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Name shop: Signature BMX
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Years in business: 13 years on January
Employees: 2, Mikko Suni full-time, Antti Huotari part-time.

Did you ever go to school to learn how to run a (BMX) business or did  you just 'send it'?
Signature BMX: We just sent it and still are sending it. We first thought of having a clothing brand and started selling some bmx bike parts to cover the cost of clothing side. Sales started to pick up before we even had much of a clothing available. Just some shirts under the name of Signature. That’s pretty much what ever happened on that side. We focused on selling bike stuff. It was just a mail order/webshop at first. We pretty much ran it from our home. Our real warehouse/shop/distro came to life after a couple of years. So I guess we’re still learning day by day something new.

Were your BMX industry contacts already made before you started your shop, or did you meet more people along the way?
Signature BMX: I knew Niels Thanild and Joe Rich and a few others before the business came along. I went to Interbike the next year as we started and made a lot of contacts there.

Name: Marvin-Pascual Kopka
Age: 21
Hometown: Berlin (Germany)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kunstform BMX Shop, @mikeyreifegerste (Tattoo artist)

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: All the spots but I prefer street
-BMX video: THIS!
-Website: kunstform.org

Name: Cristhian Baron
Age: 24 Years old
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Hypnotized Clothing, Mind Off

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Daniel Dhers Action Sports Complex
-Food: I like pretty much everything if is good for you.

Name: Tucker Smith
Age: 19
Hometown: Laguna Hills, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: None but I count my father!

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Laguna Niguel Skatepark, Woodward West
-BMX video: All Props videos
-Website: Youtube
-Food: Breakfast foods (eggs, bacon, french toast, waffles, or pancakes)
-Twitter to follow: none

Name: Karl Naja
Instagram: naja89
Age: 29
Hometown: Sliema, Malta
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Malta BMX, Qpartz, Paul Target, Wheel Wizard Bike Shop.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Locally BMX Warehouse 086, Pembroke. Malta and 040 BMX Park abroad. 

Name of your shop: Trainbmx
Location: 38170 Klein Vahlberg/ Germany
Years in business: Since 2014
Employees: None

What was the reason for you to start a BMX shop?
Trainbmx: While on my old 30 years old profession as a mechanic / master, I had no more desire and then spontaneously on 22.05.14 I founded my shop. Since I have been arranging myself in the BMX for decades, it was not difficult for me.

Name: RattyMaty
Age: 31
Hometown: Cottonwood, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Hinterland Empire (clothing), BoldBrew (coffee), BoneDeth (bmx), Clayer (pain relief product)

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Currently Ocean Beach, CA skatepark with my dog RockSea
-BMX video: SquareOne Up In Arms
-Website: TedTalks
-Web video: None

-Twitter to follow: None
-Person on Instagram: Thomas @tidibi_bmx
-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: Kize @stixsixsix, Tom @youareawkward, Gary @garybyoung, Parker @parkerheath_, Sequoyah, Rob @jensen4130, Thomas @tidibi_bmx

Name: Corey Holdgate
Age: 23
Hometown: Wakefield, UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: BSD

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Some sort of ledge/manny pad combination, something to link lines together!
-BMX video: Has to be BSD Transmission! Put together so well and the riding speaks for itself.

Name: Sam Gibson
Age: 19
Hometown: Sydney, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Monster Army, Bmx Mafia, Hostile Handwear, Gain Protection

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Rampfest Indoor Skatepark
-BMX video: Brandon Loupos - Stuck in the moment

Name: Tom Weikert
Age: 18
Hometown: Dingolfing, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: 360GradSportshop, Wethepeople

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: A not really known curb sport in Munich and my homepark in Dingolfing
-BMX video: Wethepeople - Jordan Godwin Doomsayer Part