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From TTR's site
Emerging from the epic terrain of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA, Travis Rice is arguably the most important and entertaining rider on the Swatch TTR World Snowboard Tour. But while he is fun to watch, Travis is also one of the few riders leading the charge as snowboarding’s progression continues to skyrocket.
The 06/07 TTR season closed with a dramatic performance from Rice at the Burton US Open, a Swatch TTR 6Star World Snowboard Event, with results that placed him third overall in the tour. Rice was in heavy contention to becoming the TTR Tour Champion, competing closely in points with other sick riders such as Kevin Pearce (USA), Antti Autti (FIN) and Shaun White (USA). Rice would have won the World Title had he not suffered a shoulder injury during his final Halfpipe run after throwing down an impressive line and placing 1st in the Slopestyle event.
In 07/08 Rice was back in the mix and although he only entered three events, he managed to score two 1st places, at both the 6Star Nissan X-Trail Jam, and his own event the 4Star Quiksilver Natural Selection, the first event of its kind which saw some of the world’s best shredders take freestyle from the park to the mountain. The event took an entirely new direction from the traditional snowboard competition format, turning away from sculpted, manicured and man-made features, and returning to the roots of snowboarding with a freestyle competition using the natural features of the mountain, such as cliffs, chutes, trees and above all else, powder. The freestyle competition took place on Rice’s home mountain of Jackson Hole Wyoming, USA and is hailed as one the most progressive and sport defining competitions in history, bringing to the forefront the connection between mountain and rider and attracting legendary big mountain riders such as Nicolas Mueller and DCP.
In between comps last year Rice was also putting together what can only be described as the most ambitious snowboarding film ever made, “That’s It, That’s All” , which recently premiered around the world and is being hailed one of the greatest snowboarding films of all time. The film showcases super progressive riding in breathtaking environments, sparing no expense in getting the best shots and will be tough to beat on the quality of riding alone. So with the greatest snowboard film ever to his name and his own signature contest, there is now just one thing missing, and that is the Swatch TTR Title. Which begs the question, will this be the year of Travis Rice?
- He is #13 on Snowboarder Magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders
- His sponsors are Quiksilver, LIB Tech, DC, Red Bull, Bluebird Wax, Jack’s Garage & Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.
2008-2009
1st in X-games Big Air Competition
4th - CJ - 5Star Red Bull Snow Scrapers (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
Transworld Rider of the Year
2007-2008
11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition [10]
1st, ICER AIR, San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95[11] for his Double backside Rodeo 1080[12].
1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080
2005-2006
12th, FIS World Cup #1, Valle Nevado, Chile (Halfpipe)
8th, Nokia Air & Style, Munich, Germany (Slopestyle)
51st, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #1
26th, Chevrolet US Snowboard Grand Prix Halfpipe #2
9th, X Games 10 (Slopestyle)
2nd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Rail)
3rd, Honda Session at Vail, Co (Slopestyle)
33rd, Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (Season End Rankings, Overall)
2004-2005
Named by “Faces Magazine” as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now
2nd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Quarterpipe)
3rd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Straight Jump)
1st, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Rails)
2nd, US Snowboard Grandprix, Breckenridge, Co (Halfpipe)
8th, US Snowboard Grandprix Season End Ranking (Halfpipe)
10th, X Games 2005 (Superpipe)
3rd, X Games 2005 (Slopestyle)
2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe)
3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle)
2003-2004
1st, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Quarterpipe Overall)
9th, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Slopestyle)
1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam (Rail)
1st, Boost Mobile Pro-Jam
4th, Winter X Games 2003 (Slopestyle)
21st, Winter X Games 2003 (Superpipe)
1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Slopestyle)
1st, Abominable Snow Jam (Quarterpipe)
1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge, Co. (Rail)
1st, X-Rail Jam Tokyodome 2003 (Jam Session)
1st, US Open Rail Jam
1st, The Session, Vail, Co. (Rail)
4th, The Session, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
1st, Montana Christchurch Big Air, New Zealand
2002-2003
1st, X-Games (Slopestyle)
1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge (Big Air)
4th, World Snowboard Federation Season End (Slopestyle)
4th, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Slopestyle)
1st, The Session, Vail, Colorado (Rail Jam)
2nd, Toyota Slopestyle, Kijimadaira, Japan (Slopestyle)
3rd, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Slopestyle)
1st, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Rail Jam)
2001-2002
TransWorld Rookie Of The Year
1st (FIS Halfpipe), FIS, Park City
2nd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Breckenridge, Colorado (Slopestyle)[13]
3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle)[13]
4th, World Championships, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
1st, Yahoo Big Air, Breckenridge, Co. (Big Air)
7th, US Grand Prix, Mount Bachelor, Oregon (Halfpipe)
9th, Vans Triple Crown (Season End, Overall)
Video parts
Neverland - Absinthe Films (2009)
That's It, That's All (2008)
DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007)
Billabong - Lines (2007)
DC MTN.LAB
The Gap Sessions
First Descent
The Community Project
Pop
Night of the Living Shred
The Prophecy (2002)
Revenge of the Grenerds
Futureproof
More
Full Metal Edges
Saturation
Vivid (2002)
Transcendence (2002)
That's It That's All is one of the most badass snowboard movies ever made
Click to viewTodd Richards "Toddcast" at Travis's house in Jackson hole
Chad's Gap
Extra, Travis is not in this but I love it.