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We received a pre-release copy of Duke Boyds new hardback Leg-endsofSurng. He teamed up with photog extraordinaire Jeff Devine to bringyouthisbright,bigglossylledwith tons of crisp, clean shots of he-roes of yesteryears and today. High-lighting surngs pioneers, this bookgoes through the times and is great for any enthusiasts collection.

In celebration of their 20th year of park development, Big Bear is web-casting a nine part documentary series leading up to the opening of the 2009/2010 snow season. Theyre releasing one segment a week and by thetimethisinkhitsyourngerspartsoneandtwoshouldbeavailablefor download at bearmountain.com. Click your way over there and learn a little history about one of Southern California premier snowboarding mountain and get pumped up for opening day.

I just got a phone call (literally minutes before deadline) from our Sep-tember cover artist, SABER. His Health Care Reform video was selected asoneoftwentynalistsnationwidetobechosenasanationalcampaign.Saber has been suffering from some serious health issues and knows the problems with Americas Health Care rst hand. Imade this videoand support Health Care Reform because I am self-employed and have been denied much needed Health Insurance. To this day I have none. You can help Sabers cause (as well as Americas) and VOTE for Sabers video by either going to his website at Saberone.com or at my.barackobama.com/page/content/hrvcvideos.com.

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I AM SNOWBOARDINGWith the real opening weekend ofcially goingdown the second week in November; it looks like Mammoth is going to be place to be. With snow falling as I type this, Thursday the 12th will serve as the ofcialkickoff party with Analog boys and all the good folks from Wave Rave mixing it up at the Whitebark Lounge in the Westin. Thats just a warm up for Friday nights JLA: I Am Snowboarding party presented by Volcom and Electric at Whiskey Creek. But even that is a warm up for Saturday nights world premiere of the highly anticipated snowickHot Laps and the I Am Snowboarding art show at the Village at Mammoth. With many local and transplant art-ists/photographer teams, there is sure to be some-thing for everyone to en-joy. Be sure to also check out the super limited edi-tion screened posters JDK designed for the event.

Riviera Longboards has been around for about three years now and seems to be getting better and better every year. The new Skartist Series from Riviera Longboards is all that and a bag of rad. The newest line features graphics from some of skate boardings heaviest hitting art-ists like Teddy Kelly, Ron Cameron, Todd Bratrud, and Mi-chael Sieben. Holy crap, this line is dope. Grab one or two of these boards before theyre all sold out!

I gotta give a little shout out to our boys Spides and Dean of Atwater for bringing home the Break-through Brand of the Year award at this years SIMA surf sum-mit in Cabo. These two dudes are really hard workers, living their dreams and doing what they love. Atwater has been creating some reallyneapparelandImstokedtheynallygot a little recognition they so badly deserve. Congrats boys and see you at the Bear Flag soon.

The marketing peeps at Mountain High have been cracking the whips on their snow techies all summer long and are gearing up to release their very own iPhone application this month. Slated to go live November 15th, the boys left no strings untied as they have thought of it all: videos, live cams, snow conditions, road con-ditions, trail openings, and even pur-chasing lift tickets through your phone. Another must have for the tech gen-eration, download it on mthigh.com or the App Store soon.

Ever since weve announced the launch of Eskuche, our boy Andrew Schu-lenburgs headphone company, only good things have been happening. It seems like nowadays everyone is onto the headphone craze but very few are getting the notoriety from top celebrities as Kanye WestEskucheisoneofthese few. He blasted them on his blog after seeing the BL!SSS plug so ex-pect to see the Control next. Another timeless design priced to sell, it doesnt seem like Eskuche can do anything wrong, well keep you posted.

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Igotachancetoexperiencethesewonderfulblowupboardbagsrsthandon a weekend getaway to Nicaragua last month. I know, a long way for a few short days but well worth it to escape the orange curtain to get some qualitysessionsinwiththeofceboysandourbuddyZach Boone of Nike 6.0. Anyway, Zach, being the clever little human that he is, already had his hands on this Soma Airbag and boy were we impressed. I think we spent the whole ride to the airport thinking of other uses for his boardbag: sleeping bag,poollounger,riverraft,shingvessel,airmattressyougetthepoint.Anyway, his bag was way lighter than the rest of ours, zero quiver damage, andsimpletocarry.Actually,theonlydownsidewastheblowupfactoritgothim a bit winded and some strange looks. Soma Airbag crew, how about you oatusacoupledowntotheBL!SSS headquarters and well test them for ya!

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The boys at FUEL TV havereleasedtheirrstonlinevideogameincon-junction with their hit series Built to Shred. Now this time of the month we look for anything to do besides work so you can bet your sweet baby Jesus weve been putting some serious time in trying to beat this weeks high score. The graphics will take you back to arcade days, but it still a great little break from the grind. Check it out at fuel.tv/builttoshredgame.

We got a little ofce visitfrom our dear friend Luann Petix this past month as she brought us a few cases of the new PRE Probiotic En-hancer Beverages. With a name like that I gotta admit I was a bit skeptical on how they would taste but it only took about 2 weeks to blow through ve cases so thathas gotta tell ya something. Keeping us healthy and our immune systems strong for this upcoming winter - thats something everyone could use!

Starting November 14th in the Huntington Surf & Sport Boardroom, the rst ASP World SurngChampion, Peter PT Townend, will host Cof-fee Conversations, Talk Story and Bustin Down the Door. Hell be talking surfboards, telling stories and pretty much just being the typical Aussie that he is. Anyone who has yet to have that PT experience needs to head on over to HSSs and listen to a story or two. And dont forget to check out their full range of the best surfboard brands, including the Santa Cruz PTs Bus-tin Down the Door retro model Stylemaster single-n and his otherfavorite, the Pumpkin Seed. Well see you for a cup of joe from the coffee bar and a chance to win a Santa Cruz cruiser skate-board.

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We know that digital cameras arent going away anytime soon, but theres somethingtobesaidaboutthosethatarekeepinganalogcamerasandlmalive. Lomo is doing just that with their newest line of the Diana Mini. The Diana Mini is pretty much the same as her bigger sister the Diana, just a littlesmallerobvious.Besidesitssmallerproportionswithonly6cmhighand7cm wide the new Diana Mini offers a forgotten 1960s technique - the half frame pho-tography. You can switch between half frame and 35 mm square format. That handy option takes the Diana Mini to an almost endless picture-taking friend. You can shoot 72 pictures with a regular 36 exposures 35 mm rolllm.Besidesthemultipleframeformats the tiny 35mm camera is packed with features like multi and long time exposures, overlapping im-ages, and cable release compatibility. Check out the chrome model shown here or at lomography.com.

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So by now most of you have seen our boy Louie Vito dancing his little troll ass off on the show, Dancing With the Stars. Louie put up quite a ghtinhissixweeksontheshow,andwegottasaythathissweetlookingpartner sure did make things a lot easier when it came to tuning in. But sadly, Louies run has come to an end, and actually him getting voted off is probably the best thing that happen to us because now we never have to watch that horrible show again.

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Tony Hawk and his crew at Activision will release what seems to be their millionth game under the Tony Hawk name; This ones called TH Ride and is being released on November 17th. The new game gives you the controller as a skate deck that you stand on and move to do all the tricks. No handheld controllers at all here, youll actually got to get off the couch to play. Which, can either be a really good or really annoying thing if you ask us. Then again, our favorite game is still Super Mario Bros, so who are we to talk. But its simply amazing that after all these years Tony has sold millions and millions of these games, making him not only the most recognizable name in action sports, but also the richest. Amen to that!

