FAT FAVs with Shoe-g Ueyama

Aug 22, 2009

Written by Bart de Jong

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Name: Shoe-g Ueyama
Age: 37
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Macneil bikes, DC, Dragon, NIXON

The favorite list:

-Ramp rider: Jay Miron
-Street rider: Jaumell Campbell
-Dirt rider: T J Lavin
-Flatland rider: Kotaro Tanaka
-Old school rider: Mike Dominguez
-Bike company: Macneil Bikes
-BMX contest: 450 Jam in Kobe Tokyo
-Bike shop: Delmar in Kichijoji Tokyo and W-BASE in Shibuya Tokyo.
-Shoes: DC Shoes; Tactic
-Food: nice hamburgers. In n' Out Burger

-Spot to ride: Crow Trail at Chiba Tokyo, and commute from my house to work.
-BMX video: RadTV (super old video came out from BMX Plus around '87)
-Website: www.shoe-g.com this is my blog. There's a BMX pro interview page in English
-Web video: Love talk web videos I make with my friends. It's all in Japanese but over 10million people
have watched it. For BMX web videos I check thecomeupbmx.net to get the latest info.

-Travel destination: Somewhere out of Tokyo where there's a beach like Hawaii.
-Riders to ride with: Colin Mackay. Ryan Guettler, Alistair Whitton, Clint Miller.. the list goes on. You know who you are.
-Car: HONDA accord wagon
-Movie: Nice comedy and action movies are my all time favorite.
-Colour: Green

-Restaurant chain: Ramen Jiro (a super greasy ramen restaurant)
-Clothing company: DC Shoes
-Phone: All the design phones from au & iida.
-Music: Norah Jones
-Drink: Beer. Asahi Super Dry,
-Trick: Flair and 1 foot oververt
-BMX Magazine: DIG

-BMX MC: Leland Thurman
-Video game: Wii
-BMX photographer: Mark Losey
-Girl: My wife and my daughter
-Sport besides BMX: Yoga
-Party: party with my wife and my business school friends are always the best.