FWT 17 Freeride World Tour spoilers within

[TahoeJ]

All you need is a couple of walkie talkies... not exactly rocket science. Pretty comical, really.

[Angle Parking]

Ski movie skiers and FWT dudes are all rippers. I like both. No doubt there are sick lines in ski media but the FWT skiing is more impressive to me somehow. More raw more real.

[straightlineorbust]

How about stoke is stoke and we shouldn't argue what stoke we like more, it's like asking whether I'd want pictures of your mom or your sister, let's just be happy we can easily get both.

The cool thing about FWT is it's a pressure on situation where these guys are all together and each going to push as hard as they can that day.

The cool thing about ski movies is it let's guys showcase aesthetic lines when things line up right.

Moral of the story, they're both fucking rad.

[oftpiste]

Please forgive me the boast, but that's my kid in there. I expect massive mag support!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerideWor...type=3&theater

so fucking stoked.

[PNWbrit]

Congrats Buddy.

Hoping to get to Europe and or Japan to be a Berkeley groupie.

[GoldMember]

Awesome!! Congratulations to your kid and you as the proud papa.

[Dantheman]

That's rad! Good luck to him next season.

[Kopi_Red]

Sweet! That's awesome!

[digitaldeath]

Please forgive me the boast, but that's my kid in there. I expect massive mag support!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerideWor...type=3&theater

so fucking stoked.

fucking get some!

"time to get paid!"

[oftpiste]

Contacts for team managers for companies with deep pockets are welcome.

[straightlineorbust]

Contacts for team managers for companies with deep pockets are welcome.

Sponsors or bust!

But seriously, rad congrats to your son.

[TahoeJ]

Please forgive me the boast, but that's my kid in there. I expect massive mag support!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerideWor...type=3&theater

so fucking stoked.

Awesome! I think we know who we'll all be pulling for next season...

[oftpiste]

Sure hope so! The more vibes the merrier.

[grinch]

Very cool! Give'r the onions young Jedi

[Buster Highmen]

Sure hope so! The more vibes the merrier.

Encore, props poppa p! All the best a votre famille.

[ACH]

Please forgive me the boast, but that's my kid in there. I expect massive mag support!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerideWor...type=3&theater

so fucking stoked.

Congrats Oft!

[oftpiste]

BBI would love to buy some topsheet space!

contact his management, ie. me, with offers.

[Buster Highmen]

contact his management, ie. me, with offers.

Is there any footage of b's FWQ 4* Revelstoke runs online?

[powdork]

Does he compete any more this year??

[oftpiste]

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No and no. Region 2 comps are done for the season hence the results.

It's very interesting that the Region 2 events get so little attention vs. Region 1. At the end of the day it boils down to money and the levels of sponsorship (and popularity and visibility of competitive free skiing) between the two regions. Seems to me it is certainly in the best interest of the sport overall for maybe Region 1 (FWT) to siphon off some funds and infrastructure to Region 2 (IFSA) for decent media and social media coverage.

The fact is that the Americas (IFSA) operate on such a bare bones budget that they can't even afford to send official photographers, and this is a result of how much higher the profile is in Region 1. There weren't even decent (if any!) podium pics most of the time. Weird. Seems like an awful lot of opportunity being missed by those who can afford it to raise the sport's profile worldwide.

Someone mentioned to me they had watched one of the comps on a live stream (Taos I think) but I never saw it, heard about it, or could find any such thing.

I do have a terrible 3 second vid of him absolutely eating shit after sending a backie off a huge smokestack at CB though!

[Buster Highmen]

So region 1 is the torso and region 2 is the legs?

[Creeker]

Please forgive me the boast, but that's my kid in there. I expect massive mag support!

https://www.facebook.com/FreerideWor...type=3&theater

so fucking stoked.

Concratulations Oftpiste and especially Oftpiste Jr.

Looking forward rooting for him next season!

[adrenalated]

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No and no. Region 2 comps are done for the season hence the results.

It's very interesting that the Region 2 events get so little attention vs. Region 1. At the end of the day it boils down to money and the levels of sponsorship (and popularity and visibility of competitive free skiing) between the two regions. Seems to me it is certainly in the best interest of the sport overall for maybe Region 1 (FWT) to siphon off some funds and infrastructure to Region 2 (IFSA) for decent media and social media coverage.

The fact is that the Americas (IFSA) operate on such a bare bones budget that they can't even afford to send official photographers, and this is a result of how much higher the profile is in Region 1. There weren't even decent (if any!) podium pics most of the time. Weird. Seems like an awful lot of opportunity being missed by those who can afford it to raise the sport's profile worldwide.

Someone mentioned to me they had watched one of the comps on a live stream (Taos I think) but I never saw it, heard about it, or could find any such thing.

I do have a terrible 3 second vid of him absolutely eating shit after sending a backie off a huge smokestack at CB though!

If they added a masters division so that old people with day jobs that don't want to compete against your kid could have a place in the event, then we could help subsidize things.

Congrats to your mini-me!

[pfluffenmeister]

If they added a masters division so that old people with day jobs that don't want to compete against your kid could have a place in the event, then we could help subsidize things.

Congrats to your mini-me!

I got all excited when I misread your post as: "they added a masters division ...".
Probably for the best.

Also congrats!

[gaijin]

If they added a masters division so that old people with day jobs that don't want to compete against your kid could have a place in the event, then we could help subsidize things.

Congrats to your mini-me!

There were 6 of us over the age of 40 in the Japan 2*. We started an over-40 club. We'd love a Master's Division. ;-)