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Name: Chad Kerley
Hometown: San Diego, USA
Sponsors: Nike, Rockstar, Premium, GoPro, Cinema, Dan’s Comp, MARKIT

No Street in the X-Games for 2015. All focus on the Dew Tour then?
Chad: Yeah that’s a bummer. I always have fun at Dew Tours, can’t wait!

Are contests something you look forward to?
Chad: Yeah I look forward to them, but my heart belongs in the streets filming with my friends.

Name: Hayato Nakatani
Age: 22
Hometown: Nagoya Japan
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Motocrossinternational, Haro Bikes, Fivestar BMX shop, Mondays
Instagram: hayatonakatani0210

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: GCcompound and My local areas in Nagoya
-BMX video: Markit zero
-Website: TCU, Vital BMX, FATBMX
-Web video: Haro Japan tour 2012
-Food: Ramen, Pizza, Sushi, tacos
-Travel destination: USA, China
-Riders to ride with: All the homies in my local
-Car: Toyota's one
-Movie: Super bad, Godzilla
-Colour: Good ones

Name: Francisco Ortiz
Age: 26
Hometown: San Jose, Costarrica
Sponsors: On Wheels Bike and Sk shop

The FAT Favourites list:

-Spot to ride: l have no favorite place. I like to ride dirt, park, and street. I make the most out of every time I ride, no matter where it is.

Name: Milan Baars
Age: 18
Hometown: Giesbeek, Netherlands
Hook-ups/Sponsors: onwies knallen

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: A good street spot is always the best. Besides that canyon or skatehall for sure

Name: Joram van Dijk
Age: 17
Hometown: Ede, Netherlands
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Onwies Knallen BMX crew

The FAT FAVs list:

-Spot to ride: Peppel, my local outdoor skatepark / the church in Arnhem
-BMX video: Deadline / Animal-Can I eat?
-Website: FATBMX / TCU
-Web video: MArieJADE Chut! Acte II Toulouse
-Food: Custard cakes
-Travel destination: Hossegor, France
-Riders to ride with: All my onwiesknallen homies! And the locals.
-Car: Nissan Skyline
-Movie: Bro’s before ho’s
-Colour: Blue

Name: Jake Ellis
Age: 20
Hometown: Romford, England
Hookups/sponsors: FTL Crew, SouthernStructure and Radbmxshop all help when they can, big thanks!
Instagram: @jellisbmx

The favourite list:

Spot to ride: London street, Rom skatepark anywhere in Barcelona

Name: Paterico Faliico
Age: 17
Hometown: Gold Coast, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Plus2Clothing

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: GC Compound
-BMX video: Roll Call
-Web video: Alex Coleborn Shootin It
-Food: Sushi/Hungry Jacks
-Travel destination: America!
-Riders to ride with: The homies at GC
-Car: don't have one
-Movie: The Wedding Ringer

Name: Tom van den Bogaard
Age: 18
Hometown: Aarle-Rixtel! The Netherlands
Sponsors: Paul's Boutique, Vans, Fox, 040bmxpark and Braaab

You landed a trick yesterday that you wanted to do for a long time. What trick was it?
Tom: 360 triple downside whip!

Is that the trick that knocked you out at last year's Braaab contest?
Tom: Yes, I tried this trick last year at the Braaab bmx contest as my last trick. It was the first time I ever tried it. Straight from the foam to the jumpbox. I landed a little bit sideways and on my backwheel that's why I crashed.

At 040BMX you can take it from the foam to the resi and to the box. Was it the first time you landed it on wood?
Tom: Yes it was the first time on wood. I landed it twice on the resi.

Name: Michal Smelko
Age: 23
Hometown: Olomouc
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Federal Bikes, Tbb-bike.cz, WeOutHere

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Any good ledge or rail tho
-BMX video: Ride Insight

Name: Paul Langlands
Age: 25
Hometown: Cambridge, New Zealand
Sponsors/support: Metal Mulisha, DVS, ONE Industries

Can you explain a little bit about the New Zealand BMX scene?
Paul Langlands: New Zealand has a good fun scene, because NZ is quite a small country, most riders across it know each other so it is always cool and easy to link up with others when travelling