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Riders ready!

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Ice Cross to me is

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uh, controlled chaos on ice

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and there's nothing like it.

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Five second warning!

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As soon as you
get into the gate

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and that five second warning
is called, like, everything goes silent.

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It's probably the most peaceful time
you'll ever experience in life.

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GO!

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you know, it's
no buddy buddy thing out there.

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You know?

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Yeah, it’s, it’s a war out there.

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Whoo!

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Coming through all that, umm

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and then working through
with what I've dealt with

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I'd probably have to say the Ice Cross
has probably saved my life.

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Behind is...

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Oh, my goodness!

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Whoohoohoohooo!

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If you would introduce yourself

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umm, and you know, what you do.

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Okay, yes

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hey, my name is Stefan Aufschnaiter.

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I'm Austrian.

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Umm, actually, I'm
the president of the ATSX

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<i>Federation.</i>

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I have invented that sport together
with a colleague, uh, in 2000

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and it's always spectacular.

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Wherever we go,
people are standing there

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and say, “Wow!”

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When someone ask me, “What is Ice Cross?”

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I could get into full detail
the explanation.

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But there's one word.
It's action.

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Ice Cross is a sport that'll make you
question what is possible.

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It's a comeback story

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where you reach a peak,
you reach a certain ceiling

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and then you get knocked on your ass,
and you got to find a way to get back up.

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A aspect of
Ice Cross is crashing

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and, you know, you're going
to go down no matter what.

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And you're, ha, you're always faster
on your feet than you are on your butt.

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I don't know if that was better or not.

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When I think about Ice Cross,
right now, as a sport

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I think hope is probably the best
describing term that I could use.

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We are very thankful
for the support of Red Bull

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for 20 years.

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I mean, umm, we,
we were a hit in the

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in the most unlucky situation.

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Two years of Covid,
It was, of course

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umm, the worst that
could happen to us.

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We didn't know if there was going
to be a sport moving forward.

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But with the passionate athletes,
umm, people we’re surrounded by

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the guys who put the time in,
who don't get paid

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umm, we grind it out
right now

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and we’re at that stage where we're
seeing momentum build again.

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I'm really happy
by the end of this season

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to see that we still survived.

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The sport is still there.

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We had 7 events this year,
which is amazing

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for zero, zero budget

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so everybody had to do it on its own.

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Athletes
that compete in the sport

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volunteer to build the track
on their own time.

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While they currently
work full time jobs.

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You know, they'll come
to the track a month early

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to start building it
so that there's an event.

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Out here, making ice cracks.

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Middle of the night.

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Wouldn't have it any other way.

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Robbie P, over here.

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The athletes
are the heartbeat of this sport.

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For the 2023 season of Ice Cross

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we decided to follow four athletes

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as they traveled
and make sacrifices

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to compete in the most insane sport
you've never heard of.

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We have Rob Worling
from Canada.

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The viral ice dunking sensation.

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Rob found new popularity

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on social media last year as he flew

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about 25ft through the air

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to dunk a basketball on ice skates

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like he's Michael Jordan.

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We'll see if he can take
that extreme athleticism

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and use it to capture his
first world championship.

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We have Luke Webb from Australia

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aka “Aussie Crasher.”

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His name speaks for itself

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and his heart is just as big
as his crashes.

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Luke is the only competitive
Ice Cross athlete

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that there's ever been from Australia.

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He's a phenomenon.

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You might as well call
him a Jamaican bobsledder.

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We have Jack Schram,
from New Jersey ̶

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just your all-American guy.

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aka “the Rooted Athlete.”

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Jack, is one of the most fit
guys on the Ice Cross tour

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and he's also a veteran
within the sport.

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But his real mastery
starts in his mind

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and his positive outlook
on life, is just...

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it's contagious to
everyone around it.

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Let's go!

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And then we have
Brittan Morris

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the mullet rockin
racer from Texas

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aka “Mullet Mike.”
Brittan is going on his fourth year

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competing in Ice Cross and already finds
himself towards the top of the sport.

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He is one of the fastest athletes
out of the start gates

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but the thing that
really sets him apart

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is his win at all cost mindset.

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Each athlete

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has their battles to face
on the ice and off the ice

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but will they be able to manage?

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Will they be able
to separate life and sport?

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We'll see...

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that's what we're here
to find out.

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I am Brittan Morris,
aka “Mullet Mike.”

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I race for the USA.

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More specifically,
the great country of Texas.

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I've been competing
at Ice Cross for ̶

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four years now, I believe?

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Born and raised here in Austin, Texas.

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I’ve lived here my entire life.

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I played hockey
from a young age.

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I started when I was
about four years old.

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I remember I was...

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I was really into skating.

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I was fascinated by it,
and I would see

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all the people on the ice
rink in the middle of this mall.

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So I'm sitting there
watching figure skating.

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And then my, my dad was like,
“you know what, we probably should take

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this kid to a hockey game
before he becomes a figure skater.”

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So, uh, not that

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there’s anything wrong with figure
skating, or male figure skaters.

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I have high expectations

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and I'm, I’m not taking them lightly.

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I want to be top ten in the world

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and I want to be the
number one American racer.

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Gloves, socks, clear visor.

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A lot of people don't understand

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why we do this sport.

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It's, it's a grind.

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Okay, We'll, we'll keep it goin

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But yeah.

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So i’ll ignore the contract
that you sent me.

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Send one to Matty.
He'll be expecting it.

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Umm, and then we'll get you,
we'll get you some funding.

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Awesome guards.
I appreciate you, brother.

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Aight bud.

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Aight thanks man, bye.

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Later man.

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Just like that we’re making more money.

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You hear that?

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Yeah.

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Now we can pay for gas and food. so...

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Hoo, I think we got everything
packed up though.

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Love y'all

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Love you

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Brittan and I met in 2014
when I first moved to Texas.

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We have a lot of similarities.

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We're both athletes.

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We have similar mindsets,
similar perspectives on life and ̶

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we view life
kind of like a sport

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that's how you should attack it.

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DJ hey, he's Mississippi boy.

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He's not, he's not used to the cold
and everything.

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So after his first event
he sends me the GoPro footage

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and he's flying by trees, 35mph

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Jumping, turning.

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I've never seen anything like it.

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He was completely
blown away by it.

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Loved it, became, you know

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like, kind of all about the sport
and everything.

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Brittan competes in a race
where if he wins, he qualifies

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to compete in Fenway Park
for the World Championships.

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And I'm like,
what do you mean, Fenway Park?

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That's where the Red Sox play.

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And he goes, “Yeah, they're gonna build
a track in the middle of Fenway Park.”

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Pick it up, let's go.

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Come on BABY! let's go!

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- Yeahhh!
- Woohoo!

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I knew I wanted to be
involved in the sport.

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I just didn't know how
cause...

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“that you?”

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I can't skate.

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Haha

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I'm just a boy from Mississippi.

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To say I appreciate
what these athletes do on ice

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is a huge, huge understatement.

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Howdy partna.

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Brittan, started to race
three years ago.

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Umm, I heard about this wild Texan

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that was coming in, and he was,
he was doing really well at races.

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Brittan's got a hockey
background, so he's gonna anywhere

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where there's an opportunity
to stride and skate, he will.

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I've never seen anyone
do what Brittan can do on skates.

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2022 where Red bull
is gone at this point

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and so it's a totally different dynamic.

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We lost our primary sponsor ̶

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and we still had some
really amazing races.

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Italy was ̶
probably

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my second favorite track
I've ever been on.

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It was the most beautiful

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backdrop scenery that you,
you can ever imagine

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and I was just eager and ready

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to attack and win these races.

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I couldn't keep the tiger in the cage.

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I was, I...

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so I thought I heard something

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and <i>̶</i> I false started

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in the very first race
and I was dq'd (disqualified).

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And that was the end of

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uh, end of my season, actually.

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AH! F*ck!

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too eager, too eager.

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Huge, huge disappointment.

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I was disappointed in myself
for, for a good while with that one.

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During the season.

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I was, I was going
through a lot, you know

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just personally and back home,
and things like that.

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2021 was a tough year for me.

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My granny was going through some

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some, uh, health issues.

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She ̶ basically, was on the road

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to acute leukemia, which,
which kills you very fast.

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Big strong grandson.

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Hey, Granny

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Hey, hunny

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We’re twinsies

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Look at you.

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Oh, my gosh,
when did you do that?

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Last night my dad did it.

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Awww

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And it just... yeah,
it beat her down... really bad.

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And she, she got,
you know, really sick from it

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and was in the hospital for a long time.

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And it was tough for me to go away
for the 2022 season

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because she... I knew she was
dealing with all of that.

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And, umm, she was the one that was like,
you know, you have to go race.

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You have to go live your life
and everything.

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Uh, she just ̶

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is the strongest person that I know

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and, and got through all of it

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and now is sitting here
almost a year later

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uh, cancer free.

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So things are good right now

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and I feel good.

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The body feels good.

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Last season I went into it

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very, very heavy
and strong and powerful

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and I thought that was the correct way

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to, to prepare and train for my season

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and it beat my joints to absolute shit.

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My knees and my ankles were shot.

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You can't really let that hold you back
because this is a sport of injuries.

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Every year, either you,
uh, you have something

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that's bothering you or along the way
you're gonna get injured.

257
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Every athlete out here is fighting
through some type of injury.

258
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Well, let me tell you at, at 35
miles an hour, anything can happen.

259
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You, you could go flying into boards.

260
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You could yard sale,
helmet could come popping off.

261
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behind is...

262
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Oh my goodness!

263
00:14:28,234 --> 00:14:31,203
Shayne Renaud right through the
dasher boards on the side!

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Going into this season
I’ve changed my training approach.

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Umm, I'm lighter, I’m faster,
and I did a ton

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of prehab stuff for my knees
and my ankles and everything like that.

267
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So I'm going into the season

268
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you know, feeling
the best I've ever felt.

269
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Feeling the fastest I've ever felt.

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Clearly, this sport is dangerous.

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I mean, it will not spare
even the best athletes.

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We had Matt Johnson this year, practice

273
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day one in Mont du Lac, Wisconsin,
toe picks...

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and a toe pick is
when the front of your blade

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the front of your skate, digs
into the ice and you lose your footing.

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So he toe picks
and slides right into a wall.

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Tears his shoulder up.

278
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Unfortunately, we, uh, took a toe pick
after the step down there

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and tested out the boards,
and they work good.

280
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Uh, Doctor says we got a rotator
cuff tear and a subscapularis strain.

281
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so it looks like the,
Mont du Lac is over for me.

282
00:15:42,174 --> 00:15:44,610
So this track here
in Wisconsin is not perfect.

283
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None of these tracks will be perfect.

284
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I mean, you're dealing with outdoor
elements that you can't really control.

285
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And then you factor
in building a track of ice

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for people to skate down.

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It's not going to be a smooth,
perfect surface.

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It's impossible.

289
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But I mean, these guys
are doing the best

290
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that they could possibly do
with the situation that they were given.

291
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And without ‘em ̶

292
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this event wouldn’t happen.

293
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So, we basically will start watering
when the hill closes

294
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which generally is between
8 and 10 PM at night.

295
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We’ll water until our
our bodies give out, uh

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which is generally like 3
or 4 in the morning.

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That also is the best weather for,
for making ice.

298
00:16:23,849 --> 00:16:28,152
So, umm, you just go layer
after layer, after layer.

299
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You let it sit for a couple hours.

300
00:16:30,356 --> 00:16:32,957
Uh, you know, you may go
get some food, come back.

301
00:16:32,958 --> 00:16:35,661
You lay another layer
after layer after layer for...

302
00:16:36,562 --> 00:16:38,963
like I said, as long as you can, umm

303
00:16:38,964 --> 00:16:41,599
and you do that for the next ten days.

304
00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:42,935
Hahaha

305
00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:49,307
Brittan, I want to know
where your jump, uh, technique comes from.

306
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Every time.

307
00:16:50,442 --> 00:16:52,310
Dude
f*ckin the “Daniel Son” man.

308
00:16:52,311 --> 00:16:54,580
like if you like pump
then you're like WOOH!

309
00:16:54,813 --> 00:16:56,582
It’s just the karate kid.

310
00:16:57,416 --> 00:16:58,282
It's. I love it.

311
00:16:58,283 --> 00:16:59,417
Like Tum Tum?

312
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It makes for some of like,
the greatest photos though

313
00:17:01,653 --> 00:17:05,157
because it's like the background
you’re just soaring in the air.

314
00:17:05,424 --> 00:17:06,525
I love it, I love it...

315
00:17:09,328 --> 00:17:09,962
So unfortunately

316
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we have a dangerous situation
at the finish line in Mont du Lac.

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Because the way the track is set up

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and where it ends,
it ends right in front of the ski lodge.

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00:17:17,836 --> 00:17:20,539
So for it not to block
the ski lodge completely

320
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they had to shorten it

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00:17:22,708 --> 00:17:24,208
which means ̶

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there's not a lot of room to stop.

323
00:17:25,911 --> 00:17:27,979
And when you're flying down
that mountain with other athletes

324
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at 35mph, you gotta find a way to stop.

325
00:17:32,651 --> 00:17:35,287
Regardless of track conditions
and the dangers of this sport

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these athletes are willing to do what
it takes to keep their dreams alive.

327
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It’s ̶ sacrifices in the short term

328
00:17:42,094 --> 00:17:44,763
in hopes that you accomplish your goals
in the long term.

329
00:17:45,230 --> 00:17:46,598
That's what life's all about.

330
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No matter what mountain
is in your path

331
00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:51,769
you just take one step at a time
in the right direction

332
00:17:51,770 --> 00:17:54,073
and before you know it,
you'll be where you want to be.

333
00:17:56,275 --> 00:18:00,145
Mont du Lac, Wisconsin that's th
the place that I've raced the most at.

334
00:18:00,546 --> 00:18:02,547
I feel the most comfortable there.

335
00:18:02,548 --> 00:18:05,616
I think I've done,
I want to say, five races there now?

336
00:18:05,617 --> 00:18:08,554
I get there this year
and the track is just built

337
00:18:09,154 --> 00:18:10,822
what I feel like, for me.

338
00:18:10,823 --> 00:18:14,358
It's a full sprint out of the gate,
big send over some doubles

339
00:18:14,359 --> 00:18:17,328
and then tight turns, so you
lose your speed and you have to

340
00:18:17,329 --> 00:18:19,398
chop, chop, chop, get going again.

341
00:18:19,665 --> 00:18:21,632
Uh, a little bit of technicality
with some stair steps

342
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and then a big waterfall
down to the finish.

343
00:18:24,136 --> 00:18:25,803
Very dangerous finish there

344
00:18:25,804 --> 00:18:30,109
Uh, because basically, they have the
finish line on a downhill...

345
00:18:32,744 --> 00:18:33,845
F*ck!

346
00:18:33,846 --> 00:18:35,613
and then they have boards

347
00:18:35,614 --> 00:18:38,416
like maybe ten yards in front of that.

348
00:18:38,417 --> 00:18:41,253
So, that was the only part
of the track that I didn't love

349
00:18:41,453 --> 00:18:43,287
but I love, I love the track there.

350
00:18:43,288 --> 00:18:44,088
I love what they did.

351
00:18:44,089 --> 00:18:46,524
TJ and Rob,
they put a lot of work into it

352
00:18:46,525 --> 00:18:48,293
and did a great job.

353
00:18:53,599 --> 00:18:55,167
On Friday, we have time trials.

354
00:18:55,567 --> 00:18:58,637
Time trials are designed
to divide the field into groups of four.

355
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Each athlete will have
two attempts down the track

356
00:19:02,074 --> 00:19:03,841
and you'll take your best time

357
00:19:03,842 --> 00:19:06,477
and that will be used to place you
into that group of four.

358
00:19:06,478 --> 00:19:08,480
Gate selections will then be determined

359
00:19:08,680 --> 00:19:10,682
by who finished first in your heat.

360
00:19:11,216 --> 00:19:14,353
Gate selections are extremely important
because the way the track's set up

361
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it’s either going to
veer one way or the other.

