Notable:
In his first Winter X Games he took home the gold. During the winter of '01/'02 Travis Rice blew minds throughout the snowboarding industry with his cat-like ability to land on his feet no matter how huge the air or how corked he might be mid-spin. The Jackson Hole, WY, native is talented in all aspects of riding: big mountain, slopestyle, big air, and the pipe.

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Did he expect to walk away with the Slopestyle gold? "No. For sure I knew I maybe had a couple things going for me. I knew I had a diverse bag of tricks, just more variety. I was just trying to ride as hard as I could. With all the names that were there last year, especially Kevin Jones, realistically I was just trying to do the best I could and ride up to those guys' level."