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00:00 Judges as we head back on up to the top another very dangerous man on this face Jonathan Penfield
00:06 Tahoe rider, but making his home in Squamish and riding out of Whistler Blackcomb
00:11 He has won on the back before in 2019. He knows how to get it done here John Powell
00:17 This is his home. I cannot wait to see what he brings to the back
00:20 So he is dropping into the steep section on the Lucas left right into the dog's leg cool. Ah
00:28 and oh he's
00:30 Heading over into the same area that we saw hold and go so he's got a little track to follow there for some orientation
00:37 Yeah, I feel like tracks always do help you find your way a little bit easier
00:44 Yeah, delicate balance between having the line being tracked out
00:49 Jonathan with a huge 360 to enter the dog like what a move he is on
00:55 Fired the story entering the the bowl under the Rhino Barker cliff now coming in to the dog leg
01:01 So John Powell starting way up high on the back with a serious statement adding the freestyle into this gnarly element
01:08 He's gonna grab the judges by the collar and get their attention at the top of this run
01:12 Yeah, and he's been in this zone before in 2016
01:15 So he knows what he's doing another decent air there and just keeping his speed under control. He's still in super steep terrain
01:21 Just linking some turns together finding his next feet next feature
01:26 He's placing
01:28 Well John Pat now on the heel side and going
01:36 Way over into an area that we haven't seen much action airing over that rock section and stomping clean again
01:43 So John Powell linking up a huge number of big features on the back
01:50 They're us and even that small area you look at what he's doing it above
01:53 You cannot overstate another big one from John going huge there now
01:58 He's letting the brakes off and letting it run out into the bowl
02:02 That was absolutely phenomenal to watch the way he lays that together and like you said that little feature above that exposure
02:09 Wow
02:12 Yeah, it gets the hearts in the throats of the viewer and us as well in the commentary booth
02:17 But it's never even a moment of doubt there from Jonathan Penfield that that was going to work out
02:22 This guy's showing why experience matters the bigger the mountains get the more the experience comes into play and this guy has it in
02:29 Well just about more than anyone else and now we are seeing exactly why as we wait
02:35 For him to cross the line safe and sound
02:39 Jonathan Penfield through the gate. It looks like it's got a crazy kick to it on that little yeti cooler job
02:46 Oh
02:48 All right there well Siobhan we take a look at the top entry here
02:56 You know like the way to do that is setting up the tone for your entire run
03:00 And if you can keep that going the judges are gonna be captured straight from the start
03:05 And he just kept it going like there was no sport where we would we would feel like oh now that's too slow
03:11 He just kept it going kept it fluid linking his turns
03:14 finding super big features linking them all perfectly I
03:18 Mean look at him how he's holding on to that in that steep section and that this one above exposure is just absolutely phenomenal
03:25 sweet little Indy grab in there
03:29 Well Jonathan Penfield showing exactly how he got it done in the past winning on this face before the only one in
03:40 The only one in the field to have started from the top previously super direct line with a big 360 at the top
03:47 The numbers will tell the tale
03:49 Jonathan just catching his breath we heard from the forerunners earlier on you know Andrew Pollard saying how tiring it was just being at
03:56 The bottom you're absolutely gassed and that wasn't even comp run intensity now. We wait
04:01 My legs are tired from watching
04:04 Okay score coming in the numbers up up in
04:07 92
04:09 for Jonathan Penfield
04:11 And he is pretty satisfied with that the judges absolutely loving it Anna you could see when they