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Well another year has come and gone, and with it another stop for the Vans Warped Tour to the Indianapolis area. Rick Thorne was there again and it was great to chill with him for a moment and hear his comments on a little bit of everything. As I was walking through the Vans skate area, I was greeted by an upbeat Rick who remembered the interview we had last year. He loved the interview that we did; the use of the Pabst case as writing material was inventive. He reflected on the interview and some of the negative comments. He spoke about how there are people out there that “are hating” on him for what he did before they even rode a bike. We conversed about how when you are in the spot light, it is easy for others to direct negatives comments towards you, but those are the same people that do not stick with it or do anything to make things better. During this conversation, he talked about a situation that happened that day, where he was standing in line to get something to eat and someone asked if he still rode his bike. He told them everyday. To him, it seemed like people were “hating on him”

Name: Henry Davis
Age: 38
Hometown: San Diego, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: My shop, East County BMX

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Dog Beach
-BMX video: Unlock Your BMX
-Website: fatbmx.com
-Web video: nah
-Food: Phils' BBQ
-Travel destination: Las Vegas
-Riders to ride with: All the SD homies
-Car: Subaru WRX

Name: Ryan Fudger
Age: 28
Hometown: San Diego
Hook-ups/Sponsors: I get free stuff via phone call from Odyssey, Subrosa, and Kink.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Anywhere that no one cares what anyone else is doing.
-BMX video: Nowherefast.
-Website: Ridebmx.com.
-Web video: Eli Platt’s Micreation edit. Always the first and only one that comes to mind.
-Food: Medium rare steak.
-Travel destination: Anywhere I haven’t been…out of the country.

Name: Chris Norcross
Age: 15
Hometown: Mount Laurel
Hook-ups/Sponsors: my family

The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Woodward or Blackdiamond skatepark
-BMX video: Woodward colony of summer, Props megatour

Name: Joe Stupple
Age: 15
Hometown: Welling, UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Dad lol

The favourite list:

-Spot to ride: Romford skatepark
-BMX video: Head First
-Website: Facebook/Vital-bmx/radbmx.co.uk/fatbmx
-Web video: Bangers and Mash
-Food: Pizza
-Travel destination: Germany
-Riders to ride with: too many to remember, but anyone who is up for a sesh I suppose
-Car: porshe 911
-Colour: Light blue

Name: Bram De Laat
Age: 16
Hometown: Arendonk , Belgium
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Flesh And Bones!

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Newpact rip
-BMX video: Road Fools
-Website: FATbmx, kemobmx, vitalbmx
-Web video: Josh Cox edit
-Food: fries!
-Travel destination: USA
-Riders to ride with: all newpact riders and the local riders
-Car: Audi S3
-Movie: SPR
-Colour: blue

Name: Bas Fokkinga
Age: 15
Hometown: Kampen, NL
Hook-ups/Sponsors: none

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Billytrails
-BMX video: every dirt vid
-Website: soulcycle.com. fatbmx.com
-Shoes: nike 6.0
-Travel destination: Italy
-Riders to ride with: Desmond Tessemaker, Mark Vos, Niek van Gelder, Patrick Hartenveld, others 

Name: Christoph Werner
Age: 19 (19.08.1989)
Hometown: Grödel near Riesa, Germany.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: LAFINCA, Desaster BMX Shop

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Finsterwalde DARKWOOD BMX
-BMX video: Drop the Hammer
-Website: thecomeupbmx.net
-Web video: MUTINY

Name: Manos Daskalakis
Age: 29
Hometown: ATHENS, GREECE
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Partial hook-up Solid Bikes

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: OLYMPIC STADIUM, ATHENS GREECE( O.A.K.A.)
-BMX video: I HAVE A LOT OF YEARS TO SEE A BMX VIDEO
-Website: FLATLANDFUEL, DANSCOMP
-Web video: NO FUCKING INTERNET
-Food: GREEK TRADITIONAL FOOD
-Travel destination: PLANET SERIOUS
-Riders to ride with: Nick, kapsas, zeles, labros, orestis,mpardas, and many more

Name: Juan Camilo Giraldo Chaverra
Age: 17
Hometown: Medellin, Colombia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Suicidebmxclothing, my mom lol

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Castilla park