It's time to talk about all the athletes who punched their tickets to the FWT for 2026. Mark and Derek are joined by IFSA Challenger Series Coordinator, Brennan Metzler and Snowboard Athlete Warren Doyle who will be returning to the WFT after a successful Challenger campaign.

We break down the final rankings from the Region 1 and Region 2 Series, discuss what happened and what's next for this new crop of skiers and riders.

This the season finale of the FREERIDE GUIDE Podcast. We want to make sure you're with us when we return! Please Find, Follow, SUBSCRIBE and listen on your favourite podcast app.

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About the Hosts:

Mark Warner is the Host of Low Pressure Podcast: The Podcast for Skiers. Derek Foose is the FWT Broadcast Announcer and Head Coach at Whistler Freeride Club and both are huge Freeride Fans.

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We're joined by Freeride World Tour CEO Nicolas Hale-Woods to discuss the big stories of the season, starting with the much-celebrated return of the FWT to Alaska. We also get his take on the loss of the Kicking Horse stop and how that's not the end of the partnership.

Nicolas gives us some clarity into the differing Region 1 and 2 Challenger formats, offering a behind-the-scenes look at how the tour is developing its pipeline of future talent. To round out the conversation, Nico lays out the format for the upcoming, and inaugural, World Championships and how riders are qualified.

0:00 Welcome Nicolas

00:12 Surefoot

3:20 - FWT Returns to Alaska

6:00 - Kicking Horse

12:08 - 2 Different Challenger Formats

25:50 - World Championships

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This is the FULL event RECAP for the inaugural YETI Natural Selection Ski Following the footsteps of it's snowboarding origins NST SKI is carving a bold new line into skiing’s history books with a new way to approach freeride competition.

12 skiers faced "Priority 1", one of Alaska’s most legendary big mountain venues, with a single mission: create a film-quality, freestyle-meets-freeride line in real-time. At the center was the variability and grandeur of Mother Nature herself—who once again proved to be both an inspiration and a formidable challenger.

Stay to the end for interviews with the Men's and Women's Champions

00:00 - Intro / Surefoot Skiing

5:20 - NST Ski Event Format

7:00 - Judging "CREDO" 14:10 - PRELIMINARY ROUNDS

46:55 - ROUND 2

52:15 - SEMI FINALS

1:04:10 FINALS

1:19:44 - Manon Loschi Interview

1:34:29 - Craig Murray Interview

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About the Hosts:

Mark Warner is the Host of Low Pressure Podcast: The Podcast for Skiers. Derek Foose is the FWT Broadcast Announcer and Head Coach at Whistler Freeride Club and both are huge Freeride Fans.

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