“The Tokyo Dome Big Air contest (in 2003) was my first trip to Japan. I think I won it with a double back or something. Those events were fun. I was underaged, like 19 or 20, and going over to Japan in the very beginning was insane. It was amazing.” ThinkingFirstsBigsFunAirEventsInsaneJapanContestsTokyoDomes Author:Travis Rice
“When I finally got to go ride the mountains in Japan, it blew my mind.” MindMountainJapan Author:Travis Rice
“I knew I wanted to shoot in Japan early on. Years ago, we did a Japan segment in "The Community Project," and at the time I felt it was one of the better Japan segments ever captured.” YearsWantedFeltCommunityProjectsYears AgoJapanCaptured Author:Travis Rice
“I actually enjoyed getting lost in Japan's backroads, finding myself in a wasabi farm.” LostFindingsEnjoyedJapanFarmsGetting LostFinding MyselfWasabi Author:Travis Rice
“I've been to Japan so many times, but I still constantly stumble across things that are so foreign to me.” StillsJapan Author:Travis Rice
“Shin [Biyajima] rides down with this big ol' Japanese grin and giggle and I'm like what? Two years later, when I started planning the trip, I knew Shin was from the Hakuba area, and I didn't want to come film in Japan without a Japanese rider. Shin had the time and availability, and it worked out perfect.” WantYearsTwoBigsFilmPerfectAreasPlanningJapanTwo YearsRidersAvailabilityGiggle Author:Travis Rice
“It would be really nice to have a venue stop in Japan someday. Japan would be perfect for it.” Would BePerfectNiceJapanSomedayReally NiceVenues 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
