Oscar Mandin I 2024 Kicking Horse Golden BC Pro

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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.

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