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Name: James Brooks
Age: 29
Hometown: London, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: -

-Spot to ride: Chertsey Trails
-BMX video: Mad Matt
-Food: Japanese 

Name: Wicked Styx
Age: I count my age in Mad Skilz, so I am currently 298 tricks old.
Occupation: CEO of myself. I had to fire the last guy because he was not rad enough to handle the Styx.
Hometown: Richmond, Australia. (it’s kind of like New York, but heaps of times smaller and we only have 1 taxi and it’s white)
Years riding: If you count the years I spent flipping out and endoing in my dad’s balls, 63.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Pretty much all of them. Except Stiga who make ping pong bats because ping pong is for pussies.

The Favorite list:

-Colour: Rad. 

Name: Badr (Buddy) Chellan.
Age: 25
Hometown: Cape Town South Africa.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Fox, Red Bull, Eastpak, DC
Years riding: 10

The favorite list:

-Travel destination: If not my home town any new place is good.
-Football club: I actually don't support a club. But I enjoy watching the sport a lot.
-Spot to ride: Epangeni streets and the bowl.
-BMX video: Who brought the Dicks.
-Website: theriot.co.za , flybikesbmx.com
-Web video: Greg illingworth.
-Riders to ride with: All the CPT zones. The Loudoun and illingworth bro's and anyone who's amped for a cruise.

Name: Leonardo Forte
Age: 23
Hometown: Newton Abbot, Devon
Hook-ups/Sponsors: United Bikes, Fox, DC shoes, Oakley, Profile.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Decoy
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief
-Website: None
-Web video: None
-Food: Liquorice root
-Travel destination: Whistler CA
-Car: 1966 karmann ghia 

Name: Eric Holley
Age: 22
Hometown: Minneapolis MN
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Eastern Bikes, a little bitta UGP.

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Any rail or ledge
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief
-Website: Easternbikes.com
-Web video: Minneapolis inside out
-Food: Everything
-Travel destination: Anywhere
-Rider to ride with: Nick Anderson
-Car: Ford Taurazz
-Movie: The Hangover
-Colour: Red and Black 

Name: Manuel Bernardo
Age: 28
Hometown: Wuppertal, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: BMX-Stuff

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: The Ghetto hall with me in Wuppertal
-BMX video: Dorkin' in York & Baco
-Website: Global-Flat.com & Fatbmx.com
-Web video: Matthias Dandois / Adam Kun (Hyperspeed Johnny & The Destruction Kid) 

Name: Daniel Peñafiel "Naran".
Age: 20
Hometown: Burgos, Spain.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Flybikes, Dickies, Eastpak, Nike 6.0, Cromolybmx, Conal rent.
Years riding: 6

The favorite list:

-Travel destination: Berlin.
-Football club: nothing.
-Spot to ride: Mellow park.
-BMX video: Flybikes DOS, Empire. 
-Website: Flybikes, Fatbmx, Vital.
-Web video: Fly Italian tour, Mark Webb edit.
-Riders to ride with: Mark Webb, Ben Hennon, Sergio Layos.
-Car: vw passat 4 motion. 

Name: Eddie Fiola
Age: 44
Occupation: Stuntman
Hometown: Bellflower, CA. USA
Years riding: 39
Hook-ups/Sponsors: RedLine

The Favorite list: 

Name: Billy Purcell
Age: 17
Occupation: Skivvy for my Dad
Hometown: Basildon, Essex, England
Years riding: 4 to 5
Hook-ups/Sponsors: RadBMX Shop, Bicycle Union Flow and my Dad aka SBD

The Favorite list:

-Spot to ride: ROM, Chartlon Ramp, Mellow Park
-BMX Video: Don’t break the oath, Head First, Ride on and most Props
-Website: FATBMX, Thecomeup, Bicycle Union, Vital, Facebook haha
-BMX Filmer: Mike King
-BMX MC: Dj and Ian Stokes  

How gutted are you that you'll have to miss the 2009 IBMXFF World's in Cologne?
Simon Tabron: I'm really sad to not be coming

You're living in the USA now, is that part of the reason you cannot make the trip over?
Simon Tabron:  Yes, it's complicated..... as I explained to you, Bart, I have a complex situation right now

The world's have always been a big highlight on the BMX Freestyle calendar. Which one was your first one and how many did you go to?
Simon Tabron: My first one was 1987, I was 13. I have been to about 14 or 15 over the years

Wilkerson/Blyther/Nourie with Kevin Martin on the MIC and Bob Haro in the crowd. Can I make it any worse for you?