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00:00 Welcome, welcome, welcome to the Freeride World Tour by Peak Performance.
00:06 We are live here at the 2024 Georgia Pro.
00:10 The first time the Freeride World Tour has been in Georgia and we are fired up to be here.
00:15 Georgia, wow, I had no idea where I was coming to.
00:22 How to say?
00:24 It's an adventure for sure.
00:28 Everything is new and it's so exciting.
00:30 It's big, it's raw, animals everywhere.
00:34 I really like the food and the people here.
00:37 I'm really happy to be here.
00:41 Snow looks amazing so I just hope that we will be lucky and that it will stay good.
00:47 So it is the Kakiani face here in the Tettnaldi ski resort
00:54 and it's going to be the proving ground for the FWT Georgia Pro today.
00:58 It is a brand new competition venue and it is littered with options for different lines take off.
01:05 Our first category is snowboard men on this gigantic face in Georgia.
01:16 They're going to be looking for nothing but a win today.
01:21 This one is going to be just cobied into the finish.
01:24 ...has been before and finding a massive cliff, this huge 360.
01:34 Backside three off that wall.
01:36 Our next man out of the gate riding out of Verbier and doing it for Switzerland.
01:42 Liam Rivera came onto the tour.
01:44 Slip, lining it up.
01:47 Cross court with the slow speed bomb drop 360.
01:51 Third hit, backflip.
01:59 Yes, Liam Rivera.
02:01 Perfect connection.
02:03 Catching control now as he comes in below the Hugo Serao meatball.
02:07 Launching sidecourt off this one and turning it into a double.
02:10 I wondered if anyone would get over there.
02:12 Liam lacing that.
02:13 That was a spectacular run from the young Swiss rider
02:16 and you can see the body language.
02:18 He is fired up.
02:20 We go back up to the top to Jonathan Penfield.
02:25 Heading right into those blind rolls.
02:30 If there's anyone that can just show up and make it count, it's Jonathan Penfield.
02:33 Boosting off that blind roller and a beautiful backside 360 to open it up.
02:39 [Music]
02:42 We're into the section where we saw Victor go with the first run.
02:53 He's got Victor's track, so he knows it works.
02:55 Big backside three connecting Jonathan Penfield.
02:59 He has just laced this thing and he's not done, Katie.
03:03 So as we see our riders up at the top getting ready.
03:07 That is the man in the fire bib, Victor de la Rue.
03:10 Making his way along the corners before he finds exactly where he wants to drop.
03:16 Victor bomb dropping off the corners and starting things off with a double.
03:24 360, making his way down through beauty turns.
03:32 Finding another 360 and just sneaking underneath that rock.
03:38 Just redirecting, coming into this lower bend.
03:41 Backside three, another perfect stomp.
03:43 Three 360s in and he is now setting up above this exposure.
03:48 Victor de la Rue coming into another big feature.
03:51 Backside 360 stomps it and now just mocking out of the bottom of the venue.
03:56 What a beautiful run.
03:58 Finding some air on these wind lips.
03:59 Enjoying that unbelievable snow and butter.
04:02 This man is on fire!
04:04 Oh man, Victor de la Rue just nose buttering through the powder.
04:09 Oh my god, Victor just did it again.
04:11 Shaking in their boots after that performance.
04:15 Just giving the low fives.
04:17 And yeah, the snow is so good!
04:19 He is going way up! 94.33.
04:24 First place, Victor de la Rue.
04:26 Jonathan Penfield sneaking into that second spot.
04:30 Liam Rivera with the third.
04:32 Let's see what's happened with the overall.
04:34 So Jonathan Penfield has jumped way up into second overall.
04:38 Timmy Schroeder and there is the cut.
04:41 Now it is time for the snowboard women.
04:48 Shake things up with some banging performances today.
04:51 No doubt we're going to see the same thing from the snowboard women.
04:54 Woo!
04:56 Precarious start gate at the very top of the peak here.
05:07 Anna Martinez, our best rider, and she is on course.
05:11 Kicking things off, Derek, with an air into this face.
05:15 Making your way to the top of this feature here.
05:19 Sort of a spine air.
05:21 We saw a lot of action here earlier.
05:24 And Anna Martinez now, it's steep there.
05:27 She's going to pop over this final feature.
05:29 Here it goes!
05:31 Sticks it clean and mocking out the bottom.
05:35 Erin Sauve as Erin pinned in the fall line right out of the gate.
05:42 Popping off that feature into the powder.
05:45 Nice.
05:46 And a nice heel side slash there as Erin Sauve.
05:49 That was a big air, Derek.
05:51 And she's heading into this zone, getting another big boost off of that.
05:56 Brake checking and putting another big air.
06:01 Erin Sauve flying through this section.
06:04 So smart riding.
06:06 Maria sitting pretty with a win if that seventh becomes a throwaway.
06:11 She is starting her campaign with an air that she went big on.
06:18 Finding a second air right off the top.
