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{{short description|American professional snowboarder (born 1982)}}
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[[File:Travis Rice in About Time.jpg|thumb|Rice in 2022]]
{{MedalSport|''X Games Medal Record''}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's [[snowboarding]] }}
{{MedalGold|[[Winter X Games VII|2003 Aspen]] |[[Slopestyle]]}}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalGold|[[Winter X Games XIII|2009 Aspen]] |Big Air}}
{{MedalBronze|[[Winter X Games VIII|2004 Aspen]] |Slopestyle}}
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{{MedalSilver|[[Winter X Games XI|2007 Aspen]] |Best Trick}}
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{{MedalGold | [[Winter X Games XIII|2009 Aspen]] | Big Air }}
{{MedalSport|''[[Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)|TTR World Snowboard Tour Record]]''}}
{{MedalBronze | [[Winter X Games VIII|2004 Aspen]] | Slopestyle }}
{{MedalSport|Men's Snowboarding}}
{{MedalBronze|[[TTR World Tour|2007]] |Overall}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Winter X Games XI|2007 Aspen]] | Best Trick }}
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{{MedalBronze | [[TTR World Tour|2007]] | Overall }}
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'''Travis Rice''' (born October 9, 1982<ref>[http://www.ttrworldtour.com/128.0.html TTR World Snowboard Tour: Travis Rice] TTR World Tour 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007</ref>) is an [[US|American]] professional [[snowboarding|snowboarder]]. He is #13 on ''Snowboarder'' magazine’s list of the Top Twenty Most Influential Riders,<ref name="snowboardermag.com">[http://www.snowboardermag.com/features/riderprofiles/riderprofiles-cover/ Rider Profiles Cover], ''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> He has been considered "the [[Paul Revere]]" of the big mountain freestyle movement.<ref>[http://snowboardermag.com/features/riderprofiles/travis-rice/ Rider Profiles: Travis Rice], ''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009.</ref>
'''Travis Rice''' (born October 9, 1982<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070202194645/http://www.ttrworldtour.com/128.0.html TTR World Snowboard Tour: Travis Rice]}} TTR World Tour 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007</ref>) is an American professional [[snowboarding|snowboarder]]. He is #13 on ''Snowboarder'' magazine's list of the 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years.<ref name="snowboardermag.com">[http://snowboardmag.com/stories/20-most-influential-snowboarders-last-20-years-0 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years]. ''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> The 41-year-old has featured in more than twenty snowboarding films. Rice's biggest claim to fame came when he arrived at Snowboarder magazine's Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain and launched a 'mammoth' of a backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump.<ref>[http://www.joe.ie/sport/five-of-the-best-snowboarders-the-world-has-ever-seen/33086], ''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> He has been considered "the [[Paul Revere]]" of the big mountain freestyle movement.<ref>[http://snowboardermag.com/features/riderprofiles/travis-rice/ Rider Profiles: Travis Rice], ''Snowboarder''. Retrieved April 28, 2009.</ref> In 2013, Rice was named the best contemporary snowboarder in the world by [[Red Bull GmbH|Red Bull]]; Rice was also hailed as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time by numerous writers and publications.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World's Top 20 Snowboarders – No.1 Travis Rice |url=http://www.redbull.com/uk/en/snow/stories/1331597778269/world-s-top-20-snowboarders-no.travis-rice |website=www.redbull.com |access-date=2016-02-11 |first=Ed |last=Leigh}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice – Whitelines Snowboarding |url=http://whitelines.com/people/travis-rice#I42beDGtSCfoO7mV.97 |website=Whitelines Snowboarding |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>
[[File:Travisrice.jpg|thumb]]


==Early life==
==Early life==
Rice was born in [[Jackson Hole]], [[Wyoming]]. He was raised near [[Jackson Hole Mountain Resort]], where he continues to reside. Raised a skier by his father, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially did not understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he would soon catch on and join the local team.
Rice was born in [[Jackson Hole]], [[Wyoming]]. He was raised near [[Jackson Hole Mountain Resort]], in Wilson, Wyoming where he continues to reside in the region. Raised as a skier by his father, Paul Rice, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially did not understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he soon caught on and joined the local team.

He has a sister named Ashley Rice. His mother is Becky Rice.


