Matilda Rapaport

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:00:00 +0100

What have you been up to lately? I've been a lot in Engelberg, getting ready for the winter.

Tell us about your latest discouvery? That I'm not as good as I thought in badminton.

What is your motto? No guts, no glory.

What is your worst addiction? Checking my e-mail. I'm getting stomach ache if I haven't checked my mails in a few hours, but it's getting better though.

What is your favorite words? Genau, a German word a use all too often.

Per Spett

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 22:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Loading Iron Ore in the deep mines of Kiruna
And on the Time of from work, Skiing in Australia.

What's up with your H. Hogan style? Five days of bad weather in the Swiss mountain makes you restless, wouldn't you say.

What’s your motto? Do or Die.

Source of inspiration? Take things to the next level!

Any favourite track when in action? "On my way", Spider bait or "Komma ut ut matchen", The Hellacopters.

What’s your worst addiction? Have a need to maximize everything.

What turns you on? Right music at the right time.

Surfakademin

Wed, 06 Jul 2011 13:00:00 +0200

What's your motto? Live Love Surf

Three words that best describs your academy? Peace, love & surfing

What inspires you? MSN, Twitter, Facebook and sometimes a perfect wave.

Hm, unexpected, favorite shades? Sunpocket II Tortoise, classy yet comfy and multi purpose!

What are you guys up to right now? We're in Biarritz, the surf mecca in Europe teachin people to master the great art of wavesliding. We stay there for the summer then the we're off to Costa Rica, both stunning places!

Clovis Donizetti

Fri, 01 Jul 2011 15:00:00 +0200

Source of inspiration? Phil Edwards, Japan, and Yvon Chouinard today.

Tell us your latest discovery? Plastic is not fantastic, at all.

Any favorite track when in action? Leopard skin pill box hat from Dylan's Blonde on Blonde.

What's your worst addiction? Buying useless things on Amazon.

What turns you on? Things or people that inspire you to get out of your ways and think differently.

Your motto? Potato chips in = Potato chips out

Eddie Lindkvist

Tue, 24 May 2011 08:00:00 +0200

What you been up to lately? I've been hella busy trying to make our local skatepark run smoothly with opening hours and such.

Any recent discoveries? Most recent discovery was that I live further north than my friend who lives in Alaska.

What's your motto? Yesterday is history, tomorrow is mystery, today is a gift, that's why it's called the present.

Favourite track when in action? No one can have ONE favorite, thats impossible. Depending on mood its: Hårda Tider (Hardcore), The Four Tops (Soul/R&B) and Method Man and/or Redman (hiphop)

Any upcoming projects? I want to start a moped crew, that would be so much fun. You will see..

Johanna Thuresson

Tue, 10 May 2011 11:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? I have been working as a model for almost three years now. For the past three months I have been working as a full time model in New York.

Whatʼs your worst addiction? I would not consider my music addiction a bad addiction per say, but it is deﬁnitely something that I would not be able to live without. I cannot stand being at home in dead silence.

Source of inspiration? The mix of experiences that New York offers. Every block contains a new discovery, I often stumble upon things I would like to improve or things that I would love to have created myself in the ﬁrst place. I feel like a sponge absorbing the lively culture.

What turns you on? The ﬁrst signs of spring, especially when the warm rays of the sun allows me to throw off my jacket.

Khira Jordan

Mon, 09 May 2011 12:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Orchestrating fun projects and writing up a storm at Opening Ceremony.

Tell us of your latest discovery? Sunflower seed butter. It's bad for you, apparently, but mmm.

Any upcoming projects? My band, Behavior, just started working on a new record, and it's gonna be killer.

What's your worst addiction? Candy candy candy, but I like to think it's also my "best" addiction.

Favourite Sunpocket shade? The Shiny Tortoise Sport, of course!

Any favourite track when in action? "I Enjoy Being a Girl" by Peggy Lee.

Christine Hargin

Sat, 07 May 2011 16:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Three months in the alps focusing on the Freeride World Tour and filming with Free Radicals. Went on a short surf trip to Norway, there were good waves but nowhere to rent a surfing board so we ended up skateboarding and playing football.

Any upcoming projects? The annually Scandinavian Big Mountain Championship in Riksgränsen in May. It was my first year at the Freeride World Tour and after my 4th place in the total I am qualified for the next season..

Favourite Sunpocket shade? Green Sunpocket Sport with yellow straps.

Tell us of your latest discovery? Big air is amazing fun, discovered that when I was in Alta badia lately filming a jibb session and made a 720.

