Travis Rice is known for pushing limits and Nat Geo is giving him opportunity to be voted for Adventurer of 2012 with other High Named Celebs like Jeremy Jones. See the article Below !

Snowboarder Travis Rice

A snowboarder takes freestyle trickery to the world’s most intimidating descents.

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Travis Rice’s father was in the ski patrol at Wyoming’s Jackson Hole Mountain Resort. And like many dads, he raised his son to follow in his ski tracks. Fortunately for snowboarding, things didn’t go as planned.

A decade ago and unheard of at the time, Rice arrived at Snowboardermagazine’s Superpark contest at Mammoth Mountain, launched a now legendary backside rodeo across a 117-foot gap jump, and left a star. Since then, Rice has developed into the best all-around snowboarder in the world: He is equally capable of showing up to win a slope style event in Aspen as he is in pioneering a first descent in the remote Darwin Range on the tip of South America. The 29-year-old makes use of all the tools in a snowboarder’s quiver—big-mountain tenacity, acrobatics, and snow and mountain sense, often in a single descent. And 2011 was the apex so far in Rice’s career.

Filming for the highly anticipated film The Art of Flight, which he co-produced with Brain Farm Digital Cinema’s Curt Morgan and Chad Jackson, Rice took the staggering aerial tricks usually reserved for the relative safety of the manicured, avalanche-controlled terrain parks made popular by the X Games and the Olympics, and applied them to the big mountains. In these peaks, a fall could mean tumbling down a vertical face or being swept into a gaping crevasse. Rice performed them all while under the watchful eye of director Curt Morgan’s superslow motion camera.

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http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/travis-rice/

Win a Signed Copy of The Art of Flight Photo Book !

Brain Farm is known for its Passion for Action. Via Instagram show us your Passion for Action and tag @brainfarmcinema #brainfarmcontest to enter and win.

The Best Photo will win.

Winner will receive the Art of Flight Photo Book signed by Travis Rice and the Brain Farm crew.

Only one entry per contestant will be accepted.

This contest ends 3/25

Winner will be Contacted Monday

This is the part of the Brain Farm  contest series of Giveaways, Stay Tuned for more contests and free gear from Brain Farm.

Questions can be directed to info@brainfarmcinema.com

Get front row action to the world¹s most popular snowboard film with The Art Of Flight: The Series, now on Netflix. Each episode takes the viewer on location and behind the scenes of the most intense snowboard film in history.  Travis Rice stars with some of the best Pro Snowboarders in the world such as, Jeremy Jones, Scotty Lago, Mark Landvick and Director, Curt Morgan; all determined to show snowboarding how it has never been shown before. This series will be a favorite for many; the Art Of Flight fan that can¹t get enough to the tech junkie who admires the production house, Brain Farm¹s cinematic perfection. AOF: The Series highlights the logistics used in the making of a dream film.

Click Here to Check out  AOF: The Series

Curt Morgan & Travis Rice  on  ESPN – 50 Most Influential People In Actions Sports 

With all the end of the year lists, ESPN knew they had a chance to recognize those who stand out in the action sports world. They put together a gallery highlighting the 50 most influential figures that push the envelope daily.  Brain Farm’s very own Curt Morgan is high on the list at number 6, for his vision and ability to redefine Snowboard films. Number 5 is partner in crime, Travis Rice, who as one of the worlds best Pro Snowboarders, is a permanent influence on the future of Snowboarding. No way they are finished either, still great things to come from these two – watch out.

See the full article at   ESPN 50 Most Influential People in Action Sports

This is a power duo for the future of both Snowboarding and Filming

Friday March 9th 2012 – Robin Elledge
Although it’s not a helicopter operator, the boutique film production company known as Brain Farm has become synonymous with spectacular helicopter cinematography.

Tyler Ginter and Greg Wheeler talk about the Brain Farm team motion timelapse work in the Aspen segment of The Art of Flight

What was the mission of the project?

The Aspen section of The Art of Flight was all about filming the athletes take on the incredible jumps and half pipe that was being constructed. We spent a week in the field setting up several motion timelapse setups each day. Each shot took between 2-3 hours to setup and 6-8 hours to film. We mostly worked the graveyard shift as a lot of the work was done from when the sun went down to when it came up.

