Freeride World Tour: Riders confirmed!

The Freeride World Tour is one of the biggest, if not the biggest, ski event of the season and it’s always great when the latest press release drops into the inbox with the latest confirmed riders! So without mincing too many words, here is the illustrious list:

Ski Men
12 riders qualified from FWT Ranking 2010:

Candide Thovex (FRA)
Henrik Windstedt (SWE)
Aurélien Ducroz (FRA)
Julien Lopez (FRA)
Tim Dutton (USA)
Reine Barkered (SWE)
Sverre Liliequist (SWE)
Adrien Coirier (FRA)
Sebastian Hannemann (GER)
Stefan Hausl (AUT)
Seb Michaud (FRA)
Matthias Haunholder (AUT)

3 riders qualified from FWQ Ranking 2010:

Jérémy Prevost (FRA)
Mathieu Imbert (FRA)
Sam Smoothy (NZL)

Wild Cards – all season:

Jérémie Heitz (SUI)
Samuel Anthammaten (SUI)
JT Holmes (USA)
Torgrim Vole (NOR)

Event wild cards for the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2011 by Swatch: TBA

Ski Women
5 riders qualified from FWT Ranking 2010:

(NOR)
Jess McMillan (USA)
Jaclyn Paaso (USA)
Eva Walkner (AUT)
Janina Kuzma (NZL)

2 riders qualified from FWQ Ranking 2010:

Pia Widmesser (GER)
Janette Hargin (SWE)

Wild Cards – all season:

Marja Persson (SWE)

Event wild cards for the Nissan Freeride de Chamonix-Mont-Blanc 2011 by Swatch: 1st , 2nd and 3rd place of La Clusaz Radikal Mountain 2011 (FRA)