Unbroken: The Snowboard Life of Mark McMorris Page #2

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and you get paid to do that.

(laughs)

You can't forget that, you

know, it's all about the fun.

You're going out there to have

a kick ass time, you know?

With Mark too, I think his

passion for snowboarding,

he loves it, like

actually really loves it,

and it's really inspiring.

He loves snowboarding, he

loves everything about it,

and right now he's still

in that competitive world

and he's going after it and

he's enjoying it and he should.

But he knows there's so

many mountains out there

just waiting for

him to ride down.

It's really refreshing for me,

spending time in the backcountry

and doing that kind

of snowboarding

after all the years and

all the time I spend

chasing contests and park jumps.

Backcountry riding

is a lot different

than competition riding.

There's not some

prize to be won,

it's just trying to

create magic on your own

and it's literally the

most fun thing ever.

(peaceful music)

(loud carving)

(music builds)

Creativity really opens up

when you get into

the backcountry.

It's really just a different

mindset out there too.

You need to know a lot

about snow conditions

and all that stuff.

It's a whole different game.

Avalanches, trees,

rocks in the landing.

There's so many factors

that are pretty life-threatening

in the backcountry.

It's pretty gnarly.

There's just so

many challenges

and that's like understanding

the slope, the terrain,

snow conditions, but that's

just one aspect of it.

Getting hurt back there,

getting somebody out

from back there.

It's not something you

can just download an app

and go out there and think

you're safe, you know.

You're just a little

ant out there.

[Craig] I don't know, you look at

it on a scale of risk to reward.

Maybe somebody's like

I don't see the reward

for all that risk, but I

definitely see the reward for risk

because it's like no other

place on earth, really.

Having got to do a ton

of the backcountry side,

especially last year,

and the spring when I would

usually be in the backcountry,

I had a broken femur.

I get the itch again,

really excited to get back

in the backcountry

for the whole spring

with some of my

hometown friends,

some friends from

Whistler with my brother

that I hadn't really

snowboarded with once all year.

Mark could just finish

up the competition schedule

and Whistler stands alone

when it comes to

backcountry snowboarding

in terms of shear magnitude.

It's extremely fun.

Craig calls me

and he was like,

hey backcountry is gonna

be good, really excited,

really good snow.

Found this little

mellow pat-down,

like kind of a famous little

step-down in between two trees.

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