Sage Kotsenburg, you may recall, is an Olympic gold medalist. In slopestyle. The Coeur d’Alene, Idaho native hasn’t given a whole lot to competitive snowboarding since. Then came the Natural Selection Tour. It took everything from slopestyle competition and made it way, way better. More natural hits that you’d see in the backcountry, more flow, more style. Well, Sage came out of the woodwork yesterday during the opening round of the NST and laid down a beautiful run.
He opens with a gorgeous backflip. Follows it up with a clean, floaty three, then came into the last hit switch before going cab-nine. He made it all look effortless with one of the best runs of the day to advance to the next round. We’ll keep you up-to-speed on when that next round will commence. Here’s hoping for more snow within the window.