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Last batch of Red Bull Circle Of Balance riders, but not the least group. Includes Alex Jumelin, Adam Kun, Stephan Kornely and Kerry Gatt. Read on what they have to say about the event. They're all in Japan at the moment preparing for the big day: Saturday September 8th. The event takes place in Kyoto, Japan, at the Kyoto International Conference Center which is -About 75 minutes by Airport Shuttle Train “Haruka” from Kansai International Airport to Kyoto Station.

The selected group of pro flatland riders to ride the Red Bull Circle Of Balance also includes these names: Viki Gomez, Moto Sasaki, Hiroya Morizaki, and Simon O'Brien. The battles will be intense. Make sure you watch it here on FATBMX.com. Here are some pre event interviews:

VIKI GOMEZ

Q.When did you start riding?
Since 1997

4 more pro flatland riders who will be competing in Kyoto this Saturday at the Red Bull Circle Of Balance event. Watch it live on FATBMX. Little Q&A's with Dez Maarsen, Jean-William Prevost, Bert Ribul and George Manos.

DEZ MAARSEN
Q.When did you start riding?

At each event the riders are the most important ingredient. They are the ones making the show. Without them, there is no contest. We present you 4 riders per day leading up to the Red Bull Circle of Balance event in Kyoto, Japan. Today we have Dandois, Adams, Nekolny and Uchino.

MATTHIAS DANDOIS

Q. When did you start riding?
In 2002.

Red Bull is having another legendary Circle Of Balance flatland contests lined up for this Saturday. This time the high level flatland riding will take place in Kyoto, Japan. To be able to judge the pro riding, the judges that are chosen need to know what's going on. On the judging panel in Japan are the following people: Martti Kuoppa, Chad de Groot, Michael Steingraeber, Kotaro Tanaka, and Travis Collier. All (former) flatland heroes themselves. Each and everyone got sent a list of questions. See what they had to answer.

I like to tell something about my new injury. I know what you think… Injured again? Yes, I'm getting tired of it as well, but it's the way it is! Last week I was back in training at the Olympic Training Centre Papendal for the last UCI World Cup race (Supercross) in Canada (coming up next week). During practice at our Supercross track I made a small mistake because the wind was really strong that day! Before the big triple I didn't know what to do because of the wind and somehow I didn't do anything. I came up short, hit the landing and finally smashed

Name: Nik Ford
Age: 29
Hometown: Stratford upon Avon, UK
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