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Watch Travis Rice take on the Japanese Alps

Powdered treetops to backcountry predicaments, Rice and Mark Landvik hit The Land of the Rising Sun.
Written by Theo Lewitt
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Mark Landvik and The Land of the Rising… Moon?

Mark Landvik and The Land of the Rising… Moon?

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If you’ve seen The Fourth Phase, you’ve seen Travis Rice and crew bouncing in the trees in some of freshest Japanese powder on offer. With the canopy of branches above them and shoulder deep fluff below, the Japanese segment is one of the most visually stunning pieces of the whole movie.
Here, we get to go behind the scenes with Rice and right-hand man Mark Landvik on that trip as they tread some unique tracks on some sketchy terrain. When Rice isn’t quite sure what to expect on a first-time line and decides to go "full faith" with it, you know you’re in for a visual treat only available through the mastery of guys like Rice and Lando.
For the first half of the clip you'll get a taste of what it’s like to be on a strike mission to an unusual tree-top powder line. Then, after floating on the leaves, the guys head up high into the Alps for more traditional big mountain pursuits.

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Where he wants to go with his snowboarding is just kinda bonkers. I don’t know how else to describe it but sheer persistence.
Mark Landvik
Landvik has been joining Rice on his madman excursions for years now. Safe to say they gel as well as any dynamic duo. "Where he wants to go with his snowboarding is just kinda bonkers," Landvik admits. "I don’t know how else to describe it but sheer persistence."
As you join them and their GoPros, you’ll get a taste of Rice’s persistence with a healthy dose of brotherly chemistry in the snow; an inside look at Rice’s inner circle during the making of The Fourth Phase.
If you haven't experienced The Fourth Phasein all its wonder, head on over to TheFourthPhase.comto snag your copy now!
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