Historic Day for Skiing as Massive Tricks Meet the Planet’s Most Dynamic Terrain at Natural Selection Tour’s Debut Ski Event Eleven Winterlake Lodge, Alaska Range (April 17, 2025) – A new era in skiing has begun as the Natural Selection Tour launched its first-ever ski event, the YETI Natural Selection Ski, carving a bold new line into skiing’s history books. Riders faced Priority 1, one of Alaska’s most legendary big mountain venues, with a single mission: create a film-quality, freestyle-meets-freeride […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 18, 2025 0 Comments
A Look Behind the Scenes of the Natural Selection Tour DUELS Match in Andermatt, Switzerland Andermatt is more than a Swiss ski village. It’s an alpine fortress. The mountains rise like walls around it, sealing in a world of deep snow and untapped lines from all sides. The air is crisp; the streets narrow and charming. Every street is older than most cities in the Western Hemisphere and each holds its own story. It is […] Martin Kuprianowicz | February 27, 2025 0 Comments
We Asked, You Answered: Who is the Best Snowboarder on Earth Right Now? A few weeks ago, we posted a question on our Facebook asking who the best snowboarder on Earth is. We received over 70 responses, with many different snowboarders being mentioned. From the best competition riders of today like Mia Brookes and Dusty Hendrickson to freeriding legends like Craig Kelly, the comments featured a variety of riders who have contributed so […] Quinn Brophy | February 17, 2025 0 Comments
YETI Natural Selection Ski Unveils 2025 Roster, Bringing Freeride Skiing to the Next Level YETI Natural Selection Ski has announced its highly anticipated 2025 rider lineup, featuring some of the world’s best freeskiers set to compete in Alaska’s legendary terrain. This marks the first ski-specific edition of the Natural Selection Tour, founded by Travis Rice, and brings together Olympians, X Games medalists, and Freeride World Tour champions for a groundbreaking competition. The stacked roster […] Industry News Martin Kuprianowicz | February 4, 2025 0 Comments
Natural Selection Tour to Host First-Ever Human-Powered DUELS Event in British Columbia in February 2025 The Natural Selection Tour is set to break new ground with its first-ever human-powered DUEL, featuring snowboarding legend Bjorn Leines and British Columbia’s rising star Brin Alexander. The event will take place at evo’s Journeyman Lodge in Callaghan Valley, British Columbia, with action premiering February 24 on Red Bull TV. In this unique format, both competitors will hike to the […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 19, 2024 0 Comments
Natural Selection DUELS | Locations and Riders Announced, New Teaser Out Today DUELS Drop February 24 on Red Bull TV Find out which of the “challenger” riders—including Alexander, Blackley, Crosby, Davis, Ferguson, Leines, Lundstrom, Luxton, Moller, Van Der Meer, Sandbech, and Sato—will advance to YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke. Andermatt+Sedrun+Disentis, CH; Eleven Irwin, CO; High Mountain Heli, ID; Journeyman Lodge, BC; Kirkwood Mtn Resort, CA; and Myoko, Japan to host. Revelstoke, BC (December […] Industry News SnowBrains | December 18, 2024 0 Comments
The Next Chapter: Natural Selection Tour Introduces Surf, Bike, and Ski Events The Natural Selection Tour brings athletes back to nature, with dynamic venues and optimal conditions to bring out the peak of human potential. Planet Earth [October 22, 2024 – noon ET / 9 am PT] — With Mother Nature as the main character and top athletes from each sport being cast, Natural Selection Tour is set to elevate the landscape […] Industry News Press Release | October 22, 2024 0 Comments
All 24 Riders Locked as YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke, BC, Window Opens Revelstoke, BC (March 10, 2024)→Mother Nature has pulled out all the stops freshly coating Interior BC’s pillows and spines just in time for the YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke window opening. With all six DUELS settled and Red Gerard taking the final “Extra Selection” spot, 24 riders are locked in for what is sure to be one of the most thrilling […] Industry News SnowBrains | March 11, 2024 0 Comments
Pub Beer Brings Cheap Fun to the Après as the Official Beer of Natural Selection Tour in Collaboration with 10 Barrel Brewing BEND, Ore., (February 9, 2024) – Pub Beer, the flagship brand of 10 Barrel Brewing, proudly announces its partnership with Natural Selection. As The Official Après Beer of Natural Selection Tour, Pub Beer adds its inaugural title sponsorship with snowboarding’s most progressive competition to a growing list of partners in the culture, including The Bomb Hole, Monster Children and Slush […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 14, 2024 0 Comments
