SASHA MERLJAK
	Hometown: Neptune, NJ / Nova Gorica, Slovenia What bike will you be riding in 2008? 2008 Solid Mission 9 Factory Team Favorite experience in 2007?: Traveling in Europe for 35 days with my wife and competing in the Maribor Slovenia World Cup What accomplishments are you most proud of? Fourth Place at the 2007 U.S. Open Amateur Championship Events you will be attending in 2008? U.S.  Open, MSA World Cup, Bromont World Cup, Maribor World Cup and the Diablo Domination Series Goal for 2008? To beat my teammate, and former World Cup Champ, Jurgen Beneke! Sponsors: My team sponsors are SolidBikes, Reverse Components, A Class Wheels, Fox Racing Shox, Schwalbe, Bolle, Hayes, THE Industries, 3essen.de, Mountain Racing Products, WTB, Nukeproof Components, Toxoholics.de Personal Sponsors: AtomLab, Diablo Freeride Park, Risse Racing, Asterisk, mtb.si and freerider.si