Sage Kotsenburg

The YETI Natural Selection at Jackson Hole Mountain Resort

ABOUT THE NATURAL SELECTION TOUR:
Debuted February 2021 with stops at Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Baldface Lodge, British Columbia; and Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Alaska; the Natural Selection Tour features the world’s top freeride snowboarders competing on the most epic terrain in all-time conditions. Beyond crowning male and female world champions in snowboarding, the Natural Selection Tour’s mission is to inspire people to forge a deeper relationship with the outdoors.

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REAL SNOW 2021: Gold Medal Video | World of X Games

Watch the full behind-the-scenes segment from the “World of X Games: Real Snow 2021” broadcast, plus the gold medal segment from Real Snow.

Sage Kotsenburg: REAL SNOW 2021 | World of X Games

Watch Sage Kotsenburg and filmer/editor Jeremy Thornburg’s entry into Real Snow 2021, the all-video snowboarding contest brought to you by ESPN's World of X Games. Vote for your favorite video at XGames.com/RealSnow, then tune in to ESPN2 on March 28 to find out who won X Games gold.

Real Snow 2021: VIDEOS DROP MARCH 22 | World of X Games

X Games Real Snow 2021 videos drop at http://XGames.com/RealSnow​ and on the X Games YouTube channel on March 22. Invited athletes include Kevin Backstrom, Brock Crouch, Danny Davis, Dusty Henricksen, Sage Kotsenburg and Ståle Sandbech, all debuting a new 90-second edit of footage.

YETI Natural Selection Tour Highlights: Jackson Hole

Mother Nature absolutely provided for the final day of the YETI Natural Selection at Jackson Hole with over four-feet of snow falling on finals day. Here are some of the best moments from the two-day livestream.

From visionary snowboarder Travis Rice, The Natural Selection Tour is a world-class snowboard competition series that combines freestyle tricks with freeriding artistry at three epic North American locations.

Additional stops include Baldface Lodge, British Columbia and Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, Alaska. The top finishers will go head-to-head in Alaska, where the best men’s and women’s all-mountain freestyle riders will be crowned in late March.

The British Columbia and Alaska showcases will air as individual highlight programs - exclusively on Red Bull TV.

GoPro: The 2021 Natural Selection Tour in Jackson Hole

Survival of the fittest was the name of the game at this year's @Natural Selection​ event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming 🏔

Feast your eyes on GoPro HERO9 Black footy from GoPro Athletes Travis Rice, Jamie Anderson, Hailey Langland, Sage Kotsenburg, + Elena Hight - as well as moments featuring Zoi Sadowski-Synnott + Ben Ferguson.

Halcyon - Sage Kotsenburg FULL MOVIE

Park City’s own Olympic champion, Sage Kotsenburg, has not skipped a beat since his 2014 Sochi gold. In 2019, Sage and company hit the remote backcountry to capture some of the most exclusive riding in the world. Including Jackson Hole, Wyoming; Park City, Utah; Whistler, Canada; and Alaska.

MR SKINS INN

A promotional video recap of the 2019 Mr Skins Inn shot on location in Wanaka New Zealand. RIP Skins Inn 2020.
DM us to fill out an application to secure your spot in the 2021 Inn.

Mr Skins Inn Members:
CARLOS GARCIA KNIGHT - SAGE KOSTENBURG - ZAK HALE - SEBBE DE BUCK - ETHAN MORGAN - BRADY LEM - MAX WARBINGTON - KEVIN BACKSTROM

Honorary Member:
Mons Roisland

Invited Guests:
Ryo Aizawa, Rene Rinnekangas, Jarred Elston, Ben Ferguson, Spencer Whiting, Zeb Powell, Stale Sanbech, Torgeir Bergrem, Annika Morgan, Mark Sollors, Mark McMorris, Craig McMorris, Gabe Ferguson, Albert, JJ Rayward, Nik Baden, Austin Hodges, Judd Henkes, Jossi Wells & Mikey Ciccarelli.

Curated by Mr Skin.

Additional filming: Gimbal God, Bradon Davis, Dad Cam & everyone's Iphones.

"Summer Camp" | Monster Energy

After a long hiatus, Sage Kotsenburg, Zak Hale and young gun Dusty Hendrickson link up at Mt. Hood to shake off the rust from quarantine up at Mt. Hood.

Featuring Gimbal God and Nick Leonetti from Unkown Industries.

Travis Rice's Jackson Hole Backcountry Powder Session | "The Natural Selection" Test Event

► Learn more about "The Natural Selection" test event: https://win.gs/naturalselection

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.”