Rafael Adam
Age: 24
Residence: Munich, Germany		    



For how long have you been riding?
Five years.

 What influenced you the most when you started riding (videos, mags, riders...)?
I was living in Berlin when I started riding, so I guess it was the ramps and the great trails at the Mellowpark. But I guess the biggest influence was the fun I had just trying to jump, although I was just trying to jump my bike...How much fun would it be once I'd be doing tricks. And it is...

 What do you ride the most?
Dirt and Park.

What's the last trick you've learned?
Double barspins.

 Favourite riders?
I can't name a specific one. There are so many great riders. All the people who are having fun riding and don't take riding too serious.


What was the highlight of your BMX-career so far?
It's a highlight for me everytime I do a new trick. I t makes me forget everything around me and makes me smile. And once I got €100 for doing a backflip.

What frame do you ride?
Kink Freebird.

What are you doing when you're not riding?
I think about riding, work as a bike messenger, study Spanish and play the guitar.

What are your goals for the future?
I want to learn how to do airs. I have to get off my lazy ass and graduate aswell and get a part-time job that pays double. I want to travel a lot, have a nice house with big trails in the garden and ride all afternoon with my kids...And I don't want to get fat and grumpy.

Any thanks?
My helmet, Thomas and Moni for giving me stuff, all the guys who help maintain the skatepark in Lohhof, the Tretlager guys for the awesome indoor place they got for all of us (don't take it for granted!), all the people who let me ride their trails that they put in a lot of work, Michi for making it possible to have our own trails and just bing a good kid, my parents for letting me use their car more than they do. And the dude who invented the bicycle - best idea ever!