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LATEST UPDATES
January 2008 - Verbier Ride 08 becomes a qualifier for the Orage European Open
December 2007 - Massive snowfall in Verbier help Verbier Ride upgrade to a Slope Style event
November 2007 - Inscription starts for Verbier Ride 08
June 2007 - TV program reaches 400 hours of airtime
April 2007 - TV program reaches 200 hours of airtime
March 2007 - 24 minute TV program broadcast on Eurosport
February 2007 - Event concludes with amazing tricks, full News Highlights released
February 2007 - Kicker is finished for the event shaped by Nico Mardu, looks special!
January 2007 - Inscription closes, riders list announced
December 2006 - Verbier Ride 07 inscription begins
November 2006 - Verbier Ride 07 website is updated
October 2006 - Verbier Ride 07 is launched at London 's Metro Ski + Snowboard Show to a crowd of over 40,000 people
September 2006 - Verbier Ride 07 Skier Cross discipline gets accepted as an X-Games Qualifier for the 1 st placed male
June 2006 - Verbier Ride 07 dates confirmed as 17 th - 20 th February 2007. The events is a Slope Style and Skier Cross event
May 2006 - Verbier Ride's Big Mountain IFSA Freeskiing World Tour discipline gets its own stand alone title event named the Big Mountain Heli Ride 07
March 2006 - Verbier Ride 06 is broadcast with YOZ on Eurosport to over a million viewers across the globe.
February 2006 - The full event results, summary and images are available to view on the event website www.verbierride.com . On the homepage you'll see an orange bar. Click on the bar and it will take you through to the page with all the information on it.
February 2006 - The latest TV News Highlights are now available to view also from the website www.verbierride.com . There's a 15 minute overall action clip of the event and individual clips from each of the disciplines. Each clip has a 256kb rate so can be viewed in real time streaming from the site. Don't miss Tom Dunbar's Sickbird line on the Big Mountain Super Final day!
February 2006 - All images and video clips from the Big Mountain Freeride will be available one week after the event.
February 2006 - The Verbier Ride 2006 kicks off with the qualifier. Unfortunately the face of the Mt Gele was bombed bare of snow on the morning of the comp, a real disappointment to the organisers and athletes who know the face so well. It was made unskiable, therefore the venue had to be moved to the Attalas Face. However, the qualifier on Attelas proved to be an exciting event with some technical skiing demonstrated by the riders. A good introduction to the Verbier Ride 06! To see who goes through to the qualifier, click here
February 2006 - Verbier Ride 06 inscriptions are now closed. All inscriptions are being processed by the Verbier Ride organising committee and the IFSA. The confirmed rider Start list for the Qualification Day of the Big Mountain Freeride event will be published on this website Tuesday 7th February. Watch this space.
February 2006 - Due to several different circumstances beyond the organisers control, the Slope Style and Skier Cross events in the La Chaux area of Verbier have now been reformatted. The events will now be a BIG AIR competition and a RAIL JAM competition in the Carrefour area of Verbier.
January 2006 - One FM will now be broadcasting live at the Verbier Ride from the 18th - 24thFebruary. The radio station will be publicizing the event across Switzerland , bringing a bigger crowd to watch the riders.
January 2006 - Peak Performance becomes joint title sponsor of the Ride event series. Signed up until the spring 2007, the Swedish apparel brand is investing in the event to help further increase prize money and standards for the athletes.
December 2005 - Verbier Ride 06 rider inscription starts
October 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 reaches 500 hours of TV broadcast time
July 2005 - Verbier Ride 06 is invited to join the IFSA Freeskiing World Tour 2006
April 2005 - Verbier Ride 05
March 2005 - Website launches results, photos and video clips
March 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 news reel broadcast on Euro News, Transworld Sport. News feed from Reuters and EBU.
