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Name: Kazuma Tsushi
Age: 31
Hometown: Osaka JPN
Hook-ups/Sponsors: TARALEBA, BAYKED

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Street
-BMX video: Insight

Nikita Ducarroz will compete in the UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships next week in Abu Dhabi (UAE). While the Tokyo Olympic bronze medalist is considered a medal hope, her story of mental health gives hope to others. The daughter of a Swiss father and an American mother, Ducarroz enjoyed the benefits of dual citizenship and grew up in Northern California while spending summers with her grandparents in Geneva, Switzerland.

At the age of thirteen, Ducarroz began suffering from severe anxiety attacks, which led her to isolation within her own home.

"BMX helped me to overcome my fears"

It wasn't until she found a BMX video on YouTube that she began to break free from the isolation she felt. At first, she saved up for a bike and practiced in her driveway. Day by day, trick by trick, her love for the sport grew. Eventually, the sport led her to do something that scared her to death: she took the plunge and went to ride at her neighborhood skate park. By doing this, she took a step toward overcoming her anxiety and began her BMX career.

Nikita continued to work hard and build her skills. It wasn't long before she won competitions - first at

Name: Eric Cuiper Aka Barney
Age: 40 years young
Hometown: Hawthorne, California
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Full Factory Distro

The FAT favorites list:

-Spot to ride: Anywhere with the homies
-BMX video: BMX inferno, Nowhere fast and All day
-Website: FATBMX and BMXfeed
-Web video: Too many great ones to just pick one
-Food: I love food
-Person on Instagram: @_angelsc & @diegobravo666
-Travel destination: Japan, Germany, and of course BCN
-Riders to ride with: Homies

Name: Harry Schofield
Age: 12
Hometown: Brighton, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Generation Specialized

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Adrenaline Alley indoor, Cyclopark (Gravesend) outdoor
-BMX video: Kriss Kyle Kaleidoscope
-Website: RIDEUK BMX
-Web video: One shot Brandon Semenuk, unreal segment
-Food: Roast dinner

-Travel destination: Barcelona
-Riders to ride with: Lennox Zimmerman
-Car: Porshce 911 (older version) or Ford Mustang (older version)
-Movie: The dark night

-Shoes: Can't say
-Bike company: Specialized

Name: Josh Eaton
Age: 26
Hometown: Cronulla, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Colony BMX, Big Air Bike Park

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Greenhills Skatepark
-BMX video: Lew is Fiending

Name: NOPPARAT TREEPRCHANART
Age: 29
Hometown: Saraburi Province Thailand
Hook-ups/Sponsors: BMX Direct Thailand

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Wherever there’s Handrails and Box
-BMX video: Bangkok Free Bird, Street Food Boys
-Website: FATBMX, DigBmx, OurBmx
-Web video: Dig
-Food: All Street Foods
-Person on Instagram: Nathan Williams
-Travel destination: Germany, Italy, Netherlands
-Riders to ride with: Nathan Williams, Dakota Roche
-Car: Mazda BT50 Pro

Name: Mads Zameit
Age: 23
Hometown: Flensburg, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: No sponsors

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: I got no spot where I’m welcome to ride in my hometown so I try to spend most of my time in Cologne or Berlin to ride

Name: ERIC ROEHSE
Age: 31
Hometown: Near Berlin (but I moved alot)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: None at this time (hopefully ANIMAL some day)

The FAT FAVOURITES list:

-Spot to ride: Skatepark LUGAU/ERZ and every nice miniramp

Back in the 80s I bought a magazine called BMX Action bike, the first issue I bought had a pic of a guy in race gear and full face helmet dropping into a concrete bowl.

Title of the book: The Power of Belief
Author: Sarah Juggins / Bethany Shriever
Date published: 12th September 2022
Pages: 272

When were you approached to do a book?
Bethany Shriever: Start of the year!

How long was the thinking process before you decided to get to work on the book?
Bethany Shriever: Not that long really, it’s not often you get offered the opportunity to write your own book about your journey in sport (so far).

Did you have things lined up and organized as far as photos were concerned?
Bethany Shriever: We went through old photos my dad had kept on his computer from when I first started. The rest was fairly easy as there are some amazing photographers out there who get some great shots, like ProperCycling magazine and Navada BMX Photography.

How many days have you spent creating the book?