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00:00 - Hitzig will be nervous.
00:01 Oscar Menden, the French rider coming out of Avores.
00:03 He had a huge run going in Verbier,
00:06 unfortunately going down on the one that took out
00:09 so many great riders on an enormous backflip.
00:12 So he's sitting a bit lower than he would like to be
00:15 in the overall in 18th, but Oscar Menden,
00:18 always a threat when we see him unleash
00:21 on a free ride world tour face.
00:23 - Absolutely, and he has such solid technical riding skills
00:26 and he has that charging, big mountain freestyle style
00:30 as well.
00:31 So I'm curious to see what Oscar's gonna cook up today.
00:34 Coming off that early entrance over this cliff,
00:36 stomping it over exposure, holding on,
00:39 and boosting off this second man,
00:41 bolting it, Oscar Menden, such a strong rider.
00:44 Coming into this match, hits 360,
00:46 and a giant backflip, and holding on.
00:49 Oh my God, Oscar Menden.
00:52 - Well, Oscar with three huge airs at the top of the face
00:56 with an enormous backflip, and now showcasing his skill
01:00 as he makes his way down this maze.
01:03 It's been chopped up, catching the nose of that one,
01:05 and now just putting it into the fall line
01:07 to escape those trees that have taken down so many riders.
01:11 Oscar Menden over this bottom roll,
01:13 and he's gonna pin it through the finish line,
01:15 top to bottom, absolutely flawless run there
01:18 from Oscar Menden.
01:20 - What an electric run.
01:22 So technical off that early right hook in air
01:25 into the top, and off that cliff,
01:26 Jackson Bathgate hit into the backflip.
01:29 You know, it's that high energy, high pace skiing
01:33 that the judges just love.
01:35 Watch the replay here.
01:37 Early entrance, and going over all the rocks,
01:39 and just holding on.
01:40 You have to be so dialed and tight in there
01:42 because that second cliff comes up,
01:44 and he just finds the perfect angle,
01:46 and this backflip here.
01:48 - Sets it hard, floats it down.
01:52 Yeah, that was just incredible.
01:54 We've seen only a couple riders even want a piece of that,
01:57 and Oscar taking it perfectly,
01:58 and on that one, just absorbing with the feet
02:00 'cause he knew he needed to make
02:01 a couple direction changes after,
02:03 and that was just flawless for the Avores rider.
02:08 - And if I may.
02:09 (speaking in foreign language)
02:13 - Oscar always with the cat stickers.
02:21 - I love it, look at the FWT drawing,
02:24 the Canadian, the Swiss, and the Georgia flag there.
02:28 - It's super hard to ski.
02:30 - But if I may, if we look at that backflip again,
02:33 which I'm sure we'll get a replay,
02:35 he went huge, and his bomb hole looked like deep snow.
02:39 That's good, smart scoping, and looking at the terrain,
02:41 and the nuances in the terrain.
02:43 - Yeah, finding a wind drift to land in the score,
02:45 going way up, 92.67 for Oscar Mendes,
02:51 sliding into first, pushing Marcus Dogan down into third.
02:55 Another one, not troubling Max Hitzig in that top spot,
02:58 but a huge, a huge one for Oscar Mendes,
03:02 and another man who was.