Relive the thrill of Victor De Le Rue all-time best runs at the 2019 Kicking Horse Golden BC Pro, 2020 Hakuba Pro, 2021 Fieberbrunn Pro, 2021 Xtreme Verbier and 2022 Xtreme Verbier.
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00:02 - No surprise that in the mountaineering start
00:08 is the mountaineering man, it's Victor De La Rue
00:10 and looking to start his run off with a bag.
00:13 - Straight off the top of the ridge
00:14 and high speed out of that.
00:16 - Yeah, that's how you start a run, immediate action.
00:19 - Neither was that huge 360 he just floated.
00:24 - Cross court, that was exactly what you'd expect
00:27 from Victor De La Rue, finding the things
00:29 that the other people don't see
00:30 as he's already down here at the final feature
00:33 at the peloton and right off the nose,
00:35 Victor De La Rue clean.
00:36 - Stopping it.
00:37 - Oh, that's what we were hoping to see
00:39 from Victor De La Rue.
00:40 And Victor kicking things off now,
00:47 the last man in the snowboard field.
00:49 Starting it off with a 360,
00:51 pretty much acid dropping out of the gate, unreal.
00:54 - I love that, yeah, well done little brother.
00:56 How cool it is to come in with my brother,
00:58 it's the first time I'm actually really happy.
01:00 Look, well done.
01:03 - Another three there.
01:06 - Yeah, he definitely showed a pretty interesting style
01:14 there and nice getting a bit of speed.
01:18 - Well, regardless of the score,
01:21 that was the fastest run in the snowboard men's field
01:25 by a mile, unbelievable.
01:27 - Blink and you miss it.
01:29 - So Victor De La Rue on course now,
01:33 the defending world tour champion out of front.
01:36 - 180.
01:37 - Yeah, nice half cap from Victor there.
01:40 Yeah, Victor.
01:45 - Perfect.
01:46 - Perfect backhand.
01:48 - Amazing control.
01:57 Different approach now.
01:58 - Yeah, they're only ready to come back
01:59 into the gully, right?
02:01 Boom, turning it into a double as well.
02:10 Such a smooth three there,
02:11 puts it straight in his feet again.
02:13 - Back up to the start gate, start one so gnarly
02:24 and the riders looking over the edge of that going,
02:26 oh yeah, let's go.
02:28 Yeah, Victor right now over the huge part of the face
02:32 going high and launching a 360 perfect landing.
02:37 Absolute dead clean.
02:38 So Victor getting his campaign started here with a bang.
02:41 - Once he got off this one, sending it and stomping it
02:50 is one of the only good exits from that zone
02:52 and making it look like it's a lot of fun to do.
02:56 - Very now Victor going for the channel gap across
02:58 and making it so clean.
03:01 I did not think we were gonna see that today,
03:03 but Victor De La Rue made it look easy.
03:06 That was unbelievable.
03:08 The French rider blowing our minds.
03:10 But there is no room to breathe
03:16 because the next man out of the gate is Victor De La Rue.
03:25 - The season's been building fourth, then third, then first.
03:28 Can he hold that momentum as he comes in here
03:31 right out of the gate into a serious section,
03:34 doubling off it and perfectly clean.
03:37 Victor right over his board now,
03:39 just needing to control the speed.
03:40 He doesn't need to shut it down.
03:41 He just needs to put himself in control
03:43 so he can access his next feature, which he does.
03:46 - There's the three, hold it Victor.
03:47 He does and he's straight into another drop.
03:50 Absolutely gunning it.
03:52 - Well, the commitment there, 360 into the exposure
03:56 and immediately off the ground again
03:59 to air out of that section.
04:01 There is no other way out of there.
04:02 I can't give that enough credit.
04:04 Now Victor just flying down into the finish line.
04:08 That was intense.
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04:13 (laughing)
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04:21 (static)
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