KYE PETERSEN WINS THE FIRST STOP OF 2012 FWT

Riders in this news :  Kye PETERSEN

Congrats to Kye Petersen for winning the first stop of the Freeride World Tour in Revelstoke.

Yesterday, on a beautiful bluebird day, Kye Petersen has been the best rider on the giant Mac Daddy face. After his first place of the first run, he did a perfect second one in the deep pow.

More information on the FWT website.

Next stop in Chamonix (France) on January 21st.

 

Rossignol proudly presents freeridecamps.at !!!

Rossignol Junior Camps presented by Raiffeisen Club

Within the Junior Camps Youngsters at the age from 15 to 18 years learn how to get into Freeriding safely although having fun. The kids ski and board offpiste for 2 Days in company of Pro Freeriders and are going to be sensitiesd for avalanches and other possible dangers in the mountains. Key for productive learning is, that they are working together with the Pros and are outside all the time. Learning by doing is the main aspect! … by the way, this Camp is for free!

Rossignol Junior Advanced Camps presented by Raiffeisen Club

For all Youngsters who have experience and passion for Freeriding, freeridecamps.at created the next level: the Junior Advanced Camp. Within this program the Freeride Pros are underlining the right technique for Freeriding and intensify the basic knowledge gained during a Junior Camp. The Young Guns are taught in small groups and benefit from the extensive experience from our Pro Coaches.

Line Camps presented by Rossignol:

Within the Line Camps, Austrian Freeride Legend and Freeride World Tour Vice Champion, Flo Orley, created a possibility for amateurs to gain and benefit from his 10 years of Pro experience in Freeriding. At the Line Camp Level Flo shows how to find and visualize the perfect Line and to read the “Face” properly.

At least three theoretical sessions accompanied by experts of each field will take place in the evening. “Lines”, “Judging”, “Mental Coaching”
During the days the participants will practise what they have learned the day before. The Videoanalysis will show possible areas of  improvement for each rider.

At every Line Camp Special Guests are going to pop up.
Matthias “Hauni” Haunholder and Xavier Jordan as well as Winners of the last years Freeride World Tour Stops, Stefan Häusl, Mitch Tölderer and Aline Bock,

For more information, check out: www.freeridecamps.at

Dates:

Rossignol Junior Camps presented by Raiffeisen Club Tirol:
03. + 04.          Dezember     St. Anton
21. + 22.          Jänner     Axamer Lizum
11. + 12.         Februar    Matrei in Osttirol
18. + 19.         Februar    Venet
25. + 26.         Februar     Westendorf
03. + 04.          März         Hochfügen

Rossignol Junior Advanced Camp presented by Raiffeisen Club Tirol:
10. + 11.          März         Fieberbrunn

Line Camps presented by Rossignol:
02. bis 04.         Dezember    St. Anton
09. bis 11.        Dezember    Fieberbrunn
16. bis 18.        Dezember    Hochfügen
06. bis 08.        Jänner    Fieberbrunn

WINTER DEW TOUR : JOFFREY POLLET VILLARD IN SEMI FINALS WITH XAVIER BERTONI AND BEN VALENTIN

Riders in this news :  Joffrey POLLET-VILLARD

Today was the Open pipe qualifier of the Winter Dew Tour. 3 french at the start : Jon, Nico and me.
Nico fall on his both run on his dub flair, so bad, he had it good during the training. He can be proud of him, his right side dub was sick !
Jon fall on a sw 7 and had trouble with his knee, he may broke his ACL. We're not sure yet, but if he did, I can truly say that it sucks, I had it 2 years ago.

For me, the day starts well, I felt ready, so warm to shred. Until I hurt the deck, fall down at the bottom of the pipe and broke my helmet...

Here it is, the comp start. Thomas Krief give me his helmet for my both run, so nice. First run, I land my sw 7 jap at the top and I get to much speed and I did a huge flat spin 5 jap (maybe to high and my pop wasn't big enough) get the deck once again !

Second run, I was suppose to have lot of pressure, but I just relaxed, and thinking that this is not a big deal. I landed all my tricks, stomped the last one and then so content ! All bad thought waste appart and I felt so free !

Interview Greg Guenet et Joffrey Pollet Villard
Do I look retarded?!

I finished 5th, I was so damn stocked.

Ready for the semi finals !!!

JOFFREY POLLET-VILLARD: US GRAND PRIX - SOMETIMES IT WORKS, SOMETIMES IT SUCKS !!

Riders in this news :  Joffrey POLLET-VILLARD

First comp today, Grand Prix qualifier day. It was not a good session for all the french guys.
We all fell on our runs. To summary my morning, I let you check this clip.



This is what happened on my first run. I was so disappointed of what I did, I just missed my pop and I crashed so badly on the coping, I did my second run, but I had so much pain in my back, I couldn't do what I wanted to do.

I'll take my revange at the Dew Tour, I'll train and change my run. I need at least one dub in my run to do something very good.
 

JOFFREY POLLET-VILLARD: US GRAND PRIX DAY 2

Riders in this news :  Joffrey POLLET-VILLARD

Last day of training was not that perfect. I made some runs, but not the one that I want to do.
But no worries, I suck at every trainings. The comp is another thing.
It's also a good thing to suck trainings, it makes me even more hungry. When you have all you want at training, you feel maybe to good at the comp and then you just forget to be focus at the right moment.

We get the start list. There is 3 heats, they take 3 guys on every heat for the final and we are 24 per heat.
I got a hard one, you can see below the whole list, but I can told you some good names.
Simon Dumont, Matt Margetts, David Wize, Gus Kenworthy, Xavier Bertoni...
It will not be that easy, but I can make it if I stay focus on the amplitude and the steeze.