 30 seconds. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort here in Wyoming's magical Teton mountain range. DC here joined alongside Jeff Moran here at the base of Tensleep Bowl in Corbett's Coulor. The scene here for this amazing, iconic event, the Kings and Queens of Corbett's. And what an amazing year it was last year, Jeff. It was. We had some pretty historical stuff go down at Kings and Queens here in this historic amazing run. This is Corbett's Coulor. As you said, regularly voted one of the gnarliest, steepest, most dangerous, most extreme runs in all of North America. That's right. And history, we've seen it go down here in years past. Wouldn't be surprised to see some history go down here today. But let's take a look at what went down last year. Paulson talking about highlights from last year, the first woman to land a backflip into Corbett's. And she went massive. She went huge, making history. She'd been working on that backflip the first and second year of Kings and Queens. And finally, as everyone was saying, third time's a charm. And she put it down last year. And the stoke factor was real with her. She just was elated coming through the rest of the course. Didn't even bother with any of the features. Didn't need to. She was the queen indeed after that. And then Jake Hopfinger, the first gentleman to land a double into Corbett's with a double backflip, followed up by his buddy Parkin, who got the double and got thrown last year. Yeah, absolutely. Parkin walked away with the crown. And then we also had Mikey Morone on the snowboard side of things, putting down the first backflip on a first snowboarder last year. Double backflip. That's correct. So there you have it. Some of the stuff that went down last year, looking forward to seeing some history go down this year. But right now, we're going to send it to the top to the third member of our team, Tina Dixon, holding it down in the elements at the top of the coulard. Welcome, everyone, to the very top of Corbett's coulard. Absolutely one of the most spectacular places in all of Jackson Hole. Now, as we get ready for the event to start, the weather. Well, you can see it. Snow is falling. There are clouds swirling. And there is some flat light conditions that the athletes will have to deal with. But the good news is, you can see from top to bottom, you can see the landing. And as far as the wind goes, there is a slight breeze. So we'll have to keep our eyes on that. But the weather, three degrees, but the athletes have been keeping themselves very warm by packing in their run-ins, building their jumps, take-offs. And everyone I have talked to is so excited to be part of this event and really hyped to get dropping in. Thank you so much, Tina, and much respect to you. Thanks for holding it down in the elements and getting the vibe and the pulse up at the top. We got to talk about our format this year, same as last year. All these athletes, two runs. We've got 26 athletes, 10 men snowboarders, five women snowboarders. Then for the skier side of things, we've got nine men and two women. And pretty cool way that we determined the start order out here for Corbett's. Yeah, it was really cool. So they had a rider gathering a couple nights ago and they have a full-on lottery machine, like one of those mesh cages that they spin the ping-pong balls. So every rider came up and picked out their ball and had a number on it, and that was their drop order. Yeah, and it was great. I mean, the energy at that rider selection or the start selection party, the rider dinner was electric energy there, loved it. And let's take a look at this start sheet. It was Aaron Blunk from Crested Butte, Colorado, his second time here at this event, who drew the first drop, followed by our 2020 king from last year, our reigning king, Parking Costin. And then Jake Hopfinger getting the third drop, Hanna Beam in her fourth year at this event. She's been so close to winning it, hasn't received that queen title yet. Would love to see that go down for her this year. Yeah, and then following Hanna, we've got Audrey Hebert, and then Benji Farrow. It's his first year at Kings and Queens, followed by Elias Elhart, who's been sticking around since he was just here at Natural Selection. And then Veronica Paulson, who is our reigning queen of Corbets. Yeah, and as you see, looking down the start order, such an eclectic mix of athletes out here coming from all backgrounds. We've got some first timers, and we've got some veterans. Regardless, they're all gonna put on a show for us, and super excited to see what goes down this year. And once again, it was Aaron Blunk who drew that first drop. And Aaron Blunk, you might recognize his name from the X Games, from Half Pipe Competition. He's a member of the U.S. Free Ski Pipe Team. But the kid, he's from Crested Butte, loves skiing any terrain you throw in front of him, and he'll guarantee he's gonna slay it. All right, here we go, kicking it off. Aaron Blunk going huge, and unfortunately putting on display what a proper tomahawk is here in the Corbets. But he's all right. Tough cookie that Aaron Blunk is. Jeff, he has taken so many slams in his career, and he just bounces back up. You know, it's crazy, right? We see him coming right off the nose there of Corbets, and you really can't jump into Corbets without going at least 30 or 40 feet. I think he probably was closer to the 50-foot range. Aaron Blunk, not afraid to go big. Shout out to Aaron Blunk, fresh off of bronze medal at X Games just a couple of weeks ago for Half Pipe Skiing. Here he is coming into the bottom, just blasting a big straight air. And Aaron Blunk getting love from the crowd down here, and he's gonna have a second run if he would like to take it, to put it down. But good to see the Crested Beef Kid smiling. And again, he's built like a brick house, Jeff. Yeah. He can take slams like that, and he will be all right. That's a heavy slam to come back from in just a few months. It's good to see him here. Dropping next, our second athlete, our 2020 reigning king for Corbets. We got Park and Costin from Montana. It's his third time competing in this event, won it last year. What's he got for us this year? Dropping into Corbets is probably the most intimidating, but rewarding part of the whole event. Last year coming into it, didn't have any goals, besides just have a fun week with all the guys, go shred, go like, send it, have really fun time. And when the event came to like, it went a lot better than I could have imagined. Everything kind of top to bottom stuck it to my feet. And then felt confident enough where I was just like, I think that did pretty well. And yeah, super, super hyped last year to have taken home the crown. And back here to defend the title, we'll see what happens, but it looks like right conditions for it. So there we go. You're defending champ Park and Costin. Oh, getting the double backflip again and stopping it. He's hyped. He's charging into these features. Nice left side, 360, reaching down for that safety grab, coming into the final booter. And a massive flat three going well down that landing and showing you're right there why he was crowned King of Corbets last year. Park and Costin, you're an animal. I think he wants it. I think he wants the top of that podium again. And he definitely showed us that with that last run. Oh my God, dude. Nice work. Yeah, Parkin. All right, you're reigning King, defending champion from Corbets last year. Park and Costin starting things off in style. How did that feel, my friend? Dude, up top friggin came together. Super, super bad light this year. Everyone's sending it though. But conditions felt all time in there. It was super sick. So really excited to see what everyone else throws down. It was like, felt like you could send it as big as you want and be safe and have a good time. Just really hard to see the middle takeoff. So last minute, little three in there, but yeah, friggin adrenaline right now. It looked like you had a slightly different angle on your line this year from last year and it set you up really well for that. Was it intentional to be able to hit that first right side wedge? Definitely wasn't sure if I was going to be able to shut it down at time. Honestly, from the top, we couldn't even see those takeoffs. Okay. So it was like, once you're in there, like, where am I going? And then we're able to kind of still make it happen. But really freaking flat light. So I'm super glad it came together. While you laced your first run, you're going to go back for run two? Definitely. I need to clean it up. Yeah. Awesome. Congrats. Thank you, dude. Best of luck, Parkin. There you have it, your reigning king. First run down, definitely going back for run two. I like that. Got to clean it up. All right, getting ready to drop for his second time here in this event. Jake Hopfinger making history last year with the first individual to ever throw a double into Corbett's. It was Jake Hopfinger who set the tone last year and his buddy Parkin, following it up, throwing his own double back flip. But Jake definitely has what it takes to get up on top. It's a pretty cool competition. I love it. There's so much input for the athletes, all athlete judged. And it's just a blast to be up on the hill. Last year was a treat, to say the least. We had a great time. We kind of went out a little differently. We built a little jump into it. And