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The boys up in Santa Cruz have been busy putting together their new website that just launched. If you havent checked out their full line of boards, you gotta quit your lagging and check out all the new ones, especially the G-Decks, Ozzie Wright and Archy pro mod-els. Not only are all the Santa Cruz boards the newest in PowerLyte EXT technology but most of them have some awesome paint jobs as well, so youll be stylin at your local shred spot. Go to santacruzsurf-boards.com and get your shred on.

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Now a lot of brands have been dropping iPhone apps as of late but none as comprehensive and all encompassing as the new Skullcandy app. I just downloaded this sucker to-day and it has everything: surf reportcheck,snowconditions check, skatepark locations check,videos check, musicdoublecheckImeanev-erything. It really is one of thenerappsweveseen.Oh yeah, and its free so be sure to search Skullca-ndy at the App Store and download today.

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So it doesnt really take a Genius to gure out speakersthat look like these, have great sound quality, and retail for under $50 is a great buy. Yup, an-other must-have for anyone owning and iPod, laptop, or just to spice up the of-ce look. You cantgo wrong with wood ,so head on over to your local electron-ics shop a pick up a pair today.

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Christian Jacobs is living his dream. After taking a huge risk and leaving a job at RVCA, he hit the nail on the head and co-created the amazing Nick Jr. childrens television series Yo Gabba Gabba! Yo Gabba Gabba! is a show intended for kids but transcends the boundaries by combining visually stimulating pop culture and musical genius that adults can appreciate. Christian,alsothesingerfortheAquabats,exeshismusic background and has guest appearance from some of the best including Biz Markie, Weezer, MGMT and the Roots to name a few.

Christian invited me for a taping of one of the shows and I must say it was one of the coolest, most inspiring events I have ever experienced. Yo Gabba Gabba! is lmedatDowneyStudiosinanendlessplaygroundofsets, characters and costumes that I could have only dreamed of. Not only was there an entire universe under one roof but the legendary DEVO was on center stagelmingforanupcomingepisode.Iwatchedin

complete awe as DEVO performed on the blue screen while Christian ran the show with a megaphone (even he couldnt believe he was directing DEVO). I was a little confused when everyone behind the scenes wererockinpiratecostumesandIcametondoutthat every single day is theme dress up day. Damn, I missed day-glow day by one day where I would have trightin!

The best part is, is that Christian is one of the most humble nicest dudes and comes from a background of surngandskating.Hishardworkhaspaidoffanditgoes to show that sometimes you have to make that leap of faith to make your dreams come true.

Even if you dont have a little kid, Yo Gabba Gabba! is worth checking out and be sure to peep out the website, yogabbagabba.com where you can even create your own beat sequence using clips from Rahzel, the human beat box.

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ARTOtale was a monumental event that took place in Leuphana, Germany combining what is normally considered illegal art with public space. With the support of the citys population, 35 internationally renowned street artists were turned loose at various locations around the city centre and University campus to install their work. Homeowners agreed to have their buildings covered in graftiandotherartworks.Thiswasallfor Leuphanas 2009 welcome week and wastobedocumentedbyrstyearart

students, under the direction of renowned urban art curator, Rik Reinking. The artists invited to participate came from all over the globe including Boris Hoppek, Dave the Chimp, D*face, EVOL, Faith 47, Flying Frtress, DAIM, Swoon and Zevs to name a few. Even this months cover art by Herakut was spawned from this incredible event. Lets hope that other cities around world take notice of the success and beauty that came from ARTOtale and commission their own street artist city takeovers.

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Tanner Prairie is a refreshing exception to Orange Countys population of 50 dollar t-shirt wearing upper middle classers. These guys dont tattoo their local loyalties in plain view. But Tanner does, with the word BLACKIES standing out on his right forearm. He sometimes buttons only the top button of his baggy plaid shirts, and keeps his hair closely buzzed. Usually there are bits of foam dust attached to his mustache and eyebrows.

Tanners anti-mainstream personality has hit the Costa Mesa scene right where it counts with the opening of his new surf shop, The Black Hole. Sticking out in the middle of Newport Boulevard, its the rst shop of its kind to gracethatrowofdankone-oorstorefrontsinyears. Down a few doors from Goathill Tavern and next door to Hollywoods

Barber Shop, The Black Hole provides a refreshingly grungy alternative to The Closet around the corner or Triangle Square, the trendy-90s-experiment-turned-ghost-town that mostly houses the scraps of a pathetic local club scene.

Its underground, not a mainstream surf shop, Tanner says of his new store. If anything, he says, the Black Hole can be described as the anti-mainstream surf shop.

Tanner has been hand-shaping custom boards locally for years - logs, hulls, shes and whatever other weirdexperimental shapes you can think of for the likes of Al Knost, Kassia Meador and Mitch Abshere. He still shapes by hand, usually without the aid of a machine to pre-cut his blanks.

As a shaper, much of Tanners skill and reputation has been built on what he learned from local legend and masterful shaper Mike Marshall. Marshall developed a slew of well-crafted boards in the sixties, like the wildly popular Trestle Special, an iconic three-stringer board from the era. Tanner apprenticed under Mike, devoting himself to the craft. Tanner hungrily absorbed the technique and style of Marshall, whose boards made him one of the most sought-after shapers of his day. But Tanner also expanded on the shaping skill he learned, building a reputation as both a keeper of classic traditions and an innovator of weird new shapes.

The opening reception party at the Black Hole in late August is a good indicator of who Tanner is in the local scene. Music by friends the Japanese Motors

and Gantez Warrior, a host of famous and semi-famous athletes and scene types from the surng world, localcops,highschoolkidsthelistgoeson.As a shaper, a surfer, a shop proprietor, and as a generally interesting local gure,Tannerbringsbacksomeofthememory of an earlier, more outcast version of surf culture. With Tanner, there is no trace of the corporate pretense and moneyed atmosphere that pervades our local surf scene today. Instead, he is more of a salty pirate surfer whos more comfortable baking himself leathery on the beach or surngBlackies,hisfavoritelocalspot,all day. Thats why when the waves are half-decent,youmightndTanneroutin the water instead of manning the helm of his shop.

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For all the kids out there that dont know, can you explain a little bit about your upbringing, musical self and connection to skateboarding and Flip Skateboards?For sure, I grew up just north of Oxford, UK and used to skate, either in Oxford or Milton Keynes, we lived equidistant to those places so it was easy to get to either, I used to buy my (Deathbox) product from SS20 (respect Mon & Sean!) I had a very early exposure to all things musical through my cousins and was listening to Metallica at around 10. My music interest really grew a lot when I found Drums & Bass when I was about 16, slowly got further drawn into that, that led into making my own productions, I had always played guitar from an early age and seemed to pick up the music production stuff fairly easily. I had pretty long career in Drum and Bass as a producer and DJd extensively round the world form 2001-2009. My connection to Flip happened through a meeting with you through Alex Moul back in 2003, I was inLA,rightwhenyouguyswerenishingReally Sorry and things grew from there.

How on earth did you go about getting all these major artists to collaborate on a skateboard video soundtrack?We mainly got most of the people hooked in either because, they knew of you, they knew of me, or they knew of Flip and some oftheotherriders,itwasntsodifculttoget people into the idea as it was such a unique project, once the demos went to people and we started to see the reactions from the artists it was on!! A lot of telephone hustling by you and I, it was a really cool thing to be a part of. Oh yeah plus the fact that Lemmy was on it!

