 The Freeride World Tour takes the best freeriders, male and female, ski and snowboard, and pitches them up on some of the most spectacular mountain faces in the world. We delve behind the scenes to find out how these amazing athletes do what they do. This is face value! Listen up Scallywags, we're here at the Freeride World Tour Geography Department and I am Professor Greyham. Okay, so the tour is actually starting in Japan all the way over here. Sushi Hakuba, let's go. Then we're gonna end up here, British Columbia, Golden Kicking Horse. Then we're gonna go all the way over here. Just here, a very small country, it is, in fact, Andorra. And the resort is called Ordino Anais. Ordino Valice. Ordino Arcalice. Ordino Arcalice. From Andorra, the tour is going to pop up north, Austria, Fieberbrunn. And then we're going to finish up the World Tour, the World Tour final in Burberry, Switzerland. We're about to head out on a run with Japanese freeski legend Yusosaki. He knows this place at the back of his hand, so hopefully we're gonna get some goods. Let's go. Let's get the pow. We're rolling, you're good. Yeah, I was like, uh-oh, backflip toy. So this is traditional Japanese barbecue? Yes, called Yakitori. Hakuba is pretty much the biggest area to go skiing on the South Island. Yeah, I think so. And there's like 10 resorts around here? I think more than 10. There's so many ski resorts, it gets closer. For me, when I see Japanese snowboarders in skis, everyone has a lot of style. Just the way you guys are turning and how you connect with the snow. Yeah, that's true, because the outer bounds are pretty less, so people skiing inbound. How? Enjoying from the inbound. Best of luck tomorrow. I can't wait to see you shredding. Yeah, of course. I hope to see you on the podium. Gloss fingers. Yeah. Okay. I'm about to go meet up with the current World Tour champion and also two times winner here at the stop in Hakuba is Arianna Chikomi. Let's see what she's got to say. Yo, Pedi! How are you? Good to see you, man. Wow! Yeah. Thanks for joining me. Yeah, I've got some nice tea for you. Oh, nice. Matcha. Matcha! So are you one of the people who started to ski as soon as you could walk? I started telemarking when I was six. Yeah. And my mom showed me, I guess, like all the aspects of skiing when I was really young. Where do you see your skiing going this year? I have a plan, actually. I'd love to maybe bring a little more style, even more shifties, more tail grabs. I'd love to do some 360s. And of course, the dream would be to do a backflip, but that's more of a personal thing for me, because it's been a trick that I've been struggling with it. I just want to ski the way I want to ski, and I never really adapted my skiing for the tour. And I really want to stay true to that without thinking too much about the triple and the points and blah, blah, blah. And just keep that style and hopefully, yeah, get better. Obviously, having fun while skiing is really important to you. How important is it to win, then? Because I find sometimes those mentalities clash. I'm super happy I won twice. I mean, if you win, I think that's, of course, a big motivation. But the days that I won were not the best days for me, because I had so many nice powder days with my friends, where you like, ski in the trees, and you hear everyone screaming for joy, and then you see their faces at the end of the run. This is what is skiing for me. I don't know. I want to go skiing now. I'm pumped to go skiing tomorrow, and you're going to show me around. All right, that's a deal. Cheers. All right, some Japanese powder. Since Mary and I are such big fans of Japanese food, we decided to come to a local supermarket. I'm going to find something for you to eat, and you have to find something for me to eat. This is it? Yeah. Ten minutes on the clock. Let's go. Fish heads. Come with me. Oh, God. Ah, crickets. Here you go. I got it. I can't get those, like, that's just really mean. Oh, Christ, we're done. I don't have anything. Crickets. I found a bag of pickled eggs. That's okay. That's not the world. Yeah, I prefer to eat that, compared to that. Really? Yeah. All right. They're not too bad. They're sweet. I hate you. Yeah, I like it. She's finishing it off. Well, now we're fully stocked up on proteins. Marion's got to go do the Freeride World Tour. I think you'll be ready. I'm ready. There are two ways to get on to the Freeride World Tour. You either get a wild card, which basically means you're invited, or you go through a qualification process. We're about to head out for a little skin to get some back country Japan action with Consti Otner, who's gone through the grueling qualification process. I remember the first video I saw of you was the run in Hockfuggen and that massive backflip. It was actually the biggest backie I ever did, maybe. Even my lens popped out in the landing from the impact. What's it going to feel like when you're in the stock gate? This is such a great beginning to be finally here, skiing with all the homies from the tour. And here it's all about the good times. And that's what I really like about skiing. There are so many legends on the whole tour. It's going to be really cool to compete with them and ski with them. Yeah, if you would have asked me, even two years ago, I'm going to compete with Tenner. I would have laughed about you. How would you best describe your skiing and your style? Yeah, I definitely want to bring some creative stuff and some big hits. That's my favorite type of skiing, but I'm always keen to try something new. Well, I'm really looking forward to seeing you ski this year. Thank you. Definitely one of my favorite riders in the start list. And yeah, let's get up there and get a couple of turns in. Oh, yeah, it's the old team. Let's do it. Pretty nice. We're at a good vantage point to see the face from. The snowboarders are just dropping in and just been hanging out with the skiers. And it's quite different to how I imagined it, actually. Like everyone's super friendly and they're all talking about the lines they want to do and what they've been scoping. And I was expecting it to be like cold as ice up here, but it's very relaxed, very chilled out. Have you been watching the guys riding? Yeah, there's some nice side kids. Boom, boom. Kind of changed my line a little bit on the stock. That's good. That's a good sign, though, huh? I always do when I watch other people. Yeah. I just have to ask you about the 360. Because, yeah, I think I can do it. Yeah, for sure. It just feels great to be here skiing with all those legends you were always looking up to. And then you're here and having a good time with them. Sick, dude. I'm looking forward to the rest of the tour. Yes, thank you so much. How are you feeling after the supermarket challenge? Because I was feeling a bit ropey. I'm sorry for you. But it didn't affect your run anyway. No, no, it's OK. My stomach was so good and I got so much energy from Japanese food. You just won again? Yeah. Awesome stuff. Super stoked. It was super cool today. Amazing snow and I got so much fun. How was the run? We talked about it before you went. You managed to hit everything. Get the three in there. Almost. I did the three. It was really cool. I'm super happy about it, actually. But then I missed the cliff afterwards because it just came up super fast. So I just skipped it because I was just having so much fun. So I didn't want to force something just to get more points. So I just enjoyed my run and I wish it would have been at least double as long or even more. Yo, Mike, check one, two. I'll get ten. I chose the clothes. What's it got? What's up, Free Ride fans? If you like what you saw on the Free Ride World Tour, you want to see some more action from the snow world, then hit the subscribe link below. 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