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All right. Elena is ready.

-Probably 15 seconds. -Copy, 15.

One hundred.

Hi!

-Who is this? -Elena.

I don't remember getting into it,

but I know I was just the most competitive child in the world.

I hated to lose when I was a kid.

Eleven-years-old.

Wow! Look out for her.

She is the future of women's snowboarding, and that's Elena Hight.

She was top dog at a very young age.

The rest of us were like,

"Whoa, man, you made finals. Nice work."

Elena was, like, for sure in finals and probably on the podium.

Just landing into the top of transition.

Feel like, she came in with some aggressiveness.

I was like, "Oh, that's why they call you Mighty Mouse."

One, two... Oh!

Never been done. Female or male...

She was a dominant competitive figure for so many years.

That is huge.

Taking women's half-pipe snowboarding to the next level.

It's hard to walk away from something that you know you're good at,

that you haven't quite accomplished everything you wanted to accomplish.

It's hard to know

when that moment is

that you're not going to regret pushing harder,

but also feeling the pull of your heart

is taking you in a different direction.

You can see the blue skies.

To me, it just seems like many of my friends,

she's come to this point where the contests just really weren't doing it.

It wasn't inspiring, you know,

and this is like something she can really sink her teeth into again

and do what she did in the contest world

and go and do that in freeriding.

It looks like I would need to kind of, like,

redirect.

This transition to the backcountry is scary.

I'm not a seasoned veteran.

And I'm learning along the process,

and that is kind of scary.

It doesn't look too crazy over here.

All right.

There's so much more involved

than just the snowboard

in backcountry riding.

And when you go into the mountains,

you're forced into a place of observation

which takes presence and it's always changing.

It's very nerve-racking

walking away from what I've done

for the past 15 years

and going to this avenue that had a lot to learn

and no real idea if I'm going to succeed or fail,

but I feel like just the experience is worth taking the leap.

All right. Elena dropping in ten.

Five, four, three, two, one.

You know, with as much travel as I have

been doing in my career,

waking up at home is just such a treat in itself.

I haven't really spent an entire winter at home

or even a month of a winter at home

since I was, like, 15.

So it's pretty cool to be off the contest scene

and also have a winter like this lined up in Tahoe

where I can stay home and explore.

Yeah, it's pretty... Pretty special.

I feel very fortunate to grow up here,

and, you know, my parents worked really hard

so that we could live in this beautiful place and be surrounded by nature

and we would go riding at night,

we'd go every weekend.

My parents would drive me all around the lake for USASA events,

and we'd all get together and run around the mountain together

and cause trouble.

You know, it's just a really tight-knit community here.

Looks good. It's a double stager now.

-I think you should hit it.

There's a lot of really amazing snowboarders here in Tahoe

and a lot of people that I've looked up to for a long time

and really wanted to get those people here

and run around our backyard together.

So, ride us right to the rock or ride us left to the rock.

So we've got Nick Russell, Danny Davis,

and a couple days out with Sammy Luebke.

You know, when you're out deep in the mountains,

the people that you're with are really so important.

They are your safety net.

They're your confidence boost.

They're like the ones that are keeping the vibes high,

passing along wisdom

and I've been really, really fortunate

to be out with a lot of really amazing people this year.

Oh, yeah, this is the zone now.

-Pretty cool. -Wow.

Yeah. Variable day out here on our snowboards,

riding with two of my longtime friends,

Nick... ...Russell

and Elena... ...Hight.

What happened here?

Whoo!

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah, boy!

All kinds of snow in there.

Yes.

To the pocket.

Whoo!

-Yeah, Dan. -Yeah.

Look, I pushed him.

Point their fingers

Whoo!

That was great.

That was so fun.

Yeah!

Jam it, baby.

Kind of more like cross cording.

-You're going to nail it. -Yeah.

Elena dropping.

I was almost beat. I don't know what happened.

All right. I'll go again.

Yeah. That's what I'm talking about.

Whoo!

Whoo!

Nice, there.

Whoo!

We're kind of scoping some of the stuff that, like,

inspired me to become a snowboarder essentially.

All of these zones

are what I watched on repeat in the films,

and it's pretty cool to be out in these legendary zones,

and it makes you appreciate where snowboarding comes from

and where it's going.

Let's go, Sun.

Come on, Sun. Let's do this.

I'm ready.

Jeremy Jones is the first person to ride

Grizzly Spines and Paradox.

You know, a line as serious as the Grizzly Spines,

um, if something happens,

you know, the consequences are high.

I remember vividly riding a line,

kind of came over the roll

and there's really nothing there.

