Flo Orley Second Place Run Alaska FWT 2015
Flo Orley Second Place Run Alaska FWT 2015
Flo Orley was the last rider to drop from the men’s snowboard category, knowing exactly what he had to do to score big and qualify for the 20th Anniversary of the Verbier Xtreme: the last stop of the 2015 Freeride World Tour.
He actually took a very similar line to Sascha Hamm, going wide out skier’s right in the middle section to hit a natural halfpipe that led to one of the biggest airs of the day, out Sascha-ing Sascha and going double the distance. In fact, if Sascha had held on to his very last hit he would have scored higher, but yet again he held on to the bubble position to just squeak through into Verbier.
Orley’s score of 87.00 probably could have been enough to put him in first, but a serious case of crazy arms right at the end might have knocked those crucial points off. Still, second place in Haines ain’t bad, especially for someone who clocks in at 6’4″!