Here’s one that doesn’t need a fancy intro: Music. Action sports. Rock stars. Who doesn’t want to know what they’re listening to? I reached climber Steph Davis as she was leaving for Slovakia, skier Seth Morris waiting for the weather in Haines, Alaska, and skater Tony Hawk running between L.A. and San Diego to find out what’s in frequent rotation right now.

Athletes listed alphabetically, in case you were wondering.

If available, song title links to its page on Apple’s iTunes store.

STEPH DAVIS
Climber, BASE jumper, wingsuit pilot

“These are some of my favorite tracks right now on my iPod Shuffle. I listen while climbing on my wall, hiking up to BASE jump here in Moab, and most especially, when riding up in the Cessna for wingsuit jumps. I love having music on while flying in my wingsuit.”

Saltwater (Tomski Vs Disco Citizens Mix) — Chicane
Mind Of The Wonderful (Club Mix) — Blank & Jones
The Promise You Made (Bermudez & Harris Pinky Swear Mix – Radio Edit) — Kate Ryan
Balade à Toronto — Jean Leloup
Blue Eyes Sky — Jean Leloup
Le Monde Est A Pleurer — Jean Leloup
Un Ciel Pour Le Soleil — Charles Dubé
La Belle Et Le Bad Boy — MC Solaar
La Vie Est Belle – MC Solaar
Work That — Mary J. Blige
Fade Away — Mary J. Blige
What Love Is — Mary J. Blige
Gamemaster [Original Mix] — Lost Tribe
Learning to Fly — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers
Free Fallin’ — Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

“I put this list together as my top favorites to play during our last Huckjam tour. Mr Brownstone isn’t a good track for a family-friendly event, though, so it got cut in the end. I guess songs about heroin addiction haven’t hit the Disney crowd yet. Neither have all the F-bombs in Idiots Rule.

‘I still have this playlist saved on my iTunes and break it out whenever I need a little extra energy during a skate session.”

The Beginning of the End — Nine Inch Nails
Clampdown — The Clash
Strange Times — The Black Keys
Mr. Brownstone — Guns N’ Roses
White Unicorn — Wolfmother
Idiots Rule — Jane’s Addiction
Something Against You — Pixies
Image of the Invisible — Thrice
The Rat — Walkmen
Gut Feeling — Devo

SETH MORRISON
Skier

“Some tracks to prepare the mind for the game.”

Living In Darkness — Agent Orange 
Search and Destroy — Iggy Pop and The Stooges
They Say — Scars on Broadway
Problems — Sex Pistols
Loose — Primer 55
New Dogs, New Tricks — One Minute Silence
Xeper — Vader
The Faded Line — Lamb Of God

Steph Davis photo by Mario Richards, Tony Hawk photo by Jody Morris, Seth Morrison photo courtesy Seth Morrison.

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