Victor De Le Rue has all the makings of a modern freestyle rider with none of the trappings. This season he knew he wanted to explore snowboarding possibilities in two places—one well-discovered and one obscure. Japan was straightforward. Russia, on the other hand is not a destination on any traditional map of snowboarding hotbeds and certainly none that pertain to big mountain riding.   However, in a select few spots within the 6.6 million square miles of land mass, the riding accessible both in and out of bounds is top notch. The photographic and cinematic evidence from the trip is proo...