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Finally I have been at the ZooPark! I've travelled with VFL towards Priero to attend the C1 that Alessandro and the Italian federation organized in the park which he built near his house. I expected to have an epic day with Daniel Dhers, Daniel Wedemeijer, Nikita Ducarroz and all the athletes from our national team.

We crossed all of northern Italy, passing through Voghera to retrieve Patrick (@patriziodeturana), the best speaker in the game, up and down the hills of Barolo without even being able to taste at least a glass, pushing to start our working weekend. Unfortunately we also drove through villages severely affected by the previous day's flooding, a torment to see.

Arrived for dinner we joined the national team for a quick pizza in front of their hotel. In the team there were two newcomers, the guys who participated in the Italian championship a few weeks ago, Lucas Vega and Christian Ceresato. Unfortunately a lot of the other guys are missing due to ongoing injury.

We not stayed up late, just a couple of extra beers at the end of the dinner and straight to our rooms, Ale booked us two rooms in the hotel next to his house, so we were close by. We woke up fresh and rested

We've got hundreds, if not thousands of pictures hidden on the attick. From the start of BMX in The Netherlands to shoe boxes full of photos from the first trips to San Diego as well as all the European events we went to back in the day. Most pics are of poor quality, taken by the pocket-camera that seemed to fit in the fanny pack together with the passport, the wallet and some keys. Keep in mind that this was during the pre-cell-phone era and taking pics at parties wasn't common. Although a lot of the photos ended up in FAT-'Zine issues 0 - 34, it would be interesting to dive into the photo pile one day to make a book. But that probably won't happen.

Jared Souney on the other hand managed to scan thousands of his photos and filed them around to form the 'Things Seen Along the Way' book and it's amazing. 360 photos printed in a book with over 400 pages. The book weighs 5 pounds and all 250 copies were sold in no-time. Albert Moonen and Paul de Jong are now the owners of the photo book and we flipped through the pages trying to put a name with each rider. The names are listed at the end of the book and we had to peek a few times in order to

Name: Sebastian Gagne
Age: 21
Hometown: Orillia, ON
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Stranger, Exsess Apparel, Clinic Files, Harvester Bmx

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-Spot to ride: Handrails of any sort
-BMX video: Clinic Files Mixtape

Name: THOUIN Théo
Sponsors: Cycles évasion, Sunn, Kenny, Ville de Saint Brieuc, Comité départemental des Côtes d’Armor, Comité Bretagne, Bacquert Production.
Mechanic: Me myself and I. Sometimes my dad double checks if everything is alright.

What was your very first BMX bike?
Théo Thouin: My first bike was a Sunn. I was 7 years old.

How much different is it from the one you're racing today?
Théo Thouin: Actually I now race for Sunn aha. The bikes have progressed with geometry, rigidity and so much more.

What is a new product that you thought was very welcome in BMX?