Roadless (2019) - full transcript
From my understanding,
Togwotee means from
here, we can go anywhere.
It also means where
the waters begin.
I think it's significant
in many ways.
There's a lot of
layers to the story.
Looking back, I
guess this idea began
the first winter I
moved to Jackson.
I was exploring, rented a
snowmobile at Togwotee Pass,
and rode up to the wilderness
boundary and looked out.
I'll never forget that view.
It was like this other
dimension of plateaus.
It almost looked like
layers of clouds.
Looking into this
wilderness area,
it's the most remote
place in the lower 48,
farthest you can
get from any road,
and right on the
Continental Divide.
It's literally the
headwaters of the process
that has shaped my entire life.
It's always had this
mystique or this mystery
that cultivated this curiosity
and just has drawn me to it.
I think,
like, six years ago,
I came out here with Bryan,
and we camped and rode
this really cool objective,
but he was telling me
about this wilderness area
and he was showin' it to
me and these plateaus,
and I kept going, "We gotta
make this happen, Guch!"
And finally, the
stars have aligned
and let's see where it takes us.
- When Guch first asked
me to go on this trip,
it wasn't a matter of yes or no,
it was just a matter
of tell me when.
Both Jeremy and Guch have had
really cool first-time
experiences with, so,
it's an honor to be able to,
like, so many years later,
still take that least experienced role with those guys.
So, I am super, super psyched
to see what we come across.
- Oh, my God!
Entrenched meanderings begin at the headwaters,
away from mechanized life
and the rivers of humanity,
caught in the swift current
of asphalt arteries.
We spend most of
our lives pulsating
through the circulatory
system of modern society.
In vain,
we've become disconnected from our natural world.
This is a story
of the transfusion
of human spirit into wilderness.
We know we
gotta get this way.
Yeah.
Do you see us
goin' over that saddle,
or is it staying north?
- No, I think
just staying on this elevation,
not gaining too much more.
Yeah,
imagine if underneath
where that is...
You know,
going into this trip,
I just would picture wandering
slowly through this vast,
open landscape, this
walking meditation,
this sense of infinite
time and space.
That was like the premise,
with no lofty goals,
just to go out and to
experience that feeling.
You've spent a bit
of time at home.
Has it just been a great,
great season out there?
We've
had a good year.
You know, it was tough to
get into the back country
for a long time,
probably similar to here.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
How about you?
I know you're in Alaska but--
I was
in BC before that.
It was Jackson before that,
did the King and Queens thing.
Oh, dude,
nice work, dude.
I love that you won that.
Three, two, one.
♪ Shots rang out
♪ When the crowd breaks split
Hello, hello.
♪ What happened to you
♪ I thought you were my fix
♪ You take what you want
♪ Sew it back with a stitch
♪ Light as a candle and
heavy like a witch ♪
Jer, how 'bout you?
I was in
Europe for a while,
got a nice, stable, high
pressure there, which is sweet.
Yeah.
But other than that,
just trying to get out a bunch
and waitin' for those moments
when the stars do align
and able to step to
these bigger lines,
but nothing too out
of the ordinary.
Cool.
Oh yeah.
♪ Cut off the hand
that you promised me ♪
♪ Give me medication
and tell me I'm free ♪
♪ Oh
♪ Shots rang out
♪ When the cloud breaks split
♪ What happened to you
♪ I thought you were my fix
♪ You take what you want
♪ Sew it back with a stitch
♪ Light as a candle and
heavy like a witch ♪
How 'bout you, Guch?
Oh, man,
I've been so dependent
on mechanized
access this winter,
I haven't been touring much.
I mean, I hike a lot,
but short things,
not all day long.
Yeah.
For days on end.
Yeah.
Have you been to here before?
No, but I like it.
Me too.
You guys notice the
total and complete
silence this morning?
No wind,
like, nothing.
Silence.
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
- It's always a little
more effort to pack up,
move every day, so
hopefully, we'll find
a little honey hole
over here.
We'll see, we've walked by
a bunch of good terrain,
but I got faith.
Guch is gonna take
us to the goods.
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
♪ It's calling me
into the void ♪
♪ Got nothing to believe in
♪ And nothing to call my own
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
Most of the time,
going into the back country,
it's from the bottom up.
This trip, we're walking out
and all of the riding terrain
is below us, so it's this very
different top-down approach,
unlike any other trip
that I've ever been on.
Look at that little
splitter, that thing is--
Yeah, both of those.
See, they put a scope
on it, that thing goes.
Wow.
Yeah, there's
another nice one next to it.
Yep.
Wow,
that sky is unreal.
Looks like it's
paint, like it's painted.
I know.
It's gonna have to be.
♪ Into the void, into
the void, into the void ♪
We set camp at
a little over 10,000 feet
at the head of a drainage.
As we look at maps and GPS,
it really sets in just how
vast this wilderness is.
Looking how far two
full days has taken us,
it appears that we
have only just arrived
inside the perimeter.
We've been walking past
a lot of great terrain.
- The valley could
be killer, dude,
get down in the
trees, more oxygen.
There's
water.
- Water.
- Possum, I would say, bears.
- Bears.
- Bears.
- Cuddly critters to play with.
I also heard that
some grizzly bears are out
and I have about 10 pounds of
kielbasa sausage in my bag.
Wish us luck.
- I mean, it's a lotta options.
Snowboard, ski with skins,
but I'm contemplating
ghost riding my sled.
I kinda wanna push
it pretty hard
so I don't have to hike up.
Thinkin' it's gonna berm ride.
Where is it?
Right there, there's
a little berm,
hopefully not in the air.
That is a thing of
beauty right there.
That is lovely.
- Two!
One!
- Oh, he put some English on it!
Hey, it's a new line.
Oh, God!
Where you going?
Oh, oh,
oh, God, don't do it.
- Oh, you're good, nice work.
- Oh, that's good.
Nice, dude!
- Oh, beautiful, beautiful.
- Make it!
Oh, oh!
- I should rig my
backpack on mine.
- Ooh.
- Oh, she's got some momentum.
Uh-oh, she's goin' real
fast towards the trees.
Oh, air time, air time.
Oh, my God!
Dude, that would've destroyed.
That would've
destroyed some shit.
Our sleds have
really taken their owners.
Like, I had a really
conservative line.
You just punted.
- Oh, my God, so sketchy.
It's a bummer!
Nice line.
Nice line.
Pretty
cool down here!
Whole different vibe.
And I see water!
Boo-ya!
Makes our life
significantly easier.
God, this is amazing.
What are we doing?
Did you see the
takeoff right below that tree?
That's so sick, dude.
Land, boom, straight
into.
This is the skate park
I've been looking for!
The way
we eased into it,
you know, we found
these incredibly
fun-lookin' little gullies.
Guch called it the skate park,
with incredible trannys,
gaps, and little doubles.
It's a different style of riding
than what I normally
do, and I'm lovin' it.
