Here is another round of Print's Not Dead from Method Mag 13.1, this time we've got one of Germany's raddest posses of rail wreckers. Meet Atagge and peep some sweet snaps from Steffen Kornfeld and video footage for you to chew on.

What the hell does Atagge mean?
(Alex Tank) Well, the first half (At-) are my initials and the second half (-agge) is the last part of Jagge's name. We were the two who got it started back in 2008.

Who does the posse mainly consist of?
The crew is Alex Tank, Jagge, Flo Geiger, Benny Urban, James Niederberger, Andy Walker, Carmen Beccaro, Toni, Ralph, Raffi Kossman, Guido Gfollner, Butsch, Forest Bailey, all the homies from back home and whoever is down.Every posse runs an area, what is Atagge's turf?
Mostly the southern part of Germany, but we also have some connections in Switzerland and America.

Have you guys managed to maintain your original slogan of Atagge being a place for "snowboarding, art and freedom"?
Me and Benny basically snowboard full time and enjoy summers in Munich, meanwhile Jagge is locked up in university forever and Flo works construction full time. I guess we're kinda losing it on the freedom part, but Jagge is painting a lot these days. So that might make up for it.
Who is the nerdiest in the posse? Who is the artsiest? Who rides the skinniest stance? Who is the best at that weird hammer game at the bar?
The nerdiest is definitely Benny with his funny glasses, still trying to finish his university degree. Jagge is the painter so he's the artsiest, Flo rides the skinniest stance, basically just because he's the smallest. And what weird hammer game are you talking about? You must be mistaken…

If you guys were a soccer team, who would be the captain? Who would be the goalkeeper? Who would be the waterboy?
Captain would be Jagge, probably. Keeper would be Flo, he used to play in goal before it was cool to hate on soccer. James would be the destroyer in defense, Benny plays midfield and I (our resident soccer nerd) would play left wing, just like back in the days. Our intern Ralph would be the waterboy. 

Some tasty leftovers from Alex Tank and Benny Urban:

Your crew kills rails but are there actually any good zones to ride street rails in Switzerland/Germany?
Not really. We have some good spots here and there, you just really have to look for them. Nothing like good old Quebec or Helsinki.

Has Alex Tank's Jib Factory produced the amount of stunts you hoped it would yield?
Hell yeah. There was so much gnarly shit going down from all the guys who came out. Thanks for that, my friends! See you this winter.
Tell us about your shooters, Howzee and Elmi.
They are the bosses behind the lens. Seems like Howzee gets a cover-worthy shot every single time and Elmi just knows how snowboarding should look on video. But they aren't the only ones, there's also Steffen Kornfeld, a pretty talented photo G from Germany who's been down since day one.

If no one shot it, did it happen?
I'd like to say it didn't, but sometimes you're talking about gnarly shit from back in the day, when it wasn't really about getting it documented, but everyone who was there saw it. After an Atagge  roadtrip, what kind of trash do you find on the car floor?
Benny eats ALL THE TIME, so there's a lot of McDonald's boxes and cups. A lot of candy wrappers from Flo, trashed art by Jagge and all sorts of fishing stuff from James. And my golfballs are everywhere!

Is there anything James Niederburger can't build?
Nope. I'm pretty sure he can build anything.
If you were kicked out of Switzerland forever for "killing shit", where would you guys go?
Back home to Allgäu!

What is the most important thing at the end of the day?
If you don't have a smile on your face after a day snowboarding, you did something wrong.

Is Atagge planning any camps or events this year?
We'll be having our second annual Official Atagge Demo at Crystal Ground together with the ForealProject on the Saturday right before ispo. Save the date, last year it was the cat's pyjamas!

Follow the Attage posse at atagge.blogspot.com!

All photos by Steffen Kornfeld.