Ryan Mills is one of the most talented street riders from Vegas. He's been through the ringer due to a lot of bad decisions but he's pulling himself out. Watch and listen and learn... Honored to have this guy in the chair!
Name: Ethan Schmitt
Age: 21
Hometown: St. Cloud, Mn. USA.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Radio bikes, QBP bmx, Eclat parts
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Anything you can grind
-BMX video: Deadline
Name: Ryan Mills
Age: 23 but in reverse order... so 32 I guess.
Hometown: Boulder City/ Las Vegas, NV
Hook-ups: Pete Demos and Scott Papiro sent me a very nice Premium complete called La Vida, when I got out of jail. Kevin Conners at Fiend is going to be sending me some things in the near future, and my good friends George Bugbee and James Tracy aka Big Fetus have been keeping me afloat in the mean time. Nathan Grill hooked me up with a full time job recently and has been working with my counseling and drug court schedule which has been super gracious of him for giving me the opportunity to support myself in an honest way again.
Go to Australia they said, it’s always warm and sunny they said... Warm indeed, riders were on fire for the qualification but rain stopped the event before the end. Even if we don’t know all the qualifiers, Alex Hiam, local from Australia, thanks to his temporary 3rd place is sure to make it to the final. We took advantage of this time off to ask him a couple of questions about this very first edition of the Vans BMX pro cup.
So tell me Alex, you are Australian, one of the guests of the first international BMX event in Australia, and no matter what, you are qualified for the final. How does it feel?
Alex Hiam: Unbelievable. I used to fly to attend this kind of event. Plus I’m riding with other riders I used to watch, like Sergio Layos, Ryan Nyquist…
Name: Colton Walker
Age: 19
Hometown: New Richmond, WI
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Unit, Totalbmx, Bellhelmets, Gform, Monster Energy
The FAT Favorites list:
-Spot to ride: The Kitchen Skatepark
Name: Poleczki Richard
Age: 25
Hometown: Győr, Hungary
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: TailorLand, Adrenalin Alley (Corby)
-BMX video: Odyssey Electronical
-Web video: HARRYMAINIA
-Food: KFC
-Person on Instagram: @richardpoleczki
-Riders to ride with: @konradszabo
-Car: Volkswagen
-Colour: Gray, Crom
-Bike company: Total bmx
-BMX contest: Simple Session
-Bike shop: Elite Bmx shop
Risto Kalmre interview. Simple Session 17 coming up shortly.
Name: Risto Kalmre
Hometown: Tallinn, Estonia (born in Tartu, Estonia)
Age: 34
Event: Simple Session
How many years has the Simple Session been running now?
Risto: It’s been 17 years in a row now. And we have done over 20 big events. I believe we’re one of the longest-running BMX and skate events in the world now.
When you started it 17 years ago, did you ever think that itwould last this long?
Risto: Of course not. I was just a 17-year-old kid. We didn’t have anywhere to ride. So we built our first skatepark in Tartu. That needed an opening event which went really well, so we threw it again the next year and so the tradition and the Simple Session was born. Still, there never was really any business plan in the beginning, it just grew somehow and it’s been a blast all these years. It hasn’t been always easy to keep the show running, though. People who have put on events, know the drill that goes into them. Simple Session is not a big organization like some other big series owned by TV companies, big shoe
Name: Chris Akin
Age: 30
Hometown: Medford, OR
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Got nothin'
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Talent Skatepark
-BMX video: Thunder
-Website: Facespace
-Web video: Anything with Mike Aitken
-Food: Pizza
-Twitter to follow: Ain't got time for that lame shit
Name: Eddie Cuellar
Age: 23
Hometown: Anaheim, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Not sponsored but I get hooked up by Cult bikes, shout out to Robbie Moralas for everything.
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: any ledge or bank spot.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.