Ski Watch: There is such a thing as a Freeride

Ski Watch caught up with FWT head judge Dion Newport

Swatch Freeride World Tour

The Swatch Freeride World Tour – one of the most adventurous and exciting sports in skiing and boarding – kicks off in Vallnord, Andorra, next weekend and runs right through the season, also taking in Chamonix in France, Haines in Alaska, Fieberbrunn in Austria and Verbier in Switzerland.

Freeride competition sees male and female participants ski or board extreme off-piste routes that the rest of us can only dream of. Ski Watch caught ...