<div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Epic match-ups between the world’s top 24 riders will roll out in mid-February exclusively onRed Bull TV as Natural Selection DUELS determines who will compete in the next stages of the2023 Natural Selection Tour in Revelstoke and Alaska this March. <strong>Here is all you need to know:</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Olympians, icons and snowboarding's brightest stars are dropping into mountain venuesacross the US and Canada in head-to-head competition for the fi rst stage of the 2023 NaturalSelection Tour.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Watch DUELS exclusively on Red Bull TV to fi nd out who comes out on top with high-actionedited and judge-scored DUELS as they stream on-demand, daily starting February 19.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- The 12 riders who come out on top of DUELS earn passage to the Natural Selection Tour'ssecond stage, the YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke and the fi nal stage, Natural SelectionAlaska, where the best all-around snowboarder in the world will be crowned.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- American snowboarder Ben Ferguson, 28, revealed: "DUELS is basically a contest in thebackcountry where you are teamed up with an opponent, working together to scope a zone,and then ride together, but against each other. It felt like a day of fi lming with a big shot ofadrenaline."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- The Oregon native added: "By adding the competition element, we both had to step it up andgo for it on day one, trying things you wouldn't usually dare to try in a new backcountry zone.Nils (Mindnich) is an amazing snowboarder. I was so bummed to be matched up to DUEL him,but it was really fun to fi nally get to spend time with him in the backcountry and we had ablast riding together."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- All 16 men and eight women invited to compete in the Tour's third season started off atDUELS that featured a dozen individual match-ups between "defending" and "challenging"riders designed to bring out each riders' full creativity, highlight new zones andsnowboarding's diverse styles. Each DUEL will showcase two matched riders competing head-to head on one day, in one zone.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">- Finnish snowboarder Enni Rukajärvi said: "I was so excited to get the invite for the NaturalSelection and challenge myself in a new way. I can't remember a time when I was this nervousabout anything, even with years of competing in slopestyle and big air; this is something reallydiff erent. Being up against Elena (Hight), last year’s tour Champion and the queen of lines isnot an easy task, but at the same time it is really inspirational to get to ride with and learnfrom her."</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>The 2023 Natural Selection DUELS match-ups as pulled by the NST randomiser (Defending rider listed first, challenging rider second)</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Torstein Horgmo vs John Jackson</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Ben Ferguson vs Nils Mindnich</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Travis Rice vs Red Gerard</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Zoi Sadowski-Synnott vs Marissa Krawczak</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Elena Hight vs Enni Rukajarvi</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mark McMorris vs Mikey Ciccarelli</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Jared Elston vs Gigi Rüf</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Mikkel Bang vs Ulrik Badertscher</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dustin Craven vs Werni Stock</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Leanne Pelosi vs Hailey Langland</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Kimmy Fasani vs Darrah Reid-McLean</div><div style="text-align: justify;">Blake Paul vs Brock Crouch</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>2023 Natural Selection Tour Dates</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Natural Selection DUELS</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Daily from February 19, 2023, exclusively on Red Bull TV</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>YETI Natural Selection Revelstoke*</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">LIVE! March 4 - 11, 2023 on NaturalSelectionTour.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Natural Selection Alaska*</strong></div><div style="text-align: justify;">March 25 - April 1, 2023, on NaturalSelectionTour.com</div><div style="text-align: justify;">*competition to run on one day, when Mother Nature calls it, during a seven-day contest window</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Watch duels on Red Bull TV from February 19 </strong><a href="https://www.redbull.com/th-th/natural-selection-tour-2023" target="_blank">HERE</a>.</div>