==Competition==
==Competition==
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 a 110 foot gap jump.<ref>Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence, and the rest is history.<ref name="snowboardermag.com"/>
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 a 117 foot gap jump.<ref>Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence.<ref name="snowboardermag.com" />
===Films===
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 Open]]s, an [[X-Games]] gold, and an Icer Air gold, where he landed the first double rodeo 1080 in competition.<ref>[http://www.libtechblogs.com/blog/2007/11/index.html Ricer Air: Double Trouble], Libtechblogs.com. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref>


===Films and Other Media===
In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film ''That’s It That’s All''. This film featured Troy Blackburn, [[Jeremy Jones (freerider)|Jeremy Jones]], Mark Landvik, [[Terje Haakonsen]], [[Nicolas Müller]], [[Scotty Lago]], Pat Moore, John Jackson, [[Jake Blauvelt]], [[Danny Kass]], and fellow Jackson Hole residents [[Bryan Iguchi]] and Kyle Clancy.<ref>[http://www.thatsit-thatsall.com/ ''That's It That's All'' website] Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> 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.<ref>[http://www.fuel.tv/FUELTVPR/blogs/view/5252 Travis Rice Sweeps 09 Transworld Rider Poll Awards], Fuel.TV. Retrieved April 28, 2009.</ref> On September, 07 2011, Rice released ''[[The Art of Flight]]'', a film made in collaboration with the same team behind 'That's It, That's All'', including John Jackson, Mark Landvik and Jeremy Jones. The film is said to be one of the best snowboard movies ever made,{{fact|date=October 2011}} with a budget being well into the millions of dollars.
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.<ref>[http://www.libtechblogs.com/blog/2007/11/index.html Ricer Air: Double Trouble] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090407071920/http://www.libtechblogs.com/blog/2007/11/index.html |date=2009-04-07 }}, Libtechblogs.com. Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref>


In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film ''That's It That's All''. This film featured Troy Blackburn, [[Jeremy Jones (freerider)|Jeremy Jones]], Mark Landvik, [[Terje Haakonsen]], [[Nicolas Müller]], [[Scotty Lago]], Pat Moore, John Jackson, [[Jake Blauvelt]], [[Danny Kass]], and fellow Jackson Hole residents [[Bryan Iguchi]] and Kyle Clancy.<ref>[http://www.thatsit-thatsall.com/ ''That's It That's All'' website] Retrieved April 28, 2009</ref> 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.<ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090602215335/http://www.fuel.tv/FUELTVPR/blogs/view/5252 Travis Rice Sweeps 09 Transworld Rider Poll Awards], Fuel.TV. Retrieved April 28, 2009.</ref> On September 7, 2011, Rice released ''[[The Art of Flight]]'', a film made in collaboration with the same team behind 'That's It, That's All'', including John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Nicolas Müller and Jeremy Jones, Scotty Lago, and Mark McMorris. ''The success of the ''Art of Flight'' enabled Rice to once again win the TransWorld and Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year awards for 2012 ''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice Wins Rider of the Year at the 13th Annual Riders' Poll Awards |url=http://www.lib-tech.com/2012/01/30/travis-rice-wins-rider-of-the-year-at-the-13th-annual-riders-poll-awards/ |website=Lib Tech |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref> ''
His sponsors are Quiksilver, LIB Tech, DC, Red Bull, Bluebird Wax, Jack’s Garage & Jackson Hole Mountain Resort.<ref>[http://snow.quiksilver.com/riders/travis-rice/ Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice].</ref>

In 2012, Rice coordinated with Red Bull to create natural selection, a backcountry freestyle competition held at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia, Canada. The competition was attended by the world's top snowboarders, including Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf and Mark McMorris, with riders competing in naturally created backcountry terrain. The inaugural winner of the event was the competition creator, Travis Rice.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice wins Red Bull Supernatural contest |url=https://www.espn.com/action/snowboarding/story/_/id/7541532/travis-rice-wins-inaugural-red-bull-supernatural-snowboard-contest |website=ESPN.com |access-date=2016-02-11|date=2012-02-05 }}</ref>

Rice is a downloadable, playable character in [[SSX (2012 video game)|SSX]]. He is the first "real-life" snowboarder to ever be featured in the franchise.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

