Name: Justin Loeloff
Age: 26
Known Aliases: J.Lo

Write your BNQT introduction. Who are you? What the hell do you do? Describe your general disposition. Hello and welcome to the wonderful world of J.Lo. Well let's see, I am currently residing in the happy state of Utah. I'm originally from Chi Town and have been in Utah for 7 years now. What the hell do I do? Well seeing as you asked so politely, I am the owner of Off Trail Productions as well as a producer and the director of photography. Here at Off Trail we focus primarily on ski-based films, however we are currently expanding our venture in to a full, in-house production company. Yup, that is about it, oh and I'm stoked on life, I would say that is a good description of my general disposition.

Take us through an ideal day. Start with whether you have waffles, pancakes or french toast. Go from there. Ok, well if it is an ideal day, I would wake up at like 9, but my ideal day involves fresh pow, so I would wake up around 7ish. Most likely I'm in Salt Lake, which is nice cause I can leave my house and be at Alta, Brighton, or Park City all within 30-45 minutes; and that is on a busy pow day. Anyway, I would normally eat some oatmeal, then head out the door to get some espresso. I have to have strong coffee to get going these days. Then it's off to Alta. If it was a fresh pow day we would get up there and just schralp the pow all day and film. If it is a day later, we would go and hit up the backcountry and film whatever we think is fun. Then it would get dark so we would head out and be stoked on life. Later that night I would probably chill out with some of the Off Trail Crew and have a few beers and do some planning. Bam. That is the day.

Top five things in your life right now: Powder snow. A roof over my head. My Health. Friends. Family. What else do you need?

Sickest thing you ever saw anybody do on a pair of skis? WOW! That is a tough one. I have seen so many things that were just nuts so I will give a list: Travis Perkins at the last Freeze Magazine Parkasaurus, on the hip (the sickest and biggest 3 ever). Candide Thovex at Powder Magazine's Superpark at Mt. Bachlor. He did this cork 810 gap-to-rail that was crazy. That kid is sick. Laurent Favre did this backwards 7 at the US Open a few years back. He sent it so far down the landing and it was so steezy. I dig his style. There is so much more though, but that is a good amount.

Did you get it on film? Of course, that is what I do.

Tell us about Catchy Title? Who are you filming with? Do you have an idea of what you want the end product to look like? Well, Catchy Title is the name of the film that I am currently working on. I didn't make a ski film last year so I'm super psyched to be doing another one. This year we are really focusing on taking the skiing out of the park and just killing the mountain. We will be slaying big mountain lines, some super deep Utah pow, sickter backcountry booters, and some crazy urban. We are really just trying to push the limits of our sport and that means taking all aspects of skiing and putting them together. Any kid can go straight in the park and be sick, but it really takes something special to be able to slay the entire mountain. So that is what we are filming. The end product will follow what we are all about: Having fun!!!! The movie will really try and convey the fun that we have while skiing. That is about all that I can tell you for now, but we will be doing tons of updates and shit here at Banquet, so just keep it here.

Favorite resort in the Wasatch and why? Alta for the Pow. City, Park City. For the park and the killer scene.

Favorite riders to watch in person? Laurent Favre, Candide, Symms, Tanner; really anybody who can use the mountain as a playground.

On film? Anybody who can slay the mountain top to bottom.
Alta resort with the hottest front desk chicks: P-Dog, Goldminer's, Alta Lodge, or other? Wow, well that is a tough one. I don't make it in to the hotels very often, but I would have to bet that [the] P Dog kills it, but it is tough to say. I'm am going to go scope the scene tomorrow¦

Think of one good thing to say about 3.2 beer: Oh man its great, you can stay hydrated at the same time as drinking beer and it's cheaper than bottled water¦ No, actually it really sucks. That is why I just drink Crown.

Give us the names of three skiers people should know and might not. Wow, that is really hard. I just can't, there would be too many people left out¦ I would say though that there are so many sick kids here in Utah that slay it harder than many pros out there. Utah really is the place to be.

What's in your bag for a day of filming? Give us the gear rundown. Ok, well I rock the Pani dvx 100a. It's a tight cam that I love. I also have a killer Nizo super 8mm camera that I will bust out sometimes. I also will carry a rain fly cause we're doing lots of storm riding this year. Of course you have to rock the tripod and I also will use a mono pod from time to time. I have a wireless mic that I will use sometimes on rails and shit and for interviews. Other than that my other gear includes, an avalanche beacon, Avy Probe, Avy Shovel (metal only), walkie talkies, extra tapes, a tape head cleaner, batteries, wide angle lens, some water (you gotta stay hydrated), umm¦ some food, and that is about it.

