Name: Enos Colombo Hometown: NY
Occupation: Boss at Base Brooklyn…AKA The Captain
Has Base Brooklyn been your baby from day one?
Enos: No, Base Brooklyn was the doing of Billy Erwinn, Brooks Manbeck, Mike Ick, and the Poole brothers. I just became part of the family. I saw the vision for BASE and made into a company, but not really a company but a big family.
Putting a brake in your product line isn't all too hard. They've got this catalog over in Taiwan that has all the parts. If you you pay a few cents extra, they'll even print your name on it. Job done. The hard way is designing the brake from the ground up, like the people from Free For Ride did with the Clito brake. You'll need people for the design, the 3D drawings, the packaging and a team to test it all. But then, you can be proud on the finished product.
The second of June 040BMXPARK will host the first amateur & pro contest at 040 BMX Park called the 040 BMX OPEN! Vans, Paul's Boutique and Pro-tec joined in to make this contest possible and it will be well worth the trip to Eindhoven! We decided to work with prices for top 5 instead of top 3 so there's more chance to win something. Qualification will be 1 minute run plus two attempts for a last trick. Finals will be in groups in jam format.
Consistency, Podiums, Tactical, Physical and Mental.. have been the areas I have been working on and 2012 I couldn't be more happy…I am feeling on track to achieving all my goals. Wade Bootes, Sam Willoughby, Khalen Young and I arrived early in Europe from the USA to train on a supercross track in Lumbres, France.
Are you losing track on who rides for who? Here's a long list with the most recent team changes and pick ups.
-Daniel Wedemeijer on Razer
-Desmond Tessemaker on Urban Kreation
-Jeff Martin on Skavenger
-Bobby Kanode on Stranger
-Harry Main on Snafu Pro
-Ryan Taylor on Custom Riders BMX Shop
-Sam Willoughby on Coca Cola
-Dean Cueson on Radio Bikes
-Mikey Babbel off Snafu
-Rooftop on Xyience
-Rockstar no more HARO team sponsor
-Alessandro Barbero on Sector
-Dave Mirra on Puma
-Jeremiah Smith off Snafu
-Brian Yeagle on Tree
-Clement Baes on DUB
-Damien Fleur on Division
Are you ready for the Open Dutch BMX Dirt championships at the Helm Trails in Helmond? It's just one week after the upcoming Empire Of Dirt event in London and the FISE in Montpellier. If you feel like having a go at the well prepared dirt jumps of the Helm Trails, make sure to come over on Sunday 27 May 2012. Here's some info: -Date: 27 May 2012
-Place: Helm Trails Helmond, Johannes Vermeerlaan 108, Helmond, NL
-Practice 10:00 - 12:30hr ... ...
-Contest: 13:00hr
-Finals: 15:30hr
-Registration: 11:00 - 12:00hr
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
Just when you thought you had everything worked out things started falling apart, and real fast. The dirt spot of the Flame Trails was becoming a solid part of the sports accomodation, some new parking spaces were being created with light and a concrete skatepark was going to be built at the other side of the parking spots. Then all of a sudden we heard that the dirt spot needed to be taken down or in the best scenario, we would get a new temporary location to build something up. This all happened so fast that it wasn't sure if the 3rd annual Flame Trails jam was going to take place or not. In the end the workers agreed not to touch the jumps until after the jam so at least we could get everyone together for another last session. Tents were put up, the sound system was turned on, and the riding kicked off soon after one 'o clock. The locals had worked hard to get everything in shape and they added a full new line with rollers and put the box take-off upside down for another challenge. Around three pm
