3D is hot. With Stereo Bikes bringing their 2011 catalog in 3D, and also the work of Sebastian Denz, it feels like Captain EO is back. Denz' photographs were on display at the Carhartt store in Hossegor and the 3D effect was amazing. With his work SKATEBOARDING.3D Sebastian Denz won the 20th International BFF Promotion Award of the German Association of Freelance Photographers.

I've had these illustrations of Bob Haro sitting on my desktop for months now waiting for the right moment to post them on the site. Today is that day. Bob Haro will be displaying his work in Cologne, Germany tonight and I don't want to miss it. To show you what he's all about, enjoy the following pieces. He might have brought some of these originals to Germany. We'll see tonight. Here's to the legend.

Last weekend we were on the guest list of Nike 6.0 to check out the Nike 6.0 BCN PRO contest in Barcelona and also we were invited to be part of the world wide premiere of the Nike ID PRIMO launch. To be honest it felt a bit unusual to be treated this way in BMX. Flight over, pick up from the airport, checking into the hotel with a welcome package waiting for you, welcome dinner that night, Nike ID Primo launch the morning, the whole nine yards. By noon the next day I had not seen a BCN BMX PRO yet.

If you're like me you like collecting BMX magazines. On a regular basis I receive the following BMX mags: RIDE UK, DIGBMX, Cream, Soul, Zwanzig, BMX World, Session, Freedom, BMX Plus!, Chase, BMX A TOPE!, 2020, Rebelyell and Fastlane. You've probably got a subscription or two yourself but I'm not sure you receive every single mag. If that's the case, we'd like to show you some FATBMX ads we've been running with our BMX media friends. Spreading the word.

In conjunction with Mountain Dew, Allisports will be hosting an online auction on eBay to help raise money for the Athlete Recovery Fund (ARF) . The ARF is a non profit organization that provides professional athletes in BMX, FMX and Skateboarding with financial support after a severe injury and granting funds for rehabilitation, equipment, long-term disability and educational scholarships. During this online action, there will be 5 separate pieces that can be bid on. Each piece was created by a collaboration of 5 artists, who have been featured in the Dew Underground art sections

Vans, the original Southern California BMX, surf & skate footwear maker, is sending out a nationwide call to join Vans’ Custom Culture and to take part in our sneaker customization contest open to high school art classes across the United States. The Vans Custom Culture contest, which begins registration March 1 at vans.com/customculture, culminates with an expenses-paid trip to Los Angeles in May for representatives from four schools to take part in an art showcase. Vans will accept entries from up to 10 schools per state and Washington D.C. meaning as many as 510 schools could participate nationally. A Vans panel will then select top 5 art classes from each of the four regions who will then compete to be

So Me is an artist with many talents. As the art director of Ed Banger Records he directs the image of the label and related projects with the fine tuned skill of a Swiss watchmaker. His creative talent is in high demand - he has recently been tapped up by brands including Nike, Beams and Uniqlo. So Me shows his various 

Next to our boy Kindje, Parra, Jonathan Garcia, Dirty Donny,  and R. Crumb are some of the artists that designed T-shirts for Vans. The overall T collection is massive but if you're looking for an extra bit of flavor, you can't go wrong with these:

We picked 10 lucky winners of the FATBMX x Levi's poster competition. Did you make the list?

-Michael van der Lee
-Jamie Bestwick
-Anne de Koning
-Vince Ouwersloot
-Klaus Dyba
-Stef Guener
-Jonathan Jansen
-Asa de Sadeleer
-Aaron Zwaal
-Rolf Thijssen

If you have not received the posters already, they are waiting for you at

Vans continues with the art trash collaboration between the Surfrider Foundation and Vans Team rider Nathan Fletcher and is asking you to make your own "Trash To Art!" Submit your art and you could be the monthly winner who will get a pair of Vans shoes made with materials from recycled plastic and tee! Follow these directions to win!
1. Use a minimum of 6 pieces of trash to create 1 masterpiece
2. Email at least 2 pics (1 of just the raw materials and 1 of the end result) to us at TrashToArtContest@gmail.com.

This isn't for everyone but if it's up your alley it's pretty unique. Levi's and Shepard Fairey have teamed up for a collab and we're having an online competition going here on FATBMX.com. The poster suite consists 4, 18×24 inch, posters with front and back printing – using LEVIS infused graphics of the OBEY FACTORY, PROPAGANDA ENGINEERING, STAY UP GIRL, and OBEY EYE. All 4 posters form one large punk PIONEER poster measuring 36×48 inches.

But what do you have to do to win a set of limited edition posters?

Answer the following question and mail it to win@fatbmx.com before 22 December. 1 entry per person. If you cheat, you're out.

Name 4 Levi's BMX riders. Pro or flow.

Nike 6.0 is partnering with NFFTY( National Film Festival for Talented Youth) to add an Action Sports Category to the largest and most influential film festival and support organization for filmmakers 22 and under. The action sports category is open to any short film (30 minutes or under) that represents, showcases or is inspired by Action Sports, including skateboard, snowboard, surf, moto, wake, BMX, or freeski. In order to meet eligibility criteria for NFFTY 2010:

1) the film’s director must have been 22 years old or younger at completion of filming.
2) all music and other copyrighted material used in films must be original or filmmaker must have obtained permission from the owner.
3) the film must be in English or subtitled in English.

Submission deadline for the action sports category is Feb. 15th.

NFFTY 2010 will be held April 29-May 2 in Seattle with over 100+

FUEL TV, the only network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, is proud to announce the release of its newest Signature Series Network ID featuring the creative work of graphic designer UPSO. For FUEL TV’s Signature Series ID, the Toledo-based artist UPSO, aka Dustin Amery Hostetler, takes us into the mind of the artist imagining a geometric world full of bicycles, vibrant colors and abstract shapes only to find that the artist himself is also part of that world.

“I wanted to show the excitement I get out of things like riding bikes with friends,” says Hostetler. “When life gets too crazy or stressful, it’s things like friends and fun that get me out of my funk. It doesn’t matter if it’s paintbrushes or snowboarding, it’s all about expressing yourself. I’ve always been amazed by the support action sports gives art, from skateboards to t-shirt designs and shoes, it all comes full circle.”

Levi's and Europe's finest street artists and designers have collaborated on the fight against AIDS. On the occasion of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, Levi's will launch a global campaign of AIDS awareness. At the center of the campaign will be the work of such artists as Mysterious Al, PinkyVision, Ihok and Matt Sewell, with their illustrations for the slogan "I Am" as a positive, motivating message to the world. The graphics will be distributed in Levi's stores as postcards, together with red ribbons. The work of the designers (and others) will also be presented on a microsite at Levi.com at the end of November. Jeans brand Levi's has long been engaged in the fight against AIDS. To date, the Levi Strauss foundation has already collected $40 million for AIDS initiatives. In June Levi's was awarded with the Richard Holbrooke Leadership Award from the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GBC), an award given out to companies leading the fight