In 2016, Rice released ''The Fourth Phase''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=nate |title=The Fourth Phase: Travis Rice's new snowboard film is a gorgeous (and horrifying) masterpiece |url=https://ftw.usatoday.com/2016/10/the-fourth-phase-travis-rice-movie-review-red-bull |website=For The Win |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=5 October 2016}}</ref> In 2019, he released ''Dark Matter''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Travis Rice's New Flick, ‘Dark Matter,’ Looks Like a Lunatic's Dream |url=https://www.theinertia.com/mountain/travis-rice-curt-morgan-film-quiksilver-dark-matter-snowboard-alaska/ |website=The Inertia |access-date=21 February 2021 |date=3 December 2019}}</ref>


===Highlights===
===Highlights===
Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN.<ref>[http://expn.go.com/expn/winterx/2005/athleteBio?id=5291 Travis Rice Bio] EXPN Bio Page. Retrieved May 29, 2007</ref>
Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN.<ref>[http://expn.go.com/expn/winterx/2005/athleteBio?id=5291 Travis Rice Bio] EXPN Bio Page. Retrieved May 29, 2007</ref>


'''2023'''
; 2008–2009
*1st, Yeti Natural Selection Tour Revelstoke, BC
* 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


'''2016-2017'''
; 2007–2008
* TransWorld Snowboarding Men's Readers Choice Award<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98TYBei0tgE |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211214/98TYBei0tgE |archive-date=2021-12-14 |url-status=live|title=2016 Men's Reader's Choice Award: Travis Rice - TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders' Poll 18}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* 11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition <ref>[http://shralp.com/snow/2007/84-air-style-munich-asthetiker-gruba-libre-board/ shralp! video podcast] Air & Style Full Video Report. Retrieved December 12th, 2007</ref>

* 1st, [http://www.icerair.com ICER AIR], San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95<ref>[http://www.icerair.com/2007/results.html Esurance ICER AIR 2007] Competition Results. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref> for his Double backside Rodeo 1080.<ref>[http://onboardsnowboarding.com/news/category/world_new/travis-rice-wins-icer-air-with-double-rodeo-1080/#When:08:12:00Z Onboard Global Snowboarding] Travis Rice Wins Icer Air With Double backside Rodeo 1080. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
'''2011–2012'''
* 1st, Red Bull Supernatural, Baldface Lodge, BC (Backcountry Freestyle)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice Wins Red Bull Supernatural Recap Results Photos Pictures Ultra Natural {{!}} TransWorld SNOWboarding|url = http://snowboarding.transworld.net/photos/travis-rice-wins-red-bull-supernatural/#0muJU0v1CCeYLtZb.97|website = TransWorld SNOWboarding|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US|date = 2012-02-06}}</ref>
* TransWorld Rider of the Year (4th ROTY Award)
* Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year (2nd ROTY Award)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Art of Flight Movie |url=http://www.artofflightmovie.com/news/permalink.php?aid=50 |website=Art of Flight |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>
* National Geographic Adventurer of the Year<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice, Adventurers of the Year 2012 -- National Geographic |url=http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/travis-rice/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113183209/http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/travis-rice |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 13, 2011 |website=National Geographic |access-date=2016-02-11 |first=National Geographic |last=Society}}</ref>

'''2008–2009'''
* 1st (Gold), X-Games Big Air Competition (2009)
* 4th – CJ – 5Star Red Bull Snow Scrapers ([[Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour)]])
* TransWorld Rider of the Year (3rd ROTY Award)
* Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year

'''2007–2008'''
* 1st, Quiksilver Natural Selection, Jackson Hold, WY, (Backcountry Freestyle)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Method Mag Travis Rice and Mark Carter Win Quiksilver Natural Selection |url=http://www.methodmag.com/industry-news/travis-rice-and-mark-carter-win-quiksilver-natural.html |website=www.methodmag.com |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>
* 11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition<ref>[http://shralp.com/snow/2007/84-air-style-munich-asthetiker-gruba-libre-board/ shralp! video podcast] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108123649/http://shralp.com/snow/2007/84-air-style-munich-asthetiker-gruba-libre-board/ |date=2008-01-08 }} Air & Style Full Video Report. Retrieved December 12th, 2007</ref>
* 1st, [http://www.icerair.com/ ICER AIR], San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95<ref>[http://www.icerair.com/2007/results.html Esurance ICER AIR 2007] Competition Results. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref> for his Double backside Rodeo 1080.<ref>[http://onboardsnowboarding.com/news/category/world_new/travis-rice-wins-icer-air-with-double-rodeo-1080/#When:08:12:00Z Onboard Global Snowboarding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090630154058/http://onboardsnowboarding.com/news/category/world_new/travis-rice-wins-icer-air-with-double-rodeo-1080/#When:08:12:00Z |date=2009-06-30 }} Travis Rice Wins Icer Air With Double backside Rodeo 1080. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
* 1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080
* 1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080