362
00:19:16,955 --> 00:19:18,957
So you want to have one
of the middle gates

363
00:19:19,091 --> 00:19:21,960
so that you have the best angle
going into those turns.

364
00:19:22,127 --> 00:19:25,831
If you have an inside gate, you might
get pinched and, and blocked out.

365
00:19:26,031 --> 00:19:29,134
If you have an outside gate,
you might get left in the dust.

366
00:19:33,071 --> 00:19:35,073
The day after time trials,
we have race day.

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Races usually start
with the round of 64.

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00:19:38,410 --> 00:19:40,412
It's tournament style, so

369
00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:43,615
the first and second place
athlete in each group

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00:19:44,016 --> 00:19:45,750
will move on to the next round

371
00:19:45,751 --> 00:19:47,618
until we're left with a final four.

372
00:19:47,619 --> 00:19:50,289
So there's a lot of strategy,
especially in the early rounds.

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In the early rounds,
you just want to make sure

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00:19:52,391 --> 00:19:55,393
that you move on,
but you also kind of want to make sure

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00:19:55,394 --> 00:19:58,130
you get a good gate selection
in that next heat.

376
00:19:58,297 --> 00:20:01,533
So to secure the best gate selection,
you get first in each round.

377
00:20:01,567 --> 00:20:05,002
You want to be aggressive,
but you don't want to be too aggressive

378
00:20:05,003 --> 00:20:07,839
and maybe make a move
that causes you to be eliminated.

379
00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,576
Which happened early in the day for TJ.

380
00:20:11,210 --> 00:20:13,011
Five second warning!

381
00:20:14,713 --> 00:20:16,414
Michael Romano leading the way

382
00:20:16,415 --> 00:20:19,318
with TJ Aubrecht flying through the air
right on his back.

383
00:20:19,585 --> 00:20:21,352
TJ in second place needs
to watch out though

384
00:20:21,353 --> 00:20:23,154
he's got one of the greasier
passers in the sport

385
00:20:23,155 --> 00:20:25,056
Matt Kawahara coming down to the finish.

386
00:20:25,057 --> 00:20:26,257
Michael still in the lead...

387
00:20:26,258 --> 00:20:27,425
Oh! TJ goes down!

388
00:20:27,426 --> 00:20:29,161
And Kawahara passes
him at the last second!

389
00:20:29,294 --> 00:20:31,262
T.J. is eliminated!

390
00:20:31,263 --> 00:20:33,030
Pushed it too hard on that last turn.

391
00:20:33,031 --> 00:20:36,001
I wanted to be first so I could have
best gate pick into the next round.

392
00:20:36,335 --> 00:20:38,135
Got a little wobbly...

393
00:20:38,136 --> 00:20:39,437
hit the roller.

394
00:20:39,438 --> 00:20:41,472
That's all she wrote,
and I got past at the end.

395
00:20:41,473 --> 00:20:43,641
So, happy to have this event.

396
00:20:43,642 --> 00:20:45,076
Happy to be here.

397
00:20:45,077 --> 00:20:47,012
But, uh, just a little bit
disappointed right now.

398
00:20:47,412 --> 00:20:48,879
Brittan Morris with a solid lead

399
00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:52,451
coming down to the finish line,
and he'll move on to the round of 16.

400
00:20:53,352 --> 00:20:56,455
He made wins in these
first two rounds look easy.

401
00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,556
Kale Johnstone and Brittan Morris

402
00:20:58,557 --> 00:20:59,857
sailing over that first jump.

403
00:21:06,765 --> 00:21:09,433
Oh what a nice pass
by Brittan on the inside!

404
00:21:09,434 --> 00:21:11,637
That doesn't usually happen
on the stair step down.

405
00:21:11,670 --> 00:21:13,771
Brittan leading going down
the waterfalls as they make

406
00:21:13,772 --> 00:21:14,905
the final turn to the finish

407
00:21:14,906 --> 00:21:17,175
With Morris and Johnstone
making it into the semifinals.

408
00:21:18,010 --> 00:21:19,344
I think Kale said it he was like

409
00:21:20,012 --> 00:21:25,183
“TJ needs to watch out Kawahara is
f*ckin greasy.” Good job baby.

410
00:21:25,617 --> 00:21:28,319
A lot of competitive racers
in that round of 16.

411
00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:30,522
So your second race of the day,
you're already facing the top guys,

412
00:21:30,856 --> 00:21:33,025
So, get ready for, uh, semifinals

413
00:21:33,692 --> 00:21:35,260
and then the finals baby.

414
00:21:38,497 --> 00:21:39,965
Let’s go let’s go!

415
00:21:41,199 --> 00:21:42,300
What was
your timetrial Brittan?

416
00:21:42,301 --> 00:21:42,800
11th.

417
00:21:42,801 --> 00:21:45,236
In this semifinal heat,
we have Brittan Morris

418
00:21:45,237 --> 00:21:47,505
Michael Romano, Kale Johnstone,
and Matt Kawahara.

419
00:21:47,506 --> 00:21:49,274
Riders ready!

420
00:21:50,275 --> 00:21:52,577
Five second warning!

421
00:21:59,885 --> 00:22:01,118
They send it over the doubles

422
00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,888
with Brittan in the lead, but followed
closely by the rest of the pack.

423
00:22:03,889 --> 00:22:05,690
It is tight.
They come around that turn...

424
00:22:05,691 --> 00:22:08,426
and look at the skating here
by Brittan Morris to really try

425
00:22:08,427 --> 00:22:10,595
and create some distance
for himself as the leader!

426
00:22:10,662 --> 00:22:13,164
Coming down towards the waterfalls,
they really got to watch out

427
00:22:13,165 --> 00:22:15,834
for this choppy and rutted ice
this late in the racing.

428
00:22:16,034 --> 00:22:18,003
Morris with a comfortable lead but...

429
00:22:18,036 --> 00:22:21,073
oh look at this, Kawahara and Romano
jockeying for second!

430
00:22:21,373 --> 00:22:23,974
It's going to be tight for that
last spot in the final... OH!

431
00:22:23,975 --> 00:22:26,510
And there's a huge garage sale
at the finish line!

432
00:22:26,511 --> 00:22:27,679
Who’s okay, who’s okay?

433
00:22:28,647 --> 00:22:30,381
Brittan Morris seems to be

434
00:22:30,382 --> 00:22:32,616
in a significant amount of pain
and is holding his knee.

435
00:22:32,617 --> 00:22:36,021
Hopefully that won't affect him
and he'll be good to go in the final.

436
00:22:37,255 --> 00:22:39,157
anyone have
ski patrol on the radio?

437
00:22:44,162 --> 00:22:46,063
Basically, what happened
in the semifinal was...

438
00:22:46,064 --> 00:22:49,134
I got a great start, I came down,
it was, it was a competitive heat.

439
00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:50,234
Romano was in there.

440
00:22:50,235 --> 00:22:52,237
Who's, you know, top
five in the world right now.

441
00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,872
I held first the entire time.

442
00:22:53,972 --> 00:22:56,674
I actually finished, ma...
a decent amount ahead of them.

443
00:22:56,675 --> 00:22:58,876
Went through the finish line...
slammed on the brakes

444
00:22:58,877 --> 00:23:00,979
did a little first pump,
cause I was going to the finals

445
00:23:01,179 --> 00:23:03,514
and by the time I
pumped my fist

446
00:23:03,515 --> 00:23:06,318
and turned to my left,
they were barreling down right at me.

447
00:23:06,451 --> 00:23:08,453
And they're going
at that point, probably ̶

448
00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:12,189
35 miles an hour,
and I'm just dead stopped

449
00:23:12,190 --> 00:23:13,858
standing sideways like a dumbass.

450
00:23:13,859 --> 00:23:17,561
In Ice Cross it's all about
who gets the front of their blade

451
00:23:17,562 --> 00:23:20,665
in front, crossing
that finish line first.

452
00:23:20,999 --> 00:23:22,033
Nothing else matters.

453
00:23:22,234 --> 00:23:23,834
That's what they were trying to do.

454
00:23:23,835 --> 00:23:27,139
They slide in baseball style
and they slide in right on Brittan

455
00:23:27,572 --> 00:23:29,941
and unfortunately right
to the side of his knee.

456
00:23:30,675 --> 00:23:32,844
At first I wasn't sure if, you know

457
00:23:32,978 --> 00:23:35,913
it was just the impact that hurt
or if something happened to my knee

458
00:23:35,914 --> 00:23:38,250
because it was just right
on the side, direct contact.

459
00:23:38,550 --> 00:23:41,051
The guys behind me were
just trying to cross the line first.

460
00:23:41,052 --> 00:23:43,054
You know, they're not trying
to take me out or anything.

461
00:23:43,088 --> 00:23:45,490
It's one of those unfortunate events
where I'm just standing there.

462
00:23:51,296 --> 00:23:53,598
I mean, he already has
a torn labrum in his hip

463
00:23:53,698 --> 00:23:55,700
that happened while he was training
before the season.

464
00:23:55,967 --> 00:23:59,070
Now he's got something going on with
his knee, and all that's tied together.

465
00:23:59,604 --> 00:24:01,672
But the greatest athletes

466
00:24:01,673 --> 00:24:07,044
have an ability to block out the noise.
Injury or not, torn labrum or not

467
00:24:07,045 --> 00:24:09,381
you still have to compete
if that's what you love.

468
00:24:09,448 --> 00:24:11,415
If that's what you want to do

469
00:24:11,416 --> 00:24:13,418
That’s gotta be your mindset.

470
00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:15,921
But now, now you're in the finals.

471
00:24:16,455 --> 00:24:18,457
Now you're facing the best of the best.

472
00:24:22,194 --> 00:24:24,195
Oh, here we go!
Let’s go baby!

473
00:24:24,196 --> 00:24:28,133
Brittan,
he has such an explosive start. See?

474
00:24:28,166 --> 00:24:30,168
He always get in front of you

475
00:24:30,302 --> 00:24:32,036
right at the beginning of the race

476
00:24:32,037 --> 00:24:34,606
so we have to find
our way around him.

477
00:24:34,973 --> 00:24:36,841
And it's kind of difficult

478
00:24:36,842 --> 00:24:38,910
because he's playing
his game very well.

479
00:24:39,044 --> 00:24:41,045
Cutting the line,
blocking the passes.

480
00:24:41,046 --> 00:24:42,947
A lot of racers focus on their line.

481
00:24:42,948 --> 00:24:45,149
I like to focus on everybody
elses line when I'm racing.

482
00:24:45,150 --> 00:24:47,418
I like to get in there
and just create havoc.

483
00:24:47,419 --> 00:24:48,185
Finals...

484
00:24:48,186 --> 00:24:50,188
Going against Max Dunn, who...

485
00:24:50,455 --> 00:24:51,989
he's a veteran in the sport.

486
00:24:51,990 --> 00:24:54,525
Uh, he's someone who is,
you know, gone up and

487
00:24:54,526 --> 00:24:56,894
and really competed
against the top guys.

488
00:24:56,895 --> 00:24:58,229
He's a big guy.

489
00:24:58,230 --> 00:24:59,897
So that means he's hard to pass.

490
00:24:59,898 --> 00:25:02,733
Umm, so I knew going into the finals,
I got to get out

491
00:25:02,734 --> 00:25:05,402
ahead of this guy and then just f*ck
his game up the whole way.

492
00:25:05,403 --> 00:25:07,938
Rider’s ready!

493
00:25:07,939 --> 00:25:09,774
Five second warning!

494
00:25:11,810 --> 00:25:14,646
And it doesn't look like
the crash has held him up at all.

495
00:25:14,713 --> 00:25:18,016
An incredible start for Morris with
a lot of power getting out in front.

496
00:25:18,650 --> 00:25:20,885
I just watched his shadow,
the way du Lac is...

497
00:25:20,886 --> 00:25:22,686
the sun's right behind you
when you're going

498
00:25:22,687 --> 00:25:25,423
so you can actually see the other
athletes shadows on the ground.

499
00:25:25,724 --> 00:25:28,692
So I'm just, I'm watching his shadow
and I'm getting in front of it

500
00:25:28,693 --> 00:25:29,593
and I'm moving...

501
00:25:29,594 --> 00:25:32,229
I hit the jump, we take that first turn
and I'm ahead of him

502
00:25:32,230 --> 00:25:35,567
and I knew then I was like, “Okay.
I got through the hard part of this.

503
00:25:35,800 --> 00:25:36,902
Now I just fight him off.”

504
00:25:38,003 --> 00:25:39,937
Dunn is right in Brittan's back pocket

505
00:25:39,938 --> 00:25:42,874
coming out of that turn, but again,
his strides are just unmatched.

506
00:25:43,174 --> 00:25:45,176
He's powerful and pulls away...

507
00:25:45,210 --> 00:25:48,146
now with a pretty substantial lead
coming towards the waterfall.

508
00:25:48,280 --> 00:25:50,381
He has to watch out for the
big bodied veteran

509
00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:53,351
who will be able to generate
a lot more speed with those long leg...

510
00:25:53,418 --> 00:25:56,655
oh, and Kawahara
almost goes over the boards there!

511
00:25:56,821 --> 00:25:58,856
Meanwhile, Dunn and Morris connect

512
00:25:58,857 --> 00:26:01,159
with each other
and both go down at the finish line!!

513
00:26:01,226 --> 00:26:03,495
And it looks like Morris has won it!

514
00:26:03,528 --> 00:26:06,263
which would be his first ever
ice cross event win!

515
00:26:06,264 --> 00:26:07,531
Here we go brother!!

516
00:26:07,532 --> 00:26:08,432
Woohoo!

517
00:26:08,433 --> 00:26:10,868
And I thought I won
when I got up

518
00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:13,671
I was I was amped up, thought I took,
uh, took first.

519
00:26:13,672 --> 00:26:17,107
And the way I fell,
umm, was kind of backwards

520
00:26:17,108 --> 00:26:19,843
and so I ended up
crossing the line on my ass

521
00:26:19,844 --> 00:26:23,114
but the back of my skate
crossed first, and he...

522
00:26:23,481 --> 00:26:26,650
being the veteran and good racer
that he is, stuck his toe out

523
00:26:26,651 --> 00:26:29,621
and the toe of his blade crossed
before the toe of my blade.

524
00:26:29,955 --> 00:26:31,255
Found out I took second

525
00:26:31,256 --> 00:26:33,123
and so it was disappointing.

526
00:26:33,124 --> 00:26:35,426
But at the same time, if you told me
at the beginning of season

527
00:26:35,427 --> 00:26:37,429
you're gonna be taking second place
for your first race, I'd be ̶

528
00:26:37,996 --> 00:26:40,832
I’d be pretty pumped up
so I took it as a win.

529
00:26:45,203 --> 00:26:47,338
Yeehoohoohoohoohoo!!

530
00:26:47,339 --> 00:26:49,007
F*ck yeah boys!!

531
00:27:12,964 --> 00:27:13,898
YEAH!

532
00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:14,865
HAHAA!

533
00:27:14,866 --> 00:27:16,300
You know, we want to bring...

534
00:27:16,301 --> 00:27:18,102
we want to bring Saint Paul back.

535
00:27:18,103 --> 00:27:20,138
We want those big races back, right?

536
00:27:20,605 --> 00:27:23,008
But there's no way to do that
without community involvement

537
00:27:23,041 --> 00:27:25,043
or people even knowing
the sport still exists.

538
00:27:25,410 --> 00:27:27,812
And Kids Cross is a
great way to do that.

539
00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:30,047
Umm, you're literally waiting

540
00:27:30,048 --> 00:27:32,717
for one time of year
to come out and try the sport.

541
00:27:33,084 --> 00:27:34,752
So Kids Cross on Sunday

542
00:27:34,753 --> 00:27:38,389
gives those kids an
opportunity to try a track.

543
00:27:41,626 --> 00:27:43,628
It's a fun
event to host as a venue.

544
00:27:44,095 --> 00:27:46,731
It's been, uh, essentially done

545
00:27:46,898 --> 00:27:49,500
through volunteer hours
for the last few years.

