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Name: Brad Gibbs
Age: 33
Hometown: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA 
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Work BMX (frames), Operativ (clothing), Grindworks BMX (pegs) 

The FAT FAVOURITES list:

-Spot to ride: It use to be the city, any street spot really but now a days it’s anywhere I can take my 2 sons to ride with me!  

Name: Quillan Isidore
Age: 29
Hometown: London, England
Occupation: Coach

You recently stepped away from racing and are now focusing on coaching. Looking back, how would you sum up your BMX career and what the sport has given you over the years?
Quillan Isidore: I was very fortunate to compete in the sport for 20 years - professionally for half that time. I enjoyed a very successful amateur career with a world championship win at 16 but, more importantly laid a good foundation for what was to come. Plenty of emphasis on the fun / skills element. Built great relationships with my many people worldwide which I’m grateful for.

From my junior onwards my career was rife with injuries. It was very much two steps forward, one step back. The worst being, a broken femur or two broken ankles and a wrist (in one accident) and too many to list… This however, created a very resilient personality and attitude. The inner belief of knowing I was capable of much more led me to the somewhat small success I had.

I can be proud of 7 x world cup finals with a podium in there and a handful of euro wins etc.

Name: Joris Heinemann
Age: 15
Hometown: Oldenburg, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Mom

The FAT Favourite list:

-Spot to ride: Backyard Oldenburg
-BMX video: All from FATBMX/freedombmx
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: FATBMX/freedombmx
-Food: Schnitzel, Spaghetti Carbonara
-Person on Instagram: Moritz Wolf (MOWO Lifestyle)
-Travel destination: Australia
-Riders to ride with: Finn Lismann, Lisa Wenisch
-Car: BMW M4
-Movie: Premium Rush
-Colour: Blue/red

Name: Sebastian Rölen
Age: 14 years old
Hometown: Gerolstein, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Mom/Dad

The FAT Favorites list:

-Spot to ride: Birresborn 
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: The Webbie show 1
-Food: Steak and Fries

-Travel destination: Seoul, South Korea
-Riders to ride with: Tom Clemens, Raphael Brull
-Car: E92 M3 Alpine white / Porsche 991 GT3 black

-Colour: Black / Navy Blue
-Shoes: Nike Airmax 95

Name: Tatsuki Furukawa
Age: 26
Hometown: Kawasaki city Japannnn
Hook-ups/Sponsors: HiGhliGhtGanG, Motocrossinternational, Volume bikes, Odyssey BMX, Flourish bmx shop, Obey Japan

The FAT Favourites list: 

-Spot to ride: Every grind spot 
-BMX video: Stranger “no hype” Sean Ricany part
-Website: Porn hub
-Web video: Volume bikes “Melbourne Australia trip”, Fiend BMX “Lew is fiending”
-Food: Ramen or Karaage made by my parents 
-Person on Instagram: No idea 
-Travel destination: Europe is my dream place
-Riders to ride with: All BMXriders who are obsessed with BMX
-Car: Huge car
-Movie: Road of Dogtown, Titanic, Princess Mononoke. 
-Colour: Green

Name: Juan Pablo (JP) Carothers 
Age: 28
Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Paradise BMX Shop

The FAT FAVOURITES list:

-Spot to ride: UR Skatepark, that’s my local and I can always find new lines there. 
-BMX video: Cult - Talk is cheap, I watched it religiously growing up. 
-Website: I go on YouTube nowadays. 
-Web video: Any Nathan Williams edit really haha. But I probably watched his Welcome to Monster the most. 

Name: Scott Thomas
Age: 27 
Hometown: Zurich
Hook-ups/Sponsors: 22Cru

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: zurich city
-BMX video: Anthem 2, Bone deth
-Website: 22cru.com, 1920creations.com
-Web video: Thats up, 22cru
-Food: Schnitzel pommes
-Person on Instagram: @serafinessa @bb4andreja
-Travel destination: BCN
-Riders to ride with: 22cru
-Car: Audi Quattro 
-Movie: Django Unchained
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Rick Owens Techrunners

Name: Raul “Rulo” Figueroa Salinas
Age: 43 years old
Hometown: Talcahuano, Bio Bio Region, Chile
Contacts/Sponsors: For now, I'm self-sponsored.

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Australian BMX racing keeps producing serious talent, and Jesse Asmus just added another big result to his résumé by taking the win at the Oceania Championships in the Elite class. Moving up from the Junior ranks is never easy, especially in a region stacked with speed, experience, and Olympic-level firepower. But Jesse showed he’s not just there to make up numbers — he’s there to win.

With the 8-meter hill under his wheels and bigger names in the gate, the young Aussie is stepping into a new chapter of his career. We caught up with Jesse to talk Elite racing, equipment, music choices, modern tracks, Brisbane 2026, LA28 dreams, and what it takes to battle at the top level in Oceania.

Time to get to know the new Oceania Champion a little better.

First of all, congrats on the Oceania Championship win! ? Did you prepare anything differently this season now that you’re competing in the Elite class full-time? What has been the biggest adjustment?
Jesse Asmus: I definitely have changed some things since Worlds last year. As I’m going into the Elite class, I need to be operating at my very best to compete with the best guys in the world. I was working full time leading into Worlds in Copenhagen and have taken a bit of a leap of faith and have stopped working to put all of my effort into training and racing.

Name: Aleksandr Nesterov

Age: 27 y.o. 

Hometown: I’m from Kursk, Russia but currently live in Tbilisi
, Georgia
Sponsors/hook-ups: I’ve never been sponsored, but my friends often hooked me up with different goodies.

The FAT FAVOURITE list:

-Spot to ride: My favourite spot was my local indoor park from Kursk “3 Uroven”. So many good memories with this place

-BMX video: Almaz “wonderland”. Respect to Dimon
-Food: Rice with shrimps

-Person on Instagram: idk:) @kakvass - Kursk local party

-Travel destination: My little dream is Barcelona. But I hope that I’ll visit a lot of places.

-Riders to ride with: I love to ride with my friends anywhere