How did you get into shooting? Share with us some of the things you learned about setting up a production company. Well, one day I broke my leg¦ well, actually I shattered it, but that made me take a step back and not charge so hard. So I decided to pick up a video camera and start filming some shit while in college. I really dug it, so I changed majors and started to film some skiing once I got healthy the next season. I was really just in the right place at the right time. I just cruised PC, and met some people, it turned out that the people I was meeting were some of the best up-and-coming skiers out there. That is basically it. just got lucky that my friends kill it. As far as starting my own company, I'll tell you this: It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be. I have really learned a lot about life and what's important. I am the type of person who learns better form doing, so I just went for it. I wish I had done some things a bit different, however it taught me a lot more than I would have learned working a normal 9-5. It is super stressful, but I really enjoy the challenge, and when things work out it is just that much more rewarding.
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You're a world-class assassin. What's your game: sniping, knives, kung-fu, other? Oh, I would definitely be sniping fools. Or actually no, I would want to me a ninja. No how Ëœbout a ninja who snipes fools. Fuck Yeah.

Better name for a band: Predadaters, Apologize to Your Lungs, The NyQuil Bandits, Box Nutters, or The Santa Claus Stranglers? Apologize to Your Lungs

Can you top those? Hmm, how bout Get Sum.

You are about to throw down in a street fight. Who would you want on your side: Orville Redenbacher, Colonel Sanders, Regis Philbin, or the Quaker Oats guy? See now that is a really tough one. I mean I bet that the colonel is a badass cause he's from the South. At least I think he is¦ Although KFC was started in SLC¦. And I bet Orville is a sneaky bastard, but I would have to go with Regis. I bet he would get crazy on some people.

Who is the biggest badass you know? The Captain. He shoots photos. The guy is a badass for sure. He is such a badass that he has a unicorn and a gay fish waving its hat in his sleeve tattoo. Only a true badass could do that.

What best describes your feelings when you think about Banquet? You know how you feel on just that sick day. It could have snowed four feet, or be perfect surf weather, or whatever it is. But you wake up and you know you are just going to have a sick day and you feel all warm and fuzzy inside. You know that feeling? It's like that.

Pop quiz, hotshot. There's a bomb on a bus. Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed. If it drops below 50, it blows up. What do you do? What do you do? I would have to just follow Keanu's lead on that one. Seeing as he is the best actor EVER I just couldn't do anything better than him; Hell, he is an FBI agent.

Construct your porn name using the following formula: middle name= porn first name, name of the street you grew up on= porn last name: Well Justin is my middle name, so I would just have to go with J. Crimson.
Ever Dance with the devil in the pale moonlight? Was that the devil? I guess I have.
Turn the tables on us: Ask Banquet a question or two here, and we shall answer it: In 5 years where do you see Banquet? As having revolutionized the action sports film industry¦ and lying facedown in a gutter, passed out with success.
What is the craziest event that Banquet has covered or attended? Huh¦ The Globe Premiere for Secret Machine got pretty intense around 3 a.m. Icer Air was right up there in terms of debauchery¦ Ice says Block Party in Tahoe was pretty wild too.
Who is the biggest lush at Banquet? Ahhh¦ it's a running competition, but we'll say Rudd Davis' mother¦ that woman can guzzle.
When do you think mustaches will make a comeback as a legitimate style for men, or is that time already upon us? You know this is a big discussion amongst many of those in the sugar hood. I really think that it needs another year or two perhaps. I just don't think the general public is ready for the comeback of the stash where as the typical BNQT viewer is probably quite ready for the comeback.

So we're doing a lot of interviews, and are running low on questions. So we need you to come up with a question for our next interview. We don't know who it's going to be yet, but make it clever. If stranded on a lush tropical island, and you could bring 3 things with you, what would they be? Winter or summer: What is your poison? What is the definition of an acute angle? Explain the reason L.A. or S.L.C. have such great fucking sunsets?
Final shout-outs/thank-yous/general good tidings: First off, gotta say thanks to the Ëœrents, and all those who have helped along the way. Also to all the skiers who put their bodies on the line every day to get the shot. Finally a special shout-out to all those separated by a distance. PEACE I'M OUT!!!!!!!!!!