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

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 [...]

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

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 first day in Krasnaya Poliana.
Freeride World Tour starting in Krasnaya Poliana [...]

I have a friend who lives and works in Zurich, Switzerland. He is an enthusiastic skier, and he told me a couple of days ago that he is planning to go skiing in Kamchatka peninsula deep in Russia. This is not his first time skiing in very exotic places. Previously he has conquered Kyrgystan and [...]