tough fun of snowboarding.t you have the freedom for both legs like skis. >> a reminder to find all the stories on "right this minute d" rightthisnu l videos. all day long, 24/7. rightthisminute.com. >>> instead of an expensive rub for the dark ages, get one fit for the digital age. take a walk on this rug when you see it. basketbal basketball. >> we just created a new sport. >> kite ball. >> kite ball. people spend way too much money on those really old like 15th century rugs. this is the coolest new rug. and it's digital. >> i think a cat would freak out. do you think this is actually a rug? >> this is a projection the ceiling. this is like a rug that moves. >> what if you had this in your hall way? you walk down your hallway every day and these flowers separate. i would have mine look like a red carpet. >> it would be cool for guests. like it recognizes your moeshl is coming to town and has different messages. welcome. no, you're not welcome. you can only stay for five minute minutes. >> i would like a white

. >> years ago before snowboards freestyle skiing was the cool sport on the mountain and then snowboardsgs look cool up in the air. freestyle skiing is making a comeback and tom is a freestyle skier showing off his moves in breckenridge for a film called "walk in the park." put together by stepped productions and it's beautiful. ♪ i almost feel like freestyle skiing is more impressive on a snowboard because you can get tangled up in midair. >> for some reasons snowboards look cooler. >> i think it's the poles. >> i like this as an olympic sport better than ice dancing because this looks like a real sport as opposed to ice dancing looks like dancing on skates. >> all your ice skating hate mail. >> video grapher s steady going along with them. you can see his free style skis have bends on the front and he can go frontwards, backwards, pull all kinds of awesome moves off. snowboarding kind of upped the ante for everybody. i ski and i know how difficult it is so i can appreciate what this guy is doing. >>> next time on "right this minute" -- >> au stra, egypt, thailand. >> how did you manage

tough fun of snowboarding. you have the freedom for both legs like skis. >> a reminder to find all the stories on "right this minute today" on rightthisminute l vid. all day long, 24/7. rightthisminute.com. >>> instead of an expensive rub for the dark ages, get one fit for the digital age. take a walk on this rug when you see it. next. >>> kite land board. >> kite land board, yeah. >> i think we need a better name. it's kind of a mouthful. >> it's not as cooling as skiing or surfboarding. but it's the conglomeration of a mountain skateboard with a kite board all together. watch what these guys can do. these are the athletes in the video. they're flying and twisting and doing skateboard style tricks in the air. with the kite overhead. >> i would rather do the running around. i don't need the board. >> then i can finally dunk a basketbal basketball. >> we just created a new sport. >> kite ball. >> kite ball. people spend way too much money on those really old like 15th century rugs. this is the coolest new rug. a

the pole up. >> it takes amazing control to be able to snowboard as well as they're snowboarding, ande out. because usually you need both hands to balance and make the sick turns. >> i love that you said sick turns. >> you're so dope. >> pretty rugged. the conditions are just perfect for snowboarding. >> and the angles are, it's crazy, i love it. >> it's like the power of paradise, look at that. >> this bulldog is on a mission. where could he possibly be headed? >> find out, when we join the quest, next. >>> and see more of the moment when steven and i butted heads. can head over to our website, rightthisminute.com and learn nine ways to wear your infinity scarf. >>> if you think really stupid things are funny and you have the same sense of humor like a grade school kid, like i do. you'll think this video is hilarious, this is from the youtube channel, pete in a box. >> if you replace the word "wand" with the word "willie" it can be quite amusing. immature, but hilarious. >> harry stopped it and put -- >> are you okay? willie, look at my willie! it had slipped. snapped almost in two.

the pole up. >> it takes amazing control to be able to snowboard as well as they're snowboarding, ande usually you need both hands to balance and make the sick turns. >> i love that you said sick turns. >> you're so dope. >> pretty rugged. the conditions are just perfect for snowboarding. >> and the angles are, it's crazy, i love it. >> it's like the power of paradise, look at that. >> this bulldog is on a mission. where could he possibly be headed? >> find out, when we join the quest, next. >>> and see more of the moment when steven and i butted heads. . >> it's an infinity scarf. when i first saw these in the stores i thought they had made some kind of manufacturing mistake. >> i was on a mission to find out how to wear these infinity scarves. >> welcome back. >> this young girl shows us nine different ways to wear an infinity scarf. >> this is called the knot. this would be the cow position. >> do men wear these? >> i own a few scarves. but i don't own an infinity scarf. probably because i didn't know what the heck it was. >> bring it like a back pack. >> oh. >> look at that that's