It's like super airy below,

it's so steep, you couldn't come to a stop if you wanted to.

Pulled out by the skin of my teeth,

and I'm not sure I could go back and repeat it.

Paradox was one of my favorite movies as a kid.

I think it was just...

It came out at a time when I was really watching a lot of videos

and it was really groundbreaking at the time.

There was a lot of exposure,

and Jeremy just went up there and slayed it.

Standing on top of this line

that I've been looking at in photos forever.

It's down there.

Been on top of this thing for about an hour,

just waiting for the sun to pop.

Just waiting.

Patience is a virtue.

Oh, man.

Really hard call right now.

Looks like there's more clouds rolling in.

Let's, uh, call it.

Looked epic to ride,

and knowing that Jeremy was the first person to ride it

and he's been such an inspiration to me

and helping me, like, step into this new life really.

Like, Jeremy's been such a big part of that for me.

The generation before me really has made

what seemed impossible really possible,

which has been kind of the inspiration for me

to continue on what I'm doing.

Whoo!

Go now.

Whoo-hoo!

The creek is giving us traction.

Yep, we got this. We got it. And we're out.

-Good job, Elena. -And we're out.

Cruising, getting lost in nowhere Japan.

Break nowhere apart is now here.

So we're here right now.

There's so many mountains,

so many little mom and pop ski resorts.

And it's just limited by your imagination.

Walking around the forests of Japan.

How's that there?

Whoo!

Yeah. Great.

Putting together this trip,

Hana was like a no-brainer for me.

She really has brought me into the backcountry

and shared her passion of it

with me throughout the years

and she just loves snowboarding more than anyone

and that essence is really... It's contagious.

I just think this is such a beautiful opportunity

for her to go and experience

all the different kinds of snowboarding.

And it's really cool to be, like, passing along

some of the knowledge I've picked up to her.

Right here and then I thought...

And seeing her determination and energy

is fulfilling me in a different way.

-Yeah! -Hana!

Fun, huh?

See there's a couple... in there.

Ended up talking to Travis

and he was like, "I'm going to be in Japan."

I'm like, "I want to snowboard with you girls."

-No, it's right here. -So close there.

I was over here with

one of my dearest Japanese riding partner Shin Biyajima.

We were gonna be just travelling, exploring some new areas.

Worked out too perfect not to jump on it.

I've always looked up to him and the things that he does on a snowboard

and he has elevated snowboarding in a lot of ways.

There's always stuff out in the backside.

It doesn't feel like there's a ceiling in freeriding.

You're limited by your own creativity.

-Coming! -Yep.

There are endless set-ups

in the mountains with snow conditions, terrain features.

It's endless.

-Whoo!

To be in the backcountry

and see the way, like, Hana looks at features

differently than Travis looks at features,

it's just super inspiring and exciting

because you really can ride things

however you want to.

-We're pretty legit off the backside. -It's pretty big.

Feel better about it, now that I see the landing.

-Right? -Yeah.

Backcountry riding, free riding,

you know, it comes from an internal compass

of, "Where do I wanna take this?

How do I wanna approach it?

Where do I wanna go with it?" It's fascinating.

I've loved all components of it.

There's no straightforward way to learn it except by going out and doing it

and it's really great to see Elena's

authentic interest in exploring it.

Have fun.

-Will do. -Just ridin', pal...

You'd enter at the top big open

and then you'd have to wriggle through to get around that.

First ridge past the chunky...

Pretty freaking money.

Four, three, two, one. Drop.

Okay. Yeah.

Whoo!

They used to pray

Pretty deep.

Elena!

We're going to drop from here.

Whoo-hoo!

Yeah, Hana!

-Whoa! -Whoo!

Whoo!

All right.

I'm good. I'm good.

-- You did good. -- I did good.

Okay.

Really nice job getting out of that.

Thanks.

Whoo! Oh, man!

Thirty-six going on 19, man.

Like they used

Snowboarding!

Like they used

Like they used

They used to pray

Whoo!

Whoo-hoo!

-All right!

Yeah, Shin!

Double overhead, for sure.

Three Elenas big.

Whoo!

Duck!

-Oh.

Damn it!

Take a little more speed,

...harder and then you kind of just...

Travis!

-Yeah, Trav. -Oh, sick.

There's one more line.

I'm gonna follow you?

Let's just talk about it real quick on the lip.

-Just don't crash, just dump it. -Yeah.

Yeah, okay.

-Oh, my God.

Yeah!

-She went so big.

What do you think?

You want another?

I'm good. I'm good.

Oh, my God. That looks so sick, dude.

Snowboarding as an industry

really grew up in Tahoe.

