Mia Jones, 2026 Freeride World Tour Women's Snowboard Champion, FIS Freeride World Champion, & FWT Rookie of the Year

Understatement: Mia Jones just had herself a season. As a rookie on the 2026 Freeride World Tour, she got to travel the world, ride in AK for the first time, win the FIS Freeride World Championship, become the overall FWT women’s snowboard champion, and be named FWT rookie of the year. Today, she and Jonathan talk about how she managed to pull all of that off while pursuing a degree at Dartmouth, and figuring it all out along the way. Note: We Want to Hear From You! We’d love for you to share with us the stories or topics you’d like us to cover next month on Reviewing the News; ask your most pressing mountain town advice questions, or offer your hot takes for us to rate. You can email those to us here. RELATED LINKS:  Get Yourself Covered: BLISTER+ Enter Our Free Weekly Gear Giveaways GEAR:30: Blister Summit 2026 Recap TOPICS & TIMES: New BLISTER+ Members (3:44) Win the FWT, Go Right Back to School (5:23) Enter as a Rookie, Exit as the Champ (7:16) Preseason (8:36) 1st Comp: How were You Feeling? (10:34) When did you first start competing? (14:11) 3rd Comp: Haines (19:20) Slough Management (24:59) 2nd Comp: Andora / Winning the FIS Championship (28:17) 4th Comp: Verbier & The Bec (32:18) Being Present while Riding Lines (37:42) Growing Up in the Jones Household (41:23) Traveling on the FWT (47:34) Going to Dartmouth (50:27) Studying Abroad in Copenhagen (57:14) Next Season (59:00) CHECK OUT OUR OTHER PODCASTS: Blister Cinematic CRAFTED Bikes & Big Ideas GEAR:30 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.