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The TV presenter is back with a new season of New Lives in the Wild. Ben Fogle heads to the slopes for the season premiere of New Lives in the Wild, with the TV presenter meeting snowboarding star Mike Basich in a first-look clip at the upcoming episode.

The season 17 premiere sees Fogle head to Sierra Nevada mountain range in the US to visit Basich, who left the sport of snowboarding to pursue a quieter life at his hand-built log cabin.

In the sneak-peek clip, which can be shared exclusively by RadioTimes.com, Fogle chats to Basich about his choice to give up his career to "reconnect with the natural environment".

When asked whether he misses competition, Basich says: "No. Full freedom. I've never felt better. The snow is going this way, I'm going to follow it."

The clip also teases moments later in the episode, including how the ex-professional "got his kicks by pushing his body to the edge" by jumping out of helicopters before embarking on a "life-changing project".

"I had a fire about a year ago, the whole place burned inside," the American snowboarder says. "That's the one thing I can't get back is time for my kids, so that's a hard thing to process and accept to know that I've got to figure something else out."

Lauren Morris

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