Freeride Mountain biking, which includes Big Mountain, Slopestyle and Dirt Jump contests, has become an essential part of the sport yet has never had its own world series like other action sports. This will all change with the creation of the Freeride Mountain Bike (FMB) World Tour, an alliance of core scene members consisting of professional athletes, event organizers and opinion leaders.

The goal of the tour is to bring a professional structure to the sport and raise the level of the events to make them safer and more consistent for athletes and the media worldwide, to integrate already existing high class and successful events from around the world.

Athletes who compete at FMB sanctioned events will be able to collect points by attending these different Slopestyle, Dirt Jump and Big Mountain events, which are integrated in to the FMB World Tour. The world ranking system will be updated after each official tour stop and this will allow athletes, fans and the media to follow the action.  After the final tour stop the points will be tallied and we will have our FMB World Tour champion. “The FMB World tour is an exciting new chapter for the sport of Freeride Mountain biking. The time has finally come for the athletes, event organizers and industry to come together to show the world how incredible the sport of freeride mountain biking can be.” Says Todd Barber producer of the Red Bull Rampage.
 
In order to assure that the FMB World Tour includes the interests of the sport - athletes, event organizers as well as the public - the FMB World Tour advisory board has been created. The members of the advisory board are experts in the action sports world and were chosen because of their diverse backgrounds and dedication to the sport.
Aaron Chase (pro rider / USA), Todd Barber (event organizer “Red Bull Rampage” / USA), Alex Dörr (CEO & founder EIM Solutions / GER), Tarek Rasouli (athlete manager & event organizer, “Big in Bavaria”, “26TRIX”, “Vienna Air King”, “White Style” / GER), Vincent Saccomani (judge of international events, journalist & filmer / FRA), Jeremy Roche (organizer “Kokanee Crankworx” and “Crankworx Colorado” events / CAN), Darren Berrecloth (pro rider & event organizer “Bearclaw Invitational” / CAN) and Grant Fielder (pro rider & course builder / GBR).
 
In order to establish the FMB World Tour, an organization called the Freeride Mountain Bike Association (FMBA) has been formed to give all of its members a voice. The FMBA is a non-profit organization with the goal to push the sport of freeride mountain biking into a more professional direction and raise awareness within the public and media.
 
The FMBA had been in negotiations with the following selected premier events that are a fixed part of the FMB World Tour for 2010:
 

• Vienna Air King, Vienna (AUT), April 10th & 11th
• Dirt Masters Mongoose Slopestyle, Winterberg (GER), May 21st to 24th
• 26TRIX, Leogang (AUT), June 24th to 26th
• Chatel Mountain Style, Chatel (FRA), July 2nd to 4th
• BikeRadar Live Invitational Dirt Jump Contest, Kent (GBR), July 10th & 11th
• Claymore Challenge, Highland Mountain Park (USA), July 15th to 17th
• BIG IN BAVARIA, Munich (GER), July 22nd to 25th
• Crankworx Colorado, Winter Park (USA), July 29th to August 1st
• Kokanee Crankworx, Whistler (CAN), August 7th to 15th
• Red Bull Rampage, Virgin, Utah (USA), September 30th to October 3rd

 
The official FMB World tour website is currently under construction and it will list important information on the tour and the World tour athlete ranking: www.fmbworldtour.com.