♪ Pick up the paper and feel
the morning of planet blue ♪
♪ Heartbreak's a human condition
of pursuers in pursuit ♪
♪ He needs no invitation
♪ Tell me now what's
that sound I hear ♪
♪ Grab your girl, do the alien
♪ 1955
♪ transmission
number nine ♪
Nice, dude!
Yeah!
All right,
what's next?
Wilderness
is a great teacher.
The land is powerful, humbling,
yet fair, generous, and kind.
It is a place to recalibrate
our perspective of life,
a place to revive,
heal, and strengthen
the mind, body, and soul.
Vivid memories of the
past and future insights
are realized in this rich
state of consciousness.
Dude, I was havin' one of
those half-dreams this morning,
and it was all, like,
hangin' out with some natives,
showin' 'em Google Earth.
No way.
And then,
somehow, later in that dream,
Craig Kelly showed up in it.
- That's awesome.
That's so bizarre that
both of you woke up
thinkin' of Craig, 'cause
if you think of Craig's path
in snowboarding, we've
been on a similar path
that he like laid out,
basically, the playbook for it.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, learnin' a bit
through people that knew him,
it has that element,
I have that element
of gratitude right now
that some semblances
of what I'm able to do,
and it be--
- Acceptable.
- Accept that that is
a path and part of it.
- When I came on
to the Burton team,
he was just finishing
up competing.
He really embraced us younger
riders, like Terry, myself,
invited us to his home, take
us out on the mountains.
That was, like,
such a far world.
Terry and I's contest,
like, let's.
That was
the be-all, end-all.
- Yeah, that was it, you know,
but then Craig was like,
"Hey, check this out."
And just blew my mind
with the mountains
and the freedom
that's out there.
♪ Am I going up
♪ Am I going down
I actually
looked to Craig as,
like, a father figure.
I mean, I've grown
up without a father.
He was really educated,
such a smart human being,
very conscious, and he
was the first person
that came into my life that
I looked at as a role model.
I grew up surfing and skateboarding in Southern California.
I think when I got
outta high school,
it was a time
where I had freedom
and just kinda was tryin'
to pave a way in this world,
find a life in the, you know,
I went up to the mountains,
and it was such
a new experience.
And you know, after competing
and beating myself up
in the parks, I was like, man,
this isn't really sustainable
for me, physically.
I was just injured a lot.
It was kinda bummin'
me out in life.
Started riding
backcountry with Craig,
and started spending
more time riding powder.
That's when I
really fell in love
with backcountry snowboarding
and it set my path,
I think.
♪ Am I going down
He just
brought me into it,
brought me into the backcountry,
and brought me into these
trips where we were going out
with guides and riding
these amazing places.
You know, I'd been doing
contests and going trip to trip,
but that didn't feel
like snowboarding to me.
That was just like
this crazy machine,
kinda like go here, go
there, do this, do that,
jump, monkey, dance.
And spending time with Craig,
that was some snowboarding.
That was the dream for me.
♪ I don't wanna wait too long
♪ While I'm buried
in the ground ♪
- He was just doin'
so much cool stuff,
like, goin' on these adventures
and havin' a big vision
of what the future
of snowboarding could be.
- Well, and he did that from,
like, a career standpoint.
It looked like a horrible move.
I remember, 'cause
we were friends,
watchin' you move to Jackson,
and from a career standpoint,
you're like, you can't be a pro
snowboarder at Jackson Hole.
- That was a total
Craig-inspired move.
- Right?
Frickin' beautiful
day in the mountains!
It really is.
Not a car, not a plane.
Just us and
some animals wakin' up.
Yeah.
How psyched are
they to see the sun after--
There's
definitely some bears
that are gettin' dripped
on in their little caves,
just like, this warmth.
- I'm almost wondering
if we should go that way.
Valley that
we're interested in,
similar aspect to
this, so we dug a pit.
Pit actually looks good,
but right across the way,
we do see a pretty
nasty natural avalanche.
But in general, the
snow feels good.
It's just more
seein' the naturals
that has me on my
toes a little bit.
As we started
to dig into the snow pack,
we really have been likin'
what we've been seeing.
We haven't been able
to get anything move.
We've had a lotta
good pit results,
and it's kind of
startin' to look like
it's just game on out here.
Here he comes.
Yeah!
Yeah, Guch!
Walkin' back to camp,
I thought about how
we all ended up here.
Guch, the most unlikely,
born in the suburbs of L.A.,
first touched snow at 15.
Superstar by 21, at 26,
he spit out of the fire,
landing in Jackson, the
first Jackson Hole pro.
The industry didn't see it.
Dropped from his sponsors
led to cooking by 30,
but he was always riding.
The spotlight finding
him again when he was 35,
but now on his terms.
Rice is more obvious.
Born on the best
mountain in the world,
he exploded on the scene at 16.
Sharing the same sponsor, I
really had a front row seat.
A fired-up kid ready to break
barriers every run, every day.
- Juices everything
below that, huh?
- Yeah, I agree.
Myself,
Cape Cod born.
Showed up to my first race
with no expectations and won.
Two years later, I
turned pro at 16.
I was just good enough to
feed myself and see the world,
a passport to the great ranges,
but my true love has
always been free riding.
20 years later, here we are.
- Well, me and my little buddy,
we're gonna cruise down valley.
Go do some boardin',
find a camp spot,
have a civilized lunch,
sip from the headwaters,
this magical tributary.
Diggin' this travel.
Oh, yeah, that's right,
we have a dog.
- You know, I don't remember
the exact first moment,
but my earliest memory
that stuck of Travis
was the day of his
high school prom.
And we had built this
quarter pipe jump.
Watching him ride that day
was one of those sessions
that was a full breakthrough.
He was doin' tricks
that I'd never seen.
That was mind-blowing enough,
but he was goin', like,
two to three times
bigger than Lance,
and Lance went bigger than
anybody at that point,
you know, that time
in snowboarding.
Growin'
up in Jackson Hole,
I was really extra aware
of the Jackson Hole snowboarding
community at that time,
individuals like Lance
Pitman, Bryan Iguchi.
These were the people that
we really looked up to.
Guch was a pop culture icon.
It wasn't just that he
was a good snowboarder.
He was a trendsetter.
He had this life experience
of traveling the world,
competing, won some of
the biggest contests.
He was one of, if not the
coolest guy in snowboarding.
♪ No
And so, first
time that I really got to go
build jumps, use snowmobiles,
it really blew my
mind quite open.
And I was probably kind of
oblivious to it at the time,
but it had an effect.
There was a level of
respect and appreciation
into the process of
how we were operating
in the backcountry, and just
what it meant to be out there.
Jump!
♪ I don't know, man
♪ I looked in the mirror,
hands on my lips ♪
♪ Man, I pray the jonesin'
- And I remember him, at
the end of the session,
sitting on a snowmobile,
callin' his limo driver,
gettin' everything down for
a sick night of partying.
