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Name: Diego Daelman
Age: 23
Hometown: Sint Niklaas, Belgium

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Area51/040BMXPARK
-Website: Original BMX Store
-Web video: Daniel Sandoval/Freegun

-Twitter to follow: ....
-Person on Instagram: @diegodaelman
-Travel destination: Woodward

-Movie: The Hobbit
-Colour: Red

Name: Guy Scroggie
Age: 17 years of age
Hometown: Glasgow, Scotland
Sponsors: Substance bmx / BSD forever

The FAT Favourites list:

Favourite Spot: Kelvingrove skatepark
Bmx video: BSD living for the city
Website: Substance / BSD
Web video: Alex D. Home Turf
Food: Spaghetti or Thai food
Twitter: Don't have Twitter
Instagram: jamiessed
Travel destination: Thailand/Sweden
Riders to ride with: Ya boys Jack Campbell, Cammy Harkins, Thomas Roulston, Luc Lynch Rice.

What does it feel like to jump out of a helicopter with your bike? Kriss Kyle has done it and explains how it feels. He also got to ride some giant slides of a waterpark in Dubai. Interview number two on the project. Worth a read.

What did you think Dubai would be like before you went?
Kriss Kyle: Before I went to Dubai, I didn’t really know what to expect because you see it on tv and it looks like this incredible place. Everything looks so high-end. I have thought about riding there in the past but I didn’t know it would be possible. I saw the skating video We Are Blood so I knew there would be amazing spots, but they had security helping them access all the spots.

We asked Kriss Kyle some questions what it's like to jump out of a helicopter with his bike and the video projects he gets to do with his sponsor Red Bull. Boil some water for that tea and enjoy the read.

How many views in total did your kaleidoscope video get?
Kriss Kyle: Almost 5 million now!

So, how was recording the video Kaleidoscope compared to the new one?
Kriss Kyle: I guess, recording this video, compared to Kaleidoscope was completely different, because

Name: Kole Voelker
D.O.B.: August 27, 1993 (18 years old)
Hometown: Lakeside, California
Hookups/sponsors: Fly Bikes

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Ccean Beach skatepark
-BMX video: etnies chapters

Name: Moritz Kuhn
Age: 12 since few weeks
Hometown: Aalen / South-Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kunstformbmxshop, Mum & Dad, I‘m very proud to be a part of the Kunstform-Team since two years.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Homespot, Heidenheim, Hard (Austria), Lake Constance, Skillspark Winterthur and many other nice spots
-BMX video: Harrymainia 2
-Website: kunstform.org
-Web video: https://youtu.be/5S0nle6fPXg
-Food: Pasta, swabian ravioli (Maultaschen ;-)
-Twitter to follow: Don‘t use it
-Person on Instagram: moritzkuhnbmx
-Travel destination: Corby UK

Name: Brandon Sawchyn
Age: 20
Hometown: The Pas, MB
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Ogc Bmx, Funkythreadz, and Scientific Religion

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Any spot with flat ledges
-BMX video: Too many to chose one but I really like Alex D’s 20Twenty part

Name shop: Signature BMX
Location: Vantaa, Finland
Years in business: 13 years on January
Employees: 2, Mikko Suni full-time, Antti Huotari part-time.

Did you ever go to school to learn how to run a (BMX) business or did  you just 'send it'?
Signature BMX: We just sent it and still are sending it. We first thought of having a clothing brand and started selling some bmx bike parts to cover the cost of clothing side. Sales started to pick up before we even had much of a clothing available. Just some shirts under the name of Signature. That’s pretty much what ever happened on that side. We focused on selling bike stuff. It was just a mail order/webshop at first. We pretty much ran it from our home. Our real warehouse/shop/distro came to life after a couple of years. So I guess we’re still learning day by day something new.

Were your BMX industry contacts already made before you started your shop, or did you meet more people along the way?
Signature BMX: I knew Niels Thanild and Joe Rich and a few others before the business came along. I went to Interbike the next year as we started and made a lot of contacts there.

Name: Marvin-Pascual Kopka
Age: 21
Hometown: Berlin (Germany)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Kunstform BMX Shop, @mikeyreifegerste (Tattoo artist)

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: All the spots but I prefer street
-BMX video: THIS!
-Website: kunstform.org

Name: Cristhian Baron
Age: 24 Years old
Hometown: Bogotá, Colombia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Hypnotized Clothing, Mind Off

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Daniel Dhers Action Sports Complex
-Food: I like pretty much everything if is good for you.