Alaska is delivering insane freeride action! Witness the epic showdown at the Freeride World Tour in the heart of the Chilcat Mountains. Riders are pushing the limits with massive airs and daring tricks on this challenging Alaskan terrain.
Prepare for a wild ride as talented skiers navigate steep descents, double airs, and breathtaking 360s. From impressive recoveries to uncharacteristic falls, this competition showcases the raw power and skill of elite freeride athletes.
Experience the adrenaline rush as riders like Max Hitzig, Ross Tester, Marcus Gogan, and Ben Richards tackle the formidable course. Each run is a masterclass in control and creativity amidst the stunning, rugged wilderness.
Will anyone conquer Alaska's demanding steeps? Tune in to see who will rise to the occasion and claim victory in this unforgettable Freeride World Tour event!
#FreerideWorldTour #AlaskaFreeride #SkiCompetition
Prepare for a wild ride as talented skiers navigate steep descents, double airs, and breathtaking 360s. From impressive recoveries to uncharacteristic falls, this competition showcases the raw power and skill of elite freeride athletes.
Experience the adrenaline rush as riders like Max Hitzig, Ross Tester, Marcus Gogan, and Ben Richards tackle the formidable course. Each run is a masterclass in control and creativity amidst the stunning, rugged wilderness.
Will anyone conquer Alaska's demanding steeps? Tune in to see who will rise to the occasion and claim victory in this unforgettable Freeride World Tour event!
#FreerideWorldTour #AlaskaFreeride #SkiCompetition
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00:00Welcome to the Freeride World Tour by Peak Performant.
00:08We are way out in the wilderness. We are in the heart of the Chilcat Mountains.
00:13These peaks are absolutely enormous and shaping up to be a banger of a competition.
00:48The German rider is going to be the first man out. He will have been studying.
00:53Max Hitzig, nothing easy as he pops into this double-made classic earlier
00:58and immediately onto his back and Hitzig well and truly into his run here.
01:04Lofting a backflip into the powder but under-rotating and Max Hitzig going down.
01:10That is uncharacteristic and this is classic Alaskan riding as Ross getting himself moving,
01:18popping over. You can see how steep it is. 360 and Ross lands perfectly.
01:24You can see the slough launching. He does another huge 360. Now standing on top,
01:30there's a bunch of texture in the snow underneath but Ross handles it well. Now holding on,
01:34he's got to cross that slough. We did it indeed. All right, score dropping in an 89-point run
01:41which from the judges is a huge statement this early on. Marcus Gogan, 21 years old. He's already
01:49got a world title under his belt and he is underway now. He is going to enter at the same
01:54point we saw
01:54Max Hitzig go. Marcus taking a different angle on it, taking it as a single and reconnecting perfectly.
02:01Keep himself in control. Popping, going, cork seven, coming around and no, a little bit of over-rotation
02:08but he skis out of it. So Marcus really bringing the freestyle. Huge backflip there. Marcus Gogan showing
02:15that he is not messing around. And a ton of speed with an enormous backflip. A little over-rotation
02:21on that one. I mean, what is even happening out here as Wei Tian Ho drops into this little channel.
02:30Wei Tian popping off the first one. Oh, and immediately going down from the drone angle there.
02:36I have no idea what happened. As we see Edwards Colorado's Joey Leonardo pushing out. Maybe he's
02:44going to go to the same section that's gobbled up already a few of our pros. Maybe he'll take
02:50you a slightly slower approach landing on that pad and finally someone able to get it going. Joey
02:56launching off that. So fast. Staying in the fall line. Now he is absolutely flying down this. Oh no. Oh,
03:05damn it. Joey Leonardo getting violently tomahawked down the face. Hands are up though. All right. Well,
03:16in the start gate is the man in the driver's seat on the Freeride World Tour and Ski Men right
03:21now. Ben
03:22Richards. He's unstoppable. Let's see what he had to do. Wow. Oh, oh no. Oh, what a recovery there from
03:30Ben Richards taking a similar angle as Marcus Gogan and taking it as a single. Lofting a big 360.
