Natural Selection Day 1

Travis Rice’s Natural Selection Tour got underway on Thursday at snowboarding freeride mecca Jackson Hole Mountain Resort in Wyoming with the men’s freestylers and women’s backcountry riders impressing on the stunning natural terrain. Here is all you need to know: - Event founder Rice is joined by the likes of Canadian star Mark McMorris, reigning Olympic Big Air champion Anna Gasser and fellow American Hailey Langland for the first of three stops as the field moves on next to Baldface Lodge’s Scary Cherry in Canada and the finale at Tordrillo Mountain Lodge in Alaska. - Twenty-four of the best snowboarders in the world are putting fresh tracks down over 16 prime acres featuring 50-plus enhanced and natural features while custom-built, stabilised racing drones help to carry the action from the vast venue, high up exclusively on Red Bull TV. - 2013 Red Bull Ultra Natural Champion Gigi Rüf led off half of the men’s division in a heated head-to-head format as freestylers had the edge with Ben Ferguson (USA),