Michael Mawn Run I 2024 YETI Xtreme Verbier
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00:00 strap into your board as the riders just have to hang out there. It's hard to even watch your
00:05 friends ride as they disappear. It's so steep but we are back up at the top with Michael Monn.
00:09 Michael Monn has been on the podium in the second event sitting right now in fifth overall.
00:14 The gnarlier the better for this guy. The steeper it gets the more at home he is and Michael Monn
00:19 is on the back. And he is dropping into the super steep section down from the start.
00:26 Working his way into the dog's leg couloir.
00:30 Finding his way to his first feature.
00:37 You know Michael's like he's an incredibly strong snowboarder and it speaks to like his
00:45 childhood as a halfpipe snowboarder and the way he has edge control is out of the game.
00:50 Getting into the gnar. Yeah no other way out but to air as he makes now
00:56 his entrance into the central couloir. Riding super fast super fluid.
01:02 White rimming himself some face shots as we want to see. The fact that on a toe side turn his hands
01:11 are touching the face while he makes that turn gives you an indication at home of how steep
01:16 this is as Michael Monn now approaching the Hollywood cliff. And good landing there managing
01:24 to control his speed. Nailing it. All right well Michael Monn now below the Hollywood exiting the
01:32 central. There's still plenty of features stacked up below him. Popping off that one picking up
01:36 speed just trying to handle the speed as he comes out towards the lower apron. But there's still
01:42 it's a maze of rocks up here for the riders to be able to find their way through.
01:45 He's carrying a lot of speed now out onto the apron.
01:50 As he is probably looking at this snow just trying to see how funky he's putting the
01:56 wings out there carrying the speed through to the finish. Yeah building up some tail
01:59 pressure to hold on to that choppy snow at the bottom. What a beautiful run. Yeah stoked to see
02:05 it. He's been a real student of the sport tuning in with Reina Vakarid to get tips on the best way
02:12 to get into that central couloir and he's certainly found his way. That's very nice.
02:19 Aaron Sauvé there the new world champion. These two riders you know the two stars and stripes
02:31 on the shoulder. Siobhan the top of this run so steep and exposed and Michael Monn just handling
02:36 it. Incredible like you said like if you as a snowboarder stand sideways in there and you have
02:41 to actually hold on you can definitely see how freaking steep it is. Yeah so he's taking this
02:46 look his left entrance into the central couloir so that he can ride in on his toe side edge.
02:52 Then he can open it up made some super nice turns above the Hollywood. Executing that perfectly.
02:59 A little bit backseat but not anywhere near like how bad it could be. Yeah for sure well done there
03:06 for Michael laying the tail into the landing to keep himself upright and then he controlled the
03:10 speed right away. Another testament to his board handling skills that he just is he's so honed in
03:16 that kind of terrain. He said this is by far the biggest face he's ever been on. How are you Deanna?
03:20 Good. All right some some words there for Michael and 85.33 a big score there for Michael Monn and
03:28 a bit of a reserved reaction there. Cool all right yeah let's go.