Little Steven brought the heat to Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band and later to The Sopranos. His involvement in political issues led to his 1985 creation of the music-industry activist group Artists United Against Apartheid as an action against the Sun City resort in South Africa. Thats commendable!

Get a shot at winning a Louie Vito Omatic Snowboard here!

RF: Where did you grow up?
I grew up outside Columbus, Ohio and then went to Stratton Mountain School for high school.

RF: When did you first get into snowboarding?
Louie: There is a small resort called Mad River Mountain that is about 5 mins from my house where I started skiing. My Dad and I saw snowboarding one day and wanted to check it out and have been down for it ever since.

RF: What was your first set-up?
Louie: Burton 111. I think that was the smallest board they made at the time.

RF: What was the scene like back then?
Louie: Most of the kids I would hang out with riding when I was like 7 were all in their 20s or older.

RF: What was the first video you were ever in?
Louie: I had one shot that Jeffy Anderson Shot in Volcom’s Big Youth Happening, and then my first part was Mongo Productions’ The Constant Struggle.

RF: Which sponsors have you had throughout your career:
Louie: I started out riding for Sims and then rode Burton for a little and Forum and now I’m on O-Matic. I rode for smith for most of my career but recently made the switch to Spy. Now I’m riding for O-Matic, Monster, Nike, Spy, Volcom, Kicker, Grenade, Vestal, Boost, Neff, Skullcandy, and Utility Boardshop.

RF: Where in the world has your career taken you?
Louie: Europe, Asia, Oz, NZ, Canada, and all over the US.

RF: Most memorable traveling memories?
Louie: Just overseas trips with all your homies, partyin’, snowboarding, and just cruising.

RF: What music are you listening to these days?
Louie: Rap, that is mostly all I listen to

RF: Favorite movies?
Louie: Scarface, Belly, Man On Fire.

RF: What else do you do for fun?
Louie: I like to chill, skateboard, and tryin’ to surf a bit. Really in the summer i just like to relax.

RF: Describe a typical day:
Louie: Wake up, eat, snowboard, chill on the computer, deal with emails and travel stuff, maybe skate, hang wit the homies. In the I like to sleep in and take the day as it comes

RF: What is next for 2008?
Louie: Contests, and trying to film more…get better at sleddin’ and riding pow.

RF: Shout outs?
Louie: all the homies

May 4th was the 50th anniversary of Keith Haring’s Birthday. Eric Haze, who knew Haring, talked about the event on his Riottt blog. Seemingly, the art scene was close-knit in New York at that time and the street and contemporary artists all knew each other. Haze said “where Keith brought a new academic kind of approach to the immediacy he found here on the streets of New York, I believe we all learned and benefited from some of the conceptual maturity he brought into our community too”.

For products from Haze go to the Robust Flavor store, here.

The Hundreds summer collection has just arrived on the shores of Robust Flavor. Beach parties, backyard barbeques and chillin’ with the world famous international superstar Scotty Ill. Check out all of The Hundreds stuff here.

When in the UK, help yourself to a real English breakfast. No, not some dainty croissant or salady kind of thing. A real English breakfast consists of beans, sausages, mushrooms, eggs, black pudding, bacon, bubble and more. Good and…. good for you!

UNIV hosted the Elwood team demo at the One Cool World Skatepark in Coconut Grove Florida. Dan Drehobl, Silas Baxter Neal and Kenny Anderson were on hand to put on a spectacular performance of skateboarding antics and sign autographs for the kids.

All proceeds went towards inner city “at-risk” kids. Stay tuned for a demo video in the coming weeks. For UNIV products, go here.