Everytrackinthevideowasspecicallygeared towards each riders skating, style and energy, can you give me two examples of music in the video that are from the outside very similar and yet musically light years apart?Well, Stand By Me for you doesnt really represent us driving round Long Beach in your car with Slayer on 11, not that you dont appreciate all aspects of music, but the song is totally perfect for youre skating, the mixture of gnar skating with a slow song is high impact. The second one would be Bobs, a lot of people said to me on the premiere tour that they didnt expect Bob to have such a heavy track, I think the assumption was that we would have gone in the direction of a Brazilian style track, but

I think once people saw the levels of gnar in the skating, they realized exactly why I went the direction I did with that, all in all it worked out really well and to get Stephen McBean from Black Mountain to vocal took it too the next dimension.

What kind of reaction at the premieres have you been getting with regards to the soundtrack?100% positive, everyone has been really stoked, I think that for a lot of people, industry people in particular there was probably a huge amount of apprehension, I dont think people genuinely thought we could pull it off. Dave Lombardo (Slayer) came to the LA premiere and was totally stoked, blown away.

You have a pretty stellar relationship with the whole Flip team after traveling on various tours throughout the last few years mostly stateside (and a little in the UK) we all felt strongly that in order to do everybody justice with there music it was important that you spent a lot of time with the guys so that they trusted you, believed in what we were trying to do and got behind you 100%. Are you happy with the riders response to all your hard work?Yeah everyone is really happy, its been really cool to get such positive feedback from the team, if they werent into it, it would probably not wanna make me do it again, cos what would be the point right? Its a bigger buzz for me to know that the team loves their songs than it is to play to a huge crowd of people, thats a buzz that doesnt stop.

You scored the whole soundtrack to the last Flip Feast Southwest Tour and are already working on music for the next Feast Tour of the eastern USA. What is your obsession with skateboarding? What stokes you out and makes you want to make music for all these degenerate pro skaters? Haha!Skateboardingisthenalfrontierofgnar.To me its the most progressive of all action sports for want of a better term, the very fact we are making original soundtracks for theselmsandnooneelseisjustgoestoshow exactly where skateboarding is.

I think it would stoke people out to know that a lot of the music was unplanned and seriously punked! Dave Lombardo (Slayer) being one! The

drumming he did was totally freestyle and whilst he played he watched parts of the extremely sorry video to get him amped!! That is totally rad!! Do you think that guys like this are looking for some new musical stuff to get their teeth into and are sick of the usual musical process?Yeah the way it came together was insane. In 3 months, I moved my studio and myself to America, lived with you and then got my own place, you and I hooked up the record deal with Volcom, I wrote around 5 new tracks, got all the all the collaborations done and did all the insanity withnishing thelm, itwas intenseandall the collaborations came together in a really natural way though no pressure was put on anyone and my view on all it was, if doesnt work, its not meant to be, I am strong believer in that.

One little bit of soundtrack trivia that is pretty rad that people would not know is that the original photo editor for Thrasher Magazine did the vocals on Lance Mountains track, he was and still is in the Drunk Injuns which is one of the original (if not the original) skate rock bands. I saw this as a quiet way to hand over the batton and introduce the skate world to a new sound, was this even in your mind at the beginning of the musical process?Thanks Geoff, thats a real compliment. Well in the initial stages absolutely not, to start with it was just a case of getting my head round the enormity of the project. But as things gained momentum and we started to develop a little style and sound to the soundtrack, I at that point, started to think that if I did a good job that it might set the standard for a while to come, I am very interested to see which other company movesrst.

For me the raddest part about producing this skateboard videos specic soundtrack was that we hadno rules! We made music with Snoop Dogg and Lemmy on the same album and it worked! That is pretty rad. Would you say a new genre has been created in the process? If so what you call it? Skate rock is already taken! Rock and roller perhaps? Haha!Yeah we should invent a name, maybe sidewalk can run a comp?? It was the free-est project I have been involved with, no tempo or style rules, the only brief was, make it blast!! I think that Louies, Luans

and Rodrigos and Bobs tracks have their own unique style, maybe something like Gnar Blast?

Out of every artist you worked with (please list them) whos talent surprised you the most?With all the artists we worked with I was blown away by all of them, here are the reasons. Lemmy (Motorhead) - Amazing vocal pitch and tone. Its Lemmy, need I say more. Dave Lombardo (Slayer) - Did drums for a whole 3 min track in one take, no editing necessary, a god amongst men. Mike Conte (Earlyman) - Demonic vocals, Demonic content, total pro, perfect for David. Stephen McBean (Black Mountain) - Stephens understanding of Skateboarding took his featured track into a new realm... Epic!MackWinston(MW&theReections)-Underground band from LA, this guys voice blew me away, very unique and trippy. Jim Lindberg (Pennywise) - Jim has one of the most recognizable Punk Rock voices, he was amazing and down for whatever, to get him to vocal something electronic was very special.Mike Aho ((sounder)) - Mike from sounder has an amazing voice and added a truly sublime feel to this track, Yeah Mike! Warren G & Snoop Dogg - No comment necessary. Genre-deningartists.

Name one secret within the music that at rst listen people may not know?I know there are a few funny hidden gems within the folds.One of the tracks may feature a certain Geoff Rowley on some vocals?? David (Gonzalez) on the guitar solo duty on Powerhouse, Jeremy making sound FX with his voice for the claymations, that was classically funny!!!

How do you like American women?Dont mind them, trying to get used to them, they are a different species. They offer something different. Im not in a state of mutual concurrence yet though.

What is next for Baron? I know we are already brainstorming musical ideas for the next Flip video, any grand visions you want to throw out there?Loads of stuff going on right now, the most exciting of which is another Flip video, that will be epic, the next Flip Feast East Coast Feast Tour, maybe a Baron solo album next year, that could be cool. In the Flip van with the crew getting wasted round the world is newithme.

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Lets begin with who you are, where you live, and what you currently do?I was born Sasha Carlos Steinhorst many moons ago in San Diego, CA. I moved to San Francisco when I was 4. I grew up in SF and currently live in Mission Viejo, CA. I work with World Cup Skateboarding as the Head Judge and Asian Events Director. I have also recently started doing some consulting work for Ducati Motorcycles. Im super excited about that.

With a name like that, I guess we can presume that youre from Germany?Well, my dad was born in Berlin, but the name Sasha is actually Russian. Its the Russian equivalent of Alexander. So you can call me Alex if you like.

Did you do the Oktoberfest thing and swing your beer in the air from side to side? And was that really a big thing when you were growing up?As I said before, my dad was born in Berlin. My mom was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina of German parents. So even though I was born in the US, I grew up in a German/Spanish speaking house. Bier,

as its spelt in German, is a super huge part of the culture and heritage of Germany. I do have great memories of celebrating Oktoberfest with friends and family. Always good times, maybe thats why I like beer so much!

