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Name: Matt Green
Age: 25
Hometown: Rowville, AUS
Hook-ups/Sponsors: BMXLife Shop

The FAT favorites list:

-Spot to ride: Anywhere the homies are!
-BMX video: Deadline

In the run-up to the World Championships, Nikita Ducarroz had been diagnosed with Epstein-Barr virus, but in Abu Dhabi the BMX freestyle specialist was able to show her potential. As in the previous year, the Olympic medalist finished second place. The Swiss American explains in the interview what the medal means to her and talks about her next big goal. Nikita Ducarroz won the silver medal at the BMX Freestyle World Championships held as part of the Urban Cycling Championships in Abu Dhabi. After an unsuccessful first run, the 26-year-old from Geneva living in North Carolina advanced to second place thanks to an excellent performance in her second run. As at last year’s World Championship in Montpellier, the Olympic bronze medalist from Tokyo was beaten only by Hannah Roberts from the USA. Olympic champion Charlotte Worthington (GBR) finished the competition in fifth place.

Name: Angel Covarrubias
Age: 25 years old
Hometown: Woodland Hills, CA, USA

The FAT FAVs List:

Spot to ride: UCLA College
BMX Video: Chad Kerley The Hunt
Website: OurBmx/DigBmx/FATBMX
Web Video: LAX Montages
Food: I’m pretty big on Italian food
Person On Instagram: @ all my friends haha
Travel Destination: BCN Spain and Australia mate.
Riders to ride with: I enjoy riding with the entire LAXFILMS team and all my friends on the dvntcrew! cheers boys haha.
Car: Huge Porsche guy but don’t have the funds for any of them.
Movie: Stand By Me (1986)

Name: Oran Farag
Age: 38
Hometown: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Myself

The FAT favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Curved Wall
-BMX video: Wide awake nightmare, Anthem 2
-Website: Cvlt Nation
-Web video: Rich Forne Federal, Burns Anthem 2, Seamus McKeown Frame promo
-Food: Tuna melt
-Person on Instagram: Emile Bouwman
-Travel destination: Anywhere with the boys
-Riders to ride with: Everyone from Get it Dog, Macarb crew, Haarlem crew. Anybody who wants to ride just passing through.
-Car: The Bicycle is Perfection
-Movie: Batman, Norsman, There will be blood, Shawshank, I Tonya
-Colour: Army green

Name: Shawn Nakayama
Age: 25 years old
Hometown: Saitama, Japan

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-Spot to ride: Street or Kobayashi Skatepark & Possibility Park
-BMX video: Props
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: Mutiny Bikes 2008

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