Manic will be droppin the “1988″ DVD shortly, featuring freestyles from Clown Prince, Mad Skillz and Last Chance.  CEO, player and director of “1988″, Clown Prince, took a minute to answer a few questions about the DVD for me, check it -

Snake:

First of all thanks CP for taking the time to do this interview and congrats on finishing up “1988″, the trailer looks dope.

cp :

thank u thank u thank u ur far too kind

Snake:

haha, so tell us a bit about the DVD, what can we expect to see, particularly the freestyle fans, what are they gonna like most about this DVD?

cp:

well the freestyle fans is deff goin to like mad skills the most, Read the rest of this entry »

Poland’s Bocian won our first contest with an amazing new roll move.  I took a minute to find out more about the creator of this amazing move:

Snake says:

First of all I’d like to thank you for taking the time to do the interview and for participating in the freestyle central move contest, and of course congratulate you on winning

Bocian says:

Thanks, it was fun…it’s all about fun, right?

Snake says:

First of all could you tell is a bit about yourself and how you got started freestyling?

Bocian says:

Oh, in the beginning there was a fascination of AND1… Read the rest of this entry »

Over the last year France’s Brisco has taken the freestyle world by storm with his innovative “flexiball” brand if freestyling.  With his freakish flexibility, amazing ball handling, and unique approach to freestyling this kid is not only hot now, but one to watch out for in years to come.  Brisco took the time to answer a few questions for freestylecentral.com and dropped a fire new video to go with it -

SNAKE : Who or what inspired you to start freestyling?
BRISCO : hum…first i was a streetballer, and watching a lot of mixtape and videos i saw a lot of freestyler and started to do it, but it was
first in order to practise my handles for streetball.i liked to reproduct hot sauce move without defender,c-stan inspired me
too, but i think the men who really inspired me is goosebumps ! when i saw him for the first time i was like crazy !!!
after i started to freestyle every day because my court was often empty, so i decided to practise lonely : just me and my ball … Read the rest of this entry »

N-tray, one of the fastest rising freestyle phenoms, took some time to tell us a bit about himself and his goals as freestyler. He also dropped a hot new clip showing his amazing versatility. Check out what he has to show and tell

Tell us a little bit about yourself
Well my name is Kalani Ahmad AKA N-tray and I’m from Honolulu, Hawaii. I was born in 1987 and recently turned 22 in January. I played high school ball for 3 years, and almost made college ball but got injured badly during tryouts and got cut cause of it. But I am still debating on trying out again next year. I’m all about basketball you would probably catch me ballin when ever and where ever, but since I live in Hawaii, I love the beach, and the weather. Read the rest of this entry »

Who or what inspired you to start freestyling?

When I’d work on ball-handling it was a way to prevent boredom, when you spend hours focusing on improving a certain aspect of your game you need to find new ways to challenge yourself. Personally I can only do ball-handling drills for so long, I always found enjoyment in trying different dribbling moves, and saw it to be a good creative outlet.
 

Over the last 5 years or so, you’ve been on of the most copied freestylers in terms of moves, combos and style. What do you think about so many people doing your moves?

Well there have been people doing this before me, and I have been influenced by many so I can’t take that credit. But I’ve always benefited from the lack of originality in streetball. If you want to be viewed as elite in whatever you may do its important to separate yourself. I’ve always tried to capitalize on what people weren’t doing.
Read the rest of this entry »

Tommy Baker took some time out to give us his thoughts on the freestyle scene, how he developed his signature style, and more.

1.You were the first to really start doing 3 ball freestyling. What inspired you to take that direction? How did you come up with the idea?
Well, I did not just come up with the idea as you see it now. It is a vision that has grown with me over the years from a child… long before the days of the internet and You Tube. It was The Harlem Globetrotters that I saw performing basketball tricks first and it was Tanya Crevier who gave me the idea of tricks with 3 basketballs. I saw her dribbling 3 balls at Wembley (London) in the early 1990’s. However, the inspiration for my ariel juggling has come from the world of circus and juggling. There have been so many different artists and acts that have caught my attention over the years. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ll be posting some all time classic freestyle videos about every week or two. Get on your grind and you could get a classic on the front page of freestylecentral.com too!

In the Spotlight Interview: Snake catches up with Trikz to see what’s new in his world.

Trikz Interview part 1/2

Trikz Interview part 2/2