Are you uent withGerman? What about any other languages?Imalmostuent.Ispeakwith my parents but I

dont spend too much time in Germany being able to speak a lot. If Im in Germany for a few weeks, Im straight. My girlfriend is German and lives in Berlin at the moment, so that helps me practice. Im ok in Spanish, Italian and a few others. I travel a lot so I try to pick up things you need to survive - please, thank you, excuse me, beer, etc. Its cool to hear people talking in another language and know at least what language theyre speaking. Languages arelikefood,lotsofdifferentavorstospiceuplife.Americans need to get out from inside the USA bubble. DidyourststartskatinginGermanyorUS?I started skating in the late 70s in San Francisco. MyrstsetupwasaCaliforniaFreeFormer.Itwasblue. My Mom bought it for me. God I owe her for that! I upgraded to a G&S FibreFlex soon thereafter. Thatwasmyrstcustomsetup. What type of terrain and when did you start?I started skating in the streets of San Francisco. I guess that was around 77ish. My grandparents lived in San Diego so I was lucky enough to be able to skate Oasis Skate Park on trips to see them.It was just under the 805/8 Hwy underpass. I rememberseeingallkindsofpeoplebackthenLamar, Shugo, Andrecht and others.Later when Del Mar opened, I got to go there as well. In the early 80s, Id spend summers with my grand folks in SD and would skate Del Mar everyday. I remember taking 3 buses from SD up to the Skate Ranch. Then my gramps would pick me up and take me home. He was really supportive.They say that you must have over 20 years experience to master something, being youre intheMastersdivision,doyounditharderto skate in comps now than before, when you were a just a little bratwurst?Back when I was a little bratwurst comps were so

frustrating. I hated them. Being 14 and thrown into the deep end with the likes of Underhill, Grosso, etc at Del Mar was pretty overwhelming. I wanted to be there, but it was overwhelming nonetheless. Nowadays, I dont really trip out too much anymore. Im just thankful that I can still skate and have a forum to make a little extra cash. Its just a good time. However, I am over the jock mentality of some of the guys. The Masters comp is NO second career for me. Its just a fun time with old friends. The jocking-out mentality is one of the reasons I havent been entering the Pro Tec Pool Party the last coupe of years. Instead of seeing old men with stoked looks on their faces, all I see are dudes with supergamefaceon.Imoverthat Did you ever think that you would be skating this long?Bro when I grew up, we didnt think we would make it be 30 years old, let alone ride a skateboard this long. But we did have the skate for life mindset, thats for sure. Whats your favorite skate spot?My favorite skate spot has to be the Bondi Pool. I love the whole scene of beach, skate, surf, chillin. It reminds me of growing up at Del Mar Skate Ranch back in the early eighties. Not to many places that have a pool literally on the beach. The Marseille bowl is still really good times as well. Malmo, Sweden is another really good spot to shred the gnar. I have to say that Im just happy to be skating. It doesnt really matter where or on what; just the fact that Im rolling around makes me happy. And thankful! Are you a 1K member on any airlines?Damn straight! Im a million mile/1K yer onUnited. How did that come about and when did it

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begin?That means Ive already own1,000,000+ miles on United alone. Iyat least100,000+milesperyear on United. Not including the other ying buses I take everyyear. I did a lot of travel when I ran the team at Etnies (1997-2001) but I really started the global mission when I went back to work for WCS. Its been non-stop since 2002. Where was your most favorite place to revisit?For sure Bali, never in my lifetime did I think that Id get paid to ride my skateboard in Bali. It was one of the most amazing trips ever! Was it because of what you were skating or the environment or the scenery?It was a little bit of everything. The scenery, people, food, culture, surf... And not to mention, my friend Juliens bowl in Denpasar is amazing! Nothing like skating a private concrete bowl in the jungle with friends. Good times for sure. Because youve traveled so much, seen so many things, skated so many parks, which one is your favorite?Like I said before, I just like to skate. Im happy whatever you put in front of me. As long as theres cool people to shred with its all good. But If I have to pick aspotItwouldprobablyhavetobe Bondi. Just like everyone else, there are other things, other hobbies you enjoy other than skateboarding. For you, that would be?Skating is the number one, but I do have many other things that keep me busy when not on the skate. I ride my pushbike every other day to keep in shape. Skatings hard on the body at our age, so its good to have other ways to stay in shape. Imlearningtosurfbetter.Surngis so hard, I feel humbled every time I hit the waves. Youre into bikes, I mean motorcycles, specicallyDucatis

YessirImamotoDucatifreak!Ive been into bikes as long as Ive been into skateboarding. I used to build bikes when I was young and then ride them to skate spots. Ive just recently started doing some consulting work for Ducati. Im hoping to get my foot in the door and work for them in Italy sooner or later. How many bikes do you own?At the moment, I have 3 bikes. A Ducati 900SS. I take her to the mountain and racetrack as much as possible. I just recently built a Supermotard off a Honda XR650R. Its street legal and such a blast to ride. I also have a Honda XR400 desert bike that I ride on my local Saddleback Mountain. How often do you get to ride them?I recently sold my two cars, so Im on the bikes all the time. I mostly ride the Supermotard around as daily commuter. Although, it is a ticket magnet. Whats your riding routine? Where do you go?On the weekends Im up at sunrise (if Im not traveling on a skate trip) riding my local mountain, usually on the Ducati. Sometimes I rip the Supermotard, but usually I prefer to get my knee on the ground on the Italian Stallion. I try to hit the track when my schedule allows. So thats usually only 3-4 times a year. Weekdays (usually in the morning) Ill take the XR400R out for a spin on my local mountain.Its fun to rip there road trails,but I have to say that I prefer road riding to playing around in the dirt. Although learning to ride in the dirt does for sure make you a better road racer. Youve been traveling the world, riding your skateboard in so many rad parks and checking out sick places, youve seen skateboarding go through its ups and downs, whats the most dramatic change in skateboarding youve seen thru all your travels?GeezSomanyupsanddownsinSkating over the years.

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Parks closing in the early 80s, running from cops in the early days of street skating in SF, vertdied,blindjeansand40mmwheelsIcould go on forever and the politics. But do I really need to go there? I have to say that Im glad that skateboarding has come more full circle in the past 5-7 years. What I mean by that is... For a while our industry was only concerned with forward progression and we forgot about the people who laid the foundation for the upcoming generations of kids. I think as the skate culture became more mature, the community started to embrace our past and realize where we all came from. Skateboarding is a lifestyle, NOT a money industry. And does it differ from country to country?For sure Every country has their ownscene. They all try to immolate the US in some ways. But its great to see skateboarding grow in different ways and directions.Themoreavorsthebetter,asfar as Im concerned. Is it that much different from each

country?Absolutely Take Europe for example,youve got like 20+ countries in such a small area, but they all speak different languages, eat different foods, have different spots to skate, etc. The one common thing is the love for that skateboard. Its the brush that skaters need to paint their picture. Last comments?Id like to say thanks to all the people over the years that have supported my skateboard dream. Theres so many Thanks tomom and dad for allowing me to follow my dreams. Don and Danielle at WCS for helping me get everywhere. Rob Washburn at Bones wheels for always respecting and being there. Independent for keeping my turns owing. 187 for keepingmy kneessafe and happy. Emil at Blood Wizard for the newood!SeanatAlpinestarsforthemotogear hook ups, Scurto and Dylan at Oakley. My girlfriend for dealing with my crap. Ortiz and BK for all the great pics over the years. Thanks to all the skateboarders around the world that have help or inspired, skate tuff! Peace.

As the season was slowing down for Eero Ettala and crew, it was time to hit up Europe for some shredding goodness at a little gem called Solden, Austria nestled in the Alps,about an hour from Innsbruck. The crew met up in Munich and rolled to Solden in some badass Audi wagons courtesy of Oakley Sports Marketing contact Alex Rieger. The drive was mellow, only taking two hours, including a McDs stop for Eero to get his x.Once thecrew arrived in Solden they were greeted by the Friday Productions team of Greg, Sandy, Mark and Marius, who had already been at the mountaingettingtherstjumpdialedin.Thecrew was stoked to see Eero, as it had been a fewweekssincetheirlastlmingtripinBritishColumbia. Eero has been making quite the impact on the snowboard industry the last four years with his banger Mack Dawg parts. This year, Eero stepped away from the traditional snowboard movie season by making a television show with Friday Productions of Sorsa Project, Terjes Season Pass, Snowboard Diaries and now

Tracking Eero. He will also star in the upcoming Oakley Snowboard team lm. Eeros travelsthis year have taken him to Russia, Japan, BC, Utah, Vegas, NYC, Aspen, and Finland just to name a few.

