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There was no set way to do it.
There was no book.
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[ Bafroot ]
There was so much variation
in where it was going.
:14:09
'Cause snowboarding
wasn't really a sport yet.
It was only a few of us doing it.
:14:12
Ah! Digger! Yeah!
[ People Cheering]
:14:15
[ Burton ]
It was a pretty tight fraternity,
and we were all passionate about the sport.
:14:18
But there wasn't this feeling of sort of,
hey, we're building something.
:14:22
We were just riding and, unknow in gly,
progressing the sport at an incredible rate.
:14:42
This is a map
ofthe Chugach Range here.
:14:44
The Chugach is just one of
many, many mountain ranges in Alaska.
:14:47
Whatever you want's out there.
If you want cornices, they're out there.
If you want wind lips, it's out there.
:14:51
And the whole thing is,
just make sure
you find the one that you want.
:14:57
Back in the early days,
when everything was untouched,
:15:00
you could just go
right across the street
and get an untouched mountain.
:15:06
This is a good example
of most ofthe runs up here.
:15:09
Steep, gnarly at the top.
You can not see
your first four or five turns.
:15:12
But once you get over that edge,
everything comes into place.
:15:15
Looks pretty steep,
that one mountain right there.
:15:18
It's always going to look steeper to your eye
when you're flying in a helicopter
or when you're looking at a photo.
:15:22
It's still going to besteep,
but not as steepas-
:15:24
To me it works opposite.
Really?.
:15:26
I get into it,
but, damn, this is steep.
This is steeper than I thought.
:15:29
That's what I'm concerned with-
going off, like, a wind lip
or something and then just-
:15:33
'Cause I've never really
landed in powder that often.
Like, landing and then rolling.
:15:38
[Perata ] Go at your own pace.
You want to come back here.
You want to ride here again next year.
:15:43
This place is gonna show you
where your limits might be.
:15:46
Just ride to your ability level.
:15:47
Which, you're all
the best riders in the world
in the freestyle genre.
:15:53
And you can be the best riders in the world
in this free-riding genre too.
:15:56
I don't know-
I've never really been in
a controlled environment...
:15:59
where I had to watch out
for upcoming stuff...