The 2026 IFSA FWT Region 2 Challengers by Orage were condensed into 5 days, 3 events, 3 venues and 2 towns in British Columbia. Its where the riders who have been competing and building points all year on the qualifier circuit and the FWT riders who got cut, meet for a final showdown to find out who will make it to the Freeride World Tour in 2027. This is the RECAP of the overall series.

4:30 - Intro to the Region 2 Challenger Events

9:30 - The Venues

16:00 Hand Signals

24:35 - Explaining Dual Panel Judging System

33:00 - Stop #3 - Kicking Horse & Ozone Face

35:18 - Ski Women

41:20 Judging hypotheticals

52:03 - Snowblades & Telemark Skis

55:12 - Back to Ski Women

59:50 - Snowboard Women

1:04:30 - Ski Men

1:10:25 - Cornice Break

1:13:46 - Back to Ski Men

1:16:54 - Snowboard Men

1:20:00 - 1st Ever Snowboard DNF?

1:22:33 - 2027 FWT Qualified Riders

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Mark Warner is the Host of the Low Pressure Podcast: The Podcast for Skiers. Derek Foose is the FWT Broadcast Announcer and Head Coach at Whistler Freeride Club and both are huge Freeride Fans.

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