Occupation: Snowboarder Birth: October 9, 1982
When your location is a snowy mountain in the winter the obstacles are pretty extreme..
I knew Shin [Biyajima] a little bit early on, but it's funny because where I really met Shin, and where he made a strong impression on me, was in Jac….
If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it. Self-discovery takes us to the wildest places on earth.
We're all doing what we love. It's how we express ourselves - operating in a space where you don't know if something is possible or not..
Experiencing the world through Endless secondhand information isn't enough. If we want authenticity we have to initiate it..
Bryan [Iguchi] had this beautiful philosophy about our connection with these incredible cycles. There's a line from one of his poems that always stay….
Don't hurry, don't worry, and don't forget to smell the flowers..
What is snowboarding to me? I'd say it's when I feel passion. That is, if passion is a combination of utter joy, frustration and rage. It's my life..
It’s not the destination but the adventure along the way..
When it comes down to it, it’s pretty simple. Adventure is what you make it. And whether it’s the travel, the discovery or just the feeling of lettin….
Now you're gonna take beatings. It's written in our DNA, you know. You're gonna go down. You get up, it's that simple..
We will never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it. It's this self discovery that inevitably takes us to the wildest places on….
Sometimes storms come through with wind and blow the features off or sometimes they come in heavy and grow the features to the point where we have to….
You know, I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport, you know for me it's just a way of life.
We'll never know our full potential unless we push ourselves to find it..
I find I enjoy myself most on those days when it's just me and a couple close friends away from it all. True human interaction in a day when we are a….
Ultimately it's a snowboarding film [Fourth Phase], of course, so the main thing that we wanted to celebrate was how awesome snowboarding is! Secondl….
I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport. For me it's just a way of life. It's a chance to finally shut your brain off, and live within the moment….
If we want authenticity we have to initiate it..
Inevitably it's always a set-up; you go somewhere, bring your own expectations, you think you have an idea of what you want to do but then the minute….
We were looking at weather and our relationships with weather. It goes to a few other places, and I don't want to spoil anything, so I won't go into ….