Lou Barin 3rd Place 2026 Baqueira Beret Pro

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00:00You're breathing, you know, she's by herself here.

00:03It's impossible for her to not be in her head,

00:05but this is where her competitor mindset takes over.

00:07She's been under pressure before.

00:09She knows how to manage that pressure,

00:11and now she just needs to get out there and ski,

00:14which we know she knows how to do.

00:16And she's off.

00:18She got herself here.

00:19Back to Bertie Tenervo's advice.

00:22You don't have to do anything different than you did to qualify for this level of competition.

00:26Keep it going, and Luperin going in with some intense skiing fast

00:29out of the start.

00:30360 right off that first feature.

00:32It's been an appetizer, but this is setting the tone

00:35for this athlete's career on the tour.

00:38What a strong start.

00:39First feature of her Freeride World Tour career,

00:42and she's doing what she said.

00:44She's bringing the freestyle to the big mountain.

00:46We know that that is her strength here.

00:48But now she's in this technical big mountain terrain.

00:50She's got to navigate these turns through this pepper,

00:52and you know there's a feature she wants below her,

00:55but she's got to get through this big mountain terrain first.

00:58Yeah, nice crisp short turns here for Lu, lining it up.

01:02There is a big nose below her, tossing a big air there,

01:05landing on her feet, and there's more out to the next side.

01:09So Luperin making casual work of this section

01:12as she continues on down the face,

01:14and plenty more wind lips options underneath her.

01:18Taking a nice straight air there, landing it,

01:21staying in the fall line, working her turns through the terrain.

01:25Finding a fresh landing on that lower air,

01:31taking a nice, confident approach to these straight airs.

01:35And now she's just making her turns out through the bottom.

01:39Well, that was a really commanding performance

01:42from the young Valtorens rookie,

01:44Lou Belin, doing exactly as stated,

01:47bringing freestyle to the run,

01:48and at the part of the face where it is the most consequential,

01:52above the exposure,

01:53before you've even done anything

01:55to just launch a 360 off a cliff.

01:57That just shows her confidence

01:58in the ability for that to work.

02:01Absolutely.

02:01Doing a trick on top of a big face like this is massive.

02:04And also we know that the snow

02:06is a little more challenging right there.

02:07So, you know, she had that feature mid-slope

02:10that maybe could have been trickable.

02:12Maybe she was making that game time decision,

02:14and maybe she reverted into like,

02:15hey, first comp, let's stay on our feet.

02:17And that's what she's done.

02:18She's in the Finnish Corral.

02:20First run of the Freeride World Tour

02:22for Lou Dun & Dustin.

02:24Yeah, that was great.

02:25So as we look back up here,

02:27winding up, lining up,

02:28and perfect stomp,

02:30laying into the tails of her skis

02:31to keep herself balanced.

02:34I think she might have seen that feature

02:36as a diving board,

02:36and then last minute took a straight air,

02:38took a little shifty in there as well.

02:40And then we see some big mountain skiing.

02:42We've got a nice, committed, fast, straight air.

02:45She lands bolts, gets into some turns,

02:47and again, shows us another strong straight air here,

02:50finds that landing right next to the rock,

02:52and then just skis out with some heat.

02:54Yeah, taking a different trajectory on that one

02:56than we saw from the snowboard men,

02:58which I think actually gave her

02:59a smoother transition back onto the snow.

03:02So Lou showing that she understands

03:04how these mountains work

03:06and is able to pick out lines.

03:08Let's remind you that these riders

03:09have never stood on any of these features.

03:12They've been looking across the valley

03:15through binoculars.

03:16They had some drone footage to draw upon,

03:18but never hit any of these before.

03:21So skiing into them with that level of confidence

03:23and intent, extremely solid performance

03:25from a rookie on the tour,

03:27but certainly not skiing like a rookie.

03:32All right, here we go.

03:33Score to beat 76-3 free from Zoe.

03:35It's 74, so Lou popping into second,

03:39just behind Zoe Delzapo.

03:42I think the line...

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