Anything that gets your adrenaline going....Anything that reminds you of something intense. I like a lot of stuff thats in the ski movies cause it reminds me of a sweet segment or whatever.
johnny cash and bob dylan. i catch alot of shit for it, but it works for me! when i am riding wasted, i listen to electronic stuff like ladytron and psapp.
Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, M83, Royksopp, Felix Da Housecat, Blackalicious, Rage, Primer 55, Bloc Party, Del, Hieroglyphics, Ther Faint, A Perfect Circle....all that good shit
The Diplomats and Juelz Santana are one of the worst rappers i have ever heard -- like right next to Mike Jones bad. The only reason i like them and listin to some of their songs is that they ridiculously overplay the whole gangster thing. Also, haven't you noticed that half of all their CDs(or mixtapez as they call them) are hype.
micheal bolton give me the easy listening feel I need to make my skiing smooth and effortles and just enough positive affirmations to know that I'm good enough, I'm smart enough, and josh darnit I can SLIDE this rail!
in my iPod it just doesn't get any better than when bolton sings "when a man loves a woman"!
sometime if i'm in a really hard core mood I might throw in some Creed because I know Jesus wants me to stomp that switch 5.