New Freeride World Tour Documentary Series Goes Behind the Lines and Cliffs

The Freeride World Tour’s getting its Drive to Survive moment.

In No Second Run, a new web series, the globetrotting big mountain competition is offering a behind-the-scenes look at the 2026 season, centering on a small group of skiers (and snowboarders) and telling their stories.

The format looks much like Drive to Survive and other shows that have cropped up across sports. It gives nascent viewers a breakdown of how freeride works before focusing on the season’s characters who, in this case, include Toby Rafford, Ben Richards, Astrid Cheylus, and Justine DuFour-Lapointe, among others.

While the show clearly keeps in mind freeride newcomers, it also doubles as something the diehards would like, too, providing context and color to the past year of competition. We’ve all seen the highlights at this point, but No Second Run includes a tranche of interviews that detail what went into those highlights.

The arrival of the series is timely as freeride grows in popularity and its athletes prepare for an upcoming Winter Olympic debut. Hopefully, No Second Run helps outsiders understand why we’ve all been obsessed with this style of competition for years.

The first two episodes of the show are now live. You can check out the first one below and find new releases on the Freeride World Tour’s YouTube channel.

The 2026/27 print issue of POWDER Magazine is here. Click here to have a copy shipped to your front door. Copies can also be found on newsstands at major retailers like Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, and more.

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