So if you haven't heard, Method has been around for 10 seasons now, keeping you in the know of what is going on in the wide, wild world of shred. We've decided to celebrate our 10th birthday with riders from around the world because without the riders, we would just be blank paper and nature footage. So until the end of the season we'll be dropping 10-year interviews with tons of your favorite shreds and shredettes to see what the view on the past is like looking back from 2009.
We're starting things off with a bang, as we are joined by none other than Hampus "Knobby" Mosesson. This Swedish meatball is one of the most respected pros on the scene and graced many a page in past issues of Method Mag, not to mention screens of Method.TV. Take a walk down memory lane with Hampus and get a little piece of his story cause he's a part of Method history!
Hampus is always fresh in the mornings...
Where were you and what were you doing in 2000?
Snowboarding the most I’ve ever snowboarded, climbing the ladder.
Worst bail in 10 years?
Broke my back 2 years ago, not rad.
Anyone that is still famous now that should have been left at the millenium door?
Osama Bin Laden.
Front 5 nosegrabber over the Livigno road gap. Photo: Anders Neuman
What music were you listening to in in 2000 and do you still listen to it today?
Well, I was in my phase of changing from death metal to all the electronic stuff.
Worst move you pulled when you were wasted in past 10 years?
All that happened in Vegas, and what happens there stays there!
If you could have lived in a different era, which one would it be?
The future for sure.
Massive lien on the hip at The Battle in 2003. Photo: Vincent Skoglund
Favorite movie of the past decade?
Boondock Saints.
Did you ever see Method Mag on VHS?
Hells yeah, I even had one of those checkouts with my friend Stefan Karlsson. Put it on the web, it kills!
Back nosebluntin' in his Face-Off against Jakob Wilhelmson back in Dec 03. Photo: Vincent Skoglund
Any funny nicknames you got tagged with the past decade that you managed to shake?
Knobby the Mouse, it's still there though and it's even tattooed on my leg.
What do have to say to Method for surviving alcohol poisoning for a decade?
Damn, I didn't realize it's been that long, but I guess if I can you guys can too. At least you're some sort of posse, haha.
O-Matic boards for dinner these days.
Would you like thank snowboarding for anything?
My life and the free wisdom.
How does your bank account compare to what it looked like 10 years ago?
Better, a whole lot too.
Hampus stormin' through the trees in Japan, winter 2009. Photo: Daniel Blom
Top 3 who's who of snowboarding in the last 10 years?
Nicolas Muller, Fredi Kalbermatten and Travis Parker.
Who's video part do you wish was yours in the last 10 years?
Any Travis Parker part or Josh Dirksen.
Hampus shows the heli he can spin his blade too, New Zealand 2008. Photo: Daniel Blom
After 10 years what sensitive information can you declassify?
Back then I smoked too much weed to be able to talk to people... The bummer is that I see those people around every day still. Bummer. Talking to people is kind of fun.
I would have, could have, should have been...
An architect but snowboarding blew my dream, no way I’m going back to school after these paychecks throughout the years.
Filming for Pony Tale, winter 2008!
What has drastically changed that would be hard for kids to believe these days ?
That you actually took pictures and shot with actual film. It’s all about the digi these days.