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2015 FWQ & FWT Riders Have Been Confirmed

Freeride World Tour & Freeride Qualifier riders announced for the coming season

featured in News & reviews Author Ellie Mahoney, Verbier Editor Updated

The count down has started for the Swatch Freeride World Tour 2015 as all the riders have been confirmed for the season ahead, with a line up including the return of the four defending champions, Olympians, wild card competitors and riders coming back from injury.

In men's ski, there are a few newcomers to the circuit from the Qualifiers last year - Leo Slemment (FRA) and Kyle Taylor (USA), and in women's ski Janina Kuzma (NZL) makes a come back after taking time out for the olympic half pipe, and Eva Waulkner (AUT) is back on an injury wild card.

In men's snowboard newcomers include winners from the FWQ Colin Boyd (USA) and Camille Armand (FRA), with wild cards awarded to Ralph Backstrom (USA) and Jonathan 'Dudes' Charlet (FRA) who comes back to the tour on an injury wild card.

In women's snowboard newcomers are Mary Celia Boddington (USA) and Anouck Mouthon (FRA) with a wild card going to Anne-Flore Marxer (FRA/SUI) who won the FWT back in 2011.

The first leg of the tour will be in Chamonix on the 24th January, followed by Fieberbrunn in Austria on the 31st Jan, Vallnord in Andorra on the 14th Feb, Alaska on 14th March and Verbier on 28th March.

The 2014 Podiums were as follows:

SKI MEN

1. Loic Collomb-Patton (FRA) World Champion
2. Sam Smoothy (NZL)
3. Jérémie Heitz (SUI)

SNOWBOARD MEN

1. Emilien Badoux (SUI) World Champion
2. Jamie Rizzuto (CAN)
3. Sascha Hamm (GBR)

SKI WOMEN

1. Nadine Wallner (AUT) World Champion
2. Lorraine Huber (AUT)
3. Pia Nic Gundersen (NOR)

SNOWBOARD WOMEN

1. Shannan Yates (USA) World Champion
2. Estelle Balet (SUI)
3. Elodie Mouthon (FRA)

For FWQ information head to the website.