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Name: Andy Buckworth
Hometown: Lake Haven, Australia (currently Greenville, NC).

What was the moment where you decided to leave Australia and move to the USA?
Andy:Well there was never a moment, so to speak... I just went to Woodward as a camper in 2007 and from that I got myself the opportunity to go back for the whole summer. After that I had made my mind up that it was what I wanted to do for as long as I could continue doing it.

How long did you stay the first time you went?
Andy: I just stayed for 2 weeks as a camper at Woodward camp.

Australian riders had paved the way already going to the USA to become a pro BMX-er. Who did you look up to when you grew up?

The number of articles on FATBMX is going through the roof. There's so much on the site. Use the Search block to find what you're looking for. Here's an old Harry Main interview we came across, from 2006, before he had any sponsors. Do you think you'll be in the same boat as Harry in 5 years from now? It might just happen. Keep going at it.

Liverpool is known for having one of the biggest skateparks in the UK Rampworx which has a lot of talented riders Harry Main 15 years of age which is one of them. He has 720's, flairs, 360 Tailwhips and much more wired and the chances are that this kid is going to been seen a lot more in the future of bmx.

Hi Harry, do you remember what it was that got you interested in bmx? One of my friends told me about 

Name: Darryl Nau
Full name: Darryl-Dane Von Nau
Profession: Squeezing the most juice out of the orange peel of life and smiling while doing it.
Hometown: NYC, Austin TX has my heart but lately traveling the world :)

What made you go to Finland? 

Name: Kenny Horton
Age: 24
Hometown: Richmond, VA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FBM, Nice, PegLeg, Voice, EBT, Re-cycles bike shop.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Any new city to explore.

We caught up with James Weston of Savakas and asked him a few questions on the Savakas clothing status. Here's what he responded.

Once you pass the Sticker/T-shirt phase of a clothing company, things are getting more complicated. Can you explain what it takes to make flannels, shorts and other items other than having a few T-shirts printed?
Savakas: Yes it does get more complicated, and it will get far

It was another hot and humid summer day at the Vans Warped Tour in Indianapolis. As the state rep. for the skate contest, I spent the first part of the day running around and getting things accomplished for the skate comp. Once all my duties had been performed and the skate contest was over with, it rained for a short period of time, then the sun came back out. The humidity was kicked up a notch and sweat was rolling down my face. It was hot and humid, like every year at the local stop for the tour, the only way for me to be any

Andy Buckworth was on a roll earlier this year having fun touring with the Nitro Circus, getting invites to the Dew Tour and X-Games but then he had a bad crash and will be sidelined for a few months. Time for an interview to see what happened and how he's doing.

First of all, how is the recovery going?
Andy: Well it's going alright, I'm getting stronger every day. The hardest thing is finding things to keep myself busy with. I'm so used to riding my bike every day that, now I'm not allowed, I'm going crazy.

What exactly happened?

Name: Rob Darden
Age: 30
Sponsors: Guerra, Rockstar, Arnette, Rogue Fitness, Vans, Carhartt, Skullcany, Ogio.

Talking about sponsors, you've been going through some sponsor changes. How did you end up riding for Guerra bikes?
Rob: Leigh Rasmdell gave me a call and gave me the low down and everything sounded great. Guerra is just what I was looking for, a fresh start.

Can you tell us a bit more about that company? Are there any plans with the brand/team for 2011?
Rob: Guerra is a high-end frame fork and bar brand which is being sold through VeinBMX.com. Right now for 2011 the team consists of Rich Scott, Nick Anderson and myself.

Being a family man now you kinda need to have some sort 

To me Gerrit Does is the man who brought BMX to Europe and helped develop it to a sport that is now in the Olympics. We fired over some questions to Gerrit for his opinion on the Supercross BMX race in Papendal and more specifically the safety aspect of the sport. Gerrit will be present at the World Cup race as the Leatt-Brace ambassador. Find him, have a talk and start discussing about the interview below.

You’re the Leatt Embassador for the event, how did that come about?

A few weeks ago I found myself in South Africa hanging out with Hank of BMX Direct and the locals there. Good times were had. Hank decided to do an interview which he split up in two pieces. You can find part one HERE which is about the SA trip mostly. A week ago he posted up the FATBMX related piece that you can check out by going HERE. Thanks for the love Hank.