it kind of allowed us to land a little closer in the good landing. So I kind of liked that tactic and I think we might stick with that one again this year. Well, dropping in next, we got Parkin's buddy, Jake Hopfinger, who is coming in right now, wanted to go double flat spin and he does it and he stomps it, going huge, into a massive left three, loving the fresh snow out here in Corvettes after copious amounts of snow but falling here upon Jackson, coming to the final booter. And just laying a big one out for the boys. Holy smokes, Jake Hopfinger, his first, the two runs. My goodness, Moran. Wow. And, you know, getting congratulated by his good friend Parkin, right as he comes through the arch. I mean, like we said, today was gonna be a historic day. We knew it was coming and we're already seeing. I mean, these aren't the most optimal conditions and you would never be able to tell, judging from what we're seeing with the first few runs here. Well, Jake Hopfinger told me the other day he wanted to try double flat spin into it and he did and he went massive. And next to drop, she's competed in this event all four years that it's been held. Hannah Beeman, who has yet to take the throne but definitely has what it takes to wear the crown. Let's hear more from the potential queen. I would say Corbett's is different from others just because of the terrain and also because we are going against the skiers. So it tends to push you in a different way and just seeing them out there riding Corbett's and doing the stuff they're doing is just pretty cool. It's different. We don't get to experience that too much. And I think just getting to ride Corbett's in the state that it is for the event, you know, like it's still fluffy and powey. It's nice and soft. And then having some cool features in there, it's just a really unique experience. Like you don't get to ride it like that at any other time. All right, well, here we go. Hannah dropping in. She was telling me that she wasn't gonna air in and take the go path, but hey, I guess when you're up there, adrenaline's pumping and you gotta send it. Last year going for the huge method in there. Hannah with a nice back three. Now there's a little, I was talking to Ranyan Djarj, our park crew, the head of the park crew. And he said there's about eight features in there, man made features. They're all sort of just like fall line kickers. They don't have a lot of pop. So they feel really natural to come off of. And Hannah opening up a couple of the new features on the rider's left side. Get the nice well of grab in there. Hannah Beeman, her first of two runs. You know, she wants that crown. Hannah Beeman, her first run, airing in, getting plenty of hang time up there. See if she will be taking her second of two runs. See if she can clean that up. And really love to see her get crowned queen of Corbett's son this year. Well, Mother Nature definitely coming in fierce down here. Let's see how it is up at the top with Tina Dixon. And guys, where I'm standing, it's about 15 to 20 degrees colder than it is at the bottom of the resort. We're also standing on the ridge. So we get a lot of wind and that adds to the cold. But the athletes, they're doing their part to keep warm. In fact, Audrey Hepburn brought up a sleeping bag. In fact, she came up to me and said, hey, if you want to borrow my sleeping bag, you can use it. It's in my backpack, just go grab it. And then Hannah Beeman said, I got an extra puffy coat if you want to use that. But there's no other event where I would be offered a sleeping bag or a coat than Corbett's Cooler. And that just shows the camaraderie of this event, guys. All right, next to drop, our first rookie that we're gonna see out here this morning, this is Audrey Hebert. Residing up in Banff, the Alberta province of Canada, 32 years of age, her first Kings and Queens event. You were saying, Jeff, she's been here before, but Corbett's was close, so she didn't even get a chance to check it out on her first visit. Yeah, correct. She's one of the riders today that her first time in Corbett's will be when she jumps in for the contest today. And taking a nice tumble in there, letting us know that she is okay, getting some roars from the crowd. Once again, a rookie out here for the Kings and Queens of Corbett's, Audrey Hebert. Coming out of Banff, originally the French-Canadian, hailing from the Quebec area. Audrey was saying how she really was excited for the format of this contest about how just the way that the start positions were chosen, how it's all lottery, but really looking forward to the camaraderie and riding with all these other athletes and meeting all these other athletes. Well, she definitely was going for it as she should, right? First run, great snow. She's one of the first few riders to go, so we definitely see people with high-risk maneuvers coming into the couloir today. But yeah, I think that she's gonna probably want to take advantage of that second run. Okay, next up, another rookie out here for Kings and Queens, Benji Farrow, former member of the U.S. snowboard half-pipe team, pipe jock, definitely spent a lot of time in those icy ditches, and man, kid rips, but he's transitioned into more of a free-riding career and loves Jason the Powder. It's his first time out here competing in Corbett's, and I'm really excited to see what Benji has to offer this very powerful rider he is. All right, here we have it. Benji Farrow going for a double backflip, it looked like there, his visibility is little challenging with the snow flying in the air, but Benji Farrow not afraid to send it, Jeff? Definitely not, I mean, that was insane. You know, as we've said, last year we saw the first double backflip from a snowboarder, and that was a result of how the energy built throughout the day with all of our athletes, and now we're seeing that kind of thing coming right out early on. It's getting a nice straight air there at the end, and Benji shaking his head, because he's like, man, I know I can stomp that, again. I know he can too, we know he can. The kid is a powerhouse. I wanna see him get back up there for his second run and put that down. Yeah, yeah, it's good that all the riders have two runs, and I really love that the format is, they get to either take the second one or not, and then if they do take both runs, they also get to choose which of those two runs ends up being the one that's judged, right? So there's a lot of freedom for the athletes in this competition to really make it their own experience. All right, next two drop, another rookie out here for Kings and Queens of Corvus. We've got Elias L. Hart coming out of Germany, one of the best backcountry snowboarders from Europe, and it's time to check in for more on Elias' thoughts on being here and competing in Corvus. Well, my history with Corvus is very short. The one time I've seen it was in a blizzard last week, so I didn't see all that much. I have been here for the natural selection contest and I just heard the contest was on, and it was like amazing conditions all throughout last week, and so I thought might as well just stick around for it and give it a try. Elias L. Hart, the dude films with Travis Rice. That's pretty much all you got to say, Jeff. Yeah, exactly, right? If Travis gives you the call and says, hey, come on up to Alaska. I want to film some lines with you, like you can't say no. Well, here he is, dropping in for his first time here to Corvus in a beautiful method. Craig Kelly definitely going to be proud of that one looking down from above into the frontside 360. Elias having a good time out here, Jeff. Yeah, it looks like that wedge right there in the middle kind of snuck up on him, but he is staying on his feet, and that was a beautiful method. And the backside 720 just getting a little heel-heavy and hung up there on the fresh snow in the landing, but crowd loves it. And how about that method in the Corvus? Could that be one of the best methods we've ever seen thrown into the school? It was unreal. I felt like he was in that position forever. Like he just was hanging in the air. That shows how much hang time these athletes are getting every time they drop in. No problem for us seeing that method is he just let that one hang out to dry. Well, European style, you see a lot of riders grabbing in front of the bindings, and hey, if you got the proper tweak, I say it's whatever feels best to you. Yeah, I agree. This is very reminiscent of the Nico Mueller's method. Yeah, I love how that one trick is so iconic in snowboarding, and every single person has their own take on it. All right, well, the only is there. It's just thrown one of the most beautiful methods, if not the most beautiful method we've seen into the school or ever before. But next up, it's our 2020 queen of Corvus, Veronica Paulson. And as we've said before, making history here last year, the first woman to ever do a backflip into Corvus, and she did it proper too. I've been trying to land a backflip into Corvus for three years. Took me a lot of practice, a lot of years of trying, and then last year finally put it down to my feet. I just tried to come into it with confidence, and after all the prep I had done, I was feeling really good, and I actually didn't know I had it until a couple of turns after. I was still trying to hang on right when I landed, so just exploded with emotion, and it was about awesome, and came home