Participating in the Freeride World Tour involves inherent health risks, but it also leads athletes to live together throughout the season. This unique experience naturally forges a strong bond within the circuit, where the athletes consider themselves as one big family, with daily celebrations and joy.
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00:00 What do you think of the Freeway World Tour?
00:03 What do you think of the Freeway World Tour?
00:11 I've always described the Freeway World Tour as a dysfunctional family.
00:19 What do you think of the Freeway World Tour?
00:22 What do you think of the Freeway World Tour?
00:27 To be a rider on the Freeway World Tour is just an incredible experience.
00:33 It's like you got invited to the carnival, the flying circus.
00:37 You ride around with all these amazing people to amazing places and just having a good time together.
00:47 Then we do competitions every once in a while too, which can be cool.
00:52 I just remember watching the event and being like, "I just want to be one of those cool kids."
01:01 It's good. I mean, we're pretty much just skiing with our friends. That's all it is.
01:05 You guys are just watching. It's just a big show.
01:08 I mean, we do this shit anyway, whether you guys are watching or not.
01:12 Probably even cooler, actually, on some of the free ski days.
01:15 I've seen the biggest stuff go down outside of the contest.
01:19 We just got the news that the comp is pushed even further, so no comp on Sunday.
01:23 Which means more warm-up runs, more powder skiing. Just push it.
01:27 My first year on the Tour was crazy.
01:41 Everyone was so happy, and I don't know why.
01:45 This bubble is not real life.
01:51 I'm just going to go for it.
01:53 I remember my first World Cup that I did in Mogo when I was 16 years old.
02:01 I was so happy and I was so excited.
02:04 I never thought I would be one day able to feel that way again.
02:09 To feel like I'm alive and I'm doing exactly what I'm supposed to do.
02:16 I know that the day I quit, it's not the comps that I'm going to miss.
02:22 It's the feeling of being part of a whole.
02:25 Which is a whole that's a little bit absurd.
02:27 Because there's so much intensity that we're always being asked,
02:31 physically, socially, intellectually, etc.
02:36 It's been so long since I've been on a ski run.
02:44 Since the beginning, the extreme Verbier has attracted distinctly different personalities,
02:51 elevated to rock star status by the fans.
02:54 This is definitely the biggest crowd that I've ever played in front of.
03:00 It was a bit bipolar, or schizophrenic in a way.
03:06 There was a completely crazy side, but there was also a side where you take risks,
03:11 you put a lot of personal commitment into it.
03:14 And it's quite interesting because that's where you meet personalities.
03:17 In all the other disciplines, there's something quite structured, square.
03:36 And maybe that's also because of the judgement,
03:39 whether it's a general impression or...
03:42 To shine, I think you have to break the rules a bit.
03:46 I remember very well, we were going as a family,
03:50 we were climbing at the foot of the Begley Ross and we were going to watch.
03:53 And then...
03:54 It was a mix between punk and hippie, that's how I saw them.
03:57 I think some of them were wearing dreadlocks.
03:59 Me, with the eyes of a child I had, it seemed completely unreal to me.
04:05 It was a bit of the attraction of the year, because it's actually a dream come true.
04:10 The riders, they're definitely still screw loose at best,
04:16 just for doing what they're doing.
04:19 It's the same people, just a new generation of those same people.
04:24 Everyone on the Freeride World Tour cherishes the fun times
04:30 and the flamboyant travelling companions.
04:33 But a deeper bond has always united the riders.
04:38 A bond that's inextricable from freeriding's very perilous nature.
04:44 They're kind of in this collective danger all of the time.
05:07 It's such an intense period because the stress and the nerves are pretty full on.
05:12 And I think that bonds them super intensely.
05:15 We have a way of valuing the fact that we're alive.
05:24 Which is perhaps more apt to make us want to get together
05:31 and to share precisely the same feelings.
05:35 And to share precisely this passion.
05:38 At every event there's some factor, weather, snow,
05:49 we're on, we're off, we're on, we're off.
05:51 That they're just going through the ringer.
05:54 And then to have to get the head right and go on competition day is so intense.
06:00 And they go through that together.
06:02 They travel together, ride together, compete together, laugh and cry together.
06:06 The Freeride World Tour context allowed me to confront myself, my limits,
06:15 both at the sporting level and at the emotional level.
06:19 Elizabeth Garrison jumping from 5th place to taking the overall title.
06:25 It was mathematically possible.
06:29 It's become this instrumental part of my life and shaped the person I am today.
06:35 I met my wife on the Freeride World Tour and so without the tour I wouldn't have my son I suppose.
06:46 In many aspects of my life it made me evolve.
06:50 And it's something that was very addictive.
06:54 And it's a huge privilege to be able to say "I've made my dream come true".
06:59 It's a dream.
07:00 That's not the way I see it.
07:09 Ah!
07:11 Oh my God!
07:13 That's a goal!
07:20 What the f***?
07:22 (beep)
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