Snowboard-Review recently cornered Xavier de le Rue, Aline Bock, Cyril Neri, Géraldine Fasnacht and James Stentiford; five of the best freeriders in the world, currently competing on the Nissan Freeride World Tour. The mission? to find out a little about the tour and to get some pointers on backcountry equipment from the pros who are rocking it day-in-day-out. Make sure you check out what they have to say about what mountains they rate and the essential equipment you should never leave home without.

You can find the new Snowboard-Review.com Backcountry Guide by clicking on the following this link:

Snowboard Review Backcountry equipment guide.