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The TSG Superlight helmet is my helmet of choice. Been running it for a while now. The good part about it is that it's certified (you all know how important that is now, right?) and light. Well, super light. Because of it, you don't even notice you've got it on your head and that's always a bonus. But in case something goes wrong, you've got something to protect your skull. TSG's description: Combining clean skate design with inmold tech the Superlight is one of the lightest half-shell helmets on the market. A 300g/ 0.66lbs featherweight jam-packed with technical features. Our Snug Fit slim profile is anatomically correct making the Superlight unobtrusive whilst providing maximum head protection.

If you ride BMX you already have friends where you ride and people you hang with. Is it time to make it into a team? In general I am more for the riding for the love of it, but if you are always riding with the same core group of people what is wrong with calling it a team? If you start trying to present yourself as a team if you’re biking on an amateur rather than a more professional level, you may well be setting yourself up to be a bit of a joke. You can however have some fun as a collective, as long as you keep it light hearted and good natured.

A team identity of any sort makes things like posting your latest rides on YouTube a little more fun, and gives people a way to search for you and your team a little easier if they are awed or laughing either way. If you show up at the ramps looking twins that went shopping together, you might not find it easy to aesthetically awe your fans, but on some outings a similar set of colours and styles goes just fine together. Amongst other factors, it may well depend on the

With more than 40 pro riders signing up the contest at 040BMXpark looked promising from the start. It was the first big pro contest in Eindhoven after the 2011 rebeljam and riders from Venezuela, South Africa, Germany, England, Belgium, and the Netherlands showed up and Catfish was flown in to host the event. As usual the contest started a bit later than scheduled but that gave the riders some extra practice time. It's always good to have some extra riding time at a park that you have never visited before.

Out of the 40+ riders, only 16 made it to the finals. It wasn't an easy task by any means because the riders field was close and many of them were stepping it up in the 4-man jam sessions to make it to the final sixteen. Basically every rider had two runs and time for one last trick. Getting to ride the park all by yourself was basically only possible during the contest. Trying out the transfer lines during practice is almost impossible if you don't want to run into an other rider.

Name: FRANK ALBINO
Age: 24 YEARS OLD
Hometown: BOGOTA - COLOMBIA
Sponsors/Hook-ups: S&M BIKES, CALIFORNIA EXTREME, BMX World Store Colombia

The FAT FAVourites list:

-Spots: trails Guaduales (Cali - Colombia)
-BMX video: This one.
-Website: This one is my favourite.
-Food: PIZZA
-Travel destination: - CANADA, TALLIN ESTONIA, CALIFORNIA
-Riders to ride with: Hugo Cangrejo, Jorge Arias (Casike bmx)
-Movie: STOP THE YARD
-Colour: Black