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Axel Pauporte has been charging for years. Riding Alaska like a Hellman possessed. Last season however he traded in some big mountain riding for big mountain film making. He made a documentary about riding in Alaska but his flick is way better than what you see on The Discovery Channel. He follows Justin Hostynek and crew; like Jeremy Jones, Nicolas Muller, Wolle Nyvelt, Romain De Marchi, Travis Rice, Gigi Ruff, MFM and more through a modern day Alaska filming trip. All the while going back in time to show us the history of Alaskan riding, complete with lot’s of interviews, footage (old and new) and stories from the likes of Shaun Farmer, Tom Burt, Johan Oloffson, Mike Ranquet and other legends. You want tough, try riding Alaska after an all night drinking binge (like Farmer did) or how about carrying pistols while snowboarding to fend off wolverines - crazy shit! So go check out Lines the Film because it is made by Snowboarders (like Snowboard Revolution) and because it is really interesting. Axel also talks about becoming a big mountain riding while coming from a country with no mountains - Belgium

From: Belgium
Age: 35
Years riding: 17
www.linesthefilm.com

SR: How do you get into riding big mountains in Belgium? Are there any mountains there?
Axel: Not at all it’s totally flat! I think in the end it helped me. I started on dry slopes which are super sketchy, made of plastic and like riding on ice but it makes you that much better because when you get on real snow it is that much easier. Mostly though it helped because when I first moved to the Alps to spend a season I saw the guys from there and they were kind of picky. They did not realize how lucky they were to be there. They did not ride that much, you know like “its bad weather” where as I was super hungry and riding from sunrise to sunset because I was so happy to be there, you know. So I think it helped in a way. That’s how it started; I moved to the Alps and spent a couple of seasons there. All I did was ride for a couple of years straight. Met some people, got sponsored and…the sport was very young back then, there was not that many people doing it. I was mostly into freestyle at first and then hurt my knee. I came back and thanks to Regis (Regis Rolland from Apocalypse Now film) he was riding with me in Les Arcs (where they shot those films) he showed me all the backcountry stuff and gave me a taste for that. Just riding with him opened my eyes and made think that was the type of riding I really want to do, you know?

SR: So you think some of the people that grew up in the mountains took it for granted and you went up there…
Axel: …Yea, pretty much…

SR: …like Kelly Slater coming from Florida?
Axel: (laughs) Yea, that’s true, huh; he used to ride shitty waves.

SR: When did you start riding?
Axel: When I was like 18, I rode a little bit but really got into it in my 20’s, so kind of late

SR: Favorite spot?
Axel: Alaska, for sure! There’s good terrain in the Alps, Canada and a lot of places but Alaska is so remote and the Heli operations are great there. There are not too many rules, they trust you; let you do what you think you can do and not taking you by the hand too much. Those are big advantages and I just love it there! The people are really, really cool, the nature…everything!

SR: Who is hot now?
Axel: Jeremy Jones id definitely the main guy today for big mountain riding. Jonovan Moore is right there because he is such a talented rider and has the freestyle lines too. Plus Travis Rice, Romain (DeMarchi), Gigi (Ruff), (Nicolas) Muller, Kurt Wastell…all those guys are more freestyle so they are less about big lines but bringing freestyle into the big mountains today. Marc Franc! It’s funny cause not too many people know (laughter) you know, they know him as a rail guy, jibber and freestyler guy but back in 97 he was in Alaska with us then. He is in Alaska as we speak (April, 2007) filming with Justin (Hosteynek), fuck he is definitely one of the super talented guys up there who can take it to the next level.

SR: Yea, he just got a bunch of shots and a cover in Transworld for trip to somewhere way they the hell down in South America.
Axel: Right, he is amazing.

SR: Whole Mountain, jump or freestyle?
Axel: I like to ride from top to bottom. I will go hike a kicker and yea that’s great but I really want to ride from top to bottom. I think it is more creative too because you only get one shot.

SR: Is there more to snowboarding than just the ride? What about the whole experience…being in the mountains…
Axel:…Yea, absolutely, there is more than just riding. It is good just to be out there.

SR: How did you transition from rider to filmmaker?
Axel: It’s natural when you are around so many filmmakers and photographers. Actually, it’s funny, it feels kind of the same, riding a bit, filming a bit. That’s what I wanted to bring, an insiders point of view. I did not want to be an outsider and just people to do stuff for the film. I just wanted to be there and film when I could. The transition is cool as long as I am out there.