with a win. And here we have it, Veronica Paulson, going for it again, laying that one out, and unfortunately just looked like her tips just kind of catching the snow as she brought that backflip around, but wow. Well, Veronica Paulson, our reigning queen here for Corvus. Just going for it again, and I love seeing that backflip was massive, Jeff. It was huge, and you know what's interesting that we're seeing this year is a lot of the riders are coming off more of the rider or skier's left side of the nose, as opposed to last year they were coming more straight into the gut of it, and that has a lot to do with just how the snow has stacked up this year. Every year's a little bit different, and so when we were up there earlier, the riders were creating their individual takeoffs, and that just happened to be where they thought the best line would be this year. Veronica Paulson gathering herself and hats off to Veronica going for it again this year, and just the confidence of that backflip she just went for there, Jeff. She was composed in the air, really stalled out that backflip, it was beautiful. Yeah, if you've ever seen any footage of her like preparing in the gate to drop for these events, like she does a ton of visualization, you can see her actually running through the motions, like physically preparing to do that backflip, and I think that comes from her years as a mogul's competitor. Well, Veronica Paulson, the reigning queen, skiing into the finish area here, big smile on her face, that's what we like to see, and hopefully she'll be heading back up for run number two. I want to see her put that down again, looking like she went bigger than last year. All right, next to drop, we got Grant Gillar last year making his debut out here at Kings and Queens of Corvettes, coming out of Colorado, very talented snowboarder. Last year he came straight from a rail event to compete in this event, just kind of giving you a little indication of how well-rounded he is. Yeah, Grant is just such a nice guy, and here he comes. Grant Gillar spinning big here into the school yard, fortunately not getting the clean landing, but quick to get himself back to his feet. Oh, look at the snow up there. Yeah, I think it looked like he might have come in switch backside five if I had to guess. It's a little tough to see from down here, but going for the back flip there, unfortunately getting a little hung up. Grant Gillar, for those that don't follow him on social media, and if you can take some gruesome photos, as we look at this big, beautiful back three, take a look at his handle just a couple of weeks ago, see who's filming down until you ride Colorado. He almost bit his tongue in half it looked like. Again, not for the faint of heart, if you're gonna be looking at it, but pretty impressed to see him out here riding after that accident that he did. Yeah, he said they needed to reattach part of it, and he actually was considering maybe not coming. He didn't know if it was the right thing to do, and he talked to the guys here at GHMR, and they were like, we'd love to have you, and so he decided, all right, he got a mouth guard, and he decided to come and do it. I know it's on his mind though, he's being careful, but he decided he couldn't pass up this opportunity, and that makes sense. We are getting ready to see Hans Minnick drop in for his first of two attempts. Very stylish approach he took last year, buttering into the Cool-R. Yeah, Hans definitely has a pretty creative approach to snowboarding, like everything he does, he puts his own little personal stamp on it, and that butter last year was a perfect example. Excited to see what he's got for us this year. Here he is, Hans Minnick. Dropping in for his first run. Oh, nice face shot after that 360 there. That was at least a seven, maybe even a nine off the top. Yeah. Oh. Oh, nice recovery. That might have been intentional, that was a pretty sweet butter. And just a nice, beautiful, Euro-style method of wrap up his run. Hans Minnick with his first of two runs. You can see him shaking his head over there, I think he's probably not as bumped with that run as he wanted to be, but again, all the riders have the opportunity to take two runs, so I think we'll probably see him back up there again for a second one. All right, dropping in next. Newcomer out here to this contest, but no stranger to Jackson. It's a local boy, native out here for Jackson Hole. Sam Schwartz, 25 years of age, really fired up to see Sam drop in here to Corbett's. Sam going for the double backflip, and he stomps it. Local boy showing you how it's done. Sam was 10 years old when he first dropped into Corbett's, and it shows he's definitely got some experience riding it. Nice left three up there in his run, coming into the final booter. Those powerturns are going to play into his score. And a big old backflip at the bottom. Sam Schwartz, the local ripper, putting it down. If you're ever cruising around downtown Jackson Hole and want to get a drink from Sam, swing on into local where he tends bar. Sam was saying that one of his goals was to give Parkin a run for his money this year. And I'd have to say, after seeing that run, he's living up to that statement. And judging by his trajectory here in the Corbett's, it looked like he definitely hit one of the man-made kickers they've got up there at the top. But he just blasted off with that double backflip. Next to drop here, your 2018 King of Corbett's. This is Crazy Carl. Carl Fosfett got second place in 2019. Last year, 10th and a 1080. Getting word that he's going to go for a switch night here on this first hit. But Crazy Carl, always excited to see what this Sun Valley Idaho native has for us. And going for a big 720 it looked like here is lost a little bit of that in the snow. But Crazy Carl, always going to see an exciting performance out of him. Last year, we saw him go for a 1080 on a little more of the flat access rotation here into the Cullar. Carl brings some really awesome energy to this event. Just being in the room with him, it's infectious. He's so pumped on being here for Kings and Queens. It's really great to have him back. All right, so Carl cleaning himself up. Nice switch, left 540 there. Oh, nice pal turn. Crazy Carl coming into the final booter. And there's a huge left 10 cap in that tail. Left 10 blunt from Crazy Carl. And the crowd loves it out here. Crazy Carl, that's so nice having you back here at Kings and Queens and Corbets. All right, dropping next, Marissa Crosack. She's competed here in Kings and Queens and Corbets before originally out of northern Michigan, now calling Oregon home, doing it for Jones Snowboards in Oregon. Love spending time on her splitboard and out snowmobiling as well. And here she is, coming in for her first of two attempts, sending it off the top. And yeah, keeping her flow here into the Cullar. Newt Grav off that kicker in the middle, might actually be Indicator Rock right there. Ski Patrol keeps an eye on that rock throughout the season. And once it gets about 70 inches of snow in there, that's how they know it's time to open it up. Here comes Marissa into the final crowd pleaser booter. They're going for the nice method there. Marissa spent eight years as a wildland firefighter in the summers. Studying aviation as a fixed wing pilot as well, so well-rounded, creative young woman here. Dropping next, local boy, Blaine Gallivan. Hight to see this guy drop in, Jeff. He's a buddy of yours. Yeah, absolutely. Blaine is one of the most stylish skiers in all of Jackson Hole. Watching him in the way that he uses the mountain is incredible. And we haven't seen him here since 2019. He was in Kings and Queens. And so I'm excited to see how he handles it today. And he was telling me the other day about his pizza business that he's got going with his girlfriend, Franny, in a converted horse trailer. Oh, would I love to be standing in front of that pizza oven right now? Well, here he is. Blaine dropping in, looking like going for a seven there on his way in. Again, a little tricky for us to see from here, but huge three there, coming in hot. Rock in the middle, kind of snuck up on him. And here he is in the crowd pleaser. And the rodeo five, just coming up a tad bit short over that knuckle. But you hear it from the crowd out here, getting behind their local boy, Blaine Gallivan. And man, we're hyped to have him back third place in 2019. He's got another run coming his way as well. Next to drop, local boy. But his first time competing in this event, this is Max Barton born right here in the heart of the Tetons. Yeah, absolutely. Max and his brother, Weez, are both just ripping skiers. Grew up here. He's an alumni of the Jackson Hole Skiing Snowboard Club. He's a personal trainer. He's like top of the top of the fitness charts right now. So I know he's been in Corbett's a ton in his life, but I don't think he's ever sent it the way he is going to today. So I'm excited to see what he's got for us. And here we go, Max Barton, dropping in. Looks like Max had a huge left side seven there, staying on his feet until the second hit. He getting away from him, ghost riding down here into tent sleep bowl. But you see the pole spin from Max Barton and the crowd out here in Jackson hanging out in a nice responsible manner and sending their love out to him. Yeah, that's got to be tough. I mean, a lot of the competitors and the athletes that might