One of the many things I love about Travis Rice is his refusal to be pegged into a single hole. Yes, he’ll always be a snowboarding legend, but that athletic pursuit is powered by a creative, artistic soul, as evidenced in one way by his art gallery initiative, Asymbol, and in another by his on-going work with the Brain Farm cinema crew.
When I had Travis on cjLIVE last year [re-watch here], he spoke of being bold, and being different. It was about 6 months later that he walked the talk, and pulled the curtain back on Asymbol, his online + physical gallery celebrating the artist/athletes who capture the raw beauty and energy found in the moments that make up a snowboarder’s life, run, park session, etc. [Check out Travis’s curated corner of the gallery, here.]
This 60-second portrait of Trav is a part of my ongoing project (now created about 50 of these – from Macklemore to Reggie Watts and beyond) and was shot when he was on our set for cjLIVE. Enjoy and share with your Snowboarding homies — I’m banking they will appreciate this nugget featuring the world’s best.
The idea of a video portrait is excellent, do you just put them in front of the camera and hide behind it, or are you interacting with them? Do they get chance to “plan” what they are going to do for 60 seconds? How has it worked out for people who feel awkward with cameras – or do you do the CHASE JARVIS voodoo and relax them all.
whether it’s an article with tips and tricks for playing the gameWould like to take this time to honor these young men for the great job that they have done in how they have represented the University of Alabama and their family, Coach Saban said. Have all been great people, in terms of how they have represented our organization. From a personal character standpoint, these guys have been great representatives and great ambassadors for the University of Alabama and we really appreciate that. Plax
I like Travis. He’s the dude for 2014. A happy profile.
And what i like about your blog Chase is that I feel the undercurrent of it is simply “do great stuff.” I think that’s it in a nutshell. Do great creative stuff with your life, and make it count.
Martin
Beautiful portrait, nicely made.
This is so awkwardly awesome! Love that guy!