../people/Nate Hanson

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1974 DOB : 14 novembre 1974
I'm originally from Bellflower, California.
early years I started riding BMX around age twelve or thirteen. I learned to ride a bike kind of late--like around nine--so it didn't take long.
My first bike ever was a nickel plated Mongoose with Motomags.

I started out just jumping curbs in front of my house, and that led into dabbling with flatland.
At the beginning, I just rode by myself. After a while, Day Smith started coming over after school, then it became an everyday thing.

My first sponsor was probably Primo, me and Day worked in the warehouse there and helped get them into the freestyle side of the sport. They were just a race component company at the time.
nate
1994 1st place stuntboy flatland @ 1994 BS YEAR END STANDINGS.
1995 Cover : Props#6 january 1995

I first started getting stuff from Etnies in '95 or '96.
props
1997 1st place pro flat @ New York X-Trials

Pro Flat 2nd Place @ San Diego X-Games

Interview : Ride US #29 august september 1997.

Nate Hanson has cut his long, blond locks of hair.
1998 Nate Hanson is now riding for DK.
1999
2000
2001 Small interview in Ride UK #52 april 2001.

Robbie Morales hooked up Nate to do Fit.
Robbie just asked me one night. We were at a bar and he proposed the idea. I went in and talked to Chris Moeller and Robbie about it, and it happened.
I handle all of the technical aspects of the parts. I deal with the frame builder and I do the drawings for all the parts we make. It keeps me busy along with the other stuff I do.
2002 November 2002, Nate Hanson is off Fit Bike Co and riding for Solid Bikes.