00:00that you can go in some of the same places without having to be really navigating.
00:04All right, well, back we go to the top.
00:07Team New Zealand represented by this man, Ben Richards,
00:11leading the Freeride World Tour, two wins in two starts this season,
00:17and he is hungry to add a world champion title to his ever-growing trophy collection.
00:24Ben making such short work of that upper closeout cool war.
00:28Yeah, the tricky part about watching Ben is everything he does looks so easy and so simple
00:33when, in fact, everything he does is so technical and challenging.
00:38And for him, it looks like he's riding down a groomer.
00:41Well, that 360, case in point, lifting his feet up, setting the rotation perfectly,
00:47and coming back to the snow with just such an effortless style.
00:51His technique lends itself to or I think develops the stylish approach to his riding.
00:57It's such a pleasure to watch.
00:59And Ben Richards now coming down.
01:01We've seen a couple other riders go through here.
01:04And Ben Richards, the latest one to take it on.
01:07Perfect landing.
01:08Yeah, you'll see he paused there, but that pause was for a reason.
01:12And turning it into a double with a three, just this guy is...
01:18That was perfection.
01:20Perfection.
01:20Not a hair out of place for Ben Richards, taking a double as a single,
01:25and then the second stage of the double with a lofty 360.
01:30Ben Richards with a master class in free ride.
01:33Yeah, I think both Derek and I's jaws had hit the table when we were recovering.
01:37Let's look at this top section.
01:39Again, so steep, so rocky, so mandatory.
01:44And Ben just looks like he's going for a little cruise here.
01:46The way he moves his feet underneath him, Hadley, the precision.
01:50And look at this 360.
01:52Absolutely perfect.
01:53He lands like he never left the ground.
01:56Yeah, it's really just so impressive.
01:58Again, this pause was just to make sure that he had the perfect trajectory.
02:02He found that exact spot to land in.
02:04And then, oh, let me finish with a great 360 that we won't see on the replay.
02:08But, oof, I think the judges are going to like this one.
02:17Well, trying to hear the thoughts of Ben Richards.
02:21He's got the New Zealand flag there, a proud representative of Team New Zealand.
02:27And he has been doing the country proud.
02:30This man is such a great representative of the free-ride community in New Zealand.
02:35The score dropping.
02:37It's going up, up, way up.
02:3991.67 for Ben Richards.
02:43And finally, Kai Jones out of that Mammut leader.
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