1:40:01
What, are they gonna be
getting 40 feet out of the pipe
or 10 rotations in the air?
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Nobody can tell you where
snowboarding's going to be in 10 years
or what riders are gonna be doing,
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but, for sure, it's gonna progress.
1:40:16
It's changed in size.
People go way bigger now
'cause the jumps are bigger.
1:40:20
People go fatter in the pipe
'cause the pipe's fatter,you know.
1:40:22
But, really, it all comes down
to visualization...
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and what you can think of
in your mind.
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I look at a mountain completely different
than a person that might just be
a recreational skier does.
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I see the mountain
as a gigantic terrain park.
1:40:38
Everything's rideable,
everything's doable
in some way or another.
1:40:41
Your mind always got to be working,
and that's how you learn tricks.
1:40:45
That's how you progress the sport.
That's everything. Your mind's gotta be open.
1:40:50
I think the next level in snowboarding
is starting to happen now.
1:40:53
I mean, all of us have learned
all these freestyle tricks.
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So, we're all starting to take that
into the backcountry where
the elements are unpredictable,
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and you can't necessarily see over
the next thing where you're gonna land.
1:41:07
[ Mike ]
Freestyle in the backcountry...
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is the ultimate part
of snowboarding for me.
1:41:13
And I 'd tell anybody, you know,
if you haven't done that, then go do it.
1:41:16
Orbe careful
because you will get hooked.
1:41:21
It's something that I want to do
till I can't do it anymore.
1:41:27
[Kass ] It's kind of comforting to know
that something that was such a struggle
is so easy now.
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It was a hell of a ride.
1:41:34
It started for the all
the right reasons,
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and it started with a group of people
that were so 'core and so in love,
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so passionate about snowboarding,
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that nobody will ever be able
to take that away.