I was like, man, this
kid has got it goin' on.
Man, this is so awesome!
And then, sure enough, the
next day after the prom,
he heads to Superpark, and
the rest is kinda history.
This is so cool.
I'm so glad this is a reality.
Yeah, totally!
And this is, like,
such an ancient form, you know?
Inuits were doing this.
Yeah.
Seal skins, toboggans.
Just the
ability to see this land
in such a pure form
is really special.
Wow!
Heck,
it's interesting,
'cause there was probably
more traffic through that pass
1,000 years ago than there has
been in the last 200 years.
And that's what
pure wilderness is.
- Can't walk past a
cave, man, spelunking.
It's in the genes.
Beautiful elk skull.
The best part is just
how nibbled it's been
by some big carnivore.
Just chew toy,
elk skull chew toy.
Right?
See the burnt log?
Someone took refuge in here.
Yup.
I love the way the
ice formed, trickle behind.
Let's put it
back where we got it.
Put it back in here.
Or you want
to leave it as an omen?
Crown jewel.
- Jones, I had this
bag on my Deeper trip.
I was
thinkin' that right now.
That's
pretty special, man.
- Did it snow?
The trip that I did with
Jeremy for this film, Deeper,
you know, I had a fair
amount of experience,
probably spent eight
years in Alaska,
and it had all been through
mechanized approaches,
and never camping.
And so, having the opportunity
to really go super deep
and get dropped off,
and really get immersed
in these weather and
solar cycles day to day,
it's hard to put it into words
what I got out of that trip.
I just found so much solace.
Sure is pretty up here.
♪ Is gonna be a while, but
I'll be back some day ♪
The happiest I've
ever seen him was on Deeper,
25 days in the hole.
Supposed to go out for seven.
It's in his blood.
Seed gets planted
in him, watch out.
Yes, dude!
All time, dude, all time.
You know, we really just
scratched the surface,
but I left there knowing
this is where I'm goin'
with my snowboarding.
This is where I belong.
One of the most incredible
views I've ever seen,
and this is really the
start of the unknown,
and it's startin' to be known.
I saw
Jeremy bein' floored
that something that
he had ideated,
worked on, obviously spent
years thinking about,
I mean, that's the most
beautiful thing on earth,
is someone taking an idea
and putting it into action.
For me, it was beautiful
to be a part of it,
and see Jeremy realize a vision.
I'm stoked to do a
little sunset.
Those things are so inviting.
Yeah, me too.
This is kind of
the good entry, anyway.
I mean,
this is definitely
where I'm gonna go from.
Yeah,
okay, same thoughts.
Okay.
♪ Cords that knot and
threads that bind ♪
♪ Tell a tale of humankind
♪ From long ago
into future return ♪
♪ All wisdoms of lives learnt
♪ Out of the cave, the
shining ones rise ♪
♪ A hope awoke in their eyes
♪ We weave a new myth
into the timelines ♪
♪ Oh
♪ We're tying the stars
to the mountains ♪
♪ The mountains to the stars
♪ We are so high
♪ That we can see beyond the
walls of our own horizons ♪
♪ Strip out of any
illusionary attire ♪
♪ Into the smoke of
the eucalyptus fire ♪
Yeah, Trav!
Yeah!
Damn, son!
Well,
it's a long ass day.
Long ass day.
Dude, this cornice jib
is actually really sick.
That is so sick!
Like, that little
step-over.
The head of this
valley looks pretty dope, huh?
Yeah, that's
where we wanna go.
We should just pound it out.
Yeah.
When
did you do Denali?
Um, like, the
year we did the Grand.
Oh sick!
Was it after?
Yeah.
Right on.
Thinkin' back, man, wow!
Everything came together.
Yeah, not
runnin' back to it.
No, not
runnin' back, no.
I looked at it every day
and I liked the view.
Totally!
Doing any kind of
mission with Jeremy is no joke.
I mean, I'm always gripped
before we do something together.
But having him reach out
to me really meant a lot.
He's someone that is
always motivating me
to push myself and dig deep
to have these
experiences, you know?
I wouldn't have
done it without him.
It's real.
The Grand has gotta be one
of the most complex lines
I've ever climbed
and snowboarded.
I mean, that's the most
exposed I've ever been,
and for all the conditions to
come together just perfectly,
it's magic, and it
just felt right.
Oh, top of the Grand,
long time in the making.
You know, whenever
I think about that trip,
I think of hanging
out above the repels,
when you guys were down
finding the anchor--
Oh, yeah!
And I was just
by myself for so long,
just hanging out, like,
looking at the valley,
just so much space
underneath and above.
No man's land.
Yeah, it was
such a wild feeling.
Really happy to
get on these final repels.
Whoa!
Whoa!
All right, let's
talk about it down there.
The mountains are
still talkin' to us.
You know, the
Grand Tetons was, by far,
the most ambitious snowboarding
objective I've ever done,
and probably will ever do,
to be honest.
I could say that
I'll never do anything
like that again, but
maybe I will.
Let's go zip it up
before you totally--
Yeah, yeah,
do that for sure.
I'm, like, quarter
of a person right now.
Yeah!
The wilderness reveals
stark contrasts
between life and death.
Seeking moments of
solitude and bliss
can lead you to face
your deepest fears.
Remember that big
arch they road up in?
- Yeah.
I find, when I'm out here,
I think about friends
that I've lost.
- Yeah.
- Especially, like,
in those dark starts,
just because
I just think of how psyched
they'd be to be out here.
And then, when you get through
the less-than-optimal moments,
whether it's just puttin'
cold boots on, or whatever,
or like, the early wake-ups,
it's like, wake up
an hour earlier,
we're lucky to be alive
and be able to do it.
Mm-hmm.
In 2003, we were ridin'
in the backcountry,
and Tristan Picot, a
19-year-old French snowboarder
who I'd just met that
morning had a small avalanche
and he went through
trees, and it killed him.
You know, I was the
first one to him.
I had never experienced a
loss of life and such tragedy.
Snowboarding brought
me the best feelings
I've ever experienced,
and that day was
absolutely the worst.
And I was a mess for weeks.
And my phone started
blowin' up at, like,
six in the morning, and
it was Ari Marcopoulos.
Picked up the phone, he
was like, "Have you heard?"
I'm like, "Heard what, man?"
He's like, "There's been
a big avalanche in Canada
"and Craig passed."
And I just was,
like, in shock, man.
I didn't know if I was
ever gonna ride again.
I didn't know if I
was gonna stay here.
I didn't know if I
was gonna run home,
my family in California,
what I was gonna do,
'cause I was just depressed,
like nothing I'd ever felt.
And that day, I was like,
think I have to go
snowboarding today, man.
I think I have to
get back out there.
I think Craig would
want me to continue on.
