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The Ultimate Ride: Shaun White

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I love snowboarding, I love Japan, and I like Shaun White so I thought a video about all these things would be awesome. Unfortunately, I was wrong. First of all, the whole thing runs less than an hour and only in the middle third are they actually in Japan. It starts off talking about how Shaun is out of his element in the backcountry and it ends with his win at the 2008 US Open in Stratton. If those are of interest to you fine, but I wanted to see some serious footage of his time in Japan and I don't think it lasts more than thirty minutes. Secondly, although you get to hear plenty of Shaun talking and people talking about Shaun, you don't really see more than a handful of shots of Shaun actually snowboarding. A lot of the footage is of his friends who are along for the trip. Also, since we are in Japan, why doesn't the video spend much time exploring the culture, the food, and the uniqueness of the country that would make a trip there fun and exciting? If you want to see a great ski/snowboarding video about Japan, go to evogear.com and stream Nimbus Independent's "En Route - Japan". Best of all, it's FREE!!!

Not a bad video. Documentary about Shawn going to Japan. More narration than I thought, not enough actual snowboarding. But, the powder footage is pretty good.

This movie rules! I was so stoked that Shaun is out of his element in Japan. Such good pow riding and awesome footage from when he was a little kid. I can't believe how far he has come! If you like Shaun, this will open your eyes and you will love him!

My almost 7 year old grandson watched this video 5 times in 24 hours while on a ski/snowboard vacation with us. Shaun is his hero. My grandson asked for the video for his 7th birthday and all the kids at his party were captivated. Having skied all my life, I was in awe watching the skills of the boarders and enjoying the vicarious thrill of snowriding in such an amazing setting. This video appeals to all ages. I highly recommend it.

I bought this DVD for my grandson for his birthday, so he would have to rate it. I can say, however, that it arrived timely for me to send it to him and appeared to be in perfect condition.