“I was pretty blown away by how vast and aggressive the terrain is in the Japanese Alps. You're looking up at peaks, and it's like Alaska seeing all kinds of amazing stuff that looks ridable, but it's 70 percent death defying; only a small percentage really goes.” LooksKindStuffSeeingPercentAll KindsAggressivePercentagesAlaskaTerrainBlown AwayDefyingAlps Author:Travis Rice
“Pretty much everywhere we went we had crazy weather. I think Russia was probably one of the toughest places for us weatherwise, but even Alaska, the last three years have been somewhat subpar when you look at historically how Alaska can shape up.” ThinkingYearsLooksHas BeensLastsThreeCrazyShapesRussiaWeatherThree YearsAlaska Author:Travis Rice
“We started out making a film [ The Fourth Phase] about the incredible snow we get at home in Wyoming, the journey soon macroed out into this epic 16,000 mile trip around the North Pacific, taking us to locations in Japan, Alaska, the Kamchatka Peninsula in far-eastern Russia, and back to Jackson Hole, Wyoming.” HomeFilmJourneyIncrediblesMilesRussiaHolesSnowJapanFourthPhasesEpicLocationEasternAlaskaPacificWyomingPeninsulasJackson Hole Author:Travis Rice
“There's no doubt 'normal' is changing - spring actually came a month early in Alaska, for example, and we had to stop filming.” DoubtExampleMonthsNormalSpringNo DoubtAlaska Author:Travis Rice