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00:00little message for the friends at home Moonlight Basin Montana riding at a big
00:05sky a massive podium performance for Holden Samuels back at kicking horse
00:11this man is certainly able to get it done and Holden he opened the field in
00:16Georgia now dropping in behind a couple of really solid runs Holden going out
00:21with that trademark speed going out strong he wants to be in Verbier he has
00:26a shot it's definitely not over for him yet he's got a ride well and make a
00:31strong impact on these judges yeah absolutely the run of Cody Bramwell is
00:36the line right now at the top that is the bar set Holden Samuels now coming in
00:42up and over trying to hold speed through the bushes launching up over and clearing
00:47the rock so really clean start for Holden Samuels as he makes that arcing
00:53toeside turn to get himself lined up above this gully great speed great
00:57commitment and then super control lofting that 360 to start his way into
01:03that gully full commitment for the big sky rider yeah Holden goofy foot rider
01:09so back three on that one same as we saw Michael Maughan and now getting out of
01:14the gully so Holden kind of blending two of the lines together a little bit of a
01:20perfect mix here going freestyle at the top and then getting into this big
01:25mountain section we've seen in the line scores previously the judges like this
01:29section because it's so committed and Holden going right off the nose using
01:33the heelside edge and staying up so really really strong there for Holden
01:38using all of the strength that he has in his body to hold that move and
01:43continuing down plenty more action to go here for Holden Samuels he's got the
01:47opportunity with these bushes and trees to make some extra errors out of this
01:52section he's got a proof strong riding and he's making huge turns adding in a
01:58little bit of extra flair into his run yeah finding more features in this
02:02bottom part that we've seen some riders leaving some features on the table so
02:06Holden Samuels not slowing down this is really showing the technique that this
02:11man possesses on his board as he's got another one here floating another back
02:16three and perfect very similar on that one to Michael Monn but a really
02:21different middle section up high so Holden Samuels really bringing the
02:25thunder here in the snowboard men this category delivering for us today on the
02:29Vilti loader as expected these are some of the strongest snowboard freeriders on
02:33the planet and the conditions are tough but they're making it look easy they're
02:37making it look easy really creative he kind of took the best of each third
02:41section of this venue and found a way to link them all together let's watch what
02:50he did here again full commitment huge air to start his run off again going far
02:56on the lookers right but then able to move himself with this massive transfer
03:00back onto the left side of the venue yeah landing that one perfectly not even
03:05a hint of a bobble back three over the bush we saw Michael Monn's board
03:09actually clip that one while he was in the air and then taking this one a bit
03:13more out to the right where the landings a bit cleaner you could see the body
03:17compressing there Holden leaning on his strength to get him out of that one
03:21yeah these athletes take their physical preparation so seriously and it's for
03:26moments like this when you need to just hold on stay on your feet yeah finding
03:30more features in this lower zone that other riders have struggled to even just
03:35to get down so Holden Samuels adding air and style there with the grab and
03:39then another transfer another lofty back three clean landing pressing the tail of
03:44the board in and then just releasing the fall line you can see the Mahmood line
03:48track he was all over the place there but each of those traverses was in
03:52search of a feature so fluidity gonna be high and Holden is happy there now
03:57things are in the judges hands it's up it's up in 81 so Holden slotting in just
04:03behind Cody Bramwell and putting himself