have trouble on the first big hit. But when you stop the first big hit off the nose, you kind of feel like the hard part might be behind you. So for him to have gone down on one of the smaller hits, it's got to be tough to be processing. But I'm sure he's stoked that he's got another run coming up. Max Barton coming into the bottom here in the cow bow out here for the local ripper. Max, one of the Stio athletes here with his teammate Sam Schwartz, a local locally based outerwear company. But they're pretty big these days. Dropping next, we got another rookie. Never even has been to Jackson. This is Sophia Ruches doing it for faction skis coming out of the Pacific Northwest. Likes to spend a lot of time chasing storms in her 1990 camper van. Yeah, she's got a piece of my heart right there. I'm a camper van kind of guy. So I'm sure she's going to do just fine if she's cruising around in a camper van. Well, first time in Jackson, what better way to introduce yourself to this little slice of heaven by just entering one of the craziest contests that there is out there and just sending it into Corbett's. Sophia coming off the top of the west wall there, new line. We haven't seen that one yet. I don't believe like definitely coming out over the rocks and not just off of the cornice. Yeah, looking forward to seeing the angles from all our cameras up there. Big shout out to all our production crew out here hanging out in these elements, getting all these beautiful shots for us and affording us all these angles. Yeah, what people probably don't realize is there are cameramen and women tucked in that all of those nooks and crannies up there in the rocks on either side of Corbett's couloir. So that's how we're able to get all these amazing shots. And Sophia Ruches regaining herself. Now just enjoying the beautiful pow. Get a little bit of air there, but Jeff, she sent it off that west wall entering into the couloir. She did. That was the first time we saw someone take that line. She went really hard. Skiers left for her line in. And here she comes into the crowd. Pleaser Booter at the bottom. Well, not a bad way to drop into Corbett's for your first time ever. Coming in, she had a huge smile on her face coming through the Red Bull arc over there. So at least she had a good time getting down here. Again, as with many of the riders, this is a super tough event to do well in. And I'm sure she's happy she's going to get another run. But it was good to see her coming through with that smile. Some people are coming through shaking their heads. And I think she's just pumped that she's here to be a part of it. Well, before we get to our next athlete, let's go ahead and send it back to the top to Tina Dixon. We're so used to seeing Yuki Kodono in big air and slope style contest. In fact, he was the first snowboarder to do back to back 1620s in a competition. But we never see him in big mountain events like this. This is new. And he admitted to me earlier that he was nervous, but Yuki's got such great board handling skills. And overall, everyone's really excited to see him out here. Well, Yuki Kodono has never been a Jackson hole before his first time here, and he is absolutely loving it. But not for me. Let's hear what Yuki's got to say about being out here at this event. I just got invited like three days ago. Then it looks so fun. I'm never doing like freestyle contest, freeride contest. Yeah, it looks scary. Like big drop. But yeah, it's going to be fun week. Yuki Kodono coming out of Japan, residing now here in the States, living at Big Bear out in California. 2015 and 2020, Burton US Open champion, six time X Games medalist. He was an Olympian from 2014. And here's Yuki dropping in for his first time. Oh, all right. I think Yuki went switch back one. And technically, he stopped that. He got a little eaten up in the pow once he got down, but the landing was clean. I heard a rumor that he was going to try that and it proved to be true. Oh, Yuki blasted the back seven. Oh, he's so pumped. He's so pumped coming in. All the other athletes are congratulating him. Like he's so hyped. That is his energy is infectious. Everybody is going nuts for him right now. Well, Yuki Kodono, congratulations. Omedetoga Zimbos for your first time, dropping into Corvettes. How was that for you? That felt so good. Amazing, the best, best snowboarding ever. It was so good. Yuki, have you ever hit cliffs this big or done tricks like that off anything? No, that was my first time hit a cliff. Amazing. You got another run coming your way. You're going to take run number two, Yuki? Yep, for sure. All right. Well, run number one, Ichiban in the books. Yuki Kodono, thank you so much. Thank you very much. And our next athlete to drop in, coming out of Park City, now calling Salt Lake City your home. This is Madison Blackley. Fourth place finish last year here at Kings and Queens of Corvettes said that was the highlight of her snowboarding career. But before she drops in, let's hear some words. Well, one of the unique things about this competition is there's really no practice. You just have to kind of hope that the conditions are what you expect of them, which can be super variable. It's really cool that it's skiers and snowboarders. I really like that we go together because it's kind of the novelty about like, which snowboarder is going to beat the skiers in a skier competition. And I think that's just really fun thing about this. Well, let's see if she can get a new highlight and stomp an epic run out for us out here today into Corvettes. And here we have Madison Blackley dropping in. Looks like most of our athletes today are taking that kind of rider skiers left line closer to the west wall, a little bit different than what they were doing last year. Madison able to make her way over and get the first kicker on riders right. Nice and clean here for Madison. We're getting towards that time of the day where there's quite a few tracks in Corvettes now, so riders are going to have to take that into consideration as to what line they choose on the way down. Madison going for the nice big front three at the end. Used to compete on the slope style circuit for events such as do tour in Grand Prix and well, stepping away from those types of competitions and good to see her out here at Corvettes once again, Jeff. Yeah, absolutely. And Madison was saying that she was really mentally prepared for this year. I think a lot of that has to do with having already been here once and had a year under her belt and knowing what to expect, but she seemed really focused coming into the event. Some of the athletes said they didn't really know what their plan was and she seemed like she had it all together. And our next athlete getting ready to drop in is going to be Salt Lake City's Thane Rich calling Alton Snowboard his home mountains out here doing it for forefront skis and fly low. Also a pro rally car racer. Thane's got a pretty interesting background. It says he once conducted the Utah Symphony in fifth grade. Yeah, unfortunately, Thane not stomping his first landing here in Corvettes, but clean it up on his way through and a nice left seven to round out his run. So Thane Rich, see if he can clean up his entrance into Corvettes on his second run here at the Kings and Queens of Corvettes 2021 edition. All right, dropping next, we've got Mount Baker Washington local, Zoe Vernon, Bank Slalom racer as well, racing in such events as the legendary Bank Slalom and Dirksen's Derby. Yep, yep, and coming back out here this year for Kings and Queens of Corvettes with their boyfriend, Hans Minnick. And here's Zoe dropping it for her first, the two runs. Looks like Zoe having a little trouble up top. We're getting later in the drop order now and so it's definitely gonna be tougher for these athletes to stomp their landings off the nose, you know, like I said earlier, that's a 30 to 50 foot drop just to air in and with as many tracks as we have now, it's gonna make it a lot more difficult. And Zoe back up on her feet, getting some nice pallet turns in. Still plenty of fresh snow up there. Once you get down a little bit into the middle section of the coulard and it opens up a bit, quite a bit of fresh snow still for our competitors. The crowd is hyped on Zoe as she comes in to this final hit, the crowd pleaser. Zoe Vernon with a tail grab off that final hit coming through the Red Bull arc. Being welcomed down by all the competitors. A lot of the competitors were talking about how one of their favorite components of being at this event is literally getting to the bottom and reuniting with all of the other friends and competitors and being able to watch the event from the bottom. And Garrett Warrick getting ready to drop in for his first of two runs, his first time competing in this event. Coming out of Bend, Oregon, home mountain of Mount Bachelor at Dormant Volcano, holding the skills of many athletes. It's like Garrett was going. I think that was a backside five. It could have been a switchback five, but getting right back up on his feet and back into the man-made features here in the lower part of the course. Hopping here to the final hit. There we go. I love that he put all that extra flair all the way through the landing and the Red Bull arc into the finish zone. That's gonna work well for him. And you know, a reminder to everyone watching, this is athlete judge, peer judge. We don't have