'''2006–2007'''
; 2005–2006
* 1st, US Open Slopestyle (2007)
* 2nd (Silver), Winter X Games, Snowboard Best Trick (2007)

'''2005–2006'''
* 12th, FIS World Cup #1, Valle Nevado, Chile (Halfpipe)
* 12th, FIS World Cup #1, Valle Nevado, Chile (Halfpipe)
* 8th, Nokia Air & Style, Munich, Germany (Slopestyle)
* 8th, Nokia Air & Style, Munich, Germany (Slopestyle)
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* 33rd, Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (Season End Rankings, Overall)
* 33rd, Ticket To Ride World Snowboard Tour (Season End Rankings, Overall)


; 2004–2005
'''2004–2005'''
* TransWorld Rider of the Year, Reader's Choice (2nd ROTY Award)
* Named by ''Faces Magazine'' as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now
* Named by ''Faces Magazine'' as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now
* 3rd (Bronze), Winter X Games 2005 (Slopestyle)
* 2nd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Quarterpipe)
* 2nd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Quarterpipe)
* 3rd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Straight Jump)
* 3rd, X-Trail Jam, Tokyo, Japan (Straight Jump)
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* 8th, US Snowboard Grandprix Season End Ranking (Halfpipe)
* 8th, US Snowboard Grandprix Season End Ranking (Halfpipe)
* 10th, X Games 2005 (Superpipe)
* 10th, X Games 2005 (Superpipe)
* 3rd, X Games 2005 (Slopestyle)
* 2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe)
* 2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe)
* 3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle)
* 3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle)


; 2003–2004
'''2003–2004'''
* TransWorld Rider of the Year (2004)<ref>{{Cite web |title=History Of The TransWorlds SNOWboarding Riders' Poll Awards {{!}} Page 7 of 10 {{!}} TransWorld SNOWboarding|url = http://snowboarding.transworld.net/uncategorized/10-years-of-transworld-riders-poll-awards/7/#LozFlvJPloTAbGXR.97|website = TransWorld SNOWboarding|access-date = 2016-02-11|language = en-US|date = 2009-01-26}}</ref>
* Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2003/2004)<ref name="History">{{Cite web |title=History |url=http://www.worldsnowboardtour.com/history/#2 |website=World Snowboard Tour |date=2012-06-05 |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>
* 1st, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Quarterpipe Overall)
* 1st, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Quarterpipe Overall)
* 9th, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Slopestyle)
* 9th, Arctic Challenge, Trysilfjellet, Norway (Slopestyle)
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* 1st, Montana Christchurch Big Air, New Zealand
* 1st, Montana Christchurch Big Air, New Zealand


; 2002–2003
'''2002–2003'''
* 1st (Gold), Winter X-Games, 2002 (Slopestyle)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Travis Rice |url=http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/gallery/8972440/image/7/2002-travis-rice |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216192812/http://xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/gallery/8972440/image/7/2002-travis-rice |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 16, 2016 |website=X Games |access-date=2016-02-11}}</ref>
* 1st, X-Games (Slopestyle)
* Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2002/2003)<ref name="History" />
* 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge (Big Air)
* 1st, Grand Prix, Breckenridge (Big Air)
* 4th, World Snowboard Federation Season End (Slopestyle)
* 4th, World Snowboard Federation Season End (Slopestyle)
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* 1st, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Rail Jam)
* 1st, US Open, Stratton, Vermont (Rail Jam)


