The snowboard-talent-seeking Natural Selection Tour has announced Friday as Day 1 for its competition on the slopes near Revelstoke, tour media organizer Lora Bodmer shared Wednesday afternoon.

With more snow forecasted for Thursday, March 13, and sunshine expected end of week, the pool of 24 internationally acclaimed boarders from the U.S., Canada, Japan, Norway, Switzerland, Czechia and Austria will face off March 14 starting 1 p.m. at the Montana Bowl just outside the bounds of Revelstoke Mountain Resort.

The namesake nature of the two-day competition is that the two most ideal weather days between March 10 and 17 are chosen for the athletes to blow powder and show their stuff, with the 12 top-performing competitors advancing to Day 2 likely either this Saturday or Sunday, March 15 or 16.

One male and one female athlete will leave Revelstoke with the championship titles by end of Monday, March 17.

Look out for Revelstoke's own Dustin Craven, as well as Canada's Mikey Ciccarelli, Estelle Pensiero, Spencer O'Brien and Brin Alexander as they hit the slopes.

Tune into the competition Friday by livestream from Revelation Lodge, or elsewhere via .