FAT FAVOURITES list with Kent Pearson (USA)

Feb 03, 2026

Written by Bart de Jong

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Name: Kent Pearson
Age: How old would you be if you didn’t know your age.
Hometown: Athens, GA, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kink BMX, Profile Racing, Empire BMX, Blackout BMX

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: I always have the philosophy that if you keep the right people and the right vibes then you could ride just a curb and have an amazing time.
-BMX video: This week, I’ve watched No Love (Fiend) and Champagne (Kink).

-Website: I hit the usuals Dig, Our, FATBMX, as long as it’s BMX…
-Web video: This week I’ve rewatched the Max Miller Serenity Vid and everyone else and I are watching the Marius Dietsche Hell Nah video. Both of them make me shake my head.
-Food: Southern USA soul food.
-Person on Instagram: Love it that my friends Demarcus Paul and Albert Mercado are out there shredding together and putting up stuff nonstop.
-Travel destination: Anywhere that has good people and good sessions waiting. For non BMX, I’d like to see the animals in the wild in Africa.
-Riders to ride with: for the home team, Mason Pearson, Justin Garner, Brandon Farmer, Dane Beardsley, Nicholas Will, Jeremy Nowell. Georgia (US) has some good dudes and I try to get around to all the different sections.
-Car: Currently Toyota CHR. Great BMX machine but still fits in my garage with room left to get around in there.
-Movie: All the Dark Knight and gritty Batman stuff. I like team up / crime movies where, you know, there’s a team up with maybe a dude that’s a brain, and another is the gun guy, and the tech guy and so on… Heat, Den of Thieves, etc.
-Colour: “I’ll stop wearing black when they make a darker color” - Wednesday Addams- The Addams Family. Ha (I do like that kind of drab olive green too though)
-Shoes: Etnies Wallens with the Michelin bottoms. Definitely go cup sole, sewn, and lace up for the usual requirements. It's kind of odd for me to see people ride in just like canvas slip on vulcanized kind of shoes. I understand the pedal feel and all, but to have no support or structure or protection and then wonder why their feet, knees, rest of body get achy or hurt...
-Bike company: Kink.
-BMX contest: Jibb Crew here in GA keeps things fun and light and get riders together. I make it to Swampfest every year because it’s like multiple family reunions in one place for me, but I do miss it being all BMXers and not full of outsiders and nonriders that come just for the spectacle and craziness.
-Bike shop: Empire. Been caring for BMX for a lifetime. (Shout out to all the BMX bike shops like Empire, and Powers, and Albes, and the others that put up the good fight).
-Restaurant chain: A southern American man like me, might would say Waffle House? If I wasn’t trying to name the healthiest that is, ha.
-Clothing company: Shout out to all the BMX companies that put in so much effort on actual BMX apparel.
-Phone: Samsung!
-Music: I cast a really wide net on music. Hip Hop gets the biggest share of time in my ears, but I can range from rock to instrumental to *real country (not pop country) to metal etc.

-Ramp rider: Tom Justice.
-Street rider: Nathan Williams.
-Dirt rider: Hallahans.
-Flatland rider: Dane Beardsley.
-Old school rider: Bobby Fisher was my lane.

-Drink: Crown Royal and Dr Pepper.
-Trick: Love hang five and nose whip stuff.
-BMX Magazine: Dig. (Shout out to all the outlets still putting in the time to do print).
-BMX MC: Crandall, Catfish…
-Video game: Haven’t ever been a gamer at all. No dislike, just keep my schedule so packed I haven’t ever left time for it.
-BMX photographer: Rob Dolecki, Mark Losey, Mason Pearson - but all the guys that work so hard to make BMX look good. BMX photography is important.
-BMX Filmer: Stew Johnson, Darryl Tocco.
-Sport besides BMX: I train mix martial arts, and kickboxing.
-Party: Don’t mind if I do…