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Name: Nicky van der Veen
Age: 18
Hometown: Den Haag aka The Hague, Netherlands

The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Rampworkx!, Corby, Skateland and Newpact
-BMX video: Etnies underground, Odsy Electronical and Red bull loaded.
-Website: vitalbmx.com, bmxigans.com and ukbikeco.com
-Food: Pizza!
-Riders to ride with: Virgil Persad, Channon Belanio, Barry Kohne, Mark Vos, Maityn Pedroso, Kees Schelfhout, Brendan van Leeuwen and loads of people from the United Kingdom! Heck yeah!
-Car: Pontiac firebbird
-Movie: Into the wild, Green mile and all the movies with Will Smith.  

Name: Austin Coleman
Age: 25
Hometown: Lake Forest, CA

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: RSA Skate Park, Costa Mesa, CA (RIP)
-BMX video: Standard Style Cats
-Website: Myspace
-Food: Oatmeal w/ Rasins
-Riders to ride with: Mirra, Laird, Spinner, Napolitan, Mast, Snowden, Mancuso, Nyquist, Marcus Tooker and Alan Cooke

-Car: Audi S4 Avant B7 (in black please)
-Movie: Man on Fire. Denzel flick
-Colour: Brown 

Name: Fabian Giess
Age: 19 years
Hometown: Luzern,Switzerland

The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: The Alley skatepark in Corby, England
-BMX video: Etnies Grounded and levis Jamie Bestwicks Parts
-Website: Fatbmx.com, ilame.ch
-Food: Fondue

-Riders to ride with: Sven Kabosch, Timur Karadschajew, Zach Shaw, the Zürich crowd, hoping to ride with Dave Mirra, Jamie Bestwick,...
-Car: Aston Martin Vantage V8, Range Rover Sport 4.4 V8 Supercharged, Insidercars.com
-Movie: Hot Rod 

Name: Bas Brouwer
Age: 23
Hometown: Utrecht, Netherlands

The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Wuppertal, Germany
-BMX video: Grounded
-Website: Fatbmx
-Food: Surinamse Roti
-Riders to ride with: Mark Vos and Barry Kohne
-Car: Ferrari F355

-Movie: A night at the Roxbury
-Colour: Blue
-Shoes: Etnies
-Bike company: Mankind
-Clothing company: Nudie jeans
-BMX contest: Rebel Jam 

Name: Arthur Dietrich

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Mellow Park
-BMX video: Odyssey Electronical (Gar
-Website: Defgrip
-Food: Pasta
-Riders to ride with: Mangoose
-Car: Range Rover Sport
-Movie: Lord of war
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Adidas

Name: Jens Kahlström
Age: 17
Hometown: Stockholm, Sweden
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Woodward camp
-BMX video: Levis BMX
-Website: Fat
-Food: Asian, fast food
-Riders to ride with: Friends
-Car: My BMW 316i
-Movie: Hitman
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Nike 6.0
-Bike company: Fitbikeco, Mutiny
-Swedish rider: my friends
-BMX contest: Dew tour
-Street spot: stairs 

Name: Lantschner Stefan
Age: 24
Hometown: Steinegg, north Italy
Sponsors: Fly bikes, Carhartt, nike 6.0, Eastpak, fakie shop

Are you living the BMX pro lifestyle at the moment or do you have a job back home?
Stefan: Yes I can make a living off of Bmx which is awesome but I try to save wherever I can, take the bus and train instead of having a car and so on...

When nothing is going on and you're hurting for money, where do you start looking?
Stefan: I never run out of budget, whenever it happens I will look for work again! 

Name: Sergio Layos
Age: 23 but time goes by quick!
Hometown: Madrid, Spain.
Sponsors: Fly bikes, Etnies, Oakley, Red Bull, Empire and Insane.

You have been around for a long time now, what makes you pick up your bike to go ride these days? Sergio: I have no idea! but every

Name: Tobias Wicke
Age: 26 years old
Hometown: Erkner / next to Berlin / Germany
Sponsors: Red Bull, Vans, Carhartt, Eastpak, WeThePeople, Sunenos, Fuse and Schwalbe

After winning the German miniramp championship in Berlin, your season was pretty much over. What happened?

- I have to say that the image of you is quite crazy, isn't it? Is the real you as lively and passionate as the image of you, or is it just a stage-image, which has little to do with the real you?
Catfish: I would have to say..what you see is what you get. I have always been a bit of an eccentric and extroverted person, even before I found BMX. I think that is one of the aspects that I love about BMX..there are so many wild characters! Sometimes I wish I could turn my "Catfish" persona off, but BMX won't let me. Alas..I am crazy 99% of the time.

- It is your third time to be in Estonia. But how did all start - from where did you hear about Estonia and Simple Session and why did you decide to participate in this event?
Catfish: I remember hearing about an event in a country that I wasn't familiar with called "Pop Session" I had seen some pictures of it and it looked awesome. 3 years ago I saw the Simpel Session website and figured I would send them an e-mail asking about hosting