Lara Lessmann got picked up by Red Bull Germany a few months ago. For a female freestyle rider representing Red Bull is a big deal. Lara is shooting for the Tokyo Olympics to represent Germany and got her first Olympic taste at the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires where she picked up a Gold. See what makes Lara tick by checking her Last Call interview....
Last contest you entered?
Lara Lessmann: Simple Session 2020
Last contest you won?
Last Call.....with Sven Avemaria. Sven's from Germany but no stranger to traveling. Barcelona was his latest flight. How convenient would it have been to have a BMX hotspot that close. 30 years ago, when BMX was near dead, we have to go to San Diego to meet up with BMX riders to ride in good weather during the winter. Oh well, good times anyway. Seems like GT sponsored Sven is chasing the good times too.
Last package you received from a sponsor:
My new GT BIKES parts to build up my new bike. Thanks so much again Jeff Z and Ben Ward!
Name: Niels Bensink
Sponsors: Meybo Bikes, Vee Tire Co, Renthal, SD Components, HT Components, Enjoy the Ride, Bensink BMX Gates, TVE Sports, Oegema Transport, Eurol, Esteq, PumptrackNL & Oakley
Mechanic: Thijs Kroon & Dylan Schuurman
How does it feel to build up a 2021 model in June of 2020?
Niels Bensink:
Due to the current circumstances the whole bike industry got to a hold, also Meybo. This is why the
Name: Shane Ellis
Age: 28
Hometown: Busselton, Western Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Pusher BMX, Social BMX NZ
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Local watering hole or anything steep and deep.
-BMX video: Any “Props Road Fools”, Criminal Mischief
Last Call....with Jose Cedano. Jose's from Chile and trying to make things work for himself as a pro BMX rider. Not easy as one can imagine, but if there's a will, there's a way. He currently calls Woodward West his home park so there are worse places in the world to be stuck at. Learn more about Jose in the following Q&A. Proost maat!
Last contest you entered: UCI worlds in China 2019
Last contest you won: Last year’s anual contest at @zignalpark
Last package you received from a sponsor: I got a little care package with softgoods from The Shadow Conspiracy a few days ago, so shoutout to them!
Last time you went to the gym: Last night haha
Last advice you got from a good friend: Make my daily calendar so I’m more focused on everything, don’t lose more Time haha
Last rider who taught you a trick: Probably Kevin Peraza, he tried teaching me 360 to foot jams I still haven’t done it but it’s on the way haha.
Last Call.... We haven't seen the last of Gary Young yet. Around the year 2000 the DirtBros saw this San Diego local come up. That is 20 years ago now and Gary still shreds on top level. We went through the list with the Vans/Sunday/ODSY rider. See his answers below.
Last contest you entered: Toyota put on a fun street style event at the Supercross event in Dallas. The Toyota triples challenge.
Last contest you won: Vans BMX Pro Cup Best TRICK
Last package you received from a sponsor: New bike from Sunday and Odyssey, Thanks dudes.
Last time you went to the gym: February. Gym's in San Diego are still closed. Fortunately I have been able to do other activities to stay healthy. Kayaking, riding, hiking and building stuff around the house.
Last rider who taught you a trick: Dennis Enarson (switch downwhip 180's)
Last movie you saw: Abominable (I'm a dad)
Last beer you drank: Still an NBD for me.
Last time you freaked out: When I got my grocery bill.
Name: Vita Kacha
Age: 30
Hometown: Prague, Czech Republic
Hook-ups/Sponsors: WDGF RAIDERS
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Westside of Prague, spot after spot keepin' it downhill all day
-BMX video: END SEARCH / Criminal mischief
Last Call.... Some of these are hard to remember but all in all a good quick read always. Today we picked Larry Edgar's memory and here's his Last Call list.
Last contest you entered: I think that would be the Monster Energy street and style in Arlington, Texas.
Last contest you won: I’m not too sure, I think it was a high air contest for Vans.
Last package you received from a sponsor: I got a few frames from David over at fly!
Last time you went to the gym: Probably a week or so, took a pretty good slam and couldn’t walk for a couple days.
Last advice you got from a good friend: You could go twice as fast.
Last rider who taught you a trick: Most likely Pat Casey.
Last movie you saw: Lion King with my lady.
Last beer you drank: Haha I think it was a Corona ?
Last time you freaked out: Steel doesn’t freak out.
Last call.... we're checking in with the ridaz out there. To kick things off we sent the list to Kink's Calvin Kosovich
Last package you received from a sponsor: Kink BMX, best in the game.
Last time you went to the gym: Maybe at a hotel one time, otherwise never haha.
Last advice you got from a good friend: “Just grab the 18 pack instead”
Last rider who taught you a trick: I’m too stubborn to be taught ha.
Last movie you saw: Rum Diaries - based on Hunter S Thompson book. Not bad
Last beer you drank: Modelo
Last time you freaked out: Been a while, probably soon to come tho.
Name: Armando Montes
Age: 27 years
Hometown: State of Mexico
Connections / Sponsors: HeyDog Shoes, XtremeBike, We The Peoplebmx, BicilopezCancun, NoRulesbmx
The FAT favorites list:
-Point to mount: Miniramp Spine
-BMX video: This one
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.