a panel of judges anywhere checking this out, giving scores. Once we collect all this footage and edit all their runs together, the athletes are gonna get together and have a viewing session. And they're the ones who judge each other and decide who are gonna be the ones standing on top of the podium. Drop in next, we've got 23-year-old Cooper Branham coming out of Gig Harbor, Washington, Crystal Mountain, his stomping grounds. He had moved to Colorado and was basing himself out of there. Last year, Cooper competed in this event for the first time, loves it up here, fell in love even more so with Jackson that he ended up moving here, basing himself out of here now. Yep, Cooper's been spending a lot of time with his buddy, Cam Fitzpatrick, who's also in the contest today. They've been filming together, they're back country buddies, so Cooper's definitely becoming a solid fixture in the Jackson Hole shred scene. Riding for Burton Snowboards, getting ready to drop in for his first of two runs. The very colorful kit he's rocking out here today, Jeff. I like his kit. He's got the full muted pink kit head to toe. Here's Cooper dropping in for his first of two goes. Looks like Cooper was, I think that was switchback five, kind of misty flip. He definitely butt checked, but got right back up. Yeah, bounced right back up. You know what I'm sending the Wildcat? Little mini cliff drop off that rock in the middle of the Cool-R where it starts to fan out, and here's Cooper off of the... Good to see Cooper get up from a tough slam. He fell from really high up there, but up and smiling, and that's what you like to see. Cooper just moving out here this past year to elevate his career, and it's definitely showing in his riding. Let's see if he'll get back up there for run number two. Next to drop, we have got another first timer here for Kings and Queens of Corbets, Jason Robinson. I was so excited when I saw his name on the start sheet. I've been enjoying his video parts as he's been filming with absent film for years now, but Jason Robinson dropping in for his first time here into Corbets. Let's see what he's got for us. So when I was up there earlier with all the athletes and they were kind of scoping out where they were planning to take off, I heard rumors of Jay Robb wanting to take off from this zone, the far riders right of the Cool-R. And I'll be honest, I was looking at it and I just don't know where the line is. So I'm pretty excited to see what he's gonna come up with. This is definitely gonna be one of the higher risk, higher reward lines, and definitely one of the most unique lines that we'll see, not only this year, but of all of our Kings and Queens events. I would like to send a shout out to his mom Pam if she's watching from home and here he is. Oh, Jay Robb coming in hot from around those upper rocks. Looks like he misjudged the trajectory on that first rider's left hip, but came right back with a nice smooth backside three. And the beauty of those turns right now. Here he comes into the crowd pleaser, little in the back seat, but getting that nice stylish frontside 180 around. You know, Jay Robb has been described by Volee Neivelt as one of the more unique and creative riders out there. And I think we just saw that go down. Proof is in the pudding, taking an unconventional approach, and I like it, Jeff. He somehow figured that out. I'm going to have to go back. We're going to have to need to check the tape because that is going to be one of the most impressive things to have to be able to get through that line on his feet and make the rest of the run come together is a huge accomplishment. And I would likely say that his peers are probably going to look at that pretty, with pretty high scores. Next up, another rookie out here for this event. This is Alex Hall, a member of the US Free Ski Slope Style team, what an accomplished individual he is. He's just 22 years of age. He's already got three X Games medals under his belt. He's an Olympian. His first time here, his first day skiing here in Jackson. He was taken out to the Alta Cliffs and just sent the goal post cliff, which you can speak about, on his first run. That is heavy. I mean, the goal post cliff is like one of the gnarliest shots all around Jackson Hole. It's in bounds and there's not a lot of room for error. So that's pretty amazing that he would go straight there on his first day in Jackson. Well, here he is, dropping in for his first time into Corbett's and just terribly missing the wall there. Yeah, he put, he put it down. He was on his feet, but again, it looked like he got caught up in some of the chunder up there in the upper part of the Cooley and pulled over towards the West Wall, but luckily not going into it and managed to recover and still putting a run together here at the base. And this is where he'll definitely shine on the bottom boot or the accomplished slope style athlete, Alex Hall, A-Hall. Six foot four, tall in stature and just oozes style. And I cannot wait to see the replay and dissect what Alex Hall threw down here on his first of two attempts to be crowned the King of Corbett's. All right, ready to drop next. This is his fourth time competing in this event, Mikey Morone. He's a Wyoming native born and raised in Casper, now calling Jackson home. Yeah, Mikey Morone, a hardworking professional snowboarder. He kind of flies a little bit under the radar, but he's one of those dudes that when you see him ride in person, he blows your mind. Well, let's see what he's got for us. He's got his first run ready to drop in. Now with the nature of this event and how they determine the start order, Mikey drawing the 26th drop in for this. So there are a lot of tracks in there. You think he's going to be phased by that? Well, last year he had the last drop position as well. So although he didn't want it again, he's comfortable with it. He knows what it's like. He knows what to expect. And he knows he's not getting a fresh Corbett's, but that's okay. He didn't stop him from throwing down last year. Nope, luck of the draw didn't go his way, but still beast mode is what we're going to see. And here he is, Mikey Morone. Mikey going that huge laid out double backflip, similar trick with different style from what he did last year. And you know, he pretty much landed it and rode away, but unfortunately got it caught up in all the tracks. Like as we were saying, the Kular is pretty beat up right now from having, I think it's 24, 25 people having gone before him. So he was working really hard to stay on his feet. He was actually riding his tail out quite a bit, but it did get him. And he got a little bit of a tumble. Good news is he's got most of the course left to see what he can do. Ooh, beautiful power turn. Going hard, riders left. We've only seen a few people take that route, riding right along the ribbon of the rocks and coming into the crowd pleaser. Giant method there at the finish. Taking a little tumble, but right back to his feet. And Mikey Morone will have the advantage of dropping pretty quickly now on the run too if he chooses to take that run. Our final athlete in this start order to drop in for his first of two runs here into Corbett's and his spot at the throne. This is local boy, Cam Fitzpatrick, the son of a patroller here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. And what a great individual he is. Yes, absolutely. Couldn't have said it better. Cam is like all time one of the greatest dudes I've ever met. It's been a fun progression to watch over the years and I couldn't be more stoked for Cam. Well, for more on the local boy, let's hear from Cam Fitzpatrick in his own words. Me and Corbett, I feel like it's been a long-term relationship. My dad pushed me into it when I was like eight, I think, on skis. And I actually had repelled into it first when I was a younger kid. And it's just kind of been this iconic run, obviously, throughout my whole life, growing up here in Jackson Hole Mountain Resort and having the background of the ski patrol family. My dad's been a ski patrol here for over 30 years. And now that we have a contest into it, it's been insane. I mean, this is the fourth year and it's really an honor to be back here four years in a row. And to be a part of this big event has been kind of a dream come true. Well, here we go. Cam Fitzpatrick, Cam going half cab and riding away relatively clean, all things considered, trying to get a butter spin off of that first rider's right wedge, but getting a little eaten up. Again, we have more man-made features in the car. More man-made features in the car this year than any time before. Cam going with a butter, missy flip it look like. Nice big, slow 360. It looks like the riders are having a bit of a tough time judging the speed off of the crowd pleaser. We're seeing people go pretty deep on it, but luckily riding away pretty safe and smooth. That concludes our first of two runs for athletes here at the 2021 edition of the King and Queens of Corbettes here at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Well, joining us now here in our open air booth, we've got Red Bull athlete and professional skier, Johnny Collinson up in the mix. And Johnny, pleasure having you out here. Glad to see you've been out enjoying the snow here at the Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. Thoughts on what we've seen here from those first runs? Yeah, I mean, it's been a