Above: Craig McMorris, Eero Ettala and McMorris. Photo: Nathaniel Alexander.

Having Travis Rice as your personal backcountry guide in Alaska or getting a tour of the best street spots in Helsinki from Eero Ettala are both pretty high up there with the things we wish for most from life. Well, imagine if you were given the chance to do both.

“The idea of tackling the backcountry with Travis Rice by your side is as exciting as it is intimidating, so we can only imagine how thrillingly terrifying it is when you’re physically there”

Mark McMorris and Craig McMorris have been busy exploring the world and finding out what the different corners of it have got to offer in terms of snowboarding. The idea of tackling the backcountry with Travis Rice by your side is as exciting as it is intimidating, so we can only imagine how thrillingly terrifying it is when you’re physically there.

Backcountry is Travis’s forte, but the brothers do a pretty impressive job dropping down those big steep mountain lines. Leaving the comforts of your own area of expertise isn’t always easy, but the boys are doing a pretty solid job at it, making us wish Travis might give us a ring next time he’s giving a personal backcountry tour in Alaska. However, we’re no Mark McMorris, and would probably shit ourselves when put on the spot.