And from that day forward,
it's like I'm gonna step
it up with my passion
and love for the sport
and do it responsibly.
I don't know how many days
I'm gonna be on this planet,
but I wanna make sure I
enjoy every opportunity
and do it the best I can.
Cheers, man.
See you at the bottom.
All right, drop it!
- It's a healing
thing, you know?
It's transformative to
be out there, connect,
and just meditate over the love
that you feel for these people
that are no longer with us,
but they're always
gonna be with you.
What's cool is that
there's just so much variation,
so many different
types of riding.
It's really just
like a snowboarder's paradise.
Easy valleys to travel
and gorgeous flanks
to snowboard down.
Yeah, totally.
♪ Makin' a living
the old hard way ♪
♪ Takin' and givin'
by day by day ♪
♪ I dig snow and rain
and the bright sunshine ♪
Sick!
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ My dog, Sam, eats
purple flowers ♪
♪ Ain't got much, but
what we got's ours ♪
♪ We dig snow and rain
and the bright sunshine ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
Glad we left
the snowboard track here.
So blown away.
Things just keep
falling into place.
♪ Lovin' the free and feelin'
- All right, I love
you guys, thank you!
♪ Huggin' a tree when
you get near it ♪
♪ Diggin' the snow and the
rain and the bright sunshine ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
Little too gnarly.
Abort!
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Lovin' the free
and feelin' spirit ♪
♪ Of huggin' a tree
when you get near it ♪
♪ Diggin' the snow and the
rain and the bright sunshine ♪
Come on.
Third run of the day.
We're lookin' at
one last
all the way down to the bottom.
So incredible.
Go fast!
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
- Oh, yes, Travis!
- Yeah!
Yeah, Trav!
Holy shit!
Dude, I looked
up, and then I looked down,
and you were down.
Travis!
♪ La, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
la, la, la, la ♪
- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah!
Yes, that's
where I was hopin' he'd go.
Yeah.
- Oh!
- Yes!
How rad.
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la
♪ Draggin' the line
Oh, gorgeous.
Perfect.
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
Yeah, man.
- Right now, he has a heart
rate of 190 beats per minute.
- Good to see you
guys, I missed ya.
Oh!
Shoot, man, seriously.
- That's how we roll.
- I'm freaking out.
I know, all of a
sudden, I got energy again.
It's crazy, dude.
All of that just
happened.
- Yes.
- Wow.
- What a day, man, what a day.
- Cheers, you guys.
- Think back to the moonrise.
- I know!
- The moonset.
- We'll be walkin' back that
same vibe into the moonrise.
- Moon day.
As we wander slowly
through a vast and
wild landscape,
hours of stained
physical efforts
and a steady release
of endorphins
open a portal to another
dimensional plane of existence.
There's a lull in
conversation as we drift apart
into walking meditation
in the sacred land.
Thoughts are
suspended in a moment
of infinite time and space.
I return to reality
thirsty and hungry.
♪ And I've come to know
the wishlist of my father ♪
♪ I've come to know the
shipwrecks where he wished ♪
♪ I've come to wish aloud
among the overdressed crowd ♪
♪ Come to witness now
the sinkin' of the ship ♪
♪ Throwin' pennies from
the seatop next to it ♪
The
past week has been
kinda inexplainable in words.
I think it just starts with
the sheer humility and honor
to go on a trip with two people
that I've really looked up to,
and have honestly helped
shape my snowboarding,
and inevitably, my life.
It was beautiful.
♪ And I've come to roam the
forest past the village ♪
♪ With a dozen lazy
horses and my cart ♪
♪ I've come here to get high,
to do more than just get by ♪
♪ I've come to test the
timber of my heart ♪
Getting out
and being undestracted
with people that you
love and respect,
you just get so much more out
of that short amount of time
than you would in any
other setting, I believe.
I think it allows you to connect
on such a real human level.
♪ And I've come
♪ To be untroubled
in my seekin' ♪
I feel so much gratitude that this place exists,
and just nothing
but appreciation.
It's a very
American thing, actually,
to take these places
with so many resources
and such a incredible,
beautiful, amazing place,
and just saying, you know
what, we're gonna protect this,
and the only way you can
get in there is to walk,
and it's hard, and it's wild,
and it's really
wilderness at its finest.
♪ I've come from down the road
and my footsteps never slowed ♪
♪ Before we met,
I knew we'd meet ♪
I've always
believed that daydreams
are the blueprint to reality.
It's like finding something
that you feel really
passionate about in life,
with snowboarding, with these
things that you connect with.
When reality and your
daydreams line up,
that is extremely
special in life.
♪ I've come to say
exactly what I mean ♪
♪ And I mean so many things
We'll do a
30-year anniversary trip.
Sweet!
- Be back in 30 years.
- That's amazing.
I love it.
Aw, man, that would be the best.
- It's like a recalibration
for my existence,
you know, physically,
mentally, spiritually,
just like a whole new reset.
Yeah, fresh start.
♪ It is so sweet under the sun
♪ And even if my
pocket's empty ♪
♪ I don't really
want to go to work ♪
- God!
♪ Under the sun
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Whoa!
- Yeah!
- Justice!
♪ Got up this morning
- It'll really start tomorrow,
where it's like I find
myself just, like,
long blank stares at walls.
It's like as soon as
you tell your body,
"Okay, you can relax,"
it's just all.
Let the post-traumatic stoked
disorder begin.
♪ Suddenly, my phone
Nailed it!
♪ I can hear my boss
Nailed
it, guys, great shot.
- Whoa!
- Hovercraft!
Oh, God, he's beatin' you!
Where do
you think it goes?
Yeah,
put it like that.
Right like that.
Smilin'.
♪ Oh, no
♪ It is so sweet
I'm just
gonna warn you,
I have a very professionally
tuned snowboard.
♪ I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Trav's glidin!
Fire
in the hole, Guch!
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Uh-oh!
- I love you guys!
That was sick!
♪ I'm singing and dancing
♪ I love it
♪ I'm losin' my mind
♪ Oh, yeah
♪ My phone is ringin'
again, again, and again ♪
Hey, Jones, you
did a big ole' air in yours!
- Travis just told me
I hit a big ole' air.
I don't get those
compliments that much.
♪ Wants me to hurry
♪ No
- Whoa, come on!
- Who needs a beer, who
needs a beer, anybody?
♪ And even if my
pocket's empty ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't
really want to go ♪
Holy!
This scene
is being covered.
Yeah, the scene is
getting covered, for sure.
He's really
just tonin' the haunches
the last five days.
Yes.
- Freakin' crack a walnut.
♪ It is so sweet under
the sun, all right ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
♪ I feel so good,
what about you ♪
Togwotee means from
here, we can go anywhere.
It also means where
the waters begin.
I think it's significant
in many ways.
There's a lot of
layers to the story.
Looking back, I
guess this idea began
the first winter I
moved to Jackson.