; 2001–2002
'''2001–2002'''
* TransWorld Rookie Of The Year
* TransWorld Rookie Of The Year
* 1st (FIS Halfpipe), FIS, Park City
* 1st (FIS Halfpipe), FIS, Park City
* 2nd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Breckenridge, Colorado (Slopestyle)<ref name="Transworld Snowboarding">[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,426116,00.html Transworld Snowboarding] V16N05 - 2001/2002 Vans Triple Crown Series. Retrieved May 29th, 2007</ref>
* 2nd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Breckenridge, Colorado (Slopestyle)<ref name="Transworld Snowboarding">[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,426116,00.html Transworld Snowboarding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927041455/http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,426116,00.html |date=2007-09-27 }} V16N05 – 2001/2002 Vans Triple Crown Series. Retrieved May 29th, 2007</ref>
* 3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle)<ref name="Transworld Snowboarding"/>
* 3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle)<ref name="Transworld Snowboarding" />
* 4th, World Championships, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
* 4th, World Championships, Vail, Co. (Slopestyle)
* 1st, Yahoo Big Air, Breckenridge, Co. (Big Air)
* 1st, Yahoo Big Air, Breckenridge, Co. (Big Air)
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==Video parts==
==Video parts==
* Dark Matter (2019)
* ''The Art of Flight'' - Brainfarm (2011)
* [https://www.thesnowboardersjournal.com/2017/09/travis-rice-quicksilver-depth-perception-teaser/ Depth Perception] – (2017)
* ''Neverland'' - Absinthe Films (2009)
* [http://www.thefourthphase.com/ The Fourth Phase] – (2016)
* ''That's It, That's All'' (2008)
* [[The Art of Flight]] – Brainfarm (2011)
* DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007)<ref>[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,1670046,00.html Transworld Business] DC’S MTN.LAB 1.5 to be released in late October. Retrieved October 19, 2007</ref>
* ''Neverland'' – Absinthe Films (2009)
* Billabong - Lines (2007)<ref>[http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=lines ESPN] Seeking Out Lines. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
* ''[[That's It, That's All]]'' (2008)
* DC MTN.LAB 1.5 (2007)<ref>[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,1670046,00.html Transworld Business] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117225735/http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/twbiz/industrynews/article/0,21214,1670046,00.html |date=2007-11-17 }} DC’S MTN.LAB 1.5 to be released in late October. Retrieved October 19, 2007</ref>
* Billabong – Lines (2007)<ref>[http://expn.go.com/expn/story?pageName=lines ESPN] Seeking Out Lines. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
* DC MTN.LAB
* DC MTN.LAB
* The Gap Sessions
* The Gap Session
* [[First Descent]]
* [[First Descent]]
* The Community Project<ref>[http://www.lat34.com/snowboard/quiksilver_announces Lat 34] Quiksilver Announces Signing of Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
* The Community Project<ref>[http://www.lat34.com/snowboard/quiksilver_announces Lat 34] Quiksilver Announces Signing of Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
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* Vivid (2002)
* Vivid (2002)
* Deeper (2010)
* Deeper (2010)
* Blacklight (2001)
* Transcendence (2002)<ref>[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,685343,00.html Transworld Snowboarding] TRICE - An Interview With Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>
* Transcendence (2002)<ref>[http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,685343,00.html Transworld Snowboarding] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061214022642/http://www.transworldsnowboarding.com/snow/features/article/0,26719,685343,00.html |date=2006-12-14 }} TRICE – An Interview With Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://superstoker.com/tag/travis-rice/ Posts tagged 'Travis Rice' on SuperStoker]
* [http://superstoker.com/tag/travis-rice/ Posts tagged 'Travis Rice' on SuperStoker]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120221080250/http://www.theblend.com/topics/travis-rice/] Posts tagged 'Travis Rice' on THEBLEND]

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Travis Rice
Medal record
Men's snowboarding
Representing  United States
Winter X Games
Gold medal – first place 2002 Aspen Slopestyle
Gold medal – first place 2009 Aspen Big Air
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Aspen Slopestyle
Silver medal – second place 2007 Aspen Best Trick
TTR World Snowboard Tour
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Overall

Travis Rice (born October 9, 1982[1]) is an American professional snowboarder. He is #13 on Snowboarder magazine's list of the 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years.[2] The 41-year-old has featured in more than twenty snowboarding films. Rice's biggest claim to fame came when he arrived at Snowboarder magazine's Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain and launched a 'mammoth' of a backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump.[3] He has been considered "the Paul Revere" of the big mountain freestyle movement.[4] In 2013, Rice was named the best contemporary snowboarder in the world by Red Bull; Rice was also hailed as one of the greatest snowboarders of all time by numerous writers and publications.[5][6]

Early life

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Rice was born in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He was raised near Jackson Hole Mountain Resort, in Wilson, Wyoming where he continues to reside in the region. Raised as a skier by his father, Paul Rice, a member of Jackson Hole Ski Patrol, Rice initially did not understand the rave of the new sport springing up on his mountain. However, he soon caught on and joined the local team.

