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Name: Mike Kohn
Age: 37
Hometown: Martinez, CA USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: STF Mobile Bike Shop and Feeble Life. I appreciate you guys so much!

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Wallrides, good rails, fast bowls, trails, spots that make for a good clip or photo.
-BMX video: Dang this is a tough one! I need to list 4 that were the most influential to me. 1. Etnies Forward 2. S&M Please Kill Me 3. Animal Can I Eat? 4. Voices
-Website: Our BMX & Dig BMX
-Web video: I spent too long thinking about this one so I’m going to go with an oldie but a goodie: Ian Schwartz edit for Sunday I think. The song in the video was by Deer Tick “These Old Shoes”.
-Food: E&B Eggs & Bacon
-Person on Instagram: @robinsloot. I love what he’s doing for the BMX scene in Taiwan and seeing the spots he rides. Bucket list trip for sure!
-Travel destination: Spain is always a great time. But like I said earlier, Taiwan is a bucket list spot.
-Riders to ride with: Damn this might be the hardest one! Brendan Bertolini, Dan Romeo, Samar Carrillo, Wes Rhoe, Josh Gray, Tyler White, Corey Pedroza, Alex Coral, Kord McKinney, Cru Dorsey, Ben Guinn,

Name: Dan Romeo
Age: 40
Hometown: Pittsburg, Ca., USA
Hook-Ups/Sponsors: Vans Bicycle Center/Blue Collar BMX/STF Brand: 

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Anything where I can use my brakes and get tricky
-BMX video: etnies Forward
-Website: BMX Museum
-Web video: S&M -Dirt Rules!
-Food: Anything I can eat (I’m celiac)
-Person on Instagram: Everyone I follow

Name: Magro Steve
Age: 43
Hometown: Marseille, France

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Anything new with my friends
-BMX video: All the Roadfools episodes, etnies Forward, Anthem 2
-Web video: MATRIXÉ by my boy Poiss Barbier and all the Nofate crew

Name: Yoshihiro Shinde
Age: 45
Hometown: Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Hook-ups/Sponsors: ARESBIKES

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Mikawa Anjo Aichi Prefecture
-BMX video: Standerds Style Cats
-Website: flatmattersonline
-Web video: This one
-Food: Freshly baked bread and coffee
-Person on Instagram: THIS
-Travel destination: Southern island
-Riders to ride with: Takahiro Enoki ”enoyang”
-Car: Cadillac Brougham
-Movie: E.T.
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: DC Shoes

Name: Lewis Newman
Age: 34
Hometown: The Fens
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Being a mechanic

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Was the ghetto spot Luc built or anywhere with mates
-BMX video: etnies Grounded, Anthem 2
-Website: ebay
-Web video: Rich Thorne Dig X
-Food: Probably pizza
-Person on Instagram: Luc Byford
-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: Luc Byford, Matt Wenn, Jack and Joe Cornwell, Harry Barrett and Max
-Car: e46 320d touring

Name: Sam Hathaway
Age: 19
Hometown: Cambridgeshire, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Apart from my mates lending me parts when I need, I have no hook-ups or sponsors

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: It’s hard to name one specific spot I like to ride. The local trails are always a blast but nothing beats a local session.
-BMX video: 1030D / Preston Okert
-Website: Ride UK BMX
-Web video: Kaz Campbell; Welcome to éclat
-Food: Sausage rolls from Tesco
-Person on Instagram: Preston-Okert
-Travel destination: Hastings

Name: Luc Byford
Age: 28
Hometown: Cambridge, England

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Anywhere with a good group of people.
-BMX video: Anthem II
-Website: www.414skateparks.com

Name: Henry Thomas
Age: 15
Hometown: Toronto, Ontario
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Space Brace and A’ME Grips/BMX Bling

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Joyride 150 Indoor Bike Park
-BMX video: Drew Bezanson Vs. Joyride 150, Mike Varga: Varganator
-Website: FATBMX
-Food: Pizza
-Person on Instagram: Scotty Cranmer

-Riders to ride with: Lawson Turner, Xavier Wright, Jeffey Whaley, Kevin Fabregue, Maxime Chalifour, Mike Varga, Ben Malette
-Car: Ferrari F80
-Movie: The Mighty Ducks
-Colour: Blue

Name: Jacob Sparling
Age: 30
Hometown: Campbell River, B.C. Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: No sponsors, just connections with great people in the Canadian BMX community. 

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Favourite spot to ride would be my hometown park. Helped me with riding every kind

Name: Mattes Torn
Age: 22
Hometown: Originally from Hamburg, now living in Cologne
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Sport Import BMX, BSD, SUICYCLE

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Everything in the streets but riding handrails is my favourite
-BMX video: Deadline
-Website: Pointerpointer.com
-Web video: Simone Barraco - DIG 2017
-Food: Pizza, pasta, kebab
-Person on Instagram: @madszameit
-Travel destination: I really like Lisbon. Also planning to go to Japan later this year.
-Riders to ride with: Everyone around Fracture
-Car: Whatever fits the bikes in, I’m not really into cars that much.