pretty insane show so far. Start off with a bang, Aaron Blunk, with a big zero spin off the top, right into parking at big dub back, and Jake with a big dub flat. Yeah, it's quite a show so far. All right, so if you were up there, just theoretically, what do you think your run would look like? Ooh, tough question, the big dog. Put him on the spot. Yeah, I mean, it's my sin. If we're playing fantasy league, right? Fantasy league. Yeah, like if you had to put together your fantasy run, and you've seen how awesome the course looks like today. Yeah, I mean, I think I would probably do something similar to park and run, like a double off the top, a three somewhere in the middle, and then maybe like a seven or a backflip off the bottom jump. I like it, strategic with the video game controller, not just mashing all the buttons. So run number two coming up here, some of your favorite picks, and maybe some foreshadowing or some predictions of what you think you're gonna see or what we're all gonna see up here. Yeah, I'd really love to see Crazy Carl land that switch nine. He's been going for it, and it'd be sick to see him put it to his feet. And also Thane Rich, he wants to land switch pretty bad, so that would be pretty awesome as well. Right on. Well, Johnny, thanks for joining us out here. Appreciate it. And hey, you're gonna spend a few more times out here in Jackson Hole? Yeah, enjoying the snow. All right, well, thanks for taking the time to catch up with us. Johnny Collinson, make sure you check out his edits as well. My man kills it. Appreciate you, brother. Yeah, thank you. Run two, coming your way. We'll see what these athletes have for us as we look to crown a new King and Queens potentially here of Corbett's Cool Art. Here we go, heading into the second runs. And it's gonna be actually crazy Carl dropping in first, so switching things up a little bit from the reverse start order, Jeff. Yeah, it sounds like a last minute decision. The reverse start order would have been a best case scenario, but with things going on, things change. And so now it's a rapid fire. Whatever athletes get back up to the top, they'll be able to drop when they're ready. Well, Craig, you know, you're gonna be able to catch up with us from the top, they'll be able to drop when they're ready. Well, crazy Carl coming in for his second of two runs. He's gonna be kicking off this second run order. Coming in switch with the big switch, nine. That was crazy and he held it together. All right, he definitely wants it. Here he comes into the rest of his run. Oh, he's attacking the Cool Art right now. Crazy Carl coming up, setting up his speed for the bottom booter. What's he got for us? Massive left side, 10-80. Lock it in the tail grab stomp in that one. Going to the bottom of the landing. And crazy Carl puts down an epic top to bottom run. There you have it, your 2018 King of Corbets showing you why he has been down that crown before. Yeah, then getting a second place in 2019 right behind Travis Rice and putting a big stamp on the event last year with that 10-80 off the nose. Carl leaving an indelible mark here on Corbets Cool Art. Before our next athlete drops, let's go ahead and send it up to Tina who's up at the top of Corbets. The strategy for the second runs, most athletes want to improve on what they did the first time around. But you do have guys like Sam Schwartz who said, I did everything I wanted to but hey, it's Corbets, why not? And then Thane Rich said he went way too fast so needs to slow things down. The good news is with the second runs, the athletes know what they're going up against. They know what it feels like. The bad news, the snow on the landing is not going to be as good. All right, well, our next athlete getting ready to drop in for his second of two runs. It's going to be Grant Giller. Grant made his debut out here for Corbets last year. Really hyped to have him back. Really an ATV when it comes to snowboarding. He'll attack any terrain you throw out in front of him. Last year, we were really excited to hear that he had been at a rail jam right before coming here and competing in this big mountain freestyle event. So Grant Giller, you never know what he's going to throw. He's got a very deep bag of tricks. But here he is dropping in. Grant going with that switch back five again but having trouble on the landing. A lot rides on that first hit, as you can imagine. I mean, this is the king and queen of Corbets. So whatever goes down off the nose or off that first hit is going to be weighed pretty heavily. But as it is rider or peer judged, the athletes know that landing that first hit is really, really tough. So they're going to take into consideration what kind of tricks are being thrown. And here comes Grant into the final hit here, the crowd pleaser. Grant Giller having a little tumble right before the final hit. So not going to be sending off of that. But big shout out to Grant Giller being out here competing with us today, riding with the mouth guard. Grant has spent a ton of time riding over in Europe and making a name for himself over there. It's good to have him back stateside here for kings and queens again. Next to drop, we have got local boy Sam Schwartz, Jackson native. Getting ready to drop in his second of two goes here. Yes, Sam is, he's got like such high energy. I know he's been putting a lot of that energy into starting his own business here. Avant delivery, I believe it's called. So here he comes. Sam Schwartz dropping, going for the double backflip, going absolutely ginormous, not putting down the clean landing gear, but composing himself to get the 360 there in the middle. And putting back to back tricks. Looks like, whoa, trying to go backflip and bring it around and land switch. Yeah, almost like rodeo five style. And you can hear it out there. Our fans are crowd there nice and responsibly distanced, but they're still able to put a lot of audible noise out there and show their love for these athletes and the local ripper, Sam Schwartz, definitely getting the love out here. Now it's time for our next rider, Madison Blackley, 31 years of age, originally from Park City. Just moved about 30 minutes down the road to Salt Lake City, calling home now. Got a fourth place finish last year here in this event. Says that was the highlight of her snowboarding career so far. Had a great first run. And let's see what she's got for us here on run number two. Madison Blackley dropping in for her second run, taking the goat path entrance. Madison working her way over to that first wedge on the rider's right lookers left, front side air, and staying on her feet. There's still lots of snow to be had up there in the coulard. There we go. Backside three. I didn't even see that thing. I forgot it was up there. It's kind of hidden in the flat light. So again, shout out to Madison for being able to pull that around and stay on her feet. It is a bit tough visibility for all of our riders today. You got to keep that in mind. They're putting themselves on the line. And Madison finishing off super strong with a frontside three off the crowd. Please are coming in through the Red Bull arc. And everybody seems to be feeling it. Tell you what I'm feeling is her kit. He's talking about the visibility out there. No problem seeing her out there. Steezy. Steezy kit out there. Thank you, Madison. Looking good while looking good on her snowboard. I agree. Fashion counts. Next athlete to drop in here for his second of two runs, Aaron Blunk. As I've been saying before, two-time X Games medalist, two-time world champ, two-time Olympian. He was the first one to drop the giant zero spin. What's he got for us this time? Aaron Blunk dropping in. Getting word that he is dropping in switch again. And going for the zero spin again. And Blunk, you got to applaud the effort as the helmet and skis go flying off. And Aaron Blunk, such a boss going for it. He's pumped. I mean, the landing was everything you didn't want to have happen. He lost everything that was with him. His gear is still coming down the mountain, but he's so pumped. He again went for that zero spin, which has never been done and that I know of. I've never heard of someone attempting that. When we talked to him earlier, he said, well, I'm going first. I might as well put it on the line. I'm going to have the best snow of the day. I honestly did not think we were going to see him come back after 27 some-odd riders have gone through and attempt a zero spin again. Who zero spins into Corbett's once it's been trapped? Not only when it's fresh, but once it's been tracked out. The answer, Aaron Blunk, Crestview, Colorado represent. And before our next athlete drops in, let's go ahead and send it up to the third member of our team with Tina Dixon, finger on the pulse from the top of the cooler. I wanted to show you guys what the jumps and takeoffs look like here at the top of Corbett's. You can see different sizes, different levels, and the athletes really took their time to make sure everything was dialed in. Another point, they're set back about five to 10 feet from the edge. That's done on purpose to help meet the transition better on the landing, especially on those bigger tricks like the double backflips, guys. Dropping in next, Benji Farrell coming out of Summit County, Colorado. Former Pike Jock now pursuing the passion of filming out in the back country. Here he is dropping in for a