First Descent
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:08:04
it's special- it's one of those
once in a lifetime reunion trips
that you only dream about.

:08:08
And with Terje here,
somebody that, you know,
I hold in the highest regards-

:08:13
He's the best snowboarder
in the world, really.

:08:16
Terje has been like the guy
I've always looked up to...

:08:18
because he was the best
in the pipe and in the park.

:08:21
He was always
backcountry riding.

:08:23
[ Farmer]
He's a pretty reserved
and pretty low-key dude.

:08:26
Once you get him out there,
I mean, he's just like a cat. He flies.

:08:32
[ Perata ] Shaun and Hannah
being here for their first time,
and their, you know, freestyle ability level-

:08:37
it's a once-in-a-lifetime deal.
:08:40
There's a big gap here.
We're talking 20 years.

:08:42
I think that all goes away,
really, once you get up here
and start riding together.

:08:46
It's great for me.
It just makes me feel young,
even though I'm old.

:08:51
Nick and Farmeris one of
the pioneers fromAlaska.

:08:55
They've been here
for a lot in the past.

:08:58
And it helps a lot
having that experience here.

:09:01
[Perata ]
Back in the old days,
it was free and wild, you know.

:09:04
It really was.
It was carefree, and everything
was the first descent.

:09:08
You know where you were going,
there was no other person
ever has ridden.

:09:12
[ Farmer]
Nick just was all about Alaska.

:09:14
He just knew
that's what he wanted to do.

:09:16
Now he's been guiding
for 13 years.

:09:19
He didn't even ride a resort ever.
He just rode- pow! Rode choppers.

:09:28
I 'm stoked just to see...
:09:30
that the top freestyle pefrormers
are willing to come up here...

:09:35
and risk their lives just to ride
and get better that way.

:09:40
[ Farmer]
If you just take it from a money aspect
or your investment,

:09:44
and you look at this Shaun White dude
and he's, like, worth all this dough,

:09:47
and I 'm thinking, I can't believe they're
even gonna let him come up here,

:09:50
'cause we all know
that people have been taken out
by mountains like this.

:09:57
# Back in A.K.
Beautiful day #


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