Kev Xaiv Ntuj Ncig Saib Snowboarders Saib Ua Ntej 'Ntseeg' Backcountry Chaw Rau Revelstoke Nres

"Npaum." “Kev nyuaj siab.” "Technical." “Kev phom sij.” "Psycho." "Kev ntshai." "Gnarly."

Cov no yog cov lus 12 tus neeg caij snowboarders uas yuav sib tw nyob rau hauv ob ceg ntawm 2023 Natural Selection Tour siv los piav txog qhov chaw xyoo no, nyob rau hauv Selkirk-Tangiers Heli Skiing tenure nyob rau hauv backcountry txog 20 kilometers tshaj Revelstoke Roob Resort hauv British Columbia.

Revelstoke khav theeb tshaj plaws (5,620 ko taw) hauv North America, tab sis yog tias koj xav tias thaj chaw chaw ua si nyuaj, saib seb cov neeg caij tsheb no yuav ua li cas rau hnub Monday. (Kev sib tw muaj huab cua lub Peb Hlis 4-11, thiab hu xov tooj thaum 4 teev tsaus ntuj hnub Sunday, Peb Hlis 5, mus rau hnub Monday, Peb Hlis 6.)

Tam sim no nyob rau hauv nws lub xyoo thib peb, Natural Selection Tour hloov nws hom me ntsis rau 2023.

Ntau dua li muaj peb theem sib txawv thiab kev tshem tawm ntawm txoj kev, xyoo no, thawj ceg ntawm qhov kev sib tw tau ua tiav los ntawm muaj 12 "DUELS," uas tus neeg caij tsheb sib tw thiab tus neeg caij tsheb tiv thaiv (txawm yog ib tus neeg rov qab los rau Ncig Saib lossis caij tsheb nrog. qhov kev lom zem tshaj plaws nyob rau sab qaum teb) tau ua rau lub taub hau-rau-lub taub hau hnub ntawm caij, nrog cov kws txiav txim siab ntsuas tag nrho cov duab thiab xaiv ib tus neeg caij tsheb mus rau Revelstoke.

Revelstoke theem tsis sawv cev rau qhov kev tshem tawm; tag nrho 12 tus neeg caij tsheb yuav tsiv mus rau theem kawg ntawm 2023 Ncig Saib Tebchaws hauv Alaska. Tab sis yuav ua li cas tus neeg caij tsheb ua yeeb yam hauv Revelstoke tuaj yeem ua rau txhua qhov sib txawv thaum 2023 tag nrho cov txiv neej thiab poj niam cov yeej tau txiav txim siab.

Ntawm lub ntsej muag no, tsuas yog siv tau los ntawm qhov nyoob hoom qav taub, lub npe ntawm qhov kev ua si - tsawg kawg thaum ntxov - tej zaum tsuas yog nyob ncaj.

"Kuv zoo siab heev uas tuaj yeem hais tau tias qhov no tsis muaj qhov tsis txaus ntseeg qhov nyuaj tshaj plaws, nyuaj tshaj plaws thiab, tsis yog peb tab tom nrhiav nws, tab sis tej zaum yog vim qhov chaw txaus ntshai tshaj plaws uas peb tau xaiv," Natural Kev Xaiv Ncig Tus Tsim Travis Rice qhia kuv hmo ua ntej kev sib tw.

Cov theem dhau los ntawm Kev Ncig Saib Xyuas tau muaj nyob rau hauv backcountry sab nraum Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, ntawm Baldface Lodge hauv British Columbia thiab hauv Alaska. Kev Ncig Saib Xyuas, uas yuav caij tsheb dawb (xav tias kev sib tw Olympic slopestyle) nrog lub roob loj loj, feem ntau tau tsim cov qauv tsim ntawm qhov chaw ua ntej, xws li ramps thiab dhia.

