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: 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
Name: Moritz Kuhn
Age: 12 since few weeks
Hometown: Aalen / South-Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kunstformbmxshop, Mum & Dad, I‘m very proud to be a part of the Kunstform-Team since two years.
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Homespot, Heidenheim, Hard (Austria), Lake Constance, Skillspark Winterthur and many other nice spots
-BMX video: Harrymainia 2
-Website: kunstform.org
-Web video: https://youtu.be/5S0nle6fPXg
-Food: Pasta, swabian ravioli (Maultaschen ;-)
-Twitter to follow: Don‘t use it
-Person on Instagram: moritzkuhnbmx
-Travel destination: Corby UK