Travis Rice's Jackson Hole Backcountry Powder Session | "The Natural Selection" Test Event
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An expression session for the ages in Jackson Hole was the first step toward bringing snowboard icon Travis Rice’s vision to life: A world class big mountain competition series that combines freestyle tricks with freeriding artistry in Wyoming, British Columbia and Alaska.
On January 27th, 2020, Travis Rice unveiled plans for a new freeride competition tour at three landmark North American sites that aims to begin in January 2021. To tease what’s to come, this announcement was paired with a test event on Rice’s home mountain of Jackson Hole Mountain Resort that included twelve of the world’s top backcountry riders.
The test event, which worked to capture rider feedback and express the true potential of competitive snowboarding, was a product of extensive planning between Travis and Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. “Jackson Hole and I have worked closely for years,” said Travis, “It is such a fun mountain to ride and I am really proud that after we pulled off (Natural Selection) over a decade ago, we now stand together, ready to bring such a paradigm-shifting event to life here that emulates the uniqueness of the local community that has had my back through it all.”
By removing rocks and stumps during the summer while building wooden domes, takeoffs and landings across an entire mountain face, the course has proved to be the most arduous, yet fruitful endeavors that Travis has ever set out on. It offers opportunity to create the most rideable natural run the world has ever seen.
The test event course was approximately 1/16th the size of what Rice and the team hope will be rideable in a future The Natural Selection Tour kickoff at the same location. “The event was a small version if what we’re building. We wanted to run this event so people have a better understanding of what we’re doing”, said Rice. “It’s a sliver of the bigger picture, and when we open it up, it’s going to be a lot different.”
Riders from a myriad of generations of backcountry snowboarding got a chance to test their mettle on the downsized course. The illustrious group of elites included Austen Sweetin, David-Carrier Porcheron, Bode Merrill, Leanne Pelosi, Sage Kotsenburg, Pat Moore, Elena Hight, Werni Stock, Blake Paul, Nicolas Müller, Robin Van Gyn, Travis Rice and Hana Beaman.
“To be able to see some of the best in the world come out and bring it under incredibly perfect Jackson Hole conditions… It was beautiful”, said Rice. “In 2008, when we ran the first Natural Selection here with Jackson Hole, that sparked this bigger idea. We’re now bringing it to its full expression as the Natural Selection Tour. The Natural Selection Tour is the culmination of over 20 years of experience, riding at the world’s top destinations, experimenting with several individual freeride competitions, and listening to the wishes of professional snowboarders, industry leaders and fans.”
The Natural Selection Tour aims to begin in January 2021 at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, which was host to the original Natural Selection event in 2008. Stop two would take place at Baldface Lodge in Nelson, British Columbia, the same location that hosted Red Bull Supernatural in 2012 and Red Bull UltraNatural in 2013. The final stop plans to take place in Alaska at the Tordrillo Mountain Lodge tenure.
“This is such a group effort," Rice said. "And I have to thank our whole production team, Jackson Hole Mountain Resort park and pipe crew, ski patrol for running safety, and on top of that, the riders and the entire snowboarding community for continuing to back us. It takes a village and we can’t do this alone.”
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Way better than the x games
TRAVIS. Keep going.
And Enjoy the ride. Peace.
❤❤😇😇
yeah the sends were awesome but this drone camera work is insaneee
the drone operator is the real MVP
Yes drones were super sick, must have been a race drone with a solid camera on it...
arent these the drones that do all the work and automatically follow the rider? not sure any person is operating the drone
@@miked815 No, they are piloted by real people
2 operators
The actual event should keep the same editing and in the moment feel as this test. Sometimes great events get lost in bad editing or not enough excitement shown in the athletes behind the scenes. I was soooo stoked seeing this!
One of the best snowboard videos ive ever found!.
Thanks travis rice for making that event happen!.
wern-dog crushed it! looking forward to more of this
Best contest ever! This is pure snowboarding!!
Jackson, WY and Whitefish, MT are my two favorite places in the country. Love Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. All are paradise on earth. The West in general is paradise. But these places are hands down my favorite. Awesome video. Travis is such an incredible and amazing person.
Travis Rice, breaking trail in new ways every season. This event is so dang creative and huge.
So SICK!!! Travis is the man!!!
It takes a village! Beautiful sentiment!🙏
My jaw has dropped and my mouth is watering and, if this is just a teaser, I can't imagine what the real deal's gonna look like but you can bet I'm gonna be watching this!
This was awsome! I've been waiting since I saw the gram post a few weeks ago
Love this. Please get Arthur Longo in this mix of rider! He would be a positive inclusion! Thank for keeping the dream alive.