March 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 Slope Style won by JL Ratchel
March 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 Skier Cross won by Tommy Eliasson
March 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 Freeride finals won by Ted Davenport and Shelly Robertson
March 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 kicks off, Mont Gele face tests the riders and some sick skiing is recorded on the face
February 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 get confirmation of big names for this year’s event including Ian McIntosh and Ted Davenport
February 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 appoints Melina Holzer as TV and Press officer
February 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 DVD sells over 3,000 copies over 5 months
February 2005 - Verbier Ride 05 merchandise goes on sale throughout UK and Switzerland
February 2005 - Snow looking good on Mont Gele with a better base than 2004. Snow Park shaping up nicely with Alex Zillio's help
February 2005 - Gizmondo and Verbier Ride announce the production of a new computer game called the Verbier Ride
February 2005 - Gizmondo announced as title sponsor for the Verbier Ride
January 2005 - Pub Mont Fort confirmed as Monday Night Freeride party location. Tara Tata as the late night venue
January 2005 - NRJ Radio confirm 68 x 30 second commercials on NRJ Radio daytime shows
December 2004 - Maison Du Sport confirmed as resort partner to help with staffing and Skier Cross timing
November 2004 - Outdoor Results Cinemas confirmed with Hotel Farinet Après Ski Bar and Harold's Cyber cafe
November 2004 - Verbier Ride event team hit Verbier and start preparations for event
October 2004 - Verbier Ride 04 DVD launched across Europe
October 2004 - Verbier Ride 04 airs at the London Daily Mail Ski Show
October 2004 - Verbier Ride 04 TV programme broadcast on October 28th on Channel 4, whole 24 minute programme aired
October 2004 - Verbier Ride features in hit movie 'Snows In The House 3', 4 minutes section
September 2004 - Verbier Ride 04 TV programme hits 400 hours of broadcast time with Quattro Media distribution
August 2004 - Verbier Ride secure 2005 deal with Dainese at lead sponsor
July 2004 - Quattro Media reports record 320 TV hours for Verbier Ride 04 TV programme
July 2004 - www.verbierride.com get an update and face lift with new banner graphics
July 2004 - Verbier Ride 04 get TV slot for 24 minutes of Channel 4's 'Freesport on 4' scheduled for October
June 2004 - Verbier Ride 05 dates set as 5-11 March
May 2004 - High.tv broadcasts Verbier Ride 04 24 minute programme and runs Verbier Ride merchandise comp
April 2004 - Verbier Ride 24 min show get first internet broadcast on www.verbierride.com
April 2004 - Verbier Ride shown on YOZ on Eurosport
February 2004 - Verbier Ride signs deal with YOZ on Eurosport as an official media partner of the event
February 2004 - 500 Event posters distributed across Europe
February 2004 - www.verbierride.com reaches 2 million hits
January 2004 - Verbier Ride 2004 Event Press Release made available on the internet
January 2004 - Verbier receives heavy snowfall covering the Mont Gele face in 1 metre of fresh powder
January 2004 - Construction begins on the La Chaux terrain park
December 2003 - Rider Inscription starts for the Verbier Ride 2004 competition
December 2003 - Verbier Ride Skier Cross becomes official 2005 Winter X-Games Qualifier
November 2003 - Verbier Ride announced as official IFSA European Tour Final
September 2003 - Verbier Ride 2004 launched.
May 2003 - Eurosport YOZ broadcasts Verbier Ride 2003 on the 24th May at 7.30pm CET
April 2003 - Verbier Ride 2004 provisional dates announced 6-10 March 2004
March 2003 - www.verbierride.com reaches 1.6 million hits
March 2003 - ITV (UK), TF1 ( France ) broadcast event
March 2003 - RTL ( Germany ) broadcasts the event on 13 March to over 3 million viewers
March 2003 - Event goes off. Romain Raisson takes 1st place in the Big Mountain , Frederick Lutkyis takes 1st in the Skier Cross and Ben ' Skinner' Murphy win the Slopestyle
February 2003 - Riders Start List published on Verbier Ride Website
February 2003 - Verbier Ride 2003 Event Press Release made available on Internet
February 2003 - Huge snowfalls in Verbier cover Mont Gele in 1metre of fresh powder
January 2003 - Mont Gele lift opens to secure face for Big Mountain Freeride
December 2002 - Verbier Ride Skier Cross becomes official 2004 Winter X-Games Qualifier
November 2002 - Rider inscription starts for the Verbier Ride 2003 competition
November 2002 - First samples of merchandise are available from the e-shop
November 2002 - Nov 9th, 7pm, Verbier Ride 2002 TV program is broadcast in 8 different languages on Extreme Channel
September 2002 - Verbier Ride 2003 is launched
September 2002 - Tribal Media becomes official 'PR/Media Agency' for Verbier Ride 2003
September 2002 - Worldwide Promotions become official 'Sponsorship Agency' for Verbier Ride 2003
September 2002 - Verbier Ride become part of the official European Tour
August 2002 - Extreme Channel announce broadcast date of Verbier Ride 2002, November 9th, 7pm
July 2002 - Centre Sportif in Verbier become official resort partner and we create the 'Rider Environment'
June 2002 - Verbier Ride 2003 dates confirmed with Televerbier + Verbier Tourism
May 2002 - Verbier Ride 2003 committee is formed
April 2002 - Verbier Ride sign Quattro Media as global TV distribution company
March 2002 - Channel 4 (UK) broadcast 2 half hour programmes on the Verbier Ride 2002 |
