Travis Rice (born October 9, 1982) is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on ''Snowboarder'' magazine's list of the 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years.20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years
''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009 The 38-year-old has featured in more than twenty snowboarding films. Rice's biggest claim to fame was when he arrived at Snowboarder magazine's Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain and launched a 'mammoth' of a backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump. He has been considered "the

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" of the big mountain freestyle movement. In 2013, Rice was named the best contemporary snowboarder in the world by

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; Rice was also hailed as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time by numerous writers and publications. Travisrice

Early life

Rice was born in

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. He was raised near

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, in Wilson, Wyoming where he continues to reside in the region. Raised as a skier by his father, Paul Rice, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially did not understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he soon caught on and joined the local team. He has a sister named Ashley Rice. His mother is Becky Rice.

Competition

In 2001, without a sponsor and only 18 years old, Rice drove to Mammoth Mountain in California to ride at ''Snowboarder'' magazine's “Superpark”. Recognition from the snowboarding world would come at this event, when Rice launched a backside rodeo off a 117 foot gap jump. Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence.

Films and Other Media

Rice has filmed outstanding video parts year after year, producing jaw-dropping shots like his switch 540 over Chad's Gap in Utah, a 120 foot backcountry gap jump. On top of that, he has won several US Opens, an

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gold, and an Icer Air gold, where he landed the first double rodeo 1080 in competition. In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film ''That's It That's All''. This film featured Troy Blackburn, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvik,

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, Nicolas Müller, Scotty Lago, Pat Moore, John Jackson,

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, Danny Kass, and fellow Jackson Hole residents

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and Kyle Clancy. Rice's part in ''That's It That's All'', which included the first ever double cork 1260, heavily influenced his sweep at the ''Transworld'' Magazine Rider's Poll. He won Rider of the Year, Video Part of the Year, Standout of the Year, and Readers’ Choice award. On September 7, 2011, Rice released ''

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'', a film made in collaboration with the same team behind 'That's It, That's All'', including John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Nicolas Müller and Jeremy Jones, Scotty Lago, and Mark McMorris. ''The success of the ''Art of Flight'' enabled Rice to once again win the TransWorld and Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year awards for 2012 ''. '' In 2012, Rice coordinated with Red Bull to create Supernatural, a backcountry freestyle competition held at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia, Canada. The competition was attended by the world's top snowboarders, including Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf and Mark McMorris, with riders competing in naturally created backcountry terrain. The inaugural winner of the event was the competition creator, Travis Rice. Rice is a downloadable, playable character in

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. He is the first "real-life" snowboarder to ever be featured in the franchise. In 2016, Rice released ''The Fourth Phase''. In 2019, he released ''Dark Matter''.

Highlights

Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN. 2016-2017 * TransWorld Snowboarding Men's Readers Choice Award 2011–2012 * 1st, Red Bull Supernatural, Baldface Lodge, BC (Backcountry Freestyle) * TransWorld Rider of the Year (4th ROTY Award) * Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year (2nd ROTY Award) * National Geographic Adventurer of the Year 2008–2009 * 1st (Gold), X-Games Big Air Competition (2009) * 4th – CJ – 5Star Red Bull Snow Scrapers (

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) * TransWorld Rider of the Year (3rd ROTY Award) * Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year 2007–2008 * 1st, Quiksilver Natural Selection, Jackson Hold, WY, (Backcountry Freestyle) * 11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition * 1st
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San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95 for his Double backside Rodeo 1080. * 1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080 2006–2007 * 1st, US Open Slopestyle (2007) * 2nd (Silver), Winter X Games, Snowboard Best Trick (2007) 2005–2006 * 12th, FIS World Cup #1, Valle Nevado, Chile (Halfpipe) * 8th, Nokia Air & Style, Munich, Germany (Slopestyle) * 51st, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #1 * 26th, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #2 * 9th, X Games 10 (Slopestyle) * 2nd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Rail) * 3rd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Slopestyle) * 33rd, Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (Season End Rankings, Overall) 2004–2005 * TransWorld Rider of the Year, Reader's Choice (2nd ROTY Award) * Named by ''Faces Magazine'' as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now * 3rd (Bronze), Winter X Games 2005 (Slopestyle) * 2nd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Quarterpipe) * 3rd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Straight Jump) * 1st, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Rails) * 2nd, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Halfpipe) * 8th, US Snowboard Grandprix Season End Ranking (Halfpipe) * 10th, X Games 2005 (Superpipe) * 2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe) * 3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle) 2003–2004 * TransWorld Rider of the Year (2004) * Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2003/2004) * 1st, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Quarterpipe Overall) * 9th, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Slopestyle) * 1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam (Rail) * 1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam * 4th, Winter X Games 2003 (Slopestyle) * 21st, Winter X Games 2003 (Superpipe) * 1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Slopestyle) * 1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Quarterpipe) * 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge, Co. (Rail) * 1st, X-Rail Jam Tokyodome 2003 (Jam Session) * 1st, US Open Rail Jam * 1st, The Session, Vail, Co. (Rail) * 4th, The Session, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle) * 1st, Montana Christchurch Big Air, New Zealand 2002–2003 * 1st (Gold), Winter X-Games, 2002 (Slopestyle) * Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2002/2003) * 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge (Big Air) * 4th, World Snowboard Federation Season End (Slopestyle) * 4th, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Slopestyle) * 1st, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Rail Jam) * 2nd, Toyota Slopestyle, Kijimadaira, Japan (Slopestyle) * 3rd, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Slopestyle) * 1st, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Rail Jam) 2001–2002 * TransWorld Rookie Of The Year * 1st (FIS Halfpipe), FIS, Park City * 2nd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Breckenridge, Colorado (Slopestyle)
V16N05 – 2001/2002 Vans Triple Crown Series. Retrieved May 29th, 2007 * 3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle) * 4th, World Championships, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle) * 1st, Yahoo Big Air, Breckenridge, Co. (Big Air) * 7th, US Grand Prix, Mount Bachelor, Oregon (Halfpipe) * 9th, Vans Triple Crown (Season End, Overall)

Video parts

* ''

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'' (2019)
Depth Perception
– (2017)
The Fourth Phase
– (2016) *

– Brainfarm (2011) * ''Neverland'' – Absinthe Films (2009) * ''

That's It, That's All ''That's It, That's All'' is a 2008 documentary film about snowboarding written by Brain Farm Productions and directed by Curt Morgan. It is the predecessor to '' The Art of Flight'' film, released on DVD on November 14, 2008. The film presents ...

'' (2008) * DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007) * Billabong – Lines (2007) * DC MTN.LAB * The Gap Session *

First Descent ''First Descent'' is a 2005 documentary film about snowboarding and its beginning in the 1980s. The snowboarders featured in this movie ( Shawn Farmer, Nick Perata, Terje Haakonsen, Hannah Teter and Shaun White with guest appearances from Travis ...

* The Community Project * Pop * Night of the Living Shred * ''The Prophecy'' (2002) * Revenge of the Grenerds * Futureproof * More * Full Metal Edges * Saturation * Vivid (2002) * Deeper (2010) * Blacklight (2001) * Transcendence (2002)Transworld Snowboarding
TRICE – An Interview With Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007

References

External links

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