00:00And of course, both Noemi Aki and Anna Martinez riding out of France, no stranger to the steeps,
00:06as we are going to get straight into it with Michaela Davis-Meehan.
00:10She's won multiple times in her freeride world tour career.
00:14The Australian rider bringing the freestyle, really elevating the snowboard women's category.
00:20And she is straight out of start one and pushing hard immediately with a fall line attack.
00:26We love that energy. She got second place here on the Beck last year, and I'm sure she's wanting to
00:33match it, if not more.
00:35Super strong riding as she cruises with speed and high energy down the face.
00:41Yeah, above a ton of exposure here. The snow absolutely perfect.
00:45You can see the slough just pouring off of Michaela's board as she gets things back under control.
00:51The powder really helping these riders stay in control.
00:54But some of the places where the slough is gone are a little bit firmer.
00:58So the riders really need to judge the snow that they're on in the moment.
01:02And really no easy way out of this.
01:05Over so much exposure, that whole top section as Michaela cruises with confidence down into the bottom.
01:12And again, getting to enjoy the glory turns.
01:15I mean, her whole run top to bottom was over massive cliffs.
01:18Yeah, and she went so fast.
01:21Michaela opting for the pure free ride approach.
01:25Point the nose of the board down and don't let off the gas pedal.
01:28As you pass through the finish arch, opening up the category, Michaela Davis Meehan,
01:34the first rider for snowboard women going top to bottom with a clean run and really, really aggressive approach there.
01:41Yeah, you'll see with that line tracker that we're talking about, those cliffs at the bottom.
01:44So those top areas that she took, she really needed to stomp them clean and avoid going for a ride.
01:50Let's go back up.
01:52Check out this first way that she came in just with so much energy.
01:56Yeah, and landing nice and clean.
01:58No baubles whatsoever.
02:00However, you can see line control technique all high in the green for Michaela Davis Meehan, popping that one as
02:07well.
02:07And this is where she committed to completely just giving it over to gravity, letting it absolutely buck.
02:15As Michaela Davis Meehan now, the judges are going to compare that run versus all of the judging categories.
02:20And she comes in with a 78-point run to open up snowboard women.
02:26A very strong campaign down the back.
02:29A very strong campaign down the back.
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