Taking an early weather window on the very first day of competition, the first stop on the 2015 Freeride World Tour went off with a bang! You can find all the video highlights from the men & women’s snowboarding here, just hit the left and right arrows on your keyboard to browse through them.

Sammy Luebke from the States had an early start and made the most of both the open faces and fresh landing zones, cruising easily to victory and putting himself and the top of the tour standings immediately. He had a similarly strong start last year but had to bow out mid-way due to injury, so we’re expecting great things this time round.

He made the Chamonix contest face look like it was a run through a baby park, popping of every little feature he could find at the top before launching a massive drop straight into a perfect frontside 360 at the end of the rock garden before grabbing a few face shots down the open face. The top tier of freeriding never looked so smooth!

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