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Name: Paul Thölen
Age: 20
Hometown: Viersen, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Redbull, Vans, Tall Order, Sport Import Distro, Reell Jeans

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Ruben Bowl Malaga
-BMX video: I rewatched Ruben Alcantara’s grounded part a few weeks ago, and it still blew my mind.
-Website: FATBMX, Freedombmx, Vitalbmx
-Food: I Love Kebab, but mom's food is pretty good too.
-Twitter to follow: I don’t have twitter
-Travel destination: New Zealand for sure.
-Riders to ride with: All the Viersen Locals. And basically everyone else.
-Car: I love old VW buses. If anyone reads this, please give me one.
-Movie: Chasing Mavericks

Name: Jabe Jones
Age: 19
Hometown: Longwood, FL. USA.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: The Shadow Conspiracy, Subrosa Brand

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Roofs
-BMX video: Talk Is Cheap
-Website: DIG
-Web video: Rich Forne Welcome To Federal
-Food: Pasta
-Twitter to follow: None
-Person on Instagram: @loofalee
-Travel destination: Reykjavik, Iceland
-Riders to ride with: 

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Name: Anne Hofsink
Age: 22
Hometown: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Sponsors/Hook-ups: Soulcycle BMX shop, Rock N Roll distro, FTL New York, Kollektive distro, Melon optics.

The favorite list: 

-Spot to ride: Street
-BMX video: Deadline
-Website: freshcotton.com
-Web video: Mark Burnett – Take your time
-Food: Salty herring with onion
-Twitter to follow: X
-Person on Instagram: Tim Hofman
-Travel destination: Spain
-Riders to ride with: Jack Nieraeth
-Car: X

Name: Louis Zimmer
Age: 21
Hometown: Cologne / Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Cult / Traffic Distribution / Peoples Store

The favorite list:

Spot to ride: Northbrigade
Bmx video: Cult - Talk Is Cheap / Deadline Dvd

Rim Nakamura started riding at a very young age as his father was also a BMX lifer and showed him the ropes. The last few years Rim has skyrocketed to the top (sometimes literally) and is the main candidate to represent Japan at the 2020 Olympic Games if you ask me. Rim recently was in Eindhoven, Netherlands to ride the 040BMXPARK (Area51). We met up, took some photos and fired over some questions. Let's see what makes the BMX-er from Kyoto tick.

Name: Rim Nakamura
Age: 17
Hometown: Kyoto, Japan
Sponsors: REDBULL, SUBROSA, OAKLEY, G-shock, VISA, MURASAKI SPORTS, WingArc 1st, JYKK JAPAN, HANGOUT.

When did you start riding BMX?
Rim Nakamura: I started BMX when I was about two years old.

Name: Jan Beranek
Age: 30
Hometown: Litomysl, Czech Republic
Hook-ups/Sponsors: socialbmx.nz

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Litomysl bikepark
-BMX video: Athem II

Name: Diego Daelman
Age: 23
Hometown: Sint Niklaas, Belgium

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Area51/040BMXPARK
-Website: Original BMX Store
-Web video: Daniel Sandoval/Freegun

-Twitter to follow: ....
-Person on Instagram: @diegodaelman
-Travel destination: Woodward

-Movie: The Hobbit
-Colour: Red

Name: Guy Scroggie
Age: 17 years of age
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Sponsors: Substance bmx / BSD forever

The FAT Favourites list:

Favourite Spot: Kelvingrove skatepark
Bmx video: BSD living for the city
Website: Substance / BSD
Web video: Alex D. Home Turf
Food: Spaghetti or Thai food
Twitter: Don't have Twitter
Instagram: jamiessed
Travel destination: Thailand/Sweden
Riders to ride with: Ya boys Jack Campbell, Cammy Harkins, Thomas Roulston, Luc Lynch Rice.

What does it feel like to jump out of a helicopter with your bike? Kriss Kyle has done it and explains how it feels. He also got to ride some giant slides of a waterpark in Dubai. Interview number two on the project. Worth a read.

What did you think Dubai would be like before you went?
Kriss Kyle: Before I went to Dubai, I didn’t really know what to expect because you see it on tv and it looks like this incredible place. Everything looks so high-end. I have thought about riding there in the past but I didn’t know it would be possible. I saw the skating video We Are Blood so I knew there would be amazing spots, but they had security helping them access all the spots.

We asked Kriss Kyle some questions what it's like to jump out of a helicopter with his bike and the video projects he gets to do with his sponsor Red Bull. Boil some water for that tea and enjoy the read.

How many views in total did your kaleidoscope video get?
Kriss Kyle: Almost 5 million now!

So, how was recording the video Kaleidoscope compared to the new one?
Kriss Kyle: I guess, recording this video, compared to Kaleidoscope was completely different, because