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Name: Leo Balay
Age: 19
Hometown: St Agrève (07), France
Sponsors: BMX AVENUE, Stress

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: It doesn't matter, as long as there are people to laugh with!
-BMX video: ABOVE BELOW

The 15th edition of the Simple Session is going to be a big one. The second batch of riders has just been announced. Looks like Vans rebeljam winner Alex Donnachie is looking for more as he has signed up to ride his first Simple Session event in Tallinn. Germany's Janek Wentzky is also on the list and we're looking forward to a big 360-no-hander over the box. Tech street will come from Simone Barraco and also Joris Coulomb from France will bring some street moves along with AK, Dan Paley and Paul Ryan from the UK.

The Simple Session is an event where street riders and park riders share the same platforms. Aiming for the transitions will be Jack Clark, Ryan Taylor, Michael Beran and also Kriss Kyle can hit up some trannies. As this wasn't enough for the second heat group, add Felix Prangenberg, Daniel Tuente, Moritz NuSbaumer and Adrian Malmberg to the list.

Stay tuned for more names, to be announced in the upcoming weeks. The event will take place on 18-19 April 2015.

Elite Men Saturday results:
1     Trent JONES     NZL          50     50
2     Anthony DEAN     AUS          45     45
3     Corey FRIESWYK     AUS          40     40
4     Dirk WINTER     AUS       35     35
5     Joshua CALLAN     AUS         30     30
6     Michael BIAS     NZL         28     28
7     Michael FENWICK     AUS       26     26
DNF     Sam WILLOUGHBY     AUS     24     

Elite Women Saturday results:
1     Caroline BUCHANAN     AUS          50     50
2     Lauren REYNOLDS     AUS          45     45
3     Harriet BURBIDGE-SMITH     AUS          40     40
4     Victoria HILL     NZL        35     35
5     Kirsten DELLAR     AUS         30     30
6     Melinda MCLEOD     AUS          28     28

Making a cover of an American BMX magazine is always nice. Especially as a European rider it means a lot. This month Joris Daudet (France) and Liam Phillips (GBR) make the front page of the longest lasting monthly BMX plublication: BMX Plus! The UCI BMX SX finals in Chula Vista are featured in the February issue and that's where this shot was taken. Next to the race track BMX Plus! also visited the Texas toast event in Austin and calls it Freestyle's Greatest Gathering. It's one of the better ones for sure. If you didn't get a new race bike for X-mas or if your sponsor just ditched you for 2015, you can look at the 2015 BMX RACE buyer's guide with over 100 rides that can take you to the finish line first. Make the right choice.

GT's got a new OS20 Pro series bike that BMX Plus! takes a look at. Also the new Ssquared CEO gets inspected. That's a bike, not the boss. Gary Littlejohn's article involves inventing BMX. Curious what he has to say? Get yourself a copy of the new issue.

Name: Delas Thibaud
Age: 20
Hometown: Jouy sur Morin and now in my car
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Diviniti, The Set, and I get help of Alltriks bike shop

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Paris and Barcelona!
-Car: Volkwagen t3
-BMX video: soon new video for the set
-Web video: nikebatalla
-BMX Magazine: soulbmx magazine
-Food: kebab!
-Person on Instagram: THIBAUDPFC and #performancedvd
-Travel destination: Barcelona!
-Riders to ride with: Maxime Dequen, Marwan, Fabien dos Santos