The entire crew was eleven people deep (threeridersandeightlmers/photographers)whenwe took the rst tram ride up Soldento begin our photo shoot. Soldens jump was built towards the top of the mountain in an avalanche area, so it required a little bit of work getting all of the gear there. In the end the Solden crew was very helpful in getting Marius paraglidinggearuptothejumptosetupforybylmingsessions.Thejumpwasenormoustosaytheveryleast.Youcouldttwosnowcats through the gap and the jump itself had some interesting pop from the extreme pitch of the run-in and the landing was over 100 feet wide and about 100 feet long. It would take a lot to miss this landing, but it would also take some serious speed to clear the gap.

Within a few short hours, Erik Botner from

Tracking Eero In The Swiss Alps :: Photos: Matt Murray

Norway was throwing down some sick tricks off the massive jump. If you follow snowboarding closely in Europe, youve likely heard the name Erik Botner. Botner hails from Norway, but acts more American with his constant erratic behavior. The kid dropped almost as many one-liners to the cute chick at the coffee shop in Laax as the tricks he stuck off this massive jump in Austria. Botner nailed over a half dozen hammers, including some of the most stylish frontside 540s you will ever see. We could only ride the jump until about 1pm because of high avalanche danger, so by 11am the jump was full on ready. Eero proceeded to destroy that jump by throwing down backside 900, backside rodeos, backside 180s, you name it he was killing it. Erik Botner was matching him with some sick tricks of his own including banger (as Erik calls them) frontside tricks.

The session was over by mid afternoon and we headed back into town for some food. Knowing that jump had provided Eero with almost all the tricks he needed for his part in the show and movie, we discussed a possible plan b. Early the next morning we headed up to sessionthejumpagain,tondthatfouravalanches had gone off into the jump. We now knew it was time to mix things up. Ettala took charge and brought riders Niki Korpella and Erik Botner to a secret spot he found down the road from Solden, where they started to build a river gap jump. Knowing the light was not so good, we planned to come backinthemorningtonishthejumpand landingand tobangout almingsession. So, we went back to the condos to unwind and get some grub.

Well, if we hadnt learned it yet, we did thatnightnothinggoesasplannedinAustria. First off, not to be rude, but the Austrians are way different people, they speak German, dont seem to like any visitors and everything is a confrontation with them... and they seem to really enjoy that fact. Anyway, Greg nallypicks out a spot for us to have dinner and it looks really nice, but then we run into the host/bartender, and after one look at my Artful Dodgers hoodie and NY ballcap,plusGregsAdidassweatsouttand beanie, he tries to explain to us we might not be his type of business and that the menu might be too rich for our blood. Greg and Sandy dont take this so well, needless to say we sat down and were the life/scene of the dining room, to the locals amusement. Regardless of the attitude or lack of atmosphere the food was really good.

The next morning came quickly as we wanted to get an early start and bang out the shoot before our long drive to Laax. Our location for shooting was just one ski resort up the road in Austria from Solden and provided an insane backdrop of the Alps. Weather-wise we scored. It was perfect out, no clouds and a nice small breeze for the paragliders. One of the funniest moments in Austria came while building this river gap jump. It involved the four Finnish boys speaking whatsoundedlikeElshtoeachother;itwas honestly straight out of Lord of The Rings. After about an hour of building the landing with the four of them yelling at eachotherintheirelshtongue,betterknown as the hardest language to learn and makes virtually no sense, called Finnish, I just sat back and laughed with Sandy from Friday Productions. Not sure

if the Friday crew captured their bantering moments, but they were priceless.

But I must hand it to those Fins - never a dull moment. I mean you have Pasi the photographer who acts like his 20 years older then a really is, 29, but has great wit and attitude. Then there is Razy (Rasmus), the badassactionlmerwhomakeseverythinga hilarious scenario regardless of the conditions. Then there is the superstar Eero who can never be forced into anything, but at the same time always delivers the goods. And nally we have the 17-year-old Nikiwho just seems lost and is always leaving his board or jacket or gloves somewhere in Pasi or my shots, which of course sets Pasi off like you wouldnt believe. The Finns denitelyprovidedmorethantheirfairshareof classic moments in Austria.

Once the landing was done, it was time to ndourspots toshoot from,with the toppriority being the TV Show camera crew of Friday Productions locations - Pasi, Razy and myself scrambled to nd the best spot toclaim as our locales for shooting. Pasi and I agreed on shooting under the bridge, those producing a very dramatic setting with the rushing water. The river jump was over 55 feet to clear and the water was freezing cold. As the day progressed I would fall in the water three times, producing some lovely swampy soggy feet, which felt amazing when the whole rest of my buddy was baking in the sun. Gotta admit Solden was nice enough to give me a solid tan.

Okay, the days story would not be complete without an update on how the paraglider/lmcrewdid.Well,rstoffitwasatoughsetting to even get the paraglider in the air, but after three failed attempts Marius

and Greg were airborne bombing around the little ski town. They were shooting the Oakley SUV and riders jumping the river gap, all the while missing the church steeple bymerefeet,oncomingtrafcontheroadby mere inches and Erik jumping the bridge by mere centimeters. But it all paid off, as the footage is super BANGER! The session produced some great shots from everyone; Erik nailed a late frontside 180, Eero a steezy backside 180 no grab and little Niki a sickter 540. So, the day ended around 4pm and we were all super beat packing up our cars. When all of a sudden, out of nowhere this Austrian man in his late sixties, pulls right up to our cars and starts yelling at us in German. Thank goodness Alex was there tospeaktohiminGermanturnsoutyingthe paraglider is completely illegal in Austria and you need some special license.

We politely explained we were done and leaving, but this guy wanted to be our Dad for a minute and continued to berate us in German. Which made me laugh and I had to hide in the Alexs Audi, so I would not infuriate him further. Finally, Greg had heard enough and asked the man to move his car so we could leave, producing the old Austrian to get even more colorful with his language. Long story short, dont dilly-dally after doing an illegal mission in Austria - instead get the hell out of dodge. The end result was an insane photo and lming session justabout 15 minutes outside of Solden. The paragliding shots from this shoot are epic and will make for some great television. Be sure to check out the shots in Tracking Eero debuting on FUEL TV this December.

Learn more at: Oakley.com/trackingeero

Lets start with the basics. How old are you Dillon? And how old were you when you startedsurng?Im 19-years-old and I started surng when I was 10-years-old at Zuma Beach, California in Malibu. My dad pushed me into a wave and I stood up. Firsttime,rstwave.

So who are you sponsored by?Hurley, DC, Smith, Famous Wax, Roberts Surfboards and Clout.

What kind of boards have you been riding lately and how long have you been riding them?511 squashtail, glass-ons, 18.5.

Who shapes your boards?Robert Weiner shapes my boards, hes like an uncle to me and I love him.

A lot of people have taken notice to your hot girlfriend named Christine, aka Fridgy. So do you get kinda weirded out when you bring her down to contests?

Im not going to answer this question because Im tired of people asking me stupid questions about my girlfriend. She doesnt surf and shes not me.

Ok, so I guess that was a soft spot. So does your girlfriend prefer your frontside or your backside?

