranteed!

Anniina Karvinen is a pro female snowboarder and this is her update from the Freeride World Tour in Squaw, USA.

A compilation of contest reports from our writes and a 26min TV highlight clip to top it off.

Anniina’s report from the Freeride World Tour competition in Sochi, Russia.. find out about pro freeriders’ mentality, after-ski parties and Russian toilets..!

Final results, Nissan Russian Adventure 2009
Ski Men: Sverre Liliequist (SWE)
Snowboard Men: Cyril Neri (SUI)
Ski Women: Jess Mc Millan (USA)
Snowboard Women: Aline Bock (GER)
Amazing kick off for the Freeride World Tour 2009 in Sochi
After the first day of competition with fresh snow and sunshine with an enthusiastic crowd, the 56 riders had a day to recuperate [...]

Jarkko Henttonen, judge at the Freeride World Tour, sums up the first competition day and tells about the great tree runs that Sochi offers..

The results and summary of the first day of the FWT in Sochi, Russia.

As the competition was not held today, last night there was some partying going on. Most everybody, including the riders and the crew, gathered to a restaurant called Trikoni in Krasnaya Poliana ski resort for a dinner and some drinks. The place was quite nice and the food was excellent. I did not stay that [...]

This came in just few minutes ago from our man Jarkko Henttonen on the Freeride World Tour. Jarkko works as a competition judge on the tour and reports to Homeboy Ski blog throughout the world tour. Read what Jarkko has to say after the second day in Krasnaya Poliana.

New snow in Krasnaya Poliana
Today was [...]

Annika telling about her offseason activities (working at a husky farm!) and the first greetings from Sochi.