Living in a van, waking up at a new skatepark every day. Sounds like a dream. Teresa Fernández-Miranda has been living this life for a while now. Time to check in with her to see what life on the road is all about.
Community & Friends
BMX is such a tight community. How often do you link up with friends on the road?
Teresa Fernández-Miranda: One of the best things about living in the van is that I can visit all my friends who are spread out across the country. They always make time to spend a few days riding and having a good time together.
Chasing Skateparks
Spain (and Europe) has some insane parks. What are some of your favorite skateparks you’ve been able to visit because you live on the road?
Teresa Fernández-Miranda: For me, the best parks in Spain are Skatepark Rubén Alcántara, Skatepark Villaverde, Skatepark de Navia, and Skatepark de Trapagaran. Those are the ones where I enjoy riding the most in Spain.
Name: Yurii Reznikov
Age: I’m 31 years old
Hometown: I’m currently living in Paris. The last year and a half I’ve been living in France. Before that I was living in Germany, Holland, Ireland, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, and other countries. Actually I was born in the Ukraine - Kharkov City, but from early childhood I started doing BMX racing and since then my life has been a big journey.
Sponsors/hook-ups: I am supported by my old friends HHX-brand
The FAT FAVOURITE list:
-Spot to ride: Some interesting place, I don’t know what will make an impression on me and make me want to go for a ride
-BMX video: Inside BMX, Deadline, Baker4 
-Food: Buckwheat porridge with meat
-Person on Instagram: Sometimes it could be an interesting woman, some artists, BMX or a skate rider or someone else.
-Travel destination: I really love visiting new places
-Riders to ride with: All simple friendly people
-Car: Chevrolet Impala 1957
-Movie: Hot shots
-Color: Green, blue
-Shoes: Beautiful ones with comfortable soles
-Bike company: Brands that make good things 
-BMX contest: When I was a child my friends and I loved watching Simple Session and X Games.
-Bike shop: Who could provide a good discount
-Clothing company: Ones that make good clothing
-Music: It depends on my mood
-Ramp rider: You
-Street rider: You
-Dirt rider: You
-Flatland rider: You’re the best in everything
-Old school rider: Garrett Reeves 
-Drink: Coffee
-Trick: Wallride
-Website: I don’t know, some years ago it was the come up
-Video game: Tony Hawk’s American Westland
-BMX photographer/filmer: I haven’t been following the BMX world for a long time
-Party: BMX video Premiere Urodi 5
Rampfest hosted the 2026 BMX Park National Championships in Australia. Coming out on top in the Elite Women category is Sarah Nicki. We caught up with Sarah to see how her championship went.
Congratulations on the national title! What part of your winning run are you happiest with, and was there a trick that made the difference for you?
Sarah Nicki: I'm happy to have won the Elite Women Park National Championships at Rampfest last weekend. I was so happy of my whole run, especially landing my flip 1-foot X-up to can which I have never done in competition and Flair-Cancan is still a new one for me. A couple of other things I'm really happy with include my big table. That backflip 1 footed cancan was the one that made me happiest since I had not done it in a while.
Rampfest in Melbourne has a unique layout. What do you like most about riding there, and was there a specific ramp or transfer that felt like your sweet spot during the contest?
Sarah Nicki: The whole park is amazing. I love the jump line. I love the bowl. I love the quarters being a little steep, that's super nice. I love the transfer from the spine into the box, that's always fun. There's so many, I could go on and on and on what I love about that park. I've rode there since I was very little.
Australia has become one of the strongest nations in Women’s BMX Freestyle Park.
Name: Zeno Lehmann
Age: 25
Hometown: Zürich, Switzerland
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Cult & Vans Europa
The FAT Favourites list:
-Spot to ride: Skatepark Frauenfeld
-BMX video: Level 22 from Basil Roos
-Website: 22cru coming soon!
-Web video: 22cru Allstars
-Food: Pasta
-Travel destination: Barcelona
-Riders to ride with: With all my homies
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Vans
-Bike company: Cultcrew 4ever
-BMX contest: Fise Montpellier
-Bike shop: La Galerie Bike Shop
Elite Men Park Champion – Xavier Gilbee. 2026 Australian BMX Freestyle Park National Champion with a score of 95.33 points held at Rampfest, Melbourne
FATBMX: First off, congrats on taking the 2026 Australian National title with a 95.33! What trick or line in your runs were you most stoked to put down, and did everything go according to plan?