Interview: Michael Dunphy :: Photos: Joe Foster

IM TIRED OF PEOPLE ASKING ME STUPID QUESTIONS ABOUT MY GIRLFRIEND.

She likes it both ways.

Thats good to know. So what do you think about the world tour right now, would you rather be on the world tour or would you rather being doing video/photo stuff?Both man. Id rather shoot photos andlmwithmyboyslikeyou.

Would you rather surf like Drew Courtney or yourself?Are you serious? Ive never even seen him surf before. Actually I did see him surf in this little video that Billabong made.

Hes not sponsored by Billabong.He used to be though, it was called Evolve or something, that movie. Hes good though; didnt he qualify for the CT? Id rather surf like him and be on the CT.

What kids do you look up to that are blowing up?

Should I answer this seriously?

I guess, this is supposed to be serious. I look up too Uh I just lookup to everyone. Everyone surfs different and its good to see all the different stuff that everyone does, cause no one surfs exactly the same as anyone else.

Duh, but who do you like?Owen is good, Nat Youngs good, Andrew Doheny, Kai Barger, Clay Marzo is really good, but he wont talk to me. Michael Dunphy is good. Sam Wrench?

You just got back from the Oakley Pro Junior in Bali, why didnt you do any good?Um, I lost in my rst heat. Ijust wasnt surng very good. Isprained my ankle about 2 months ago, and I was out of the water for about a month before the contest. All my friends doubted me but I thought I was ready to do it.

They were making fun of me on the webcast and saying that I probably shouldnt have gone. I went and I tried my hardest and it still hurt and I lost. I got a 1 anda5inmyrstheatandthenI got two 1s in my second heat. I got super mad and just changed my ticket and came home.

So you went there knowing that you couldnt surf?I went there knowing that maybe I couldnt surf. But I thought I

might be able to surf, but I ended upnotsurngsowell.Youneverknow. I know at the Arnette Pro Junior this summer you werent there, what happened there?Yeah I made a little mistake, a personal mistake. Brandon was supposed to sign me up for it, but he wasnt there that time. Just kidding, it was really up to me and I thought I signed up for the contest but I didnt. So

it was my fault. I thought I signed up for it when I signed up for the rst two, this wasthe third contest, but I guess I didnt. I should have been more on top of things, I should have checked it, but now it doesnt matter because Im going to surf in the Cold Water Classic and make it.

But you have an ankle injury?It doesnt matter, Ill wrap it up and take a cortisone shot and Ill be all good.

So would you rather be in the top 10 in the CT about to qualify or would you rather be in the upcoming Modern Collective movie that is coming out?Id rather be in Modern Collective cause people are way sicker. Its like the difference between a rock band or the Backstreet Boys.

So youre saying that the world tour is like the Backstreet Boys?Pretty much. Cause everyone tells them what to do and they

have to do it.

Alright, so what are your plans for the upcoming winter?Being able to surf for start I want my ankle to heal. Im surng in the Cold WaterClassic, than straight after that go to Hawaii for like a month or so, then Christmas time with the family and then off to Australia for the World Juniors if I qualify. Then maybe back to Hawaii again after that. Thats the line up right there, getting it done.

Nice sounds like quite the life man? Just living it up! So what are you plans for the next 3 years? Where do you see yourself?Still surng in three years.Doing whatever comes my way. Whatever happens, happens. You gotta just be able to do whatever comes your way.

Ok, I like that attitude, thanks for the interview Dillon and good luck to you.Thank you Dunphy.

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Ronson Lambert is living the California dream. Sponsored from a young age, this guy has never had to work a day in his life - or has he? Countless photo shoots, ads and footage deadlines, being constantly hassled by the police everywhere he goes. I think hes had over 100 tickets for skating now. The guy works, but its not your typical 9 to 5. Its a hustle to get the new tricks at the new spots and it never ends. The day that hustle ends is the day you retire and Ronson aint anywhere close the slowing down.

Whowastherstprofessionalskateboarderyoumet and talked to? TherstprofessionalskateboarderImetwasSalvadorLucus Barbier, a Plan B original rider. He was a good friend of my older brother who also skated. Salvador actually came to my birthday party when I turned 13

and he brought me a pair of SLBs! That was such an indescribable shock for me that he showed! He was the rstproImetandwassokindtome,hetookthetimeto recognize my love for skating and motivated me to do well with it, I still look up to him to this day!

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What motivates you to keep learning new tricks?I love that there are no limits on a skateboard. Thats motivation for me. Trying new things and working on new tricks is denitely acreative outlet for me. I love to challenge myself and want to keep making things harder and more exciting. I practice and work on my skating a lot so inevitably new things just happen when I skate and I see how I can improve and add to something.

Who are your sponsors?World Industries, Silver Trucks, FKD Bearings, Kontrol Wheels and VIP energy drinks.

Do your parents support you skating or do they believe it to be a waste of

time?I grew up poor and never had much, but have been very lucky that from day one my parents have been by my side supporting me and my love for skating. I feel very fortunate to have found my passion in life at such a young age. I am so lucky to call what I love to do work. When I was younger my mom was the only parent to drive my friends and I around so that we could go skate, she did that for years. I am blessed to have always had my parents backing me and supporting my work and dreams.

What do you think of skateboard contests?I have always thought of contests as a good thing, a good way to get more

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exposure, get more opportunities. I havent always been too focused on contests; I more so worked on getting in magazines and video parts. But, within the past year I have made it a goal to focus more on contests and get myselfoutthere.Ijustskatedmyrstcontestin New York at the RedBull Manny Mania and placed5thoverall.Thatwassuchacondenceboost. It made me realize that I can do well in competition and you will see me out there more often.

Who are a couple of your favorite skaters?Eric Koston, John Cardiel, P-Rod, Guy Marino, Gino, I have so many those are just a few.

What is the hardest trick you think youve ever done?Thats hard to say because skating is always a progression for me, I am always looking to advancetricksandmakethemmoredifcult.IalwaysmakesurethatonceIgetcondentwith a trick I have to do it at least 3 times

consecutively to make it solid. I am always pushing myself to do harder tricks, but I cant really gure out what Id say is my mostdifcult trick. I guess Ill leave it to you todecide.

Are your friends in Encinitas proud of what youve done for yourself with skateboarding?Of course, a lot of my friends are proud of me for never losing sight of my dreams even when times were tough. My friends love to see how far I have come and how much skateboarding still means to me. I know my best friend is so proud of me and is excited to see all my hard work paying off with having just gotten my own deck and look out for my shoe soon!! I have good friends and a lot of support from friends and family

What is your favorite skate video ever?Its a tie between this San Diego video called Trouble Shooters and a great video called Video Days .

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Favorite places traveled?Alaska, Ireland, Barcelona, Puerto Rico, Scotland and Vancover Bc.

How many tickets have you gotten from skateboarding? Too many!! Probably around 67 Tickets for skateboarding over the years!

Is the recession affecting you? Yes its affecting everyone, not just me - I see it everywhere. Ive lost a few of my sponsors due to the recession, its unfortunate, but I try to work harder and get my name out there. It has made me more appreciative for what I have. I am just keeping my head up and trying tothinkpositiveanddenitelyworkinga lot harder.

What has been your worst injury?

My worst injury happened during the rstweekoflmingmyTransworldpart,A Time To Shine. I was in LA with Jon Holland Kyle Leeper and some others. I was skating this 9-stair rail and was coming really close to getting this trick I always wanted on a rail. So, during one of my runs I set up right, the rail had really quick run up, and I jumped straight onto my nuts, then from there tomyface,andtonishitoff,Ididthescorpion an snapped my collarbone knocking myself out. After that it was a blur; Leeper and Holland took me to the emergency room! My collarbone still to this day doesnt sit right. Im lucky that they were there to help me out.

