Freeride World Tour 2024 Fieberbrunn Stop Four Recap

There are few truths within the universe; Sean Pettit’s content material is undeniably good, there’s no dangerous Greek meals and Fieberbrunn is among the biggest freeride meccas on earth. Cease 4 of the 2024 Freeride World Tour (FWT) was one more entertaining and record-setting occasion. This was the primary of the 2 ultimate stops. The lower following the earlier cease three in Georgia left solely 5 girls and 10 males standing in every discipline. This allowed for every rider to have two runs, taking the very best rating. This format definitely has its advantages for the riders, however with fascinating climate and variable circumstances main as much as the occasion, it was something however a cakewalk. The Wildseeloder venue is a very difficult face with a excessive risk-reward ratio. There are a number of giant airs that drop the rider immediately above cliff bands and rock faces. Whereas this clearly poses an enormous danger, it might result in fairly stellar runs. Simply take a look at the successful run from the Males’s Ski high canine of the day, Ben Richard. This was the fifteenth FWT occasion in Fieberbrunn, and we’d say it’s the most effective we’ve seen. Excessive-scoring runs, new and previous faces aplenty, fashion, velocity and a few jaw-dropping runs, however what else did you anticipate? It’s Fieberbrunn, child.

Within the Ski Ladies’s discipline, it was a day for France, as two of the three podium riders had been representing the European crimson, white and blue, as they are saying. All the ladies placed on a present, however with solely the 5 greatest riders making the lower, it was steep competitors. Third place went to the always-smooth Manon Loschi. The FWT rookie was coming off a tricky crash on the earlier Georgia cease, however was sitting the third place spot getting into Fieberbrunn due to her stellar efficiency to date on the tour. She took a line that few riders had voyaged into, and it paid off as she labored in a couple of airs and even however a lofty backflip to her ft to cap off the run. Second place went to the acquainted Hedvig Wessel, who beat out Loschi by 0.33 factors, scoring 82.33. Norway’s personal took one of many bigger airs head-on and hauled down the face, displaying the judges what composure seems like. She additionally took an enormous backflip to her ft of the identical function Loschi had picked out. The highest spot went to the younger gun Astrid Cheylus. After her first run solely introduced in a rating of 76.30, she got here out of the gate hungry. The 20-year-old French ripper took an fascinating method to the skiers proper firstly gate. She picked aside the face like a seasoned veteran, and the judges mirrored that in her line choice rating. With the win going to Cheylus, the Ski Ladies’s discipline remains to be fully up for grabs heading into the Xtreme Verbier ultimate.

“I by no means imagined I might win a FWT Closing occasion in my first yr on tour. I’m so comfortable about it! I completely love competing with such superior riders in my class, and this motivates me much more for the longer term and for the Xtreme Verbier.” – Astrid Cheylus, 2024 Fieberbrunn Professional Winner

Within the Ski Males’s discipline, it was one other spot of epic proportions. For the second time ever (the primary being the earlier Georgia Professional cease), seven riders all completed with scores above 90. They are saying strain makes diamonds, and boy does that saying rise up. We are saying stellar runs from virtually your complete discipline, however there have been a couple of stand-out performances. Third place went to the Canadian stallion Marcus Goguen. After his face-melting Georgia run, which earned him an impressive 98. It was anyone’s guess what he had within the tank. With an enormous three into a big cliff part and a fantastic restoration on an enormous backflip, the Googanator earned an epic rating of 94.67. On any given day, which may earn you a spot on the throne, however not right now. Second place went to maybe essentially the most constant skier of the yr, Max Hitzig. His tenacious driving led to presumably essentially the most gutsy 360 that we’ve seen. Mix that with two gigantic backflips, and also you’ve acquired your self a traditional Hitzig full-throttle run. The highest seat of the day went to Kiwi Ben Richards. Large shoutout to Richards, as this was his first top-seat end on the season. He’s identified for his high-speed pedal-to-the-metal snowboarding, and we acquired a wholesome dose of that right here. What separated his run was not the velocity, nevertheless, however the composure. He didn’t lose any sense of steadiness or energy at velocity, and every touchdown was executed to close perfection. An absolute great thing about a run from Richards! The judges had been clearly floored by his freestyle-at-high-speeds run and awarded him a 97.00.

“Profitable right here in Fieberbrunn for the primary of the 2 FWT finals means so much to me. I’ve labored so laborious on the FWT qualifier and challenger sequence to get right here. To win on this aggressive class was past my creativeness. I’m so comfortable about it!”– Ben Richards, 2024 Fieberbrunn Professional winner

Under, you’ll discover the rostrum outcomes, successful runs and a full picture gallery of the occasion.

Click on right here to look at the complete protection of Fieberbrunn cease 4 on the official FWT web site.

The FWT Closing showdown, the Verbier Xtreme, stays the final cease for 2024. The comp has a climate window of March 23-31.