00:00And the first rider out of the gate is our reigning freeride world tour champion Noemi Aki
00:06riding for that powerful French team and she would like nothing more than to kick this day off
00:14with a huge statement on this face. You see as she comes straight lining right out the top it's
00:20really so steep in that top section if you miss the beginning it really starts at close to 47
00:25degrees at the top it's a really intimidating way to start your ride but she handles it with speed
00:30and fluidity and comes into this rocky technical section. With no hesitation Noemi Aki showing
00:38why she is a mainstay on international podiums around the freeride world absolutely flying look
00:46at the board control Hadley and the pace she's going right now. Exactly and the way that she's
00:51just so confidently standing on her board she's ready for everything and really makes it look so
00:56beautiful. Standing on her board and standing on the gas pedal fluidity a huge component of these
01:02runs and Noemi's run so far showing that she knows exactly where she's going lining up a big feature
01:09here Noemi Aki right off the nose of it. Just has to make it through where the other boys got a little
01:15eaten up and heading towards that wind lip or she has a second option which she'll take is to go into
01:21this gully searching out for some other airs. Yeah big heel side slash airing out of the pocket and
01:27avoiding that slough cone that has taken so many riders down so the young French rider showing a real
01:34savvy knowledge of exactly how this face is evolving. As we look back here at the replay of
01:40Noemi's run this start was so aggressive Hadley. So aggressive so confident I think that's her mark
01:45saying I know what I'm doing and same here very little pause as she enters into this such a steep
01:51rocked out landing you can see she's holding on perfectly I think it's a rider that really says
01:57I know where I'm going and I'm going there fast. And the Mahmood line tracker showing that direct
02:02approach fall line approach from the top to the bottom of the base negra face big smile on the
02:09French rider as she comes into the finish and a big hug for her French teammate here as she has
02:16locked in and put down a performance that is going to get the judges working and get some of those
02:22riders at the top potentially scratching their heads to to get ready to answer. So Noemi Aki she is a
02:28freeride world tour champion she is well extremely accomplished in the snowboard world and the score
02:34coming in at an 81-3-3.
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