We are excited to announce after a seven year hiatus that the King of Concrete is back! The annual August Bank Holiday weekend BMX event returns to Southsea Skatepark! Mark your calendars, August 23-25th. King of Concrete is a weekend event that caters for almost all different types of riding, we have the legendary Bowls, Spine Mini, Flatland, Vert, Park, and a Highest Bunnyhop competition.

We are shooting for £2000 prize money purse for this year! 

With a continued focus on our unique history, Haro Bikes is proudly set to release volume 1 of our pioneering story in BMX Freestyle at the end of May 2013. Bob Haro founded the Company in 1978, and is regarded as the architect of what is now a celebrated and high profile modern day action sport. “The Rise of BMX Freestyle”, a 144 page hardback book written for Haro Bikes in 2012 by English writer and BMX historian Dom Phipps, tracks the earliest period of the Haro Bikes story with an entertaining perspective on the emerging sport, and the unique characters that energized and drove the early Freestyle movement. Personal images and recollection from every rider that

Mongoose is thrilled to announce BMXer Kevin Peraza as the newest member of the Mongoose professional team. The young athlete’s technical tricks and effortless style have helped establish him as a top competitor in all disciplines of BMX. Peraza will be joining a world-class team of BMX riders representing Mongoose, including Steve McCann, Ben Wallace, Cam White, Jack Fahey, Paul Ryan and Greg Illingworth. “I'm super excited to be riding for a brand with such deep rooted heritage in BMX,” says Peraza. “My dad rode, and still rides, BMX and growing up as kid Mongoose was there from the start. I'm excited to ride for a brand that has played such a huge a part in BMX history.”

This year, Peraza blew away the competition at Simple Session Estonia, landing the first ever 540 opposite double downside whip. Ever since, all eyes have been fixed on the young star as he prepares for major contests across the globe including the 2013 Redbull Dirt Conquers and the 2013 Dew Tour Beach Championships. Peraza recently took third place in spine and park at Fise Montpellier.

Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group, today announced the competition schedule and top confirmed athletes for the Dew Tour Beach Championships in Ocean City, Md., June 20-23. Fans will be inspired by the four-day action sports celebration whether tuning in through broadcast, online, or at the free events throughout the weekend. The best in skateboarding and BMX will converge on the beach to compete in Skate and BMX Vert, Skate Bowl (Pro and Legends divisions), BMX Park, BMX Flatland, Surf and new Skate and BMX “Battle at the Beach” Street Sessions. Scotty Cranmer, hailing from Jackson, New Jersey, will compete in BMX Park along with Kyle Baldock. In addition, Steve McCann attempts to take the BMX Vert win away from living legend Jamie Bestwick.

The 2013 Dew Tour will be available on NBC, NBC Sports Network, Dew Tour Live on DewTour.com, NBC Sports Live Extra and the NBC Sports Live Extra App - the NBC Sports Group’s live streaming product for desktops, mobile devices, and tablets.

Just days after X Games Barcelona, Red Bull continues its hunt for the most promising up and coming BMX stars! For your chance to be spotted, simply film your signature move and upload your video by July 5th to redbullphenom.com and BMX icon Mike Escamilla could pick you to compete in an amateur contest at X Games Los Angeles. The six finalists will each receive an all-expenses trip to X Games while the overall winners will also get their video professionally produced by Red Bull.

Mike Escamilla says, “Technology and social media is at an all-time high and can impact the future of young athletes. I am 

We like to post your flyers up here in the FATBMX Flyer Post. Check which event is closest to you or which one appeals to you the most. Feel free to submit your jam or contest info to the FATBMX event calendar. It shows people where to go to that weekend. Be quick, We'll throw your flyer in this flyer post. Keep an eye on the FATBMX event calendar for any updates and changes to events, venues, times, etc. Make sure to contact the organizers before taking off to one of the happenings on the calendar.
We are sent these flyers and put them up, but you never know what happened in the meantime. Better be safe than sorry. Send in a jam/event/contest report with some pics + text to let everyone know how it was.
BdJ

Upcoming events:

May 24th - May 26th Red Bull Dirt Conquers

AJBMXCAVE and ST MARTIN are proud to welcome a new rider to the team: SCOTT O'BRIEN. SCOTT is a great flatland rider but more than that he is also the official mc of many contest like DEW TOUR, NINJA SPIN, COB and of course VOODOO JAM. Scott is not only the organizer of the New Orleans VOODOO JAM, he is also a very original rider, a dad of 3 kids and a New Orleans fireman.

To celebrate the VOODOO JAM and to welcome Mr O Brien in the

Name: Andrew Clifton-Brown (I took part of my wife’s name as I always hated the surname 'Brown')
Hometown: Kent
Occupation: IT/Photographer (freelance)

Let's start off with a big question, what have you been up to the last 10 years?
Andy Brown: Married to my best friend (yeah I know. Sickening but It’s true though), kids, coding and just keeping busy. Photography work is starting to come in more regularly so it pays for the kit that I buy and the occasional trip and I enjoy my life and friends. The antitheses of where I thought my life would be now.

Let's move back 25 years in time which takes us back to 1984. Was BMX a big part of your life then?
Andy Brown: It was everything to me at that time of my life.