“FWT Hakuba Japan 2018 competition is ANNOUNCED for tomorrow Tuesday, January 23rd! Final confirmation tomorrow by 6:00AM (Tokyo time) | 10:00PM (on the 22nd Geneva Time) | 1:00PM (on the 22nd L.A Time) after a last weather check. Get Ready!”

So pumped for the season opener of the Freeride World Tour kicking off in Hakuba, Japan today.  Sickest part…Travis Rice (USA), Terje Haakonsen (NOR), Gigi Rüf (AUT), and Tadashi Fuse (JPN) will all be competing in the snowboard men category. If you are a fan of stylish next level big mountain snowboarding this might just be the most stacked event to stream live in the history of planet earth.

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