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Like I said before, I think there’s the potential to see a lot of different lines go down. Way better than when everyone is doing basically the same 2 routes, which was kind of the case in Hakuba.Quote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
Overall that place looks pretty sweet in general, going to have to add it to the bucket list.
Have you been to mammoth?Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeJ
That picture was a drone shot by Adrià Millan, I think it was January 14th. It snowed a bit today, 5 cm max, so it will look white but it really does not make a difference snow wise. If anything it will trick people into expecting pow where it's hard. It will be interesting.Quote:
Originally Posted by subtle plague
At least the comp starts when the sun gets there and they didn't screw that up.
Here's Abel Moga on the Vinyeta face in absolutely marginal conditions. Pyrenees FireLines 2021: la línea ganadora en esquí - AS.com
Abel Moga kills it. Check out his run from the Junior World Championships in 2018. Not sure how to time stamp but it's at 3:35:05 in the link below. Love the announcers reaction.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWQhiWx_3Wc&t=13001s
thought it would have more info about the venue. kinda had more about the venue they didn't choose
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DZhhRZoYYE
Was there (Kappl) with Thing #2 (competing but crashed) and Thing #3 (representing the FWT contingent). A helluva show, and a helluva good time. Fun to watch again, thanks for posting.
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Originally Posted by Angle Parking
That kid is absolutely killing it. For all you NA mags AS.com is one of the 2 big national sports websites in Spain. You don’t see that content on ESPN.com or fox sports.com. Maybe the other face is better but that venue doesn’t look bad at all. When I was competing everyone wanted a super final on Germicide at the bird. Fairly similar face in terms of length and line options.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pirene
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Game on for Saturday.
Yeah, talking with friends the consensus seems to be that Baqueira already said where they wanted the comp to be held and offered heli rides to Lolo as a way to keep him entertained. Quite a place to be dropped too, Barlonguera (or Tuc deth Milh) is a beautiful mountain. For reference, the top is 2800m (9200ft) and the bottom of the egg shaped forest on the right is at 1750m (5700-5800ft)Quote:
Originally Posted by powdork
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Another surprise for me is that they moved the end down quite a bit from the usual place. Adds some interesting options lookers right.
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Not winning runs but I reckon we'll see some action over there. The huge wall was famously jumped (to bathtub) by a local snowboarding legend back in 2012 (check https://youtu.be/h_i4Ypr8xpw?t=248, followed by Aymar's winning run)
2013 was pretty damn nice Energy Freeride Val d'Aran 2013 HD - YouTube
Then 2014 was good, 2015 we got rain right before the event so conditions were shit and that was the last year the event took place. Note that this comp was held in March because of tricky coverage before that. January there's just a lot less snow.
But yeah some extra credit hits for sure thanks to the downhill move of the finishline.
Great intel, thanks buddy!
Awesome post! Thanks for sharing the local knowledge!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pirene
Are you uh Pyrenean?
It's a smart move. Like I said above, I'd like to go check this place out now for sure.Quote:
Originally Posted by nordekette
Venue question: if someone goes deep into that left bowl will they be able to get back up on to that bottom part? Or do you need to cut across looker's right pretty early? I assume so but difficult to tell from the photo angle.
Austrian or Italian? Who cares ....they all speak French.... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
And tahoe j, you can see that on the topo map picture I Posted.
Getting around the knoll Skiers left may be difficult. But maybe I didn't get all the small hills right in my mind.Attachment 402207
IÂ’m sure this is a stupid question but how / where do you actually select your riders?Quote:
Originally Posted by nordekette
Go to the events page.
The problem for me is the little tabs that say x1.96 etc are blocking the riders names
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but it works on the phone
Picked A-Poll to win the Tour and Baq. It's his time.
alto/Tabke's deep thoughts on not competing: https://www.instagram.com/p/CY_6OMul..._web_copy_link
Hope he replaces Foose, and makes it a Williman/Tabke broadcast booth. That would be rawesome
^^^
Good pick. I was skiing with him a few days before he left for Spain and he was absolutely firing.
He'd be great in the booth full time, but I think he has other things going on.Quote:
Originally Posted by meter-man
Saw that and just did! thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by nordekette
here's a better look at the venue finally. gives a better view of the lookers right pirene was speaking of
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf5Vqgjl_70
and racing Audis through powder, which actually looks really cool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FSw2zxZpfQ8
Are two things competing this year or is that another set of brothers?Quote:
Originally Posted by oftpiste
Actually quite a load of options (though short). I like it better than other venues. I miss the MacDaddy face though. Whatever happened with that one?
