FWT 17 Freeride World Tour spoilers within

**Vt-Freeheel** · 02-09-2017, 06:17 AM

Tour is currently live on FB. Conditions look great with clear skies.

Alto currently sitting on top with a 95 after 16 skiers.

**CelebratedSkier** · 02-09-2017, 06:21 AM

Sick run by Tabke. So smooth. Dat backflip doe...

**Vt-Freeheel** · 02-09-2017, 06:42 AM

Great start to the tour by Tabke. Congratulations !!! Go Praxis!!

http://www.freerideworldtour.com

**nickwm21** · 02-09-2017, 02:44 PM

Aymar's line off the top was insane.

Congrats Tabke!

Replay is live: http://www.freerideworldtour.com/eve...ra-2017/replay

**N1CK.** · 02-09-2017, 02:50 PM

Originally Posted by nickwm21

Aymar's line off the top was insane.

True !!

**nickwm21** · 02-09-2017, 04:41 PM

#1

#2

#3

**grskier** · 02-09-2017, 05:06 PM

Cool venue, a bunch of different types of features..

will have to back to back the replay from the other (non gopro) vantages, as the third place line was rad that I saw live.. but that's all i caught

**toast2266** · 02-09-2017, 05:52 PM

Pretty much agree with the judges' ranking. Some of the scores mid-pack could be shuffled around a bit, but the top 5 seemed about right. Tabke was just so solid, top to bottom.

**Toddball** · 02-09-2017, 07:16 PM

Can anyone clarify what the "challenging conditions" were at near the bottom?

**meter-man** · 02-09-2017, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by Toddball

Can anyone clarify what the "challenging conditions" were at near the bottom?

I recall the announcers mentioning that it had rained on the lower portion of the venue. Snow looked a bit punchy down there. But...that's my guess from 7000 miles away.

**Angle Parking** · 02-10-2017, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by grskier

Cool venue, a bunch of different types of features..

I like how they named the really cliffed out section Smoothy's garden.

**Vt-Freeheel** · 02-10-2017, 06:08 AM

Competition cancelled today due to course conditions. More snow arriving , hopefully this happens in the next few days.

**TahoeJ** · 02-10-2017, 07:29 PM

Originally Posted by nickwm21

Aymar's line off the top was insane.

Congrats Tabke!

Replay is live: http://www.freerideworldtour.com/eve...ra-2017/replay

Man their site sucks. I literally couldn't find this and came to TGR for the link.

That Tabke run tho...

**Angle Parking** · 02-11-2017, 01:58 AM

Originally Posted by Angle Parking

I like how they named the really cliffed out section Smoothy's garden.

The whole venue seems to be named Smoothy's Garden...even cooler. And that Hausl crash! Scary stuff, lays there motionless for a long while and then is clearly f*cked up when he tries to get up the first time and still messed up when he finally manage get up to ski down. Studer landing his 360 on that shark showed how thin the snow was in places. Wonder if Hausl's massive air landed on a similar thin patch.

Good venue, lots of fall line skiing, nice to see the guys lay down some thick turns instead of traversing.

**powdork** · 02-11-2017, 02:48 AM

Originally Posted by TahoeJ

Man their site sucks. I literally couldn't find this and came to TGR for the link.

That Tabke run tho...

said that many times. on the other hand the replay video with the links to contestants below is pretty fknawesome

**powdork** · 02-11-2017, 02:51 AM

Originally Posted by Angle Parking

The whole venue seems to be named Smoothy's Garden...even cooler. And that Hausl crash! Scary stuff, lays there motionless for a long while and then is clearly f*cked up when he tries to get up the first time and still messed up when he finally manage get up to ski down. Studer landing his 360 on that shark showed how thin the snow was in places. Wonder if Hausl's massive air landed on a similar thin patch.

Good venue, lots of fall line skiing, nice to see the guys lay down some thick turns instead of traversing.

it was crazy how long he lay there motionless before anyone skied down. and then for the patroller (not sure what he'd be called there) to let him ski down after his first attempt seemed like 'don't ever let this happen 101' in medical school

**TahoeJ** · 02-11-2017, 10:23 AM

Originally Posted by powdork

said that many times. on the other hand the replay video with the links to contestants below is pretty fknawesome

Yes, it is. Maybe whomever is in charge of the playback shouldn't be put in charge of the whole site layout.

**galibier_numero_un** · 02-15-2017, 02:28 AM

Just got a notification that the rescheduled Chamonix leg is streaming from Vallnord Arcalais.

... Thom

**CelebratedSkier** · 02-15-2017, 04:45 AM

Watching now. Leo's run was sick but he had a full on back slap. I do not think he should be on top.

**kootenayskier** · 02-15-2017, 09:22 AM

The replay is working well, making it easy to check out the top runs. Nothing mind blowing, but lots of great skiing in both events. Seems that flipping and spinning off minor features is being rewarded more than (I think) it should compared to powerful skiing on bold lines (Navarro's line was an obvious winner) but I'm sure they're all skiing to the criteria, and that the organizers are tying to be relevant to the park kids. Turdell impresses me with everything he does.

**TahoeJ** · 02-15-2017, 09:48 AM

Here's the Cham replay: http://www.freerideworldtour.com/eve...andorra/replay

**toast2266** · 02-15-2017, 11:47 AM

Ivan Malakhov always seems to score lower than he should. He's not always the cleanest, but he finds interesting lines and goes big.

And once Pehota gets a little more consistent, he should be standing on the box a lot.

**TahoeJ** · 02-15-2017, 12:07 PM

Didn't Pehota finish in the top 3 overall last year? I like his style.

Turdell dropped in with his boots still in walk mode. Got a chuckle out of that - I think we've all been there.

Lots of flat landings out there! My knees hurt just watching.

Slemett's run with that double was sweet, and risky to throw the back flip after all of that.

**Atrain505** · 02-15-2017, 01:16 PM

Pehota finished 2nd overall last year so he knows podiums well.
Really thought this last comp Sam Anthamatten should have challenged for the top spot. Almost the same line as Leo Slemett and had 3's both ways instead of a 3 and a backflip. Two great events. Looking forward to watching the next stop in Austria.