546
00:27:49,501 --> 00:27:52,937
So, yeah it's impressive the,
the amount of energy that

547
00:27:53,304 --> 00:27:56,641
that the athletes put in
to keep this thing going in, in the US.

548
00:28:16,027 --> 00:28:17,228
The traveling is always

549
00:28:17,462 --> 00:28:19,863
is always pretty difficult for me
throughout the season.

550
00:28:19,864 --> 00:28:22,599
And, and I go, like, full commitment.

551
00:28:22,600 --> 00:28:24,835
I'm, I’m traveling
for that entire month and a half.

552
00:28:24,836 --> 00:28:28,639
Some, some athletes
go back home for three days

553
00:28:28,640 --> 00:28:31,475
and then they're back somewhere
else for, for three days.

554
00:28:31,476 --> 00:28:33,210
And then, you know,
they kind of bounce back and forth.

555
00:28:33,211 --> 00:28:34,411
But I'm, I'm all in.

556
00:28:34,412 --> 00:28:37,448
I just go, I feel like it's best
for me to do it that way

557
00:28:37,449 --> 00:28:38,749
just because of like the mindset

558
00:28:38,750 --> 00:28:41,553
and really enjoying
the places that we get to go to.

559
00:28:41,853 --> 00:28:44,588
Because whenever you're just going there
for 2 or 3 days, just racing it

560
00:28:44,589 --> 00:28:48,258
you don't really get to enjoy the,
the beautiful spots around the world

561
00:28:48,259 --> 00:28:51,328
that we’re able to travel
to and race in.

562
00:29:11,649 --> 00:29:12,584
Boys!!

563
00:29:13,151 --> 00:29:15,552
What’s good?

564
00:29:19,758 --> 00:29:21,760
What’s up brotha?

565
00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:23,994
Good to
see you brother.

566
00:29:23,995 --> 00:29:25,830
My good friend,
Jack Schram.

567
00:29:26,197 --> 00:29:28,933
He's someone that is a veteran
of the sport.

568
00:29:29,134 --> 00:29:31,335
He’s been at it
for a long time

569
00:29:31,336 --> 00:29:34,205
and he’s, uh, he's a
very competitive person.

570
00:29:35,306 --> 00:29:36,840
Brittan, we just hit it off.

571
00:29:36,841 --> 00:29:37,841
We got a lot of interest.

572
00:29:37,842 --> 00:29:40,210
And, like, he's the type of guy

573
00:29:40,211 --> 00:29:42,547
like you call up
and he's just down for anything.

574
00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:45,582
What first got me into Ice Cross is...

575
00:29:45,583 --> 00:29:48,453
I saw it on TV,
but I was still playing ice hockey

576
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:51,054
and it was the same
season as ice hockey.

577
00:29:51,055 --> 00:29:53,123
So when I was,
when I graduated from college

578
00:29:53,124 --> 00:29:54,391
and I wasn't competing anymore

579
00:29:54,392 --> 00:29:56,593
I needed something to, you know

580
00:29:56,594 --> 00:29:58,596
kind of fulfill my need to compete.

581
00:29:59,030 --> 00:30:00,297
Outside of racing

582
00:30:00,298 --> 00:30:02,901
He's just a happy, curious person.

583
00:30:03,067 --> 00:30:04,067
On the track

584
00:30:04,068 --> 00:30:06,905
he's extremely tunneled visioned
focused on his line

585
00:30:07,071 --> 00:30:10,108
his path, not really concerned
with everyone around him.

586
00:30:10,809 --> 00:30:14,044
Yeah, that’s a lie.
You definitely got it.

587
00:30:14,045 --> 00:30:17,816
He left me hanging
at the airport. haha see, I told you bro.

588
00:30:17,916 --> 00:30:20,184
Ski photo
I have that I showed Jack.

589
00:30:20,185 --> 00:30:22,187
Hey look, it's like as steep as this...

590
00:30:22,654 --> 00:30:24,389
Show them

591
00:30:24,756 --> 00:30:26,790
I've been traveling
with Eric Milinkovic

592
00:30:26,791 --> 00:30:30,928
like the last couple of seasons a lot,
because it's just seems like

593
00:30:30,929 --> 00:30:33,397
we're always on the same route
and he's always

594
00:30:33,398 --> 00:30:36,900
just down to go to all the races,
and I'm always going to all the races.

595
00:30:36,901 --> 00:30:39,136
So, we end up traveling with each other.

596
00:30:39,137 --> 00:30:42,506
Eric is like, Eric is like
the Forest Gump of Ice Cross.

597
00:30:42,507 --> 00:30:44,641
Uh, this dude is hilarious.

598
00:30:44,642 --> 00:30:47,110
He's super unique, really athletic dude.

599
00:30:47,111 --> 00:30:49,848
He's got a lot of experience
skateboarding

600
00:30:50,181 --> 00:30:51,615
and his style...

601
00:30:51,616 --> 00:30:54,284
bringing that over to,
over to Ice Cross...

602
00:30:54,285 --> 00:30:55,652
he's really great at jumping...

603
00:30:55,653 --> 00:30:58,755
having Eric around is
always good laughs.

604
00:30:58,756 --> 00:31:02,159
I started traveling
with Jack for Ice Cross

605
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:04,162
when I saw him in Finland

606
00:31:04,729 --> 00:31:07,866
and just kept hanging out since then.

607
00:31:08,800 --> 00:31:10,500
Jack's a little,
a little unpredictable.

608
00:31:10,501 --> 00:31:13,070
He, he has a very
unique style of racing.

609
00:31:13,071 --> 00:31:16,306
He's, umm, you know, he a lot of arms

610
00:31:16,307 --> 00:31:18,442
whenever he skates
and everything like that.

611
00:31:18,443 --> 00:31:21,946
So he can be kind of dangerous
to be ̶ close to.

612
00:31:22,213 --> 00:31:23,313
Friendship goes out the window.

613
00:31:23,314 --> 00:31:25,082
The respect is always there.

614
00:31:25,083 --> 00:31:27,051
But it's not like he's going to ̶

615
00:31:27,418 --> 00:31:29,821
let me win whenever he's trying to win.

616
00:31:31,789 --> 00:31:33,023
He's a wild racer.

617
00:31:33,024 --> 00:31:36,360
So you have to be wary of that guy,
because if he falls in front of you

618
00:31:36,361 --> 00:31:38,795
or tries to make a risky move on a turn

619
00:31:38,796 --> 00:31:40,965
or something like that,
that can sewer me.

620
00:31:41,266 --> 00:31:43,668
I'm wary of riders like him.

621
00:31:57,982 --> 00:32:00,051
While we were in Mont
du Lac in Wisconsin

622
00:32:00,785 --> 00:32:02,386
there was a race going on in Austria

623
00:32:02,387 --> 00:32:04,389
and then one in France.

624
00:32:08,626 --> 00:32:10,260
The way the point system is set up for

625
00:32:10,261 --> 00:32:13,263
the 2023 season is all based

626
00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:15,266
on your top three finishes

627
00:32:15,300 --> 00:32:18,001
because there's races all over the globe
and these athletes

628
00:32:18,002 --> 00:32:20,437
aren’t making a lot of money,
it only seemed fair

629
00:32:20,438 --> 00:32:23,707
to just take the top three points, and
then that determine the world champion.

630
00:32:23,708 --> 00:32:27,611
It’s going to be Jack Schram
Luca Dallago right to the finish line.

631
00:32:27,612 --> 00:32:31,048
Jack, Rob, and Luke Webb,
“Aussie Crasher”

632
00:32:31,049 --> 00:32:33,518
all went to Austria first
and then France

633
00:32:33,751 --> 00:32:35,652
and then they met up with us in Quebec.

634
00:32:35,653 --> 00:32:37,655
The France track was a fast track.

635
00:32:37,722 --> 00:32:41,058
It was a bit sketchy racing in the Alps,
Pralu, unreal.

636
00:32:41,059 --> 00:32:43,093
Like you look out to the track
and you just see

637
00:32:43,094 --> 00:32:46,197
French Alps and just,
uh, bad*ss track in front of you.

638
00:32:46,831 --> 00:32:48,598
And, umm, it's kind of sad
that when you're on the track

639
00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:50,601
you're only focused on the track
because it would be...

640
00:32:51,002 --> 00:32:52,869
I think if you took a step back,
it'd be quite impressive

641
00:32:52,870 --> 00:32:55,539
to actually take in
what you're skating to that point.

642
00:32:55,540 --> 00:32:59,009
Austria went all right.
That's definitely not my style of track.

643
00:32:59,010 --> 00:33:01,111
But you know, I don't know...

644
00:33:01,112 --> 00:33:03,480
the first race
kind of dusting off the cobwebs

645
00:33:03,481 --> 00:33:05,749
getting in the groove.

646
00:33:20,631 --> 00:33:23,134
That Race in Canada man,
that was brutal conditions.

647
00:33:23,634 --> 00:33:26,036
It was probably the coldest race

648
00:33:26,037 --> 00:33:28,405
I've ever raced in,
or we've ever had in Ice Cross.

649
00:33:28,406 --> 00:33:30,074
Definitely the windiest

650
00:33:30,274 --> 00:33:33,511
and visibility was very low.

651
00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:37,014
And you didn't want any point
of your skin exposed

652
00:33:37,015 --> 00:33:40,250
because it was so cold and windy,
and we didn't get any training runs.

653
00:33:40,251 --> 00:33:42,252
We just went right to time trials,

654
00:33:42,253 --> 00:33:45,156
and it was just basically
like skating a track blind.

655
00:33:45,590 --> 00:33:47,424
So it was interesting.

656
00:33:47,425 --> 00:33:48,992
and, you know, that's just what

657
00:33:48,993 --> 00:33:50,862
we have to deal with in this sport.

658
00:33:51,262 --> 00:33:52,829
Unfortunately,
the spot that we were going

659
00:33:52,830 --> 00:33:55,800
was like -40, wasn't the best
weather and everything.

660
00:33:55,967 --> 00:33:57,367
The coldest I've ever been.

661
00:33:57,368 --> 00:33:59,971
That track is officially
the coldest track I've ever skated in.

662
00:34:00,405 --> 00:34:01,406
And it was...

663
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:03,540
actually, kind of fun.

664
00:34:03,541 --> 00:34:05,809
So pump tracks are my thing.
It was a bit annoying

665
00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:09,147
we didn't get as many runs
on the track as I would like

666
00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:12,616
because I think, with a pump
track, there a lot of technicalities

667
00:34:12,617 --> 00:34:13,750
You need to get right to go fast.

668
00:34:13,751 --> 00:34:15,852
So you need to be very efficient
in your motions

669
00:34:15,853 --> 00:34:19,357
and yeah, just the guys that beat me
were just, just quicker.

670
00:34:19,957 --> 00:34:21,792
We have Luke Webb, the Aussie crasher

671
00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:24,294
at the outside gate here,
seems to be making it past

672
00:34:24,295 --> 00:34:27,799
the round of 64 more consistently,
but not off to a good start here.

673
00:34:27,832 --> 00:34:31,368
He and Arthur Fort are bringing up
the rear, Luke Webb in third place

674
00:34:31,369 --> 00:34:34,271
in that heat, and unfortunately
is eliminated in the round of 32

675
00:34:34,272 --> 00:34:36,274
and you could see
the disappointment on his face.

676
00:34:36,541 --> 00:34:39,677
But 22nd place is not a bad
result here at all for Webby.

677
00:34:40,511 --> 00:34:42,779
I had a lot of negative thoughts
going into the Quebec after

678
00:34:42,780 --> 00:34:45,049
I saw the track and saw the conditions

679
00:34:45,450 --> 00:34:49,019
and then, uhh I had a talk with Jack
and we were just kind of b*tching

680
00:34:49,020 --> 00:34:51,421
about the track and everything,
and then we're like

681
00:34:51,422 --> 00:34:53,256
you know what,
this is somethin’ different

682
00:34:53,257 --> 00:34:54,925
this is somethin’,
maybe, we're not good at.

683
00:34:54,926 --> 00:34:56,093
So let's take that as a challenge and

684
00:34:56,094 --> 00:34:58,495
and go out there and
we're racing here regardless.

685
00:34:58,496 --> 00:35:00,131
So we need to make the best out of it.

686
00:35:02,166 --> 00:35:05,068
The wind's so high.
It's so f*ckin

687
00:35:05,069 --> 00:35:09,106
cold out that the ice
is just absolute garbage.

688
00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:11,175
Umm, and then when it
came to race day, I ended up

689
00:35:11,476 --> 00:35:13,243
kind of clipping skates
and taking a toe pick.

690
00:35:13,244 --> 00:35:15,145
I looked like a ballerina on ice

691
00:35:15,146 --> 00:35:17,981
and spun out, and I just couldn't
catch back up, so I was eliminated.

692
00:35:17,982 --> 00:35:20,852
I think I finished, like,
I don't know, 20th.

693
00:35:21,119 --> 00:35:23,121
So ̶ not my best work.

694
00:35:23,221 --> 00:35:25,690
Brittan struggled,
got knocked out, round of 32.

695
00:35:25,890 --> 00:35:28,526
Jack struggled,
got knocked out, round of 32.

696
00:35:28,860 --> 00:35:31,995
Aussie struggled,
Got knocked out, round of 32.

697
00:35:31,996 --> 00:35:34,564
I mean you turn that first corner
and you basically hit a brick

698
00:35:34,565 --> 00:35:36,567
wall of 40 mile per hour wind.

699
00:35:38,836 --> 00:35:40,838
But ̶ then there's Rob Worling.

700
00:35:43,441 --> 00:35:46,276
So Quebec was
maybe one of the ̶

701
00:35:46,277 --> 00:35:48,912
most interesting races
I've ever been a part of.

702
00:35:48,913 --> 00:35:51,482
That is the coldest weather
I've ever had to deal with.

703
00:35:52,083 --> 00:35:53,783
Rob Worling just effortlessly

704
00:35:53,784 --> 00:35:56,553
stepping over the rollers,
making it look too easy.

705
00:35:58,055 --> 00:36:00,323
I actually felt
really comfortable on that track.

706
00:36:00,324 --> 00:36:02,759
I know a lot of people felt
awkward on it because it was really hard

707
00:36:02,760 --> 00:36:05,196
to generate speed because there wasn't
a lot of downhill on it.

708
00:36:05,630 --> 00:36:08,966
That honestly might be one of the most
comfortable tracks I’ve felt on all year.

709
00:36:09,567 --> 00:36:10,800
He's stable on his feet.

710
00:36:10,801 --> 00:36:12,570
He made Quebec look easy.

711
00:36:15,806 --> 00:36:17,240
So we have two Canadians

712
00:36:17,241 --> 00:36:18,942
Robin Worling
and Stephen Cox

713
00:36:18,943 --> 00:36:21,746
in the finals here in the
only race in Canada this season

714
00:36:22,046 --> 00:36:24,248
and they get a great start
as Rob pulls out in front.

715
00:36:24,749 --> 00:36:27,284
No surprise here as he
has looked smooth as butter

716
00:36:27,285 --> 00:36:29,287
on this national ice cross track.

717
00:36:33,624 --> 00:36:35,492
Rob leads in this final race
from the beginning

718
00:36:35,493 --> 00:36:37,594
till the end, and takes his place

719
00:36:37,595 --> 00:36:41,065
atop the podium for the first time
in his Ice Cross career.

720
00:36:43,201 --> 00:36:44,734
We'll see what happens
the rest of the season.

721
00:36:44,735 --> 00:36:46,970
But right now,
Rob is setting himself up

722
00:36:46,971 --> 00:36:48,573
for his first World Championship.

723
00:37:33,150 --> 00:37:34,351
My name is Robin Worling

724
00:37:34,352 --> 00:37:38,789
I'm 26 years old, and this is my sixth
season competing in Ice Cross.

725
00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,191
Yeah, so growing up,
I'd say my two main sports

726
00:37:41,192 --> 00:37:44,461
were tennis in the summer
and hockey in the winters.

727
00:37:44,462 --> 00:37:48,466
And yeah, in 2017, I competed in Ice
Cross for the first time.

728
00:37:48,899 --> 00:37:50,467
Uh, there was a junior category

729
00:37:50,468 --> 00:37:53,670
in my hometown of Ottawa;
so I went to the track.

