00:00so Victor has quite a lot to compete against but you know he is so well
00:06trained his mind is strong I bet he is staying in his bubble of I'm here this
00:13is what I'm gonna do and Victor De La Rue exiting the star gate of the Bec
00:23Duras what will we see out of this rider today so we've got him mic'd up as you
00:30can hear the sound his board makes on the snow as Victor De La Rue passing
00:36over this exposure backflipping into that absolute high consequence no fall
00:42zone super bold start for Victor really bold huge amplitude there on that back
00:48flip nice and floaty you can see there Liam in the corner watching to see nice
00:54backside three oh with the front punch nose of his board just going under the
01:01powder so Victor De La Rue with a significant control issue now coming
01:06down into the same little maze that we saw Liam go through the same level of
01:11precision in the landing for Victor De La Rue so he is still continuing down and
01:16you can see there's only the one track in here Victor going a really different
01:20trajectory and executing perfectly there perfectly you know I love to see how
01:25talented these writers are where they make one small mistake but they continue
01:29to ride and then course correct and that takes a lot of mental fortitude to not
01:34let a mistake early in your run bobble you for the rest
01:43well a bold line there what we didn't see and we'll we'll see in the replay but the big big
01:49cliff at
01:49the very top that Liam and Cesar hit Victor opted to go in a different direction so he could do
01:55that big
01:55backflip and you can see it there where the other riders were more on the
01:58lookers right he went wrapping around so he could do that big backflip so in the
02:02line score Hadley how do you think that's gonna fare it could be a little bit less for sure and
02:06maybe Victor was
02:07playing the game of I just need to get first or second and hoping those odds
02:11helped him but this backflip was quite massive that was enormous and absolutely
02:16perfect and then this is where things went a little bit awry as the nose of the
02:24board goes under the snow and he does a full somersault so you can see it with
02:28the video judge there the control is down I don't think this is gonna trouble Liam
02:33but do you think that could sneak into second this is the big question
02:37of the day for sure you know he did quite a lot in the rest of his run to
02:42make up for that baubles compared to Cesar we don't I'm not quite sure and I
02:48think that's why we're both glad that we're not judges well Victor is all smiles at
02:53the bottom he's got his family around him and that really just get kind of
02:56reminds us what this is all about the family of Freeride gathered here in
03:01verbi a we can eavesdrop on their conversation well not too much
03:12conversation tense moments there as the world title on the line and of course the
03:17title of the back if Liam Rivera wins on the back today and whether or not he
03:21wins the world title this town is gonna go ballistic that is for sure we can see
03:26here the judges really have their work cut out for them they are cranking the
03:30numbers we've had a good run over the last few years of hometown winners too
03:35we've had Jenna Keller we've had to Bill Blanchon we've had Elizabeth Gerritsen so
03:40to continue that streak I think would be great for for the locals in verbi a to
03:44have a hometown winner on the back that's what they all are here exactly the town
03:49will go wild tonight
04:08you know I always wonder what Victor's kids think like dad's got a pretty
04:12interesting work day today he goes up ski rides down the steepest face in known to
04:19human existence tosses a couple back lips and 360 there's the little one so the
04:24family all here in support Liam Rivera looking over the tension you could just
04:29cut it with a knife right now between these two riders and and the stakes here
04:34world titles victory on the back all of it the record for most world title it's all
04:39to play for and in the judges hands right now as they balance what the riders
04:44have done versus those five judging categories it's a certainly very exciting
04:49way to start the verbi a extreme yeah and it's almost the entire place has just
04:57come to a standstill now as we wait for this score to drop everybody eyes just just
05:02zoned in and hugs for these two competitors they've been doing battle all
05:06season long Cesar Baran they're just taking it in he's lapping it up as a
05:10young rookie you know the other two they've been they've been in this
05:14situation before they've been in this place before but for Cesar just it's all
05:18brand new totally and he'll remember this for the rest of his life for sure yeah
05:23core memories are locking in to that yeah there's got his hands full with the two
05:30kids there two kids one on the way yeah he's he's they're a busy family so it's
05:35the core of Liam Rivera 96 Victor goes up to a 75 it puts him into second so
05:43mathematically I believe Victor takes the world title Liam Rivera takes the title
05:49on the back both
05:50you
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