SNOWBOARD MEN

FWT21 World Champion: Victor De Le Rue (FRA)

Victor De Le Rue (FRA – 1st Place) made short work of the Bec, sending a full-throttle line with zero hesitation to take the Verbier Crown and the FWT Title. Victor first pointed a huge double drop and linked this with a floaty 360 straight into another cliff at warp speed. Cody Bramwell (GBR – 2nd Place) put down another dominant performance with a solid line. He started with two airs in the steeps up top, then linked a risky 360 above some serious consequences into a big air with no hesitation. If this wasn’t enough, a laid-out backflip off the bottom wind-lip secured the second position. Blake Moller (USA – 3rd Place) found an innovative line and sent a wild 360 into the exposure then pinned the rest of the face in full control, finishing with a floaty air to lock in the podium.

“It was a weird beginning to my winter with a broken shoulder and all the resorts closed in France, meaning I didn’t ride much. I had two bad runs in Andorra, then went to Austria wanting to do a run I was stoked about, which put me in the first place. That boosted me up, and in Verbier I tried to stay in the same state of mind, forget about the competition and just do the run. And it went perfect!”
 Victor De Le Rue, FWT21 Xtreme Verbier Winner

FWT21 overall rankings in snowboard men:
1. Victor De Le Rue — 31 400 pts
2. Blake Moller — 27 600 pts
3. Cody Bramwell — 27 120 pts
4. Camille Armand — 18 240 pts
5. Nils Mindnich — 17 715 pts

SKI MEN

FWT21 World Champion: Kristofer Turdell (SWE)

Kristofer Turdell (SWE – 1st Place) completed his season goal and dream of winning the Xtreme Verbier with an epic display of his strength and big mountain dominance. Kristofer charged a crispy clean line, which featured multiple airs up top, a picture-perfect cliff in the middle and a backflip to finish. Former Xtreme Verbier Champion, Wadeck Gorak (FRA – 2nd Place) unveiled a line loaded with airs and huge tricks. Wadeck started with a big double in the steeps, linked this with a 360 and finished with two trademark backflips to claim the podium. Aymar Navarro (SPA – 3rd Place) proved he is one of the most powerful freeriders around, sniffing out the biggest double on the face and sending it to the moon.

“I don’t know how to describe it. The excitement and nervousness you build up before the competition makes it hard to sleep and eat in the morning. Then, suddenly, it’s over. I over-planned my line but did a second face inspection this morning and altered it. I am really happy to link this line together.”
 Kristofer Turdell, FWT21 Xtreme Verbier Winner

FWT21 overall rankings in ski men:
1. Kristofer Turdell — 31 720 pts
2. Ross Tester — 30 800 pts
3. Carl Regnér Eriksson — 24 320 pts
4. Wadeck Gorak — 24 320 pts
5. Reine Barkered — 23 860 pts
6. Andrew Pollard — 23 400 pts
7. Aymar Navarro — 23 000 pts
8. Maël Ollivier — 21 700 pts
9. Blake Marshall — 20 360 pts
10. Isaac Freeland — 18 000 pts

After four enthralling events across three destinations, the FWT21 has climaxed with an Xtreme Verbier that did not disappoint. With COVID threatening the events, the FWT performed over 1,500 PCR tests throughout the season to ensure the safety of all the athletes and staff – of which they had zero positive results.

Congratulations to all the riders who have entertained onlookers all season with their progressive freeriding – sending and spinning in ways that continue to drop jaws. A special shout out to the FWT21 Champions: Marion Haerty, Elisabeth Gerritzen, Victor De Le Rue and Kristofer Turdell; and to the team at Red Bull, who absolutely nailed the production of today’s action.

Relive all of today’s action on Red Bull TV or freerideworldtour.com and be sure to follow the FWT social media channels throughout the offseason for rider news and FWT22 updates.