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 AUGUST 28,2009 BY KING

 INTERVIEW  OMAR AL AHGBAR 

 

 What is your name? Birthday? Hometown?

Full name : Omar Al Aghbar
Birthday : 5th of feb. 1989
Hometown : Dubai

 why do you choose BMX as your sports?

bmx gives me the adrenaline fix i need , and i enjoy riding with friends so much.

who influence you to ride?

my friends ollie and mass ,then they quit so king , fish ,phillipe and all the other guys gave me a good initial push.

 how long you been riding?

ive been riding for around 3 years on and off cause of constant injuries...

 

what is your bike setup?

i ride a subrosa pandora frame ,sunday bars and fork ,hoffman bike stem, odyssey cranks ,plastic pedals i would love to get my hands on the new khe freecoaster..

 

what can you say about bmx scene in Middle east?

its still small but its growing and i just hope some day it will be packed dubai has a good scene unlike most other arab countries.

 

who is your fav rider? park? street? flatland?

my favorite rider is gary young i like many others but his the type of rider id like to be like..i ride everything overall ,i love street and park almost equally...except when i pedal hours between spots...

 

 

 what tricks are you working on at the moment?

at the moment i just got my 360 nose bonks dailed on boxes and ledges and im tryin to learn 360 footjam whips..

 

you seem progressing a lot. what is your motivation to ride hard?

i just wanna be good and that pushes me big time..

 where do you ride most of the time?

where else...DFC homie

 can you tell us where do u ride street?

i ride street all over but im loving garhoud at the moment lots of nice tech spots there...

 worse crash ever?

 worse crash has to be in aussie there was a down rail with grass onboth sides so i figured i wont die...but i did die...i was chainless goin towards the rail and i cliped then front flipped with the chainless sprocket shredding my sweet buttocks...and i endlessly rolled down the rail with the bike entangled all up in my ass...

 

what is your best moment on bmx riding?

i love tuck no hander wed. i loved the day we sessioned burjuman back in the days like 30 of us , and i loved riding with my friends in australia.

 would you like to thank anybody?

of course i would like to thank King ,chris ,kai ,phillipe , fish ,joe ,kareem , moe, alex matt and chris and all the other bmx riders who arent hating.

thanks alot for your time man