Freestyle BMXer Tom Haugen is answesing the Who? What? Where? Why? And How? From the GO211 community as he gets ready to head to his home town of Minneapolis for the first stop on the ASA Action Sports tour April 25th. So ask this music savvy ripper anything and everything about being a part of the infamous Free Agent crew what it's like to compete in virtually every BMX event known to man....fire away he's all yours..

It's hard to narrow it down to one. A good one is when we arrived at a hotel in Richmond, Virginia in 98. We were all checking in at the front desk and Dave walked around to the courtesy phone. He called the front desk and asked them to page a Mr. Mike Hunt who was in the lobby. The front desk lady set the phone down, yelled to all of us 'which one of you is Mike Hunt?'

17 years now.... so I guess you could say it's a fad for me!

Man, it's so hard to narrow that down. The one where Homer gains weight to become obese so he can go on disability is great ('where's the any key?). No wait, Flamin' Moes is better!

right now, it's 3 double whips. scary and fun at the same time. I really like watching 540's on vert. that trick looks amazing. the one you did in Seattle last year was one of the top 5 best ones I've ever seen.

Hmm.... good question. I went to college with the plan to be a teacher, but i'm not sure i'd want to do that anymore. In the past ten years I've gotten much more into fitness, so maybe i'd pursue that. I always dreamed of running a record label, too...

when I learn that trick, i'm going to do one in front of you and look at you during it. Maybe I'll point to you during it. I'll be back April 21 for the contest at the Target Center. You going to that?

well, i've always had a front brake on my flatland bike from day one. before i rode ramps i only rode street and dirt so i didn't have a front break on my bike then. when i started riding ramps in 1995 i put one on and it's been on my bike since. the best thing about front brakes is 540 nosepicks- i love that trick!

doing a bunny hop involves using your arms and legs. you have pull up with your arms and then kick your legs up after that, bringing your knees up to your stomach. the best way to learn it is to start by learning how to bunny hop up a curb. after you can do that you can start trying higher things. also, remember that in a bunny hop your front tire comes up a split second before your back. don't try to lift both tires at the same time.

that is always changing... yesterday it was 540 tailtaps on a spine. today it's likely to be something completely different. usually whatever i'm working on at the time is my favorite trick. fakie stuff is always fun, though- usually my favorite tricks are fakie related.

I ride Free Agent bikes- right now I'm riding the Crown Imperial. It's the best bike i've ridden- looks great, light weight, holds up well. you can see a pic of it here: http://freeagentbmx.com/01-crown_imperial-09.htm the top tube is 20.75- perfect size for me. the one i'm riding right now is purple/grape, but i think i'll be riding a blue one soon.

my influences are first and foremost my close friends and family. outside of that, the writing of Larry Livermore

Most people bring up contest placings as my greatest achievements. and while i've done fairly well at some big events over the years, in my mind my greatest achievement is being someone my family is proud of.

Best thing to happen to Bmx is the overall acceptance of it into media and the mainstream- that has allowed so many riders to make a living doing this. howver, this is also the worst thing to happen to Bmx because it has allowed a lot of control of Bmx to be taken away from those who participate in it and has thus been misrepresented many times.

I would like to be able to fly. to just be able to glide or hover effortlessly in the air at any altitude i choose. it seems so peaceful...

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