Meet the crew of amateur riders that will be competing in AFMXA's first Am competition this Saturday in Pala, California.
November 6, 2009, 12:20 AM
By: Ryan Leyba
The first-ever AFMXA Amateur Competition will be going down in three days, but until now, the invited rider list has been under wraps. I was able to get my hands on a list of confirmed and non-confirmed amateur riders, so I sent out an email to get their basic stats and info. I can't guarantee that all the riders below will be competing, nor can I guarantee that I got everyone's info that will be in attendance, but at least this gives you a good idea of who will be making up the majority of the field. It should be a VERY interesting event. Are you excited? I bet you are, but not as much as these guys!
Derek Beckering
Dereck Beckering
Age: 20 Hometown: Bakersfield, California Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: Fatal Clothing, 186 Photos, Fatal Impact Streetwear Best Trick: starfish FMX Influences: Garrett Ahlf, Jeff Griffin, Todd Potter FMX Goals: To hopefully land a backflip. I can flip pretty much everything, besides a big bike. Random Personal Fact: In the past three weeks I've taken up unicycling. It's way harder than it looks! I also like shredding RC cars (when they're not broken), and I'm a local at Del Taco.
Garrett Ahlf
Garrett Ahlf
Age: 22 Hometown: Bakersfield, California Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: Shifty Illusions, Wyvern Motosports, Setwear, O'neal Racing, Works Connection, TAG, 661, OGIO Best Trick: Paris Hilton FMX Influences: Jeremy Lusk FMX Goals: X Games and Red Bull X-Fighters contender/champion Random Personal Fact: I like picking my nose.
Kyle Demelo
Kyle Demelo
Age: 17 Hometown: Oliver, B.C., Canada Bike: Suzuki RM250 Sponsors: Valley Moto Sport, Muller Motor Sport, Ogio, RMR Suspensions, and Lime Nine Best Trick: kiss of death FMX Influences: Jeff Fehr, Morgan Kalizuk, Dennis Saulnier, Reagan Seig FMX Goals: To become one of the top riders in the sport Random Personal Fact: I like pie.
Taylor Woods
Taylor Woods
Age: 18 Hometown: Prescott, Arizona Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: O'neal, Many Weapons Clothing Best Trick: stripper or suicide can FMX Influences: Robert Distler, Lance Coury FMX Goals: I'm young, so progress, stay healthy, have fun and ride with best! Random Personal Fact: I haven't grown since sixth grade. Everybody thinks I'm a Junior High student with a tattoo!
Nick Dunne
Nick Dunne
Age: 22 Hometown: Redding, California Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: DEA Clothing, Thompson Race Works, Kali Protectives, WR1 Suspension, Odi Grips Best Trick: Captain Morgan FMX Influences: Drake McElroy, Mike Metzger FMX Goals: To ride for the rest of my life. Random Personal Fact: I'm a Redneck MacGuyver
Nick Gore
Nick Gore
Age: 25 Hometown: Grant Park, Illinois Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: Me, my parents, FMXparadise.com, Pinn-It.com Best Trick: one-handed indian air and whips FMX Influences: Mike Metzger, Mike Jones, Mat Rebeaud, Todd Potter FMX Goals: Get paid to ride! So basically get more gooderer. Random Personal Fact: Al Gore is my uncle and he really looks down on me riding a two-stroke.
Peter Hujber
Peter Hujber
Age: 28 Hometown: Hungary, Europe Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: N/A Best Trick: lazy boy, dead body, hart attack FMX Influences: Crusty Demons of Dirt, Mike Metzger FMX Goals: To get better at FMX. Random Personal Fact: By my college qualification, I am an economist. I wrote my diploma about management. I'm also top 5 in Hungary motocross lites racing since 1997.
Greg Schaaf
Greg Schaaf
Age: 23 Hometown: Reche Canyon, California Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: SRH Clothing, Badseed Productions, Canyon Racers MX Shop Best Trick: holyman to heel clicker FMX Influences: Ryan Leyba, Jeremy Lusk, Dane Heron, Doug Parsons FMX Goals: Make a living, stay safe, progression in the sport, and learn big flip tricks. Random Personal Fact: N/A
Evan Hart
Evan Hart
Age: 24 Hometown: Millstone, New Jersey Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: Motopimps Best Trick: seat grab FMX Influences: Larry Linkogle, Mike Cinqmars FMX Goals: To ride in video parts and do things on a bike that haven't been thought of before. Random Personal Fact: I'm hartattack on FreestyleMTX.com.
