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.

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

What you ride and how you choose to ride is such a dynamic part of what this contest [ Ultra Natural] is built for.

The idea [of the Fourth Phase ] was that by taking a closer look at where our weather comes from, and the processes involved in making it, we could all walk away with a greater appreciation of water in its various magical forms.

We faced blizzards, sub-zero temperatures, and of course dangerous snow conditions and vertiginous drops. That's what you get when you're working with fickle mother nature - you start out with a solid plan and it always changes, so you have to evolve and adapt.

One of the deep routed motivations for looking at our connection to snow and its journey to our mountains came from Bryan Iguchi, who I rode with a lot when I was just a teenager.

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