Travis Rice
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| X Games Medal Record | ||
| Men's Snowboarding | ||
| Gold | 2003 Aspen | Slopestyle |
| Gold | 2009 Aspen | Big Air |
| Bronze | 2004 Aspen | Slopestyle |
| Silver | 2007 Aspen | Best Trick |
| TTR World Snowboard Tour Record | ||
| Men's Snowboarding | ||
| Bronze | 2007 | Overall |
Travis Rice (born October 9, 1982[1] Jackson Hole, Wyoming) is a professional snowboarder who grew up and currently resides by Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. He is #13 on Snowboarder Magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders [2], and is known for being the Paul Revere of the big mountain freestyle movement.[3]
Raised a skier by his father, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially didn’t understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he would soon catch on and join the local team. In 2001, without a sponsor and only 18 years old, Rice drove to Mammoth Mountain in California to ride at Snowboarder Magazine’s “Superpark”. Recognition from the snowboarding world would come at this event, when Rice launched a backside rodeo off of a 110 foot gap jump [4]. Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence, and the rest was history.[2]
Rice has filmed outstanding video parts year after year, producing jaw-dropping shots like his switch 540 over Chad’s Gap in Utah, a 120 foot backcountry gap jump. On top of that, he has won several US Opens, an X-Games gold, and an Icer Air gold, where he landed the first double rodeo 1080 in competition.[5]
In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film That’s It That’s All. This film featured a dream cast of Troy Blackburn, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvik, Terje Haakonsen, Nicolas Müller, Scotty Lago, Pat Moore, John Jackson, Jake Blauvelt, and fellow Jackson Hole residents Bryan Iguchi and Kyle Clancy.[6] Rice’s part in That’s It That’s All, which included the first ever double cork 1260, heavily influenced his sweep at the Transworld Magazine Rider’s Poll. He won Rider of the Year, Video Part of the Year, Standout of the Year, and Readers’ Choice award.[7]
His sponsors are Quiksilver, LIB Tech, DC, Red Bull, Bluebird Wax, Jack’s Garage & Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.[8]
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[edit] Career highlights
Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN[9].
[edit] 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
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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
[edit] 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)
[edit] 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)
[edit] Video parts
- Neverland - Absinthe Films (2009)
- That's It, That's All (2008)
- DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007)[14]
- Billabong - Lines (2007)[15]
- DC MTN.LAB
- The Gap Sessions
- First Descent
- The Community Project[16]
- Pop
- Night of the Living Shred
- The Prophecy (2002)
- Revenge of the Grenerds
- Futureproof
- More
- Full Metal Edges
- Saturation
- Vivid (2002)
- Transcendence (2002)[17]
[edit] References
- ^ TTR World Snowboard Tour: Travis Rice TTR World Tour 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007
- ^ a b [1] Snowboarder Rider Profiles Cover Page. Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ Snowboarder Rider Profiles: Travis Rice. Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice. Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ [2] Ricer Air: Double Trouble. Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ [3] Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ [4] Travis Rice Sweeps 09 Transworld Rider Poll Awards. Retrieved April 28, 2009
- ^ [5] Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice.
- ^ Travis Rice Bio EXPN Bio Page. Retrieved May 29, 2007
- ^ shralp! video podcast Air & Style Full Video Report. Retrieved December 12th, 2007
- ^ Esurance ICER AIR 2007 Competition Results. Retrieved November 6, 2007
- ^ Onboard Global Snowboarding Travis Rice Wins Icer Air With Double backside Rodeo 1080. Retrieved November 6, 2007
- ^ a b Transworld Snowboarding V16N05 - 2001/2002 Vans Triple Crown Series. Retrieved May 29th, 2007
- ^ Transworld Business DC’S MTN.LAB 1.5 to be released in late October. Retrieved October 19, 2007
- ^ ESPN Seeking Out Lines. Retrieved November 6, 2007
- ^ Lat 34 Quiksilver Announces Signing of Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007
- ^ Transworld Snowboarding TRICE - An Interview With Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007
