“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
“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
“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
“My dad really wanted to learn how to sail and, when I was 16, he became a quarter partner in this small, 24-foot trimaran.Three weeks a year, I'd go with him and we'd sail from Florida out around the Bahamas.” YearsWantedThreeWeekFeetDadMy DadPartnersQuartersSailFloridaBahamas Author:Travis Rice
“Over the past six years, my girlfriend and I live on our boat two or three months a year. It's just one of our seasonal homes at this point.” YearsTwoHomePastThreeMonthsSixBoatGirlfriendJust OneMy GirlfriendOver The PastThree Months Author:Travis Rice
“We pretty much had crazy weather, historically speaking, in every location we filmed [The Fourth Phase]. Nothing has been normal in the past three years.” YearsHas BeensPastThreeCrazyNormalWeatherThree YearsFourthPhasesLocation Author:Travis Rice
“One of the proudest things for me with this film [The Fourth Phase] is that year after year we put ourselves right out there making it and no one got seriously injured.” YearsFilmFourthPhasesInjured Author:Travis Rice