730
00:37:53,671 --> 00:37:55,171
It was definitely pretty intimidating.

731
00:37:55,172 --> 00:37:59,142
It was a big end of year season track,
and I'd never skated downhill before.

732
00:37:59,143 --> 00:38:01,311
But, you know, first couple rounds

733
00:38:01,312 --> 00:38:04,481
were a little rough but,
uh, I mean, I was hooked instantly.

734
00:38:04,482 --> 00:38:07,184
And ̶ yeah, I've competed
every season since.

735
00:38:10,554 --> 00:38:11,621
So obviously, there

736
00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:13,623
are some difficulties with Ice Cross.

737
00:38:13,624 --> 00:38:16,559
It definitely requires a lot
of time and a lot of travel.

738
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:19,863
But, uh, I've been fortunate
enough to kind of mold

739
00:38:19,864 --> 00:38:21,998
a career around Ice Cross.

740
00:38:21,999 --> 00:38:25,201
I create content full time now,
although, I gotta travel

741
00:38:25,202 --> 00:38:27,238
pretty far and spend a lot of time
going to these races.

742
00:38:27,405 --> 00:38:31,075
I can create some pretty,
uh, incredible content while doing so.

743
00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:42,053
I fell asleep across
the border in Europe.

744
00:38:44,989 --> 00:38:46,991
Look innocent.

745
00:38:48,826 --> 00:38:50,460
Oh right there here,
press that maybe.

746
00:38:50,461 --> 00:38:52,463
Here we are.

747
00:38:56,400 --> 00:38:58,135
Thank you, hello.

748
00:38:58,803 --> 00:38:59,869
Hey how are you guys?

749
00:38:59,870 --> 00:39:01,071
Yeah, fine.

750
00:39:01,072 --> 00:39:03,074
So where are you guys coming from today?

751
00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:04,107
Quebec

752
00:39:04,108 --> 00:39:05,342
And what's the purpose of your trip?

753
00:39:05,343 --> 00:39:07,110
Uh, Ice Cross.

754
00:39:07,111 --> 00:39:11,414
And this is like a team or something?

755
00:39:33,304 --> 00:39:35,238
Eh that’s aight, eh...

756
00:39:35,239 --> 00:39:37,241
it could be worse.

757
00:39:37,808 --> 00:39:39,810
It could definitely be worse.

758
00:39:41,612 --> 00:39:44,882
Checking out the <i>̶</i> state
of the ice right now.

759
00:39:45,783 --> 00:39:48,018
We've had below freezing temperatures

760
00:39:48,786 --> 00:39:51,255
for the last couple of days at night,
but during the day ̶

761
00:39:52,089 --> 00:39:54,859
it's been, it's been, uh,
above melting point.

762
00:39:55,159 --> 00:39:55,992
You guys are crazy.

763
00:39:55,993 --> 00:39:57,094
Are you guys all the athletes?

764
00:39:57,228 --> 00:39:58,361
Yeah we’re part of it

765
00:39:58,362 --> 00:40:00,630
I'm super familiar
with this trail, so I...

766
00:40:00,631 --> 00:40:02,098
But it's so fun, huh?

767
00:40:02,099 --> 00:40:04,502
I imagine this would be perfect
for what you guys are doing.

768
00:40:04,835 --> 00:40:06,269
it's gonna be fast,
that's for sure.

769
00:40:06,270 --> 00:40:07,036
You guys be safe.

770
00:40:07,037 --> 00:40:09,039
Have fun.

771
00:40:11,041 --> 00:40:14,043
And that was the last
we ever saw of “Jim-Bob.”

772
00:40:15,880 --> 00:40:18,182
The weather here at Loss
Valley has been a battle.

773
00:40:18,582 --> 00:40:21,317
It is very, very tough
to have an Ice Cross race

774
00:40:21,318 --> 00:40:24,321
when the average daily
temp isn't below freezing.

775
00:40:29,860 --> 00:40:33,030
You know, we just
got done with our first

776
00:40:33,697 --> 00:40:38,067
exploratory run on the track,
and ̶ it's a fun track.

777
00:40:38,068 --> 00:40:39,402
It's really nice.

778
00:40:39,403 --> 00:40:42,338
You know, this is the first time
skates have been on it, and, uhh

779
00:40:42,339 --> 00:40:44,842
it's a little risky, though, right now
because of the warm temperatures.

780
00:40:45,342 --> 00:40:48,211
Trying to find the balance between,
uh, pushing our limits

781
00:40:48,212 --> 00:40:52,282
and also being mindful
of the status of the ice.

782
00:41:23,948 --> 00:41:27,016
You'll notice at the bottom
the athletes are finding creative

783
00:41:27,017 --> 00:41:30,521
ways to stop, because the ice is so soft
and it's so warm out.

784
00:41:30,688 --> 00:41:34,057
There's not a safe way to stop
as they normally would.

785
00:41:36,894 --> 00:41:39,697
Yeah, so Maine was obviously, uh,
pretty interesting this year.

786
00:41:39,763 --> 00:41:41,197
Uh, there wasn't really any ice.

787
00:41:41,198 --> 00:41:43,800
Unfortunately, the weather
just wasn't really cooperating.

788
00:41:43,801 --> 00:41:45,803
So the track was
pretty much snow.

789
00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:48,005
So you pretty much
had to stay tucked like a skier

790
00:41:48,105 --> 00:41:49,740
and then just kind of
bomb down the hill.

791
00:41:52,743 --> 00:41:53,576
Fast baby, here we go!

792
00:41:53,577 --> 00:41:54,411
here we go!

793
00:42:02,253 --> 00:42:03,253
Brittan comes down.

794
00:42:03,254 --> 00:42:05,256
Nice run, finished in the top ten.

795
00:42:05,456 --> 00:42:08,157
Jack, same thing,
comes down, top ten finish.

796
00:42:08,158 --> 00:42:10,828
And neither one of ‘em
really thinkin’ about injury.

797
00:42:11,195 --> 00:42:13,197
It's all about the ice in front of ‘em.

798
00:42:19,970 --> 00:42:21,571
So we see Rob and I'm pumped.

799
00:42:21,572 --> 00:42:24,240
I'm pumped to see this guy
on a long track where he can glide

800
00:42:24,241 --> 00:42:26,243
and really get some speed going

801
00:42:27,044 --> 00:42:28,245
and then he cruises...

802
00:42:28,445 --> 00:42:31,682
just zigzaging
all the way down the track

803
00:42:32,416 --> 00:42:34,418
and I'm like ̶

804
00:42:34,718 --> 00:42:36,720
what is he doing?

805
00:42:37,555 --> 00:42:40,257
Oh that Robin Worling
so hot right now!

806
00:42:41,125 --> 00:42:43,860
Will you sign my shirt?

807
00:42:43,861 --> 00:42:47,297
Yeah, Good Run!

808
00:42:47,298 --> 00:42:48,899
Woooh!

809
00:42:50,167 --> 00:42:51,734
So I decided to really take it easy

810
00:42:51,735 --> 00:42:54,904
on time trials and pretty much
ended up walking down the track

811
00:42:54,905 --> 00:42:57,908
I think I was like second
to last after qualifications.

812
00:42:59,944 --> 00:43:03,646
Because of that,
Rob has now set himself up

813
00:43:03,647 --> 00:43:05,348
to have the worst gate selection

814
00:43:05,349 --> 00:43:07,351
throughout the entire event.

815
00:43:07,751 --> 00:43:09,820
Is he good enough for
that not to matter?

816
00:43:16,994 --> 00:43:17,694
Hey Madra!

817
00:43:17,695 --> 00:43:18,361
Hey Boo!

818
00:43:18,362 --> 00:43:20,029
happy birthday!

819
00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:21,130
Thank you!

820
00:43:21,131 --> 00:43:23,100
Are y'all having fun over there?

821
00:43:23,534 --> 00:43:25,101
So much fun.
Are you having fun?

822
00:43:25,102 --> 00:43:27,404
yeah, I'm sorry I missed the party.

823
00:43:28,238 --> 00:43:29,606
Hi, granny.

824
00:43:29,607 --> 00:43:30,840
Wonderful party.

825
00:43:30,841 --> 00:43:32,375
I know it looks like a lot of fun.

826
00:43:32,376 --> 00:43:33,910
I'm bummed to miss it.

827
00:43:33,911 --> 00:43:35,812
Are you ready for tomorrow

828
00:43:35,813 --> 00:43:38,548
Uh, as ready as I'm gonna be to

829
00:43:38,549 --> 00:43:40,583
to ski down an ice cross track.

830
00:43:40,584 --> 00:43:43,319
I just wanted to call
and tell you guys that I love y’all

831
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:46,022
and I miss y’all, and, and I'm sorry
I'm missing your birthday again.

832
00:43:46,023 --> 00:43:46,823
Every,
every year.

833
00:43:46,824 --> 00:43:49,026
I'm traveling for racing
on your birthday, so...

834
00:43:49,727 --> 00:43:50,627
It’s okay.

835
00:43:50,628 --> 00:43:52,295
You're always in my
heart boo, love you.

836
00:43:52,296 --> 00:43:54,164
I know. Love y’all very much. Cheers.

837
00:43:55,699 --> 00:43:58,368
He, he does this
and he takes two months

838
00:43:58,369 --> 00:43:59,969
of the year away from his business

839
00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:02,973
and his dog, and his family,
and his girlfriend.

840
00:44:03,807 --> 00:44:05,441
Takes two months away ̶

841
00:44:05,442 --> 00:44:07,444
to help the sport grow.

842
00:44:09,046 --> 00:44:11,047
One slip up...
one inch.

843
00:44:11,048 --> 00:44:12,515
That's all it takes

844
00:44:12,516 --> 00:44:14,551
and that's the difference
between walking away from this season

845
00:44:15,085 --> 00:44:16,619
and not walking away.

846
00:44:16,620 --> 00:44:18,254
You have to be in the zone.

847
00:44:18,255 --> 00:44:22,191
You have to be able
to block out the noise.

848
00:44:40,210 --> 00:44:41,277
Jack is a rarity.

849
00:44:41,278 --> 00:44:43,914
He’s stayed healthy in the sport
for a very long time.

850
00:44:44,715 --> 00:44:46,950
He just has an ability
to visualize things

851
00:44:47,351 --> 00:44:49,353
where other people don't.

852
00:44:51,689 --> 00:44:52,422
My mindset.

853
00:44:52,423 --> 00:44:54,724
I'm always just trying to live
in the present moment, you know?

854
00:44:54,725 --> 00:44:55,792
That's where I'm happiest.

855
00:44:55,793 --> 00:44:58,961
I'm not, you know,
worrying about the future or

856
00:44:58,962 --> 00:45:01,230
you know, thinking
about the past or what

857
00:45:01,231 --> 00:45:03,434
the way things
could have been, you know?

858
00:45:05,969 --> 00:45:07,236
Ice cross came into my

859
00:45:07,237 --> 00:45:10,640
life at a time when I really needed it.

860
00:45:10,641 --> 00:45:12,508
It was a time when I was
really struggling, You know?

861
00:45:12,509 --> 00:45:16,713
I when I... after I graduated,
uh, college and I wasn't playing hockey

862
00:45:16,714 --> 00:45:19,082
anymore, and hockey
had been such a

863
00:45:19,083 --> 00:45:21,617
central part of my life
from when I was two years old.

864
00:45:21,618 --> 00:45:22,819
Umm, I was really lost.

865
00:45:22,820 --> 00:45:26,123
Uh, it was almost like
I didn't know who I was.

866
00:45:32,663 --> 00:45:34,464
Auh, I don't know why
this is so hard to, like...

867
00:45:34,465 --> 00:45:38,201
say, but.. umm
man...

868
00:45:38,202 --> 00:45:41,504
I fell really, really deep into

869
00:45:41,505 --> 00:45:45,309
uh, into drugs
and alcohol, and, uh...

870
00:45:49,913 --> 00:45:52,715
Au, man...
It was, it was like

871
00:45:52,716 --> 00:45:55,419
it was really consuming me, and, uh...

872
00:46:05,763 --> 00:46:09,700
You know, I don't regret any of the,
any of my past.

873
00:46:10,400 --> 00:46:11,868
You know, a lot of tha...

874
00:46:11,869 --> 00:46:13,169
those were good times.

875
00:46:13,170 --> 00:46:15,172
And the rest were
those lessons learned.

876
00:46:15,606 --> 00:46:18,275
But now I just feel like this is

877
00:46:18,575 --> 00:46:22,279
this is good for this
point in my life, and, and ̶

878
00:46:23,347 --> 00:46:24,213
I, I felt like

879
00:46:24,214 --> 00:46:26,216
my drinking was very self-centered

880
00:46:26,316 --> 00:46:30,120
and it was always about me
changing the way I felt.

881
00:46:30,387 --> 00:46:32,989
And the way that I want to live

882
00:46:32,990 --> 00:46:34,992
my life going forward

883
00:46:35,259 --> 00:46:36,893
is ̶ being of service

884
00:46:36,894 --> 00:46:38,996
to others and thinking
about other people

885
00:46:39,563 --> 00:46:41,030
and not myself so much.

886
00:46:41,031 --> 00:46:44,267
So... that's, that's,
uh, that's one of the reasons

887
00:46:44,268 --> 00:46:46,270
why I'm sober.

888
00:47:05,722 --> 00:47:08,358
Alright, uh,
we have the guys at the top.

889
00:47:16,834 --> 00:47:18,902
Britain and Jack,
great friends on the tour

890
00:47:19,002 --> 00:47:21,337
have known each other
for a very long time

891
00:47:21,338 --> 00:47:23,941
and they actually, usually
travel together throughout the season.

892
00:47:24,541 --> 00:47:27,744
But what's going to happen
when these two bodies clash?

893
00:47:28,212 --> 00:47:29,011
You guys ready?

894
00:47:29,012 --> 00:47:31,614
<i>I’m going against,
one of my, one of my amigos</i>

895
00:47:31,615 --> 00:47:34,217
Jack Schram, and he's a great racer.

896
00:47:34,218 --> 00:47:35,719
One of the best US racers there is.

897
00:47:41,859 --> 00:47:43,826
Here we have a competitive round of 32

898
00:47:43,827 --> 00:47:46,329
with good friends Brittan Morris
and Jack Schram in the mix

899
00:47:46,330 --> 00:47:49,533
as well as Rob's younger brother
Andrew Worling in the outside lane.

900
00:47:50,334 --> 00:47:51,200
Nothing new here.

901
00:47:51,201 --> 00:47:53,837
Good start for Brittan and Jack Schram.

902
00:47:54,071 --> 00:47:57,006
Jack closing a bit of the distance now
and is right there

903
00:47:57,007 --> 00:47:58,542
on top of Brittan Morris.

904
00:48:00,344 --> 00:48:01,110
Andrew carrying

905
00:48:01,111 --> 00:48:04,180
a lot of speed on the inside
but can't quite get by Morris

906
00:48:04,181 --> 00:48:06,215
and now Jack makes
contact with Brittan

907
00:48:06,216 --> 00:48:07,651
as they approach the hip.

908
00:48:08,886 --> 00:48:11,722
Oh, and that contact
almost causes Brittan to go down!

909
00:48:11,889 --> 00:48:14,023
And Andrew Worling
passes right between them

910
00:48:14,024 --> 00:48:14,892
to take the lead!

911
00:48:17,461 --> 00:48:19,729
Jack and Andrew have this locked away,
but oh no!

912
00:48:19,730 --> 00:48:21,898
Andrew hit some bad ice and he goes down

913
00:48:21,899 --> 00:48:23,901
headfirst across the finish line!

914
00:48:24,334 --> 00:48:27,270
And Brittan is rightfully upset
as it appeared

915
00:48:27,271 --> 00:48:30,774
like there was contact from behind
that took him out of this race.

916
00:48:30,807 --> 00:48:32,308
I got pushed over the hip!

917
00:48:35,112 --> 00:48:37,180
When I crossed the gates,
I was f*ckin pissed.

