With the first stop of the Freeride World Tour being just around the corner, we interviewed freeride guru and FWT title contender Seb Michaud about his preparation, and his expectations for the 2009 competition season. As one of the most experienced rider out there, Seb also shares his insights about the evolution of freeride in the near future. Oh, and he has a funny french accent too, check it out!

Four locations around the world have been selected for the second edition of the Freeride World Tour. On top of it, qualification events have joined as Freeride World Qualifier events making the Tour even more attractive, with more events and more riders. The planets top freeride skiers and snowboarders will start in Sochi with the Nissan Russian Adventure 2009 and then travel to the USA, France and Switzerland to prove their skills on some of the worlds most challenging faces. The Freeride World Tour has a prize purse of 50,000, the highest sum ever to be paid in ski or snowboard freeride contests.