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FFS Pod with Xavier De Le Rue

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Episode 19 - Xavier De Le Rue three times Freeride World Tour winner; four times World Boardercross Champion; backcountry legend; Olympian; splitboard enthusiast… the list goes on.

Yet when we chatted with Xavier De Le Rue, in his Verbier home, we found an honest and grounded individual who wears his heart on his sleeve: passionate about backcountry safety, family values and the sport we all love.

In this pod Xavier talks about avalanche education, the thought process behind riding big lines, future aspirations and of course - Fear, Failure and Success.

“I’m trying to broaden the range and spectrum in the mountains and transform - ice - into a feature rather than an obstacle.”

“My biggest close call in 2008, when my daughter was two years old, made me feel really guilty. Seeing death so closely it’s made me extra careful. ”

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Episode 19 - Xavier De Le Rue three times Freeride World Tour winner; four times World Boardercross Champion; backcountry legend; Olympian; splitboard enthusiast… the list goes on.

Yet when we chatted with Xavier De Le Rue, in his Verbier home, we found an honest and grounded individual who wears his heart on his sleeve: passionate about backcountry safety, family values and the sport we all love.

In this pod Xavier talks about avalanche education, the thought process behind riding big lines, future aspirations and of course - Fear, Failure and Success.

“I’m trying to broaden the range and spectrum in the mountains and transform - ice - into a feature rather than an obstacle.”

“My biggest close call in 2008, when my daughter was two years old, made me feel really guilty. Seeing death so closely it’s made me extra careful. ”

  continue reading

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