2009 Freeride World Tour Athletes

Based on 2008 Freeride World Ranking, the 14 best men and 4 best women of each category have been invited to enter the first contest of the Freeride World Tour 2009 which will take place in Sochi Russia from the 20th to the 25th of January 2009: TheNissan Russian Adventure.To complete the starting list, you still have to add the winners of the FWQ sister event (Rldal Freeride Challenge 2008) and some wild cards which will be distributed by the organizers.Here is the list of confirmed riders:Skiers Men:FWT Ranking 20081. WINDSTEDT Henrik SWE2. MICHAUD Seb FRA3. DUCROZ Aurlien FRA4. TABKE Drew USA5. TOWNSEND Cody USA6. ZACKRISSON Kaj SWE7. PASQUIER Nicolas SUI8. VASIUK Estanislao ARG9. COIRIER Adrien FRA10. GILLIOZ Raphy SUI11. HAUNHOLDER Matthias AUT12. LINDBERG Wille SWE13. DUCHOSAL Thibault FRA14. BARKERED Reine SWE15. Winner FWQ sister event: Rldal 2008+ wild cardsSnowboard Men:FWT Ranking 20081. DE LE RUE Xavier FRA2. COUDRAY Alex SUI3. ORLEY Flo AUT4. NERI Cyril SUI5. EMERY Jonas SUI6. FALCO Julien SUI7. TOELDERER Mitch AUT8. MAGNUSSON David NOR9. SOMMER Andr SUI10. KHRYACHKOV Gennady RUS11. BULLET Raphal SUI12. BROMMELSIEK Will USA13. REGENSBURGER Daniel AUT14. WATSON Dave USA15. Winner FWQ sister event: Rldal 2008+ wild cardsSkiers Women:FWT Ranking 20081. SAUGSTAD Elyse USA2. MC MILLAN Jesse USA3. ENDERUD Ane NOR4. MEYNET Caroline FRA5. Winner FWQ sister event: Rldal 2008+ wild cardsSnowboard Women:FWT Ranking 20081. LEISIBACH Ruth SUI3. HRKNEN Kaisa FIN4. KARVINEN Anniina FIN5. ZENKLUSEN Nathalie FRA5. Winner FWQ sister event: Rldal 2008+ wild cardsFor More Information Please Visit www.freerideworldtour.com