This week on FATBMX we've got an online competition* going on. We received a killer package from Vans with some products that go with the HARO x Vans collaboration. We caught up with Michael de Wit - Sr. Art Director at Vans, who was one of the persons working on the project. Read this first, and then look for the online competition here on FATBMX.
When did you first hear about the Vans x Haro collaboration?
MdW: When it comes to collaborations at Vans, all departments involved (footwear, apparel & brand design) work closely together to make sure it's the right one. We were looking to do collaboration with a company that shared the same amount of originality, heritage and authenticity like Vans, so Haro seemed like a natural fit. Besides, Dennis (McCoy) has been a Vans rider forever and when he got back on Haro, it was a perfect match.
Name: Lee ReynoldsHometown: San Diego, California
Occupation: Designer / DJ
Do you think the English riders that rode in the Meanwhile days were crazy?
Lee: Ha, that's a funny question! We rarely wore safety equipment, so in retrospect I guess we were a bit nuts. Some of the crazier things I
Name: Jason DaviesHometown: Tempe, Arizona
Occupation: Construction
We have been doing a few interviews with riders from the UK ramp scene. Who were you heroes when you started riding?
Jason: Bob Haro obviously, him and Mike Dominguez came to the UK and I was blown away and hooked after I saw them ride.
Name: Jason Lunn (lunstone)
Hometown: Presently Bali, Indonesia
Occupation: Partner in a design and digital media company; Chilled Heat
Do you remember when you first saw a BMX bike?
Jason Lunn: Chips TV programme in the 80's. Mongooses with alloy motomags
How long did it take for you to get one?
Jason Lunn: I managed to talk my parents into getting me a yellow and blue Huffy with alloy mags, made of mild steel and it weighed a ton
What jobs did you have to do to buy it?
Jason Lunn: I was only 11 years old so no job then.
Name: Andrew Clifton-Brown (I took part of my wife’s name as I always hated the surname 'Brown') Hometown: Kent
Occupation: IT/Photographer (freelance)
Let's start off with a big question, what have you been up to the last 10 years?
Andy Brown: Married to my best friend (yeah I know. Sickening but It’s true though), kids, coding and just keeping busy. Photography work is starting to come in more regularly so it pays for the kit that I buy and the occasional trip and I enjoy my life and friends. The antitheses of where I thought my life would be now.
Let's move back 25 years in time which takes us back to 1984. Was BMX a big part of your life then?
Andy Brown: It was everything to me at that time of my life.
Name: Dakota RocheBruno Hoffmann remembers his first rebeljam. Back for more this weekend in London. A quick itw.
Name: Bruno HoffmannHometown: Frankfurt, Germany
Sponsors: Federal Bikes, Vans, Redbull, DUB, Trip, Parano GarageIt looks like most of your main sponsors are sponsoring the rebeljam. Does that motivate you to do well?
Bruno: Not really, I wouldn't say I'm more or less motivated
Name: Scott DitchburnHometown: Flint North Wales
Sponsors: Subrosa brand, The Shadow Conspiracy, Lotek shoes
The rebeljam is coming to London with a street only contest. Who would have ever though. Stoked on that?
Scott: Yeah man I'm always stoked to get the invite to rebeljam the last one I went to was in Spain on a crazy holiday resort an the
Name: Simone BarracoHometown: Genova, Italy but now I'm living in BCN
Sponsors: Red Bull - Nike - Shadow - Subrosa -frontocean.com
You travel a whole bunch. How much time did you spend at home in Italy this year?
Simone: In Italy probably just a week this year, and I'm going back for Christmas. In Barcelona where I live now ...probably 3
Hometown: Sacramento, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Almond, Radio Bikes.
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Downtown Sacramento
-BMX video: This is United
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