Matt Hulgan(MH): Ok, give me your stats and measurements. Anthony Durbano(AD): OK. it's Anthony Durbano. I'm 18 years old. And I'm from Philadelphia Pennsylvania.

MH: You're pretty young to have all those tattoos. AD: (laughing) Yeah? Uh, I guess I started getting them when I was sixteen... So...

MH: OK then, how long have you been riding?
AD: Ahhh... about 4 and a half years.

MH: Damn! And you're a pro now right?
AD: Yeah

MH: What sort of competing have you done so far? AD: I've done a couple 2hip contests and I think one ? up in Virginia... I don't know. I'm not really on the contest scene too much.

MH: Are you riding for anybody now?
AD: Naah. No one.

MH: What significance do you think flatland will have in say 10 years on the whole of riding? AD: I don't know about that, but freestyle in it's self I think is going toward harder tricks. It's getting crazy now with all the tricks. In 5 years It'll probably be the same. Just new faces and new tricks.

MH: Besides Kevin Jones, who do you think is the most influential rider right now? AD: For me?

MH: Yeah. AD: You're right Kevin is it for everybody... I like Andrew Arroyo, (Sean) McKinney influences me a lot. Just original riders and smooth riders. Pretty much everybody. I feed off of everybody. You know? Just the atmosphere of riding it's self.

MH: What got you into riding BMX at all? AD: Jesse Puente in 1993. He was at a 2b homecooked contest in Emmaus PA.

MH: So you were just happening by and saw the contest? AD: I had a Freestyle bike, but I just cruised on it. Then I saw that contest and thought it was cool so...

MH: Cool so did you get into street and jumping and all the ''cool'' stuff or did you mainly stick to flatland? AD: I dabble with street and I ride a little park, You know it's nice to get a taste of something other than flatland.

MH: So with these new bunnyhop tricks do you thing street has come to influence flatland or vice-versa? AD: I sort of think they feed off of each other. That's what I'm trying to do with my riding. Trying to put in a little of a street flavor.

MH: Can you give any examples?
AD: Well I'm doing like g-turns to nollie/ bunnyhop to land x-up. A lot of 180º stuff.

MH: If your house was burning down, besides
your bicycle, what would you save?



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