coming up next the snowboarders and skiers who've seen and survived the dangers of an avalanche. the cooler peninsular in russia's north home to the q.b. massive mountain range this is the cold and windy bolshoi pass the snow here is between one and a half and four meters deep avalanche safety specialists are probing the snow structure on one of the slopes. the top layer of snow drifts on a slope is unstable and ski is could trigger an avalanche shift attention those of you who are keen to scull mountain peaks please be careful. some avalanches a wet others a dry it all depends on the snows composition the speed of avalanches varies between seventy and four hundred kilometers an hour man can do nothing in the face of tons of snow rushing down to such a velocity. and yet people do live in the mountains they study avalanches to be able to protect themselves from the beaches skiers and snowboarders tempt fate by taking to the mountain slopes. in this weather station in the q.b. massive is situations close to the town of one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is o

he points him out as good-guy snowboarder.learn later this guy's name is ian, picks it up and continues going down the mountain, finishes up his run. but what he does next is what makes this video. this youtube poster says that the guy thought, hey, if i turn this into lost and found, it's never going to get back to this guy. someone is going to snag it. so instead he left his cell phone number with an employee at the ski shop, and the guy who lost his camera, of course, went to the ski shop and said, hey, did anybody turn in a gopro, and he said no, but somebody left a phone number. called the next day, got his camera back and got him enough money to pay for his next lift ticket. >> that's a good story. i like ian. >> gopro cameras aren't that expensive, about 300 bucks, but it's about what you've got on there, the video and pictures. >> thanks to ian. he's a good guy out there. >> there are still good people in this world. ♪ . >> let this be a listen to everybody out there making cool youtube videos using your gopro, maybe w

s skiers and snowboarders tempt fate by taking to the mountain slopes. in this weather station in the q.b. massive is situated close to the town of kyoto one hundred fifty kilometers north of the arctic circle it is one of the instruments of the avalanche safety service it records dozens of readings several times a day snow and ground temperatures wind direction solar activity and precipitation all those factors affect the snow and its structure the station staff uses them as the basis for political reform casts concerning avalanches. what triggers a sudden movement of snow in the mountains resulting in a formidable natural disaster. finding the answer to that question is the job of scientists to some petersburg's hydra me to relaunch a cool university one of the factors triggering an avalanche is nothing more unusual than snow evaporation little flakes turn into vapor even at very low temperatures. but with fiber in the top layer of the snow but he escapes into the year. but. it settles on large snowflakes turns into us. as a result snow in the lower tu

another snowboarder gretchen bleiler, who trained with sarah in park city, wrote, "i think sarah would tell us all to keep going, keep waking up early to land those tricks you've been dreaming of but only if it's done with 100% passion, purifier, discipline, and commitment." our thoughts and prayers go out to sarah's family and loved ones at this most difficult time. ski in peace, sarah burke. >>> living the snowboard lifestyle isn't academic texacto 5 grind, you know. you have like a passion for something, it's always in your head, just feels so good to be creative and comfortable and know that this is like my thing. this is what i do. i'm danny davis. and it's different on my mountain. >> todd h.: we welcome you to killington, vermont. this is the pantech invitational countdown show as we get ready for the men's superpipe competition. 12 of the world's best will tackle this 22-foot superpipe with very difficult conditions on an icy cold day here in the northeast. the men won the first event in breckenridge, colorado, last month, 22-year-old kevin rolland from france. this young man s

>> i had no idea we would be here today, snowboarding together today.be more proud of him or happy over how it's turned out. >> reporter: but for the boy who loves to fly it's the love of family that has helped guide him back home. >> high five me, right there. yeah, dude! >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, vermont. >> that's our thursday night broadcast. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> right now at 6:00, worse than before, a bay area waterway with a toxic past has an even more dangerous present. good evening and thanks for joining us on this thursday. >> contaminated bay area waterway that's getting worse by the day with rising levels of a pesticide not seen in the u.s. sense the '70s. where is it coming from and could it hurt you? an alarming report

snowboarder had his pass taken away. >> you saw you got a speedometer on your snowboard, if they're handling their boards correctly and appropriately, how is he to say it's too fast. >> they're stopped in the middle of the slope. >> when you see this conversation you're going to see why people are reacting to this video. >> this is a slope up there. it's slope skiing. >> it wasn't that side. >> do you want your pass? >> i don't. >> shut your [ bleep ]. >>. wow, you're harassing us because we're young. >> quite an argument goes on between them. but at one point, one of the ski patrol guys who drops the f-bomb apologizes. >> shut the [ bleep ] up. >> i apologize. >> that was way too far. >> all right. well the guy did apologize. >> and if there is a slow sign above where ey are at, they need to respectthat. because it can get veryo got mo 100,000 views. >> snow basin had to post their comments at facebook. they said we at snow basin resort had an incident for which we received much-deserved criticism. we have taken measures to prevent this incident from occurring in the future. we strive to ex