SR: Future, Crystal Ball?
Axel: I spent so much time on this film, I see myself on my board, snowboarding and surfing.

SR: Sounds like a tough life. Thanks, I gotta bail back to my crappy office job
Axel: I might have to some day (work in an office) but for now I am trying to push that off.

Ready to charge! Much thanks to Axel for letting take some pictures from his websight, since, uhh we don’t have a budget to go to Alaska…yet

Beauty and sickness in Alaska

From an old magazine shoot

From a Transworld interview, I believe

Whoa wait a surfing photo? That’s right Axel is an avid surfer as this photo of surfing in Hawaii shows, no wait, Alaska. All photos above were taken with permission from Axel’s website

Photo taken by Axel and stolen by me from www.linesthefilm.com, so go look at the teaser!

Not a has been - still charging. Once snowboardin is in your blood, you are a lifer. Posers come and go, the true ones keep going

Check her Snowboard Revolution interview here

http://www.snowboard-revolution.com/rider/Kimmy-Fasani.html

Then watch her on Fuel

Hi All

Below is the information about the FUEL TV Show: The Daily Habit, which airs
today 10/9.

Thank you all for your support and I hope you enjoy the show!!

Have a great night,
Kimmy Fasani

The Daily Habit: Fuel TV- Direct TV

Kimmy Fasani’s show is going to air tonight October 9th at 6pm PST/ 9pm EST
and later again at 9pm PST/12am EST.

The show rebroadcasts the following day, October 11th at 11:30am PST/2:30pm
EST and again later at 2:30pm PST/5:30pm EST (however, check local listings
in your area is it could vary from location to location). So that’ll be
four opportunities to catch her show in a 48-hour period!

Kimmy Fasani
Mammoth Lakes, Ca 93546
Cell: no way
Email: no way
You only wish I would give out her address, cell phone and e mail, ha, sorry
Website: www.kimmyfasani.com

Will The Skate Banana be your next board? It will if your are not afraid to try something new. It will be your next board if you want break away from the masses, the lemmings. It will be your next board if you want to have some fun. After all snowboarding stemmed from skateboarding and surfing – not skiing.
This story starts at the Roxy Chicken Jam in March of 2007. Brian Craighill, the Quiksilver snow team manager, was riding a crazy looking board. I asked him about it. He explained that it had rocker instead of camber and Magne Traction. The rocker allows it to turn easier, gives it pop, rides well in powder and ensures that it does not catch edges on the rails. The Magne Traction makes it all work. I said man “that is just a gimmick” he said “No way, I ride this thing everywhere” Well; Brian is a strong rider so I was intrigued. After lurking around www.mervin.com I was convinced that I needed to ride a Skate Banana. After some begging they sent me a board (159 cm) with the stipulation that “I only write good things”. Well I write whatever the hell I want but I will say that I totally dug it and it is going to be my go-to board for next year. I rode it at Mammoth for Memorial Day 2007 and it lived up to its hype in the slushy conditions. It rode well everywhere except maybe moguls on a double black run but it was manageable in the bumps and bumps suck anyway. It carved, spun, rode solid, ollied…everything. I am just a normal rider, mostly all mountain. Danny Kass just won a contest on a Skate Banana shape so everyone from normal guys like me to a 2 time Olympic silver medalist are grooving on it.

Mervin (Lib Tech, Gnu, and Bent Metal) co-founder Pete Saari helped me interpret how the thing works…check it out.

Danny Kass - 1st hit, ASJ, 1st place. It all happened in July 2007 on a Skate Banana. Photo by Andrew Miller

SR: Hey, thanks for taking time from your life dominating the world of
snowboarding and getting ready to sell every board you make next season to answer a few questions about the Skate Banana.

SR: For what fifteen + years now snowboards have been made essentially the
same with camber and two curved rails to initiate turns. Of course there have been many variations of the camber and curved rails theme but basically the same idea. Recently Mervin came out with Magne Traction which changed the way we look at the “curves” part of the snowboard. Now you guys are throwing the camber part out the window. This is kind of the first major change in snowboards in 20 years am I wrong?
PS: Snowboard geometry has not changed much in the past couple of decades. We are working on what we call snowboard specific geometries that account for the fact that on a snowboard you stand sideways and have two feet putting control and input into the board. Both Magne Traction wiggly edges and Banana Technology snowboard specific concepts designed to focus turn initiation and control into the area between your feet and free the tips and tails to float, climb, and deflect. Traditional radial cambered geometries are based on 100 year old ski theories.