I was exploring, rented a
snowmobile at Togwotee Pass,
and rode up to the wilderness
boundary and looked out.
I'll never forget that view.
It was like this other
dimension of plateaus.
It almost looked like
layers of clouds.
Looking into this
wilderness area,
it's the most remote
place in the lower 48,
farthest you can
get from any road,
and right on the
Continental Divide.
It's literally the
headwaters of the process
that has shaped my entire life.
It's always had this
mystique or this mystery
that cultivated this curiosity
and just has drawn me to it.
I think,
like, six years ago,
I came out here with Bryan,
and we camped and rode
this really cool objective,
but he was telling me
about this wilderness area
and he was showin' it to
me and these plateaus,
and I kept going, "We gotta
make this happen, Guch!"
And finally, the
stars have aligned
and let's see where it takes us.
- When Guch first asked
me to go on this trip,
it wasn't a matter of yes or no,
it was just a matter
of tell me when.
Both Jeremy and Guch have had
really cool first-time
experiences with, so,
it's an honor to be able to,
like, so many years later,
still take that least experienced role with those guys.
So, I am super, super psyched
to see what we come across.
- Oh, my God!
Entrenched meanderings begin at the headwaters,
away from mechanized life
and the rivers of humanity,
caught in the swift current
of asphalt arteries.
We spend most of
our lives pulsating
through the circulatory
system of modern society.
In vain,
we've become disconnected from our natural world.
This is a story
of the transfusion
of human spirit into wilderness.
We know we
gotta get this way.
Yeah.
Do you see us
goin' over that saddle,
or is it staying north?
- No, I think
just staying on this elevation,
not gaining too much more.
Yeah,
imagine if underneath
where that is...
You know,
going into this trip,
I just would picture wandering
slowly through this vast,
open landscape, this
walking meditation,
this sense of infinite
time and space.
That was like the premise,
with no lofty goals,
just to go out and to
experience that feeling.
You've spent a bit
of time at home.
Has it just been a great,
great season out there?
We've
had a good year.
You know, it was tough to
get into the back country
for a long time,
probably similar to here.
- Yeah.
- Yeah.
How about you?
I know you're in Alaska but--
I was
in BC before that.
It was Jackson before that,
did the King and Queens thing.
Oh, dude,
nice work, dude.
I love that you won that.
Three, two, one.
♪ Shots rang out
♪ When the crowd breaks split
Hello, hello.
♪ What happened to you
♪ I thought you were my fix
♪ You take what you want
♪ Sew it back with a stitch
♪ Light as a candle and
heavy like a witch ♪
Jer, how 'bout you?
I was in
Europe for a while,
got a nice, stable, high
pressure there, which is sweet.
Yeah.
But other than that,
just trying to get out a bunch
and waitin' for those moments
when the stars do align
and able to step to
these bigger lines,
but nothing too out
of the ordinary.
Cool.
Oh yeah.
♪ Cut off the hand
that you promised me ♪
♪ Give me medication
and tell me I'm free ♪
♪ Oh
♪ Shots rang out
♪ When the cloud breaks split
♪ What happened to you
♪ I thought you were my fix
♪ You take what you want
♪ Sew it back with a stitch
♪ Light as a candle and
heavy like a witch ♪
How 'bout you, Guch?
Oh, man,
I've been so dependent
on mechanized
access this winter,
I haven't been touring much.
I mean, I hike a lot,
but short things,
not all day long.
Yeah.
For days on end.
Yeah.
Have you been to here before?
No, but I like it.
Me too.
You guys notice the
total and complete
silence this morning?
No wind,
like, nothing.
Silence.
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
- It's always a little
more effort to pack up,
move every day, so
hopefully, we'll find
a little honey hole
over here.
We'll see, we've walked by
a bunch of good terrain,
but I got faith.
Guch is gonna take
us to the goods.
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
♪ It's calling me
into the void ♪
♪ Got nothing to believe in
♪ And nothing to call my own
♪ I've been caught
by this feeling ♪
Most of the time,
going into the back country,
it's from the bottom up.
This trip, we're walking out
and all of the riding terrain
is below us, so it's this very
different top-down approach,
unlike any other trip
that I've ever been on.
Look at that little
splitter, that thing is--
Yeah, both of those.
See, they put a scope
on it, that thing goes.
Wow.
Yeah, there's
another nice one next to it.
Yep.
Wow,
that sky is unreal.
Looks like it's
paint, like it's painted.
I know.
It's gonna have to be.
♪ Into the void, into
the void, into the void ♪
We set camp at
a little over 10,000 feet
at the head of a drainage.
As we look at maps and GPS,
it really sets in just how
vast this wilderness is.
Looking how far two
full days has taken us,
it appears that we
have only just arrived
inside the perimeter.
We've been walking past
a lot of great terrain.
- The valley could
be killer, dude,
get down in the
trees, more oxygen.
There's
water.
- Water.
- Possum, I would say, bears.
- Bears.
- Bears.
- Cuddly critters to play with.
I also heard that
some grizzly bears are out
and I have about 10 pounds of
kielbasa sausage in my bag.
Wish us luck.
- I mean, it's a lotta options.
Snowboard, ski with skins,
but I'm contemplating
ghost riding my sled.
I kinda wanna push
it pretty hard
so I don't have to hike up.
Thinkin' it's gonna berm ride.
Where is it?
Right there, there's
a little berm,
hopefully not in the air.
That is a thing of
beauty right there.
That is lovely.
- Two!
One!
- Oh, he put some English on it!
Hey, it's a new line.
Oh, God!
Where you going?
Oh, oh,
oh, God, don't do it.
- Oh, you're good, nice work.
- Oh, that's good.
Nice, dude!
- Oh, beautiful, beautiful.
- Make it!
Oh, oh!
- I should rig my
backpack on mine.
- Ooh.
- Oh, she's got some momentum.
Uh-oh, she's goin' real
fast towards the trees.
Oh, air time, air time.
Oh, my God!
Dude, that would've destroyed.
That would've
destroyed some shit.
Our sleds have
really taken their owners.
Like, I had a really
conservative line.
You just punted.
- Oh, my God, so sketchy.
It's a bummer!
Nice line.
Nice line.
Pretty
cool down here!
Whole different vibe.
And I see water!
Boo-ya!
Makes our life
significantly easier.
God, this is amazing.
What are we doing?
Did you see the
takeoff right below that tree?
That's so sick, dude.
Land, boom, straight
into.
This is the skate park
I've been looking for!
The way
we eased into it,
you know, we found
these incredibly
fun-lookin' little gullies.
Guch called it the skate park,
with incredible trannys,
gaps, and little doubles.
It's a different style of riding
than what I normally
do, and I'm lovin' it.
♪ Pick up the paper and feel
the morning of planet blue ♪
♪ Heartbreak's a human condition
of pursuers in pursuit ♪
♪ He needs no invitation
♪ Tell me now what's
that sound I hear ♪
♪ Grab your girl, do the alien
♪ 1955
♪ transmission
number nine ♪
Nice, dude!
