We're all doing what we love. It's how we express ourselves - operating in a space where you don't know if something is possible or not.

It would be really nice to have a venue stop in Japan someday. Japan would be perfect for it.

I was pretty blown away by how vast and aggressive the terrain is in the Japanese Alps. You're looking up at peaks, and it's like Alaska seeing all kinds of amazing stuff that looks ridable, but it's 70 percent death defying; only a small percentage really goes.

I knew I wanted to shoot in Japan early on. Years ago, we did a Japan segment in "The Community Project," and at the time I felt it was one of the better Japan segments ever captured.

I think it mostly comes down to trying to align with people who are down with a mission and will bring optimism.

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

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.