Hedvig Wessel Run I 2024 Georgia Pro
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00:00 on her thoughts. The ski woman level this year is insane and it's so sick to be
00:06 part of it so I see everyone as a huge competitor and I think everyone can can
00:11 take the title and do really well so yeah I'm just trying to focus on myself
00:16 and in ski as best as I can on every stop.
00:21 Like she reminiscent of Hedvig also inspired by Hedvig both Astrid and
00:29 Manon have said that Hedvig is a huge inspiration for them they watched her
00:32 compete when they were coming up as juniors and and that may seem like a
00:35 long time ago but these girls are young they just popped out of juniors a couple
00:39 of years ago Astrid of course with a Freeride Junior World Championship title
00:43 under her belt but it is Hedvig Vessel the first woman to drop in for ski women
00:49 this woman her pedigree in Freeride knows no boundaries there's only one
00:54 thing missing from her trophy case and that is an overall title she wants it
00:58 this year but she said coming back this year she wants to focus more on the
01:01 experience she wants to be open more to taking it all in rather than being quite
01:05 so tunnel vision on the result and it is a brand new Hedvig and a new focus Hedvig
01:10 is dangerous for the rest of the ski women. Well she's on course Derek and
01:14 when she's focused she is a competitor and that was a huge error to kick things
01:18 off. Oh my god. Absolutely mocking. Lighting it up right out of the start
01:22 gate that's gonna grab the judges by the throat as she comes in now onto this
01:26 huge tower pumping into the couloir and Hedvig holding all that speed. She is
01:32 flying Derek getting that grab off that at last air and heading into this one
01:37 another big air absolutely short work of this face coming down through the guts
01:43 of it. Full speed for Hedvig Vessel sliding under the meatball now gonna
01:48 catch the nose of this one as she puts her skis into the fall line cross hill
01:52 enough to get the double. Beautiful transition into that double and flying
01:58 out the bottom that was fire. Yeah aggressive riding for Hedvig Vessel no
02:06 hesitation no slowing down exactly on line that was a perfect run to kick
02:12 things off for the ski women and Hedvig Vessel now just enjoying this bottom
02:17 section as it feels so good to ski the low angle pow after a banging run from
02:22 Hedvig Vessel the Norwegian rider really making a statement at the start of this
02:26 category. Absolute sparks on the tires there Derek so much speed let's take a
02:32 look at the replay when she came in she came in hot smoking in through that top
02:38 section and mocking down through into this next air look at that style in the
02:44 air getting that grab big big vertical. Well the judges categories just lit up
02:50 like a Christmas tree there for Hedvig Vessel ticking all the boxes every
02:54 single landing dead clean as she got feature after feature the line score
02:59 through the roof she had to release that one maybe a little more cross hill than
03:03 she wanted but it allowed her to do that which was huge for Hedvig Vessel to be
03:07 able to link those two together. That Scandinavian take on the cross hill to
03:12 the air getting that beautiful slough off the air and flying through it she
03:18 must be happy. Well Hedvig just catching her breath down there you know athletic
03:26 endeavor as the score dropping Hedvig Vessel with an 80.67 for the first rider out of the gate
03:32 that's a statement from the judges when they drop a score in the 80s for the
03:36 first rider they're saying something. Yeah they like that Derek and I don't
03:41 blame them it was fast it was smooth it was powerful it was clean. I also like