It's time to talk about all the athletes who punched their tickets to the FWT for 2026. Mark and Derek are joined by IFSA Challenger Series Coordinator, Brennan Metzler and Snowboard Athlete Warren Doyle who will be returning to the WFT after a successful Challenger campaign.

We break down the final rankings from the Region 1 and Region 2 Series, discuss what happened and what's next for this new crop of skiers and riders.

This the season finale of the FREERIDE GUIDE Podcast. We want to make sure you're with us when we return!  Please Find, Follow, SUBSCRIBE and listen on your favourite podcast app.

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We're joined by Freeride World Tour CEO Nicolas Hale-Woods to discuss the big stories of the season, starting with the much-celebrated return of the FWT to Alaska. We also get his take on the loss of the Kicking Horse stop and how that's not the end of the partnership.

Nicolas gives us some clarity into the differing Region 1 and 2 Challenger formats, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how the tour is developing its pipeline of future talent. To round out the conversation, Nico lays out the format for the upcoming, and inaugural, World Championships and how riders are qualified.

0:00 Welcome Nicolas

00:12 Surefoot

3:20 - FWT Returns to Alaska 

6:00 - Kicking Horse 

12:08 - 2 Different Challenger Formats 

25:50 - World Championships

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This is the FULL event RECAP for the inaugural YETI Natural Selection Ski Following the footsteps of it's snowboarding origins NST SKI is carving a bold new line into skiing’s history books with a new way to approach freeride competition.

12 skiers faced "Priority 1", one of Alaska’s most legendary big mountain venues, with a single mission: create a film-quality, freestyle-meets-freeride line in real-time. At the center was the variability and grandeur of Mother Nature herself—who once again proved to be both an inspiration and a formidable challenger.

Stay to the end for interviews with the Men's and Women's Champions

00:00 - Intro / Surefoot Skiing

5:20 - NST Ski Event Format

7:00 - Judging "CREDO" 14:10 - PRELIMINARY ROUNDS

46:55 - ROUND 2

52:15 - SEMI FINALS

1:04:10 FINALS

1:19:44 - Manon Loschi Interview

1:34:29 - Craig Murray Interview

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Mike Douglas is here to preview the upcoming and inaugural Natural Selection Ski event.  Mike, also known as "The Godfather of Freeskiing",  has taken the reigns as the Event Director of NST Ski. We discuss how he got the job as well as what went into the creation of NST Ski. 

He details the processes of venue and athlete selection as well as the logistics of accommodating 50 people in the backcountry of Alaska and much more.

The event will premiere exclusively worldwide onRed Bull TV starting at 12PM PT/3PM ET/9PM CET on April 17

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This is the Full Season RECAP and Mark and Derek are putting a bow on it by revisiting the key events, news and highlights from the 2025 Freeride World Tour Season that was.

Recorded @ Surefoot Whistler

0:00 - Intro

4:18 - Backslap Inbox

13:58 - New Announcers 1

9:45 - Baqueira Beret

27:08 - Val Thorens

32:48 - Kicking Horse

38:35 - Georgia

36:23 - Fieberbrunn

54:33 - Verbier & Final Results

1:23:00 - Wrap Up

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This is the FULL event RECAP for the sixth and final event of the 2025 Freeride World Tour season; The 30th anniversary of the YETI Xtreme Verbier by Honda.

We saw some spectacular performances as well as some heartbreaking moments on the way to crowning 3 new World Champions as well as 4 first time winners in Verbier. The Legendary Bec des Rosses presented an extra challenge in the way of a very thin and dangerous snowpack which is something the athletes have been familiar with this year. It wasn't safe to drop in from the top this year so the riders had to choose from 3 separate start gates on the Bec and Petit Bec.

00:00 - Intro / Surefoot

13:23 - SNOWBOARD MEN

24:45 - SKI MEN 

47:54 - SKI WOMEN

1:03:17 - BACKSLAP | Fan Emails **

1:14:00 - SNOWBOARD WOMEN 

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** Lily Bradley LPP Interview -  https://open.spotify.com/episode/1lDG1CFKsJLTI7zPQolfmk?si=404499794e3e4296

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This is the FULL event RECAP for the fifth event of the 2025 Freeride World Tour season at Fieberbrunn Austria which was the final event before The Cut. We saw some spectacular clutch performances which propelled some riders above the cut line and disappointing runs that dropped some below.

Due to challenging snow conditions, only 3 of the 4 categories were able to compete. The FWT deemed the Wildseeloder face unable to accommodate the full roster riders and postponed the Ski Men. Ultimately after assessing the weather over the week to come, the Ski Men's event was cancelled leaving the current rankings to determine the cut riders.

 00:00 Intro / Surefoot

00:29 - SKI MEN Competition Cancelled

19:22 - SKI WOMEN

31:00 - Cut Dynamics / Challenger Series

40:23 - SNOWBOARD WOMEN 

51:16 - SNOWBOARD MEN

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Part 2 of 2 -  This is the full RECAP of the FWT25 Georgia Pro

Featuring Guest Host: Drew Tabke

The fourth event of the 2025 FWT season only saw only about a 50% success rate in the athletes' runs. The riders returned to the Kakhiani face this year after having to change the venue twice during the lengthy weather window. The conditions were challenging which included several small, rider triggered avalanches during the event. It was an interesting one.

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Part 1 of 2 - Nothing seemed to go right during the week surrounding the Georgia Pro. Mark and Derek talk about the stories around the comp and discuss the current rankings leading into the final event and The Cut in Fieberbrunn.

This Part 1. Part 2 is the Full Event RECAP w/ Special guest Drew Tabke

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6:32 - Backslap Segment

16:54 - Avalanches During the Event

FWT25 Curent Overall Standings

28:13 - Snowboard Men

33:45 - Snowboard Women

37:30 - Ski Women

40:40 - Ski Men

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The latest news leading up to the FWT25 Georgia Pro event. A new comp face has was announced, then that face slid during avalanche control, then the first face was announced. The Georgia Pro is hard to get to and everyday new challenges arise for the FWT team.

We have an event wildcard, and an unfortunate injury notice as well. Mark and Derek get you up to speed with all you need know.

4:34 - Long hard travel to Georgia

15:10- Last minute venue changes and athlete revolt?

18:30 - 2pm Start for the competition?

34:05 - Event Wild Card

35:35 - Season ending rider injury

38:10 - Challenger update

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