Tuesday 12th September 2017, the organisers of the Freeride World Tour announced the official programming for the next year's event.
Chamonix will not host the Freeride World Tour in 2018
According to Le Dauphine, the Chamonix stop is not in the 2018 FWT calendar, taking into account the financial requirements of the organizers. This decision was taken this spring 2017, by mutual agreement between the Chamonix Mont-Blanc valley and the organisers of the Freeride World Tour.
After two rather bad years for the event here (last winter the competition was relocated to Arcalis) the Chamonix stop was replaced by a brand new location in Hakuba, Japan.
New 2018:
- Swatch no longer appears as the main sponsor of the FWT 2018;
- 2 new destinations on the circuit for next year's event. The 2018 freeride event will be kicking off in new location Hakuba, Japan in January, followed by the second new venue of Kicking Horse in BC, Canada in February.
2018 FWT calendar
Here are the event dates for next year:
- New for 2018: Hakuba, Japan - January 20th-27th, 2018 - The Winter Begins;
- New for 2018: Kicking Horse, Golden, Canada - February 3rd-9th, 2018 - Time To Get Rowdy;
- Vallnord-Arcalís, Andorra - March 1st-7th, 2018 - Hold The Line;
- Fieberbrunn, Austria - March 9th-15th, 2018 - Crunch Time;
- Verbier, Switzerland - March 31st - April 8th, 2018 - The Grand Finale.
Forty five riders in four categories – ski men, ski women, snowboard men, and snowboard women – will make the five-stop international journey.
All riders will face a round of qualification cuts after the fourth stop in Fieberbrunn, Austria before arriving at the grand finale in Verbier, Switzerland in March/April 2018.
Watch below the 2018 Freeride World Tour Calendar Teaser
11th edition of Swatch Freeride World Tour
1st stage in Hakuba, Japan
From 20th au 27th January 2018
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