Yeah!
All right,
what's next?
Wilderness
is a great teacher.
The land is powerful, humbling,
yet fair, generous, and kind.
It is a place to recalibrate
our perspective of life,
a place to revive,
heal, and strengthen
the mind, body, and soul.
Vivid memories of the
past and future insights
are realized in this rich
state of consciousness.
Dude, I was havin' one of
those half-dreams this morning,
and it was all, like,
hangin' out with some natives,
showin' 'em Google Earth.
No way.
And then,
somehow, later in that dream,
Craig Kelly showed up in it.
- That's awesome.
That's so bizarre that
both of you woke up
thinkin' of Craig, 'cause
if you think of Craig's path
in snowboarding, we've
been on a similar path
that he like laid out,
basically, the playbook for it.
- Absolutely.
- Yeah, learnin' a bit
through people that knew him,
it has that element,
I have that element
of gratitude right now
that some semblances
of what I'm able to do,
and it be--
- Acceptable.
- Accept that that is
a path and part of it.
- When I came on
to the Burton team,
he was just finishing
up competing.
He really embraced us younger
riders, like Terry, myself,
invited us to his home, take
us out on the mountains.
That was, like,
such a far world.
Terry and I's contest,
like, let's.
That was
the be-all, end-all.
- Yeah, that was it, you know,
but then Craig was like,
"Hey, check this out."
And just blew my mind
with the mountains
and the freedom
that's out there.
♪ Am I going up
♪ Am I going down
I actually
looked to Craig as,
like, a father figure.
I mean, I've grown
up without a father.
He was really educated,
such a smart human being,
very conscious, and he
was the first person
that came into my life that
I looked at as a role model.
I grew up surfing and skateboarding in Southern California.
I think when I got
outta high school,
it was a time
where I had freedom
and just kinda was tryin'
to pave a way in this world,
find a life in the, you know,
I went up to the mountains,
and it was such
a new experience.
And you know, after competing
and beating myself up
in the parks, I was like, man,
this isn't really sustainable
for me, physically.
I was just injured a lot.
It was kinda bummin'
me out in life.
Started riding
backcountry with Craig,
and started spending
more time riding powder.
That's when I
really fell in love
with backcountry snowboarding
and it set my path,
I think.
♪ Am I going down
He just
brought me into it,
brought me into the backcountry,
and brought me into these
trips where we were going out
with guides and riding
these amazing places.
You know, I'd been doing
contests and going trip to trip,
but that didn't feel
like snowboarding to me.
That was just like
this crazy machine,
kinda like go here, go
there, do this, do that,
jump, monkey, dance.
And spending time with Craig,
that was some snowboarding.
That was the dream for me.
♪ I don't wanna wait too long
♪ While I'm buried
in the ground ♪
- He was just doin'
so much cool stuff,
like, goin' on these adventures
and havin' a big vision
of what the future
of snowboarding could be.
- Well, and he did that from,
like, a career standpoint.
It looked like a horrible move.
I remember, 'cause
we were friends,
watchin' you move to Jackson,
and from a career standpoint,
you're like, you can't be a pro
snowboarder at Jackson Hole.
- That was a total
Craig-inspired move.
- Right?
Frickin' beautiful
day in the mountains!
It really is.
Not a car, not a plane.
Just us and
some animals wakin' up.
Yeah.
How psyched are
they to see the sun after--
There's
definitely some bears
that are gettin' dripped
on in their little caves,
just like, this warmth.
- I'm almost wondering
if we should go that way.
Valley that
we're interested in,
similar aspect to
this, so we dug a pit.
Pit actually looks good,
but right across the way,
we do see a pretty
nasty natural avalanche.
But in general, the
snow feels good.
It's just more
seein' the naturals
that has me on my
toes a little bit.
As we started
to dig into the snow pack,
we really have been likin'
what we've been seeing.
We haven't been able
to get anything move.
We've had a lotta
good pit results,
and it's kind of
startin' to look like
it's just game on out here.
Here he comes.
Yeah!
Yeah, Guch!
Walkin' back to camp,
I thought about how
we all ended up here.
Guch, the most unlikely,
born in the suburbs of L.A.,
first touched snow at 15.
Superstar by 21, at 26,
he spit out of the fire,
landing in Jackson, the
first Jackson Hole pro.
The industry didn't see it.
Dropped from his sponsors
led to cooking by 30,
but he was always riding.
The spotlight finding
him again when he was 35,
but now on his terms.
Rice is more obvious.
Born on the best
mountain in the world,
he exploded on the scene at 16.
Sharing the same sponsor, I
really had a front row seat.
A fired-up kid ready to break
barriers every run, every day.
- Juices everything
below that, huh?
- Yeah, I agree.
Myself,
Cape Cod born.
Showed up to my first race
with no expectations and won.
Two years later, I
turned pro at 16.
I was just good enough to
feed myself and see the world,
a passport to the great ranges,
but my true love has
always been free riding.
20 years later, here we are.
- Well, me and my little buddy,
we're gonna cruise down valley.
Go do some boardin',
find a camp spot,
have a civilized lunch,
sip from the headwaters,
this magical tributary.
Diggin' this travel.
Oh, yeah, that's right,
we have a dog.
- You know, I don't remember
the exact first moment,
but my earliest memory
that stuck of Travis
was the day of his
high school prom.
And we had built this
quarter pipe jump.
Watching him ride that day
was one of those sessions
that was a full breakthrough.
He was doin' tricks
that I'd never seen.
That was mind-blowing enough,
but he was goin', like,
two to three times
bigger than Lance,
and Lance went bigger than
anybody at that point,
you know, that time
in snowboarding.
Growin'
up in Jackson Hole,
I was really extra aware
of the Jackson Hole snowboarding
community at that time,
individuals like Lance
Pitman, Bryan Iguchi.
These were the people that
we really looked up to.
Guch was a pop culture icon.
It wasn't just that he
was a good snowboarder.
He was a trendsetter.
He had this life experience
of traveling the world,
competing, won some of
the biggest contests.
He was one of, if not the
coolest guy in snowboarding.
♪ No
And so, first
time that I really got to go
build jumps, use snowmobiles,
it really blew my
mind quite open.
And I was probably kind of
oblivious to it at the time,
but it had an effect.
There was a level of
respect and appreciation
into the process of
how we were operating
in the backcountry, and just
what it meant to be out there.
Jump!
♪ I don't know, man
♪ I looked in the mirror,
hands on my lips ♪
♪ Man, I pray the jonesin'
- And I remember him, at
the end of the session,
sitting on a snowmobile,
callin' his limo driver,
gettin' everything down for
a sick night of partying.
I was like, man, this
kid has got it goin' on.
Man, this is so awesome!
And then, sure enough, the
next day after the prom,
he heads to Superpark, and
the rest is kinda history.
