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00:00 World Tour the peak performance rider Manon Lowski we got to check in with her
00:04 on the kind of mindset it takes to succeed at this level. My mindset for
00:10 this competition is to have fun, enjoy, try to do some cool lines that inspires
00:16 me and yeah just have fun and see how it goes. I looked at the face today and he
00:20 looked really playful a lot of wind lips and cool and fun terrain so I don't know.
00:26 Well we have been anxiously awaiting the debut of Manon Lowski on the Freeride
00:31 World Tour. She lost last season due to an ankle injury and then she came back
00:35 this year and showed us all exactly why she got herself that Red Bull helmet.
00:39 Peak performance rider started her season off with a bang in the hot seat
00:42 for a long time until Zuza came on and now Manon on course ready to show us
00:48 what she's got. Out of start one again it's a popular one today for the ski
00:51 women category making her way through this tricky sharky technical section, lining
00:56 up that exit, getting through it clean. That's super huge at stage one done
01:01 through the venue. Coming into this cliff band let's see what Manon is gonna line
01:04 up because she can absolutely send it and stomp as we've seen in Verbier right
01:09 off the nose and two bolts nothing is gonna move her. She is such a solid rider
01:14 coming into this nose and a huge 360 a little butt check but staying in control.
01:20 Let's see that's gonna the judges are gonna see it but it was a small one and
01:24 she's right back on her feet moving through the venue. Yeah small control
01:27 issue on a big move as Manon Lowski showing not only the freeride skills but
01:32 also the freestyle bag of tricks that she has under her belt making her way
01:37 now down. There's a lot of complicated terrain underneath here Manon now
01:41 popping off that bottom section and she's gonna come out into the apron so
01:45 Manon Lowski I wonder if she you know her and Astrid spent a lot of time
01:49 together is she gonna line up a big one off this wind lip as well. Let's watch
01:52 huge backy and just pulling it around to bolts stomping it for Manon finishing
01:59 the run off with a bang look at how stoked she is she knows what she just
02:02 put down that is going to be a run contending for the top spot such a high
02:07 level of riding from Manon. Well these two are best buds they spend so much
02:13 time skiing together and they're just so fired up for each other you know the two
02:18 of them scope that thing together and we're like should we flip it yes we
02:21 should definitely flip it. They both stomped it and that's that's what you love to see
02:24 it's an individual sport in the start gate but you still have your friends and
02:27 your teammates around you that can help you pull off that stuff. Making quick
02:31 work showing her a technical ability her strength off this cliff to bolt another
02:36 a huge three showcasing her trick bag and it was tiny it was just a little
02:43 hand drag not even a butt shake butt check and you know the judges recognize
02:46 how hard this condition is so I think she's gonna be very happy. And it almost
02:51 looked in this lower section you know from nearly halfway down the venue that
02:56 she was just focused on this you can see her laser focus the turns you know maybe
03:00 a few more turns than some of the other riders that have bombed through there
03:03 and that's because she had her sights set on that wind lamp for the backflip
03:08 so these two women showing the freestyle element in the ski women's category
03:12 absolutely going off and these two at the pointy end of the spear of this
03:18 movement. This is insane to watch such a good showcase and high level of riding
03:24 today putting the judges to work so let's see what they're gonna come out
03:27 with two huge clean backflips from the friends there's definitely some room in
03:33 that overall score too for the rest of the riders you know it's not super
03:37 stacked up at the top so let's see where Menon ends up patiently waiting with
03:40 her friend Astrid. Yeah we'll see you know Astrid so solid Hedvig with that
03:44 gigantic air at the top 84 for Menon Lowski so edging Hedvig Vessel out of
03:49 second and showing exactly what the judges want to see out here from the
03:55 ski women a couple big airs the very technical section at the top a 360 and a
03:59 backflip in a run Menon Lowski solid run not quite