My friend and long time streetculture/hiphop photographer FLAVOR XAV’ just did a whole interesting bunch of video around Europe. Shooting creative people in their own town. The show is broadcast live on a french internet channel called KONBINI and its called STREET MAPPER. The introduction sequence is made by HUGUES LAWSON and ARTHUR KING (la famille!).

He went to Berlin, London, Paris. In Berlin he did Marok, Phil...

And Ive got the chance to show him a bit of our parisian city, bkrw office,  and some of my fav’ food spots.

It was really fun to do it. And a way less borin’ than Phil’s one! (luv ya lil beard bro!)

Its always kinda frustratin to see the results after have talken so much about everything… Ive got to add a special shout out of all our BKRW/BLACK RAINBOW team. Because honestly Im a way from being alone on all this adventure. And my partner Greg is like BATMAN always in the dark but is doin’ more than a tremendous job too!!!

Anyway the video is fun! Enjoy

Between got my new OAKLEY x FROGSKIN (thanks to AMAZIN BEN x BLACK RAINBOW), check the red OAKLEY logo…

It means Im furious and I will kick all that PARIS CITY CUP team specially the colette one which try to break me down…. (check more pics ova there) lolol

NIKE PARIS CITY CUP | JOUR 1 URBAN FOOTBALL MEUDON from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

We are searching for a special homemade/fitted BKRW video concept with my friend and great director NARBRU since a long time… And We finally find it. Its CHILL’OUT.

I must admit that NARBRU did insist a lot to put me in front the camera… Im not a shy guy. REally not! lolol! But its not really in our culture to be in the lights, we are workin in the dark, counter-culture and underground movements are not supposed to be so in front.

When LEVI MAESTRO was in PARIS, his personnality and his show and the fact that I know him since a while help us to set up the whole CHILL’OUT concept.

Now we’ve done it again with Todd SELBY at colette. And it was fuckin fun to do… Karaoke in the middle of colette window display… WTF! Todd helped us a lot on that. Props to him and colette crew too! Check the video if you dont have the chance to have seen on BKRW, on Phil blog (merci la famille) or everywhere else…

THE SELBY @ colette | BKRW.COM INTERVIEW CHILL’ OUT #2 from Jay SMITH on Vimeo.

Check our whole new CHILL’OUT adventures on our VIMEO official new CHILL’OUT channel!

America here we come!

BONUS TRACK props to my man LIONEL! sorry to have kill ya song! lolol

oups too late… lol

Ive got to post before the very new 2010 year…

A misc. selection of the last past days. Between two family dinners and other xmas parties… Enjoy the end of holidays. See you in 2010…

Me, myself and I…

It seems that Im the most handsome parisian frenchie those past few days… lololol

A printed magazine (SURFACE MAGAZINE) and a digital one (SNEAKERFREAKER) did ask me to answer to some questions…

Hehehe! Mummy did you see me? =P

Im fukin really happy to be in the SNEAKERFREAKER x BEST OF THE BEST 2009. wooow And Im homepage with GISELE BUNDCHEN my xgf… Merci to my man WOODY to have think of me… Only french sneaker freak in that ISSUE (wtf!!!!)

Vive la France! Bleu, Blanc, Rouge as my NIKE AIR MAX(im) 1. ( but why did they not keep the red sole ?)

I’ve told you already about the soccer french printed magazine SURFACE. I’ve decided to show you the printed version of the original picture and some of the pics which did not have choosen. (great job by HUGUES ANHES photographer)

PEACE

www.bkrw.com

*Merci to ST VINCENT for this delicious BLACK RAINBOW moment and song. And merci to my BKRW bloggueuse RAPHAËLLE to make me discovered it.

*Merci to SURFACE FOOTBALL MAGAZINE to invite me, myself and I to be contributor as proudly GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX supporter, to be part of their first anniversary issue with THIERRY titi HENRY in cover.

www.huguesanhes.com

*Merci to MALIBU to send me bottles of their URBAN MAGAZINE limited edition new collection bottles. (Im straight edge and I aint drink but thanks anyway, nice design WORK from VICE, SHOES-UP and CLARK magazines).

*Merci to DC SHOES and SIR ALEX NASH for that great UK countryside trip. DC x NASH shoes is a true beauty!!!

Im guilty.

Since the 19th of July I did not post anything. Omg.

But Ive got some really good reasons for that.

July was a real crazy month. I really thought that its gonna be like a cool and chilling time BUT suddenly we have to work on NIKE IAM1 PARIS project and prepare the opening of our new office/space in PARIS (secret)…

And so we have to take care of 5 teasers set up to announce 5 tournaments : running, bike-polo, basket-ball, soccer and tennis. Check the 5 teaser directed by ALBAN TEURLAI and music by TAHITI BOYS. Each of his teaser featuring one guy/girl from streetculture parisian communanty : Romual x THE LAZY DOG, STEPHANE x PIGALLE, Olivia x SHOES-UP Magazine, MARC x PIGNON FIXE, and my self. It was some great moments, it takes nearly one week to shoot them and the same time to edit it.

Then we’ve to do the tournament and honestly it was just awesome. Check the video we’ve done with ALBRECHT GERLACH of each. It was really fresh, some extraordinary good and positive vibes, and a nice atmosphere. It was just great…

BIKE POLO Tournament x Trocadero

BASKET BALL Tournament x Pigalle

TENNIS Tournament x Bastille

SOCCER Tournament x Charlety

So no need to explain then why after that and 3 weeks of holidays I aint got any time to post! But now Im back full of energy and great news to announce and spread. Stay tuned!