The first stage of the Freeride World Tour had take place from 6th to 11th january at Revelstoke. Richard Amacker, Kévin Guri and Adrien Coirier from Eider team were there. Richard Amacker was not qualified for the final, Kévin Guri crashed during the final and Adrien Coirier won the final run and took the 4th place.

Adrien Coirier interview before the final:

Review the event from Revelstoke in video (Kévin Guri's run at 04m35s and Kévin Guri's interview at 1h09m09s):

Here is the article from the Freeride World Tour website:

On what could become an iconic competition face on the Swatch Freeride World Tour, the North Americans swept the podium in both men's and women's competitions.

Revelstoke landscape - Copyright Freeride World Tour

A perfect bluebird day in deep pow on the giant Mac Daddy face in the heart of the Revelstoke back country - it was a classic big mountain Freeride competition.  Leading after day 1, Canadian Kye Petersen tightened his grip on the field with an effortless looking ride on this steep and highly exposed venue.  Clean, crisp and balanced throughout  Kye's run had a ominous ring to it.  If he maintains this level, the 21-year old Canadian is clearly going to be very difficult to beat this year.  Kye remarked: “I just wanted to get to the bottom and stay on my feet.  This is the best a competition can be, with the best skiers from North America and Europe, I’m excited to come out on top.”  Second place went to US rider Oakley White Allen who impressed the judges with his super fluid line.  With a giant smile on his face White-Allen stated: “I followed my same approach from day one and that was to ski a line that is fun to ski, I think that comes out in your body language so that’s what I did today. Rounding out the top three was Drew Tabke who weaved his way across the technical face jumping and stomping almost non-stop in the lower section

Richard Amacker during the Freeride World Tour at Revelstoke - Copyright Freeride World Tour

French riders Adrian Coirier and Jeremy Prevost just missed out on the podium finishing 4th and 5th respectively.  Germany's Basti Hannemann continued his good early season form with another solid performance finishing in 9th position. Other leading European contenders Aurelien Ducroz and Samuel Anthamatten both crashed out attempting huge drops.

Adrien Coirier after the final