Taurian Fontenette

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For the film, see The Air Up There.

Taurian Fontenette, a.k.a. The Air Up There a.k.a. Mr. 720, is a streetball player from Hitchcock, Texas, a former player on the AND1 Mixtape Tour, and a current player for the Ball4Real World Tour. He is 6'2" (≈1.88m) tall and weighs 185 pounds (≈84 kg). He was awarded a contract on the tour's visit to Philadelphia in 2005. Fontenette attended Hitchcock High School in 2000, and attended three different colleges: UTEP in 2000-2001, Richland Junior College in 2001-2004, and Paul Quinn College in Dallas in 2004-2005. His original streetball name was Air Up There, but due to naming rights claimed by And1, he goes by Mr. 720.

As his nickname implies, Fontenette is best known for his leaping and dunking ability. During the AND1 game in Houston, Texas in 2006, Fontenette stunned fans by performing the first ever widely-documented 720-degree dunk. Video clips of the feat have been shown on ESPN's SportsCenter and also have been widely distributed over the internet.[1] He's also well-known for his signature dunk, the axle-rider (AKA the 360 between-the-legs), which he says he did before everyone else, back in his high school days.

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