Simple Session 16 participant: Paul Ryan (ENG)

Apr 25, 2016

Written by Bart de Jong

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Name: Paul Ryan
Hometown: Liverpool U.K
Sponsors: Mongoose, Nike, CSG UK
Instagram: Paulryanbmx

What's your best Simple Session memory?
Paul Ryan: There are all good memory's, one of my best would be when I was riding qualifiers on my birthday one year and then all of sudden Catfish had the entire crowd singing happy birthday to me while I was riding that was a good day thanks Zack.

Biggest crash you've ever seen on a BMX?
Paul Ryan: Try keep them crashes out of my mind.

Have you ever eaten fastfood for a month straight?
Paul Ryan: I would love to but I would be useless and have no energy to do anything haha.

Have you ever totaled a car?

Paul Ryan: Haha depends how you mean by totalled car. I blew up my Ford K.A last year, yea I drove a Ford k.a for a while till it blew up one night driving back from Rush skatepark at 3 a.m because I forgot to put engine oil in it haha.

Did you ever get a fine for riding BMX?
Paul Ryan: Up to now I've been pretty lucky

Who is the biggest legend you've seen at your local park?
Paul Ryan: That's a hard one with so many people coming through Rampworx a lot but am gonna have to say Seth Kimbrough about 10 years ago. My mind was blown when I walked in and seen him riding the park.

Last time you rode stoned/drunk?
Paul Ryan: Don't smoke and don't ride drunk, not a good idea really haha.

Have you ever been caught by the police?
Paul Ryan: Had a close shave a few years backs in Barcelona but I think the police man give up in the end trying to speak english and just told us to leave haha.

Worst BMX injury you've had?
Paul Ryan: I bruised my ribs really bad at Fise a few years back. I went to truck a stair set with not enough speed and missed my bars and landed on the crossbar of my handle bars with my ribs and totalled my ribs so bad.

Highest amount you paid for luggage?
Paul Ryan: Nothing too crazy, about £50 maybe.

Stoked to be going to Simple Session?
Paul Ryan: Of course always a good time.

Thanks to: Everyone that has helped and supports me in bmx!