The up-and-comers join Travis Rice and 15 other of the world’s top snowboarders at Baldface Lodge, Feb. 3-8th
Santa Monica, CA (January 30, 2012) – The final two spots for Red Bull Supernatural are now spoken for with Mark McMorris (CAN) and Sage Kotsenburg (USA) both accepting their wild card invites. These two future legends coming out of the freestyle world will join 16 other snowboarders who accepted invites to compete at Red Bull Supernatural, February 3rd through 8th at Baldface Lodge outside of Nelson, B.C., Canada. This first-of-its-kind backcountry snowboard competition, the brainchild of Travis Rice, will challenge, then crown the best all-around snowboarder on the planet.
“Red Bull Supernatural is all the absolute legends and best snowboarders in the world riding something that has never been touched before. It's going to be exciting to watch and compete in. Getting the call from Travis meant so much to me. Oh man, I'm so looking forward to getting away from the usual contest grind, unplugging and riding pow with my idol Terje along with DCP, Devun Walsh and the best in the game,” says Mark McMorris.
Mark McMorris qualified twice for Red Bull Supernatural, first as the TTR World Tour slopestyle points leader as of January 15th, then by winning X Games gold in slopestyle on January 28th. 18-year old McMorris continues to win slopestyle and big air competitions around the globe with a heavy bag of tricks and easy style. The Canadian appeared in “The Art of FLIGHT” landing a 1440 on a massive kicker in the Aspen, CO segment.
“That's a pretty gnarly opportunity [Supernatural] but you gotta take it, even if you get played there. It feels like a bittersweet moment, like, I'm scared, but it'd be such a sick thing to go to. There's no way you're gonna turn down an invite to T. Rice's Supernatural event,” said Sage Kotsenburg in a USSA statement.
Sage Kotsenburg is a dominant force in both slopestyle and big air competition. The Salt Lake City, UT-native won a Red Bull Supernatural wild card nod with his silver medal finish in slopestyle at Winter X Games 2012. Kotsenburg landed the first-ever Cab double cork 1440 at the Billabong Air & Style in Innsbruck, Austria. The 18-year-old is one of the newest members of the U.S. Snowboarding Slopestyle Pro Team.
For photos, video and updates on Red Bull Supernatural, please visit www.redbullusa.com/supernatural. Fans in the U.S. can tune-in March 31st to catch the two-hour Red Bull Supernatural special airing nationally on NBC from 1-3pm EST. The event airs as part of a new sports programming block called the “Red Bull Signature Series” which features the most progressive snowboarding, mountain biking, freestyle motocross, skiing and BMX events. For more information, visit www.redbullsignatureseries.com.
