Freeride World Tour

**bobinch** · 03-25-2023, 05:27 AM

Postponed - come back on Tuesday for epic conditions

**oftpiste** · 03-25-2023, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by bobinch

Postponed - come back on Tuesday for epic conditions

you and the fam gonna go watch?

**bobinch** · 03-26-2023, 08:43 AM

Originally Posted by oftpiste

you and the fam gonna go watch?

I’m up in Alaska but Millsy has a press pass so will be there with the kids. Will be cheering on Reine!

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**Island Bay** · 03-28-2023, 01:20 AM

Noooooo!

Cancelled :-(

**Angle Parking** · 03-28-2023, 01:36 AM

Shit! That sucks.

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**gaijin** · 03-28-2023, 05:51 AM

Based on the way my kids are fighting in the living room right now, I’m just gonna chalk this one up to bad energy.

Turn around. Go home.

Sometimes it’s best to walk away.

I was having a pretty hard time understanding how FWT was going to host an event on the Bec with new snow, anyway.

I’m glad they had the courage to turn around. That’s a veteran move.

Super bummed I couldn’t see Reine ski his final retirement run, though.

Maybe it’s better this way… leaving me wanting more.

Love you, Reine.

Can’t wait to see what’s next.

**SUPERIOR** · 03-28-2023, 06:19 AM

How hard is it to reschedule? Apparently, very hard…

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**bobinch** · 03-28-2023, 09:50 AM

They had a week long window but the face is gone and forecast not good. Sometimes nature decides….

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**toast2266** · 03-28-2023, 10:35 AM

^^^ oof. That'd be a spicy venue.

**Clownshoe** · 03-28-2023, 10:43 AM

Damn. What a bummer.

Understandable I guess. The weather and avi conditions didn’t cooperate. And a comp window can only be so long. I’m guessing it’s not cheap to post up in Verbier for an indefinite length of time.

Actually I’m surprised that this doesn’t happen more often.

**oftpiste** · 03-28-2023, 12:28 PM

Originally Posted by toast2266

^^^ oof. That'd be a spicy venue.

like it needs to be spicier than it is when even conditions are decent...

**JayPowHound** · 03-28-2023, 12:56 PM

Too bad, what a shame..

**drail** · 03-28-2023, 10:09 PM

Originally Posted by SUPERIOR

How hard is it to reschedule? Apparently, very hard…

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The face was buggered. Was actually surprised they were gonna try while leading up to the event considering the conditions. I think they just had blinders on for the Bec and never considered an alternate face for the event.

**TahoeJ** · 03-29-2023, 06:09 AM

Ugh, what a bummer.

**gaijin** · 03-29-2023, 06:18 AM

Man, I feel like a dick trying to be all "understanding" of knowing when to "turn around" from a post-cancellation perspective.

Holy Shit---

**bobinch** · 04-03-2023, 11:17 PM

Final challenger today

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**powdork** · 04-06-2023, 01:20 PM

cool video about maxime's 'down days'

**Angle Parking** · 04-07-2023, 09:32 PM

^^^ Great share thx for that. Amazing athlete. And I like how he fluently switches from English, French and Spanish throughout the vid. Dude is incredible.

**gaijin** · 04-08-2023, 06:22 AM

20% of me has always been super frustrated with Maxime. The other 80% has been trying to take it all in.

“Who the fuck is this guy? He’s not even a skier.”

But I’ve always been listening to the back of my head, wondering… “Who the fuck is this guy? He’s not even a skier and he’s out-skiing all of you.”

I don’t know who Maxime is, but I applaud him because he is the first of my skiing heroes to genuinely piss me off, politely.

Homie reinvented my sport in ways that I didn’t see coming.

I bow.

Me — “I thought we were skiing.”
Maxime — “I thought we were flying.”