SR: Where did the idea for The Skate Banana come from?
PS: We have been working on snowboard design everyday for over 25 years. Our shop is basically a big R&D facility. Banana Technology and Magne-traction solves some problems that we have been working on for years. The skate banana came from a few places, my quest to build a twin powder freestyle board and Olsons’ defensemen’s ice skate blade concepts. We wanted a powder board that you could ride in both directions and built a full rockered, reverse side cut, twin pow board (The Travis Rice Banana Hammock). We then wanted to improve this pow specific designs performance on hardpack. During these hardpack test sessions we realized the overall potential of rocker if used properly and came up with the skate Banana jib/freestyle design concept… a normal Magne-Traction twin shape combined with a short rocker that runs from one binding to the other and then having the board go flat to the tip and tail. When you stand on the board the rocker is pressed out you still get some solid tip and tail pressure and connection but now much of the control has been shifted toward the middle of the board. The board is pre curved between your feet so you no longer have to work as hard to turn. We have done quite a bit of fine tuning rocker height and length etc…The end result is the reinvention of the modern freestyle snowboard. A quiver killing freestyle board that works better and is easier to ride everywhere from a centered park stance. The future is bananas!

SR: Does it take different construction techniques from the normal snowboard?
PS: The Banana requires a different core profile and new formblocks. The core profile is stiffened at the tip and tail for pop, control and the ability to blast through crud/broken snow with out folding.

SR: Would the rocker idea work any snowboard or does it take the magic of Magne Traction to function?
PS: Magne-traction helps make it work. The Magne-traction gives it extra edge hold and allows us to fine tune exact control focus points.

SR: The Skate Banana has actual rocker between the legs and is straight (no rocker or camber) towards the tip and tail. How does this help the rider have more fun?
PS: The rocker between the feet shifts turn initiation and control to the middle of the board freeing the tip and tail to lift, climb, deflect and float. The end result is the most versatile freestyle snowboard ever built. You can ride every terrain a mountain will throw at you from your centered park stance. The catch free tip and tail make the board great on rails, jumps, jibs, pressing, buttering, etc. The preset rocker between your feet makes it a great turning, carving board and gives it solid edge hold on ice, harpack and in steeps. The entire board floats great in powder in either direction from the centered stance. You can now ride switch pow as well as a powder specialty board. That opens up all kinds of freestyle fun options. The rocker allows you to micro manage your line in steep technical freeriding terrain and it lands really well in powder because the rocker floats so well. Basically one board does everything better from a wide centered park stance. The board is easier to ride, you fall less, you learn tricks faster, and you get away with mistakes. It is like training wheels no one can see. You become a better more confident snowboarder and you are riding a banana. All that stuff equals more fun…

SR: If the board is looser and easier to ride does that mean it is hella loose and un-stable at higher speeds?
PS: It is very stable at speeds. When you stand on the rocker the board is pressed flat and there is pressure over the entire contact area from tip to tail. There is more pressure at and between your feet where you need control and the tip and tail free less sensitive to terrain irregularities. Basically the board is easier to ride at any speed.

SR: Would the Skate Banana work as part of a quiver or could riders out there own a Skate Banana as their sole board?
PS: The Skate Banana 156 is the only board I need for everything. One board does it all. Jibs, Jumps, park, rail, pow, switch pow, steeps, ice, hardpack, pipe, dork around what ever…

SR: Does the fact that Danny Kass won the 2007 ASJ halfpipe contest and Sammy Lubke won the Holy Oly Revival validate the fact that the Skate Banana is not just a toy? I mean Danny Kass needs some legit solid shit to win a pipe contest.
PS: I think that is just the beginning. The Skate Banana is easier to ride so pros can ride better… a lot of our riders were on bananas all winter. Jamie Lynn, Jesse Burtner, Danny Kass, Blair Habenicht, Sammy Lubke, Martin Cernic…

SR: My impression of riding the Skate Banana at Mammoth on Memorial Day is that it is easier to turn less prone to catching the tip or tail, super fun to ride yet stable and fast and it cut through the slushy snow pretty well – kind of like riding a 152 fun wise and riding a 160 stability wise, is this close to accurate or was it the altitude?
PS: That describes it pretty well. You can ride a shorter board in all conditions including powder because the Banana’s design (rocker between the feet flat to the tip and tail) works better than a traditional snowboard. The Banana is specifically designed to work with your wide park stance and takes advantage of the fact that you have two feet applying pressure to the board. The tip and tail are less catchy and you have better control over the board at your feet. The board is already bent and ready to turn so you don’t have to go through the mechanical process of de-cambering it using technique and skill just to get it to turn. The banana works for you. A snowboard is not a ski…