918
00:48:37,314 --> 00:48:39,483
I of course, know that Jack
would never intentionally

919
00:48:39,583 --> 00:48:41,952
take me out,
especially coming in 1 or 2.

920
00:48:42,252 --> 00:48:44,221
Umm, he didn't push me
or anything like that

921
00:48:44,454 --> 00:48:46,555
but he definitely made contact with me

922
00:48:46,556 --> 00:48:48,558
at a point that I'm super vulnerable.

923
00:48:48,692 --> 00:48:51,928
That line is very blurred.

924
00:48:51,929 --> 00:48:53,763
There's a big gray area.

925
00:48:53,764 --> 00:48:56,600
A lot of times when I'm racing,
if I'm getting clutched and grabbed,

926
00:48:56,633 --> 00:49:00,269
I don't even realize it until I'm
watching footage like afterwards.

927
00:49:00,270 --> 00:49:04,041
Also ̶ it's really tough
to see ̶ on camera.

928
00:49:04,441 --> 00:49:06,443
You know, exactly what's happening.

929
00:49:07,044 --> 00:49:08,444
I'm still kind of pissed about it

930
00:49:08,445 --> 00:49:10,580
but I love Jack,
so it's one of those things.

931
00:49:10,714 --> 00:49:12,248
It's just part of racing

932
00:49:12,249 --> 00:49:14,251
and things like that
are gonna happen.

933
00:49:14,551 --> 00:49:16,986
I don't know, like there's just
like instant karma.

934
00:49:16,987 --> 00:49:17,754
I swear.

935
00:49:20,190 --> 00:49:21,190
Back up line one.

936
00:49:22,225 --> 00:49:24,026
There's some movement
at the start gate and the line judge

937
00:49:24,027 --> 00:49:26,063
is telling Jack to back up...
and now they're off!

938
00:49:28,098 --> 00:49:30,399
Now coming over that hip
Matt Johnson goes down

939
00:49:30,400 --> 00:49:33,136
hard with Jack right behind him
now taking the lead!

940
00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:35,839
I won that heat, and ̶

941
00:49:36,840 --> 00:49:39,942
I go up to the top
for my semifinal heat.

942
00:49:39,943 --> 00:49:41,945
And I'm in the gate
and they tell me that

943
00:49:42,312 --> 00:49:44,314
I'm not ̶

944
00:49:44,514 --> 00:49:46,315
that I'm not supposed
to be racing this race.

945
00:49:46,316 --> 00:49:48,318
So I know Jack is disqualified

946
00:49:48,452 --> 00:49:49,952
and I see him getting off the gondola

947
00:49:49,953 --> 00:49:51,955
looking like a gladiator
ready for battle.

948
00:49:52,122 --> 00:49:53,856
And I'm like ̶

949
00:49:53,857 --> 00:49:55,024
why is he here?

950
00:49:55,025 --> 00:49:57,027
Why have they not told him
what happened?

951
00:49:57,394 --> 00:49:59,196
I mean, this is not good.

952
00:50:00,831 --> 00:50:02,299
Did anybody tell
them what happened?

953
00:50:02,733 --> 00:50:03,867
I did.

954
00:50:06,036 --> 00:50:08,338
what are the four that are
supposed to be up here again?

955
00:50:08,939 --> 00:50:10,941
Derek Abrahamsen

956
00:50:11,274 --> 00:50:13,710
four, Christian Richard.

957
00:50:14,678 --> 00:50:17,481
So we have Jack
up here instead of Derek.

958
00:50:23,353 --> 00:50:25,187
What do we have? Johnson?

959
00:50:25,188 --> 00:50:27,023
We have Jack.

960
00:50:27,024 --> 00:50:28,658
Jack Schram, instead of Derek...

961
00:50:29,259 --> 00:50:32,062
He was DQ’d because
he jumped the gate

962
00:50:32,095 --> 00:50:33,629
Derek should be up there.

963
00:50:33,630 --> 00:50:34,864
Are you fucking kidding me?!?

964
00:50:34,865 --> 00:50:36,632
I told you to twice back up man!

965
00:50:36,633 --> 00:50:38,234
Well I didn’t jump the gate!

966
00:50:38,235 --> 00:50:39,802
told me,
you are not allowed to be

967
00:50:39,803 --> 00:50:42,139
in front of the two by four
after the five second warning.

968
00:50:42,172 --> 00:50:43,305
I scooted back.

969
00:50:43,306 --> 00:50:44,473
No, you didn't.

970
00:50:44,474 --> 00:50:45,742
you did,
you did it twice, I heard it

971
00:50:45,842 --> 00:50:47,777
You were sitting right next to me

972
00:50:47,778 --> 00:50:49,813
in front of the two by four
with what part of my body?

973
00:50:49,846 --> 00:50:50,747
Your helmet.

974
00:50:52,115 --> 00:50:54,684
It’s easy to see from the first gate
Gah!

975
00:50:55,786 --> 00:50:57,753
I was the third guy out of the gate!
Come on man!

976
00:50:57,754 --> 00:50:59,756
make a fucking call like that!

977
00:51:00,123 --> 00:51:02,125
F*ck!

978
00:51:05,128 --> 00:51:06,796
I’m Sorry! I’m Sorry!

979
00:51:06,797 --> 00:51:08,330
Are you kidding
me?! Go! Get off the mountain!

980
00:51:08,331 --> 00:51:10,333
Please go!

981
00:51:11,668 --> 00:51:12,468
I didn't throw that!

982
00:51:12,469 --> 00:51:13,302
Go! Just go...

983
00:51:13,303 --> 00:51:14,170
I didn’t throw it!

984
00:51:14,171 --> 00:51:16,173
It's fine. Just leave.

985
00:51:16,206 --> 00:51:17,973
Yeah, there was
a little bit of a scene

986
00:51:17,974 --> 00:51:20,009
and, uh, yeah,
but it is what it is.

987
00:51:20,010 --> 00:51:21,310
You know, you move on.

988
00:51:21,311 --> 00:51:22,711
I mean, he should be upset.

989
00:51:22,712 --> 00:51:25,449
He should have been told
at the bottom, you know, before

990
00:51:26,016 --> 00:51:28,852
before he got all that
pent up energy and ̶

991
00:51:30,053 --> 00:51:31,620
that energy has to be released.

992
00:51:31,621 --> 00:51:32,622
It's gotta go somewhere.

993
00:51:33,757 --> 00:51:35,057
but it’s a

994
00:51:35,058 --> 00:51:37,060
it's a difficult time
in Ice Cross right now

995
00:51:37,127 --> 00:51:39,696
most of the events are being
run by local volunteers

996
00:51:39,963 --> 00:51:42,632
and sometimes those volunteers
don't know a whole lot about the sport.

997
00:51:42,966 --> 00:51:44,600
Jack was across that line.

998
00:51:44,601 --> 00:51:45,668
It is what it is.

999
00:51:45,669 --> 00:51:48,905
You got to take the punches
and move on to the next one.

1000
00:51:49,973 --> 00:51:51,841
Meanwhile, we have Aussie Crasher

1001
00:51:51,842 --> 00:51:54,744
just cruising along,
having the best race of his season.

1002
00:51:55,045 --> 00:51:56,078
My name's Luke Webb.

1003
00:51:56,079 --> 00:51:58,013
I've been doing Ice Cross for 33 years.

1004
00:51:58,014 --> 00:51:59,248
No, sorry...

1005
00:51:59,249 --> 00:52:00,483
33 years?

1006
00:52:00,484 --> 00:52:01,584
Yeah.

1007
00:52:07,691 --> 00:52:09,525
Yeah, so, my name is Luke Webb.

1008
00:52:09,526 --> 00:52:11,360
I am 33 years old,
and I've been doing Ice Cross

1009
00:52:11,361 --> 00:52:13,629
for six years?

1010
00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:16,933
Correct me if I'm wrong, but
Australia does not have a lot of snow.

1011
00:52:17,400 --> 00:52:18,300
No, no.

1012
00:52:18,301 --> 00:52:20,303
So Australia
does not have a lot of snow.

1013
00:52:20,670 --> 00:52:22,071
Umm, so I think we need to have
an Australian

1014
00:52:22,072 --> 00:52:24,074
in such a sport that has a lot of snow.

1015
00:52:24,441 --> 00:52:25,774
I've, I can't surf

1016
00:52:25,775 --> 00:52:29,211
so I may as well not be in Australia,
I feel, uhh but mainly...

1017
00:52:29,212 --> 00:52:29,879
yeah, just...

1018
00:52:29,880 --> 00:52:31,882
I've played inline hockey
since I was young.

1019
00:52:31,915 --> 00:52:35,718
Umm, started ice hockey
from like 21 onwards, and then

1020
00:52:35,719 --> 00:52:37,987
yeah, just kind of, finished
uni at that point.

1021
00:52:37,988 --> 00:52:39,855
Aussie Crasher, Luke Webb.

1022
00:52:39,856 --> 00:52:42,759
Oh, man, this guy is hilarious.

1023
00:52:43,560 --> 00:52:44,994
First I met Aussie Crasher

1024
00:52:44,995 --> 00:52:49,065
It was in Lassar,
I think at a Canadian Riders Cup

1025
00:52:49,533 --> 00:52:53,169
and I... he was just
in the locker room drinking beers.

1026
00:52:53,170 --> 00:52:55,939
And this dude so far from home,
he's the furthest from home.

1027
00:52:56,273 --> 00:52:59,308
His results may not,
you know be the best every race, but

1028
00:52:59,309 --> 00:53:02,646
this guy, just like... you gotta respect
a guy that just, like takes hits

1029
00:53:03,280 --> 00:53:07,384
and, and just keep coming and
coming and coming back for more.

1030
00:53:07,417 --> 00:53:09,818
So, umm and dude,
he's got such a... like

1031
00:53:09,819 --> 00:53:12,122
a great attitude, always smiling,
joking around.

1032
00:53:12,455 --> 00:53:16,325
One of... one of
my favorite, uh, racers, for sure.

1033
00:53:16,326 --> 00:53:18,528
He is an absolute character

1034
00:53:18,962 --> 00:53:20,997
and always brings the fun

1035
00:53:21,231 --> 00:53:23,733
but he would come in last place
with a smile on his face

1036
00:53:24,000 --> 00:53:25,834
and then he'd go to the bars
with you and drink

1037
00:53:25,835 --> 00:53:27,037
you under the table.

1038
00:53:28,572 --> 00:53:31,273
It's just been really cool
to see his progression

1039
00:53:31,274 --> 00:53:34,211
and how, how dedicated
he was to to getting better.

1040
00:53:34,411 --> 00:53:36,413
And I know how much he loves Ice Cross.

1041
00:53:44,321 --> 00:53:45,120
After uni...

1042
00:53:45,121 --> 00:53:47,190
uh, it was quite hard to get work.

1043
00:53:47,591 --> 00:53:50,860
Yeah, just kind of not in the great...
greatest mindset.

1044
00:53:50,994 --> 00:53:54,331
Uh, had previously bad relationship
with a partner at the time.

1045
00:53:54,631 --> 00:53:57,400
Umm, and I kind of just
made my own escape.

1046
00:53:58,301 --> 00:53:59,868
I wasn’t really doing anything
kind of in a rut.

1047
00:53:59,869 --> 00:54:02,138
Just doing the same thing day
in, day out, going to work

1048
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,540
coming home, having beers,
go and play inline hockey

1049
00:54:04,541 --> 00:54:06,543
and that was pretty much like my week.

1050
00:54:06,576 --> 00:54:07,676
Every time.

1051
00:54:07,677 --> 00:54:08,077
Yeah.

1052
00:54:08,078 --> 00:54:11,448
We went to Canada for a month,
did four races in four weeks.

1053
00:54:11,848 --> 00:54:13,617
Uh, it was my first time
experiencing real winter.

1054
00:54:14,818 --> 00:54:16,318
Umm, and then yeah,
went back and just

1055
00:54:16,319 --> 00:54:17,954
couldn't stop thinking
about Ice Cross.

1056
00:54:17,988 --> 00:54:20,490
So I ended up selling all my stuff
and moved to Canada ̶

1057
00:54:21,191 --> 00:54:22,591
and then lived in a car
for three months

1058
00:54:22,592 --> 00:54:25,228
settled down in Toronto,
and I didn't really have a plan.

1059
00:54:25,362 --> 00:54:27,330
I kind of just wanted to get out
of Australia as quick as I could.

1060
00:54:27,497 --> 00:54:29,431
I keep coming back to Ice Cross

1061
00:54:29,432 --> 00:54:31,401
mainly because if I didn't,
I probably wouldn't be here.

1062
00:54:31,568 --> 00:54:33,702
I... doesn't matter what happens
throughout the year, what

1063
00:54:33,703 --> 00:54:37,606
sh*t happens in the rest of my life,
this seven, eight week

1064
00:54:37,607 --> 00:54:40,677
season, is kind of what I focus
everything into.

1065
00:54:41,311 --> 00:54:42,745
So you say you wouldn't be here.

1066
00:54:42,746 --> 00:54:43,445
What do you mean?

1067
00:54:43,446 --> 00:54:44,813
You wouldn't be in America?

1068
00:54:44,814 --> 00:54:46,248
Uh, No.

1069
00:54:46,249 --> 00:54:49,586
So, uh, just like, mental health issues
running throughout my family.

1070
00:54:50,220 --> 00:54:53,122
And then, uh, there's been a few years,
which during Covid as well

1071
00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:55,057
but before that, it's
been pretty bad for me.

1072
00:54:55,058 --> 00:54:57,827
Umm, like ̶ you could tell
it was getting bad for me

1073
00:54:57,861 --> 00:55:00,496
because I would be skating at Fenway
Park and I was too depressed

1074
00:55:00,497 --> 00:55:02,732
to get out of bed, to put my
skates on, and skate in

1075
00:55:02,766 --> 00:55:04,968
probably the one of the most
iconic tracks we've ever had.

1076
00:55:05,902 --> 00:55:07,236
I needed the time off.

1077
00:55:07,237 --> 00:55:09,338
I needed the time away
from people, from work

1078
00:55:09,339 --> 00:55:11,641
just the chance to reset everything.

1079
00:55:11,875 --> 00:55:14,376
Coming through all that,
and then working through

1080
00:55:14,377 --> 00:55:16,345
with what I've dealt with,
I'd probably have to say that

1081
00:55:16,346 --> 00:55:18,748
Ice Cross has probably saved my life.

1082
00:55:19,616 --> 00:55:21,885
<i>the greatest compliment
that you can give any athlete</i>

1083
00:55:22,285 --> 00:55:24,287
is that they reached
their full potential.

1084
00:55:25,088 --> 00:55:27,090
But every now and then

1085
00:55:27,257 --> 00:55:30,092
you see an athlete reach
beyond their full potential

1086
00:55:30,093 --> 00:55:33,295
and athletes like Aussie,
prove that sometimes

1087
00:55:33,296 --> 00:55:35,298
the impossible is possible.

1088
00:55:35,332 --> 00:55:38,335
I know where I'm weak and where
I'm strong and what I can do

1089
00:55:39,002 --> 00:55:40,336
and I’ve raced with these
guys for so long.

1090
00:55:40,337 --> 00:55:41,771
I know what their skill sets are.

1091
00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:46,810
So I dropped it on the way.

1092
00:55:48,411 --> 00:55:49,679
It's gonna be a second.

1093
00:55:50,347 --> 00:55:51,280
<i>Skate fast. Don’t fall.</i>

1094
00:55:51,281 --> 00:55:52,214
Skate fast

1095
00:55:52,215 --> 00:55:54,683
don't fall,
skate fast

1096
00:55:54,684 --> 00:55:56,686
don’t fall.

1097
00:56:04,761 --> 00:56:06,862
Last chance qualifier
here with Luke Webb.

1098
00:56:06,863 --> 00:56:09,999
Someone who's familiar with having to
earn his way into the competitive races.

1099
00:56:10,166 --> 00:56:12,401
So that's one of my
problems with my personality.

1100
00:56:12,402 --> 00:56:14,404
I feel like I always chase
like that rush.