Qhov chaw Revelstoke, txawm li cas los xij, sawv cev rau qhov kawg ntawm lub ntuj, lub roob loj-tsis xav tau kev cuam tshuam tib neeg ntawm no.

Txawm hais tias ntawm no yog leej twg ntawm cov kws tshaj lij snowboarders-2022 Natural Selection Ncig saib tag nrho cov txiv neej tus yeej Rice; 2022 poj niam tus yeej Elena Hight; 2021 txiv neej tus yeej Mikkel Bang; backcountry pioneer Kimmy Fasani; slopestyle Olympians Zoi Sadowski-Synnott thiab Hailey Langland; halfpipe medalist tig loj-roob zaj duab xis hnub qub Ben Ferguson; Jackson Hole's "Backcountry Prince" Blake Paul; Jared “Big Air Jare” Elston; Revelstoke tus kheej Dustin Craven; slopestyle thiab tus kws tshaj lij huab cua loj Torstein Horgmo thiab 2023 tus neeg sib tw Mikey Ciccarelli (kev caij tsheb los ntawm Mark McMorris raug mob) - tsis muaj qhov txaus ntshai ntawm qhov chaw.

Txhua tus neeg caij tsheb tau nthuav tawm kev zoo siab kom tau txais kev nkag mus rau qhov chaw deb ntawm BC backcountry thiab daws qhov kev kawm tshwj xeeb ... tab sis tag nrho lawv cov kev paub ua ke tseem yuav tsis tau npaj txhij rau lub ntsej muag no Rice piav qhia tias yog "tsiaj qus."

Hight hais tias "Kuv zoo siab heev rau qhov kev kawm no," Hight hais. “Kuv xav tias muaj ntau yam creativity yuav tsum muaj rau nws. Kuv xav tias nws yuav thawb kuv tus kheej txwv thiab tiag tiag tag nrho cov neeg caij tsheb txwv. "

Qhov ntawd yog qhov chaw nws tau mus txog tam sim no, tom qab hnub Saturday lub sijhawm tshawb nrhiav thiab qee lub sijhawm los kawm tag nrho cov kab uas nws tuaj yeem ua tau. Nws lub plab tshwm sim thaum xub pom qhov chaw, txawm li cas los xij?

"Kuv zoo li, lub ntsej muag no yog kev puas siab puas ntsws tiag tiag thiab kuv tsis paub tias peb yuav ua li cas," Hight hais, luag. "Tab sis tib lub sijhawm, nrog ntau lub ntsej muag loj, tsuas muaj ntau txoj kev xaiv thiab tom qab ntawd koj lub siab tsuas yog vwm, yog li tom qab muaj qee hnub los zom nws kuv paub tseeb tias tib neeg tau honed rau qee thaj chaw lawv nyiam tshaj plaws. ”

Raws li kev tiv thaiv tag nrho cov poj niam tus yeej ntawm Kev Ncig Saib Xyuas, Hight kuj lees paub tias muaj kev ntxhov siab ntxiv kom ua tau zoo ntawm Revelstoke. "Kuv zoo siab heev thiab ntshai heev," nws hais.

Horgmo tau ntsib qhov kev xav zoo sib xws thaum xub pom lub ntsej muag thiab ntau txoj kev xaiv uas nws muaj, thiab nws muaj lub ntsiab lus tshwj xeeb rau nws: "lub hlwb nag xob nag cua."

"Kuv paub zoo tias nws yuav dhau mus, thiab tom qab ntawd thaum peb thawj zaug poob rau qhov ntawd thiab tau mus saib nws, kuv tsuas yog sim ua kom nyob twj ywm, vim kuv paub tias peb yuav tau txais cov ntaub ntawv ntau ntxiv thiab drone. footage coj mus rau hauv, "Horgmo hais. Nws hais tias qhov kev tshawb nrhiav thaum ntxov tau suav nrog "kev tshem tawm kev ua si," tsuas yog txo qis nws cov peev txheej los ntawm kev saib txhua yam nws tsis xav txog.

