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

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

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

Plus, the IOC nixes a sport and preserves another for the Winter 2030 French Alps games. The timing is appropriate. The decision was smart. The future seems bright. Forty-four freeride skiers and ...