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Ao percorrer a vastidão inexplorada de seu Wyoming nativo, Travis Rice traça um curso de 16 mil milhas para seguir o ciclo hidrológico em torno do norte do Pacífico, onde a neve e gelo criam paisagens de sonho sobre as altas montanhas. Dos Alpes japoneses para os vulcões da Rússia, e uma área espetacularmente remota do Alasca, Rice é acompanhado por vários dos pilotos mais inovadores do snowboard, incluindo Mark Landvik, Eric Jackson, Bryan Iguchi, Pat Moore, Mikkel Bang, Jeremy Jones, Victor de Le Rue, Ben Ferguson, e muito mais. Um filme para qualquer um fascinado pelas possibilidades da aventura, do mundo natural, da vida.
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Dopamine is a naturally occurring chemical in the brain that influences movement and reward. At the core of progressive snowboarding, it is movement and reward that provide a natural motivation for riders like Bode Merrill, Victor De Le Rue, and Brandon Cocard to evolve and innovate. These explorers of mountain and mental landscapes led the charge this year, changing the definition of what can be done on a snowboard, and changing the guard. From the Yukon, Kootenays, Valhallas, Monashees, Dolomites, and Pyrenees, the Absinthe crew proves Dopamine is free, but you have to get out there to earn it.
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In pursuit of the best that the winter of 2012 had to offer, the Absinthe crew employed a dual strategy to both hustle & hunker down waiting. In a year of erratic snowfall, there was no other way to slay. But by splitting up and spreading out across the globe in smaller groups, they stacked the odds in their favor. The strategy worked. Tight, agile crews tuned themselves to local frequencies enabling them to tap into record-breaking dumps in Europe, heavy sessions in the Pacific Northwest, Japan, and ultimately, Alaska. It was a winter with Resonance: new riders came on board, new locations were exposed and as always, the Absinthe cameras captured all the action on film.
