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Sergio Layos, one of the best BMX riders in the world, was about to take part in his ninth X Games but twenty days before, on July 7th 2012, he fell near Montpellier, where he was recording a video. He was trying to land a 360 over a roof but fell and broke the shinbone and the fibula. Right there and then, the chance to participate at the X Games vanished: “I was invited and I felt awful wondering whether I could ever have that chance again,” he confesses, moved. The first thing he did was to call his brother, Ángel, who had a similar injury to that he

Name: Mathias Augris
Age: 22
Hometown: Lyon, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Osiris Shoes / KHE Bikes

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Park with some hips
-BMX video: etnies forward

Name: James Alcock
Age: 20
Hometown: Chester UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Prospects, The Boneyard Skatepark

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: BCN, or anything with friends
-BMX video: Animal Cuts
-Website: has to be Youtube
-Web video: Edwin Delarosa and Tom White fit life section
-Food: Chicken

-Riders to ride with: Ash Spencer, Josh Roberts, Higgo, Owain Clegg or anyone that wants to ride
-Car: Don't have one but I will have a mk1 escort
-Movie: HowHigh
-Shoes: adidas

Name: Maximilian Higginson
Age: 16
Hometown: Cardiff
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Vendetta, W.Y.K.S.

The favorite list:

-Drink: IRN BRU
-Trick: Anything spastic and G, mainly grinds and J-turns

Name: Storm Hughes
Age: 21
Hometown: St Andrews
Hook-ups/Sponsors: 20Twentystore, The Set

The favorite list:

-BMX photographer: Josh Fowler
-BMX filmer: Dave Sowerby
-Spot to ride: South Gyle Ledges
-BMX video: Cult Talk Is Cheap
-Travel destination: Barcelona
-Riders to ride with: Josh Fowler, Jonny Blakie, Gipo aka Jensen Murray
-Car: My trusty Toyota Aygo
-Movie: Law Abiding Citizen
-Colour: Green
-Shoes: Vans Halfcabs
-Bike company: The Set

Name: Joel Marchand
Age: 20
Hometown: Montreal, QC, Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: The Spot bike shop

The favorite list:

-Car: I used to have a Volvo 740turbo. But now I have my bike and the metro.
-Clothing company: the company does not really bother me if the clothes are comfortable and not too expensive
-Drink: ice tea best thing ever
-Web video: Nike in Taipei

Name: Dale Turk
Age: 18
Hometown: Gloucester
Hook-ups/Sponsors: none unfortunately

The favorite list:

-Shoes: Vans all the way
-Spot to ride: my two locals pittville skate park in Cheltenham or Churchdown bowl
-BMX video: BSD any which way, Cult talk is cheap and Empire bad idea are probably my favorite
-Website: recently I have become addicted to a website called shockmansion they post all sorts of cool videos on there

-Web video: I still like to watch all the old aversion videos, and ride to glory is always fun to watch
-Food: I really like junk food not really a fan of health stuff

Name: Michal Smelko
Age: 21
Hometown: Olomouc (Czech Republic)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Federal Bikes, Tbb-bike.cz, The Con

The favorite list:

-Ramp rider: Enarson
-Street rider: Dak, Ty, AK
-Dirt rider: Aitken
-Flatland rider: Dandois
-Old school rider: Nyquist
-Shoes: Vans
-Bike company: Federal bikes
-BMX contest: Simple Session
-Bike shop: Tbb-bike
-Clothing company: Vans

Name: Scott Atkinson
Age: 20
Hometown: Wetherby, UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Notion Store Leeds

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Leeds Street
-Movie: Bones Brigade

Name: Mike Curley
Age: 19
Hometown: Blanckburn
Hook-ups/Sponsors: We the people, the Cellblock BMX shop, Animal clothing, The Arc Skatepark

The favorite list:

-Drink: coffee
-Trick: oppo/switch bar or nose manuals
-BMX Magazine: Albion
-BMX MC: Catfish
-Video game: skate 3
-BMX photographer: Joe Bailey
-BMX filmer: Will Evans
-Girl: @suicidegirls
-Sport besides BMX: chillin
-Party: house party's!
-Spot to ride: Clitheroe