Bakuriani 2023 World Championships final inspection takes place with three months to go

Saturday marks three months to go before the start of the biggest event of the year on our calendar, as the Bakuriani 2023 FIS Freestyle Ski, Snowboard and Freeski World Championships are set to begin on 19 February 2023.

The final inspection for Bakuriani 2023 took place this week from 14-15 November. The FIS delegation there in Georgia consisted of FIS Secretary General Michel Vion, Park & Pipe Contest Director Roby Moresi, Moguls & Aerials Race Director Andrea Rinaldi, Cross Race Directors Uwe Beier and Klaus Waldner, Event Director Sandra Spitz and Assistant Event Manager Julia Ziemska.

During two days, the FIS delegation, together with the Local Organising Committee of Bakuriani visited the competition sites at Kokhta and Didveli and saw the impressive ground work done to establish top-tier competition venues for Aerials and Moguls, as well as the Cross course, the Alpine Snowboard slopes, as well as the Slopestyle and Big Air sites. The concept the LOC established was to have the competition venues close to each other, so that finish and mixed zones can be used together, in close proximity to infrastructure such as video walls and fan zones.

FIS was impressed by the work done so far and is convinced that once the temperatures drop and the snow starts flying in Bakuriani we’ll be well on our way to the start of a phenomenal World Championships in Georgia.

Besides the inspections on site, two half-days were used to exchange and update on the organisational steps the LOC is taking to ensure a successful and memorable World Championships. FIS Secretary General Vion was also invited to meet with the Vice Prime Minister and the Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia Mr Levan Davitashvili.

“As a result of the implemented works, we have completely new systems of artificial snowmaking in Bakuriani, improved infrastructure in the form of new cableways and new tracks, as well as artificial reservoirs necessary for the proper functioning of the snowmaking system”, Davitashvili said, adding the upgrades would make the location “one of the most competitive resorts not only in the South Caucasus but internationally".

“It is great to see how much ground work and preparation work was done so far by the LOC here in Bakuriani. There are less than 100 days to go with still some final work to be done, but I am convinced that these World Championships are going to be very successful ones and will leave a legacy of incredible value to the region of Bakuriani. Thank you very much to the entire LOC for their fantastic work and we are looking forward to an amazing event here in Georgia”, FIS Secretary General Michel Vion states.

Find the full Bakuriani 2023 Snowboard programme HERE, and the Freestyle/Freeski programme HERE.

Action photos from Bakuriani 2023 test events World Cup competitions can be found HERE.