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Name: Ken Kitley
Age: 33
Hometown: Stockbridge, MI / Mesa, AZ. USA.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Flat Society

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-Spot to ride: Private Basketball Court and the place
-BMX video: Etnies Forward / Elusion
-Website: vitalbmx.com and flatmatters.com
-Web video: Matthias Dandois edits
-Food: Chicken wings all day
-Twitter to follow: No twitter for me!

Name: Michael Gamstetter
Hometown: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Started riding BMX in: 1978
Number of bikes in the collection: Currently, 5. At one time, 20+.

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Michael Gamstetter: Yes, it was around 1996 or 1997. It was a random thought that popped into my head while I was working. I thought it would be cool to find an old JMC or Torker, a pair of Oakley II grips in the box and a set of Reedy pedals (I eventually had all those.)

Name: Grant Stone
Hometown: Newbury, Berkshire, U.K.
Started riding BMX in: 1980
Number of bikes in the collection: 8

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Grant Stone: I’ve never really stopped riding BMX, so I have always had a current BMX in my possession. But I guess I started buying old school stuff about 9 years ago when I had the idea of replicating my Skyway TA that I sold in 1988 and regretted ever since.

At this moment, do you wish you had started collecting earlier?

Shop name: Gnarly Bikes
Location: New Braunfels, TX
Years in business: 2 1/2
Best year yet: 2020
Worst year yet: 2018

What were your first thoughts on Covid-19 when it hit?
Galen Church: First thought was, no big deal. That quickly changed to “we can’t make it a month if we have to shut down”

Did you take any action from the start or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?

Name: Ed Jodie
Age: 36
Hometown: San Carlos, AZ. & Austin, TX.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Flat Society

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-Spot to ride: The legendary O.G. ATX
-BMX video: Quentin Pelorson, Seeking series
-Website: flatmatters.com
-Web video: Quentin Pelorson, Seeking series
-Food: Texas BBQ

Name: Mathieu "Poiss" Barbier
Age: 29
Hometown: SQY (Paris subburb )
Hook-ups/Sponsors: LiveBMX

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-BMX video: Animal Can I eat

-Name: Cherechukwu Udenkwere Shealtiel
-Age: I'm 22 years old.
-Hometown: I'm from Amaokwe, Amiyi, Oguduasa, Issukwuato Abia state but I live in Owerri Imo state here in Nigeria.
-Hookups/Sponsors: I am grateful I have Powerhorse Energy Drink Nigeria and flatsociety supporting my riding.

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-Spot to ride: My favourite spot is the basketball court in Owerri city high school but I am not allowed to ride there, so I ride the state stadium basketballcourt. It's very rough and uneven.
-BMX video: It's hard to pick.
-Website: Flatsociety, flatmattersonline
-Web video: Regeneration, Intrikat, Landscapes DVD and Diversion DVD. There's a lot.
-Food:  I love good food, I love the Egwusi soup with garri, I love the bitter leaf soup too and good food.
-Twitter to follow: @cheflatland
-Person on Instagram: @cheflatland

Name: GAry Sansom
Hometown: Lewiston ID...
Started riding BMX in: 1969
Number of bikes in the collection: Over 600..200 plus completes and 400 plus framesets

Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
GAry Sansom: Hmm... a couple times.. I rode all thru the 70's..and 80's.. when I moved to Portland in 1996, I was down to 5 bikes..then I found ebay..

At this moment, do you wish you had started collecting earlier?
GAry Sansom: Yes..they were so inexpensive in the early 90's.

Do you feel there is a need for BMX products to survive for history's sake?
GAry Sansom: For sure..part of the reason I started collecting.

What's one of your oldest BMX products in your collection?
Gary Sansom: My 1981 Kuwahara.. Skyway forks..Redline squareback

When you started riding what bike was the dream bike for you?
Gary Sansom: SE Quad angle..I recall seeing one in the shop.. 1980 or so.