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Name: Mathieu " Poiss " Barbier
Age: 33
Hometown: SQY but Marseille for now
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Dickies Europe, BMXgag, Bicross magazine

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: La Plaine
-BMX video: Animal can I eat

Name: COTOT Valentin
Age: 29
Hometown: Marseille, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Traffic BMX, wethepeople, eclat, BMX Avenue

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: La plaine
-BMX video: Project X
-Website: Digbmx
-Web video: Lew is fiending
-Food: Burger
-Person on Instagram: Jaouad West
-Travel destination: Berlin (without rain)
-Riders to ride with: Mathieu Paillon

Name: David McKean
Age: 31
Hometown: Dumfries, Scotland
Hook-ups/Sponsors: I am a civilian.

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Unity Skatepark or any new street spot
-BMX video: Etnies Grounded
-Web video: Lew is Fiending
-Food: Indian, lamb saag or butter paneer

-Travel destination: Tenerife
-Riders to ride with: DSL (Kieran McQuinn, Tom Francis, Ryan Loudon) and the Edinburgh Sea Creatures (Michael Dickson, Renato Ransco, Marton Varga, Coach, Lewis Rogers, Rory McLean etc)
-Car: Ford Focus ST Line
-Movie: The Big Short

Name: Diogo Santos
Age: 35
Hometown: Casais da Serra, Portugal
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Seedcycles, Northbikes, Spotgrips, Victorias shoes, Surfoz 1993

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Caldas da Rainha Skatepark
-BMX video: Etnies Grounded
-Website: BMXFeed.com
-Web video: Ruben Alcantara 6400 miles
-Food: Barbecue
-Person on Instagram: Dan Foley
-Travel destination: Shangai
-Riders to ride with: Anyone that knows how to share a spot
-Car: Camper kind of a van

Name:  Anthony Jelev
Age: 26
Hometown: Sofia, Bulgaria
Hook-ups/Sponsors: SKILLDASH BMX, ABLE BMX CO., ONEUP BMX SHOP

The FAT FAVOURITES list:

-Spot to ride: Anything I’ve never ridden
-BMX video: DEADLINE
-Web video: Christian Rigal; Still United
-Food: Veggie Shkembe
-Person on Instagram: Rich Forne
-Travel destination: Everywhere
-Riders to ride with: All the homies
-Car: Bimmer

Name: Vasilis Antoniou
Age: 39
Hometown: Plc, Athens, Greece

Can you explain what Taken BMX is and what Taken BMX does?
Vasilis: It all started 9 years ago that we first came in the business as a retailer. We wanted a quick promo for our new shop so we first set our streetjam series for promotional purposes. Given that we were active riders for more than 20 years back then, the word spred quickly so we got requests from other Greek cities to bring the streetjams there.

Name: Yeonho Kim
Age: 23
Hometown: Suwon, South Korea
Hook-ups/Sponsors: 4130bike, KinkBMX, Fist Handwear, Gorilla Energy

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Anywhere on earth
-BMX video: This one
-Food: Sushi
-Travel destination: Japan, China, Australia, Canada, Pilipinas

-Car: Golf GTI
-Movie: Elemental
-Colour: Blue
-Shoes: Vans

Name: Louelle Smith
Age: 29
Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Forks Plaza or any curb
-BMX video: Animal Can I Eat? (Steven Hamilton)
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: Matt Nordstrom - No Kickflips
-Food: Eggs
-Travel destination: Japan

Name: Josiah Bledsoe
Age: 26
Hometown: Seaside, California, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Quality Control

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Caesar Chavez stage in San Jose
-BMX video: Quality Control’s On Our Terms was the first video I had a section in, and I can’t thank Bradley enough.
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: The damn Deadline video!
-Food: Korean BBQ
-Person on Instagram: Myself of course! Haha, all jokes aside I think it’s Theo Von
-Travel destination: I’d love to take a trip to Barcelona with all the homies and film a video!
-Riders to ride with: Kevin Kiraly, SpeedyG, the STF crew and most importantly my Quality Control boys.
-Car: 05’ Dodge Ram SRT10
-Movie: Rad!
-Colour: If you know me, I’m always wearing black haha

Name: Mike Kohn
Age: 37
Hometown: Martinez, CA USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: STF Mobile Bike Shop and Feeble Life. I appreciate you guys so much!

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: Wallrides, good rails, fast bowls, trails, spots that make for a good clip or photo.
-BMX video: Dang this is a tough one! I need to list 4 that were the most influential to me. 1. Etnies Forward 2. S&M Please Kill Me 3. Animal Can I Eat? 4. Voices
-Website: Our BMX & Dig BMX
-Web video: I spent too long thinking about this one so I’m going to go with an oldie but a goodie: Ian Schwartz edit for Sunday I think. The song in the video was by Deer Tick “These Old Shoes”.
-Food: E&B Eggs & Bacon
-Person on Instagram: @robinsloot. I love what he’s doing for the BMX scene in Taiwan and seeing the spots he rides. Bucket list trip for sure!
-Travel destination: Spain is always a great time. But like I said earlier, Taiwan is a bucket list spot.
-Riders to ride with: Damn this might be the hardest one! Brendan Bertolini, Dan Romeo, Samar Carrillo, Wes Rhoe, Josh Gray, Tyler White, Corey Pedroza, Alex Coral, Kord McKinney, Cru Dorsey, Ben Guinn,