00:00 What the f***?
00:07 My name is Johnny Ray and I'm in charge of the mountain operations on all of the events.
00:16 It's the set up of everything that is seen on the mountain from the start gate to the
00:20 production tents to the finish line.
00:27 The perks of the job I would say is the flexible work hours, the team spirit.
00:37 We get to spend most of our days outside.
00:44 All the accommodation and the travel is included in the package so it's free.
00:53 The glamour of the Freeride World Tour, you live out of a suitcase, you eat when you can,
00:58 if you can, you're always dehydrated, you're always jet lagged.
01:04 We don't see much of the local life, except the office and the hotel.
01:09 We try to follow the rhythm of Yoris and Nico and anticipate their 25,000 scenarios in mind.
01:14 We have a bit of grey hair before our age.
01:20 Live competition coverage has been the Freeride World Tour's signature since 2013,
01:26 but taking broadcast production to the backcountry hasn't happened without a few hiccups.
01:36 And when disaster strikes, it usually starts with a seemingly innocuous phone call, just like this one.
01:45 Is it good, can I start? Today and tomorrow in Andorra, the isotherm is around 2,300 metres,
01:55 with a north-north-east wind.
02:00 And Saturday, if we compare Saturday to today, are we in a similar regime at the isothermal level?
02:11 In my job, I have to decide whether it's good to do a competition.
02:17 With the weather, it sometimes happens that the phase has to change,
02:22 even though we had validated one, and at the last minute, there's no more snow, too much snow, it's dangerous.
02:31 You said a day with the isotherm at 1,000 metres.
02:35 You said a bit of wind, but there was no wind, so the snow has already warmed up.
02:40 I'm really sad.
02:42 I can see that.
02:43 We have to talk to Bertie.
02:45 We're the last piece of the puzzle when it comes to TV recording.
02:51 We'll have to make the sports choices, the weather obligations and all that.
02:57 Logistics, when I tell them, "Ah, in the end, we'll probably go for the competition on the other side,
03:03 or it'll be up there," they don't always like it.
03:09 You learn quite quickly that plans change all the time, and you just end up adapting.
03:15 Three, two, one, with you.
03:19 Well, good morning, Freeride family.
03:21 We've got a 30-minute delay at the moment while we wait for the light to clear out.
03:25 I would not say this is a job for everyone.
03:29 The sort of mental flexibility required.
03:35 The ability to quickly change direction and do something that you didn't think was going to happen,
03:41 like a competition in a different country the day after tomorrow.
03:44 Those things are taxing.
03:47 This is going to be our final update of the morning.
03:49 Unfortunately, due to difficult light conditions, we are going to shut it down for today.
03:54 That's right, Mother Nature has not played ball.
03:57 What is tough about the Freeride World Tour is getting hit by the wind,
04:04 getting turned around by the waiting line, getting caught by the...
04:07 Uh...
04:09 Oh!
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05:04 Alaska 2015, Freeriding's ultimate destination,
05:09 and the Freeride World Tour's first attempt at holding a competition there.
05:13 Taking advantage of a short weather window,
05:19 the production team sets up camp on a remote ridge facing the competition venue.
05:31 Bad weather closes in, forcing the crew to camp out and look after the equipment
05:37 while waiting for an elusive bluebird powder day to run the competition.
05:42 Little did the team know they would spend the next nine days cut off from the world,
05:48 waiting for the skies to clear up.
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05:54 It turns out their efforts were not in vain.
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06:21 Hello, and welcome to Haines, Alaska for the fourth stop on the 2015 Freeride World Tour.
06:32 [SPEAKING FRENCH]
06:35 After a long wait, Alaska finally delivered,
06:57 possibly the greatest Freeride World Tour event to date.
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07:04 That's not the way I see it.
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07:24 Oh, my goodness.
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