The waiting game is over—Mother Nature has spoken, and she’s officially given the green light! The YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke kicks off this Friday, March 14, streaming live worldwide. Get ready for two days of jaw-dropping, all-mountain snowboarding featuring 24 of the best riders on the planet, battling it out for the 2025 NST title. If you’re in Revelstoke, come watch in person at the venue or the NST Basecamp at Revelation Lodge. If not, crank up your biggest screen and stream the madness live on Red Bull TV:
DAY 1 (MARCH 14th @1pm PST)
FINALS (TBD)
THE VENUE: BIGGER, BADDER, AND READY TO SEND IT
This year’s venue just got a major glow-up. Under the expert eye of Revelstoke local Dustin Craven, the Montana Bowl has doubled in size—meaning more action, bigger features, and way more chaos in the best way possible.
70+ features (30-40 brand new!)
10 entrance points (up from just 3 last year)
600 feet of fresh cliff drops
Expanded viewing area for 1,000+ spectators
“The venue is like a candy store for snowboarders,” says first-time NST rider Šárka Pančochová. “There are so many options—I can’t wait to ride!”
Even Torgeir Bergrem, a 2024 finalist, is feeling overwhelmed (in a good way): “There are so many lines, it’s actually hard to choose where to go. This is going to be crazy!”
NEW COMPETITION FORMAT = MORE SNOWBOARDING, MORE CHAOS, MORE FUN
Forget traditional eliminations—NST is switching it up with a cutdown format that keeps the best of the best in the mix longer:
Round 1: 8 riders → Top 2 advance
Round 2: 6 riders → Top 1 advances
Round 3: 5 riders → Top 1 advances
By the end of Day 1, only 12 riders will remain. Finals will go down between Saturday and Monday, whenever conditions are at their peak. At the end of it all, one man and one woman will be crowned 2025 NST Champions.
WHO'S RIDING? STACKED LINEUP ALERT
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This year’s event features five rookie women and five rookie men, joining NST legends like Travis Rice, Elena Hight, and Mikkel Bang.
Women’s Riders:
HEAT 1:
1. Madison Blackley (USA) – DUEL Winner (Crested Butte, CO)
2. Estelle Pensiero (CAN) – Wildcard
3. Mary Rand (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024 (2nd place)
4. Šárka Pančochová (CZE) – 2025 Research & Development Winner
5. Ellery Manning (USA) – 2024 Research & Development Winner
6. Spencer O’Brien (CAN) – Wildcard
7. Elena Hight (USA) – 2022 NST Champion
8. Aya Sato (JPN) – DUEL Winner (Myoko, Japan)
Men’s Riders:
HEAT 1:
1. Brin Alexander (CAN) – DUEL Winner (Callaghan, BC)
2. Travis Rice (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024
3. Torgeir Bergrem (NOR) – Pre-qualified from 2024
4. Ståle Sandbech (NOR) – DUEL Winner (Switzerland)
5. Gigi Rüf (AUT) – Wildcard
6. Mikey Ciccarelli (CAN) – 2024 NST Champion
7. Ben Ferguson (USA) – Wildcard
8. Severin van der Meer (CHE) – DUEL Winner (Lake Tahoe, CA)
HEAT 2:
1. Mikkel Bang (NOR) – 2021 NST Champion
2. Jared Elston (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024
3. Brandon Davis (USA) – Wildcard
4. Austen Sweetin (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024
5. Sage Kotsenburg (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024
6. Dustin Craven (CAN) – Pre-qualified from 2024
7. Blake Moller (USA) – DUEL Winner (Victor, ID)
8. Nils Mindnich (USA) – Pre-qualified from 2024
Keep up to date on results and drop-ins here: http://naturalselectiontour.com/results/
MEET THE JUDGES: SNOWBOARD LEGENDS IN CHARGE
Who decides who wins? Five of the most respected riders in snowboarding history:
Chad Otterstrom (USA)
Jody Wachniak (CAN)
Jussi Oksanen (FIN)
Leanne Pelosi (CAN)
David Carrier-Porcheron (CAN)
They’ll be looking for:
Creativity – Unique lines, trick variety, and flair
Risk – Big sends, gnarly lines, and amplitude
Execution – Style, landings, and control
Difficulty – Trick combos, technical riding, and steeze
Flow – Speed, smoothness, and overall impression
NST PARTNERS: THE BRANDS THAT KEEP THE TOUR RUNNING
Shoutout to the companies backing the biggest event in backcountry snowboarding:
YETI – Title sponsor & sustainability partner
Arc’teryx – Outerwear partner
10 Barrel Brewing, Oakley, Turtlebox, Dakine, Manscaped, BOA, Mammut, Ski-Doo, Blackstrap – Supporting sponsors
The Industry Alliance – Featuring Union Bindings, Salomon, Lib Tech, The North Face, Arbor, Burton, and more
Support the brands that support snowboarding!
THE NATURAL SELECTION TOUR: WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT?
Created by Travis Rice, the Natural Selection Tour is about pushing the limits of backcountry snowboarding. It’s the ultimate test of skill, creativity, and guts—no judges in suits, no perfect halfpipes, just raw, untamed terrain and the best snowboarders in the world sending it.
This year, NST expands beyond snowboarding to include skiing, surfing, and freeride mountain biking. But first, we crown a snowboarding champ right here in Revelstoke.