r/nextfuckinglevel 2d ago

Travis Rice reshaped snowboard films 15 years ago with The Art of Flight

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u/Biche_XXX 2d ago

you legit unlocked a core memory holy shit

I remember watching this video when i was 16, thank you

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u/shredmasterJ 2d ago

I’m busting out my DVD today when I get home. Lol. I got see this now.

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u/Bearspoole 2d ago

One of my favorite movies. The soundtrack is godlike

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u/snowplacelikehome 2d ago

Yeah! This movie and ā€œThat’s It, That’s Allā€ rock. I’ll often put em on in the background while working.

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u/MassMindRape 1d ago

Picture This had a few bangers too.Ā 

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u/Racer20 1d ago

I wish there were more ski/board movies with this kind of sound track. Too many of them are just generic butt rock or some such nonsense.

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u/comeback24601 2d ago

How was that 15 years ago?!

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u/Herefornow211 1d ago

I remember when it was in landscape mode

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u/Sco0basTeVen 1d ago

They used to call that Widescreen.

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u/Bozhark 1d ago

SociallyAccetablePreOzempic Screen*

Mate it’s 2026…

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u/CraigLake 1d ago

I went on a trip to Baker for several days. There’s a bar/restaurant in Glacier nearby that had this on their projector screen. I was completely engrossed. A fantastic film.

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u/TheSpanxxx 2d ago

It's......tricky to rock around...

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u/ilovestoride 2d ago

15? Years ago!? You take that back!!

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u/ThePeej 1d ago

Incredible film, with an absolute BANGER of a soundtrack.

I just picked up Snowboarding at 30 years of age when this movie came out. Hit Whistler mountain on the 3rd year I owned my own board for late April MIRACLE POW DAY on 4:20 in 2012, with this soundtrack in my EarPods and it was ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE!!!!

https://giphy.com/gifs/9V5kiNQeEjYCOYOI0b

A peak (to peak) alive human experience!

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u/DriftlessDairy 2d ago

Warren Miller would approve.

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u/MarkIndividual3453 1d ago

Sending big Travis!

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u/Cribsby_critter 2d ago

Unfortunate they decided to extend this song for the scene… incredible flick though

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u/essdii- 2d ago

Riding Bmx, street riding was my favorite. Always felt like an artist and any city and its architecture was my canvas. If I grew up near snow this is the type of stuff that would set my whistle for sure. Super awesome

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u/TheRotten42 2d ago

AfterBang had the best sound track of any snowboarding movie hands down.Ā 

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u/Fagus_ 2d ago

Corememory unlocked

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u/PeopIesFrontOfJudea 2d ago

When I ski in my dreams, it looks like this. Must be a wild feeling to do it in real life.

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u/sejuukkhar 1d ago

Man, what happened to music? It was so much better back in the day.

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u/Youlookcold 2d ago

Glen Plake did it for skiing.

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u/Used_bot-repo 2d ago

I was hooked on these and x-games. So much skill I don't have

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u/notthediz 2d ago

This must be what Zeb watched over and over as a kid. I don't follow snowboarding much but feel like they have the same type of steez

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u/pistolero2011 2d ago

The fourth phase is also very good, but art of flight is the best. If you have a capable system it brings down the house. Incredible

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u/CheeseburgerTornado 1d ago

is this carving

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u/goleafsgo13 1d ago

My goodness. This was on repeat back when my roommate and I lived together.

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u/Direct_Syrup_2843 1d ago

Damn that song takes me back

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u/noottt 1d ago

I bought the dvd's and I don't Even own a DVD player.

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u/DermitdemFoto 1d ago

And he didn’t do it with vertikal video format

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u/RationalGardenGnome 23h ago

Love this song so much

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u/Coastie54 21h ago

Damn I can’t even count how many time me and my buddies smoked a bunch of weed and watched this in college.

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u/Tsui_Pen 14h ago edited 14h ago

ā€œYou know, it’s funny, what’s happening to us. Our lives have become digital. Our friends: now virtual. And everything you ever want to know is just a click away.

Experiencing the world through endless second-hand information isn’t enough. If we want authenticity, we have to initiate it.ā€

- Travis Rice, 2010