<p>Snowboarder Travis Rice flies off a cliff in the Kootenay Mountains, British Columbia, Canada, while making <i>The Art of Flight</i>, which brought terrain park tricks to big-mountain descents around the world.</p> <p><b><a href="http://adventure.nationalgeographic.com/adventure/adventurers-of-the-year/2012/travis-rice/" target="_blank">Read More</a></b></p>

Snowboarder Travis Rice

Snowboarder Travis Rice flies off a cliff in the Kootenay Mountains, British Columbia, Canada, while making The Art of Flight, which brought terrain park tricks to big-mountain descents around the world.

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Photograph by Mark Gallup, Red Bull Photo Pool

They Did It!

See the Adventurers of the Year in action in amazing photos of snowboarding, surfing, biking, hiking, mountaineering, kayaking, and more! Including Travis Rice, Danny MacAskill, Nick Waggoner, Jennifer Pharr Davis, Carissa Moore, and more.

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