He has a sister named Ashley Rice. His mother is Becky Rice.

Competition

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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 a 117 foot gap jump.[7] Absinthe Films' producer Justin Hostynek immediately approached Rice to begin filming for their upcoming movie, Transcendence.[2]

Films and Other Media

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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.[8]

In 2008, Rice co-produced (with filmmaker Curt Morgan) and starred in the snowboarding film That's It That's All. This film featured Troy Blackburn, Jeremy Jones, Mark Landvik, Terje Haakonsen, Nicolas Müller, Scotty Lago, Pat Moore, John Jackson, Jake Blauvelt, Danny Kass, and fellow Jackson Hole residents Bryan Iguchi and Kyle Clancy.[9] 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.[10] On September 7, 2011, Rice released The Art of Flight, a film made in collaboration with the same team behind 'That's It, That's All, including John Jackson, Mark Landvik, Nicolas Müller and Jeremy Jones, Scotty Lago, and Mark McMorris. The success of the Art of Flight enabled Rice to once again win the TransWorld and Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year awards for 2012 .[11]

In 2012, Rice coordinated with Red Bull to create natural selection, a backcountry freestyle competition held at Baldface Lodge in British Columbia, Canada. The competition was attended by the world's top snowboarders, including Nicolas Muller, Gigi Ruf and Mark McMorris, with riders competing in naturally created backcountry terrain. The inaugural winner of the event was the competition creator, Travis Rice.[12]

Rice is a downloadable, playable character in SSX. He is the first "real-life" snowboarder to ever be featured in the franchise.[citation needed]

In 2016, Rice released The Fourth Phase.[13] In 2019, he released Dark Matter.[14]

Highlights

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Travis Rice's professional snowboarding career started in 2001. Various competition results taken from EXPN.[15]

2023

  • 1st, Yeti Natural Selection Tour Revelstoke, BC

2016-2017

  • TransWorld Snowboarding Men's Readers Choice Award[16]

2011–2012

  • 1st, Red Bull Supernatural, Baldface Lodge, BC (Backcountry Freestyle)[17]
  • TransWorld Rider of the Year (4th ROTY Award)
  • Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year (2nd ROTY Award)[18]
  • National Geographic Adventurer of the Year[19]

2008–2009

  • 1st (Gold), X-Games Big Air Competition (2009)
  • 4th – CJ – 5Star Red Bull Snow Scrapers (Ticket to Ride (World Snowboard Tour))
  • TransWorld Rider of the Year (3rd ROTY Award)
  • Snowboarder Magazine Rider of the Year

2007–2008

  • 1st, Quiksilver Natural Selection, Jackson Hold, WY, (Backcountry Freestyle)[20]
  • 11th, Nokia Air & Style Big Air Competition[21]
  • 1st, ICER AIR, San Francisco, CA (Big Air event). With a best run score of 95[22] for his Double backside Rodeo 1080.[23]
  • 1st Winter X Games Big Air Double Cork 1080

2006–2007

  • 1st, US Open Slopestyle (2007)
  • 2nd (Silver), Winter X Games, Snowboard Best Trick (2007)

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

  • TransWorld Rider of the Year, Reader's Choice (2nd ROTY Award)
  • Named by Faces Magazine as one of the Top 20 Greatest Athletes Now
  • 3rd (Bronze), Winter X Games 2005 (Slopestyle)
  • 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)
  • 2nd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Quarterpipe)
  • 3rd, Abominable Snow Jam, Mount Hood, Oregon (Slopestyle)

