FAT VERT FAVOURITES list with Benni Kopp. Pics by Viktor Strasse

Oct 29, 2011

Written by Bart de Jong

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Name: Benni Kopp
Age: 33
Hometown: Bielefeld, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Eastern Bikes, Carhartt, Etnies

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Woodward East and Bielefeld - we will get a new and bigger Ramp next Year!
-BMX video: Ride On
-Website: FATBMX, Vitalbmx, Allisports
-Web video: Allisports coverage and Webbie - web edits.
-Food: Italian and Thai
-Travel destination: Thailand
-Vert riders to ride with: there are so many...OBG when he was still riding, Coco Zurita, Alex Reinke, Kai Zimmer, Tim Eichert, Jan Valenta, Zach Shaw, Paul Meacher, Ronnie Remo, Shaun Eglington, Simon Tabron... - UK comps were always fun! And it was great to ride with Stevie and Jamie in

Woodward. At home I mostly ride with skaters, that is a lot of fun, too.
-Car: I like Mercedes
-Movie: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
-Colour: black

-Vert demo: the one in Almaty, Kazakhstan was crazy
-Shoes: Etnies
-Bike company: Eastern Bikes
-BMX VERT contest: t-mobile x-treme playgrounds were really good.

-Bike shop: Titus Bielefeld

-Restaurant chain: In-n-Out Burger
-Clothing company: Carhartt

-Phone: Iphone
-Music: Hip Hop and a bit of electronic Music
-Vert rider: Jamie Bestwick

-Old school vert rider: Mat Hoffman
-Drink: Red Bull
-Vert Trick: flying high and I like lookbacks a lot
-BMX Magazine: Ride and Freedom BMX
-BMX VERT MC: Paul Roberts

-Video game: the GTA series
-BMX photographer: Losey, Viktor Strasse, Kay Clauberg, XMX, Coco...

-Girl: Sarah
-BMX discipline besides vert: Park
-Vert Party: Dubai Desert Extreme in 2001 was so good