Stefano Ughetti

Tue, 03 May 2011 09:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Running.
Tell us of your latest discovery. Liquorice stick.
Any favourite track when in action? Adriano Celentano - Prisencolinensinainciusol (1973)
Any upcoming projects? "The competition "Pelle+".
What's your worst addiction? During lunch I don't care anyone but I just want to read "Gazetta dello Sport" or "Tutto Sport" or Corriere dello Sport".
Favourite Sunpocket shade? The Sunpocket II matt black.

Axel Bäck

Tue, 03 May 2011 09:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Biking a lot of fixie with my friends. We've just started to hitch hike buses, it's crazy because you get the washer fluid in the eyes if you don't wear sunnies.

In Kranjska Gora Slalom World cup you ended up second after leading the first run, how did that feel? For sure it sucked, but 0.09 seconds is nothing and it felt like a victory to me.

Tell us your latest discovery? Caoila, best whisky!

What turns you on? Good Jazz, Coltrane, Nina Simone and Jimmy Smith.

What's your motto? Keep it simple.

Any favourite when in action? Alta Badia in Italy, lovely hill..

Biggest sucess in love life? I just had bad ones.

Derek Buse

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:30:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? I have been doing two things a lot lately: WORK and GOLF.

Tell us your latest discovery? I’m all about Mark McNairy shoes right now. Seems like mens shoes have been pretty stale lately and Mcnairy is doing some really fresh stuff.

Source of inspiration? Recently I went to Augusta for the Masters golf tournament. There is so much cool stuff in the south!

Any upcoming projects? One fun project I’m working on is a golf shoe with Mark McNairy...metal spickes too!

Favorite Sunpocket? Tortoise Shell! By far...get a ton of compliments on them.

Robin Kegal

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:30:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? Surfing closed out conditions in Sydney. Eating fresh fruits of Australia. Picking up on Czech chicks. Drinking too much in bad bars.

What advice did you listen to, but regret afterwords? I only listen to the thoughts in my head, I'm stubborn and always ponder the opposite of what others advice. Everything I've thought at one time proves to be the opposite of the solution, so all and none.

Tell us of your latest discovery? Linear flow. Taking hydrodynamics to the streets swimming sidewalks and walking waves.

Favourite Sunpocket shade? Womans open cat eyes for men.

What’s your motto? The surf is free and the waves still break in a world gone mad!

What three words best describe yourself? Erratic high trimlines.

Yohan Colin

Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0200

What are you up to? Une exposition sur le thème du surf à Biarritz, une exposition sur le thème des Alaias à Berlin et préparation d’une exposition sur le thème du surf à Paris.

Tell us of you latest discovery. Le canon eos 7D, un très beau boitier numérique qui permet de filmer en hd!

Source of inspiration? Thomas Campbell, Ryan Tartar, Aaron Rose, les beautifuls loosers, l’art contemporain en général.

Three words that describe you. Hippie. Simple. Fou.

Biggest success in love life? Mon exposition Morning View

Any upcoming projects? « Belza » une exposition sur le thème du surf Longboard old school fin Avril à Paris. Et preparation de deux nouvelles expos à Biarritz.

Anton Sandqvist

Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:00:00 +0200

What’s your motto? Do things good. But if you can't, then rather do it half good then not at all.

What have you been up to lately? A mix of work, family life and hillbilly style recreation.

What advice did you listen to, but regret afterwords? My parents advise to study engineering instead of art and design.

Any upcoming projects? Very soon we'll go to Härjedalen in in north west Sweden to shoot Sandqvist AW-11 collection.

Favourite Sunpocket shade? Nr 2 in black. Very traditional.

What turns you on? When life is good.

What’s your favourite word? Stuglukt.

Stina Jacobsson

Tue, 12 Apr 2011 14:00:00 +0200

What have you been up to lately? I’ve just been skiing moguls for the first time in four years, at the Swedish championships.

Tell us of your latest discovery? The brakes on my bike doesn’t work when it’s cold outside.

Source of inspiration? The will to reach my goal is an inspiration, which keeps me going when I have a bad day.

What advice did you listen to, but regret afterwards? ”Lets ski here, it’ll be fun...”

What’s your worst addiction? Coffee and caffeine pills.

Any upcoming projects? I’m going to spend the spring studying a 200% course schedule at uni.

Adam Widén

Fri, 08 Apr 2011 09:00:00 +0200

Tell us of your latest discovery? Kung Af Skutan one of the sickest contest i have taken part of.
What’s your motto? The more airtime the better.

What advice did you listen to, but regret afterwords? A GPS who told me to go to Berlin insted of the direct way back home to Sweden
Biggest success in love life? Convincing my mom that im not gay.
Any upcoming projects? Doing the seniortrip Hurtigrutten right now. Trondheim to Bergen and then we are going to Röldal for Freeride World Tour Qualifier Comp.
What turns you on? A special girl with brown hair and green eyes.