The Freeskiing World Tour is the largest and longest running competitive big mountain freeskiing

Freeskiing Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles. This form of skiing resulted from the growth of snowboarding combin ...

tour in the history of the sport. Created and produced by Mountain Sports International, Inc. and founded in 1997, FWT alumni include

Shane McConkey Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumper. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and eventually based himself in Olympic Valley, California. Due to an itinerant childhood, he never identi ...

, Brant Moles, Kent Kreitler,

Chris Davenport Chris Davenport (born January 4, 1971) is considered one of the world's most accomplished big-mountain skiers and mountaineers. A native of Aspen, Colorado, he has been called "one of North America's top 25 skiers by ''Skiing Magazine'' and is a ...

, Seth Morrison, Rex Wehrman, Dean Cummings, Dave Swanwick, Wendy Fisher,

Ingrid Backstrom Ingrid Backstrom (born August 21, 1978) is an internationally ranked professional skier from Seattle, Washington, United States. Backstrom graduated from Highline High School in Burien, Washington as a straight-A student, three-sport varsity athlet ...

, Dana Flahr, Kaj Zackrison, Karina Hollekim, Marja Persson, Julien Lopez,

Guerlain Chicherit Guerlain Chicherit (born 20 May 1978 in Paris) is a French rally and rallycross driver, and a professional skier who was four times world champion in freeriding (1999, 2002, 2006 and 2007). Biography He made his professional motorsport debut in ...

, Sebi Hyver, Chopo Diaz, Griffin Post, Drew Stoecklein, Crystal Wright and Hannah Whitney. The FWT also features the coveted Sickbird Award which honors the athlete with the most spirit, style and wow-factor.

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Freeskiing World Tour

2011 Results

Freeskiing World Tour expansion
Alpine skiing competitions