This is so cool.
I'm so glad this is a reality.
Yeah, totally!
And this is, like,
such an ancient form, you know?
Inuits were doing this.
Yeah.
Seal skins, toboggans.
Just the
ability to see this land
in such a pure form
is really special.
Wow!
Heck,
it's interesting,
'cause there was probably
more traffic through that pass
1,000 years ago than there has
been in the last 200 years.
And that's what
pure wilderness is.
- Can't walk past a
cave, man, spelunking.
It's in the genes.
Beautiful elk skull.
The best part is just
how nibbled it's been
by some big carnivore.
Just chew toy,
elk skull chew toy.
Right?
See the burnt log?
Someone took refuge in here.
Yup.
I love the way the
ice formed, trickle behind.
Let's put it
back where we got it.
Put it back in here.
Or you want
to leave it as an omen?
Crown jewel.
- Jones, I had this
bag on my Deeper trip.
I was
thinkin' that right now.
That's
pretty special, man.
- Did it snow?
The trip that I did with
Jeremy for this film, Deeper,
you know, I had a fair
amount of experience,
probably spent eight
years in Alaska,
and it had all been through
mechanized approaches,
and never camping.
And so, having the opportunity
to really go super deep
and get dropped off,
and really get immersed
in these weather and
solar cycles day to day,
it's hard to put it into words
what I got out of that trip.
I just found so much solace.
Sure is pretty up here.
♪ Is gonna be a while, but
I'll be back some day ♪
The happiest I've
ever seen him was on Deeper,
25 days in the hole.
Supposed to go out for seven.
It's in his blood.
Seed gets planted
in him, watch out.
Yes, dude!
All time, dude, all time.
You know, we really just
scratched the surface,
but I left there knowing
this is where I'm goin'
with my snowboarding.
This is where I belong.
One of the most incredible
views I've ever seen,
and this is really the
start of the unknown,
and it's startin' to be known.
I saw
Jeremy bein' floored
that something that
he had ideated,
worked on, obviously spent
years thinking about,
I mean, that's the most
beautiful thing on earth,
is someone taking an idea
and putting it into action.
For me, it was beautiful
to be a part of it,
and see Jeremy realize a vision.
I'm stoked to do a
little sunset.
Those things are so inviting.
Yeah, me too.
This is kind of
the good entry, anyway.
I mean,
this is definitely
where I'm gonna go from.
Yeah,
okay, same thoughts.
Okay.
♪ Cords that knot and
threads that bind ♪
♪ Tell a tale of humankind
♪ From long ago
into future return ♪
♪ All wisdoms of lives learnt
♪ Out of the cave, the
shining ones rise ♪
♪ A hope awoke in their eyes
♪ We weave a new myth
into the timelines ♪
♪ Oh
♪ We're tying the stars
to the mountains ♪
♪ The mountains to the stars
♪ We are so high
♪ That we can see beyond the
walls of our own horizons ♪
♪ Strip out of any
illusionary attire ♪
♪ Into the smoke of
the eucalyptus fire ♪
Yeah, Trav!
Yeah!
Damn, son!
Well,
it's a long ass day.
Long ass day.
Dude, this cornice jib
is actually really sick.
That is so sick!
Like, that little
step-over.
The head of this
valley looks pretty dope, huh?
Yeah, that's
where we wanna go.
We should just pound it out.
Yeah.
When
did you do Denali?
Um, like, the
year we did the Grand.
Oh sick!
Was it after?
Yeah.
Right on.
Thinkin' back, man, wow!
Everything came together.
Yeah, not
runnin' back to it.
No, not
runnin' back, no.
I looked at it every day
and I liked the view.
Totally!
Doing any kind of
mission with Jeremy is no joke.
I mean, I'm always gripped
before we do something together.
But having him reach out
to me really meant a lot.
He's someone that is
always motivating me
to push myself and dig deep
to have these
experiences, you know?
I wouldn't have
done it without him.
It's real.
The Grand has gotta be one
of the most complex lines
I've ever climbed
and snowboarded.
I mean, that's the most
exposed I've ever been,
and for all the conditions to
come together just perfectly,
it's magic, and it
just felt right.
Oh, top of the Grand,
long time in the making.
You know, whenever
I think about that trip,
I think of hanging
out above the repels,
when you guys were down
finding the anchor--
Oh, yeah!
And I was just
by myself for so long,
just hanging out, like,
looking at the valley,
just so much space
underneath and above.
No man's land.
Yeah, it was
such a wild feeling.
Really happy to
get on these final repels.
Whoa!
Whoa!
All right, let's
talk about it down there.
The mountains are
still talkin' to us.
You know, the
Grand Tetons was, by far,
the most ambitious snowboarding
objective I've ever done,
and probably will ever do,
to be honest.
I could say that
I'll never do anything
like that again, but
maybe I will.
Let's go zip it up
before you totally--
Yeah, yeah,
do that for sure.
I'm, like, quarter
of a person right now.
Yeah!
The wilderness reveals
stark contrasts
between life and death.
Seeking moments of
solitude and bliss
can lead you to face
your deepest fears.
Remember that big
arch they road up in?
- Yeah.
I find, when I'm out here,
I think about friends
that I've lost.
- Yeah.
- Especially, like,
in those dark starts,
just because
I just think of how psyched
they'd be to be out here.
And then, when you get through
the less-than-optimal moments,
whether it's just puttin'
cold boots on, or whatever,
or like, the early wake-ups,
it's like, wake up
an hour earlier,
we're lucky to be alive
and be able to do it.
Mm-hmm.
In 2003, we were ridin'
in the backcountry,
and Tristan Picot, a
19-year-old French snowboarder
who I'd just met that
morning had a small avalanche
and he went through
trees, and it killed him.
You know, I was the
first one to him.
I had never experienced a
loss of life and such tragedy.
Snowboarding brought
me the best feelings
I've ever experienced,
and that day was
absolutely the worst.
And I was a mess for weeks.
And my phone started
blowin' up at, like,
six in the morning, and
it was Ari Marcopoulos.
Picked up the phone, he
was like, "Have you heard?"
I'm like, "Heard what, man?"
He's like, "There's been
a big avalanche in Canada
"and Craig passed."
And I just was,
like, in shock, man.
I didn't know if I was
ever gonna ride again.
I didn't know if I
was gonna stay here.
I didn't know if I
was gonna run home,
my family in California,
what I was gonna do,
'cause I was just depressed,
like nothing I'd ever felt.
And that day, I was like,
think I have to go
snowboarding today, man.
I think I have to
get back out there.
I think Craig would
want me to continue on.
And from that day forward,
it's like I'm gonna step
it up with my passion
and love for the sport
and do it responsibly.
I don't know how many days
I'm gonna be on this planet,
but I wanna make sure I
enjoy every opportunity
and do it the best I can.
Cheers, man.
