A competition date for the first ever Allianz FIS Freeride World Championships has been confirmed. The competition will take place in Andorra on February 3, 2026, at 9 am CET (6 am EST). The event, ...

Plus, the IOC nixes a sport and preserves another for the Winter 2030 French Alps games.

The International Olympic Committee has approved freeride skiing and snowboarding for the 2030 Winter Games in the French Alps, marking the discipline's Olympic debut.

U.S. Ski & Snowboard will freeride discipline to their teams.

The people have asked, and the Freeride World Tour (FWT) has answered—next winter, the FWT is headed back to Alaska for a big mountain event in Haines in March 2026 for the YETI Haines Alaska Pro. The ...

Hot takes, knee-jerk reactions, and pondering thoughts about freeride skiing's inclusion at the upcoming 2030 French Alps games.

Freeride Skiing and Snowboarding was recognized as an official discipline by The International Ski & Snowboard Federation (FIS) today at the FIS General Assembly in Reykjavik, Iceland. The decision ...

A new women’s freeride festival is coming to Sugar Bowl Resort. Empowder Festival is a two day event that features a series of workshops, gatherings, and competitions as a way to inspire and elevate ...

Nine years after the last U.S. Freeride World Tour stop, the iconic freeride competition will return to Alaska in March 2026 for the YETI Haines Alaska Pro. Alaska hosted Freeride World Tour (FWT) ...

Within existing sport disciplines, new events were also added in snowboarding (mixed team parallel), freestyle skiing (mixed team ski cross), speed skating (men’s and women’s team sprints), biathlon ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For the first time in nine years, the Freeride World Tour is heading back to French soil for an event in Val Thorens, a ski resort ...