Settle in kids for another sweet full shred movie accompanied by an EXTRA BUTTER interview. Today we are dropping Quite Alright Production's newest movie Our Cup of Tea. They are a small production from Sweden but they are making a pretty damn tight shred flicks with zero dollars for budget. Check the flick for good times and then read the interview to get to know these meatballs a little better.

Give us a little general intro of the crew.
Jonas: The crew is mostly from southern Sweden. In winter almost the entire crew lives in Tandådalen, Sälen. This is also the place where most of us met. We're all about 21 years old. This is our third movie, but our second more serious one. Our first movie "NIX" was filmed in one month, just for fun of it.

Mårten: Nowadays there are some more guys from up north who have been filming with us. People from northern Sweden tend to be pretty quiet most of the time but these guys are just loud and rowdy.

What medium was used in the intro animations and which program did you use to animate it? How long did that take?
Mårten: Over 200 different hand-drawn pictures scanned by Anders Engberg. Anders is the art guy from Umeå who is awesome!

Jonas: Mattias animated it in Final Cut Pro. I think it took him about 13 hours of constant work, liters of coffee and a massive amount of snus!

Do you think that editing, motion graphics and typography are important or the should the riding be main priority?
Jonas: I think everything is really important to make a good movie. Of course the riding is the main priority but good riding and poor editing doesn’t make a good movie! I think it’s important to make a movie that speaks to our passion for snowboarding, and that might make others want to start snowboarding and have a great time!

Mårten: We thought it was original, then Videograss ripped us off with animated intros. Mattias claims that he’s gonna sue Mikey LeBlanc, haha.

What kind of tea do you put in your QAP in the morning?
Jonas: Mostly Jack Daniels or hot chocolate.

Mårten: Milk. Pure, straight from the cow's titty…uhm, udder?



Where are most of the street spots in the movie?
Jonas: Swedish cities are small so we went to a lot of them to film rails, all the way from Särna in Dalarna to Falköping in Skaraborg.

Mårten: Close to someone we know so we had a place to stay. We are not really on a budget that we can afford hotels over here.

What parks do you guys ride most?
Jonas: Super Park in Tandådalen and Pink Park in Lindvallen… They're our home parks.
 
What was the best powder day?
Jonas: A day when me, Jocke Hammar, Mattias Rehn and Jones Krafft hiked out to this small canyon and built a kicker. There was like one meter of fresh powder so we just fooled around with double flips and other fun stuff!

Mårten: Probably a day I was super hungover…

A lot of the riders seem to have decided to wear helmets, is there a reason or are skid lids finally fucken' coo!?
Jonas: In Sweden it’s not exactly cool to wear a helmet, but it’s more accepted than down in Europe or in the US. I think it’s because there’s always ice in the landings, typical Scandinavia.

Mårten: Jed Anderson sent all his helmets so Mattias wouldn’t sue Mr. LeBlanc.

How many people in the crew have a name ending in "as"?
Jonas: Five of the nine riders in Our QAP actually have names ending in “as”… Is that weird?

Mårten: Never really thought about it, I’m more of a tit guy.

All the riders seem well-rounded, is that something y'all strive for, a well-balanced shred diet?
Jonas: Yeah, it’s awesome to be able to shred everything! How many movies do you think we saw with that summer 'Fonna rock drop in this season, any idea who originally made that jump?

Mårten: I heard a rumor about a mountain goat but I think it sounds weird. They don’t have any thumbs.

Who is the beat boxer?
Jonas: Haha, it’s Nicklas Thirus, he’s a real good musician! Not a good scratcher though…

Mårten: It’s Michael Jackson, beat it.

What comp was that where Tobias lands that 12?
Jonas: Piststilen by Rip Curl in Ramundberget…

Mårten: He reverted the shit out of that! Not a real stomp.
 
How do you get a name like Bror Ax, is that a common last name, does it mean anything?
Jonas: Haha, no, it’s not a common name. “Bror” means brother and that’s kind of strange to have as a name and “Ax” is a type of seed… So, yeah not so common…

Mårten: Ax means Axe. He sure smells good.

Is apres-shredding Tuborg standard procedure?
Jonas: Hell yeah, works good as an energy drink!

Mårten: Just on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays.

Anyone in the crew actually getting paid or are you all just riding for the boner in your pants?
Jonas: No, no one is getting paid, free stuff at the most… But we've got a lot of boners in the crew!

Mårten: I can tell, Jonas. You should try denim.



How many times did Joakim try the epic last double back?
Jonas: I think he tried it about 8 times the same day, on 2 separate tries he smacked his head so hard he was puking in the landing, that dude is SO hardcore! This summer he actually damaged his spine when he tried to do a backflip superman on a motocross bike and last week he blew out his knee on a bad bomb drop. But I'm pretty sure he’ll be back soon, shredding with us!

Mårten: He doesn’t remember, that’s for sure. But his breakfast was all over the place. Yogurt, I believe.