Yesterday evening Dean Cueson, Angus Gough and Brad McNicol made it to Eindhoven for a session at the 040BMXPARK. The HARO UK Trio was on a trip for SOUL BMX Magazine from France and had Vincent de la Rue with them to film it all. Jimmy van Belle and his friend joined the crew on their way from Belgium to the Netherlands and 040BMX riders Daniel Wedemeijer and Tom van den Bogaard joined the session on their home ramps. Without giving too much away, the session was a good one. You'll have to wait for the video to be finished which will also have footage from a jam in Le Mans, some trails near Brussels, the concrete park in Kortrijk, some street stuff and most likely some clips from Rotterdam where the HARO crew is heading today. Last night we snapped some shots which you'll find right here. Thanks to 040BMXPARK for the extra time at the park.
And yes, Brad McNicol has made the move from Premium to HARO Bikes. Hashtag #HAROTRIO to check how the trip went.
In October 1988 Fuzzy Hall had a cover of BMX Plus! doing a Hannah at one of the first BMX dirt jump jams wearing full Vision Street Wear gear riding a stickered up bike. Fast forward 27 years and Tim Hall is on the cover of BMX Plus! again. It shows that BMX doesn't stop at age 25. Keith Mulligan, free of any Ride magazine hoopla, shot the cover of the May 2015 issue that just came out. I need to get my hands on the mag again because the issues stopped coming. The FISE Langkawi report is in there and should have some of my photos and the story in it. Always good to see your stuff in print. What else? Keep it Simple. Not a Simple Bikes article nor a Simple Session report (yet), but Tricks, Tips and the Pro Attitude that will motivate you for a lifetime. BMX Plus! checks in with FOX' Greg Illingworth and finds out why the South African believes that going Faster is Better. Two bike checks. One from Stolen and one from Position One which I'd actually never heard of before. There's an article on the Micro-Cosm; The Big guide to Building small. Once
Igor Shuklin, autumn 2014 in Krasnodar by maxbooq *turn off sound
Tommeke wins the BRAAAB Pro contest at the 040BMXPARK. By BdJ
The second annual Braaab contest at the 040BMXPARK in Einhoven, Netherlands took place over the weekend. Riders got into town during the week, and they came from all places. Multiple X-Games gold medalist Daniel Dhers even made it to The Netherlands for the weekend to come ride at Daniel Wedemeijer's comp. Daniel runs the Braaab clothing brand and wants to give back to the sport in the form of organising a good contest that everyone can enter. The Amateur riders rode their contest on Saturday, and the Pro comp was held on Sunday.
After solid practice sessions on Friday the Am comp got underway at the awesome BMX PARK in Eindhoven. Getting to ride the park was something special for most of the visitors. The ramps are on the high side, but getting used to that doesn't seem to take too long for most. During the contest each rider got to ride the park all by themselves for a minute and they got to do a last trick. 16 riders moved on to the finals where 4 riders had an 8 minute session plus a chance to pull a trick they wanted to do in two tries. Number one qualifier Jules van Gijssel also managed to win the Am final.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.