1101
00:56:14,971 --> 00:56:16,472
I don't think people understand,
like how much you

1102
00:56:16,473 --> 00:56:18,441
put onto that track
in that 45 seconds.

1103
00:56:18,742 --> 00:56:21,344
It's just the actual,
just the adrenaline release.

1104
00:56:22,912 --> 00:56:24,613
As expected
Worling finishes

1105
00:56:24,614 --> 00:56:26,415
light years ahead
of everyone else

1106
00:56:26,416 --> 00:56:29,352
but Webb comes in second
with relative ease.

1107
00:56:34,157 --> 00:56:36,692
Round of 32 race
and we have Luke Webb going up

1108
00:56:36,693 --> 00:56:40,196
against the very experienced athlete
in Stephen Cox.

1109
00:56:41,364 --> 00:56:43,732
As soon as you get into the gate
and that five second warning is called

1110
00:56:43,733 --> 00:56:44,901
like everything goes silent.

1111
00:56:47,804 --> 00:56:49,304
That's probably the most peaceful time

1112
00:56:49,305 --> 00:56:50,939
you'll ever experience in life.

1113
00:56:51,541 --> 00:56:52,674
Cox with a great start.

1114
00:56:52,675 --> 00:56:54,944
Luke Webb looking
strong in second place.

1115
00:57:00,016 --> 00:57:01,550
As they go over the rollers here

1116
00:57:01,551 --> 00:57:03,920
Webb seems to be
closing that gap against Cox

1117
00:57:04,521 --> 00:57:06,455
over the hip now,
and Webb is right there

1118
00:57:06,456 --> 00:57:09,491
positioning himself to take a pass
on this downhill to the finish.

1119
00:57:09,492 --> 00:57:13,295
Cox looks back as the big body of Luke
Webb is propelling him down this track.

1120
00:57:13,296 --> 00:57:16,132
He had a couple of extra cheeseburgers
for lunch and it’s paying off.

1121
00:57:16,299 --> 00:57:18,734
Round of 32,
I actually ended up beating

1122
00:57:18,735 --> 00:57:21,771
uh, one of the faster guys,
so I came in first in that heat.

1123
00:57:21,805 --> 00:57:23,138
Which a first for me.

1124
00:57:23,139 --> 00:57:25,040
It's actually an honor
have made it to the round of 16,

1125
00:57:25,041 --> 00:57:27,777
which was huge
because I didn't expect that at all.

1126
00:57:28,178 --> 00:57:32,182
Umm, coming into the round of 16,
I was in second place...

1127
00:57:32,515 --> 00:57:36,084
looking at a, uh, round of eight,
which would have been unreal.

1128
00:57:36,085 --> 00:57:37,986
My first top ten finish ever.

1129
00:57:37,987 --> 00:57:39,488
And Webb looking great again

1130
00:57:39,489 --> 00:57:41,658
finds himself in second,
coming over the hip.

1131
00:57:41,858 --> 00:57:45,061
And oh no, he overcookes it
and blows through the netting!

1132
00:57:45,361 --> 00:57:46,128
Racing happens.

1133
00:57:46,129 --> 00:57:48,598
And, uh, I got tangled up
with one of the guys on the hips.

1134
00:57:49,032 --> 00:57:50,365
And we both went down.

1135
00:57:50,366 --> 00:57:52,367
Ended up getting caught in the net
and needed some spectators

1136
00:57:52,368 --> 00:57:53,035
to help me get out.

1137
00:57:53,036 --> 00:57:55,905
So it was a bit disappointing
because I felt like I had

1138
00:57:56,039 --> 00:57:58,041
a really good shot on that track but...

1139
00:57:58,141 --> 00:58:00,577
still my best finish this season so far,
so I can't complain.

1140
00:58:00,877 --> 00:58:02,678
My helemt was up here, man.

1141
00:58:02,679 --> 00:58:03,946
My fucking foot's back here.

1142
00:58:03,947 --> 00:58:06,281
GoPro is facing
straight up to the sky, so...

1143
00:58:06,282 --> 00:58:08,951
They don’t call him
Aussie Crasher for no reason, baby.

1144
00:58:08,952 --> 00:58:10,954
So Aussie making it
into the top 16.

1145
00:58:11,354 --> 00:58:12,955
That's a huge win.

1146
00:58:12,956 --> 00:58:15,191
I mean, you love to see
somebody not give up.

1147
00:58:15,525 --> 00:58:18,227
Take the punches
and just keep moving

1148
00:58:18,228 --> 00:58:20,230
forward,
one step at a time.

1149
00:58:20,497 --> 00:58:22,499
And then on the other side
you have Rob Worling.

1150
00:58:22,866 --> 00:58:25,434
Who is trying to take back to back
wins from Quebec

1151
00:58:25,435 --> 00:58:28,304
and Maine to continue his run
at a world championship.

1152
00:58:28,671 --> 00:58:30,539
Rob has a huge disadvantage

1153
00:58:30,540 --> 00:58:32,542
in these races
because of his time trial.

1154
00:58:32,742 --> 00:58:34,744
Shiny stuff. Stay away from it.

1155
00:58:34,944 --> 00:58:36,346
Thank you.

1156
00:58:37,981 --> 00:58:39,983
Okay, right.

1157
00:58:42,418 --> 00:58:44,019
Have a good race, guys.

1158
00:58:44,020 --> 00:58:44,854
Be safe

1159
00:58:51,861 --> 00:58:53,128
RobWorling with an outside gate.

1160
00:58:53,129 --> 00:58:54,429
But it's no problem for him.

1161
00:58:54,430 --> 00:58:56,431
And he takes an early lead
with Eric Milinkovich

1162
00:58:56,432 --> 00:58:58,434
right behind him.

1163
00:58:58,501 --> 00:58:59,701
So I got out of the gate.

1164
00:58:59,702 --> 00:59:02,672
Uhh, no issues, but,
yeah, Eric Milinkovic

1165
00:59:03,606 --> 00:59:05,608
made a pass like,
halfway down the track.

1166
00:59:06,342 --> 00:59:08,110
Milinkovic with a beautiful pass

1167
00:59:08,111 --> 00:59:10,112
on the inside of Rob Worling.

1168
00:59:10,113 --> 00:59:11,246
Sucks up that roller.

1169
00:59:11,247 --> 00:59:14,350
Oh, but he almost goes down
the ice conditions here are rough.

1170
00:59:14,651 --> 00:59:17,319
Oh, and right as I say that
worling goes down!

1171
00:59:17,320 --> 00:59:20,822
And then I hit a rut...
went down pretty bad.

1172
00:59:20,823 --> 00:59:23,725
Max Nadeau fell over top of me, and, uh

1173
00:59:23,726 --> 00:59:26,529
and I kind of was like,
well ̶ my race is over.

1174
00:59:26,896 --> 00:59:30,832
And then, I take two strides
and I see Eric about three meters

1175
00:59:30,833 --> 00:59:32,701
deep into the side netting and...

1176
00:59:32,702 --> 00:59:37,306
Eric with a commanding lead now
but, oh goes down into the netting!

1177
00:59:37,307 --> 00:59:39,642
He's rolled up tighter than
one of Snoop Dogg’s Bombers!

1178
00:59:40,310 --> 00:59:41,910
Now, Max Nadeau and Rob Worling

1179
00:59:41,911 --> 00:59:43,947
who went down together are in the lead!

1180
00:59:44,280 --> 00:59:46,282
What a turn of events
here in Lost Valley!

1181
00:59:46,449 --> 00:59:48,550
And Rob finds a way to come back

1182
00:59:48,551 --> 00:59:50,853
and finish first in this
quarterfinals heat!

1183
00:59:51,220 --> 00:59:54,056
Crazy finish to this battle!

1184
00:59:54,057 --> 00:59:56,993
And just reiterates
that never give up attitude!

1185
00:59:57,560 --> 00:59:58,528
Oh F*ck!

1186
01:00:00,396 --> 01:00:01,563
Hey, are you ok?

1187
01:00:01,564 --> 01:00:03,533
Are you?

1188
01:00:03,833 --> 01:00:05,835
I literally fell on
your back, man.

1189
01:00:06,302 --> 01:00:07,269
Sorry about that.

1190
01:00:07,270 --> 01:00:08,271
No it’s all good.

1191
01:00:08,504 --> 01:00:10,005
Stephen Cox and Andrew Worling

1192
01:00:10,006 --> 01:00:12,008
will be moving on to the finals.

1193
01:00:12,108 --> 01:00:15,477
Also a competitive heat here,
but Max Nadeau and Robin Worling

1194
01:00:15,478 --> 01:00:18,147
hold strong and punch
their tickets to the finals.

1195
01:00:22,251 --> 01:00:25,187
Okay, so we have an all Canadian
finals here with Rob's

1196
01:00:25,188 --> 01:00:27,456
younger brother Andrew,
who is a bit of a surprise

1197
01:00:27,457 --> 01:00:30,293
here in the finals, but has
been in good form on this track.

1198
01:00:30,460 --> 01:00:33,830
There's the always dangerous
Stephen Cox, who seemingly can do it all

1199
01:00:33,863 --> 01:00:37,499
mountain biking, skiing, snowboarding
next to him, an ice cross

1200
01:00:37,500 --> 01:00:40,535
veteran, Max Nadeau, both
who have already made it to the finals

1201
01:00:40,536 --> 01:00:41,503
race in this season.

1202
01:00:41,504 --> 01:00:43,739
And rounding off your top four,
Robin Worling

1203
01:00:43,740 --> 01:00:46,308
who had his first ever win
in Quebec last week.

1204
01:00:47,543 --> 01:00:48,810
And they're off.

1205
01:00:48,811 --> 01:00:51,481
And Rob gets out to another great start!

1206
01:00:52,515 --> 01:00:53,048
Doesn't look

1207
01:00:53,049 --> 01:00:55,217
like anybody is going
to be able to catch him here

1208
01:00:55,218 --> 01:00:57,286
as he's holding a
strong lead for the moment.

1209
01:01:04,227 --> 01:01:04,960
Andrew Worling

1210
01:01:04,961 --> 01:01:08,030
trying to fight off Max Nadeau
and go to the podium with his brother.

1211
01:01:08,031 --> 01:01:11,066
But Max makes the pass!
And RobinWorling wins

1212
01:01:11,067 --> 01:01:13,269
for the second time in two weeks!

1213
01:01:19,642 --> 01:01:23,945
And in first place, Robin Worling!

1214
01:01:37,026 --> 01:01:38,493
So the North American trek

1215
01:01:38,494 --> 01:01:41,464
of the 2023 ice cross season
has had a lot of action.

1216
01:01:42,031 --> 01:01:44,166
I mean, Brittan being able
to overcome injury

1217
01:01:44,167 --> 01:01:46,169
in Mont du Lac to finish second.

1218
01:01:46,469 --> 01:01:48,471
And then you have the weather in Quebec

1219
01:01:48,571 --> 01:01:51,140
that really kicked all of our
asses, except for Rob.

1220
01:01:51,607 --> 01:01:52,808
And then Maine...

1221
01:01:52,809 --> 01:01:54,776
the stories of the season
really culminated

1222
01:01:54,777 --> 01:01:55,578
to a peak.

1223
01:01:56,946 --> 01:01:58,380
Now we head to Europe

1224
01:01:58,381 --> 01:02:01,551
to see if the athletes can continue
to pursue their goals for the season.

1225
01:02:04,554 --> 01:02:06,354
Alright boys!

1226
01:02:06,355 --> 01:02:08,357
to Finland we go!

1227
01:02:49,866 --> 01:02:51,399
Rautalampi is
always a fun race.

1228
01:02:51,400 --> 01:02:52,734
Always been one
of my favorites

1229
01:02:52,735 --> 01:02:56,538
because we're racing literally
through the woods

1230
01:02:56,539 --> 01:02:57,707
and through trees.

1231
01:03:00,877 --> 01:03:03,545
The Rautalampi track
is never a track for me.

1232
01:03:03,546 --> 01:03:05,947
Really... a lot of skating,
very technical skating.

1233
01:03:05,948 --> 01:03:07,950
Nothing I can ever train for back home.

1234
01:03:08,184 --> 01:03:09,484
Umm, just because you can't
get the ice time.

1235
01:03:09,485 --> 01:03:10,886
There's no skate trainers back home.

1236
01:03:10,887 --> 01:03:13,055
Aussie didn't have
the best time in time trials

1237
01:03:13,289 --> 01:03:15,625
so he'll have to go through
last chance qualifiers.

1238
01:03:15,892 --> 01:03:18,660
Last chance qualifiers is
when there's not enough athletes

1239
01:03:18,661 --> 01:03:20,663
to build up a round of 64.

1240
01:03:21,130 --> 01:03:25,333
So depending on your time trial,
if you got below 32

1241
01:03:25,334 --> 01:03:26,868
you have to compete

1242
01:03:26,869 --> 01:03:28,871
to get into the round of 32.

1243
01:03:29,138 --> 01:03:31,973
Luke Webb, finds himself
in the last chance qualifier.

1244
01:03:31,974 --> 01:03:35,378
Once again, he's lined up with
newcomer Antonin Chiberches.

1245
01:03:40,283 --> 01:03:41,483
Webb needs to find a way to

1246
01:03:41,484 --> 01:03:44,387
make a pass here if he wants to
get into the actual races.

1247
01:03:45,121 --> 01:03:46,588
Au, and that's a disappointing

1248
01:03:46,589 --> 01:03:49,658
finish here for Luke Webb
all the way from Australia

1249
01:03:49,659 --> 01:03:51,761
and he's eliminated in the LCQ’s.

1250
01:04:01,470 --> 01:04:03,639
You know, this sport
comes around once a year.

1251
01:04:04,307 --> 01:04:05,707
These guys get to push reality

1252
01:04:05,708 --> 01:04:07,777
to the side and live out their dreams

1253
01:04:08,277 --> 01:04:10,045
and sometimes it doesn't always go

1254
01:04:10,046 --> 01:04:11,380
the way you hoped that it would go.

1255
01:04:15,084 --> 01:04:17,720
♪ In the Shadow of the Mountain ♪

1256
01:04:18,554 --> 01:04:21,823
♪ Lives the shadow of a man ♪

1257
01:04:21,824 --> 01:04:25,261
♪ Where he hides from the trouble ♪

1258
01:04:25,561 --> 01:04:27,997
♪ he created with his troubled hands ♪

1259
01:04:29,765 --> 01:04:31,333
Can he make it, can he make it?!?

1260
01:04:31,334 --> 01:04:34,202
♪ There in the darkness ♪

1261
01:04:34,203 --> 01:04:37,873
♪ where the sun don't never shine ♪

1262
01:04:37,874 --> 01:04:41,244
♪ He wallows in his sorrows ♪

1263
01:04:41,310 --> 01:04:43,913
♪ beneath the aspens and the pines ♪

1264
01:04:46,515 --> 01:04:52,121
♪ He hopes it'll all soon be over ♪

1265
01:04:53,522 --> 01:04:57,025
♪ His blood runs cold with shame ♪

1266
01:04:57,026 --> 01:04:59,060
So Brittan, finished
in the round of 32 again.

1267
01:04:59,061 --> 01:05:01,596
For the third time in a row.
Since Mont du Lac

1268
01:05:01,597 --> 01:05:03,633
he is trending in the
opposite direction.

1269
01:05:03,799 --> 01:05:06,034
His goals for getting
top ten in the world

1270
01:05:06,035 --> 01:05:08,671
and number one American racer
are starting to slip away.

1271
01:05:09,205 --> 01:05:11,773
Jack, has made it to the
quarterfinals for the third time

1272
01:05:11,774 --> 01:05:14,810
this season, and for some athletes
that would be considered a win.

1273
01:05:15,177 --> 01:05:17,178
But for Jack, he's been a
veteran for a long time

1274
01:05:17,179 --> 01:05:18,947
and expects to be close
to the top

1275
01:05:18,948 --> 01:05:21,250
and he’s struggling to break
through to the semis this season.

1276
01:05:22,285 --> 01:05:25,153
♪ above him in the trees ♪

1277
01:05:25,154 --> 01:05:28,291
♪ is he God or is he the devil ♪

1278
01:05:28,691 --> 01:05:30,826
What's cool about
this race in Rautalampi, Finland.