A little background on Tyler Ginter.

I am a passionate Timelapse Photographer, Filmmaker and Producer. I have always enjoyed the creative and technical challenges of filming in remote locations around the world and Art of Flight was one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had. I spent the past four years on active duty as a Captain assigned to 55th Combat Camera, the only active duty Combat Camera Company in the United States Army. I served as a Platoon Leader in Operation Iraqi Freedom for nine months in charge of a team of 22 filmmakers and photographers who documented the war in support of combatant commanders’ tactical, operational, and strategic objectives.

What equipment was used? And why is this gear the gear of choice?

We used the Kessler Crane ShuttlePod and PocketJib to pull off the shots in the Aspen section of Art of Flight. We would construct 20 feet of track on the ShuttlePod to do the shoot, then move, then shoot dolly shots. We also setup the PocketJib to slowly dolly up or down over a 6-8 hour period. For a few of the shots, we attached the PocketJib to the ShuttlePod so we could extend the reach of the camera over a half pipe ledge.  I have used Kessler systems for all my timelapse work and they work flawlessly in a variety of harsh weather conditions including the extreme heat and cold. It was also important for the gear to be portable enough for us to transport the rigs up and down the mountain each day.

Tell us about some of the challenges of this shoot?

The biggest challenge was the inconsistant weather conditions on the mountain. We would spend hours setting up a timelapse shot and the clouds and weather would be perfect. Then, after only a few hours into a 6 hour timelapse move, it would start dumping snow and the entire shot would be ruined. Moreover, wind played a huge factor in getting stable timelapse moves. We had to use shoot, move, shoot on the Kessler Motion Control system so each frame would have time to settle from the wind before an exposure was taken.

What were the shots that you got? Were you happy with the results?

Tyler: I setup a 20 foot astro timelapse dolly shot in the half pipe with the milky way in the background. Unfortunately, this shot was ruined on my first attempt due to my fill light malfunctioning from the extreme cold. Curt understood the situation and told me that I needed to try it one more time. So, I stayed out again until 2am the next night making sure every last variable of the shot was perfected and working properly. As a result, I pulled off the shot successfully the second time thanks to Curt and his leadership as a Director to keep pushing me.

Download “The Art of FLIGHT” Music from iTunes

Check out the music from “The Art of FLIGHT” and download songs from Apple iTunes using the widget or by clicking on the note icon below.

“The Art of FLIGHT” movie was released September 2011 and premiered to enthusiastic audiences around the US and is on a world tour throughout the fall. Didn’t get a chance to see it? Download the flick from iTunes HERE.

Want to learn more behind the scenes info about the music? Director/cinematographer Curt Morgan talks about the soundtrack for the film in this VIDEO.

The M83 tracks in the soundtrack are from their new album “Hurry Up We’re Dreaming,” which was released Oct 18, 2011.

Segment	Artist	Song	iTunes
Intro 1	Defrag	Element l1
Intro 2	M83	Outro
So Far Gone 1	Hendrickson/Dick/Harry	Before the Storm
So Far Gone 2	Deadmau5	Ghosts ‘n’ Stuff (feat. Rob Swire)
Down Days	Oswin Macintosh	Passion Victim
Wizard	The Naked and Famous	No Way
No Bueno	Apparat	Ash/Black Veil
Darwin 1	Klaus Badelt	Nowhere to Run
Darwin 2	Blockhead	Sunday Seance (Loka Remix)
Home 1	The Album Leaf	Another Day
Home 2	The Naked and Famous	Young Blood
Home 3	Mel Wesson	Motional Rescue Pulse
Avalanche 1	Mel Wesson	Stark Light
Avalanche 2	Sigur Ros	Track 6
Where the Water Flows like Wine	M83	Intro
Revelstoked	Hum	Iron Clad Lou
More stoked	The Black Angels	Young Men Dead
Even more stoked	M83	My Tears Are Becoming A Sea
Credits 1	Okkervil River	Westfall
Credits 2	We Are Augustines	Chapel Song
Teaser	The Three Corners Of The Earth	Fire Shall Devour Them

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