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Name: Leigh Ramsdell
Hometown: Raleigh, NC
Hook-ups: Eastern Bikes, Animal hooks it up too.

Do you remember the first ramp you rode that had some vert on it?
Leigh: Oh yeah. Well, whether it actually had vert is questionable but it was in 1984 and my friend took me to this seven foot quarter at the end of a street with trees behind it. He said this guy Greg jumps this and I was thinking 'into the trees?'. I thought he went over the ramp not straight up in the air and then back into the quarter. So the next day I came back and Greg was airing four or five feet out of it and coming back in. I was blown away and tried it then and was hooked for life.

When did you decide you needed your own ramp to do your tricks on?
Leigh: I never thought I needed a ramp of my own to do 

Name: Sander Nieuwenhuys
Age: 43
Hometown: Maarssen, Netherlands

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: The old ramp in Maarssen
-BMX video: Head first
-Website: FATBMX

Name: Zachary Newman
Age: 22
Hometown: Frankfort KY, currently In the Cincinnati area
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Ollies Skatepark

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Dew Tour because it's so big. My local ramp is Ollies.
-BMX video: It's always good to watch Head First when I have a VHS player
-Website: everyone is on Facebook
-Web video: Drew Bezanson kills them
-Food: PIZZA, PIZZA, PIZZA
-Travel destination: my bike has yet to take me to another country.
-Vert riders to ride with: Everyone because I typically ride solo

Name: Zach Shaw
Age: 40
Hometown: Great Dunmow
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Vans, Wethepeople bike co, Custom Riders

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: 14.2ft G Ramp & Corby Vert
-BMX video: Head First & Mad Matt
-Website: FATBMX of course
-Web video: Tough one this but I guess Webby wins with his webbies!
-Food: I'm a foodie, so love most food and try different stuff when I can, the mythical cow prawn at the Vietnamese restaurant in china town London has my vote right now.
-Travel destination: without a doubt it's New Zealand, can't wait to go back.
-Vert riders to ride with: John 'Cong' Barnett, Ronnie Remo,

Name: Jan Valenta
Age: 27
Hometown: Pardubice, CZE
Hook-ups/Sponsors: DC Shoes, Monster Energy, AGang bikes, Woodward camp, TBB-Bike.cz, Dakine

 The favorite list:
-Vert ramp to ride: each one, which do not ride alone

Name: Ben Snowden
Age: 31
Hometown: Hornell, NY USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: vitaminwater, Powerbar, Agave Underground, LRG Clothing, 43 Hardware, AVE, Pro-tec, Megaramp

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Tony Hawk's indoor ramp
-BMX video: It used to be Criminal Mischief, I'm not sure now. Maybe Anthem 2?
-Website: www.twitter.com/snowden4130
-Web video: This one
-Food: PIZZA
-Travel destination: Shanghai, China
-Vert riders to ride with: Simon Tabron, Coco Zurita, Brian Blyther, Koji Kraft, Jorge Joval, Mikel Larrin, Jan Valenta, Austin Coleman, Jamie Bestwick, Joe Rich.

Name: Dennis McCoy
Hometown: Kansas City, Missouri
Sponsors/Hook-ups: Vans, Brigade, Skatelite / lots of good people hook me up - FBM, Animal, Profile, Odyssey, Eastern, Tree, Fly and KHE to name a few.

First of all we’re going to give you a huge respect for still throwing 900’s at your age and rocking the vert ramp as 

Name: Ronnie Surridge
Age: 27
Hometown: London, UK.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Staff Bmx Mailorder, Profile Racing, Vans, Colin Mackay Hooking me up with the Haro

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Woodward
-BMX video: Endsearch
-Website: FATBMX

-Web video: Dennis Enarson Edit
-Food: In&Out Burger
-Travel destination: Estonia
-Vert riders to ride with: Bestwick, Jorge Jovel, Mickel, Stevie
-Car: GTR
-Movie: Taken

Name: Paul Meacher
Age: 32
Hometown: Cheam, Surrey
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Radbmxshop.co.uk

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Adrenaline Alley Corby
-BMX video: Headfirst
-Website: FATBMX.com
-Web video: Coco Zurita and Jan Valenta's edits are always good and different
-Food: Steak and chips
-Travel destination: I love going to the USA
-Vert riders to ride with: Mike Mullen, Zach Shaw, Dennis Wingham, Jerry Galley, Paul Jones, Jan Valenta, Tim Eichert, Jon Barnet, Dave Pritchard, John Foster, Mark Atkins
-Car: Cosworth, anything Ford
-Movie: Marvel superhero films, Starwars, Beverly Hills Cop,

Name: Anthony Garcia
Age: 20
Hometown: Melbourne, FL
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Gatorade

The favorite list:

-Vert ramp to ride: Merritt Island, FL
-BMX video: Props MegaTour 4
-Website: FATBMX.com
-Shoes: VANS