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Snowboarding Crowns World’s Best All-Mountain Riders in Series Finale
Men s Journal
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Annie Fast
© Tom T. Bird Monterosso / Natural Selection Tour / Red Bull Content Pool
Early morning sunrays lit up the sheer 40-degree slope as the first competitor dropped into the 2,200-vertical-foot-long Alaskan face. Ahead of this final day of snowboarding competition at the third and final stop of the Natural Selection Tour, there was one question on everyone’s mind: What type of rider would excel in such a demanding venue? The slope ahead required a mastery of route-finding, an understanding of variable snow conditions and the air awareness (and confidence) to boost off unknown takeoffs. Would it be riders with traditional contest backgrounds, or riders who spend their winters in the backcountry or the rare riders with the experience to do both? ....

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