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

It was just on a whole other level, getting to experience and ride that terrain. We spent a fair amount of time in the Hakuba Valley.

I wouldn't even call snowboarding a sport. For me it's just a way of life. It's a chance to finally shut your brain off, and live within the moment. And, for as long as I am able, I will ride until the day I die.

The whole goal with this thing [Ultra Natural] from the start was to really let rider's style define them and their line choice.

While researching the project [The Fourth Phase] I stumbled across this amazing research by a scientist called Dr Gerard Pollack who had done studies on what he called a 'fourth phase' of water.

I actually enjoyed getting lost in Japan's backroads, finding myself in a wasabi farm.

I love to snowboard with no cameras: 100 percent.