2025 Freeride World Tour – Electric Season Finale at the YETI Xtreme Verbier

Featured Picture: Dom Daher, Courtesy of the Freeride World Tour

All good issues should come to an finish, as is the case with the 2025 Freeride World Tour competitors season. We’ve seen a wild trip to the end line over the previous few weeks, and that goes for extra than simply the snowboarding. Cease 4 in Georgia was met with heavy snowfall, excessive winds and variable avalanche situations. The ensuing snowpack was unstable and triggered a multi-day delay within the occasion.

In Fieberbrunn, Austria, for Cease 5, FWT officers made the powerful option to cancel the Ski Males’s area on account of poor situations which made sure options unsafe for riders. The choice was met with combined reactions, because it solidified the standings earlier than the minimize with out giving hopeful skiers one other shot at redemption.

Nonetheless, the rankings had been set in stone and solely the highest 13 males and 7 girls superior to the finals in Verbier. However what a finals we acquired. For the third cease in a row, situations had been dicey however manageable for the world’s best freeride athletes. The notorious Bec des Rosses mountain performed host to the YETI Xtreme Verbier, and whereas the snowboarding might look straightforward from the replay, we promise you that wasn’t the case. The face was scoured with snow starting from chalky and edgeable to crispy and punchy. With no ensures and the season on the road, these riders held nothing again. Backflips, 360s, yard gross sales, entrance punches and extra; let’s dive in.

Beneath you’ll discover outcomes from the YETI Xtreme Verbier, in addition to the ultimate 2025 FWT season standings.

Within the Ski Ladies’s Subject, solely 4 of the seven rivals had been in a position to put up scores as Lily Bradley and Astrid Cheylus weren’t in a position to make it to the coral. Zuza Witych, whereas listed on the beginning sheet, didn’t compete on account of a current knee damage. With such a gifted area, this speaks to how powerful the snow situations actually had been on the Bec. FWT Rookie Leena Kohler took residence third place regardless of enduring a big fall midway via her run. She was in a position to bounce again and maintain all her gear intact, ending the run along with her head held excessive. There’s little question we’ll be seeing extra from Kohler subsequent season, as her three podium finishes this yr point out she’s a rising star to look at. The mogul skier turned freeride queen Justine Dufour-Lapointe took second with a powerful run that included a number of massive airs and technical turns. It wasn’t her best run of the season, but it surely was precisely what she wanted to seal the deal and take residence the general title for 2025. However the day belonged to none aside from Swiss native Jenna Keller. With a rating of 82.00, she dominated her competitors at simply the best time, sticking her fourth straight podium end.

“I’m shaking throughout. It’s loopy to suppose that I by no means had many wins in my freeride profession, and now successful this competitors looks like a dream come true.” – Jenna Keller, 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier offered by Honda Ski Ladies Winner

Within the Ski Males’s Subject, there really wasn’t a uninteresting second. This crew punted their approach via the course and picked aside options prefer it was gentle work. The rostrum was full of North American flags although, as Toby Rafford took residence third place. The 21-year-old FWT Rookie had confirmed his trendy prowess all through the season, and was in a position to capitalize on the agency snow. Rafford hauled via the primary part of the face and nailed a huge 360. Nevertheless, he wasn’t in a position to hit the second cliff he had been eyeing because the grabby snow and a free pole pulled him away. Nonetheless, he earned a 72.67 and, later that night, was topped 2025 FWT Rookie of the 12 months.

Second place went to Alta and Snowbird’s freeride golden-man, Ross Tester. After returning to the Tour this yr, Tester has seen combined outcomes over the previous few months. He was in a position to pull every part collectively in Verbier although, and dialed in a number of airs, mach 10 turns and an enormous 360. It was nice to see this acquainted face again on the rostrum grinning with the silver medal. However regardless of the excessive stage of competitors, first place on the 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier was claimed by Whistler’s personal Weitien Ho. In his first competitors on the Bec des Rosses, he laced up nothing wanting a dream run. With a backflip from the roof, a 360 and a double drop to seal the deal, Ho picked up a rating of 84.33 and grabbed first with an eight-point margin.

“It’s an honor to win the Xtreme Verbier. I can’t imagine it, and I couldn’t have requested for a greater finish to the season—it’s the cherry on high!” – Weitien Ho, 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier offered by Honda Ski Males Winner

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

Click on right here to look at the total replay from Verbier on the official FWT web site.