SR: Is it good for parks, powder, all mountain, traversing or does it work best for taking to the X Games in Aspen and carrying around so you look like you have the newest thing, or all of the above?
PS: It works better everywhere! It holds a great traverse and climbs and lands through kinky transitions better cambered snowboards. This is one of those rare deals where there is an actual improvement in equipment, kind of like when deep “parabolic” sidecuts hit skiing and all the old skis were instantly obsolete. You can have your Banana and eat it too.

SR: Will other companies try to copy?
PS: There have been other rockered boards out there but they were all designed as powder boards with full tip to tail rocker… they don’t work well as jib/freestyle boards. Our concept is the replacement for the everyday modern freestyle snowboard. It is a great park and pipe board that also works
everywhere else and kills the powder in both directions. We have our design (rocker between the feet, flat to the tips and tails) patented. I don’t know if other companies quite understand why they work yet. Most of them have their boards made overseas in China so the R&D process is much slower than ours.

SR: Anything else you would like to add about the Skate Banana or anything
un-known bits of info you give to the Danny Kass stalkers out there?
PS: The future is Banana’s. I don’t know what I can tell the Danny Kass stalkers other than be careful… Have you seen Danny lately? He is all grown up “man” Danny these days. It looks like he might bite back…

Pete Saari
VP Marketing
Mervin Mfg.

www.mervin.com

Gone Bananas! photo by Andrew Miller

Where the f&%+ did those matching bindings come from?

Sammy Luebke going small - photo by Andrew Miller

Kass Banana madness - photo by Andrew Miller

Ride a Banana and win thousands of dollars - guaranteed - photo by Andrew Miller

Kass in the ASJ slope course 2007 - photo by Andrew Miller. Andrew has been taking some sick photos, wait, this is not about Andrew Miller

Kimmy Fasani is a name you will hear more in the future. She is a woman on the rise, even making it into the 07’ X Games. Years of riding and a good attitude means she will go far. How did she get there? Check out her on words!

Name: Kimmy Fasani
Age: 22
Hometown: Truckee, California
Current Home: Park City, Utah
Sponsors: DC, CLIF BAR, Skullcandy, Salty Peaks, Focused Web
Stance and binding set up: 18, -18 Goofy
First year snowboarding: 1991-1992 Season
Local Mountain: Northstar at Tahoe, and Now Park City

SR: What is the first thing you do in the morning?
KF: Check the clock, and then splash some water on my face

SR: What is the first trick of the day
KF: I would say a front or back three to test things out

SR: What is the last trick of the day?
KF: Right now in Park City, a slush slash would be the last trick of the day

SR: What is your favorite trick?
KF: Backside 5 or a back-flip

SR: Who do you ride with?
KF: Anybody that’s having a good time

SR: What would be a normal day for Kimmy Fasani, whatever “normal” is?
KF: Well, on a normal day in Park City I get up around 8:00 am and make some tea. Next, I poor myself a bowl Nature’s Path Granola and mix it with almond milk and a cut up banana, kiwi, and some blueberries. Then I turn some music on, stretch, put some sunscreen on, and get dressed. Head to the hill at bout 10am and ride till about 3:00pm. After the hill, I head to Wild Oats to get some Sushi or a salad, and then home to do some homework. I go to bed around 10:30

SR: So you grew up in Tahoe, and then moved to Mammoth and now Park City, What prompted the moves?
KF: I was born and raised in Truckee and was in for a change when I finished high school in 2002. Mammoth was the place where everyone was migrating and there was a community college, so I decided to make the move. The park there was always on point it was a great move! After four years there I got the itch to try out another resort, and I was getting tired of the three-hour drive back and forth to the airport. So Park City was the next place on the list. So far Park City has proven to be the easiest location to travel from, and Brighton and Park City are really fun Mountains to cruise around when I’m home

SR: For people who have not been to all three towns, what are the pluses And minuses of each area
KF: Truckee: Pluses- 40 minutes to the airport, Wild Cherries, about 5 resorts within half hour of town, Java Sushi, and my mom is there.

