Discover out which of the “challenger” riders together with: gold medalists Jamie Anderson and Purple Gerard; Europeans Arthur Longo, Kevin Backstrom, Victor Daviet and Torgier Bergrem; Japan’s Raibu Katayama; freestylers turned freeriders together with Spencer O’Brien, Mary Rand and Emma Crosby; and 2023 DUELS standout Nils Mindnich will advance to Revelstoke.

Andermatt, CH; Crested Butte Mountain Resort, CO; Eleven’s Terrain Irwin, CO; RED Mountain Resort, BC; Durango/Purgatory, CO; and Japan to host

Revelstoke, BC (December 19, 2023)→The listing of riders difficult for a spot on the 2024 Pure Choice Tour is out at present and it’s spicy. Olympians, icons and snowboarding’s most enjoyable riders are dropping into mountain venues worldwide in head-to-head competitors for the primary stage of the 2024 Pure Choice Tour: YETI Pure Choice DUELS. Watch DUELS solely on Purple Bull TV beginning in late February 2024.

Try the places and riders at: https://www.naturalselectiontour.com/duels

Watch the 2023 NST DUELS (once more!): https://win.gs/NSTduels

This 12 months’s DUELS will stage in standout mountain venues with NST-worthy backcountry and freeride terrain together with: Andermatt+Sedrun+Disentis in Switzerland; Crested Butte Mountain Resort, CO; Eleven’s terrain on Scarp Ridge in Irwin, CO; RED Mountain Resort in Rossland, BC; Purgatory Snowcat Adventures in Durango, CO; and an undisclosed location in Japan.

The 2024 YETI Pure Choice DUELS match-ups are:

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“I’m so stoked to be again within the combine this 12 months. You get a memorable expertise it doesn’t matter what with the DUELS format; it’s cool (and in addition humbling) to straight examine and distinction my using with one other rider. I’ve been a fan of Victor’s using for a very long time, he’s so fashion pushed,” mentioned Nils Mindich, professional snowboarder. “I’ve been shut to creating the minimize the final two occasions, so hopefully the third attempt’s the attraction in Durango!”

The invited challenger riders had been chosen by the Pure Choice Rider Choice Committee. The Committee made up of Pat Bridges, Mary Walsh, Liam Griffin, Ed Leigh and Matt Barr selects riders primarily based on video footage, contest outcomes (as relevant), and potential to achieve the Pure Choice format of backcountry freeriding. 

The eight males and 4 ladies invited as challengers within the Tour’s fourth season begin off at YETI Pure Choice DUELS. DUELS embrace six particular person match-ups between among the most expert snowboarders of our occasions and are designed to carry out every rider’s full creativity, spotlight new zones and snowboarding’s various kinds. Held in late January and early February, every DUEL will showcase two riders competing head-to-head when circumstances are prime throughout their climate window. Uncooked DUELS footage shall be judged by the NST judging panel. One rider from every DUEL will transfer on to the subsequent stage of the Tour in Revelstoke, BC. Winners shall be revealed in late February because the DUELS premiere on Purple Bull TV.

The Pure Choice Tour is working with the DUELS vacation spot companions to curate occasions that shall be open to the general public throughout every competitors window. “Our objective with DUELS this 12 months is to allow resort locals and guests to really feel a part of the motion,” mentioned Pure Choice Tour CEO Carter Westfall. “As well as, every of the DUELS episodes on Purple Bull TV will characteristic broader storytelling and life-style parts together with the epic motion.”