It was an epicenter of filming and contests

and people just thriving on the sport.

And it's been so cool to go back to these spots

that I watched as a kid,

being like, "Wow, I remember this.

"and this inspired me so much as a kid,"

to attempting to do

the same thing that they were doing.

Its mind-bending, actually.

Come on.

Whoo!

Hammer it!

Have heard the things

Some things that

Whoo, yeah!

Nice.

Whoo!

Nice run! Oh, God.

-- Yeah! -- Oh, my God!

-Yeah, man. -Yeah!

It's been rad to, like, have this trifecta

of Nick, Elena and myself.

We'll take a look at something from a standard movie,

we'll be like, "We should go hit this tomorrow."

There's kind of this library.

Being in those zones where you can kind of, like,

picture Tom Bert riding that same thing,

or Jim Sellers, or Jer.

I just have this notion of, "How lucky am I?"

Like, what did I do to get this, you know?

How did I get so lucky?

I think that's good to go.

His stories is

Whoo!

Wow, Elena, that was good for the soul.

Okay. How's that feel?

Whoo!

Yeah, dropping in three, two...

Whoo!

Whoo!

That made me wanna go take a run.

Oh, it's starting to shimmer.

It seems a bit more set up.

It's not gonna be full, like, get on it

-and it's like poof. -Yeah.

Play it by ear when I get up there.

That knife edge, it will be

your point of reference the entire time.

Just gravitate your front foot towards...

Copy.

Okay.

Oh, universe...

Strong.

I can. No, I can.

Oh, my God. That was perfect!

All right!

Holy

Whoo!

It was fun.

Thanks, Tim.

When I heard that Elena pulled it,

I mean, I just was blown away.

I don't know. It's just a huge accomplishment.

And the fact that she is a female

just makes it that much cooler and clear

that when Elena sets her mind on something,

as she's done with freeriding,

she is a freak.

And there's very few people

at that level of riding.

That was so fun.

I've never been up this way.

Wow.

Dropping.

We are in Pemberton, British Columbia.

I'm really excited to be posted up

out here with Jake Blauvelt.

We were kind of intertwined

in circles of my competitive career

and, you know, as I grew up

and he kind of stepped away from competitions

and into backcountry snowboarding.

I followed his career and was always so impressed.

And you could just really see his creativity shining through.

Those human-eating holes.

-What a beauty. -Mmm-hmm.

Wow.

Wow.

I think this has completely changed

my perspective on snowboarding

and what is possible

and where I want to take my snowboarding in the future.

It's exciting to kind of hone in on an idea

and kind of see a door open

and just really step into the mountains

and some silence

and get back to the roots of snowboarding.

Whoo!

-That was huge. -That was so good.

All right, man. Let's get down there.

-Hey. -Yeah.

Yeah!

-Wow. -Whoo-hoo!

Hell, yeah.

I think the really cool thing about Jake

and what I've loved about being in the mountains with him

is just his eye for being able to draw lines

down mountains really creatively

is unlike anyone I've ridden with.

So to see that and learn from that first-hand

is, like, really special.

Okay. Dropping.

Whoo! Holy fuck.

Yeah, Elena.

Yeah!

Whoa!

Oh!

Whoo! Whoo-hoo!

Looks good!

Whoo!

Whoa.

Holy shit.

Wow.

Wow.

Wow. Wow.

-- It's on now. -- Pretty cool. Almost got you, sorry.

Every step of the way, I'm learning something new.

That's what's so exciting about it,

is that you don't know what you're gonna find

and it really brings out the creativity and, and the freedom

to, like, see the mountain in different ways.

And it really just connects you

to that present moment,

and I think gives you insight

to where you're supposed to be,

and you stop living so much in your head

and more in your heart,

and really more in just what's in front of you.

which I mean, I think that that's what we're all striving for.

Yes!

Yes!

What a wild style!

-I mean, sanely.

Hey, guys.

-Hey. Everybody's okay?

Yeah, everything good. We are very careful.

Thank you for looking out for our well-being,

comma, I hope we get to meet again.

San Diego Police, take note, for God's sakes.

Whoo! We're doing it.

Someone pulls up next to me,

"You're on fire!"

And I look down and there's just flames

ripping out my exhaust.

Jason, just be careful.

There's a road at the back.

There's a road.

-- Are you okay? -- Yeah, I think so.

-- Seriously? -- Yeah.

Just like any raffle, baby,

you gotta be present to win your prize.

Oh.

Whoo! Oh, violent.

-- Jesus. -- I'm okay.

Are there any roads down there?

No. No roads.

-Yeah. -Whoo!