"Kuv yeej tsis tau nkag mus rau hauv lossis pom thaj chaw zoo li no ua ntej, thiab nws yog qhov kev nplij siab uas peb muaj daus ntau rau nws," nws hais ntxiv nrog lub suab qw. “Yog tias nws yog huab cua phem, nws yuav txaus ntshai. Yog li tsawg kawg nws yuav yog mos. "

Qhov tseeb tiag, ntau yam tau ua los ntawm qhov chaw muaj ntau lub tog hauv ncoo, uas tau tawm tsam rau kev yees duab thiab tuaj yeem ua lossis rhuav tshem tus neeg caij tsheb khiav rau hnub Monday.

“Muaj ib qho kev tivthaiv zoo li no rau cov tog hauv ncoo vim tias lawv yuav tawg; Nws zoo li kev tswj hwm kev ywj pheej, "Rice hais. "Cov kab hauv ncoo tus qauv tib neeg xav tias yog plaub lossis tsib lub hauv ncoo ua ke thiab koj tsuas yog foob pob hluav taws koj tus Tsov tus tw thiab caij tawm. Tab sis ntawm lub ntsej muag uas peb tau xaiv, koj yuav muaj ib qho ntawm cov nyob nruab nrab ntawm 600-ko ​​taw nruab nrab hav zoov ntsug lub ntsej muag. Nws nyuaj heev. "

Elston echoed Rice qhov kev ntsuam xyuas ntawm cov kab hauv ncoo ntawm chav kawm, ceeb toom tias kev ua siab ntev yuav ua pov thawj yog qhov tseem ceeb. Tackling xya lub tog hauv ncoo sib law liag ntawm kev khiav yog qhov txaus ntshai, tab sis ntawm lub ntsej muag no, "koj tau snowboarded ib mais nyob rau hauv nws," Elston hais. "Nws yuav yog qhov kev sim ntawm lub zog kom paub meej."

Elston tau hais ntxiv tias "Kuv tau tawm ntawm no tau ntau xyoo, thiab kuv nyiam caij tsheb kauj vab." "Nws nyuaj heev, nws yuav siv sijhawm ntev los kawm, tab sis nws lom zem tiag tiag thiab muaj txiaj ntsig tiag tiag."

Ferguson tau siv sijhawm nyob rau hauv British Columbia lig thiab; lub xeev featured hnyav nyob rau hauv nws zaj duab xis tsis ntev los no thiab directorial debut Lub Sijhawm Fleeting, txawm hais tias thaj av hauv Whistler tsis yog ze li kev tshaj lij lossis txaus ntshai raws li Revelstoke nres ntawm Ncig Saib.

"Nyob rau theem no, nws yog hais txog kev ua rau nws ua rau cov kab vwm no, thiab yog tias koj tuaj yeem ua rau hauv qab, koj yog Vajtswv," Ferguson hais nrog luag ib hmo ua ntej kev sib tw. "Ib txhia ntawm cov kab hauv ncoo no cov neeg yuav sim ua tag kis yog tej zaum qee cov kab hauv ncoo zoo tshaj plaws uas leej twg tau ua lossis sim ua yeeb yaj kiab ua ntej."

Hais txog kev ua yeeb yaj kiab, tus neeg caij tsheb txoj hauv kev mus rau qhov chaw zoo li qhov no txawv li cas rau cov yeeb yaj kiab piv rau qhov kev sib tw - txawm hais tias, ib qho video-oriented heev, streaming nyob (nrog rau lub kaum sab xis) ntawm ntau lub platform, suav nrog Natural Selection Tour website thiab Caffeine. .

“Koj yuav xav caij ib kab mus rau qhov ntawd zoo li koj yuav caij cov kab yeeb yaj kiab kom paub meej; koj xav kom nws zoo nkauj, koj xav kom nws zoo li flawless, koj xav nyob ntawm koj ko taw, koj tsis xav rub koj txhais tes, "Ferguson hais.

