XAVIER DELERUE'S CONFERENCES in DUBAI and ABU DHABI

Xavier has become a true icon and has gathered great respect in the snowboarding world since he embarked upon making films and arranging his own expeditions. He has developed from being a world-class athlete to creating spectacular films on snowboarding. Xavier has transformed the approach to filming by experimenting with new ways of capturing daring feats, such as by using drones in the 2015 film « Degrees North ». He is currently working on a personal project: skiing, filming and mounting a production on his own travels.

Xavier is a freerider with a passion for board sports, steep slopes and speed. His style, he says, is no other than « fast and furious ». Xavier began his career by winning the Boardercross World Championship, first in 2003 and again in 2007, and has had multiple successes at the X Games.

He was the Snowboard Freeride World Champion three times running (in 2008, 2009 and 2010) and has twice received the award for the best line in the Freeride World Tour (snowboarding and skiing).

Whether he is facing steep cliffs, narrow corridors, deep powder, or terrain more akin to a mini-golf course, Xavier employs his technical knowledge to the full to tackle each part of every run.

But it is thanks to his stunning films that he has become a true hero in his sport. Xavier has always endeavoured to find locations with plenty of potential, to challenge himself in the most varied environments. In his film « Mission Antarctica« , he snowboarded on some of the most inhospitable expanses of ice in the world. Now, after years of organising the logistical aspects of his various projects, Xavier is appreciative of the purity of his new « DIY » production.

Based in Verbier, Switzerland, during the winter months, when he is not out on the road filming, he returns to the Pyrenees in the summer to spend time practising various other extreme sports.

But the most important thing for Xavier is to evolve, to experiment and to innovate, not only to surprise others, but also to surprise himself.