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The Dueen of 5X Eioe§ Main§tream Jamie Little, longtime announcer and personality at THQ AMA Supercross Series events, is on the current cover of major men's magazine FHM (For Him Magazine),which is on newsstands now. She dropped us a line and broke down the experience for us. "I was called by FHM in October and told that they wanted to do a 'Girls of Winter X Games' thing," she said. "So they chose me [and super-pipe champ Gretchen Bleiler and Boarder-X ripper Tara Dakidas] out of about 20. Then they decided they wanted to put us on the cover, but we had to agree to do the body-paint thing . At that point, I was thinking, since I've come this far in my career, proven myself as a journalist and professional without taking my clothes off, why not take this opportunity? Why not show that I'm a feminine woman? What would it hurt? "I've come this far in my career, proven myself as a journalist and professional without taking my clothes off, why not take this opportunity?" "Fro m that point on, I was committed to the shoot. I had so much fun! They flew us to New York at the end of October, where we were dolled up and made sexy by multiple people! What you see in the magazine is a set. It looks like we're out in the woods. And being that Winter X Games is in Aspen, it all makes sense. So one of the first things we shot was the body paint - the other girls weren't as keen on it as I was . There's material made into X's on our chests, and then the rest was silver paint . The artist does it for a living, and he's done body paint on many stars. The shoot took a total of two days. Wow! What an experience for a little supercross announcer girl from San Diego. "So the magazine was sent to my house last week, and I didn't know what to expect. We didn't know how the cover would turn out [who would be on it, what we'd have on, etc .], so I get it, and let me just tell you , I was shocked! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry! I was on the cover, but what I knew to be painted-on bottoms the day of the shoot had succumbed to Photoshop! Yep, they Photoshopped my bottoms om And the pictures of us girls were Photoshopped together. We were never shot all together at the same time . "Oh, yeah, and for the record, if you believe my interview is exactly what I said, you'd be very wrong. The words were changed and edited to make it sexier for their readers. If you know me , you know that 's not me talking! All in all, it was a great experience, and I'd do it again in a heartbeat! Don't forget to see the layout inside - they dedicated ten pages to us action sports girls!" So, if you'd like to see more of Jamie Little than you've ever seen before, pick up the latest issue of FHM, or check out her new website, www.jamielittle.net.coming soon. A Honda Truck? For many years Honda has been saying that it has had no plans to build a truck, but evidently that's just what it wanted you to think. At the North American International Auto Show last week, the Honda SUT Concept made its World debut, and American Honda announced plans for the launch of an all-new sport-utility truck slated for introduction in 2005. The all-new model will be based on Honda's Globa l Light Truck Platform and will be produced by Honda Canada Manufacturing in Alliston, Ontario. "This pickup market is evolving to meet the changing tastes of a new generation of truck buyers ," said Tom Elliott, executive vice president of American Honda Motor Co . Inc. "The Honda SUT Concept takes this evolution to the next level with higher levels of refinement and sophisti- cation in a sporty and socially responsible package with Honda durability, quality and reliability ." The SUT Concept truck pictured here features a VTEC V-6 motor, a five-passenger cabin, five-foot cargo bed w ith integrated lighting and bed tie downs, Honda Navigation System, and Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA) . This is not, however, Honda's first truck. In 1963, Honda launched its very first automotive product, the T360 sports truck, which was powered by a 364cc engine that produced 30 horsepower at 8500 rpm. ,.v,., L I: ..., I: ,AI I: _