2025 Freeride World Tour – Electrical Season Finale on the YETI Xtreme Verbier

Featured Picture: Dom Daher, Courtesy of the Freeride World Tour

All good issues should come to an finish, as is the case with the 2025 Freeride World Tour competitors season. We’ve seen a wild journey to the end line over the previous few weeks, and that goes for extra than simply the snowboarding. Cease 4 in Georgia was met with heavy snowfall, excessive winds and variable avalanche situations. The ensuing snowpack was unstable and precipitated a multi-day delay within the occasion.

In Fieberbrunn, Austria, for Cease 5, FWT officers made the powerful option to cancel the Ski Males’s area because of poor situations which made sure options unsafe for riders. The choice was met with blended reactions, because it solidified the standings earlier than the minimize with out giving hopeful skiers one other shot at redemption.

Nonetheless, the rankings had been set in stone and solely the highest 13 males and 7 girls superior to the finals in Verbier. However what a finals we acquired. For the third cease in a row, situations had been dicey however manageable for the world’s best freeride athletes. The notorious Bec des Rosses mountain performed host to the YETI Xtreme Verbier, and whereas the snowboarding might look straightforward from the replay, we promise you that wasn’t the case. The face was scoured with snow starting from chalky and edgeable to crispy and punchy. With no ensures and the season on the road, these riders held nothing again. Backflips, 360s, yard gross sales, entrance punches and extra; let’s dive in.

Under you’ll discover outcomes from the YETI Xtreme Verbier, in addition to the ultimate 2025 FWT season standings.

Within the Ski Ladies’s Discipline, solely 4 of the seven opponents had been in a position to put up scores as Lily Bradley and Astrid Cheylus weren’t in a position to make it to the coral. Zuza Witych, whereas listed on the beginning sheet, didn’t compete because of a current knee damage. With such a proficient area, this speaks to how powerful the snow situations actually had been on the Bec. FWT Rookie Leena Kohler took dwelling third place regardless of enduring a big fall midway by means of her run. She was in a position to bounce again and hold all her gear intact, ending the run together with her head held excessive. There’s little question we’ll be seeing extra from Kohler subsequent season, as her three podium finishes this yr point out she’s a rising star to observe. The mogul skier turned freeride queen Justine Dufour-Lapointe took second with a powerful run that included a number of large airs and technical turns. It wasn’t her best run of the season, however it was precisely what she wanted to seal the deal and take dwelling the general title for 2025. However the day belonged to none apart from Swiss native Jenna Keller. With a rating of 82.00, she dominated her competitors at simply the correct time, sticking her fourth straight podium end.

“I’m shaking throughout. It’s loopy to assume that I by no means had many wins in my freeride profession, and now successful this competitors seems like a dream come true.” – Jenna Keller, 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier offered by Honda Ski Ladies Winner

Within the Ski Males’s Discipline, there actually wasn’t a boring second. This crew punted their means by means of the course and picked aside options prefer it was gentle work. The rostrum was stuffed with North American flags although, as Toby Rafford took dwelling third place. The 21-year-old FWT Rookie had confirmed his fashionable prowess all through the season, and was in a position to capitalize on the agency snow. Rafford hauled by means of the primary part of the face and nailed a big 360. Nevertheless, he wasn’t in a position to hit the second cliff he had been eyeing because the grabby snow and a unfastened pole pulled him away. Nonetheless, he earned a 72.67 and, later that night, was topped 2025 FWT Rookie of the 12 months.

Second place went to Alta and Snowbird’s freeride golden-man, Ross Tester. After returning to the Tour this yr, Tester has seen blended outcomes over the previous few months. He was in a position to pull the whole lot collectively in Verbier although, and dialed in a number of airs, mach 10 turns and an enormous 360. It was nice to see this acquainted face again on the rostrum grinning with the silver medal. However regardless of the excessive stage of competitors, first place on the 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier was claimed by Whistler’s personal Weitien Ho. In his first competitors on the Bec des Rosses, he laced up nothing wanting a dream run. With a backflip from the roof, a 360 and a double drop to seal the deal, Ho picked up a rating of 84.33 and grabbed first with an eight-point margin.

“It’s an honor to win the Xtreme Verbier. I can’t consider it, and I couldn’t have requested for a greater finish to the season—it’s the cherry on prime!” – Weitien Ho, 2025 YETI Xtreme Verbier offered by Honda Ski Males Winner

Under, you’ll discover the rostrum outcomes, successful runs and a full photograph gallery of the occasion.

Click on right here to observe the total replay from Verbier on the official FWT web site.