Mia Jones of Truckee, center. Photo from FIS Freeride World Tour

FIS Freeride World Tour (FWT) Baqueira Beret by Movistar started the season off in a big way with huge cliff drops, big air, and a loud and vibrant 3,000-person crowd who enjoyed the show under sunny blue skies. The Tuc de Bacivèr, the dynamic west-facing slope face and a Spanish Pyrenees legend, delivered competition-ready snow and technical line choices for this first stop of the Tour.

Truckee resident Mia Jones took first today in the first Freeride World Tour (FWT) 2026 competition of the season and her first-ever FWT Pro competition. Her father, legendary snowboarder and Truckee local Jeremy Jones, was also there, cheering her on from the large crowd at the Spanish Pyrenees, Baqueira Beret venue. 

Other Lake Tahoe and Truckee athletes performed well, and we expect to see exciting runs from them all season, including Molly Armanino (Ski Women), Ross Tester (Ski Men), and Shayne Blue Sandblom (Snowboard Men). Pretty cool that there’s one Lake Tahoe athlete in all four FWT categories competing on the circuit that runs January into April 2026. 

Results:

Women’s Snowboard

  1. Mia Jones (USA)​69.67 – 10,000 points (Rookie)
  2. Anna Martinez (FRA) 66.00 – 8,000 points
  3. Michaela Davis-Meehan (AUS) 64.50 – 6,400 points
  4. Núria Castán Barón (SPA) 63.00 – 5,120 points
  5. Noémie Equy (FRA) 61.33 – 4,095 points (2025 FWT Champion)
  6. Sarah Bacher (AUT) 58.00 – 3,275 points (Rookie)
  7. Natalie Allport (CAN) 46.67 – 2,620 points (Rookie)

Men’s Snowboard

  1. Liam Rivera (SUI) 88.67 – 10,000 points 
  2. Sacha Balicco (FRA) 84.67 – 8,000 points (Rookie)
  3. Holden Samuels (USA) 82.67 – 6,400 points 
  4. Enzo Nilo (FRA) 82.17 – 5,120 points 
  5. Cesar Barin (FRA) 81.00 – 4,095 points (Rookie)
  6. Victor de Le Rue (FRA) 79.00 – 3,275 points (Four-time FWT Champion including 2025)
  7. Cody Bramwell (GBR) 76.00 – 2,620 points 
  8. Rémi Benamo (SUI) 70.00 – 2,095 points (Rookie)
  9. Shayne Blue Sandblom (USA) 68.67 – 1,675 points (Rookie)
  10. Warren Doyle (USA) 16.33 – 1,340 points 
  11. Jonathan Penfield (CAN) DNS – 1,070 points (injury outside of competition, expected to return soon) 

Women’s Ski

  1. Justine Dufour-Lapointe (CAN) 86.33 – 10,000 points
    (Two-time FWT World Champion including 2025, and two-time Olympic medalist including Gold in Moguls)
  2. Zoé Delzoppo (FRA) 76.33 – 8,000 points (Rookie)
  3. Lou Barin (FRA) 74.00 – 6,400 points (Rookie)(Olympic slopestyle freeskier) 
  4. Agostina Vietti (ARG) 69.67 – 5,120 points
    (First female Argentinian to compete on the FWT; lives in Vail, CO) (Rookie)
  5. Wynter McBride (USA) 68.67 –  4,095 points (Rookie)
  6. Sybille Blanjean (SUI) 67.67 – 3,275 points
  7. Maria Castellví Bono (SPA) 67.67 – 3,275 points (Event Wild Card) (Rookie)
  8. Zuzanna Witych (POL) 58.67 –  2,095 points 
  9. Lena Kohler (GER) 52.00 – 1,675 points 
  10. Molly Armanino (USA) 38.00 –  1,340 points 
  11. Astrid Cheylus (FRA) 32.67 –  1,070 points 
  12. Jenna Keller (SUI) NS – 855 points (No Score, ski came off)

Men’s Ski

  1. Benjamin James Richards (AUS) 86.67 – 10,000 points 
  2. Toby Rafford (USA) 86.50 – 8,000 points 
  3. Weitien Ho (CAN) 86.33 – 7,920 points
  4. Max Hitzig (GER) 84.33 – 7,200 points 
  5. Ross Tester (USA) 82.83 – 6,560 points 
  6. Marcus Goguen (CAN) 81. 33 – 6,000 points (2025 FWT Champion)
  7. Fynn Powell (AUS) 77.33 – 5,520 points (Rookie)
  8. Martin Bender (SUI) 76.67 – 5,120 points 
  9. Ugo Troubat (FRA) 75.33 – 4,760 points 
  10. Jack Kolesch (CAN) 74.50 – 4,420 points (Rookie)
  11. Carl Regnér Eriksson (SWE) 74.33 – 4,100 points 
  12. Kristofer Turdell (SWE) 73.83 – 3,800 points 
  13. Paul de Pourtalès (SUI) 73.17 – 3,520 points (Rookie)
  14. Joey Leonardo (USA) 73.00 – 3,260 points (Rookie)
  15. Lochlan Harvey (CAN) 70.33 – 3,020 points (Rookie)
  16. Valentin Rainer (AUT) 59.33 – 2,800 points 
  17. Abel Moga (SPA) 49.00 – 2,600 points 
  18. Oscar Mandin (FRA) 41.00 – 2,420 points 
  19. Kelly Hilleke (USA) NS – 2,260 points (No Score, ski came off) (Rookie)
  20. Victor Hale-Woods (SUI) NS – 2,120  points (No Score, ski came off) (Rookie)
  21. Virgile Didier (FRA) NS – 2,000 points (No Score, ski came off) 
  22. Tiemo Rolshoven (GER) DNS – 1,900 points (Expected to return at the next stop)

U.S.A. Roster: 10 Athletes & Their Hometowns

  • Mia Jones, Truckee, CA
  • Holden Samuels, Big Sky, MT and Salt Lake City, UT
  • Warren Doyle, Bozeman, MT and Breckenridge, CO
  • Shayne Blue Sandblom, Lake Tahoe, CA and Silt, CO
  • Molly Armanino, South Lake Tahoe, CA
  • Wynter McBride, Ogden, UT
  • Ross Tester, Truckee, CA and Salt Lake City, UT
  • Toby Rafford, Sun Valley, ID
  • Kelly Hilleke, Aspen, CO
  • Joey Leonardo, Edwards, CO
Mia Jones
Molly Armanino