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00:00 The next man in the gate, Holden Samuels, another one out of Bozeman, Montana.
00:06 Part of that crew with Michael Maughan and Warren Doyle.
00:09 And dropping in from start to second year on tour, Holden was on the podium
00:15 in his very first event last year.
00:16 He's going to look to repeat that this year as he airs into this close out.
00:20 He certainly made an impression in his short time on tour so far, taking his
00:25 first air and heading over to find the next one, a big air through that close
00:33 out, Faschner air.
00:34 Yeah, right from the absolute highest point you could get onto on that.
00:39 Now taking this one off the toe side with the backside three, bringing it
00:43 around and straight onto that heel side edge.
00:46 So Holden looking strong here, laying out the back flip, perfect landing for
00:52 Holden Samuels.
00:54 Just looking so smooth through that whole run.
00:57 That was incredible.
00:58 Hold on, Holden.
01:01 He is holding it down.
01:03 And down through this lower apron, just enjoying.
01:08 You can see it's, it's the best way I think to describe it as shallow
01:11 pow on a firm surface.
01:13 Definitely looks like a easy to control.
01:16 Um, especially in that lower section is Holden.
01:19 Oh, he is hyped on that one.
01:22 A great run there for Samuels.
01:24 It's dope to see it.
01:29 So taking some serious air time and managing to hold onto that heel side edge.
01:35 Yeah, we've got the beautiful backside three and then the mega backflip.
01:44 So laid out, so smooth and a really solid landing there.
01:48 Yeah.
01:49 Never even a hint of control loss.
01:51 And you could see that reflected in those judges category bars control way up
01:57 fluidity, air and style.
01:59 That was a fantastic run for Holden.
02:01 We'll shout out to the folks at home.
02:08 As he looks up to the perfect blue skies above Verbier right now.
02:16 Yeah, we have got pretty amazing conditions for the riders today and it's just so
02:21 amazing.
02:22 We've, we've had challenging conditions in several world tour stops recently, and it's
02:27 just awesome to see the riders so stoked to ride.
02:30 Well, you could just sense that the whole feeling this morning was electric, right?
02:34 From the, from the gondola ride up in the dark, skiing down that groomed run under the
02:38 full moon and seeing the mountains behind Chamonix just light up with the morning
02:42 Alpenglow is spectacular and you could, you could just feel the energy building and
02:46 building.
02:46 And then when the four runners went, all right, here we go.
02:48 We've got the score coming in for Holden Samuels, 91, three, three.
02:52 So just behind Victor De La Rue.