If we want authenticity we have to initiate it.

Being out on the ocean seems like a different world to being in the mountains and the backcountry, but there is also a lot of symmetry. They each have their own biorhythms from a motherly embrace to tempestuous wrath. What I love about being out in nature is that you are at the mercy of your own decision making.

I'm really interested in revamping the Supernatural contest, so I'm going to put a lot of effort and energy into that going forward.

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

Ultimately it's a snowboarding film [Fourth Phase], of course, so the main thing that we wanted to celebrate was how awesome snowboarding is! Secondly, we wanted to celebrate the environment that we all shape our lives around. So the film documents myself and other like-minded individuals attempting to follow the hydrological cycles that shape the worlds we've committed our lives to.

If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it. Self-discovery takes us to the wildest places on earth

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