-BMX video: BMX INDIA - BLOODLINE X MASCOT INDIA TOUR 2016, BSD Lost in Iran, Salam BMX Azerbaijan or Any Rich Forne production.
-Website: acolombiantraveler.com
-Food: Sushi or Colombian Arepas
-Twitter (X) to follow: I don't use it
-Person on Instagram: Share a bike Share a Smile, they collect BMX parts and send them to people in need, I delivered myself 2 pro Bikes to Algeria that I splitted apart to give away.
-Travel destination: Man, I do 10 or 15 BMX travels per year... Including one trip to Bogota every year, but I go to Malta as much as I can, I wish I could go more.
-Riders to ride with: Marwan Ayari in Paris, Milton Gomez in Bogota.
-Car: Peugeot 206 year 2009 with a permanent bike rack installed.
-Shoes: Fade footwear or Riding Shoes, Best shoes ever, both from Bogota
-Bike company: I am one of those who sometimes forget what brand is my frame, I don't care much, if the measures go well, that's ok for me.
-BMX contest: I love to watch Battle of Hastings, but I always go ride in the Cluut Jam in Brussels.
-Bike shop: I order from Unleaded or Kunstform
-Phone: A decent camera phone but cheap because it's easy to lose it, and must be small, a 200€ Samsung S10
-Music: It is wide, sometimes Chinese Guitar rock, Colombian folk. For my videos I try to use instrumental Post rock or I use folk music from the local country (check "Prishtina Kosovo in BMX" video)
-Ramp rider: Sergio Layos, Chase Hawk, those kind of transition riders
-Street rider: Gary Young is great, I want to ride in similar way but much easier tricks
-Dirt rider: Chris Doyle and Mauricio Mayorga
-Old school rider: Stephan Meneau, 50 years old riding like anyone around
-Trick: Tyre slide in any street spot!
-BMX Magazine: Being from Colombia we didn't have much access to magazines, but sometimes I owned RideBMX magazines...
-BMX photographer: Anyone not using wide angle to make scenes look better than they are!
-BMX Filmer: Of course Rich Forne!
-Girl: My French/Colombian daughter Mathilda
-Sport besides BMX: Volley ball and climbing
Name: Camilo Chaves
Age: 41
Hometown: Bogota - Colombia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: None but I collaborate with the BMX NGO Sabsas
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Any public structure in a far country, Rocks in Greenland, Abandoned houses in Serbia, behind train stations in Ukraine, and of course poor areas in Paris, my city now!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.