See you at the bottom.
All right, drop it!
- It's a healing
thing, you know?
It's transformative to
be out there, connect,
and just meditate over the love
that you feel for these people
that are no longer with us,
but they're always
gonna be with you.
What's cool is that
there's just so much variation,
so many different
types of riding.
It's really just
like a snowboarder's paradise.
Easy valleys to travel
and gorgeous flanks
to snowboard down.
Yeah, totally.
♪ Makin' a living
the old hard way ♪
♪ Takin' and givin'
by day by day ♪
♪ I dig snow and rain
and the bright sunshine ♪
Sick!
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ My dog, Sam, eats
purple flowers ♪
♪ Ain't got much, but
what we got's ours ♪
♪ We dig snow and rain
and the bright sunshine ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
Glad we left
the snowboard track here.
So blown away.
Things just keep
falling into place.
♪ Lovin' the free and feelin'
- All right, I love
you guys, thank you!
♪ Huggin' a tree when
you get near it ♪
♪ Diggin' the snow and the
rain and the bright sunshine ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
Little too gnarly.
Abort!
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Lovin' the free
and feelin' spirit ♪
♪ Of huggin' a tree
when you get near it ♪
♪ Diggin' the snow and the
rain and the bright sunshine ♪
Come on.
Third run of the day.
We're lookin' at
one last
all the way down to the bottom.
So incredible.
Go fast!
♪ I feel fine
♪ I'm talkin' 'bout
peace of mind ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ I'm gettin' the good sign
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
draggin' the line ♪
- Oh, yes, Travis!
- Yeah!
Yeah, Trav!
Holy shit!
Dude, I looked
up, and then I looked down,
and you were down.
Travis!
♪ La, la, la, la,
la, la, la, la ♪
♪ Draggin' the line,
la, la, la, la ♪
- Yeah.
- Oh, yeah!
Yes, that's
where I was hopin' he'd go.
Yeah.
- Oh!
- Yes!
How rad.
♪ La, la, la, la, la, la
♪ Draggin' the line
Oh, gorgeous.
Perfect.
♪ Draggin' the line, la,
la, la, la, la, la, la ♪
Yeah, man.
- Right now, he has a heart
rate of 190 beats per minute.
- Good to see you
guys, I missed ya.
Oh!
Shoot, man, seriously.
- That's how we roll.
- I'm freaking out.
I know, all of a
sudden, I got energy again.
It's crazy, dude.
All of that just
happened.
- Yes.
- Wow.
- What a day, man, what a day.
- Cheers, you guys.
- Think back to the moonrise.
- I know!
- The moonset.
- We'll be walkin' back that
same vibe into the moonrise.
- Moon day.
As we wander slowly
through a vast and
wild landscape,
hours of stained
physical efforts
and a steady release
of endorphins
open a portal to another
dimensional plane of existence.
There's a lull in
conversation as we drift apart
into walking meditation
in the sacred land.
Thoughts are
suspended in a moment
of infinite time and space.
I return to reality
thirsty and hungry.
♪ And I've come to know
the wishlist of my father ♪
♪ I've come to know the
shipwrecks where he wished ♪
♪ I've come to wish aloud
among the overdressed crowd ♪
♪ Come to witness now
the sinkin' of the ship ♪
♪ Throwin' pennies from
the seatop next to it ♪
The
past week has been
kinda inexplainable in words.
I think it just starts with
the sheer humility and honor
to go on a trip with two people
that I've really looked up to,
and have honestly helped
shape my snowboarding,
and inevitably, my life.
It was beautiful.
♪ And I've come to roam the
forest past the village ♪
♪ With a dozen lazy
horses and my cart ♪
♪ I've come here to get high,
to do more than just get by ♪
♪ I've come to test the
timber of my heart ♪
Getting out
and being undestracted
with people that you
love and respect,
you just get so much more out
of that short amount of time
than you would in any
other setting, I believe.
I think it allows you to connect
on such a real human level.
♪ And I've come
♪ To be untroubled
in my seekin' ♪
I feel so much gratitude that this place exists,
and just nothing
but appreciation.
It's a very
American thing, actually,
to take these places
with so many resources
and such a incredible,
beautiful, amazing place,
and just saying, you know
what, we're gonna protect this,
and the only way you can
get in there is to walk,
and it's hard, and it's wild,
and it's really
wilderness at its finest.
♪ I've come from down the road
and my footsteps never slowed ♪
♪ Before we met,
I knew we'd meet ♪
I've always
believed that daydreams
are the blueprint to reality.
It's like finding something
that you feel really
passionate about in life,
with snowboarding, with these
things that you connect with.
When reality and your
daydreams line up,
that is extremely
special in life.
♪ I've come to say
exactly what I mean ♪
♪ And I mean so many things
We'll do a
30-year anniversary trip.
Sweet!
- Be back in 30 years.
- That's amazing.
I love it.
Aw, man, that would be the best.
- It's like a recalibration
for my existence,
you know, physically,
mentally, spiritually,
just like a whole new reset.
Yeah, fresh start.
♪ It is so sweet under the sun
♪ And even if my
pocket's empty ♪
♪ I don't really
want to go to work ♪
- God!
♪ Under the sun
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Whoa!
- Yeah!
- Justice!
♪ Got up this morning
- It'll really start tomorrow,
where it's like I find
myself just, like,
long blank stares at walls.
It's like as soon as
you tell your body,
"Okay, you can relax,"
it's just all.
Let the post-traumatic stoked
disorder begin.
♪ Suddenly, my phone
Nailed it!
♪ I can hear my boss
Nailed
it, guys, great shot.
- Whoa!
- Hovercraft!
Oh, God, he's beatin' you!
Where do
you think it goes?
Yeah,
put it like that.
Right like that.
Smilin'.
♪ Oh, no
♪ It is so sweet
I'm just
gonna warn you,
I have a very professionally
tuned snowboard.
♪ I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Trav's glidin!
Fire
in the hole, Guch!
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
Uh-oh!
- I love you guys!
That was sick!
♪ I'm singing and dancing
♪ I love it
♪ I'm losin' my mind
♪ Oh, yeah
♪ My phone is ringin'
again, again, and again ♪
Hey, Jones, you
did a big ole' air in yours!
- Travis just told me
I hit a big ole' air.
I don't get those
compliments that much.
♪ Wants me to hurry
♪ No
- Whoa, come on!
- Who needs a beer, who
needs a beer, anybody?
♪ And even if my
pocket's empty ♪
♪ 'Cause I don't
really want to go ♪
Holy!
This scene
is being covered.
Yeah, the scene is
getting covered, for sure.
He's really
just tonin' the haunches
the last five days.
Yes.
- Freakin' crack a walnut.
♪ It is so sweet under
the sun, all right ♪
♪ I'm gonna take my time
♪ 'Cause I don't really
want to go to work ♪
♪ I feel so good,
what about you ♪