2025 Freeride World Tour – Baquiera Beret Cease One Full Recap

January 18, 2025

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Featured Picture: Jeremy Bernard, Courtesy of the Freeride World Tour

The Tour is again, child! Once you consider freeride, Spain may not be the primary place that involves thoughts. It’s time to alter that. Baquiera Beret is constantly one of the crucial entertaining stops on the Freeride World Tour circuit. Whereas the snowpack might be dicey (resulting in the cancelation of final 12 months’s occasion) when it’s good, it’s good. At this time’s occasion was moved from the Baciver face to La Bamba attributable to unstable circumstances on the Baciver. However, riders shifted their recreation plans and had ample time to scout out their best run down from the two,541 meter summit. Making its debut with gradients as steep as 53-degrees, La Bamba didn’t disappoint. Named in honor of Spanish freeride legend Aymar Navarro, one would count on this pitch to be as difficult and rewarding as it’s. The rugged Pyrenees Mountains function the final word playground for the world’s finest freeride skiers, so let’s dive into all of the motion from January 17.

Within the Ski Girls’s Subject, we noticed just a few acquainted faces rising atop the rostrum. The sector is filled with six rookie riders this 12 months, so you may guess that we’ll see a few of these new riders claiming the highest seat ultimately. Nevertheless, generally that have can serve immense worth, and at this time was a type of days. Canadian Olympic mogul skier turned freeride queen Justine Dufour-Lapointe placed on a clinic and with an excellent line full with a number of airs and massive backflip off the windlip. The 2023 FWT Champion didn’t maintain again on the primary cease of 2025. Second place went to Astrid Cheylus; the younger French freerider has developed a fame for quick and fluid type in her runs, and this was the case in Spain. She lately took the win within the Nendaz Backcountry Invitational, stomping a historic double backflip. Clear navigation of blended circumstances and a backflip earned her a rating of 77.00. Simply 4 factors behind was the veteran competitor and the one Polish rider on the Tour, Zuzanna Witych.

“On the prime, I felt nervous, however I reminded myself to belief my physique, observe my coronary heart, and ski with a smile on my face.” – Justine Dufour-Lapointe, Baqueira Beret Professional by Movistar Ski Girls winner

Within the Ski Males’s Subject, it was a day for the nice ‘ol US of A. Ross Tester the Boss made his grand return to the FWT after taking a 12 months off and being awarded a season wildcard for 2025. Laying down a wildly technical and tick-heavy run, Tester was awarded a rating of 92.67. Making just a few turns and aiming for large airs, he confidently tapped his method down La Bamba, highlighted by a big laid-out 360 off one of many two wind lips. Second place went to the younger American Toby Rafford, who’s in his first season on the Tour and already leaving an enormous mark. He began his run with an enormous flat 3 off a cliff with virtually no lip, laying it out with composure and adopted up by a double flatspin. His freestyle background offers him a deep bag of methods, and if he can enhance his Line rating to match his Air & Type rating, the remainder of the sphere higher lookout. Kiwi Ben Richards snagged third place with a rating of 89.00. Each clean and snowboarding the autumn line, Richards is now the one New Zealand rider on the Tour and he didn’t drop the torch.

“The venue was tremendous enjoyable, and although the circumstances appeared a bit odd at first, the whole lot got here collectively very well. I’m stoked about it.” – Ross Tester, Baqueira Beret Professional by Movistar Ski Males winner

Beneath, you’ll discover the rostrum outcomes, profitable runs and a full picture gallery of the occasion.

Click on right here to look at the complete replay of Cease One on the official FWT web site.