Freeride World Tour moves to Engadin St. MoritzAfter the kickoff to the 2011 season last weekend, the Freeride World Tour moves to the Corvatsch ski station in Engadin St. Moritz for the second of the six-event tour for the men.
Photography © All rights reserved by D. Daher / Freeride World Tour
The athletes of the Freeride World tour are heading to Engadin St. Moritz, Switzerland for a brand new stage of the newly-expanded Freeride World Tour 2011. Engadin St. Moritz, in the southeast corner of Switzerland is famous as an exclusive playground for celebrities. However, it also offers outstanding freeriding that is easily accessed from the extensive lift network.
The event will be held on the north face of the Corvatsch where the riders will reach the venue by a rappel down from the gondola station followed by a short hike to one of three starts at the top of the face at 3127m above sea level. The 550-meter face features an inclination of 45-60 degrees, which makes some of the highest and steepest riding of the tour.
Will the French continue to dominate the men’s ski and snowboard events as they did at the first event of the season? Frenchmen Adrien Coirier (2nd place men’s ski) tells us he’s ready, “It’s taken me three years to come back from injury and that has been pretty hard for me but I’m now back at my highest level and I feel really, really good. I’m looking forward to the competition at Engadin because it’s really steep and that fits my skiing style. I’ve never competed there but I’m not feeling any pressure about it and I’m looking forward to seeing the venue from the bottom on Saturday.”
This event also marks the first time a telemark skier will compete in a Freeride World Tour event. Joonas Karhumaa, a Finnish native now living in Andermatt, Switzerland has scored one of the highly-coveted local wildcard spots.
- Not everone thinks the Freeride World Tour is as good as it could be... Dickie's mouthing off in his blog
What else is coming up?
The Freeride World Tour 2011 six stages for Men
Nissan Freeride Engadin St. Moritz 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 30 January 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
The North Face Masters of Crystal Mountain 2011 by Swatch and PrimaLoft (USA)
Date: 7 February 2011 – Men - Snowboard
North American Freeskiing Championships Kirkwood 2011 by Swatch, The North Face and Sierra Nevada (USA)
Date: 25 February 2011 - Men / Women - Ski
Nissan Russian Adventure Sochi 2011 (RUS)
Date: 5 March 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
Big Mountain Fieberbrunn 2011 by Nissan (AUT)
Date: 12 March 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 19 March 2011 (Finals) - Men / Women - Ski / Snowboard
The Freeride World Tour 2011 seven stages for Women
La ClusazRadikalMountain(FRA)
Date: 16 January 2011
Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2011 by Swatch (FRA)
Date: 22 January 2011
Big Mountain Hochfügen (AUT)
Date: 5 February 2011
The North Face Masters of Crystal Mountain 2011 by Swatch and PrimaLoft (USA)
Date: 25 February 2011 - SKI ONLY
The North Face Masters of Snowboarding 2011 by Swatch, Kirkwood, Calif.(USA)
Date: 5 March 2011 - SNOWBOARD ONLY
Salomon Extreme Freeride Championship, Taos, New Mexico, (USA)
Date: 5 March 2011 - SKI ONLY
Nendaz Freeride (SUI)
Date: 12 March 2011
Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 19 March 2011 - FINAL for qualified riders
Posted by Online Editor - Fri, 28/01/2011 - 12:04pm
After the kickoff to the 2011 season last weekend, the Freeride World Tour moves to the Corvatsch ski station in Engadin St. Moritz for the second of the six-event tour for the men.
Photography © All rights reserved by D. Daher / Freeride World Tour
The athletes of the Freeride World tour are heading to Engadin St. Moritz, Switzerland for a brand new stage of the newly-expanded Freeride World Tour 2011. Engadin St. Moritz, in the southeast corner of Switzerland is famous as an exclusive playground for celebrities. However, it also offers outstanding freeriding that is easily accessed from the extensive lift network.
The event will be held on the north face of the Corvatsch where the riders will reach the venue by a rappel down from the gondola station followed by a short hike to one of three starts at the top of the face at 3127m above sea level. The 550-meter face features an inclination of 45-60 degrees, which makes some of the highest and steepest riding of the tour.
Will the French continue to dominate the men’s ski and snowboard events as they did at the first event of the season? Frenchmen Adrien Coirier (2nd place men’s ski) tells us he’s ready, “It’s taken me three years to come back from injury and that has been pretty hard for me but I’m now back at my highest level and I feel really, really good. I’m looking forward to the competition at Engadin because it’s really steep and that fits my skiing style. I’ve never competed there but I’m not feeling any pressure about it and I’m looking forward to seeing the venue from the bottom on Saturday.”
This event also marks the first time a telemark skier will compete in a Freeride World Tour event. Joonas Karhumaa, a Finnish native now living in Andermatt, Switzerland has scored one of the highly-coveted local wildcard spots.
- Not everone thinks the Freeride World Tour is as good as it could be... Dickie's mouthing off in his blog
What else is coming up?
The Freeride World Tour 2011 six stages for Men
Nissan Freeride Engadin St. Moritz 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 30 January 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
The North Face Masters of Crystal Mountain 2011 by Swatch and PrimaLoft (USA)
Date: 7 February 2011 – Men - Snowboard
North American Freeskiing Championships Kirkwood 2011 by Swatch, The North Face and Sierra Nevada (USA)
Date: 25 February 2011 - Men / Women - Ski
Nissan Russian Adventure Sochi 2011 (RUS)
Date: 5 March 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
Big Mountain Fieberbrunn 2011 by Nissan (AUT)
Date: 12 March 2011 - Men - Ski / Snowboard
Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 19 March 2011 (Finals) - Men / Women - Ski / Snowboard
The Freeride World Tour 2011 seven stages for Women
La ClusazRadikalMountain(FRA)
Date: 16 January 2011
Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2011 by Swatch (FRA)
Date: 22 January 2011
Big Mountain Hochfügen (AUT)
Date: 5 February 2011
The North Face Masters of Crystal Mountain 2011 by Swatch and PrimaLoft (USA)
Date: 25 February 2011 - SKI ONLY
The North Face Masters of Snowboarding 2011 by Swatch, Kirkwood, Calif.(USA)
Date: 5 March 2011 - SNOWBOARD ONLY
Salomon Extreme Freeride Championship, Taos, New Mexico, (USA)
Date: 5 March 2011 - SKI ONLY
Nendaz Freeride (SUI)
Date: 12 March 2011
Nissan Xtreme Verbier 2011 by Swatch (SUI)
Date: 19 March 2011 - FINAL for qualified riders