Snowboarders flock to Tribute Boardshop for chance to meet Rice & Company
By The Nelson Daily Sports
To a snowboarder meeting Travis Rice is like having Sidney Crosby come to a hockey player’s house.
Which is why boarders young and old flocked to the Tribute Boardshop for an autograph session Wednesday evening.
Rice and Lucas Debari were joined by a few special guests during autograph signing session that attracted a crowd of fans that filled the Baker Street location and the street outside the Tribute Boardshop.
The snowboarding royalty are in Nelson as part of the Red Bull Supernatural competition at Baldface.
The brainchild of snowboarding icon Travis Rice, Red Bull Supernatural is a first-of-its-kind backcountry competition designed to challenge before crowning the best all-around snowboarder on the planet.
The Red Bull Supernatural invites elite boarders from throughout the world to Balface for six days on the mountain.
Competitors begin to arrive this week and from Friday will be sequestered to Balface waiting for judges and organizers to select the perfect day to stage the event.
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