>> i had no idea we would be here today, snowboarding together today.be more proud of him or happy over how it's turned out. >> reporter: but for the boy who loves to fly it's the love of family that has helped guide him back home. >> high five me, right there. yeah, dude! >> reporter: kevin tibbles, nbc news, vermont. >> that's our thursday night broadcast. thank you for being here with us. i'm brian williams. of course we hope to see you right back here tomorrow evening. right back here tomorrow evening. good night. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

his set foot is the ambition of many skiers and snowboarders there is a special term for this costly form of entertainment kelly skiing. to get their wish as well the skiing is what every free rider aspires to but it just takes your breath away to ride down the slope after a helicopter. flies you to some out of the way knock in the mountains. national. ones we've left the helicopter we have to test the snow away so what this means is well we make it picks to see the pattern of snowfall in the last few weeks . and see if we see that there's a danger of an avalanche happening that day then we just pack up straightaway and go home when the situation is just right though we follow this route down the mountain. or the wilds of the route the better the snow shore you have so many different routes lying ahead of you so you can choose whichever way you want to go down the mountain pending on the level of skiing your experience in english is how good you are. studying and forecasting avalanches is a complicated process with many phases any forecast supplied by the weather station can never be

travis rice one of the best snowboarders in the world is planning what is called a snowboard lollapaloozaust endless runs of deep powder and an equally deep commitment to blowing the minds of his guests. all i can say, buckle up. >> reporter: everyone has their idea of paradise. a perfect spot where every dream comes true. legendary snowboarder travis rice agreed to meet me at his little piece of eden just over the border in canada's british columbia. and that's travis now. last year travis rice set a heart-thumping standard with his film "the art of flight." known as a big mountain rider rice and friends rip up the back country launching themselves off cliffs, outracing death, and constantly pushing the thin edge of what can be done on a snowboard. now he's throwing a high stakes party on a course of his own design. >> travis, what was the goal behind building this? >> basically being able to crown the best, most well rounded snowboard in the world. >> reporter: snowboarding's elite athletes fall into two groups -- the back country free stylists like rice -- >> there's the setup. >> repo

feels far from frosty these guys can still grind their boxes the i turned my friend here on to snowboardinge takes the snowy weather with him wherever he goes >>here i only have to drive five minutes and within 10 minutes i can snowboard with my friend >>it is still cold when you crash and a cast that covered >>he has heat to counter the chill >>i really like snowboarding in the midwest because when you are with friends could doesn't matter how good the course or the writing is it's about the company >>and on his heel the vibe is cool >> after all that work i hope it doesn't get too muddy for them >>maybe they can take up some waterskiing >>we have absolutely incredible weather radars already 20 degrees above normal high for today and it's only midday >>we're looking at those clouds the skies will get over cast from time to time we will call it a part the nick leddy day there will be periods of sunbreaks there will be westerly breezes it is very warm out to the immediate west and that warm air is flowing into chicago hitting us with the sunshine ... the wind it is a 5-10 mi. per hour and he

. >> reporter: this is what die- hard snowboarders and skiers have been waiting all winter to see. and here it's all guns blazing at ski liberty. >> there is nothing, not enough snow in this season at all. >> reporter: our mild winter is a drag for washington area snow lovers. >> so far, it's been pretty disappointing and i usually by the time of the year, we get to go out a few times and that is the first time i have been all season. >> reporter: it's her first time hitting the slopes this'sson as well. >> i love warm weather in the summer. when it's winter, i want it to be cold as possible. the best for snowboarding, so. >> reporter: with low humidity and high temperatures at or below freezing, it's game on. >> and this is fantastic. what we have been waiting for all winter. >> reporter: and ann weimev head of marketing for ski liberty resort. they have been making snow here since last thursday. the mountain opened friday, three weeks later than normal. >> we're in the teens and 20s as we are now, we could not ask for anything better. >> reporter: it's not just ski resorts here i

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snowboarding association says halfpipe, for example, have gone from 16 feet to 18, and now 22 feet.09, kevin pearce, a promising, young, snowboarded suffered a severe head injury, when he crashed in the same spot as burke. >> i can even be still healing. so, i'm not really in the condition right now to compete anymore. >> reporter: but it's not just professional athletes. we weekenders emulate these daredevils. and they're also getting hurt. >> there may be examination to try to create more mechanisms or make the sport safer. >> reporter: burke was well aware of and accepted the dangers inherent in freestyle keying. >> you're always really pushing yourself to do something that is really tough and learn and progress. so, a lot of injuries involved. and always a bit of a risk. but that's the price you pay. >> reporter: off the mountain, she was one of the most glamorous female athletes in the world. on the mountain, she was a fearsome and fearless competitor. burke lobbied the olympic committee to add freestyle halfpipe skiing as an olympic sport. she would have been the favorite to w