03:38Perfect. Oh yeah. It's not over until it's over. He's serving us. He's got to control that speed as
03:44he crosses the slough cone. Taking a ton of speed. The hand drag 360. Perfect again. So Ben Richards is
03:52clean top to bottom. So the 89 of Ross Tester. Ben Richards 82.67. Nice. And the next man in
04:00the gate
04:00is an exciting one to watch. Abel Moga. And it is so steep over here on the rider's left side.
04:07Abel
04:07with a huge 360. Oh no. But just tipping forwards in the air and unable to hold on. Looks like
04:15a ski
04:15come off. So he's joining the no score gang. Oh gosh. That's a tough one. As Jack Kolosh gets set
04:21to
04:21push off. He always looks so solid. Turning this feature into a double with a 360 off the second
04:26stage. Holding on. Get up onto this spine. Every skier's dream to be moving down Alaskan spines.
04:33Lobbing. They get in the tail grab there. The next man here. Finn Powell. All right. Well, here we go.
04:39Finn Powell going into this feature that has given some other riders trouble. And. Oh no. Oh no. Finn getting
04:47absolutely tossed. The second step of that double is so short. I think it's way shorter than the
04:54riders think it is. I think it's the deadly double up there. It's clearly different than what we've seen
05:00in 2016. In 2017. So Toby Rafford now kicking out of the start gate. Getting ready for an Alaskan
05:09sensation. So steep up there. And Toby not holding back at all. Going full speed as he has become
05:17known for. Popping into this air. 360. Clearing the rocks. Landing clean. He's got to get control now.
05:23Look at the speed of his feet. He went through there like a World Cup slalom skier and just navigated.
05:31He's got control again. Justine. That was incredible. Oh my god. He's just not stopping at all. We saw Ross
05:37pick off a few features in that section. But lobbing off the spine wall. Wow. With a 360. The Yeti
05:44Haynes Alaska Pro giving us fireworks. Well, the judges have spoken. It's going up, up, up. Way up. Wow.
05:5190.67. Nubs on top. Amazing. As Toby Rafford takes over the top spot. He gets hugs from the rest
06:01of the
06:01crew there. Back up to the top we go. Justine, we are not done here. Ski men. Oh no. Hugo
06:07Trubat riding
06:08out of France. Hugo Trubat now on course and looking to put himself into this podium conversation.
06:14Hugo, I'm really excited to see him ski. He's been super good this year, honestly. Taking a full speed
06:20approach. Lobbing a 360 way down the face and coming out of it clean. Getting high,
06:27high up onto the spine wall. Immediately into another 360. Get into this wind lip now. Launching
06:34off it and up onto the spine. For the last part. And here we go. A 360. Easy breezy. He's
06:41cut a little
06:42slab out there. It's going to run down. He's going to need to stay on the skier's right side. A
06:47huge air
06:47there for Hugo. And managing the bottom part as well as he roasts into the flats here on the Jarvis
06:54Glacier. He gained so much speed. He had to keep his keys straight down. So here we go. Let's see.
07:00It's going way up. 89.67. He jumps into second. Just a fraction. Amazing. Over the score of Ross Tester.
07:10Back to the top we go. Timo Rolchhovin. As Timo Rolchhovin flying into the start of this run. That
07:19cross section out on the rider's left with a huge 360 there. Timo Rolchhovin flying off with another
07:25360. Using those spine walls beautifully. He's enjoying himself. Clearly. Spinning the other way.
07:31There's a stack there below him. Popping double off the bottom and landing clean. The last man
07:38standing. Victor Hale Woods. Let's see what Victor have in his back pocket. What you don't see below
07:46the screen is how much exposure is lurking below the riders and really just showing skills beyond
07:52that rookie status. Here we go. Big cliff there. Yeah. Getting really creative with this venue. Just
07:59adding feature after feature. And a big 360 floating it. Landing clean. So here we see
08:05Toby Rafford taking the win. Ugo Trubat and Ross Tester rounding out the podium.
08:15Well, Winter McBride riding out of Ogden, Utah. Making snow base in her home. She got a chance to go
08:21home for a minute as we kick ski women off. And she's got this big feature that we saw come
08:26into play
08:27with the snowboarders. Launching perfectly off that. And no, getting caught up in the slough.