06:21 Checking up her speed, getting control, and into the gully.
06:24 Nice and clean so far for Nuria.
06:27 Why wouldn't they?
06:33 The snow is so good. Yeah, they shouldn't resist.
06:35 Heel side under the arch, and that is Nuria's run wrapped up and complete.
06:40 Moving into first place.
06:45 Taking the hot seat away.
06:48 There it is. That's our first place, Nuria Castanberrant with 85.33.
06:52 Erin Sauve tucking into second place with 79.
06:56 And Anna Martinez in third.
06:59 Overall scoreboard here, Nuria Castanberrant sitting in first.
07:02 Anna Martinez, now Erin Sauve, and Estelle Rizzolio.
07:06 Oh, wow.
07:08 Erin Sauve and Estelle Rizzolio tied on 14.4.
07:12 We are live here at the FWT Georgia Pro,
07:16 and we are picking up the action with ski women here.
07:20 These women are not messing around.
07:23 Comes off this one with a 360.
07:25 Stops it! Lydia Nelson bringing the freestyle.
07:29 She is going to be fired up now.
07:32 And it's a joy to watch her ski, Derek.
07:36 So stylish off that top.
07:38 Manon lining it up.
07:41 360. Stops it!
07:43 Wow, Derek, she is on fire through here.
07:47 Finding this.
07:49 Manon with the backflip.
07:51 Manon Lowski now just trying to hold on as she flies off.
07:55 No, she's down.
07:57 Manon Lowski goes down.
07:59 She could not hold on as she picked up so much speed
08:02 into the approach to that bottom air.
08:04 100 miles an hour off that bottom cliff.
08:08 Opened this entire face up with huge air into it.
08:12 So smooth and stylish.
08:15 Line up this bottom section.
08:20 One, two, and three.
08:23 Oh, no!
08:25 Oh, Megan into Tomahawk Town
08:27 as the third piece of that triple feature
08:30 taking her to the top.
08:32 And there's that triple feature taking her down.
08:36 Addy turning back, getting direction,
08:39 and popping a 360 to start her run clean.
08:42 Addy Raffert getting things started with a bang there.
08:46 Lily Bradley, they are fired up.
08:50 Tahoe local, absolute personality
08:53 mocking into the top section of this run.
08:57 Oh, yeah, Lily Bradley
08:59 giving themselves over a ton of exposure.
09:02 We love to see it,
09:04 that jump turn into the super smooth
09:07 down through that heavily exposed section
09:12 into a massive cliff.
09:15 That was awesome.
09:18 Well, she's on course, Derek,
09:27 she's focused, she is a competitor.
09:29 And that was a huge air to kick things off.
09:31 - Oh, my God. - Absolutely mocking.
09:33 Lighting it up right out of the start gate.
09:35 She comes in now onto this huge tower,
09:37 pumping into the couloir
09:39 and Hedwig holding all that speed.
09:42 She is flying, Derek,
09:44 getting that grab off that last air
09:46 and heading into this one, another big air.
09:50 Absolutely short work of this face
09:52 coming down through the guts of it.
09:54 Full speed for Hedwig Wessel,
09:57 sliding under the meatball,
09:58 now going to catch the nose of this one
10:00 as she puts her skis into the fall line.
10:02 Cross heel enough to get the double.
10:04 Beautiful transition into that double.
10:08 Now we go back up to the top,
10:10 the Swiss rider, Sibyl Blanchand,
10:12 but she is still young
10:13 and Sibyl right into the heart of things.
10:15 Wow, skiing like a veteran, Derek.
10:18 Beautiful snow, finding a feature,
10:23 airing into it nice and smooth into that chute.
10:26 Yeah, really aggressive approach
10:28 as Sibyl has been kind of come to be known for.
10:31 Lots of ways that you can take this section.
10:34 There really is. It's a super creative zone.
10:37 And interesting to see the way
10:38 that the different women take it,
10:39 and that was big and fast.
10:41 As she was top to bottom,
10:43 aggressive, powerful riding.
10:45 Super powerful, and I was going to take claiming it,
10:48 the C word in that bottom section there,
10:50 and stopped myself,
10:51 because the last thing we want to see is a...
10:53 Score coming in for Sibyl.
10:54 She is in the first with an 85.67.
10:58 The judges loving it.
11:00 So in third place, Lily Bradley.
11:02 Second place, Hedvig Wessel,
11:03 and Sibyl Blanchand with the win,
11:06 securing a spot in FWT Finals.
11:08 All smiles here.
11:10 Just behind her, Addison Rafford,
11:12 with really just like a .30 point difference.
11:16 Manolowski still holding on to the top spot,
11:19 but now Hedvig in a striking distance.
11:22 Astrid Chaloose into third.
11:24 Astrid and Zuza tied.
11:25 Sibyl Blanchand and Lily Bradley.
11:27 That is who is above the cut.
11:29 The next category on deck today, Ski Men.
11:38 It's a stacked pack, intense day.