Crested Butte, CO, Hosts Natural Selection Duels Crested Butte Mountain Resort, Colorado, last week hosted four of the world’s top snowboarders for the YETI Natural Selection DUELs. The Natural Selection Dules are a series of head-to-head competitions that determine who will advance to the next stages of the Natural Selection Tour in Revelstoke, British Columbia. Jamie Anderson and Emma Crosby faced off in CBMR’s famed extremes, while […] Industry News SnowBrains | February 14, 2024 0 Comments
[PHOTOS] Travis Rice Visits Crested Butte Mountain Resort, CO, to Scout Zones for YETI Natural Selection DUELs Snowboarding icon Travis Rice was in Crested Butte last week, scouting out potential zones for the YETI Natural Selection DUELs set to take place in early February. The Natural Selection Tour is the world’s top snowboarding competition that combines slopestyle tricks with big mountain freeriding. The Crested Butte region will be home to two of the six 2024 DUELs. This first stage of the Natural Selection […] Industry News SnowBrains | January 23, 2024 0 Comments
Natural Selection “Revelstoke Super Session” Now Streaming Revelstoke, BC (November 21, 2023)―With many of the world’s best riders gathered in Revelstoke for the 2023 Natural Selection Tour and dream conditions on tap, there were two otherworldly venues to choose from, but only one live event day. Still buzzing from the mind-blowing, and at moments terrifying day of live competition at Boulder Park, a crew of NST icons […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 21, 2023 0 Comments
Natural Selection Tour Drops Trailer for Revelstoke, BC, Super Session Short Film With many of the world’s best riders gathered in Revelstoke, British Columbia, for the 2023 Natural Selection Tour and dream conditions on tap, there were two otherworldly venues to choose from, but only one live event day. Still buzzing from the mind-blowing, and at moments terrifying day of live competition at Boulder Park, a crew of NST icons and surprise […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 17, 2023 0 Comments
Natural Selection Picks RED Mountain, BC, as Only Canadian Stop For 2024 Worldwide DUELS Qualifiers Natural Selection changed the face of competitive snowboarding when it came on the scene. What started as a dream shared by Travis Rice and friends soon became a reality of backcountry booters and a live snowboarding event that captured all of the inventiveness, excitement, and creativity of an epic shred video part. This year, RED Mountain, in Rossland, BC, will […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 1, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2023 Natural Selection Tour: Alaska | X Games This is Natural Selection Alaska, the third and final stage of the 2023 Tour, hosted live by Todd Richards, Eddie Wall, Hana Beaman, Mary Walsh, Ed Leigh & Pat Bridges. Looming above the Gulf of Alaska just outside of the tiny fishing village of Valdez, Alaska, the Chugach Mountains are as awe-inspiring as they are foreboding. This range is the […] SnowBrains | April 26, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2023 Alaska Trailer | Natural Selection Tour Tune in at NOON PT / 3pm ET / 8pm CET to watch the third and final stage of the 2023 Natural Selection Tour, The Natural Selection Alaska presented by Backcountry, hosted live by none other than Todd Richards, Eddie Wall, Hana Beaman, Mary Walsh, Ed Leigh & Pat Bridges. Fasani. Hight. Langland. Sadowski-Synnott. Rice. Rasman. Elston. Ciccarelli. Paul. Craven. […] Industry News SnowBrains | April 21, 2023 0 Comments
[VIDEO] 2023 Natural Selection Tour | Revelstoke, BC – REPLAY [arve url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gydeSZEkL9I"] SnowBrains | March 7, 2023 Likes Tweets 0 Comments
Natural Selection Tour Announces 2023 Venues and Dates Jackson, WY (November 3, 2022)—The Natural Selection Tour, where 24 of the world’s top snowboarders from throughout the sport compete in dynamic, natural venues, returns with three stages and two live events in 2023. The Tour ups the ante in its third years with head-to-head live competition in all-new Canadian and Alaskan venues and with a brand new first stage […] Industry News SnowBrains | November 4, 2022 0 Comments
[VIDEO] Travis Rice’s 2022 Natural Selection Season in Review [arve url="https://youtu.be/yrmy_TdU2I4"] SnowBrains | July 26, 2022 Likes Tweets 2 Comments
Natural Selection and Proving Grounds Join Forces to Empower Rider-Driven Progression in Mountain Biking Partnership empowers Proving Grounds to run LIVE Sept 10th as riders drop into the innovative Prineville, OR venue Inspired by terrain and powered by athletes, Proving Grounds and the Natural Selection Tour are forging a partnership to evolve mountain bike competition and foster progression. The partnership will meld what Natural Selection started on snow and what Proving Grounds is accomplishing […] Biking SnowBrains | May 19, 2022 0 Comments
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