08:33As we are back and ready to go with ski women, Agustina Vietti, as she starts her campaign. And she
08:40has a
08:40hefty piece of terrain below her. Going double. Oh, but landing sideways there. And Agustina is going to
08:49need to self-arrest. Because this is incredibly steep. And this woman is about to put herself to the
08:56test. Sibylle Blanjean. And we saw her bring that Inval Terence to the podium. As Sibylle going right
09:02off the nose of that air. Wow. Can't tell when she's on her skis. That must be in her head.
09:07Look at her
09:08flashing through this. Managing so well. Holding through that tougher snow there as the consistency
09:15changes. And lining up for another boost off that bottom air. So 75-67 for Sibylle. She goes into
09:24first place. Justine Dufour-Lapont has not won. But the Yeti Hanes Alaska Pro is one of them. And she
09:31would love to add that to the case. As she pushes out of the start gate. Dropping in on this
09:37massive,
09:38massive ridge. Oh no. Oh no. And Justine getting caught up in the rocks on that takeoff.
09:46Zoe Del Zappo riding out of La Clousa. You can see the spine feature. And Zoe launching right off it
09:53immediately. This one. Huge. Oh, this is a big one. Zoe Del Zappo stomping that. Like you said, Katie,
10:00it pitches over. And it gets so steep so quickly. Another big air. Holding the fall line.
10:06Zoe now coming. Oh. And she goes sailing off the edge of that cliff. Zoe Del Zappo going down. But
10:14she's got both her skis on. So there's going to be a score. But this woman is going to have
10:18her say.
10:19Lou Berrin using that powder to slow herself down. So a really good top section. And a huge air from
10:26Lou Berrin. She landed right in someone else's bomb hole. Lou Berrin making short work. No.
10:32She goes down as well. Getting gobbled up by that slough. But she's still got both her skis on. Still
10:38launching off that air. What a bucking bronco ride for Lou Berrin.
10:43A recovery. They are throwing down out there. 72-6-7. So just behind Sibylle Blanjean. The Swiss
10:52rider from Verbier taking the win in Alaska. Lou Berrin and Zoe Del Zappo completing the French 2-3.
11:04Here we go. The Yeti Hanes Alaska Pro kicking off with snowboardman, French rider César Barin.
11:13César moving down over what we saw in earlier iterations of this event become a classic double.
11:19Getting a little bit rumbled there on the landing but comes out riding. And you can see the slough is
11:25absolutely ripping. Tumbling over. The snow is deep up there. Oh here he goes lining up a nice one.
11:35Oh look at that light right now. This guy is having the run of his life.
11:40Absolutely glorious condition here in Hanes. Lofting a big back three there. So Sasha Belico,
11:4828 years old. He's sitting in fourth. Another part of this powerhouse. Yeah for sure. Oh look at that. Yes.
11:55That was sick. And it gets so steep even though it's down near the bottom. Clicking. Perfect connection.
12:05He's going to get out of the slough and back into the powder. So we roll on with the snowboard
12:10men. Shane Blue, Sandblom. So Shane over on the more rider's right part. Staying up high on this spine.
12:17Shane lining something up right off the nose there. Oh yeah. You can see there where he landed. Not as
12:24deep
12:24as where we saw Sasha landing on the other side of his face. Didn't luck out on that that choice
12:29there.
12:30It looked. Oh nice. Oh yeah. Beautiful. Beautiful. So we've got the score there. 46.67 for Shane Sandblom.
12:37He goes into third place so far. So here's a man who's going to be chasing a pocket full of
12:43those points.
12:44Liam Rivera. Liam coming down. He's got a nice spine feature there. Lofting into the core. Getting on that
12:50heel side. Controlling his speed right away. That was perfect. Perfect edge control for Liam.
12:56And we're going to see some more features here for sure. Yeah Liam off the nose of that one. Using
13:02the
13:02tail of his board to compress into the landing. Getting that speed under control. And another 360 going
13:09frontside this time. So spinning both ways there for Liam Rivera. The score going way up. Oh. 89 points
13:17run. Well deserved. Well deserved. That was a great run. That was huge. Nice work Liam. Enzo Nilo.