2003–2004

  • TransWorld Rider of the Year (2004)[24]
  • Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2003/2004)[25]
  • 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 (Gold), Winter X-Games, 2002 (Slopestyle)[26]
  • Ticket To Ride (TTR) World Snowboard Tour – Quarterpipe Champion (2002/2003)[25]
  • 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)[27]
  • 3rd, Vans Triple Crown Series, Snow Summit, California (Slopestyle)[27]
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ TTR World Snowboard Tour: Travis Rice[usurped] TTR World Tour 2006. Retrieved April 18, 2007
  2. ^ a b 20 most influential snowboarders of the last 20 years. Snowboarder. Retrieved April 28, 2009
  3. ^ [1], Snowboarder. Retrieved April 28, 2009
  4. ^ Rider Profiles: Travis Rice, Snowboarder. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  5. ^ Leigh, Ed. "World's Top 20 Snowboarders – No.1 Travis Rice". www.redbull.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  6. ^ "Travis Rice – Whitelines Snowboarding". Whitelines Snowboarding. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  7. ^ Quiksilver Snow Team Rider Profiles: Travis Rice. Retrieved April 28, 2009
  8. ^ Ricer Air: Double Trouble Archived 2009-04-07 at the Wayback Machine, Libtechblogs.com. Retrieved April 28, 2009
  9. ^ That's It That's All website Retrieved April 28, 2009
  10. ^ Travis Rice Sweeps 09 Transworld Rider Poll Awards, Fuel.TV. Retrieved April 28, 2009.
  11. ^ "Travis Rice Wins Rider of the Year at the 13th Annual Riders' Poll Awards". Lib Tech. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  12. ^ "Travis Rice wins Red Bull Supernatural contest". ESPN.com. 2012-02-05. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  13. ^ Scott, nate (5 October 2016). "The Fourth Phase: Travis Rice's new snowboard film is a gorgeous (and horrifying) masterpiece". For The Win. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  14. ^ "Travis Rice's New Flick, 'Dark Matter,' Looks Like a Lunatic's Dream". The Inertia. 3 December 2019. Retrieved 21 February 2021.
  15. ^ Travis Rice Bio EXPN Bio Page. Retrieved May 29, 2007
  16. ^ "2016 Men's Reader's Choice Award: Travis Rice - TransWorld SNOWboarding Riders' Poll 18". Archived from the original on 2021-12-14.
  17. ^ "Travis Rice Wins Red Bull Supernatural Recap Results Photos Pictures Ultra Natural | TransWorld SNOWboarding". TransWorld SNOWboarding. 2012-02-06. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  18. ^ "Art of Flight Movie". Art of Flight. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  19. ^ Society, National Geographic. "Travis Rice, Adventurers of the Year 2012 -- National Geographic". National Geographic. Archived from the original on November 13, 2011. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  20. ^ "Method Mag Travis Rice and Mark Carter Win Quiksilver Natural Selection". www.methodmag.com. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  21. ^ shralp! video podcast Archived 2008-01-08 at the Wayback Machine Air & Style Full Video Report. Retrieved December 12th, 2007
  22. ^ Esurance ICER AIR 2007 Competition Results. Retrieved November 6, 2007
  23. ^ Onboard Global Snowboarding Archived 2009-06-30 at the Wayback Machine Travis Rice Wins Icer Air With Double backside Rodeo 1080. Retrieved November 6, 2007
  24. ^ "History Of The TransWorlds SNOWboarding Riders' Poll Awards | Page 7 of 10 | TransWorld SNOWboarding". TransWorld SNOWboarding. 2009-01-26. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  25. ^ a b "History". World Snowboard Tour. 2012-06-05. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  26. ^ "Travis Rice". X Games. Archived from the original on February 16, 2016. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  27. ^ a b Transworld Snowboarding Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine V16N05 – 2001/2002 Vans Triple Crown Series. Retrieved May 29th, 2007
  28. ^ Transworld Business Archived 2007-11-17 at the Wayback Machine DC’S MTN.LAB 1.5 to be released in late October. Retrieved October 19, 2007
  29. ^ ESPN Seeking Out Lines. Retrieved November 6, 2007
  30. ^ Lat 34 Quiksilver Announces Signing of Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007
  31. ^ Transworld Snowboarding Archived 2006-12-14 at the Wayback Machine TRICE – An Interview With Travis Rice. Retrieved November 6, 2007
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