Freerideworldtour.com is live:

[alto]

Don't know when this happened exactly, but last time I checked out freerideworldtour.com it was just a bunch of dead links. Now its fully live with great info on all five of the Freeride World Tour's stops. Check it out!

Here's a tidbit about Verbier, the final stop:
"Prize money: 100'000 USD

Men ski and snowboard
1st 12'000 USD
2nd 6'000 USD
3rd 3'000 USD
4th to 12th 2'000 USD

Women ski and snowboard
1st 5'000 USD
2nd 3'000 USD
3rd to 5th 1'000 USD"

$2,000 for 4th-12th!?!?!

[mojorisin]

I think it's really fucked that women are getting less than half of what the men are getting. I understand their "reasons", but it's still fucked nonetheless.

[teamdirt]

the winner of each event also gets a new Nissan Truck!

I'm cheering for Matty Richard!!

[other grskier]

I think it's really fucked that women are getting less than half of what the men are getting. I understand their "reasons", but it's still fucked nonetheless.

Its not fucked when you watch female freeskiing contest runs. To be blunt...they suck, and thats an understatement. Someone who billy goats their way down not even leaving the ground certainly does not deserve the same prize$$ as the men, who now-a-days kick so much ass in contests. And thats even in small time comps like snowmass, (where i was in the top 20 last winter!)

[word929]

I don't know that I would rally on the girls ability that hard, but also look at how much harder it is to even get into the contest for guys. Girls side of things rarely ever even fill, and the guys side sell out in a matter of days or hours. Strictly based on numbers, the guys have a harder contest, and thus get paid more.

[other grskier]

for sure, good point. and i'm not sayin i got no love for the ladies, but theres a good reason they get less $$. and luckily this new tour makes it difficult for those girls to even get to verbier. the ones who are there deserve it, more so with the snowboarder girls too, in the years past video they are ripping