Xavier Gilbee: I was super stoked to land the 720 tail whip on the small box especially with the super seat grab Indy right before it.
FATBMX: Rampfest has become a bit of an Aussie BMX institution. What’s your take on the park in a contest setting, and was there a particular ramp or section that really suited your style?
Xavier Gilbee: Rampfest is where I grew up riding and learnt my foundation skills. Over the years it has had a few upgrades and changes however I think the current setup is one of the best parks for a competition with the box jump lines and the many transfers.
BMX Couples – Merel Smulders & Mathis Ragot Richard. Two different flags, one shared passion. Dutch speed machine Merel Smulders and French powerhouse Mathis Ragot Richard are both competing at the highest level of BMX Racing, chasing podiums across the globe while balancing life as a couple. From Olympic medals to European titles, from airport lounges to start hills, this BMX duo knows what it takes to stay on top. We caught up with them to talk long-distance love, racing for the same brand, creative projects, language struggles, and what the future holds. Time for another FATBMX “BMX Couples” edition.
FATBMX “BMX Couples” Interview
Name: Justin Garner
Age: 34
Hometown: Tallapoosa, Georgia, US
The FAT Favourites list:
-Spot to ride: Hip or mellow rail
-BMX video: Deadline, Criminal Mischief, Markit Zero, Fit Life
-Website: Instagram
-Web video: Alex Donnachie Edit
-Food: Pizza
-Travel destination: Barcelona
-Riders to ride with: Brandon Farmer, Cade Wall, Kent Pearson, Nick Thurmond
-Car: Corvette
-Movie: The Dark Knight
-Colour: Black
Name: Daniel Niles
Age: 41
Hometown: Slough (currently living in South London), England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Huscija Crew
The FAT Favourites list:
-Spot to ride: Stockwell
-BMX video: Return To Civilisation
-Website: ebay or gumtree
-Web video: Skavanger Pop Off
-Food: Stew Chicken
-Person on Instagram: Lewis Parker (@lew_ultra)
-Travel destination: Pula, Croatia
-Riders to ride with: Billy Starr, Timeel Lewis, Alex Wealands, Adnan Baig, Tim Evans and too many other to name!
-Car: None
-Movie: The Running Man
-Colour: Navy Blue or British Racing Green
BMX Couples: Gustavo Balaloka and Eduarda Bordignon. Living, riding and traveling together. What's good about it, what's hard. The Brazilian couple answers some questions for FATBMX:
You’re both riding BMX Park at the highest level — how does training together actually work? Do you help each other with tricks, contest runs, or gym sessions?
In practice, training together comes from where everything started for us. We basically began our professional BMX careers side by side. In 2017, we left Brazil for the first time to compete abroad and went to China, to Chengdu. It was the first FISE of our lives and, right after that, our first World Championship as well. Everything happened very intensely. At the time, Duda was 17 and Gustavo was 15, so we were both underage, on our first trip alone and our first call-up to the Brazilian BMX Freestyle National Team, which was actually the first national team in the history of the sport in Brazil. So, quite literally, the first step of our careers happened together.
Before that, we barely saw each other. Duda lived in the countryside of Paraná and Gustavo lived in São Paulo, so our realities were very different. We had only met once at a random event. After that trip, we started competing more together, traveling more, training closer to each other, and that’s when a real friendship was built. Before becoming a couple, we were best friends for many years, eight years to be exact. And that still reflects in our training today: we know each other extremely well,
Name: Mike Green
Age: 34
Hometown: Memphis, Tennessee, USA
Sponsors: Capital BMX brand, Dans Comp and Cult crew
The FAT FAVOURITES list:
-Spot to ride: A good plaza street spot
-BMX video: Colony still having fun
-Website: Instagram
-Food: Tacos
-Person on Instagram: @MikeGreen901
-Travel destination: Finland
-Riders to ride with: Close friends
-Car: GMC 1500
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.