Astrid Cheylus I 2024 Kicking Horse Golden BC Pro

Freeride World Tour

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00:00 - Back up to the start gate.

00:01 - Yeah, we take no breaks here at the Freeride World Tour.

00:04 Astrid Chez Luce riding out of that

00:07 powerhouse Lazark Freeride team.

00:09 Astrid, 20 years old.

00:11 She's a former Freeride World Tour,

00:13 sorry, Freeride World Junior Champion as well.

00:16 We got a handful of them in the field here.

00:18 Astrid now on course and looking to back things up

00:21 and see if she can have a reply

00:23 to what we just saw from Hedvig.

00:24 - Taking it right fall line out of start one,

00:27 making quick work through that technical section

00:29 and carrying her speed beautifully into this next cliff band.

00:32 Astrid is an absolute sender,

00:35 taking it off this nose to a bit of a back slap.

00:39 You saw, she found that crust, but bounced up, holding on.

00:42 - Fighting for balance there.

00:44 Athletic moves from Astrid Chez Luce.

00:47 Finding another feature here, going across the gully,

00:50 trying to manage the speed here as best she can,

00:53 stacking features.

00:54 - Yeah, absolutely.

00:55 As it's getting skied out,

00:56 it's getting a lot faster through that middle section.

00:58 I think it's taking them a bit by surprise.

01:01 Making quick work of it though, staying in control,

01:04 staying on her feet, not letting it get the back of her.

01:07 - Come on, Astrid Chez Luce with a back flip

01:10 off the wind lip at the bottom.

01:13 - Talk about bonus points, talk about risking it.

01:16 And that is okay to dive on the ground there in celebration.

01:20 What a gamble and she stomped it off that lip

01:24 with the back flip.

01:25 - Well, the contrast in that run,

01:27 a huge air at the top with the big back slap

01:29 we're gonna see in the replay.

01:30 And then the first rider of the day to really dig in

01:34 to that bottom wind lip feature.

01:35 - Making quick work and just knows exactly

01:40 where she needs to go through there, navigating the rocks.

01:43 And I think she kind of landed on a tree mogul thing,

01:46 which kicked her back right away,

01:47 but she popped off and stayed fall line on her feet

01:50 and just laying out that back flip to bolts.

01:53 - Yeah, and Tom on the replay,

01:55 the back slap didn't look as bad as it did in real life.

01:59 Definitely the butt down,

02:00 the judges look at multiple stages of back slap.

02:02 Stage one, your butt touches.

02:04 Stage two, it's your backpack on the ground.

02:05 Stage three, your head's dragging in the snow.

02:08 So probably, of course we're not judges,

02:10 but probably closer to a stage one on that,

02:12 but on a huge air onto hard snow.

02:15 And then the back flip at the bottom,

02:16 Hedvig's gonna be nervous now,

02:18 'cause that was a really, really solid one

02:20 for Astrid Chez Luce, the French rider.

02:22 We saw her kind of on a slightly mellower grade

02:25 earlier in Verbier.

02:26 Now what are we gonna see?

02:27 86.67 for Astrid Chez Luce,

02:30 a short stint in the hot seat for Hedvig.

02:33 And Astrid having her way with the venue today.

02:36 Huge hugs for these women.

02:37 - That backie paid off.

02:39 Huge, huge risk.

02:40 I love to see it.

02:41 The trick bag is deep across the category,

02:43 so that's gonna be super inspiring

02:45 for the rest of the women.

02:46 Super solid riding from Astrid.

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