Travis Rice’s Supernatural Big Mountain Terrain Park
The SuperNatural competition is scheduled for the best conditions day between February 3rd & 9th. It has been NUKING in interior British Columbia (the course is built in Nelson, B.C.) this winter and the conditions right now are ALL-TIME. This competition is going to change everything.
“It took nine loggers more than 7,500 hours and 243 chainsaw sharpenings to create over 80 features in the course. Now, with the work having taken place during the snow-free summer, the 2,200 vertical feet of the Scary Cherry run has been built into Rice’s dream snowboard run and is fully ready for the arrival of 18 of the world’s best snowboarders on February 3.” – Red Bull
Supernatural
THE SUPERNATURAL COURSE:
- 40+ degrees on initial pitch
- 35 degrees after initial pitch & this is where most of the wooden features are
- 300-foot wide kicker mid-way down the slope to powder landing zone
- 30 degree slope after the kicker with a ton of slopestyle terrain park features
“Inspiration for the course design came from nature, straight up, and the crazy features that I’ve seen people ride,” said Rice. “Also, some inspiration came from what they are able to do with mountain biking courses, like building stuff through the trees. There’s no limit to what is possible with a little creativity and some will.”
This very well could be the coolest, most interesting thing to happen to the snowboard/ski world. This has the potential to be vomiting sick. This could change the way we ride mountains. If this is as big a success as we think it could be, we may all begin seeing these big mountain terrain parks spring up all over North America.
Check out how deep it’s been in the interior lately here: “Pillow Land” from January 25th, 2011.
Red Bull Supernatural Confirmed Rider List
- David Carrier-Porcheron CAN
- Devun Walsh CAN
- Eero Niemela FIN
- Gigi Rüf AUT
- Jake Blauvelt USA
- John Jackson USA
- Kazu Kokubo JPN
- Lucas Debari USA
- Mark Carter USA
- Mark Landvik USA
- Nicolas Müller SUI
- Erik Jackson USA
- Scotty Lago USA
- Terje Håkonsen NOR
- Travis Rice USA
- Wolle Nyvelt AUT
Can’t wait for footage of this.
any word on who is competing?
Just updated the post with rider list. thanks
thanks, and a most excellent select except I’m not seeing my name, and i still haven’t gotten my invitation. Travis must not have my new address
So stoked to see this. This certainly feels like the future direction of comps on the sport.
Thanks Travis, for bringing our sport into the future
will it be televised or anything
I don’t think it will be broadcast anywhere. I assume they’ll have photos and brief internet videos shortly after the event and then a longer fancier edit later on. I’ll make sure to get it all to you as soon as it’s up as I’m fired up to see it as well.
isnt it going to be on NBC? thats what it said at the end…
It says “a television event like no other” in the video so I assume it will be broadcast somewhere
It will be on NBC (presumably on a signature series episode) sometime in early march
Its part of the red bull signature series.
http://www.allisports.com/redbull
What confuses me is that its says its going to air in March
Looks like Mr. Shaun White was scared or not invited. Considering that it is Red Bull event he musthave been invited but chose not to show how “great” he is.
Yes, mr white was on the invited list
http://snowboarding.transworld.net/1000167698/featuresobf/red-bull-supernatural-course-preview-and-pre-contest-interview-with-travis-rice/
Invited Rider List (unconfirmed): John Jackson, Nicolas Müller, DCP, Lucas Debari, Scotty Lago, Kazu Kokubo, Jake Blauvelt, Gigi Rüf, Wolle Nyvelt, Mark Landvik, Devun Walsh, Pat Moore, Shaun White, Terje Haakonsen, Mark Carter, and Travis Rice.
Stranger to me than why White is a no show (cuz he rides the 1/2 pipe) is how Travis created a contest and designed a secret course that no once can ride beforehand, and yet he IS going to compete.
Add Mark McMorris and Sage Kotsenburg to the rider list, wild card qualifiers based on X games results. They’ve accepted their invites. Shaun White turned his down. And the event will be shown live on red bull tv, their free online streaming service. Stoked!
The rider list makes my heart skip a beat.
I’d be afraid the mountain might not stand up with the weight of all those huge balls on it.
this is like SSX but real… can’t fucking wait to have my mind blown; and ride30, he was invited, i think he’s not going though due to his ankle… just a guess though. im not a shaun white mega fan but he did the xgames to do slopestyle but he couldn’t so i would’ve loved to see what he’s been working on, regardless of what anyone thinks of him he is still one of the best snowboarders on earth.
i bet shaun white doesn’t even know how to ride powder. guy is a total duster
Better brush up on your knowledge…Shaun can destroy powder as well…better watch Japan Edits and Silverton Edits Yah he is no JJ , Lando, Blauvelt, or T.Rice….but he still gets his.
The same ankle that he didn’t even mention after winning pipe gold?
I suspect he didn’t wan’t to risk the potential ego bashing
That rider list + the course = qualily entertainment.
Does anyone else have a problem with the “future” of freestyle requiring Travis Rice to chop down a bunch of pretty old looking trees for a 2 or 3 day event.
While I wouldn’t mind watching the footage of this.. I think it looks hideous and will never actually make it to a resort near you due to liability and maintenance issues.
ever heard of the buron stash park? yayeahhh it works
I do agree the this looks like shit w/o snow and kinda sucks that these trees need to be cut for a single special comp. I would have to think that Travis and Red Bull plan to use this ideal peice of land for future Rice parks.
To stassshhh: you are rite, the stash is made up of wood features. The difference is that the Rice creation does not look to be a sustainable resort park. The Stash is made up of treated and painted wood features. The Rice park looks to be topped trees with natural logs on top and other natural log features.
There are plenty of MTB courses out there that are built in the very same way. They are built to stand over time, not for one time use. Properly built and with a little maintenance they can last.
No more than I have a problem with the “future” of civilization clear cutting forests, or pumping billions of barrels of pretty oil out of the earth, to facilitate our economy and recreational consumption.
50 to 70 trees…And I bet they didn’t even grind them into pulp to make boxes for you to buy one book at a time from amazon. How offensive!
where is ralph backstrom on the rider list?!
here’s a great article on why this is questionable
http://www.adventure-journal.com/2012/02/critics-say-red-bull-contest-is-super-unnatural/
I am excited to see how this plays out. Seems like Travis is trying to take one out of Darren Berrecloth playbook. The features look a bit awkward.
And why is there always so much drama with this guy
Its on TV, but not until March 31st on NBC at 10pm.
Expected to see more young bucks on the list. Who’s the youngest ……..I wanna say Lago?
McMorris is 18 so I’d say him probably
Sage & Mark are probly the youngest, they are both 18
hey ho guys:-)
is it possible to watch this stuff on a live stream ore something ?
i really like to see this pure pow pow action!
It’s amazing how many people have their own “critical analysis” of these situations. Whether you like or dislike Trice or agree or disagree with his contest, it doesn’t matter. If you feel so strongly about something than step up and show us all your insane double corks over huge gaps. Show us your idea for an amazing contest and get this list of riders to show up with this type of coverage. Really, put up or shut up. He is delivering and so he gets to carry the conversation. If you want to, then deliver. End of story. Trice showed up to Super park 11 years ago as a nobody. He talked his way in and threw down. He did not get where he is without huge balls and a love for the sport as a whole. Shaun White loves one thing-winning…in the pipe. He cares about himself. White gets credit for being a great competitor, but it stops there. HIs no show proves that unless we are chatting about super pipe, Shaun’s name doesn’t need to take up space in a conversation. Done.