He would probably pop half the course ...
With the legend Nicolas Mueller, love it!
Very awesome, mr t rice, well done all.
Very nice. To get first run - the thing of dreams baby.
OMG. this is insane. no words
yes yes yes yes yes cant wait for the next one
Gab with those sick shots! Amazing guys!!
Dammmmmm these where epic !
that. was incredible.
Fuego... pure fuego.
Man, austen’s first line gave me goosebumps. and gab707 with that drone shot 🔥
This is awesome!
Amazing! Also, big shout out to the drone pilot!
5:19 That melon grabbed frontside 7 had the most beautiful rotation. I watched it about 5 times in a row before watching the rest of the video.
Snow version of the Fest series!!!
So dope
YES! Freeride event shit go squad!
Wowww!👌👌👌
I love that run.
What run is it?
I like this way better than the big air and pipe, one can relate to this and almost everytrick they did is possible to learn for a civilian which is something I always find more attractive than a triple cork, this is what snowboarding is about for me. The guy on the drone is doing a great job btw, not easy to fly this accurately whilst following someone. More of this please ;)
Sick event! Nicolas Müller methods!! 7:56 and 8:06
Next years Gold Member looks sick 🤙
The perfection.
this goes hard
Sure hope that this can still happen next season 🙏🏂🤞
Hell ya so sick
this is gonna be epic! too bad we have to wait until next winter!
gives you time to book the flight wink wink
Us skiers need something like this, this seems like the most fun thing in existence! Keep it up m'dudes!
Awsm💯💯💯
I gotta practice my back country now
This is snowboarding 🏂🤙
sage on the new k2 alchemist, looks like a solid board
Record snow this year, too.
Take my money!
JET FPV did a great job
Awesome to know I was in Jackson while this was going on! Wish I would've ran into these legends
Super sick to see these types of videos. Back country is life and seeing nothing but park gets old. This is where dreams and creativity is made 🤙🏻
Еее, круто! 👏
Takes a village ❤️
🤘😮
We need Arthur Longo
Best event ever. I need to watch more, every run. Everytime I see Nicholas Müller riding, is like porn. Congrats to the drone pilots too.
Yo Travis what jacket is that your wearing at the end?
My favorite kind of drug is white powder..❄️
Who piloted the drone? JohnnyFPV, Gab707 or Jet?
where’s Longo?
...sending sidehits off the pistes.
bimfred what i was thinking
First run Lil Jammer overshoot on the last jump was full airmail
POWradise!
Is it going to be open to the public?
I love America I think it is right now
What was the song near the end??
Overstokin'
Prolly really hard to see the landings in that white out. Either way FULL SEND🤣
anyone know what jacket blake paul is wearing?
Cheeeeee!!!!!!!🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼🖖🤘🤘
7:38 bold statement lotta the best aren’t even at this event lol
Travis is the best back country rider and he’s there so that’s that.
For real. The Jackson brothers weren't there so...
Agreed. Historically? That's just ridiculous and disrespectful to the giants that started the whole idea. Google Carl Howelson: he explored from Denver to Steamboat and set world records hucking himself all along the way 120 years ago.
@@mtnvalley9298 Karl Hovelsen
@@TheRachat21 He himself changed it, but suit yourself.
Paint the trailing drone white! Kept distracting me when I saw it from the lead drone Ex. 4:53
good idea
Great, Awesome and Beautiful!
... but... Who decided to write all the names in _*white*_, on a _*white background*_?!
I rode these jumps before they were cool!
going to be better than xgames!
Lol the women taking it so slow and safe
Hmmm it is cool, but way better of Ou so NOT know the virtual scale of all the course and jumps. We did not have drones and the like in the 70 ties. Well but anyways, cool.
7:38 Robin letting you know she's the best woman backcountry rider to ever exist.. #getoveryourself
She's talking about the other riders...
no helmets?
Imagine paying $180 for a lift ticket to find out you can't ride the terrain you want because Travis Rice has it closed down for a competition.
180$ for a day?
It’s not $180 for a lift ticket at JH.
Did you want to ride that and they wouldn’t let you ?? Calm down big guy
imagine fencing off a powder area in a ski resort
And poaching it the day before the event with a posse of friends. I guess the young punks are too well behaved these days.
Why you guys do not wear any helmets?!?!?!
Please wear helmets!!!!
Then covid hits :(
pelosi...
love boarding but hate what has become of it media wise. just a bunch of those generic baloney superlative feelgood interview snippets like all other mainstream media bullshit...
it used to be real...
Women don't seem as good at this
Travis Rice, breaking trail in new ways every season. This event is so dang creative and huge.