::: TSG | TECHNICAL SAFETY GEAR | DESIGNED BY RIDERS :::

Renton Millar
The Melbourne skate legend describes himself as skateboarder, traveller and husband. He combines all three perfectly and is crowned World Cup Skateboard Champ.

Jocke Olsson
Jocke is a vert legend from Sweden and everybodies nice guy. Besides skating he has a passion for fly fishing.

Bienvenido Aguado
His name mean welcome and we welcome Bienve to our team. The spanish rotation talent sticked the world 1. double front flip.

Thomas Genon
The only Belgian on the FMB World Tour is a true slopestyle talent and brings vertiginous progression into the freeride discipline.

Casey Groves
Casey is a top 10 rider on the FMB world tour, a podium finisher at Crankworx Whistler, and a star in several feature films. Calm but rad!

Ramon Hunziker
Ramon is the poster child for progressive Swiss dirt jumping and freeriding. After dominating the national scene, he is now entering the international stage.

Amir Kabbani
Ambitious, consistent and determined! But this is only one side to characterize Amir, he is a nice and funny dude as well who just loves riding his bike.

Sam Pilgrim
You know what to expect when your nick name is leopardhead... aggressively he attacks dirt and street grounds like an animal while always staying nice and friendly.

Timo Pritzel
Timo evolved from bmx pro to dirt pro to team coach to business man with his own clothing brand without ever loosing his natural niceness.

Angie Hohenwarter
Sweet when you see her, but tough when she rides down the 4cross or downhill parcours.

Alessandro Barbero
The italian bmx machine!

Patrick Guimez
The french BMX pro lives in beautiful south of France and hosts its own event. Lords of Dirt is a friendly jam session with international riders.

Markus Hampl
Markus collects bmx titels but besides riding he loves building dirt tracks and is one of the best builders worldwide.

Ricardo Laguna
Multi-talented Vegas sunny boy who competes in BMX, hosts TV shows, organizes events, builds dirt courses, teaches at clinics, appears as guest speaker at schools... everything is possible!

Daniel Wedemeijer
Daniel aka. the flying Dutchman is definitely the Netherlands finest export when it comes to BMX. He is well known for his technical stylish riding skills and being a genuinely nice guy.

Angie Marino
Angie Marino is one of the best female BMXers in the world, but not content to rest on her laurels. She started Yeah Zine, a online site for girls that ride BMX.

Elias Elhardt
Elias is a real bundle of energy, rocking with great performance and style.

Iouri Podladtchikov
I-Pod is one of the sickest riders around blowing up the scene on the slopes and charming everyone with his smart and funny character.

Gian Simmen
First Olympic halfpipe winner back in 1998. Gian is still part of the scene, competing for fun and coaching the swiss freestyle rooky squad.

Anne-Flore Marxer
Open-minded and energetic, Anne-Flore rocks whether it\'s in the park, backcountry or dance floor. The 2011 Freeride World Champion collects magazine covers and pushes women riding.

Silvia Mittermüller
one of the strongest female riders in the snowboard scene able to take it from the pipe to the park to the pow with ease.

Benedikt Mayr
Loves riding backcountry as much as park and is a funny and open-minded personality.

Taylor Seaton
Consistently going bigger and bigger with each hit, Taylor\'s innate mastery of the transitions adds a fluid style to his run unlike any other.

Caja Schöpf
Caja is one of the best female german freeskier and the only girl in the german FIAT Freestyle Team.

Daniel Fetz
Successfull self-made wakeboarder and dad, that doesnt only dominate the international scene but also runs his own wakeboard school.

AMBASSADORS
TSG ambassadors are upcoming riders, great legends or dedicated people we respect for their performance.

Markus Hampl

Date of birth	30.08.1979
Hometown	Tosse, FRA and Augsburg, GER
Home Spot (Park)	Tossefornia
Riding since	1993



Other sponsors	The Set, Oakley, Troyan, Insane, Odyssey, Vans, Stay Strong
Other hobbies	Surfing, Snowboarding
Career highlights	European Champion Dirt 1999 X-Games San Francisco 1st Urban Games London 1st Lords of Dirt 2nd overall Lords of Dirt tour 2011 2nd Kill the line 2011 1st creative award Rebel Jam 2010
Favorite gadget	My bike of course from the Set and all the good stuff from Odyssey. But although my surfboard short and longboard. For the POW there is nothing better than the SLASH from Nitro boards. Slash baby.
Favorite color	Black



Helmet	evolution solid colors
Elbow protection
Knee Protection	kneeguard tahoe VEP
Additional TSG gear	shinguard bmx tail whip

YOUR LIFE IS FULL OF TRAVELLING. DO YOU STILL ENJOY IT OR WOULD YOU SOMETIMES PREFER STAYING HOME?
I still love to move and see new places. But yes at of the year I love to come back home and enjoy home.

AND HOW LONG DO YOU NEED TO RECOVER FROM A JETLAG?
What is a jetlag?

ANY RECOMMENDATION ON HOW TO NOT GET BORED ON LONG OVERSEA FLIGHTS?
Sleep, work on the computer, eat and drink (no alcohol), read, talking with your neighbors, listen to music, walking around in the plane, there is a lot to do.

TELL US A LITTLE ANECDOTE THAT HAPPENED DURING ONE OF YOUR TRIPS. ANYTHING, BE IT FUNNY, SPECIAL, WEIRD. WHATEVER COMES IN YOUR MIND?
We have been on the way back from the finest air show in the Bretagne with the whole crew. Patrick’s (Guimez) car broke down and we had to spend a lot of time on a small parking besides an exit. Vince la machine was on full power and energy. So to cool him down we taped him on a street sign besides the streets for around good an hour. Pretty funny picture!

WHY DID YOU CHOOSE RIDING WITH TSG HELMETS? WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT THE HELMETS? The helmets are from riders for riders with the best technology. They look good and do what they have to do: Safe your head. This all comes from a long experience. Like a Swiss watch.

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN IN A SITUATION WHERE YOUR HELMET SAVED YOUR BRAIN FROM SEVERE DAMAGED? IF YES, WHAT HAPPENED?
Yes. I did an oppo 360 over a hip. But I went a bit to far and landed in the soft part of the landing. Eh voila over the bars straight on the head. But all went good, some dirt in the face, but my head was brand new.

HOW ABOUT OTHER PROTECTION GEAR? DO YOU WEAR ANYTHING ELSE BUT A HELMET?
Yes of course. The Tahoe kneepads / BMX shinguards and the ankle braces.

WHAT DO YOU DO ON A DAY OFF BIKE?
I go surfing, running, play music or working on buildings for events. Yes this is a big part of my life besides riding my bike. I build lots of dirt courses for BMX and MTB.

DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER PASSION THAT YOU FOLLOW BESIDES BMX? WHAT IS IT, HOW DID YOU PICK IT UP AND WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT IT?
I have two big passions: surfing and snowboarding. Surfing I started with Alex Dropsy and Beou in Marseille. Now I try to go surf as much as possible. Definitely a big part in my life. In the winter I work now in Leogang at the Nitro snowpark. Means I spent all the winter in the mountains building the park and go snowboarding.

OCCUPATION IF YOU WERE NOT A PROFESSIONAL BIKER?
Good question. Probably I would end up doing something in the mountains.

LIST YOUR TOP 3 BIKE MAGS
There is just one: ART BMX mag

LIST YOUR TOP 3 BIKE NEWS/INFO WEBSITES
Fat BMX
You tube
Vital

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