Name: Arjan Ellens
Age: 24
Hometown: Utrecht, Netherlands
Sponsors/hook-ups: BMX Amsterdam, Boost Pumptracks, Masters Of Dirt, Team DTX13
How does it feel to have a fresh new bike?
Arjan Ellens: A fresh new bike makes me super excited to ride it and it feels dailed!
How long did it take for you to get used to it?
*ROUND 2* SKYSCRAPER GAME OF BIKE - MATT RAY VS HIGH DESERT - BMX
Name: Michael "Outlaw" Alvarez
Age: 48 as dirt
Hometown: Tampa, FL, USA.
Hookups & sponsors: Team rider at Flat Society; co-sponsors: fitsupremacy.com & US Cryotherapy
The FAT FAVS list:
Fav spot to ride: Holy ground and Candyland
Website: Youtube.com/Flatlandsquad
Web video: Ed Bassmaster videos
Food: Chicken
Travel destination: To hell & back
Long time FIT International team member Florent Soulas is a remarkable bike rider, especially when you consider he lives a family life with 3 kids, works a full-time job as an organic gardener and then goes out and slays it on his bike like this.
I turned 25 and it was just right to push myself to film 25 clips in a session. No one knows how hard that really is until they go to do it, enjoy!
'THE MIXTAPE' is here. The INDAH ST. boys spent the year 2020 combing the alleys with their bikes and a camera, and here's what they have to show for it. We would like to thank everyone who was involved, and we apologize to anyone we've offended. It's just bikes.
*ROUND 2* SKYSCRAPER GAME OF BIKE - CHAD KERLEY VS ETHAN CORRIERE - BMX
"I spent the second half of 2020 just going around by myself, “making up a video.” Having this project gave me an intention to challenge myself in ways I wouldn’t normally and helped me stay sane." - Erik Elstran
Shop name: People’s Store
Location: Cologne, Germany
Years in business: Since 2006 > 14 years
Best year yet: 2008
Worst year yet: 2017-2018
2020 has been, well, different. When did Covid-19 turn up and start influencing your business?
Harry Schmid: COVID really started effecting things when it arrived in mainland Europe around March of 2020. That’s when we first started seeing it effect things.
Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand, listened to the BMX community and enlisted insight from Vans team rider Dakota Roche to help build the Slip-On Pro BMX, the first-ever Vans Slip-On to offer Wafflecup BMX technology. Considered one of the hardest working BMX riders out there today, Dakota’s unrelenting drive for street riding has bolstered his professional career and garnered many accolades over the past ten years. In need of a shoe that stands up to his riding, Dak worked with Vans on the Slip-On BMX Pro, featuring a striking two-tone black and white colorway with a black outsole.
“The Slip-On Pro has been my go-to shoe for riding, skating and chilling for some time now. In my mind,