Grandvalira Total Fight: the biggest freestyle show in southern Europe

Mark McMorris (CAN) competes during 2019 Grandvalira Total Fight, at Snowpark El Tarter, Andorra. Image credit: / Miguel Rubio/Total Fight

Friday, February 7, 2020

After 15 years of history, Grandvalira Total Fight is undoubtedly one of the most unique and important freestyle in southern Europe. And this season it will take place from March 26th to the 28th.

Grandvalira Total Fight is a World Snowboarding Tour Elite event, which is the most recognized circuit in snowboarding as it contemplates the points of both, the independent and FIS contests in its WSPL absolute ranking.

Grandvalira Total Fight will give away a total of US$60,000 in cash prizes split between men and women from which the winner will take a chunk of US$16,000.

For this reason, many of the best riders in the world will travel to Andorra to try and get those desired points and cash prizes, in addition to enjoying a magnificent course designed especially for the occasion. The Swiss snowboarder Michael Schaerer and the American rider Julia Marino won last year, but they will have to fight yet again to proclaim themselves 2020 champions.

Once again, El Tarter snowpark will be the stage of this unprecedented freestyle show in southern Europe. The competition for both male and female riders will take place in a creative slopestyle course with jibbing features and several kickers, the final design of the course will be revealed in the coming weeks.

The event will begin on Thursday with the free training session, it’s a very important moment because it is the first and only opportunity the riders have to try out the course and make it theirs without the contest pressure. Qualifiers will be already on Friday and the final will take place on Saturday. The prize giving will take place in L’Abarset, the après-ski meeting point of Grandvalira located at the base of El Tarter, followed by the closing party.

The public can enjoy the show and festive atmosphere with free access to the grand stand or watch the contest on the giant screen located in the snowpark village where there will be many brands allowing everybody to test their boards.

The big final will be broadcast live on Grandvalira's Facebook on Saturday, March 28. A big show and tons of freestyle will take place in El Tarter snowpark for the sixteenth edition of the Grandvalira Total Fight.

EVENT SCHEDULE

16º GRANDVALIRA TOTAL FIGHT - SNOWBOARD

Thursday 26 March

11.00h -13.00h Official training

Friday 27 March

09.30h -10.30h Warm up

10.45h -12.30h Women’s qualifiers

12.45h -15.00h Men’s qualifiers

Saturday 28 March

10.00h -11.30h Warm up

12.00h -12.40h Women’s finals

13.00h -14.00h Men’s finals