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Name: Reece Thomson
Age: 22
Hometown: Howwood, Scotland
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Fourpegs bmx shop

Last contest you entered: Vienna jam 

Last contest you won: I’m shite 

Last package you received from a sponsor: Last month, a beautiful Tall Order x Odyssey front wheel from @fourpegsbmx 

Last time you went to the gym: Two years ago?

Last advice you got from a good friend: Don’t worry about things out of your control 

Last rider who taught you a trick: It’s rare as I ride flatland alone 99% of the time. Probably Mik Penar teaching me the hang five turbine which I’ve still to fully master!

Name: Dom Phipps
Occupation: Owner On Record - A Brand history marketing agency.
BMX History Projects done: Haro Bikes - 30 Years of Freestyle. Haro First Generation Innovation.
Books - The Rise of BMX Freestyle Volume 1 & 2. The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement - 1st and 2nd Edition.

Current BMX history project: Redline BMX Foundations.

First of all, how can you explain your interest in the early days of BMX?
Dom Phipps: I was just a neighborhood rider growing up in the south of England. BMX came along in a period of my childhood, where I think many of us needed to set off in a direction. BMX became the catalyst for a lot of young people to become free-thinking, creative, and independent. I loved everything about it, including the social aspect and friendships with other like-minded kids. It was a magical time to be young.