Who did you look up to growing up skating? Ive looked up to a lot of people growing

up in and out of skateboarding. The people in skating who really made a difference in my life were Sal Barbier, Danny Mayer, Alphonzo Rawls, Jimmy Chadwick, Jason Maxwell, my brother was good friends with all of them too, andDannyMayerwasactuallytherstone togivememyrst boardwith anose an tail.

Do you have any advice for me and other skateboarders out there?Stay true to yourself, follow your heart, in this world and in the world of skating it can be very easy to get side tracked and lost! Dont focus so much on being sponsored let it come to you, people work theirwhole lives to try and ndthat one thing to love and they never do, if you love skating like I do or have

something you are passionate about pursue it with all your heart and dont let anyone tell you that you cant.

Whats next ?To focus on skating contests this year. I just got my retail license and started website called sk8committed.com it will be launching soon. I have been working on a few interviews that will be coming out soon. And have two new Board Graphics coming for World in the next month! Just going to focus on skating and building some solid ground. Who knows maybe I might start working on a clothing line and collaborate with my best friend to bring out some amazing designs that can appeal to people from all different walks of life!

I was never really that into snowboarding until I saw the old Forum video True Life. After seeing Nates part in that video I got hooked. I guess its just his style. He doesnt look like a snowboarder and I think thats what makes him so dope. The majority of snowboarding

is so jocky and lame, it never really appealed to me the way skating did. Boznuts stood for everything I wanted to see in snowboarding. Eventually I ended up meeting Nate in Laguna one summer and contrary to most snowboarders I had met, he was the nicest dude ever. He quickly

became a good friend of mine and through him I was introduced to Matty. They offered me a part in BozWreck 2 and without a second thought I was in. For me there was nooneIwouldratherlmforthantwo of my favorite snowboarders.

Then came the haters. I canteven explain how many people told me I was an idiot for lmingfor BozWreck. All the while I tried to understand why people were so against it. Eventually I came to the conclusion that these people hating just didnt understand what

Keegan Valaikas perspective on BozWreck :: Photos & Captions: Bob Plumb (unless noted)

Keegan Valaika: BozWreck 3000 Fool. What would a Bozwreck article be without someone getting blunted. Keegan Valaika takes care of that with this front blunt. When it comes to snowboarding, no one looks in the mirror more than this kid. Keegan is always checkin to make sure his kit is on point.

snowboarding meant to me. I didnt care about how well the movie would sell or how good this was for my career. I just wanted to snowboard with my homies and have a good time and thats all BozWreck is; a bunch of friends doing what they love. For us that is whatsnowboardingisallabout:fuckingaroundlminghijinx.

So instead of conforming to everything we dont like about snowboarding we decided to show snowboarding how it is. No bullshit practiced speeches at the bottom of the Dew Tour half pipe run. No neon skier suits. Just snowboarding and the lifestyle that goes along with it. Youwantit,yougotit.Ifyoudontgobuyoneoftheother snowboard videos with acted out lifestyle shots

Justin Bennee: Some one recently told Ben-nee, he needed to change his style. The whole hip hop thing is dead... does this include his riding style too? Because this frontboard pop over would be sooo much better in tight pants withsomefeatherair.

Chris Eacott: Eacott does real backtails. I think I remember him telling me this one was a bit queer. What that means, I have no idea. Aussies use weird words to describe their style.

Ben Rice: I dont know anything about this guy BenRiceexcepthessociallyawkwardaboutasawkward as his style in this ollie. Wow thats just uncomfortably awkward.

Cale Zima: Cale Zima is about as E-Code as it gets. When he landed this gap to frontboard he cried then hemmed is pants tighter. Just kiddin Cale. Im kidding, come on.

Mikey Williams: If I was to describe Mikey Wil-liams it would be a wanna be Bozung. He really didnt do shit while he was out except just fan out on Nate constantly, oh and this backside 180.

Chris Bradshaw: Old Dirty Bradshaw tweaks this erection, I mean stiffy over the wall.Photo: Russell Kaczmar

Nate Bozung: This double line of the Bozungs switch backlip to cab 270issoooBD.Itsastrangeconceptsnowboardingforfunweird.

Matty Ryan: This back 5050 front three out looks really sketchy, I guess thats what happens when you got 10 tricks in your part and thats how many times you went snowboarding for the year.

Deadlung: If I was an internet hater and described Dead-lungs part this is what Id say, Duuuuude, WTF, how much weed does this guy smoke and his ender? A nollie back 180 off a roof, I do that in my sleep. Im sure Mark would say to that, Ha, I did it awake and high.

Timmy Ronin: Timmy Ronin aka Timbo Slice holds down FP in BozWreck 3000. Kid is down for manly maneuvers... no homo. Like the frontboard through this weird kink.

There was a sick photo of Bradshaw smokin weed that I wanted to go in this article but thats illegal and I guess BL!SSS was scared so youre stuck with these lame ass photos of the crew. If you a scared motha fucker go to church.

of people pretending theyre having half as much fun as we actually are. Thanks to Matty and Nate for showing the world that not all snowboarders are wack. If it werent for BozWreck I wouldnt be snowboarding.because snowboarding would be dead. To break down BozWreck you have to start at the top of the food chain with the OGs. This is obviously Bozung and Homewreck. Others standing on the OG side of things are dudes like J2, LJ, Bradshaw, Bennee, Eacott, Lane Knaack, Eric Messier, and of course the Possum. Sitting with Possum on the other side of the lens are homies like Shane, LJ and Butters. If it werent for these fools, BozWreck wouldnt have a video because Nate and Matty sure as hell arent learning how

to work Final Cut any time soon. So with creative direction from Nate and Matty these homies make it happen in the editing room.

Last comes the Young Bucks. This is anyone and everyone who is young and new to BozWreck. Basically, its just Cale and me. With all these names I threw out its pretty cool to see how BozWreck grows from year to year. This year in BozWreck 3000 we got new homies like Lung, and Timmy Ronin. Timmy has opener by the way Shits buttery! Everyyear people come and people go, but if youve ever been in a BozWreck video, whether it be 1, 2, or 300 0, its BozWreck for life and youre always going to be proud to rep that shit.

Whether or not BozWreck will

ever be accepted by mainstream snowboarding is irrelevant because anyone who is down with BozWreck is against that shit anyways. We couldnt care less about that. For us its just about snowboarding rst, andlming when we feel like it.If we want to go shred Rail Gardens all day and not hit up one spot were going to do it. We dont have to worry about any bitter production managers or lmersjumpingdownourneckstelling us we have to go get shit done, cause its the homies sitting over on the bench rollin a spliff. They couldnt care less if we go hit a spot. Theyre getting full content sitting on the bench at the double line watching everyone session. Thats my favorite part about BozWreck. No Stress!

Jeff Richards: Jeff Richards aka Lil Jeff aka Lil Hefe came out with us just three time this winter. He was busy using a fake ID to say he was 18 so he could go to Saint George and rent a hotel room to skate. Hard.

Chris Grenier: Grendez has got some shots in the friends section and a part in the in the after credits. Thiswallie/pole jam staleshwasmadepossible by the fact Chris loves to jam pole.