1279
01:05:31,027 --> 01:05:34,229
You get to see all these kids come out
and these people come out of the woods.

1280
01:05:34,230 --> 01:05:36,732
I mean, you're just in a village
in the middle of Finland.

1281
01:05:37,066 --> 01:05:38,900
The Finns just
always put on a great race.

1282
01:05:38,901 --> 01:05:40,969
And the, the fans in Finland

1283
01:05:40,970 --> 01:05:43,506
love ice cross, and they
always come out to support.

1284
01:05:49,812 --> 01:05:51,780
♪ He hopes it’ll all soon be over ♪

1285
01:05:51,781 --> 01:05:54,583
Marco Dallago,
2014 World champion.

1286
01:05:55,651 --> 01:05:56,851
He has competed

1287
01:05:56,852 --> 01:05:58,854
and beaten the best of the best.

1288
01:05:58,921 --> 01:06:00,923
Marco is sneaky, sneaky good.

1289
01:06:01,357 --> 01:06:03,359
He's not the fastest
or the most athletic

1290
01:06:03,592 --> 01:06:05,360
but he's just so agile

1291
01:06:05,361 --> 01:06:08,564
and technically sound on his skates.

1292
01:06:08,831 --> 01:06:11,367
Marco is such a good ambassador
for the sport

1293
01:06:11,801 --> 01:06:14,203
because he's seen the highs,
he's seen the lows

1294
01:06:14,770 --> 01:06:16,772
but he doesn't lose hope.

1295
01:06:16,906 --> 01:06:19,274
And when you have the leaders
at the top still striving forward

1296
01:06:19,275 --> 01:06:21,544
with that same fire in their heart
that they had in the beginning!

1297
01:06:22,111 --> 01:06:23,813
everybody else
just kind of follows suit.

1298
01:06:24,380 --> 01:06:26,114
And Marco Dallago is looking solid

1299
01:06:26,115 --> 01:06:28,284
weaving in and out of the
forest here in Finland.

1300
01:06:32,588 --> 01:06:34,991
Engler and Nakari try to make
a push in the home stretch

1301
01:06:35,224 --> 01:06:38,326
but it's Marco Dallago
who will hold on for victory here.

1302
01:06:38,327 --> 01:06:43,132
♪ His blood runs cold with shame ♪

1303
01:06:45,234 --> 01:06:50,639
♪ But death ain't never gonna find him ♪

1304
01:06:51,607 --> 01:06:54,977
♪ For after all, he's just the shadow ♪

1305
01:06:55,778 --> 01:06:58,848
♪ And he'll hang from the gallows ♪

1306
01:06:59,782 --> 01:07:07,288
♪ For he's only the shadow ♪

1307
01:07:07,289 --> 01:07:11,594
♪ Of a man ♪

1308
01:07:15,831 --> 01:07:17,832
What are you doing with your shoes?
you don’t need those!

1309
01:07:17,833 --> 01:07:18,967
Oh, come on, snooze!

1310
01:07:18,968 --> 01:07:20,102
Let's gooo!

1311
01:07:20,202 --> 01:07:21,570
It was burning my feet last time

1312
01:07:21,804 --> 01:07:22,438
It’s time !!

1313
01:07:23,439 --> 01:07:24,673
Whoooo!

1314
01:07:26,809 --> 01:07:28,477
Whoo! Whoo!

1315
01:07:28,878 --> 01:07:30,612
♪ This song’s about love man ♪

1316
01:07:30,613 --> 01:07:31,179
Yeah!

1317
01:07:31,180 --> 01:07:34,016
♪ [Laughs] Come on! ♪

1318
01:07:35,451 --> 01:07:38,854
Hoo, ha, hoo, ha, hoo, ha.

1319
01:07:49,031 --> 01:07:52,434
You know, I'm close with
my family that I love to be around.

1320
01:07:52,435 --> 01:07:56,571
Luckily, this year my girlfriend
Kelly was able to come up.

1321
01:07:56,572 --> 01:07:58,673
It's good going in now
to this last week.

1322
01:07:58,674 --> 01:08:00,676
I just, I feel relaxed, I feel ̶

1323
01:08:00,910 --> 01:08:03,211
I feel kind of at home now and

1324
01:08:03,212 --> 01:08:05,381
umm, I feel like that's gonna help
me in the race.

1325
01:08:05,481 --> 01:08:06,916
♪ Smiling back ♪

1326
01:08:07,950 --> 01:08:09,952
♪ baby ♪

1327
01:08:10,953 --> 01:08:14,890
♪ We've been here before ♪

1328
01:08:18,227 --> 01:08:22,731
♪ And your sweet sweet loving ♪

1329
01:08:23,566 --> 01:08:24,900
♪ keeps healing me ♪

1330
01:08:30,272 --> 01:08:32,240
♪ Lookin sideways ♪

1331
01:08:32,241 --> 01:08:35,177
♪ I said i’m lookin High ♪

1332
01:08:35,644 --> 01:08:37,846
♪ Can’t believe that I ♪

1333
01:08:37,847 --> 01:08:40,082
♪ have you by my side ♪

1334
01:08:40,683 --> 01:08:42,685
♪ Baby ♪

1335
01:08:42,751 --> 01:08:46,221
♪ It ain't ever been like this before ♪

1336
01:08:46,222 --> 01:08:47,589
Squirrel on the track.

1337
01:08:47,590 --> 01:08:49,090
Yeah, it made for a good video.

1338
01:08:49,091 --> 01:08:51,093
That was my first appearance
with an animal on the track

1339
01:08:51,293 --> 01:08:52,527
besides myself.

1340
01:08:53,262 --> 01:08:57,566
♪ Sweet sweet loving keeps healing me ♪

1341
01:08:58,767 --> 01:09:00,401
♪ My brotha ♪

1342
01:09:00,402 --> 01:09:04,606
♪ Mister Bobby Flaco ♪

1343
01:09:16,385 --> 01:09:17,652
Leading up to the race,

1344
01:09:17,653 --> 01:09:20,955
I think that's like, one of
the worst I've ever felt.

1345
01:09:20,956 --> 01:09:22,958
I took a couple bad crashes.

1346
01:09:23,192 --> 01:09:26,628
These time trials are extremely
important for him, because whoever's out

1347
01:09:26,629 --> 01:09:30,498
front is gonna have a narrow
path to block everybody off.

1348
01:09:30,499 --> 01:09:33,068
It's gonna be tough to pass
anybody on this track.

1349
01:09:40,442 --> 01:09:40,909
Yeah after that

1350
01:09:40,910 --> 01:09:44,547
first time trial run like I was not
in a good headspace at all.

1351
01:09:50,786 --> 01:09:53,822
Soini is the winner takes all event

1352
01:09:53,856 --> 01:09:55,590
for the guys
that are at the top

1353
01:09:55,591 --> 01:09:59,762
which would be Rob Worling,
Mirko Lahti, and Marco Dallago.

1354
01:10:02,665 --> 01:10:03,798
Marco Dallago

1355
01:10:03,799 --> 01:10:07,035
is probably the best racer right now.

1356
01:10:07,036 --> 01:10:10,439
He's the the veteran of the sport,
former world champion.

1357
01:10:10,673 --> 01:10:13,641
And then Mirko Lahti,
the high flying Finn that wants to win

1358
01:10:13,642 --> 01:10:15,844
a world championship
on his home turf

1359
01:10:16,045 --> 01:10:18,046
or ̶ his home ice.

1360
01:10:18,047 --> 01:10:20,583
And he's got nothing but raw strength

1361
01:10:20,683 --> 01:10:22,685
and power in his legs.

1362
01:10:27,523 --> 01:10:29,525
So Rob has to have a
good second time trial.

1363
01:10:29,625 --> 01:10:30,358
He has to.

1364
01:10:30,359 --> 01:10:32,361
Or he's not gonna win
a world championship.

1365
01:10:43,205 --> 01:10:46,842
Third place!

1366
01:10:47,009 --> 01:10:49,979
Huge, huge finish
in the time trials for Rob.

1367
01:10:50,312 --> 01:10:52,380
The problem is
he finished right behind

1368
01:10:52,381 --> 01:10:54,383
Marco Dallago and Mirko Lahti.

1369
01:10:55,818 --> 01:10:58,953
I needed a good time
trial run, especially on this track.

1370
01:10:58,954 --> 01:11:00,488
The start’s gonna be so important.

1371
01:11:00,489 --> 01:11:03,458
Gate picks are so important,
because it's gonna be so hard

1372
01:11:03,459 --> 01:11:04,859
to pass in the middle of this track.

1373
01:11:04,860 --> 01:11:07,562
It's narrow, a lot of features

1374
01:11:07,563 --> 01:11:09,965
without a lot of room
to try and pass on the side.

1375
01:11:15,404 --> 01:11:18,539
I’m still sitting in a,
in a good position overall

1376
01:11:18,540 --> 01:11:22,143
in the world rankings. Believe I’m top
ten right now. Even though

1377
01:11:22,144 --> 01:11:25,848
I have not done as well as I ̶

1378
01:11:26,081 --> 01:11:28,083
you know, expect myself to do.

1379
01:11:28,484 --> 01:11:31,486
I have still got a lot
of confidence going in

1380
01:11:31,487 --> 01:11:34,022
and, and I know that
now I'm here and

1381
01:11:34,023 --> 01:11:37,492
and now it's on a bigger stage
and it matters more and

1382
01:11:37,493 --> 01:11:38,894
and I'm going to do better.

1383
01:11:41,964 --> 01:11:43,965
I'm just trying to
finish the season strong.

1384
01:11:43,966 --> 01:11:46,268
I know it's a lot of guys

1385
01:11:46,802 --> 01:11:49,137
usually, you know, a little homesick

1386
01:11:49,138 --> 01:11:51,706
injured and maybe a little discouraged

1387
01:11:51,707 --> 01:11:54,543
if they're not in the
World Championship race anymore

1388
01:11:54,843 --> 01:11:57,246
and, you know, I'm just trying
to take it one day at a time.

1389
01:11:58,647 --> 01:11:59,380
Technically, I'm ranked

1390
01:11:59,381 --> 01:12:03,151
number one, but ,uh, I mean,
take that with a grain of salt

1391
01:12:03,152 --> 01:12:05,820
because I had two races
in North America

1392
01:12:05,821 --> 01:12:07,890
that a lot of the European
guys didn't show up to.

1393
01:12:08,490 --> 01:12:10,291
Really, it’s anybody's
race this weekend.

1394
01:12:10,292 --> 01:12:13,227
It's going to be, uh, probably
the toughest race of the year

1395
01:12:13,228 --> 01:12:16,598
and, umm, whoever has the best
result here is going to take it all.

1396
01:12:19,335 --> 01:12:21,235
The last race is always the hardest

1397
01:12:21,236 --> 01:12:23,572
and for a track like this,
I... like, I feel good on it

1398
01:12:23,739 --> 01:12:25,874
but I'm just not fast on it,
and I don't know why.

1399
01:12:26,675 --> 01:12:29,010
And then this track,
The start means a lot.

1400
01:12:29,011 --> 01:12:31,480
and I know that's
also a weakness for me.

1401
01:12:47,629 --> 01:12:49,665
[DJ Seeing all the
fans come out here

1402
01:12:49,932 --> 01:12:51,867
to this event in the
middle of nowhere

1403
01:12:52,067 --> 01:12:54,937
in Finland... it just gives
you a different feeling.

1404
01:12:55,637 --> 01:12:57,638
Almost like there's a spark in the air

1405
01:12:57,639 --> 01:12:59,641
just waiting to ignite.

1406
01:13:00,676 --> 01:13:02,610
The big bodied Australian, Luke Webb

1407
01:13:02,611 --> 01:13:05,847
looking over the edge at the
intimidating start here in Soini.

1408
01:13:05,848 --> 01:13:07,215
Go!

1409
01:13:07,216 --> 01:13:10,518
No LCQ’s for the Aussie Crasher
this weekend as he faces off

1410
01:13:10,519 --> 01:13:12,621
against Jack Schram in the round of 64.

1411
01:13:12,654 --> 01:13:14,222
Jack out in the lead with Webb

1412
01:13:14,223 --> 01:13:16,424
trailing in the rear
but looking to make a pass here.

1413
01:13:16,425 --> 01:13:18,761
Au, three of them go down,
over the snow ghost!

1414
01:13:19,094 --> 01:13:20,796
And it's chaos on track!

1415
01:13:25,467 --> 01:13:27,368
Meanwhile, with all the
crashes behind him

1416
01:13:27,369 --> 01:13:29,504
Jack Schram, is well out in the lead

1417
01:13:29,505 --> 01:13:32,474
and will easily advance
into the round of 32.

1418
01:13:33,976 --> 01:13:36,210
The Aussie Crasher’s
a crowd favorite

1419
01:13:36,211 --> 01:13:37,145
and you wanted to see him.

1420
01:13:37,146 --> 01:13:39,081
Well, here he is folks

1421
01:13:39,681 --> 01:13:40,915
and he'll come down

1422
01:13:40,916 --> 01:13:42,918
and slide into home plate!

1423
01:13:51,460 --> 01:13:52,594
You alright bud?

1424
01:13:53,028 --> 01:13:55,830
This season might have ended
a little bit shorter than Aussie hoped

1425
01:13:55,831 --> 01:13:59,234
it would have, but you can't
deny how far he's come

1426
01:13:59,368 --> 01:14:01,570
since he first started
competing in Ice Cross.

1427
01:14:02,171 --> 01:14:06,307
He is still the only competitive
ice cross skater ever

1428
01:14:06,308 --> 01:14:07,509
from Australia.

1429
01:14:07,543 --> 01:14:10,746
He's not just in the top 1%,
he is the top 1%.

1430
01:14:10,979 --> 01:14:13,382
And he also provides a joy

1431
01:14:13,882 --> 01:14:15,551
that this sport desperately needs.

1432
01:14:16,418 --> 01:14:18,219
Here we have the POV of Rob Worling,

1433
01:14:18,220 --> 01:14:20,588
who gets ready for his
first race at this event in the

1434
01:14:20,589 --> 01:14:22,857
World Championships here
in the round of 64

1435
01:14:22,858 --> 01:14:24,493
Five second warning!

1436
01:14:26,495 --> 01:14:28,497
Go!

1437
01:14:29,698 --> 01:14:32,166
A great start by Worling
as he leads the way

1438
01:14:32,167 --> 01:14:33,734
followed by Kevin Skiboz

1439
01:14:33,735 --> 01:14:35,971
who's super quick and a great glider.

1440
01:14:49,117 --> 01:14:50,685
Through the snow ghost and Worling

1441
01:14:50,686 --> 01:14:54,188
looking very comfortable on this track,
which is good as he and

1442
01:14:54,189 --> 01:14:57,392
Mirko Lahti, are the front runners
for the World Championship.

1443
01:15:01,096 --> 01:15:04,866
Robin Worling, making it look easy
breezing through this round of 64

1444
01:15:04,867 --> 01:15:06,869
heat to advance on.

1445
01:15:09,338 --> 01:15:12,607
here’s a look from Britain's POV
as the athletes get ready for this round

1446
01:15:12,608 --> 01:15:14,041
of 32 heat.

1447
01:15:14,042 --> 01:15:16,678
I knew that
I had to move on

1448
01:15:17,112 --> 01:15:17,812
because I had

1449
01:15:17,813 --> 01:15:21,550
had this, you know,
quarterfinal monkey on my back.

1450
01:15:21,650 --> 01:15:22,950
I have to make it through this round.

1451
01:15:22,951 --> 01:15:24,920
I'm not gonna have
another disappointment.

1452
01:15:25,354 --> 01:15:27,656
Rider’s ready!

1453
01:15:27,890 --> 01:15:29,291
Five second warning!

1454
01:15:31,026 --> 01:15:31,493
Go!

1455
01:15:32,961 --> 01:15:35,129
A great start
for Brittan Morris as he pulls out

1456
01:15:35,130 --> 01:15:37,498
in front of arguably one
of the most competitive

1457
01:15:37,499 --> 01:15:38,901
heats in the round of 32

1458
01:15:39,301 --> 01:15:42,270
a solid pass on the inside
by Richard Van Wijhe to take the lead.

