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00:00 with best two out of three.
00:01 So our first rider is in the gate.
00:03 It is Victor De La Rue, 34 years old.
00:06 He's got a couple of overall titles.
00:08 He's got a bunch of wins on the Bec de Ross
00:11 and at Kicking Horse and in Verbier already this year.
00:14 This guy has, he took a year off for injury
00:17 and he's come back with just, as you said,
00:19 a fresh mindset and we are live at the Georgia Pro
00:24 with Victor De La Rue.
00:26 He seems unbelievably relaxed to open up the course today,
00:31 making his way along the cornice
00:33 and getting a push from a buddy
00:36 before he finds exactly where he wants to drop
00:39 into the face.
00:41 - Well, I love this.
00:42 This is teamwork and in the riders meeting,
00:44 they said snowboarders can get a bit of a boost at the top.
00:48 So Victor taking advantage of the human bungee cord there.
00:52 And this drone shot gives you such a clear view
00:55 of how steep that is.
00:56 The cornice drops right away to rocks
00:59 and Victor De La Rue looking over the edge of the abyss
01:03 here at the top of the venue.
01:04 - It is so blind, Derek.
01:06 And he has got to be lining something up here
01:09 because he's taking his time
01:10 and making sure he's positioned exactly
01:13 where he wants to be.
01:14 I can't wait to see where he goes.
01:15 My heart is pounding.
01:17 I think I'm probably more nervous than he is.
01:18 - All right, well, hands go up
01:20 and Victor bomb dropping off the corners
01:24 and starting things off with a double.
01:26 - He is our 360 making his way down through beauty turns,
01:31 finding another 360 and woo,
01:36 just sneaking underneath that rock.
01:38 - Yeah, just redirecting there.
01:40 Victor De La Rue now coming into this lower band,
01:42 backside three, another perfect stump.
01:45 Three 360s in and he is now setting up above this exposure.
01:49 Victor De La Rue coming into another big feature.
01:52 - Backside 360 stomps it
01:55 and now just mocking out of the bottom of the venue.
01:57 What a beautiful run, finding some air on these wind lips,
02:01 enjoying that unbelievable snow and butter.
02:03 This man is on fire.
02:06 - Oh man, Victor De La Rue just nose buttering
02:09 through the powder at the bottom of this face.
02:12 He is fired up.
02:13 What's this gonna do to the mood of the riders at the top?
02:17 Some of them are gonna be so stoked
02:19 and some of them are gonna be like,
02:20 oh my God, Victor just did it again.
02:22 - Shaking in their boots after that performance,
02:25 just giving the low fives to the snow,
02:27 touching, you can see how gentle and beautiful that snow is.
02:31 The snow is so good, he says.
02:34 You heard it from the source.
02:37 - All right, Katie, take us back through this replay.
02:39 - Massive double to kick things off.
02:42 He looks so comfortable in the air.
02:44 Beautiful turn, setting up for his first rotation.
02:47 360, sneaking under that rock,
02:49 lining it up for another one.
02:51 Spinning backside 360, stomping it, beautiful,
02:56 and finding his way down to the end of his run
03:02 where he was just milking that snow.
03:04 - Yeah, holding that nose press for ages.
03:07 I mean, to me, that bottom part,
03:10 after all the features, was just indicative
03:12 of how much fun he had as we see Victor's score.
03:17 - Coming in now, and he is going way up, 94.33.
03:22 Wow, the judges are putting themselves
03:26 into a serious position, dropping that score first,
03:30 but it's hard to argue with it from what we just saw.
03:33 - There is the hot seat for Victor again,
03:37 and he is first to drop, so he's gonna.