11:42 Making his way into this first feature,
11:44 a massive backflip.
11:46 Stretching it out, Oscar Mendes.
11:49 As he comes over and over
11:54 and moving back into this really rugged, rocky section.
11:57 Jackson Bathgate now.
11:59 Final air out of the bottom there.
12:01 So clean.
12:02 Cloud of exposure.
12:05 What?
12:06 Now lining up a huge backflip.
12:08 Massive.
12:09 Connecting perfectly.
12:10 This is great scoping.
12:11 Now opening up a brand new feature.
12:15 Wow, massive.
12:17 We're seeing this face just deliver.
12:20 What?
12:23 Starting his campaign, airing into this top section.
12:27 Lining up a backflip.
12:30 Huge.
12:31 Holding on.
12:33 Heading into this massive exposure.
12:43 Jump turning and airing down through there.
12:47 Wei Chen Ho with the approach, floating the 360, stomping it.
12:51 Wei Chen Ho lacing that 360.
12:54 For a bell, front flipping into the couloir.
12:59 Well, that has become his trademark and he executed that perfectly.
13:04 360 stomp.
13:05 That's massive.
13:06 No, he's down.
13:08 No.
13:10 Oh, God.
13:13 [MUSIC]
13:19 Right into it with a massive backflip, Derek.
13:22 Smoking down through this.
13:25 So much control the way that Christopher skis.
13:32 Another huge backflip.
13:34 Look at how big that 360.
13:40 Into the powder paradise.
13:42 We try to catch up with Blake.
13:43 Another huge 360.
13:44 Where we saw Ben go.
13:46 So, Blake Marshall roasting now.
13:48 Across, there's only a couple features left.
13:50 He is going to go double.
13:52 Trying to get control.
13:53 Blake Marshall cross court, lands it.
13:55 Wow.
13:57 Airing in off the cornice, making his way off a big booter and another one.
14:07 Turning that into a triple drop right out of the gate.
14:10 So, anything started.
14:12 Over this enormous flip with a giant 360.
14:21 Oh, no.
14:23 Catching an edge and then driving himself into the gully.
14:27 I hope Ben's okay from that.
14:28 Oh, that was a hard hit.
14:35 Boosting into the course, finding that beautiful transition and sending the whip flip.
14:41 Whiplip, backflip.
14:43 I like the whip flip.
14:44 Maxime Chablot getting now up onto this.
14:47 We haven't seen anybody.
14:48 Another massive backflip.
14:51 Perfection in every single event.
14:54 Backflipping out of the start gate.
14:57 Oh, my God.
15:00 Holds onto it.
15:01 Derek out the gates with a classic hitsig backflip.
15:05 And another feature, huge 360.
15:08 Oh, he's on fire.
15:10 Well, what are they feeding this guy?
15:13 Max hitsig and going off the nose of this one.
15:17 A totally different direction with another huge backflip.
15:21 And straight lining out the bottom.
15:24 So strong through that chunder.
15:26 And going right off the nose of this one, down into the flap.
15:30 And Holt sticking that.
15:33 I mean, this guy is just--
15:35 He's a machine.
15:37 Back up to the top, Mark Bender.
15:42 Incredible how young these riders are and how good they are.
15:45 So much air awareness.
15:47 Derek, he goes so big when he goes.
15:49 And here he is, backflipping off of that wind lip, stomping it.
15:54 And making his way down through this next section to line up this feature.
15:58 360, stomped.
16:02 Perfect landing there for Martin Bender.
16:05 Now coming with a bundle of speed with the cork 7.
16:08 And stomping it.
16:10 Getting on that left foot across.
16:12 So he's still going to be able to get that final feature.
16:15 Martin Bender giving himself an absolute heater of a run.
16:27 Get set for Marcus Gogan.
16:30 360 off that top, hit and stomps it.
16:35 Going cross cork with a huge backflip into the gully.
16:39 Getting control and keeping things going.
16:42 Marcus Gogan.
16:43 He's going again.
16:44 What?
16:45 With the cork 7.
16:46 Now Marcus into the fall line.
16:48 Absolutely smoking.
16:49 Flying through the bottom section.
16:54 Holding on to it, almost lost it with the right ski there.
16:58 And boosting.
17:00 Massive transfer at the bottom.
17:02 Marcus Gogan holding on.
17:04 This is a roller coaster.
17:06 Always exciting, always entertaining.
17:09 And he is through the arch.
17:11 What the hell?
17:12 Oh my God.
17:15 I don't know how I managed to pull that together.
17:17 A few touch and go moments there for Marcus.
17:23 Score coming in for Marcus Gogan.
17:25 98!
17:26 Oh my God.
17:28 Unbelievable score for Marcus Gogan.
17:31 The boys.
17:32 So with the bronze, Max Hitzig, the silver, Martin Bender,
17:36 and Marcus Gogan locking down his first freeride world tour victory
17:42 here at the Georgia Pro.
17:44 These guys all going absolutely bananas.
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