SCOTTISH FREEDOM SERIES (SFS) 18yrs+

The Scottish Freedom Series is Scotland’s big mountain freeride championship competition series, open to skiers and snowboarders of 18 years or older. The series comprises 3 open events and concludes in a final for the top 5 male and top 3 female ranked riders in each category.

The Scottish Freedom Series is all about FREEDOM and EXPRESSION

• FREEDOM to choose the event(s) you enter
• FREEDOM to decide whether to compete alone or as part of a team
• FREEDOM to choose your “ride” (skis or snowboard)
• FREEDOM to choose your own line, your own moves and how hard you want to “go at it”, and express yourself.

The events are as much about participation and stoke as they are about competition. Come alone, or make up a team. Join in the camaraderie and soak up the spirit of a series that celebrates the freedom of the mountain.

At each competition, riders are ranked according to their run scores in the male/female ski and board categories. All riders are also awarded “series points” based on their ranking, and they attend more events, so these series points accumulate. After the Coe Cup top riders advance to the final, at which they accumulate further series points. Overall series champions are then determined by the riders with the highest series points in each category. Champions then take home the annual recurring trophy and hold the accolade reigning top (male/female, ski/board) freeriders in the country, until the series runs and finds new champions in subsequent years.

For further information see the SFS Info menu above.

ROOKIE FREEDOM TOUR (RFT) from 12-129yrs

NEW for 2020, the SFS brings you the ROOKIE Freedom Tour – Scotland’s off-piste rookie freeride events designed to be accessible to EVERYONE who can hold their own in offpiste terrain and fancies a go at freeride competition. Age categories are U16, U21, U41 and 41+. (Min age is 12yrs) Competitions take place at Glenshee and Glencoe on off-piste, varied terrain and are all about OPPORTUNITY, MOTIVATION and STOKE…

• OPPORTUNITY for anyone to try freeride competition
• MOTIVATION to do a bit of practice before the event
• STOKE of just giving it a go, being the best you can be and enjoying riding with friends and like minded riders in the coolest of snowsports disciplines.

Get stuck in, have a go, and give it your best shot!

At each competition rider’s will have the opportunity to perform 2 runs:-

RUN1 is a qualifying run which takes place on an “easy” qualifying competition face. On this run riders must demonstrate sufficient technical ability, skill and control to get a green flag from the judges, to progress to Run 2 – The JUDGED RUN.

RUN2 – The JUDGED RUN will take place on more challenging terrain than the qualifying run. This run uses standard SFS competition judging criteria and scoring systems to score riders out of 100 points.

For full information see the RFT menu item above. Please note that whilst we encourage as many age groups as possible, riders over 130yrs are not permitted to enter. (They simply have too much experience to be categorised as rookies!)

The terrain at each of the competition venues varies greatly and this, combined with the changeable snowpack and weather conditions on the day, means that each event will pose very different challenges to riders.

The selection of the competition face will rest with the event director, the judging panel and the ski patrol and safety team operating at the venue. Whilst a midweek indication of location will be issued prior to each comp, the final decision can only be taken on the morning of the event day, based upon the visibility/wind and snow conditions.