Minuses- The traffic around the lake during the summer

Mammoth: Pluses- The Mountain is 5 minutes from town, Roberto’s, Looney Bean, the park is always well maintained and fun, the chairs seem faster than any other mountain

Minuses- 3 hours from the closest airport, and only one grocery store

Park City: Pluses- 30 minutes to the airport, Wild Oats, Cold Stone Creamery, Salt Lake City is 25 miles away, the Factory Outlets, and The Kings Crown park is always set up to entertain for a full day of riding

Minuses- I can’t think of any right now

SR: Was it nice growing up in Tahoe?
KF: Yep, I loved it

SR: Did you ever want to live in the city?
KF: Yeah, I still do, maybe San Francisco someday

SR: What did you do growing up in the mountains?
KF: I got to get out of School at 12:25pm everyday during the winter to go snowboarding

SR: Growing up; did you want to snowboard for money or just for fun?
KF: It was and still is, all because it’s fun

SR: How did the sport get to where it is in your life now
KF: My mom got we my first snowboard when I was 7, but I skied until I was 12 and then switched to snowboarding full-time. When I got to high school, some of my girlfriends and I would go out on the weekends and then one day, a couple guys told me to try a back flip. I did and I landed it third try. They convinced me to start competing and I made it to USASA Nationals. haha. I just couldn’t get enough, so stayed with it, and this is where it has led me

SR: You have been competing and ripping for a while and every year you seem to get a little more love from the industry and media. Are you happy with how things are progressing for you?
KF: I couldn’t be happier. I love what I am doing and it awesome that people are seeing that

SR: Is image important in making a career in snowboarding?
KF: I think yes but it depends on how you want to market yourself

SR: Is image more important for men or women?
KF: Women for sure

SR: Does women’s snowboarding get the coverage it deserves?
KF: I think it’s starting to get the coverage it deserves

SR: Is the coverage of women’s events getting better or worse?
KF: This year women’s snowboarding has shown a lot of progression and it seems that the TV time for our events is getting a bit longer because of it

SR: Many men pro shreds never enter contests yet can still make a living Whereas it seems many women shreds enter contests, is that how they make Money?
KF: Contests are definitely the way for women to make a living, especially since not many ladies have had the opportunity to film a full video part each year

SR: Is the future bright or dim?
KF: Bright!!

SR: What are some important things to you besides riding?
KF: Finishing college and spending time with my family

SR: Do you cross train or does your training consist of 12 oz curls (or 6 oz Pinot Noir)?
KF: Haha! How’d you know I like Pinot Noir? I do get on a pretty good gym routine once the season slows down

SR: What are your plans for the future and how what role will snowboarding play?
KF: I plan to snowboard until my body can’t take it anymore, and then I hope to live at the beach and work with a company in the industry

SR: Anything you would like to sound off about?
KF: You never know what life plans for you tomorrow, so make things happen today

SR: Shout outs
KF: Thanks to my mom, my family, Chris B., the Mammoth family, Lindsay B., Molly A., God, and everyone else that has been there along the way

Torah with Rufio, he’s all business

Torah Bright is one of the top female shredders right now and still so young that she can have a long, bright career in front of her. She comes from a town in Australia just south of Canberra, the capitol of Down Under. There are some resorts there where they manage to grab some snow from the clouds a few months a year but it is not the ideal place to learn to rip. Not only does Torah rip but she is blessed with outstanding looks and a glowing personality. She was so happy when I talked to her. Well, she was about to win the ticket to ride overall but she had a happiness that seemed genuine not just of the moment. Also, she was very nice and willing to talk and hang out with the fans. Sorry to say, no real reasons to hate on her just cuz you may be jealous.

Some results include, TTR 2007 over all champ, US Open pipe 2006 – 1st, World Superpipe 2006 – 1st, Vans Tahoe Cup 2006 – 1st, 2006 Olympics, superpipe – 5th, Arctic Challenge 2005 – 1st, Nippon Open 2005

You have to imagine all her answers have a nice little Aussie accent

SR: What was your best run today (2007 Chicken Jam Slope)?
TB: Back 5, switch back 1, front 3, cab 7, I skipped all the rails. Well I didn’t skip them but they aren’t worth talking about (laughs)

SR: What is your favorite part of the day?
TB: I reckon lunchtime is a good part of the day

SR: Long winter?
TB: Very long winter! This is the last event till the summertime.

