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Name: León Angel Pineda Restrepo
Age: 22
Hometown: Medellín, Colombia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Bike park La Frontera Dsg B111X Malabito

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-Spot to ride: Bike Park La Frontera DSG
-BMX video: Angel Restrepo BMX (Pez Verde)
-Website: Facebook-Instagram
-Web video: None
-Food: Pizza
-Travel destination: I would love to go to the north pole!
-Riders to ride with: I ride alone most of the time. Would love to

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It ain't easy to keep dirt spots alive but the Sugar Hills just celebrated 25 years in existence. The spot usually needs a lot of water to be good, but this time we had plenty of it. The day started off dry but around noon the clouds opened. Easy Up tents and Red Bull parasols took care of the shelter for everyone who showed up. Catching up was on the program because the weather forecast said we'd have a dry slot from 16:00hr - 18:00hr. In the meantime the music was cranking, the Vans waffles were made and those who wanted, enjoyed a Red Bull.

We are Waldemar Fatkin and Camilo Gutierrez, professional bmx riders from Koblenz, Germany and Lima, Peru respectively. We have been ridden for the project deepbmx/autum bicycles from Berlin, Germany more than 6 years. Unfortunately since our last trip to Japan, we have decided to leave the project together for many reasons. Waldemar was