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As the screening tour for his documentary Higher takes him to San Francisco, snowboard legend Jeremy Jones meets up with friend Forrest Shearer to trade in snow-covered peaks for the sand and surf of Pacific beaches. It’s a time to reflect on life … and, of course, to catch more air on the sand than you thought was possible. As Jones himself puts it, “That’s my form of flying.”
The ‘never been done before’ stunt involves the 21 year old starting outside The Snow Centre’s building and dropping in onto a 20ft high rail before racing through the back doors of the centre onto the 100m Lesson Slope. He then proceeds to take off a 5m jump to land on a rail with a technical backside 270 to board slide, before nailing it past camera crew and onlookers through the double doors at the bottom of the slope. Arriving at the front of the building, Nicholls takes a tight bend over some rollers and finally gets air from nowhere to front side 180 to 360 off a railing running down the side of The Snow Centre car park.
“I am a snowboard rider. I dream to be the best. Here I show me skillz at mammoth mountain, let me know if you think I have what it takes to be pro!”