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Name: Sam Foakes
Age: 24
Hometown: Manchester, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Zion, Vans, Flatware

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: MM21 in Yokohama
-BMX video: Eclipse
-Website: flatmatters
-Web video: Cory Fester 16 days
-Food: Cookies
-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: E, Phil Dolan, James White
-Car: Skyline GTR
-Movie: Blades of Glory

Name: Allan Cooke
Age: 28
Hometown: Carlsbad
Hook-ups/Sponsors: DC Shoes, Haro

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: The Unit, Browns Plains Australia and Dennis Enarsons Yard
-BMX video: Road Fools 1, Schwinn American Muscle and the 50/50 Video
-Website: T-Cub, Vital and HARO bikes on Facebook
-Web video: Dan Foley, Nathan Williams, Josh Harrington
-Food: Thai, Vegitarian and Taiwan
-Travel destination: Anywhere in Europe
-Riders to ride with: Marcus Tooker, Dennis Enarson and Jeff

There was a bit of confusion getting this one up but it's sorted now. Enjoy.

1-How is it living in Forked River New Jersey?
Forked river is definitely a big change from growing up in Staten. There is no corner store to walk to, no quarter drinks, and no loosies. It's a good time though I’m only an hour and change from NYC and the same for Philly. We got some secret street gems. We got a good mix of trails (area 51), street (Toms river), and a bunch of local pre fab parks and of course the Incline club which is a skate park on steroids. You gotta make the most of where ever you are ya know.

2-What do you miss about Staten Island?
I miss how everybody is in a rush. It's so much faster paced out there. People just got no need to be anywhere out here. Staten is home and always will be. I miss the crew I grew up riding but that’s what's great about life all the memories you make and the people you meet along the way.

3-What don’t you miss about Staten Island?
I don’t miss the scene of blowouts and dudes with fake tans. There’s more to life than being a meathead. I’ll admit I got love for all my boys but I could give a fuck less about the rest of them dudes.

4-Who’s Faces are tattooed on your leg?
The number of faces on my leg are at 4 now. I got Bob Pratt the owner of Staff. He was the original. My boy Kevin at Staff said I wouldn’t so I did.

Name: Dave Nourie
Age: 44
Hometown: San Diego, Ca
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Haro, Vision Street Wear, Odyssey, ODI, Life's a Beach

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Any 10' by 10' area with a potential to have crowd
-BMX video: Aggro Man and Kung Fu Fighting - By Eddie Roman
-Website: Too many to list
-Food: Any healthy organic and local

Name: Mark Filipowicz  (Known to most as Flip)
Age: 27…again…and again…and again….
Hometown: Rochester Mi. is where I grew up.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: I get help from Albe’s, Profile, System Cycle and Jim C. at Sunday flowed me a frame recently.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: right before the weather turned to shit I was having a ton of fun riding street within a 2 mail radius of my house.
-BMX video: Baco 1-10!  They NEED to put them all in a DVD box set so the younger riders can bask in the BACO radness.
-Website: www.albes.com ...duh!
-Web videos: David Grant for big stuff,  Rob Ridge for tech and Troy Merkle for awesome originality. Morgan Long had a sweet edit a few months ago as well.
-Food: This week? Lots of Subway

Name: Ben Snowden
Age: 29
Hometown: Hornell, NY
Hook-ups/Sponsors: TRUTH SOUL ARMOR, RETAKS, SNEAUX, VITAMIN WATER, POWERBAR, HITMAN BIKES, INTENSE TIRES, 43 BOLTS, PRO-TEC, X-Grindz

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Chino Skatepark
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief
-Website: Pandora.com
-Web video: Charlie the Unicorn
-Food: Pizza
-Travel destination: Shanghai, China
-Riders to ride with: Loren LaVerne, Lawrence Werrell, Scott Twiford, James Dimatteo, Pat Casey, Dylan Stark, Hucker, Austin

The Simpel Session is coming up shortly. It has become a contest for everyone to look forward to. Either live in Tallinn, or at home behind the computer screen for the live broadcast. We caught up with Risto Kalmre, one of the main organizers of the event.

Ten years of Simpel Session, who would have ever thought?
Risto: Yeah, huh. In 2000 I'd never have guessed that we’d still be doing this event 10 years later. Or that it would become so

Name: Zack Williams
Age: 17
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Hoffman bikes, Vans shoes, Seventies distribution, Rampworx skatepark

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Rampworx
-BMX video: no front teeth
-Website: google
-Web video: all of Harry Main's
-Food: kfc
-Travel destination: Annecy, France
-Riders to ride with: all my friends
-Car: Shelby Mustang GT 500
-Movie: 300

Name: Tomislav (Tomzi) Radic
Age: 20
Hometown: Osijek, Croatia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Volf, Irony bmx

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Osijek skatepark, anyting rideable
-BMX video: Nike 6.0
-Website: FATBMX, Ride, TCU, Vital, Irony bmx, Zion bikes, Facebook

-Web video: Rob Darden Osiris edit
-Food: pizza
-Travel destination: I don't travel a lot...maybe Budapest?

-Riders to ride with: Nyram, Niki, Tupak and other Osijek locals
-Car: Audi

Name: Shaun McCracken
Age: 20
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: NONE

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Southport or Rampworx
-BMX video: Levis, Jamie Bestwick section
-Website: FATBMX  :D
-Web video: Drew Bezanson
-Food: chicken
-Travel destination: Germany, need to bring Rebel Jam back