Team
Patrick Guimez
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Profile
Age: 3 months, 2 weeks
Riding since: 1992
Frame: Journey
Favorite riding:
Trails and Bowls
Sponsors:
Eastern Bikes, Monster Energy, Eastpak, Von Zipper, TSG, Stay Strong Clothing
Location: Tosse (south west of France)
What got you into the BMX world to begin with? I was riding motocross before and I met a guy who was doing vert; then my dad decided to stop buying me motos so I took a BMX and started like this. The funny thing is that there was a racetrack just 2 minutes from my house and I never saw it before, so I entered the race club and realized that sport was the best for me.
Who are the people that you ride with the most now? I used to live in south east of France and there were lots of riders but since three years I moved to the west coast close to the ocean; I had to create my new spot and now there are like 4 riders but it s just great!!
I ride a lot with Markus Hampl, Simon Moratz and Ben Hennon also, those monkeys are always there so it s a lot of fun!! haha thanks bros for the sessions
What do you do outside of riding? I go to physio!! Haha, no I have an underwear and clothing company called insane underwear which takes me a lot of time; since 3 months I’m in charge of Cream magazine as chief redactor; I organize my own event also called "Lords of Dirt “, it'll be the 4TH year this summer, the event will be on august 21st and 22nd at my home spot.
To finish I have my show company and I ride freestyle motocross when I have time, and I play a bit of guitar; is that enough? Just kidding haha
What’s the scene like in France? The French scene grew so much the last years and I’m so proud of all those new pushers!!
Most of them ride parks and street but we have a lot of trails also and the level starts to be insane!!
We try to organize a lot of contest and jams to promote our sport; more we are, better will be the sport!!
How would you describe your style? My style? Haha full of tattoos!! No I can ride quite everything but my best sensations are on dirt
I'll say that I'm a flip addict, I love to do many tricks in flips but I try to have a complete list of tricks like one hander, one footer and all those crazy stuff!! Sorry haha. I guess the best way'll be to make a short clip so you can see and judge hahaha
what was the first BMX video you watched? Was it on a VHS or DVD? PAL or NTSC?
What a question: Head First!!! The best from far, it was on VHS PAL, I had this one and S&M 44 Something and trust me I watched it million times
and in my opinion Head First is still the best video for tricks, spirit and music!! Fugazi man!!!
What gets you motivated...with riding and just life in general? I cannot stay at home and wait that something happen so I love being busy all day and run, if not I get bored really fast.
That’s the same in my riding, if I don’t learn a new trick or a new move I feel bored, so I push myself as much as I can to learn and ride. In life, one thing is sure I'll be my own boss cause I love to do the things I trust in. Dream it and do it!!
Future plans? Traveling a lot, I want to visit Australia, Japan and many more good destinations.
Work more on my event and maybe create a real dirt tour in Europe, that'll be my goal.
And ride of course
Oh yeah I forgot; change my teeth haha, after a big crash few years ago I fucked my jaw really bad and it’s time to have brand new teeth (prepare for a tooth path add!!)
Top five bands at the moment:
Muse
Metric
Explosion in the Sky
Deftones
Kings of Leon
Any last words? Just a big thank to all my sponsors for the support, its a just a pleasure to wake up everyday and do the thing I love the most, I'll never thank them enough!!
I would like to thank my family and friends also, specially my mum for her permanent support (love you mum)
one thing is sure: life is short so rock it!!!!