YETI Natural Selection Alaska. 14 of the world’s best backcountry snowboarders went to battle, both against each other and the unforgiving backcountry terrain of The Last Frontier. Steep, sustained and featured terrain is Mother Nature’s venue there, as 8 men and 4 women went head-to-head to find out who has what it takes to stand atop the podium. The riders battle it out for the win of the final Tour stop in AK and we will also crown the Overall Natural Selection Tour champion based off of the results from all three stops of this season. While Alaska is the final stop of the 2022 Tour, it’s far from over. We’re just getting started.
So to get ready for the backcountry this season, we took an avalanche coarse at Mt Baker Ski area to get a refresh on knowledge and learn how to use some new BCA gear. After the coarse we were trying to find a good spot to go do some filming, but it hadn’t snowed in almost two weeks, and some parts of the country were getting warm, so we hopped in the car for 10 hrs and drove to Idaho where we linked up with Keegan Hosefros and Mason Lemery. The snow wasn’t great, but the crew was all time and we made the best of bad conditions in December.
STARRING: Brandon Davis
FEATURING: T Bird, Jamie Weeks, Keegan Hosefros and Mason Lemery
Let the rubber hit the floor. That was our motto the past month as we drove around chasing snow throughout the greater northwest. It wasn’t easy to find good powder, but when we did, it paid off. We searched for it from Mt. Baker to Alaska and everywhere in between. Here is a compilation of footage that didn’t make the cut for our new film releasing in fall 2022, featuring snowboarding by Austen Sweetin, Timmy Taussig, Beau Bishop, Miles Freelan, Brayden Charette, Phil Hansen, Matteo Soltane, Matt Belzile, Jody Wachniak, Chris Rasman, and Travis Rice.
At the big 4* Qualifier Showdown in Gurgl the final tickets for the Freeride World Tour 2023 at the famous Hangerer have been awarded. An epic contest and absolutely worthy conclusion of this year’s international Freeride Series.