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Event Previews & Reviews from Verbier

Read reviews of the best Verbier events

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Fred Syversen: Professional Skier With World Record for Highest Cliff Jump

As the best freeriders in the world gather in Revelstoke this weekend for the first stop on the all-new Swatch Freeride World Tour by The North Face, we were fortunate to be able to have a sit down with a free skiing legend, holder of the world record for the highest cliff jump and super nice guy - Fred Syversen.

Verbier Xtreme History

The Verbier Xtreme started way back in 1996 as a stand alone event and now it has become a career defining world wide tour of 6 stops and 50 qualifiers.

Jamie Nicholls Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Episode four of One Team to Sochi is out and it's all about the young lad from Bradford; Jamie Nicholls.

Farinet Lounge Opening night 2016

The Farinet Lounge has opened its doors for the start of the 2016-17 season and as you can see it was a popular night, with plenty of cocktails and champagne flowing.

Billy Morgan Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Billy Morgan is one of the Britian's best chances of a Freestyle snowboarding medal at the Sochi Olympics.

Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Follow the training of our British Olympic hopefuls as they prepare for the Winter Olympics 2014 in Sochi.

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Ski Mountaineering World Championships in Verbier

Verbier/Val de Bagnes saw the arrival of the 8th Alpine Skiing World Championship on the 6th-12th February. The Championships saw the largest amount of athletes ever to compete in the competition, with 251 athletes from 23 nations including, China, USA, Japan, Norway, Italy, France, Bulgaria and of Course Switzerland. 

Insider's Guide to Verbier High Five

Insider's Guide to Verbier High Five 2018

Only a week after the eponymous Freeride World Tour Final, on 7th April, the Verbier High Five by Carlsberg will come to town, a fantastic event aimed at getting more people involved with the competitive side of alpine skiing.

Happy chilly times at The Relentless Freeze Festival

Verbier Event Review: 9th November 2012

The Relentless Freeze Festival did exactly what it said on the tin and those not wearing their ski jackets could be found with teeth chattering, huddled around the vin chaud stand wrapping themselves in a fruity alcoholic blanket.

Verbier Xtreme Freeride World Tour Finals 2015

Verbier Xtreme Freeride World Tour Finals 2015

The Freeride World Tour (FWT) is the biggest freeriding event on the planet and when it comes to the 'Xtreme Verbier' it's almost as if it gets bigger and This year 'Xtreme Verbier' celebrated its 20th year in resort and that made the start for a big party weekend!

Road to Sochi With Freestyle Team GB: Risk & Reward

Professional Skiers & Snowboarders put their bodies through alot. This episode looks at the injuries Freestyle Team GB have suffered and the road to recovery and the Olympics.

Dom Harington Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Dom Harington is a Halfpipe Snowboarder from Leeds who has missed the last two Olympics due to injuries after winning the Europa Cup Halfpipe. Sochi is probably his last chance to be part of the Olympics and he's giving it everything he has.

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Key Events to Look out for in Verbier This Summer

With the whole of Verbier shut down in May (well most of it) its time to recharge the batteries and look forward to the summer events.

Aimee Fuller Road to Sochi with Freestyle Team GB

Meet Aimee Fuller Slopestyle Snowboarder, stunt double and one of the British Freestyle Snowboard Team.

Grand Concours Hippique

The Grand Concours Hippique is held every August in Verbier. Since 1997 this regional and national competition has drawn riders from all over Switzerland and in some cases the world, to the Val des Bagnes for a week of show jumping.

What’s On in Verbier for winter 2018/19

What’s On in Verbier for winter 2018/19

Verbier hosts some of the best and biggest free events throughout the season and they will not disappoint this winter. After last year's record breaking snow levels, Verbier is opening fully on December 1st with hopes of a similar forecast.

Highlights of the 2011 London Freeze

The London Freeze is the ski and snowboard event that brings together international live music acts and some of the world's best riders. The two day festival is the last weekend in October and in 2011 we caught up with X-Games medalist James Wooods for a chat about his Olympic hopes.

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Freeride World Tour Finals 2016

This season's Freeride World Tour champions were crowned in Verbier this weekend in an exciting end to the season.