I've always been into powder, that's what I like riding, and now you've got to go farther to get it.

All of a sudden you have this feeling of clarity. Backcountry snowboarding has really done a lot to boost that feeling in me.

What you do once you're beyond the confines of your local lift service can be as limitless as the mountains themselves.

Oakley and Burton have been my main sponsors since '87. I've been riding for both of them.

I've always been into powder, that's what I like riding, and now you've got to go farther to get it.

My experience and what I do in snowboarding is really quite independent of the industry and the more independent it is, the more pure and better I feel about snowboarding.

While I will always have the utmost respect for the superhuman out-of-bounds freestyle and extreme stunts that seem to continually progress beyond our imaginable limits, my highest appreciation goes out to the simple rider who's out there just for the experience.