13:23Another rider out of Valterans. He's been a winner on the Freeride World Tour. Yeah. Enzo bringing a
13:28bit more intensity than we've seen. Just with pure speed going back three there. Beautiful. Landing just past
13:34Liam's bomb hole. Catch and getting back in control. Getting some speed going. Enzo is
13:39going with an aggressive approach here. Keeping it. Fall line. Pinned off that double. Yeah.
13:44As Enzo now coming into the lower rollover section. Yeah. A really nice air there. Getting
13:49on his heel side edge to control speed before this final donger front three. And... Beautiful.
13:54Lands it. Beautiful. Unreal. Beautiful. Yeah. He sure is as he comes in and goes...
14:00Cab five. Cab five off the cornice. Landing perfect. Yeah Victor. Perfect absolute execution
14:07for Victor DeLarue. One of the strongest riders just physically and the mental game that Victor has.
14:13Yeah. Oh. Oh my god. So far for sure the most fluid and attacking style in this section. There's this
14:22little section where a little heel side slides necessary to get onto this launch pad. Clean off. Nice. And Victor
14:28DeLarue, he may find another feature below.
14:31Now he's just going to rally the powder.
14:33Oh, nice butter to end it.
14:35Oh, and it comes in at a 91.67.
14:39Over 90, yes.
14:40The last man on the mountain, and he takes over the hot seat.
14:45Well, this is how it shook out Victor De La Rue with the win.
14:48Liam Rivera in second.
14:50And Sasha Belico in his rookie season taking third
14:54and landing on the podium here at the Yeti Alaska Haines Pro.
15:01Mia Jones, 20 years old, wearing the golden bib.
15:05Oh, yeah, Mia.
15:06So a little slab release there out to her left,
15:09but she is playing it smart by just staying up on the wall
15:12and letting that get clear.
15:14You can see it's just thundering down.
15:16And Mia just stand up nice and high.
15:18This is so smart.
15:20Look at that snow.
15:21It's so deep.
15:22Here we go, Mia.
15:23Nice work.
15:24So another freight train plowing down off to her left,
15:28but she stays well clear of it.
15:30And executes that section like a veteran.
15:34Opening up snowboard women with a bang.
15:36Big smile on her face.
15:38So the score coming in, and it goes, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
15:4291 points for Mia Jones.
15:46But our next rider will be dropping out of start number two.
15:49It looks like Mikayla Davis-Meehan.
15:52So Mikayla lining up these features, popping right off with a 360.
15:57360, holding on.
15:59She gets kind of pushed into the path of the slough, but does stay upright.
16:03Holds it together.
16:03That is looking good.
16:05That was a beautiful 360.
16:06That was cool.
16:08And bringing fireworks here as she crosses over that old slide,
16:12gets up onto that pillow.
16:13Look at the slough absolutely ripping.
16:15She is a fly on the wall here.
16:18We're back to the top.
16:20Snowboard women.
16:20The action rages on as Anna Martinez riding out of Chamonix, France.
16:26She's sitting in second overall, just behind Mia Jones.
16:29So Anna Martinez is going to need to do some very clever navigation.
16:32Oh, she just puts the board straight into the fall line and absolutely flying down there.
16:38Break check.
16:39That was a great run.
16:40And popping over this little double out.
16:43Oh, and just losing it at the bottom.
16:45I'm not sure where that sits in that judging line.
16:48Waiting for this score as it climbs up and goes to 58-3-3.
16:52Noemi Aki, she had a huge season last year.
16:57It's been great watching her on tour.
16:59She really understands the mountain well, and it shows.
17:02She brings a lot of fluidity and power.
17:06And Noemi is ripping right now, getting her board bounced out from under her a little bit,
17:11but at absolute full pace for Noemi Aki.
17:15So 53-3-3 there for Noemi Aki, dropping her into third.
17:20So here we see how it shook out.
17:22Mia Jones with a 91-point run.
17:25This is just utter and total domination of the field.
17:28And a Martinez, 58-3-3 in second.
17:33Noemi Aki just behind with a 53-3-3.
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