Andy Fortini

Date of Birth – November 1989

Current sponsors – Freestyle Now

Resides – Perth

Freesyle Now squad member since  –  April 2011

Specialty– Street assassin, all round lover of bmx, instigator of good times, video and photo extraordinaire 

Started riding bmx – 2004 I think.

Main type of riding – Everything

How did you get into riding? – Gave it a go one day. Had so much fun I never stopped.

What was your first bike? – Chrome Mongoose Speedlimit. Hell Yeah!

Who has influenced you the most in riding? – Mike Aitken’s video parts and riding on a regular basis with Seb Scott.

What can you remember most about your first competition or demo? – Using the gift voucher I won at the bottle shop.

Five things that matter most to you in no order – Learning, Creating, Friends, Riding, Fun.

Five things that you dislike the most – stress, flats, bigots, salt bags, stupidity.

Do you like riding in shows or competitions – Comps aren’t really my thing but shows are fun.

What do you do in your spare time? – When I’m not riding probably taking photos, filming, chilling or working on Aliphant.net

To you what is beautiful? – Black and White photos.

Why do you ride? – Because hopping on that bike the first time was the best decision of my life.

What has been your worst injury? – 4 broken vertebrae and snapping all the ligaments holding my head up. Not a good day.

Favourite riding spot – It’s a tie between GSL Bowl in Washington D.C And The Shitplant.

Favourite Music – Anything that fits my mood at the time.

If you were given a special pencil what would you do with it? – Draw myself a nice set of trails in a forest. Then once I’m done add in a hammock and an esky. 

Current bike set up

Frame – Cult OS V321.25

Fork – Odyssey Race (Greatest Fork Ever)

Headset – Odyssey

Stem – Fit Top Load

Bars – S&M Hoder

Grips – ODI’s

Leavers – Negative

Cables – Prototype Invisible

Brakes – Feet

Seat post – Animal Pivotal

Seat post clamp – Built into the frame

Seat – Federal

Cranks – Stolen. They may be ugly but they are as tuff as nails

Pedals – Animals – Steve Hamilton

Bottom bracket – No idea

Sprocket – Tree 28T

Chain – 510H

Front wheel

- rim – Demolition

- hub – Gsport Marmoset

- spokes – Assorted lengths and colours

Rear wheel

- rim – Animal  

- hub – Proper LHD

- spokes – Assorted lengths and colours

Pegs –  Sometimes 2 or 3 or none

Tires – Animal GLH

Tubes – Filled with air 

Any modifications – Little devil valve caps, Lucky charms on my frame, Spokes on the left side of the front hub all laced on the inside to stop them from getting damaged.