Interesting face and some spice barely buried. will be interesting to see what happens when people hit this with some speed.
women's ski was kind of sad. maybe it's the conditions?
I mean i would probably have finished Top 5 if im not misjudging the conditions... but some snowbaorders ripped through the face.
In any other sport i do regulary women would kick my ass even if theiy're just semi pro or ambitious amateur. (climbing, surfing) Is the level of ski women that much lower? Is that really the best of the best?
edit: first man is down: no, its not the conditions.. ;)
edit2: ski men is not just another level, it's another galaxy.....
edit3: i liked the second backflip from the swiss kid. everyone else just bumped over it and the women barely had enough speed to lift off?
edit4: abels run was sick and i liked slemetts save. why did he score so low(control i guess?)? im watching without audio because im working....
doulbe backflip? are you kidding me?
edit6: the cooper dude doesnt really know what to do with the face.
edit7: navarro you nutjob. glad you're ok.
edit8: sickbird award for the frenchie.
Scary fall from Jess Hotter. I really liked her line choice. Glad she’s okay. So far this has been relatively uninspiring, let’s hope ski men step it up.
Hard to explain quite how bad conditions are in Europe at the mo. Pyrenees must be even worse...
the face was a lot more entertaining than the face in arcalis (the usual runs....smoothys runs is a different animal) or japan.
Great ski men's contest. Stylish tricks, huge hucks, and some next level Navarro lunacy. Very entertaining.
I expected the comp to go like the snowboard men and ski women. Did not see ski men coming like this, at all. This face has barely ever been tricked before and there were two flips or spins per person. For me Abel's run was the overall winner but I see how tossing a double will get you the win. Abel's technique holding on to those turns behind a cornice was unreal, leg strength on point. Pretty happy to see how judging was consistent with Carl's run scoring higher than Turdell because throwing a flat3 is harder than a backflip, was kind of expecting them to score Turdell higher just because of who he is.
All in all, super happy how (ski men) went, crowd was fun and was nice seeing the familiar faces. Let's hope for another comp next year and maybe somewhat later in the season to see the rest of the venues in shape.
@meter-man, I was born to dutch parents but grew up in the Pyrenees, 25 minute drive from the Baqueira Beret lifts.
Also, Aymar's run was just a faster, crazier version of his 2012 run. I don't think that would've scored that well even if he had landed it. I think a run like Abel's would've been a better showcase of his ski abilities over just pointing and praying.
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From Hotter’s Instagram. [emoji15]
Max Palm is the real deal 🔥🔥🔥
Moga and Chabloz sensational too. There’s a new generation in charge!
https://www.freerideworldtour.com/
that is pretty close. But you could be closer to world class skiing if you had an appartment in mammoth. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Pirene
more serious question: how long is it worth going to beret/when does it usually get too warm to have pow except in the steep north faces. i was in the piemont (roughly about as south) once late Feb/early March and everything except true north was cooked when the sun came out although it was minus 15 degrees at 1500m. and my last and only chance to ski the pyrenees (if conditions align) this year is late feb /early march in the carnival holidays because easter is in april.
If the sun is out and there's no wind the snow lets you know. Still, I've had sensational pow days end of March up to end of April avoiding southern half of the compass, but it's obviously not January anymore. 90% of the resort is above 1800 meters which helps.Quote:
Originally Posted by subtle plague
None of my Things competing these days. Thing #2 competed in the FWT 18/19 and 19/20. Thing #3 was done after junior worlds that year. Miss being a part of that scene!
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Originally Posted by Lindahl
Dear FWT please don't post "winning run" stuff on YouTube mere hours after the contest ends. Not everyone was able to watch it live.
Maybe I'm in the wrong though? I guess I should unsubscribe from them on YT?
That was a fun comp (at least from the ski men). Going into it I wasn't sure about the venue, but I actually like it. Sure, it could be longer, but there was a ton of variation in the lines which makes it way more fun to watch. Hopefully they'll come back to this venue sometime with a bit more snow - aside from sharks catching a couple guys, it seems like more snow would really open a few options.
More snow is not very likely because the pyrenees had a massive early season. Maybe less wind though. Things Seemed ripped.
The level of skiing right now from the men is absolutely ridiculous. It was a solid venue for them and really provided some great moments... the others not so much. With the women I kept wondering why they didn't even do anything at all on the lower runout part with such an obvious little diving board to hit.
Thought both Turdell and Freeland were scored a little low but the podium was a no-brainer. Nichols' lincoln loop with the tight landing between the rocks was pretty cool too.
So Max Palm was an event wild card invite. After that they have to keep extending him the same courtesy at the following events, right?