Event Previews & Reviews from Verbier

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fête de la Musique is the celebration that takes place every summer solstice on 21st June in cities, towns and villages across France.

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.

Ever wondered what it's really like to compete on the Swatch Freeride World Tour? In this great video diary - 'Free riding the perfect line' -  American freeskier Oakley White talks us through what it is like to take part in such a huge international event.

The last video from Team GB as they prepare for Sochi.

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.

Spring is officially in the air, just don't forget your sunscreen!

The ski lifts are preparing to open and the Christmas holidays are on the horizon.

Highlights from the final day of the Freeride World tour 2011, which took place on the epic Bec des Rosses in Verbier. Each year the Freeride World Tour finishes in Verbier. If you can make it you can watch the planets best skiers and snowboarders in action.

February was dominated by the Alpine Skiing World Championships, held every second year, which kicked off in St Moritz on 6th February. Over 13 days, 589 athletes from 76 countries competed in eleven competitions in front of 165,000 spectators.

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