When I first moved to the Bay Area I never missed the Saturday morning session at the Vans park ever. Each time I was riding the same guy would always be there with me and kids would talk in front of me in line of how he was hooked up and never had to pay to ride there. While standing in line one day waiting for some bladers to vacate the park so we could start riding I saw the same guy at the front of the line just amped up to ride. With a huge smile on his face he yelled across the park: "Ok motherfuckers! Its over! hahaha". He likes to skid and do fufanus, his drivers license reads "Nick Valencia" but most people call him "Nick Dawg"... You have been working on Exodus...what is that?
Nick: Exodus is my little side project that I wanted to do for a while and finally did some work with this past year or so. I've always worked with sponsors on refining parts and things like that, so it was pretty natural to want total control over some design stuff.
Name: Bengo Age: 18
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FitBikeco uk/4down, Nike 6.0 flow, DUB BMX
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Fondo Barca
-BMX video: Animal all Day
Name: Billy Stupple Age: 43
Occupation: Building Contractor
Hometown: South East London
Years riding: 10 so far (79-84 and 2004-2009)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Radbmx/Dialled Bikes support team, Skyway Recreation 83-84
The Favorite list:
Name: Ben Lewis Age: 24
Hometown: Liverpool, UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Fit Bike co, Lotek, A Bike Co, Carhartt, Dub BMX
The favorite list:
-Movie: Fifth Element
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Lotek Nightwolf
-Bike company: Fit Bike Co
-BMX contest: Simpel session
-Bike shop: Picton Cycles
-Clothing company: Carhartt
Name: Andy Barton (Barney) Age: 26
Hometown: Manchester, UK
Sponsors: Carhartt, bicycle union, animal, 4down/United, Naive
The favorite list:
-Ramp rider: Jerry Gally.
-Street rider: Mike Griffin.
-Dirt rider: Rosshead.
-Flatland rider: Alexis Desolneux
-Shoes: Nike sb mids.
-Bike company: United
-BMX contest: no thanks.
-Bike shop: Cyclone.
-Clothing company: Carhartt.
-Website: 4down.
-Spot to ride: Poynton ind est
Name: Ben GreenAge: 22
Hometown: Caterham, UK
Hook-ups/Sponsors: 4Down Distribution, S&M Bikes, Nike 6.0, Rockstar Energy Drinks & Carhartt
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Anywhere in London
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief
-Website: www.theSun.co.uk
-Web video: TWW Trailer
-Food: Pizza
-Riders to ride with: Dan Boiski, Joe Fox, Brixton Billy
-Car: Vauxhall Astra
-Travel destination: America
Name: Rob Andrews Age: 22
Hometown: Derby, UK
Years riding: 6
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Superstar Bmx, Zeal distribution, Loophole Bmx, MODE bike shop
The Favorite list:
Name: James Foster Age: 23
Hometown: Redlands, CA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: KHE bikes, UGP, free shoes from Nike 6.0
The favorite list:
-Car: 1990 Mitsubishi eclipse
-Travel destination: I'm not very well traveled
-Movie: fight club
-Colour: purple
-Spot to ride: Saavedras trails
-BMX video: bmxmen circa 1997
-Website: fatbmx.com and dsmtuners.com
-Food: tofu
-Riders to ride with: Brandon Dosch, Hucker, Chris Hughes, Zach Lamb
Name: Alessandro Barbero Age: 25
Hometown: CEVA, Italy
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Red Bull, Oakley, Vans, Fiat (car), TSG, SkullCandy, Mirraco, Eastpak, Nosoccer.com and 43 bolts
The favorite list:
-Travel destination: Miami the real Miami
-Football club: Juventus
-Spot to ride: Woodward and Priero Rappa Park
-BMX video: Seek and Destroy, End Search and Writing on the wall
-Website: Mine :), Nosoccer, Fat BMX and the new That'sBMX.com
-Web video: Webby, Jeremiah Smith, Main and Scotty
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.