"Tab sis koj tab tom sib tw," nws hais ntxiv. “Muaj qhov ntawd ntxiv adrenaline. Yog tias koj tab tom ua yeeb yaj kiab koj yuav sov thiab sim cov dej thiab ua haujlwm rau hauv cov khoom loj dua. Rau kuv, kuv yuav tawm tsam Travis Rice thawj zaug—Kuv xav tias zoo li kuv yuav tsum tau mus rau tag nrho txoj kev tawm ntawm tus puav, xaiv ib txoj kab loj thiab vam tias kuv yuav ua nws thiab caij tsheb mus. "

Langland koom nrog Ferguson thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm hauv Whistler, BC, ua yeeb yaj kiab rau Lub Sijhawm Fleeting, tab sis nws kuj pom zoo tias qhov chaw hauv Revelstoke yog lub ntiaj teb rau nws tus kheej.

Ib yam li Ferguson tau hloov los ntawm lub ntiaj teb ntawm Olympic halfpipe snowboarding mus rau freeriding, Langland, txawm tias tseem ua haujlwm hauv kev sib tw slopestyle, tau ua kom muaj kev sib tw ntau dua rau hauv kev caij tsheb loj, nrog rau Sadowski-Synnott.

Nruab nrab ntawm ob ntawm lawv, Langland thiab Sadowski-Synnott muaj ntau yam khoom plig ntawm txhua qhov ntxoov ntxoo hauv slopestyle thiab huab cua loj. Vim li ntawd, lawv ob leeg tau hnov ​​​​txog qib ntawm kev nplij siab hauv cov qauv tsim ntawm Jackson Hole theem, paub txog thaum twg xav tau dhia thiab ua haujlwm li cas rau hauv kev sib tw khiav thaum tseem xav txog style, technicality thiab ntws.

Sadowski-Synnott tau hais tias "Kuv yeej nco [kev ywj pheej] sab ntawm nws. "Cov chav kawm no muaj cov kev caij tsheb tshaj plaws thiab cov hauv ncoo uas kuv tau pom thiab nws txoj hauv ncoo ntev thiab loj dua li txhua tus neeg uas tau caij ua ntej, yog li nws yuav zoo nkauj heev."

Lub Kiwi, uas tau nkag mus rau 2021 Jackson Hole nres ntawm Kev Ncig Saib Xyuas raws li daim npav qus thiab tom qab ntawd tau yeej rau theem ntawd, ntxiv tias nws yog qhov txaus siab rau qhov chaw tau hloov pauv ntau xyoo no, vim tias tsis muaj txiaj ntsig rau cov neeg uas yuav muaj. caij nws nyob rau xyoo dhau los.

Hais lus zoo li tus neeg sib tw tiag.

"Zoi thiab kuv tau siv los qhia txog kev ua yeeb yam ua ntej-slopestyle muaj cov ntsia hlau thiab dhia uas tau hnav txhua hmo, yog li lawv tau zoo tag nrho, thiab qhia txog qhov xwm txheej uas txhua yam yog ntuj thiab koj caij nws. Nws zoo li cas, nws yog qhov txaus ntshai uas xav txog, "Langland tau hais.

"Tab sis kuv, Zoi, Kimmy thiab Elena yog cov neeg caij tsheb uas muaj zog heev uas nws yuav muaj kev lom zem tiag tiag thiab ua yeeb yam zoo rau cov poj niam snowboarding hauv backcountry. Peb tab tom caij tib lub ntsej muag raws li cov txiv neej yog li tsis muaj kev sib cais hauv qib kev txawj ntse; peb txhua tus txawm tias. "

Revelstoke theem ntawm 2023 Natural Selection Tour yuav mus nyob ntawm 9 teev sawv ntxov PT hnub Monday, Peb Hlis 6.