Insurance
FWT Freeride Accident InsurancE
Safety is essential for FWT competition. This page outlines the required insurance coverage for all athletes, including the Mandatory One-Event Evacuation Insurance that is included in your fee. You will also find details on the Optional Annual FWT Accident Insurance for continuous protection. It is critical that every rider also possesses adequate Personal Medical Insurance—review all policies and requirements below before competing.
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One Event insurance
For your safety and peace of mind, all riders participating in events where the organizer utilizes the FWT evacuation complementary insurance are required to purchase this coverage. The cost of the one event insurance is conveniently included in your registration fee.
What it Covers
This mandatory evacuation insurance is designed to cover the costs of evacuation, snow patrol, ambulance, and helicopter transport to the nearest hospital, and eventual transport back home, specifically if these costs are not covered by your personal private insurance.
It also provides coverage for some medical costs, provided:
- The treatment is directly linked to the accident.
- The treatment took place outside your country of residence, specifically in the country where the competition occurred.
Your Responsibility
While this insurance offers crucial evacuation and limited medical coverage, it is imperative that every rider:
- Carefully checks their personal medical insurance to ensure it is valid in all countries where they are competing.
- Verifies that their personal policy explicitly covers participation in an extreme freeride contest. This is essential in case you require extensive local medical treatment and cannot be immediately transported back home.
Important Note: The FWT one-event riders insurance is included in the registration fee for most events. For events where it is not included, the organizer has provided an alternative insurance of their choice to cover any accident.
By signing the contest disclaimers, you will confirm that you have checked your personal medical coverage as outlined above.
FWT Freeride Annual Accident Insurance
FWT offers the possibility to riders to have accident/evacuation insurance for freeride anywhere in the world for a full year with a simple subscription directly through our registration platform.
For the riders who subscribed to the FWT Freeride Annual Accident Insurance, for the events where applicable, the FWT will refund them.
Read more in the FAQ below:
FIND OUT ALL THE DETAILS
WHO CAN BE INSURED?
This complementary insurance is proposed to FWT Junior, Qualifier, Challenger and Pro riders (that are 10+ yo), of any nationality. Cover applies throughout the world.
DO I STILL NEED A PERSONAL INSURANCE?
Yes each rider has to make sure that they have personal medical insurance valid in all countries where they are competing. In the disclaimer that each rider will have to sign when entering a contest, it will be mentioned that they have checked the above.
When declaring an accident case, the rider will have to give the insurance a document attesting that his or her insurance does not cover the expenses.
WHAT DOES IT COVER?
The FWT insurance covers you anywhere in the world, during the practice of freeride in:
- Competitions
- Training
- Filming
- Courses
- Any freeride activity
WHAT ARE THE LIMITS OF THE COVERAGE, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS?
WHAT ARE THE VALIDITY DATES AND COST OF THE INSURANCE?
You will be covered from the moment you buy the insurance until 1st of November of 2025.
The cost for a full year is 299 EUR incl. VAT per athlete. Based on the amount of months of validity, the price will adapt to make sure you get the best price for your coverage!
DOES IT COVER FREERIDE?
Yes, this insurance covers the practice of Freeride (skiing and Snowboarding) during competitions and training.
HOW TO ACTIVATE THE COVERAGE IN CASE OF ACCIDENT?
In case of accident, you will have to declare it to the insurance company, check out the full protocol on the link just below.
Note: Make sure to declare your accident in the first 24 hours following it!
Note: You must first check if your base insurance covers the accident – if not, the FWT insurance will cover it.
HOW do i get a refund for the one-event insurance If i have annual coverage?
If the event that you registered for after buying your annual insurance includes an FWT one-event insurance (ask us if you are not sure), you can receive a refund of 26 €.
Once you competed on one or more events, please fill in the following form to request a refund:
Please note that there will be a credit card fee of 2 € retained from the 28€ initial fee and that our team will treat your request within 14 days.
For the riders who subscribed to the FWT Freeride Annual Accident Insurance, if you have any questions, please email us at qualifiers@freerideworldtour.com (for the FWT Qualifier athletes) or at juniors@freerideworldtour.com (for the FWT Junior athletes).