I'm very much looking forward to doing nothing fixed, just riding for fun.

If we want authenticity we have to initiate it.

There's no doubt 'normal' is changing - spring actually came a month early in Alaska, for example, and we had to stop filming.

One of the proudest things for me with this film [The Fourth Phase] is that year after year we put ourselves right out there making it and no one got seriously injured.

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 Jackson Hole. I sledded back to a secret zone way deep in the Jackson backcountry to some freeriding. I got out there and followed some snowmobile tracks figuring it's just some snowmobilers.

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.

Don't hurry, don't worry, and don't forget to smell the flowers.