Luke Dolin
Luke Dolin
Age: 16 Hometown: Valley Springs, California Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: Razor Clothing, Mom, Dad Best Trick: Christ air FMX Influences: Destin Cantrell FMX Goals: Just getting noticed and see where it goes from there. Random Personal Fact: Uh, food is good?!
Andy Bakken
Andy Bakken
Age: 26 Hometown: Long Beach, California Bike: Honda CR250F Sponsors: DEFT Family, Answer, One Industries, Enzo, Pro Circuit, Sunrise Construction Best Trick: no-footed nac FMX Influences: Jeremy Lusk FMX Goals: Have fun with it! Random Personal Fact: I tried racing Supercross and now it looks like I'm tryin FMX!
Bryce Hudson
Bryce Hudson
Age: 19 Hometown: Vista, California Bike: KTM 250SX Sponsors: N/A Best Trick: supercan FMX Influences: Destin Cantrell, Adam Jones FMX Goals: To make FMX riding my job. Random Personal Fact: I used to take a lot of photos back in the day, so that is one of my favorite hobbies after riding.
Tim Hryshchuk
Tim Hryshchuk
Age: 22 Hometown: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Bike: Suzuki RM250 Sponsors: Freeryders, Elevated Taktics Best Trick: dead body FMX Influences: Drake McElroy, Destin Cantrell FMX Goals: To be self-supportive from riding. Random Personal Fact: All real stuntmen have moustaches.
Keith Sayers
Keith Sayers
Age: 26 Hometown: Butte, Montana Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: Fly, 509 Goggles, SCS UNLIMITED, Bling Wireless, Freeridemx.com Best Trick: No Footer :-) FMX Influences: Justin Homan FMX Goals: I just love to ride my bike. Random Personal Fact: I'm lucky to have a amazing group of people around me to make me who, and what I am today!
Billy Giron
Billy Giron
Age: 20 Hometown: Albuquerque, New Mexico Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: Motoarmy Best Trick: cliffhanger FMX Influences: Everyone better than me. FMX Goals: Do as good as possible when riding. Random Personal Fact: N/A
Chris Edmondson
Chris Edmondson
Age: 26 Hometown: Temecula, California Bike: Honda CR250 Sponsors: Switch Nine Clothing Best Trick: double grab hart attack FMX Influences: Mike Mason FMX Goals: To ride as long as I can. Random Personal Fact: Fat kids can jump.
Billy Kohut
Billy Kohut
Age: 24 Hometown: Didsbury, Alberta, Canada Bike: Yamaha YZ250 Sponsors: Freeriders.com Best Trick: look back FMX Influences: Twitch, Mike Metzger FMX Goals: To become a professional FMX rider. Random Personal Fact: I'm a sharp shooter.
Erick Ruiz Rodriguez
Erick Ruiz Rodríguez
Age: 14 Hometown: Mexico City, Mexico Bike: Yamaha YZ125 Sponsors: O'neal, Six Six One, Leatt, Morfos Racing Best Trick: cliffhanger look back FMX Influences: Levi Sherwood, Rob Adelberg, Dany Torres FMX Goals: To do 75 foot backflips by 2010 and participate in Red Bull X-Fighters Mexico. Random Personal Fact: I have a lot of flexibility and I'm always happy.
James Iman
James Iman
Age: 23 Hometown: San Clemente, California Bike: Honda CR250F Sponsors: Corrupt Clothing, Zoo World Ministries Best Trick: one-handed superman indian air to Mulisha march no-hander lander FMX Influences: Twitch, Seth Enslow FMX Goals: To have the time of my life and be as safe as I can while influencing kids to do better things with their lives instead of getting in trouble. Random Personal Fact: I say the most random things to make anyone feel better and laugh.
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