BACK TO THE WINTER FISE

09 Mar 2016 11:32

Nothing is more powerful than the passion flowing in the veins of an extreme sports athlete. throughout the years, the FISE as acted as a platform to share this passion with the community. Our latest effort in doing so occurred in Zhangjiakou, China... the future destination for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. The FISE had the pleasure of collaborating with Le Sports as part of 2 days event called the X-Dragon winter challenge.

Following the FISE tradition we organized what could be considered the best winter extreme sports demonstration ever presented to the Chinese community. 5 of the best freestyle skiers and as many of the best snowboarders came from all over the world to participate in what was called the "Winter FISE".

On Saturday the public had a proper taste of what are the limits of the human body when it comes to flying up in the sky on a 12 meters jump. Riders such as the legendary Candide Thovex and the young Boris Mouton really convinced the crowd that their skills are a really more of combination of art and body control than pure madness. The success of this event was confirmed by the reaction of the public towards those impressive manoeuvres and the charisma of the riders themselves.

In addition to the Winter FISE, the X-Dragon also featured a slalom competition and a ski/boardercross race in which most of the riders participating in the Winter FISE also competed in.

The weekend saw almost 500 participants going down the slopes of the Secret Garden ski resort and also most likely created even more newcomers into those sports. We are hoping that such collaboration with one of the major online tv platform in China will bring more opportunities to share our passion for action sports with the local community. Until next time!