second run. Benji going with that double backflip again and you can kind of see like the takeoff was set back from the lip. So he was in the air before he even came over the edge of the cornice, getting eaten up again on his way down. There's plenty of run left to have fun with. Benji likes having fun. He's going to enjoy some of this pal and coming into the final jump. You know he's going to put a show on for the people here. Benji going huge. Going way deep. That one's hard to read it looks like today, but we're calling it the crowd pleaser for a reason. And a big shout out to Benji's friends from the mentally sound crew that traveled up here from Colorado to hang out and support him and well, they're going to go out and do some film and actually they were out on their snowmobiles yesterday. So Benji's going to be prepared for this event doing some film and shredding out in the backcountry getting into some amazingly deep snow. We've got another Jackson local and native dropping in next. First time competing in this event though. Max Barton. Yeah, Max coming out of the gates hot like he's got that ski racing background. Now he's a big mountain skier right and coming into Corbitt's first run we saw that 720. A little bit of a park riding background. It seems like to. And I know he had a little bit of trouble on his first run. So he's hoping for some redemption, but I bet we're going to see some big tricks out of it. And here we go. Max Barton dropping in. Max going for that 720 again. But yeah, falling victim to that. That churned up Corbitt's Couar snow and Max Barton back on his feet. Going for that. Left three and just get a little forward there. But right back to his feet again. Oh, spread eagle. Who doesn't love a spread eagle? Right, Max Martin finishing up. His first year performance is second run here at the Kings and Queens of Corbitt's Invitational. I know he's pumped just to be part of the event. Probably not the performance he was hoping for, but I mean this just goes to show how incredibly difficult it is to ride, to ski in this contest. These are the world's best skiers and snowboarders and you see how much difficult they're having. Dropping next. We've got Thane Rich, another rookie out here for Kings and Queens. Coming out of Salt Lake City skiing for Alta and Snowbird as well. The pro rally car racer. Kenny rallied a victory here on this second run. Here he is. Thane Rich dropping in. Fane going. Left five right off the nose. A lot of the athletes today are choosing to go more rider or skier's left. He went right off the nose, off the highest part of the cornice. And one of his skis opting to continue its way down the run, but stopping conveniently right before that little mini cliff band in the bottom of the coulard. He does have a few options still left. I mean, obviously, we've got the big kicker right here at the bottom. But yeah, he's standing on top of that little rock face. And if nothing else, there's plenty of powder to still be churned up. Jackson Hole Mountain Resort has been in the direct path of an atmospheric river for the past couple weeks. Mother Nature providing an abundance of snowfall, right? Our next athlete to drop in. We got Hannah Beaman. Her fourth year competing in this event. Every year, this event has run 38 years of age. She's had such a prolific professional career. Can she finally get the crown? This run could determine. Hannah coming in, choosing the goat path option. She aired in last time. That said, she didn't think she was going to do that. But she went for it anyway. She's over there in the rider's left side just below the cave. That's the Coombs Cave underneath the west wall named after Big Mountain Free Skier pioneer Doug Coombs, RIP. Yeah, Hannah said, well, you know, with that drop order of dropping forth there, so much fresh snow had to go for the air. How smooth was that backside 360? Beautiful smooth. She's feeling good about it. It seems like I asked her this morning when we were up top how she was feeling. And she sarcastically said, I don't know why I keep coming back for this, but then shot me a big smile. But it just goes to show, even with three previous years under her belt and knowing what she's getting into, there's still that anxiety for the veterans to have to show up and hock into Corbett's. It is no small feat. Garrett Warnick dropping here in just a moment. For more of a look into his creativity, check out his tender foot snowboarding edit. But right now, check out run two for Garrett Warnick. And here's Garrett Warnick, his second attempt to be crowned king of Corbett's. Garrett going. Backside three. Another backside three standing on his feet for that one with a nice big pow slash. And powerful. Oh, that backflip landing couldn't have been smoother. You'd have no idea that there were other tracks up there right now. To the final jump. Garrett coming around on that back seven a little bit short. Dragging a hand, but still definitely get some cheers out of the crowd and from the other athletes. So that's one of the best parts of this. When you get down here, when the athletes get down at the end of their run and just get welcomed back into the fold, the high fives, and all the cheers from their fellow competitors. It's a really, really good energy down here. Thank you. Back with money. Kings and queen rookie Sophia Roushes. Getting primed for her second of two drops out here, doing it for faction skis. This Pacific Northwest Charger loves Jason Pillow or loves doing storm chasing and skipping down pillow lines. Here's Sophia Roushes. Her second go into court. It's taken the goat path approach. Sophia getting eaten up on that first skiers right wedge. Sophia was saying that her parents helped her out, and she gets her snow tires on her camper van for her drive out here to Jackson. So shout out to Sophia's parents for making sure she got here. It's good to have her. Okay, take it up. Sophia Roushes getting herself together, getting the big backflip in. Landy gear gets put down, but this gets looped out right back to her feet though, coming into the final jump. This is for the spectators out here. Sophia Roushes coming in her first time in Jackson, and I would have to say it's a memorable one. Yeah, absolutely. Next to drop for her second of two runs, Mount Baker, local Zoe Vernon, getting ready to do it here in Corbett's taking the goat path in and looking for some nice snow to stuff against that west wall right now, Jeff. I feel like she's got a fresh line. Not a lot of people have been there. She's, in my opinion, a really wise decision on that line. There is a ton of fresh snow right along the bottom of the west wall. And Zoe Vernon. Zoe putting together a super fun run, ripping all that fresh snow right along the base of the west wall. Of the brothers, Minnick, we've got Hans Minnick dropping in next second place last year. That was the butter 10-80 on his first run. That's definitely historic. That's not something anyone's ever done. All right, well, let's see what this carpenter can whittle up for us. Oh! Hans Minnick staying on his feet backside three and landing on the wall. That was insane with the backflip there. I thought I was seeing things. Back three to wall right? He's hitting me, Hans. Hans Minnick. A little butt check on that final hit, but I am going to say that is going to be one of the contenders. That first hit backside three, and I mean, we're going to have to find out if he meant to land that close to the wall, but DC from where we're standing, it looked like he got a little bit of a wall ride in. Absolutely. And Hans, a very calculated rider. I would think that was intentional. I talked about that with riders last year up there because you're looking at it. That West Wall, it does look attainable, quite of an extreme approach, but the wall ride errant onto that, I think Hans just made history definitely making the highlight reel for years to come. For sure. Our only German rider in the mix. He's just been posting up out here in Jackson for the past couple of weeks. This is Elias L. Hart films with Travis Rice. Check out the proof in the pudding, dark matter, an amazing project, and Elias with an amazing appearance in that movie. And here's Elias L. Hart dropping in his second run here into Corbett's and the beautiful method again. A salute to snowboarding purists. Elias holding it together in the crowd here at the base of 10 Sleep Bowl is pumped. They're letting him know they loved that method. His backside three. Setting the back seven deep and just riding that out like it's nobody's business. Donkavel and Bill Coleman to Jackson, whole Wyoming, Elias. Elias is feeling it. Took a slightly different line off the nose. I came straight off the cornice. And I mean, I want to see the replay that had to be 50, 60 foot drop. Well, Elias L. Hart, the German rider, putting it down when it counts on his second of two runs. And Jeff Marana, I think that could, that run could be a contention for the crown. I would say it's definitely, I mean, depending on what we still see, as of right now, it's a podium run for sure. So Cam Fitzpatrick, Jeff, you've known this guy since he was a little grom. What do you think's going through his head before he drops in for this second of two runs? Well, knowing Cam, I know there's some jitters, but I think that probably goes to say for all competitors. But he uses that to his advantage. Like he