And1’s Helicopter got that slap for Ballaholic.
Oakland is known for more than just ghost ridin’ the whip. Players out this way–and fans alike–are known for “that go,” local slang that describes just how hard we roll out West.
This is the home of the hyphy movement, and that certainly applies to hoops out here. When the 2007 And1 Mixtape Tour rolled through the Bay Area in late August, ‘the Town certainly lived up to its reputation.
This year’s games were played outdoors, at venues like Southland Mall’s parking lot, as opposed to the arena tour And1 has had in the past few years. The fans here in the ‘Town were like Keak da Sneak: super-duper hyphy hyphy!
Canada’s King Handles was a crowd favorite, playing on the opposing Old Spice team. To the fans’ delight, he battled And1’s The Professor, who kept all eyes on him like a pair of stunna shades with the range of his signature moves. Off the court, he hyped the crowd and his upcoming movie, “Ball Don’t Lie.” Traditionally, the Bay Area has brought out the wilder moments of the And1 mixtape tour history.
2007 certainly was no different.
(Reporting and photos by 10-year-old Todd “Make Money” Blakely. Bounce also refers to him as our West Coast Boy Wonder.)
September 24th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
ahh-ight! welcome ‘risse to the bouncemag.com blog world! word up!
shout out to king handles. i heard he got offered a contract finally. well deserved.
‘risse . . . who is dude catchin’ the woof in the photo above?
September 24th, 2007 at 10:52 pm
BallGurl says:
That photo is crazy…And1 has been holding it down for a hot minute…Being from NY, my earliest global street ball memories are with And1 so I definitely feel the love Oakland has for the Mixtape Tour…
Shout to King Handles who has been in enough bball movies to contend with Bounce’s own Kool Bob Love…The first time I heard of him was on the Notic DvD…Him and his friends were tearing it up in Vancouver…
Fat shouts to “Make Money” as well…He’s definitely the future of “PENS” @ the playground…LoL
September 26th, 2007 at 9:43 am
Jesse Washington says:
Is that 10-year-old Todd in the bottom photo?!
September 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pm
Risse AKA 'Town Biz says:
Yep…that is the Boy Wonder in the flick with King Handles after he interviewed him in the V.I.P. gotta luv it!
September 26th, 2007 at 5:43 pm
Moo-moo Luv says:
You right, Bob. King Handles got that contract and deserved it. It brought tears to my slanted eyes. But you still gotta walk those DOGS once in awhile, fellas.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:41 pm
Yash says:
Indirectly offered a contract =)
But..moving onto bigger and better things next year
That’s a bad picture of him though!!!
Now what you guys should do is put him in your magazine
September 28th, 2007 at 12:48 am
Bobbito Garcia a.k.a. Kool Bob Love says:
yash! king handles was in our magazine before. we did a whole page article on the notic back in ‘05. we’ll consider doing something on him again, but there’s so many players we have yet to even get in once. space is a problem when we only come out a couple of times a year, but no fear–that’s why http://www.bouncemag.com exists!
September 29th, 2007 at 1:56 pm
Greg says:
The Notic days were legendary. Unfortunately, we’ll never get them back.
October 4th, 2007 at 2:57 am
Town Biz says:
Yash…stop tripping. We got those exclusive Handles flix and whatnot. You just stay tuned!
and Kool Bob know whatagwon! that is what http://www.bouncemag.com is for….on the westside its known as “underscore2030!”
Shouts to Tom Tolbert!!!!!!!!
October 5th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Sean Couch says:
Town Biz,
Couch one of the founders. I need to know that slanguage
of hyphy hyphy….
We’re big on words around these parts.