Xavier De Le Rue on Freeride Snowboarding, Sustainability, Risk-Taking and Legacy
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Xavier De Le Rue is a French snowboarder renowned for his aggressive riding style, world championships, and innovative approach to snowboarding. Growing up in the French Pyrenees Xavier began competing professionally in the late 90s. He quickly gained a reputation for his unique style and fearless riding winning the Boardercross World Championships 4 times along with multiple X Games gold medals.
Xavier went on to compete on the World Freeride Tour and won 3 consecutive World Championships in 2008, 2009 and 2010. He has been featured era defining snowboarding films, accomplished numerous first descents and despite all this success, Xavier remains humble and dedicated to promoting the sport of snowboarding. He's a true icon in the world of snowboarding and continues to inspire new generations with his talent and passion.
Tune in to find out how Xavier got into snowboarding, staying competitive, live after competing, the accident that almost took his life, passing the baton watching his kids compete, keeping things new in the mountains, his purpose around sustainability and loads more!
You can follow what Xavier is up to on Instagram at xavierdelerue and on his website xavierdelerue.com
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