really embraces that start gate nervousness and he turns it into like a really lighthearted approach. So here we go. Cam is coming into the lip and taking off right about now. It looks like Cam may have had a repeat from last year. It looks like I think he may have done a cartwheel into the goat path with a cab five attempt. Cam with his kind of signature back flip. He kind of goes a little bit barrel roll and a lot of times grab a melon. Sometimes we saw last year when he did it off the nose, poked out a big method. And here he comes into the last hit, the crowd pleaser going absolutely huge with that backside three. Well, he's having fun with it. You can tell he's probably not the run he was hoping for. But yeah, it's good to see him out here. Cam competing in Kings and Queens all four years. And just, I don't know, I could go on all day talking about how much I love that kid. It might not be his year this year, but I foresee a crown in Cam Fitzpatrick's future. I write it down. Let's put that on tape because I agree. I think he's got it. He's going to work that out. Mark, my words. We will be all hailing the throne of Cam Fitzpatrick sometime in the near future. All right. Yuki Kodono getting ready to drop in next. One of the athletes I was most excited to see added to the start sheet this year. Two-time Burton US Open champion, an Olympian, six-time X Games medalist. Hailing out of Japan, now residing in the States at Big Bear in California. His first time at Jackson Hole and what the showing Yuki has given us. Here we go. Yuki going for that switch. Back one. Into the QR again. Not as smooth of a landing as last time, but knowing Yuki, he's still having an awesome time. Oh, my God. Yes, Yuki. Big backside slash up on the wall, too. I love his patented, just that low technical style. He's always so low to the board, no matter what kind of riding he's doing. You can definitely tell that was Yuki coming down from a long distance away. I had the pleasure of riding with Yuki the other morning for his debut, his first time here in Jackson Hole. And I was liking it to a wild animal that let out of a cage and let loose. He was just popping off of every hit possible. I mean, there was no containing him. He just went absolutely wild here on the slopes of Jackson Hole Mousesaur. It was so fun to witness firsthand. There's edits online on it. Wow. Yuki Kodono, what an amazing addition to the event this year. Next to drop, Alex Hall, his first time competing out here for the title for the crown here in Corbett's. Alex don't for his innovative grabs and crazy, crazy spins. Here we go, Alex Hall. Alex hand-dragging off the nose. And as with many other of our athletes, getting a little leading up, managing to recover quick enough to get back off another one of those man-made wedges right in the middle of the coulard. And that's probably the smallest you'll ever see Alex Hall go off of a jump. But another one of the athletes that when I saw his name on the start sheet, I was floored by it. I was so excited to see him out here. And I really hope he comes back next year to compete for a shot at the crown here at the King and Queens of Corbett's. And another rookie getting ready to drop in for her second of two runs. This is Audrey Hebert, residing in Banff. Originally coming out of the Quebec portion of Canada, 32 years of age out here skiing for true snowage, unlimited skate and snow, defending awesome. And here she is, Audrey Hebert taking the goat path entry. Audrey's still finding some good snow in there. And a nice backside slash under the cave, the Coombs Cave, and then working away all the way across. This feature right here has been a pretty popular one today. Still some fresh snow over there in that lower part of the coulard. And here comes Audrey with a nose grab off of the crowd pleaser to finish out her second run here at the Kings and Queens of Corbett's Invitational. Holding onto that nose grab really tweaking that one out. I like the the fad right now with the one color kits, right? Like everybody's got it. I was talking to Cooper earlier about his just totally awesome light pink what looks like a one piece. He's like, yeah, you know, figured I'd go for it. It's just kind of what they had for me right now. But I mean, the black on black that works for me and as you as well. But I'm really liking to see all the riders and athletes that have the, you know, matching top and bottom kits. Our reigning queen Veronica Paulson on her first run went for the backflip that brought her to the throne last year making history as the first woman to land a backflip into Corbett's unfortunately didn't get the clean landing but we saw where her head was at and I applaud her efforts. Will we see her attempt that again? We're going to find out in a moment as our reigning queen gets ready to drop in for her second of two runs Veronica Paulson not backflipping in different approach but a nice smooth entry. Veronica is a competitor at heart. She was on the mogul tour for many years coming up. So she's got that that deep competitive strategy and I think she probably knew that if she wanted to put down a good run especially with a little bit of how the visibility is working out, she was going to come in and keep it a little bit more conservative and see what she's got off the last. Here comes our reigning queen of Corbett's Miss Veronica Paulson originally growing up skiing in Squaw Valley, California now finding herself here in Jackson Hole one of as I said one of our our free ski coaches at the Jackson Old Ski & Snowboard Club and yeah just a lot of home town pride with Veronica being the queen of Corbett's for the last year and we'll see if she can hang on to that. Our next athlete to drop Marissa Krausek for her second of two runs to see if she can threaten the crown here and be titled the queen of Corbett's. Here we go Marissa Krausek dropping in second of two runs. Marissa opting for the goat path coming in under the nose right there. Here we go Marissa catching some air on that first rider's right wedge. She's getting a little bit of wind blowing through on her run but it's alright. It doesn't make the snow any less deep it actually makes it deeper. Oh Marissa's alright keep screwing that up. Marissa hanging on getting another area it's hard to see that other wedge right in the middle but the riders and skiers are having a good time getting it. Here she comes into the final boot or the crowd pleaser backside three melon for Marissa Krausek to finish off her second run here at Kings and Queens of Corbett's. Jason Robinson dropping in next another one of the new additions to the start sheet this year for Kings and Queens of Corbett's so excited to have him out here and here he is you can see the unconventional approach by Jason Robinson we're going to find out right now Jason Robinson J-Rob appearing out of a cloud of smoke it looks like he came off somewhere on the west wall area going cross court off that riders right wedge and then all the way back over under the cliffs that's where all the fresh snow is as you can see right now J-Rob has been described as a creative rider definitely seeing that with his approach to Corbett's cool art today coming in nice and low to the last final hit and going backside three very stylish and an awesome run for J-Rob coming into the finish here with all the other riders getting some high fives seems like people were pumped on that and yeah how could you not be almost like he barreled himself slashing some snow off of that west wall and as you said just appearing under the curtain of that cascading snow next to drop for his second of two runs we got the Wyoming native Mikey Marrone calling Jackson his home what's he got for us we're about to find out Joe and Mikey Marrone now in the cool art off of that rock feature right in the center of the cool art and Mikey keeping tons of speed coming here into the crowd please are the final big hit and a beautiful method I love the simplicity the simplicity of the method and how it's something that everybody can appreciate and Mikey making that one look good it really is a salute to snowboarding kind of look like Mikey was it behind the binding grabber well we just powered through those run two as Mother Nature comes in and delivers more of what we love Jeff thoughts of what we saw go down there and those amazing second runs from our athletes it was it was great right like we thought we were going to run through the start order from reverse to from the last to the beginning with Mother Nature coming in as hot as she did we decided to just throw the athletes back into it as they got back to the top and we had quite a few athletes choose to take a second run and I'm glad we did because we saw some really cool things go down what an incredible show these athletes put on for us today definitely going to be tight as far as the athlete judging to see who gets crowned 2021 King and Queen of Corvettes but right now let's take a look at our heat to recap you so much the Red Bull Yeti Smartwall GoPro Gore-Tex Sweet Protection and Roadhouse Brewing and your 2021 Queen of Corvettes goes to Madison Blackley well done ladies congratulations your 2021 King of Corvettes welcome back to the throne Carl look at that respectful to his subjects well that wraps it up for the 2021 King and Queen of Corvettes thank you all for an amazing week and we'll leave you with the winning runs