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Jasmin (Hera) and Falk (Akut) are German artists that combined forces and created the tag team duo known as Herakut. They are taking the world by storm, whether its blasting the streets or hanging in a gallery. Together, they speak as one voice creating truly unique and extraordinary work by telling their story through a collage of symbols from the western world of fairy tale and storybooks. Although being in two different parts of the world, (Hera in Texas and Akut in the Canary Islands) I was able to track down Jasmin to answer a few questions about Herakut.

To the obvious, Herakut is the combination of both of your names, Hera and Akut, but what does Herakut represent as a single unit?Its a symbiosis. Its two individual elements merged into one. It is a crew name. Actually, Akut also paints with another crew MaClaim. Most graffwriterspaintincrewswhereasmostpeople from the ne arts sector aresurprised that you can actually work like that. In fact, a lot of creatives are surprised to see that you can

compromise and still do honest and straightforward art. Yes, you do need to learn how to share space and credits, but those who arent willing to step back a little bit, will in return never know how good it is to have someone to cover your back. Explain the process on how the two of you collaborate and execute tonishapieceofwork?It is always some sort of shift work process. We basically paint in layers: Akutoftenndstherightwall,pieceof

wood or stretches the canvas. I sketch out our rst lines, as if they wherea skeleton construction before Akut addseshto thebonebyapplyingaphotorealist layer of spray paint. In the end, Ill try to tie all of this together by some outlines and a title. Most pieces have working titles that I write straight on the wall or canvas before we get started. Those words are like the base lineofatrack.Theydenetherhythmand therefore the mood of the piece. But, depending on how long were working on an idea, the mood might

change. Its like when you change your opinion on something while you are having a good conversation about it. Thats how we work.

What are the major differences between the two of your styles?Akut spraypaints photorealism. He works from images, real-life photographs. He concentrates on light and basically paints shadows and light to create a body and texture. I do something completely different. I draw lines. As I said earlier, I make

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sure that the anatomy works and build a skeleton out of lines, and he applieseshandcolortomakethewhole thing look more vivid.

What are some of the advantages of painting as a team?We do paint by ourselves, too, and also paint in even larger groups than just the two of us. It really only depends on what the project requires and how we feel about certain places. I was asked to paint in Sao Paulo, Brasil, next year, but they wouldnt invite Akut. So, I thought about going there and paint by myself, but I have to refuse the invitation. I doubt that I could relax as much as I needed in order to do a good piece in front of such a big audience, especially since I have never been to Sao Paulo before. To do a live painting session at any graftijamorinfrontofanyotherbigaudience, you need to create some

kindof tunnelvision foryourselfshut out everything that hurts your ow.Somepeoplesmokeordrink,so they calm down and concentrate butinthelongrun,thatactuallybackres. So, especially when itcomes to traveling and performing at jams, to have your crew around is the best thing to have in order to produce some good work. What are some of the disadvantages of painting as a team?Anything gets annoying when you overdo it, right? When we started Herakut in 2004, we had no idea it would become what it is today - our company. That may sound strange and not exactly emotional, but at the end of the day, professional artists pay their rents, too. We never did anythingforthequickbuckratherkeep it low and steady. The most dangerous things for any team is

the pressure third parties bring into the relationship. When it comes to facing the market, you have to not only pull in the same direction but also with the same effort. To nd and then keep the right pacethat works for everyone is the real challenge. As an individual, you can push yourself to whatever limit, but in a team, you have to respect limits of the others as well. Its good though, in the end, it is not even a disadvantage. It actually makes you better as a person.

A lot of your work contains disproportioned almost Ethiopian looking women and French Bulldogs, is there an explanation why you have chosen them for your subjects?The rst thing Akut painted on awall was a dog. Doggs have their role in hip hop culture. Akut felt, like the dog not only represents a

mans best friend, a real homeboy, but is also a good symbol for a grafti writer: because he leaveshis shit all over the place. That is, where the dog image comes from. With the women I sketch out, it is a very different thing meaning,I cant give you a story to this. Because, it is not even true, that theyaredepictingaspecicethnicalgroup. I just returned home from the Clogged Caps festival in San Antonio, Texas, where I painted with Rusk, and did some characters, which a lady described as a mix of every race. She said, she saw a little bit of everything in them, and thats why she liked them. A friend in New York found another cool description, by saying that we have created our own species. I really like that idea.

Whoandwhatareyouinuencedby?In terms of topics and titles: it used

to be based on lyrics by Slug from Atmosphere or lines from the poet Jeffrey McDaniel. But for a while now, our work shows the things we live through ourselves. We tell our own stories by making collages of all kinds of symbols from the western world of fairy tale and story books. In terms of artistic inuence: Akut always watchesour for great fashion photography. Everything else is self-taught. As a kid he wasnt exposed to art as much as I was. I used to eat up art books even before I learned how to read. I loved the crazy ideas of Hieronymus Bosch and the brave sketchy lines from Egon Schiele. There are so many images that I absorbed as a kid, and I know they somehow have an impact on my own work today. A vast amount of your work is on the streets and in public spaces. Where do you feel more

comfortable creating your work, in the street or in a studio?You cant really compare those two. They are too different from each other. One without the other would probably bore us, so we like to give each discipline the same amount of time in our schedules. What was crucially important, though, was that we started out on walls, and way later moved our stuff onto the small surface of a canvas, which was pretty hard to do. We believe that is a very important lesson you learn when you do a piece in public and leave it there, too. You learn to let your work go. You sometimes even see it again, crossed out, painted over, vanished all together. Thathurtsatrst,butthenagain,it is a good lesson, it makes you to enjoy the moment you paint the most. Love that moment. Keep that moment in memory. Dont get attached to the piece! Thats a good lesson. Seriously!

Do you have a different approach to creating a piece on the street versus a piece for a gallery?Yes. A gallery piece will most likely not be painted over. Therefore, you need to give the whole thing a message that you will be able to stand for much longer than a message for a street piece. A piece on the street can be a quick thought or scribble. People look at it, as if it was some doodle, someone did in their free time. Nothing of worth, because it costs nothing. Gallery pieces are different. They last, they cost, and therefore people demand more info and more quality, too. They want something substantial. You could say, a street piece is an essay in a random magazine, while a gallery piece is a novel. The more pages, the better. For your gallery pieces, why do you choose to paint on unconventional surfaces like

cardboard and wood?A lot of what we painted on in the past had to do with our nancialsituation. A cardboard costs a lot less than a canvas, so it gives you a lot more freedom to experiment. A clean-cut canvas is a much better surface, but then again, can look at you as if it wanted to say, Hey, Im soperfectyoubetterdosomethinggood now, because you dont want to make me look stupid! Thats a lot of pressure. (Do you know what I mean? I know, I sound silly...)

Having traveled the globe, have you noticed that some parts of world are more receptive to your art than others?Probably. But I think you always have to be in for a surprise. In Sarajevo, for example, we had little stupid kids throw stones at us and the other artists, while we were painting. But then again, on that very same trip, I had the

sweetest interaction with an old lady who carried two really heavy bags past the wall I was painting. Her back was bent forward and she looked like it was tough for her to move her way through the city. The character I had painted was a tired ballerina that sat down to massage her feet. The old lady stopped, looked at the piece and put down her bags. Then she smiled with no teeth and gave me two thumbs up. That was the best feedback I could possibly get! So, I guess, you never know, if youll meet

fans or plain haters. Whats next for Herakut?We will be painting canvases. In Germany it will be very rainy and cold soon, so we will probably spend more time inside the studio. Winter is a good time to focus on family, reect on thepast year and make new plans. Lets see where were heading too. Neither of us know for sure. Never do. But that keeps things exciting :)

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