{"id":28356,"date":"2012-02-08T09:21:21","date_gmt":"2012-02-08T17:21:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28356"},"modified":"2012-02-08T11:39:07","modified_gmt":"2012-02-08T19:39:07","slug":"hyperbole-and-the-supernatural-t-rice-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=28356","title":{"rendered":"Hyperbole And The Supernatural T.Rice Show"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/36350014?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=fff100\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The one bar that the <strong>Supernatural<\/strong> event at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.baldface.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Baldface<\/a><\/strong> February 4, 2012 set higher than any other was for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Hyperbole\" target=\"_blank\">hyperbole<\/a><\/strong>. What looked like an insanely cool freeride snowboarding contest became the greatest snowboarding event ever and a &#8220;game-changer&#8221; that completely rearranges everything we know about snowboarding competition when left in the hands of a squadron of energy drink promoters. Have &#8220;the last 30 years of snowboarding . . . inevitably led to this place?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As everyone knows, <strong>Travis &#8220;Yeah, I won my own event&#8221; Rice<\/strong> won on a course he designed, at a mountain he choose, in front of judges he selected, at a made-for-TV event that he endlessly hyped. And what a storybook finish it was for his major sponsor to see him destroy the best snowboarders in the world (thanks for coming, guys) in front of the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/brainfarmcinema.com\/\">Brain Farm Cinema<\/a><\/strong> cameras.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that Rice is arguably the best all mountain snowboarder in the world (and a good guy) who earned his contest win hardly even matters when it gets weighed down by all this. But hey, this is snowboarding designed to sell more caffeinated sugar water drinks, and that&#8217;s the way they do it, apparently.<\/p>\n<p>On a not entirely unrelated note: the next time you invite all your friends to a party it would probably be in good form to leave at least one slice of pie for them. <\/p>\n<p>Follow the jump for the complete results and official word from that drink sponsor.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>TRAVIS RICE DOMINATES RED BULL SUPERNATURAL<br \/>\nby r<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.redbullusa.com\/cs\/Satellite\/en_US\/Article\/Travis-Rice-Victorious-at-Red-Bull-Supernatural-Snowboarding-Contest-021243158780475\" target=\"_blank\">edbullusa.com<\/a><\/strong>, Feb 5, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Under bright, bluebird skies, 18 of the world\u2019s best snowboarders &#8212; the most notable up-and-comers alongside the icons of snowboarding &#8212; progressed the sport to a new level, as Red Bull Supernatural ran on February 4th at Baldface Lodge outside of Nelson, B.C., Canada. From the first rider to drop, Scotty Lago, through Travis Rice\u2019s final run, the never-before-ridden Red Bull Supernatural course challenged every aspect of the competitors\u2019 talents, bringing the most progressive riding of our time together in a single run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re walking away with a different state of mind. This was an experiment and it\u2019s the beginning of a new, possible future for snowboarding,\u201d says Rice. \u201cThese guys ride like this all the time. It\u2019s just a really tough thing to capture, even in a video part. No breaks, riding first tracks and on all-natural terrain. Here we are able to showcase the talent in snowboarding today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rice came out hot from the very start, putting down a nearly flawless run, hitting as many features as possible, stomping landings and adding inversions to multiple maneuvers. His first score of 91 held the top spot throughout the day. Gigi R\u00fcf scored 84 points on his first run, which held the second spot throughout the day. Nicolas M\u00fcller topped John Jackson\u2019s score of 80.6, with an 82.6 in the final run with buttery transitions and the solid, stylish riding he is known for. But Jackson didn\u2019t walk away empty handed; he won \u2018Best Trick\u2019 by stomping a double cork 1080 off the big kicker on his final run.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEVERYONE HAD STANDOUT MOMENTS. THE TALENT ON COURSE TODAY WAS MINDBOGGLING.\u201d -TOM BURT, JUDGE<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had no idea that people would tee off that big without having ever seen anyone hit the features before,\u201d says Tom Burt, Head Judge for Red Bull Supernatural. \u201cThis contest puts together where snowboarding is headed, riding the mountains, but adding freestyle riding into the mix really ups the level. Nature alone can\u2019t fully provide a course like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Travis Rice\u2019s dream run for Red Bull Supernatural is built across 2,200 vertical feet on the slope nicknamed \u201cScary Cherry.\u201d The run is now host to over 80 man-made features including pillow lines, enormous platforms and goal posts in the over-40-degree top section. Most riders had hit five or more features over varying size before heading into the super-kickers where fresh powder landings allowed riders to open up with speed and style. The final slope style section had pillow platforms to tap and log rides that took riders straight into the finish line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday was a great example of where our sport is going and what we can do to get it to the next level,\u201d says Jeff Pensiero, Owner of Baldface Lodge. \u201cI was surprised at how much these guys really stepped up their game to ride this course. I thought a lot of it was not rideable, but these guys proved that they earn their livings exceeding expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Standouts of the day include Terje\u2019s fast turns punctuated by massive methods off the hip transfers, Eric Jackson\u2019s butter into a huge 540 off an upper platform and Lucas Debari\u2019s enormous air launched off a platform initially built as an evacuation heli platform. Burt says, \u201cEveryone had standout moments. The talent on course today was mind boggling.\u201d Burt also points to Devun Walsh\u2019s 360 pillow platform tap on the final hit and Nicolas M\u00fcller\u2019s switch 720 off the kicker as some of the day\u2019s most notable moments.<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull Supernatural Results<br \/>\n1. Travis Rice 91.00<br \/>\n2. Gigi R\u00fcf 84.00<br \/>\n3. Nicolas M\u00fcller 82.60<br \/>\n4. John Jackson 80.60<br \/>\n5. Lucas Debari 77.00<br \/>\n6. Kazuhiro Kokubo 75.50<br \/>\n7. Jake Blauvelt 73.10<br \/>\n8. David Carrier-Porcheron 69.20<br \/>\n9. Eero Niemela 68.90<br \/>\n10. Devun Walsh 68.80<br \/>\n11. Mark Sollors 68.30<br \/>\n12. Terje Haakonsen 68.20<br \/>\n13. Eric Jackson 65.80<br \/>\n14. Mark Carter 64.70<br \/>\n15. Mark McMorris 63.00<br \/>\n16. Sage Kotsenburg 62.00<br \/>\n17. Scotty Lago 59.40<br \/>\n18. Mark Landvik 55.50<\/p>\n<p>Red Bull Supernatural is set to air on Red Bull Signature Series on NBC at 1 p.m. ET on March 31. The event was filmed and produced by Curt Morgan and the Brain Farm crew &#8212; the same people who brought you &#8220;The Art of Flight.&#8221;<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The one bar that the Supernatural event at Baldface February 4, 2012 set higher than any other was for hyperbole. What looked like an insanely cool freeride snowboarding contest became the greatest snowboarding event ever and a &#8220;game-changer&#8221; that completely rearranges everything we know about snowboarding competition when left in the hands of a squadron [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,28],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28356"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28356"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28356\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28378,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28356\/revisions\/28378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28356"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28356"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28356"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}