SR: Now that snowboarding season is kind of winding down for the season do you get sad at all?
TB: Everyone gets saaad. When snowboard season’s over it is kind of a relief though, your like, ahhh. Your body can rest, your mind can rest, and you have a little break and fire up for next winter.

SR: Until you head down to the southern hemisphere, your home.
TB: Yea

SR: Speaking of Australia, how do you get as good as you at snowboarding in Australia? I mean Thredbo (laughter) is not the worst but it is not the sickest
TB: (laughing) You just don’t know where to go

SR: Prolly true
TB: Well the key is coming from down there is that we can learn how to snowboard but that’s about it. Ever since my second year snowboarding I’ve been oversees traveling and spending quite a bit of time over here. Nine months out of the year I am over here, in Europe and Asia, so that’s why

SR: Do you think growing up down under made you more motivated
TB: No, I think…I don’t know being Australian…it’s like

SR: Australian are just a little crazy?
TB: yea, we have that reputation, but no not me (laughs)

SR: No funny business?
TB: No!

SR: So did the Olympic experience (2006, 5th place in pipe) change your life?
TB: It definitely made it more stressful and annoying

SR: Annoying, really?
TB: Yea, you think you just do the events for a few weeks but you have to deal with it all year, like countries Olympic federation. It’s a nightmare pretty much but the actual experience of being at the Olympics was incredible

SR: So everything leading up to it was kind of a pain?
TB: Oh – mega pain, like for one full winter

SR: After it was over did you feel a release of stress?
TB: A little bit but the Olympics were midseason so we had the rest of the season to go on with. After that disappointment there for me, you know, you just pick your self up and try again. Then I ended up having an awesome season after that

SR: Well you were ruling late last year. How about your dog?
TB: Oh, he is the best! His name is Rufio.

SR: Where did you get him?
TB: I got him at a pet store in Orem Utah. My Poma-pooch, named Rufio with a tie, he’s all business (laughter)

SR: Thanks
TB: Sure thing

Torah Bright at the Roxy Chicken Jam doing “nothing woth mentioning”

Cab 720 action

My goodness she is just cute and nice as can be

2007 Overall Ticket To Ride champion

Spinning in Tahoe in March of 2006

Backside air on the way to winning the 2006 Vans Tahoe Cup

Name: Aaron Bittner

Age: 23

Current Location: Salt Lake City, Utah

Sponsors: DC, Technine, Oakley, Ogio, Celtek

Did you grow up in SLC? If not where? Yeah I grew up in SLC, in Holladay/ East Millcreek.

How long have you been snowboarding? 15 years

How long have you been sponsored? 3 or 4 years

How did getting the cover of transworld affect your sponsor situation? It
has definitely sturred things up a bit.

Who’s Rollin with you daily? Deadlung, Tomich, Bennee, Fuller, P. Moore…&
mad other homies, I can’t keep writin names.

Slams these days are harder than ever, how do you maintain? I just try to
calculate the risk of each situation that I get myself in. It’s all on you
so, is it worth it?

Got a workout plan? I go to the gym every once in a while, I have also gone
to a handful of yoga classes. Snowboarding is the best workout for
snowboarding tho.

Do you eat healthy? I try to, but it doesn’t always work out that way.

What is your favorite terrain to ride? Snowbird. Chips run.

Ever spend time in that Utah backcountry? Yeah, usually during the winter.
hahaa…we build jumps and stuff sometimes. I haven’t really been able to
log any jump footage for the past couple of years tho.

What’s the scene like in Salt Lake these days? Salt Lake has changed man,
it used to be cool….but now Molca is closed on sundays.

Park rails or Street Rails? Street Rails without a doubt.

Top ten tracks to ride to?

1. 8Ball & MJG feat. Bun B- The Streets

2. Concise Kilgore- Panoramic Opera

3. Dead Prez- Hip Hop

4. Iriscience & DJ Babu- On Deadly Ground

5. C-Murder feat. Mac & Mr. Serv On- Show Me Luv

6. Notorious BIG- Dead Wrong

7. Celly Cell- Heat 4 Yo Azz

8. Sean Paul feat. Tony Touch & R.O.B.B- Esa Loca

9. Anthony B- One Thing

10. Big Punisher- Fast Money

Who is the best underrated Jibber? J2 !!

Got any advice for the up and comers? Don’t fake it. Stay real.

Anyone you would like to thank? Mommy and Daddy.