When I spoke with big mountain snowboarder Travis Rice in May, he told me that for companies to have any credit in the action sports landscape, they must support the substructure of the lifestyle.

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Spanning more than 11, 000 hectares on the southern slopes of Ailao Mountain, the Hani Rice Terraces (haniterrace.com) in Yuanyang County are the work of the Hani minority.

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Rice traveled with the president to Camp David, and there are secure facilities at the mountain Maryland retreat to allow the president to conduct his regular military and national security briefings and meetings -- either in person or by secure video conference.

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