competitions

Disclaimer: if you want to know who won and lost in the contests themselves, this is not the article for you. This may not be the ESPN version of the WSSF, but it's not the same story as anyone else and the depiction is accurate.

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Party in April, sleep in May, as the saying goes. Or is it ski tonnes of slackcountry pow in April, sleep in May. Either way, we're just over half way through the 2013 World Ski & Snowboard Festival in Whistler, and damn has it been a good time so far. (Top image by Stewart Medford. Click to expand)

After 10 years of freeskiing awesome-sauce, Doglotion.com is saying thanks by giving away the farm! Thanks to everyone who entered the Facebook contest. The contest is now closed.

Boooyaaaaa. What a season it was for the historic season of the SWATCH FREERIDE WORLD TOUR 2013 BY THE NORTH FACE® (FWT) - the first season with one unified global Freeride Tour! It seems fitting that the male skier who uses to agressively compete in both tours is the guy who came out on top!

This weekend wrapped up my first experience at the Lake Louise Big Mountain Challenge and I am stoked to have been a part of this event. Using the tried and true formula of awesome skiing and a spectacular after party, Lake Louise provided a great weekend for many.

The third FWQ and first of three Subaru Freeride Series events went down this weekend at Moonlight Basin, Montana. The clouds were thick and the snow was variable but the excitement was very high as competitors from across the world came to show their skills and acquire some much needed points. This was a 4* event meaning the highest level of competition on the qualifier tour.

Oh snap! While we were too busy skiing in Canada, the 5th stop of the 2013 SWATCH Freeride World Tour just went down in Fieberbrunn-PillerseeTal, Austria under bluebird skies with fresh pow to boot! Not at the event ourselves, we'll have to let the event report and video do the talking...

The only Canadian Freeride World Qualifier event went down this weekend at Castle Montain Resort in Alberta, an hour and a half South West of Lethbridge. As this was a brand new event on the circuit no one knew what to expect for a venue or the comp as a whole, but everyone who showed up was glad they did.

After a gorgeous weekend at Taos New Mexico the Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships wrapped up Saturday. This was the first FWQ of the season and being a 4* event it brought the best athletes from across the world who are chasing much needed points to qualify for next seasons Freeride World Tour.

Day 1 & 2

Day 1 of the 2013 Salomon Extreme Freeride Championships in Taos New Mexico went off today, blue bird and all. With Crested Butte being postponed due to low snowpack, this was the first FWQ event of the season. Taos is a 4* event, being the highest level of competition on the qualifier circuit; the best of the best were brought out.