1459
01:15:42,271 --> 01:15:45,707
The vet is so good at that,
but Morris is right on his tail

1460
01:15:45,841 --> 01:15:49,244
both of them battling again
in another round against each other.

1461
01:15:49,811 --> 01:15:52,079
Brittan fighting off the very
talented French racer

1462
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:54,215
Jonathan Merlino
as he tries to make a pass.

1463
01:15:54,216 --> 01:15:57,085
But Brittan, cuts off Merlino's line
against the tires at 180.

1464
01:15:57,319 --> 01:15:59,488
Great race defense
by Brittan Morris here

1465
01:15:59,655 --> 01:16:02,457
as he and Richard Van Wijhe,
come around the finish line

1466
01:16:02,591 --> 01:16:05,460
and advance to the quarterfinals
round of this World Championship.

1467
01:16:06,061 --> 01:16:08,062
Monkey off the f*cking back!

1468
01:16:11,700 --> 01:16:12,600
I finished a good second.

1469
01:16:12,601 --> 01:16:15,169
I had a little bit of a battle
with one of the other racers

1470
01:16:15,170 --> 01:16:18,674
one of the French racers who
has beat me, time and time again.

1471
01:16:18,941 --> 01:16:22,209
So it was one of those where I had
to fight him off right after the spine

1472
01:16:22,210 --> 01:16:24,546
going down the long, narrow pathway

1473
01:16:24,680 --> 01:16:26,681
before the last turn into the finish.

1474
01:16:26,682 --> 01:16:27,548
Umm, we were battling.

1475
01:16:27,549 --> 01:16:29,116
We were, you know, making contact.

1476
01:16:29,117 --> 01:16:32,620
I could I could feel him on
my back and on certain turns.

1477
01:16:32,621 --> 01:16:33,788
I had to cut him off.

1478
01:16:33,789 --> 01:16:36,091
And I just played it aggressive
and it paid off.

1479
01:16:41,730 --> 01:16:42,630
The fans are into it here

1480
01:16:42,631 --> 01:16:44,332
as we're getting ready
for this quarterfinal heat.

1481
01:16:44,333 --> 01:16:47,336
Marco Dallago, almost jumped the gate,
but I think he got back in time!

1482
01:16:47,502 --> 01:16:51,272
And it's a great start as
Luka Engler, and Marco Dallago

1483
01:16:51,273 --> 01:16:54,076
get out there in front!
Jack Schram bringing up the rear here!

1484
01:16:54,176 --> 01:16:56,310
Jack Shram's got his work
cut out for him on this tight

1485
01:16:56,311 --> 01:16:57,746
and technical track.

1486
01:16:57,846 --> 01:17:00,949
Oh! Schram hammered the
dasher boards and he is down!

1487
01:17:00,983 --> 01:17:02,283
Hopefully he's okay!

1488
01:17:02,284 --> 01:17:04,920
Engler and Dallago
looks strong in the lead here though

1489
01:17:05,053 --> 01:17:08,957
as they make that 180 degree turn
and head towards that finish line

1490
01:17:09,157 --> 01:17:11,793
one and two
to move on to the semifinals!

1491
01:17:12,060 --> 01:17:13,995
But still no sign of Jack Schram.

1492
01:17:13,996 --> 01:17:17,599
Let's hope he's okay from that heavy,
heavy crash into the boards.

1493
01:17:26,308 --> 01:17:27,743
He's come down

1494
01:17:32,314 --> 01:17:34,882
So it looks like
Jack Schram is up and okay.

1495
01:17:34,883 --> 01:17:36,885
Gingerly moving down the track

1496
01:17:37,019 --> 01:17:39,253
and passing out some
high fives to the fans.

1497
01:17:39,254 --> 01:17:41,256
So that's a good sign.

1498
01:17:44,026 --> 01:17:46,261
Jack's elimination
in the quarterfinals.

1499
01:17:47,129 --> 01:17:49,131
Probably my favorite
moment of the season.

1500
01:17:49,231 --> 01:17:51,032
Seeing Jack get up and high five

1501
01:17:51,033 --> 01:17:54,669
those fans all the way down the track,
just, with the class

1502
01:17:54,670 --> 01:17:56,672
and humility of a world champion

1503
01:17:56,838 --> 01:17:58,840
is a reflection of this entire sport.

1504
01:17:59,574 --> 01:18:02,077
Fighting through the dark times
with a smile on their faces

1505
01:18:02,611 --> 01:18:04,613
to finish what they started.

1506
01:18:16,191 --> 01:18:17,224
okay so...

1507
01:18:17,225 --> 01:18:18,026
I'm three?

1508
01:18:19,494 --> 01:18:20,962
Let’s go baby.

1509
01:18:21,063 --> 01:18:22,730
Here we go.

1510
01:18:22,731 --> 01:18:23,364
Yeah

1511
01:18:23,365 --> 01:18:24,031
Guys

1512
01:18:24,032 --> 01:18:24,733
Let’s go.

1513
01:18:26,635 --> 01:18:29,303
You know, you see this insane
track all the way down

1514
01:18:29,304 --> 01:18:32,740
and you just kind of take a moment
and think about what you're doing.

1515
01:18:32,741 --> 01:18:35,676
My dad used to always tell me
that there's a thousand people

1516
01:18:35,677 --> 01:18:38,613
that want to be in the spot
that you're at, and they're not.

1517
01:18:39,114 --> 01:18:40,948
You're here.
Enjoy the moment.

1518
01:18:40,949 --> 01:18:42,550
Be in the moment,
be present in it

1519
01:18:42,551 --> 01:18:44,086
and F*ck it,
whatever happens, happens.

1520
01:18:48,023 --> 01:18:50,524
We’re set for another
quarterfinal action round here with

1521
01:18:50,525 --> 01:18:53,394
Robin Worling, Richard Van Wijhe,
Linus Ollikainen

1522
01:18:53,395 --> 01:18:55,629
and Brittan Morris about to start.

1523
01:18:55,630 --> 01:18:57,966
Five second warning!

1524
01:18:58,600 --> 01:18:59,301
Go!

1525
01:19:00,402 --> 01:19:02,403
And a good start again
by Brittan Morris trying to move to

1526
01:19:02,404 --> 01:19:03,270
the inside of the track.

1527
01:19:03,271 --> 01:19:05,372
But getting into that battle
with Rickard Van Wijhe

1528
01:19:05,373 --> 01:19:08,009
at each other's throats
all day long, and oh!

1529
01:19:08,110 --> 01:19:09,210
Over, the snow ghost!

1530
01:19:09,211 --> 01:19:12,114
Morris loops out and goes down
like a ton of bricks!

1531
01:19:12,214 --> 01:19:15,050
That was one of the bigger crashes
we've seen on this course!

1532
01:19:15,784 --> 01:19:18,586
Robin Worling, leading
through the 180 degree turn

1533
01:19:18,587 --> 01:19:22,156
and he has got this one locked down with
a lot of gap between him and 2nd place

1534
01:19:22,157 --> 01:19:25,827
Linus Olliekainen,
who will advance to the semifinals.

1535
01:19:25,894 --> 01:19:27,495
Hopefully, Brittan Morris is okay.

1536
01:19:27,496 --> 01:19:30,164
Ah, he is as he comes
across that finish line in 4th.

1537
01:19:30,165 --> 01:19:30,932
Unfortunate.

1538
01:19:32,000 --> 01:19:33,100
As a competitor

1539
01:19:33,101 --> 01:19:35,670
of course, Brittan expected
more out of this season.

1540
01:19:36,004 --> 01:19:37,805
Great athletes always expect more.

1541
01:19:37,806 --> 01:19:39,808
That's the right mindset to have.

1542
01:19:39,841 --> 01:19:42,210
But once the smoky ice clears

1543
01:19:42,611 --> 01:19:45,980
and he gets to look back on this season
and reflect on everything

1544
01:19:45,981 --> 01:19:47,748
that he accomplished.

1545
01:19:47,749 --> 01:19:51,385
He’ll see what a hell of a season
it really was. In a short amount of time

1546
01:19:51,386 --> 01:19:53,654
he's climbed the ranks
and become the number one

1547
01:19:53,655 --> 01:19:55,656
racer in the US.

1548
01:19:55,657 --> 01:19:56,624
We did it.

1549
01:19:56,625 --> 01:19:57,925
We had a fun season.

1550
01:19:57,926 --> 01:19:59,260
It was successful.

1551
01:19:59,261 --> 01:20:00,394
I didn't get injured.

1552
01:20:00,395 --> 01:20:02,397
You're proud of what you did.

1553
01:20:04,032 --> 01:20:04,698
Just like that.

1554
01:20:04,699 --> 01:20:05,167
Just like that?

1555
01:20:09,704 --> 01:20:10,704
Semifinal action here

1556
01:20:10,705 --> 01:20:13,909
as Dallago, Engler, and
Shayne Renaud battling it out.

1557
01:20:14,109 --> 01:20:16,443
Dallago takes the 180 turn in the lead

1558
01:20:16,444 --> 01:20:19,714
and it will be him and Shayne Renaud
moving on to the finals.

1559
01:20:20,849 --> 01:20:21,749
Great start into this

1560
01:20:21,750 --> 01:20:25,186
semifinal by Robin Worling and
Mirko Lahti, the two leaders in points

1561
01:20:25,187 --> 01:20:27,354
coming into this
world championship race here.

1562
01:20:27,355 --> 01:20:29,623
Lahti, comes around the 180
turn in the lead

1563
01:20:29,624 --> 01:20:31,926
with Worling following close behind.

1564
01:20:31,927 --> 01:20:34,094
Lahti's a big body
and the two of them lead from the start

1565
01:20:34,095 --> 01:20:36,832
to the finish in the semifinal heat
and will be moving on.

1566
01:20:37,165 --> 01:20:38,866
So we've got a showdown for the final.

1567
01:20:38,867 --> 01:20:40,234
A storybook ending.

1568
01:20:40,235 --> 01:20:43,037
We have Rob Worling
and Mirko Lahti

1569
01:20:43,038 --> 01:20:44,471
and it just couldn't be more perfect.

1570
01:20:44,472 --> 01:20:47,843
I mean, these guys have been
the two best athletes all season long.

1571
01:20:47,976 --> 01:20:50,512
Neither one of them were able
to make it to every single race

1572
01:20:50,912 --> 01:20:53,582
but they are one and two in the
world rankings as we speak.

1573
01:20:53,915 --> 01:20:56,251
And now they meet in the finals
for the World Championship.

1574
01:20:56,751 --> 01:20:58,753
On the flip side,
we have two more athletes

1575
01:20:59,087 --> 01:21:02,190
that wouldn't mind seeing themselves
on that World Championship podium.

1576
01:21:02,490 --> 01:21:04,826
Shayne Renaud, just an
outrageous athlete

1577
01:21:05,126 --> 01:21:06,927
just a complete character.

1578
01:21:06,928 --> 01:21:08,896
He's either going to blow
through some boards

1579
01:21:08,897 --> 01:21:10,631
or wind up on a podium.

1580
01:21:10,632 --> 01:21:12,600
You never know what you're gonna get.

1581
01:21:12,601 --> 01:21:13,801
And then Marco Dallago

1582
01:21:13,802 --> 01:21:15,804
the 2014 world champion

1583
01:21:15,837 --> 01:21:18,607
and he just always finds a way to end up

1584
01:21:18,874 --> 01:21:21,042
near the top year in and year out.

1585
01:21:22,043 --> 01:21:23,044
Riders ready!

1586
01:21:27,482 --> 01:21:28,315
Ice Cross

1587
01:21:28,316 --> 01:21:30,385
has witnessed the summit
of the Red Bull mountain

1588
01:21:31,052 --> 01:21:32,686
and the low of the valley

1589
01:21:32,687 --> 01:21:34,689
that followed Covid.

1590
01:21:35,190 --> 01:21:37,425
It has stared rock bottom
square in the eyes

1591
01:21:37,592 --> 01:21:39,561
and fought through every inch of it.

1592
01:21:39,661 --> 01:21:42,630
in the face of adversity,
these athletes chose

1593
01:21:42,631 --> 01:21:44,933
not to back down
but to rise.

1594
01:21:46,201 --> 01:21:48,203
They aren't just skating on ice

1595
01:21:48,536 --> 01:21:50,805
they are stating a thin line
between passion

1596
01:21:50,972 --> 01:21:52,239
and uncertainty.

1597
01:21:52,240 --> 01:21:53,675
Five second warning!

1598
01:21:54,709 --> 01:21:57,878
Their collective effort
breathes life into a sport

1599
01:21:57,879 --> 01:21:59,881
on the brink of extinction.

1600
01:22:00,215 --> 01:22:02,550
Not only is it a story of resilience

1601
01:22:03,151 --> 01:22:04,818
but one that inspires.

1602
01:22:04,819 --> 01:22:07,622
It has a purpose bigger than the sport

1603
01:22:08,023 --> 01:22:09,758
or the athletes competing within it.

1604
01:22:14,996 --> 01:22:15,864
Go!

1605
01:22:18,934 --> 01:22:20,936
Life is unpredictable

1606
01:22:21,569 --> 01:22:23,571
filled with twists and turns.

1607
01:22:23,972 --> 01:22:25,941
The key isn't avoiding the falls.

1608
01:22:26,308 --> 01:22:28,576
It's about finding the
courage to get back up

1609
01:22:28,977 --> 01:22:31,146
to rebuild and continue the race.

1610
01:22:32,781 --> 01:22:34,115
The athletes in this sport

1611
01:22:34,382 --> 01:22:35,617
are doing just that.

1612
01:22:36,651 --> 01:22:38,118
Their sacrifices aren't

1613
01:22:38,119 --> 01:22:40,121
just for the sport alone.

1614
01:22:40,221 --> 01:22:42,223
It's an investment
in the very essence

1615
01:22:42,357 --> 01:22:44,558
of what makes them feel alive.

1616
01:22:59,941 --> 01:23:01,142
The story is beautiful

1617
01:23:01,276 --> 01:23:03,278
because of the battle
entangled within it

1618
01:23:04,145 --> 01:23:06,147
between the highs and the lows

1619
01:23:06,614 --> 01:23:08,515
when it is all said and done

1620
01:23:08,516 --> 01:23:11,186
people will see that not only
did you face the darkness

1621
01:23:11,753 --> 01:23:14,522
you became the light
within it, like a beacon

1622
01:23:14,856 --> 01:23:16,858
for others to follow.

1623
01:23:24,399 --> 01:23:29,003
From Canada, Robin Worling!

1624
01:23:32,040 --> 01:23:33,674
World champion!

1625
01:23:33,675 --> 01:23:35,309
Sword master from Finland!

1626
01:23:35,310 --> 01:23:41,116
Mirko Lahti!

1627
01:23:47,589 --> 01:23:49,356
Ice Cross will survive

1628
01:23:49,357 --> 01:23:51,693
and continue to inspire people
all around the globe.

1629
01:23:52,360 --> 01:23:53,460
Warriors on ice

1630
01:23:53,461 --> 01:23:57,899
United as one... who have the courage
to walk into the fire

1631
01:23:58,266 --> 01:23:59,200
when others wouldn’t.

1632
01:25:51,813 --> 01:25:55,282
They put on...
Hockey gear.

1633
01:25:55,283 --> 01:25:56,885
Fully, fully hockey gear.

1634
01:25:57,252 --> 01:26:01,288
And so picture this... like a steep,
steep hill

1635
01:26:01,289 --> 01:26:03,557
But there’s boards, so it’s a track.

1636
01:26:03,558 --> 01:26:06,193
Is it steep though?

1637
01:26:06,194 --> 01:26:07,394
Ha, axtra steep.

1638
01:26:07,395 --> 01:26:10,364
And there's boards along the path,
and then there's hills

1639
01:26:10,365 --> 01:26:12,367
and there's turns and it's a race!

1640
01:28:20,361 --> 01:28:21,729
That's a wrap boys.