After a couple of international adventures the FISE crew is taking it one step further in 2014. The official World Tour kicked off in their hometown Montpellier and the next World Tour stop was on the program for Andorra last weekend. Andorra is a small country with 70.000 inhabitants that is located in between Spain and France in the mountains. The Tax free environment combined with the ski/mtb hills and all facilities necessary to live make it an interesting place. For close to three hours in the shuttle from the airport we had no clue where we were heading, but once there it all made sense. The spine mini was set up in the town center while wakeboarding and MTB were up in the Vallnord facility. 13 pro riders made it over to battle for big checks and World Tour points. All of them rode on a high level in qualification with truckdrivers over the spine, flairs and double whips being standard tricks. Riders needed to do something different to stand out or add to the standard tricks of today.
Filming an entire BMX video on a one roll 8mm film without any editing or cuts. This was the dream that came true last March thanks to French film director Hadrien Picard and Genoa-born BMX street rider Simone Barraco who will be representing Italy next 5 June at the Austin X-Games – competing against the greatest athletes of his discipline. Simone Barraco is one of the best riders on an international level which is why he came immediately to Hadrien’s mind. The endeavour was not an easy one: selecting the music, examining the times and rhythm of the track, planning how and where to shoot the tricks and then pull them on the first try.Barcelona was chosen as the set for the video since its streets have always been particularly appealing to skateboarders and BMX riders. Above all, Simone has been living and riding there for about a year.
Each clip has to be filmed in the right order and each trick had to be pulled at the first take because the film could not be cut or
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.