Name: Ollie Bennett
Age: 25
Hometown: Saffron Walden and my local skatepark is Oneminuteskatepark
Sponsors: Demolition UK
The FAT FAVs list:
Spot to ride: Asylum Skatepark
BMX Video: Nike 6.0 the pool
Website: FATBMX of course
Web Video: Red Bull Life behind bars
Food: Pizza all day
Person on Instagram: Kevin Pereza
Travel destination: Barcelona, one of the best places in the world for BMX. I go every year.
Riders to ride with: Ash Finley, Charlie Peat, Josh Stevenson, Matt Rainbird and all the others
Car: VW caddy which I’ve converted into a mini camper for all of my BMX trips.
Movie: Star Wars collection
Monster Energy Riders Sweep Podium in BMX Park Best Trick on Day Four of X Games 2022
All BMX and skateboarding, all day! Monster Energy congratulates its team of BMX and skateboarding athletes on claiming medals in key events on the fourth day of X Games 2022 in Vista, California, on Saturday. In the world’s largest showcase for action sports, the team claimed five medals in one day, including a full podium sweep in the BMX Park Best Trick discipline. At the California Training Facility (CA|TF), Monster Energy’s Mike Varga claimed gold with teammate Kevin Peraza earning silver and Jeremy Malott walking away with bronze in Dave Mirra BMX Park Best Trick. In the elite BMX Park contest, Justin Dowell took home the silver medal.
By the end of the fourth day of X Games 2022, the Monster Energy team had claimed a total of fifteen medals (4 gold, 9 silver, 2 bronze) with one more day to go.
Presented by Monster Energy as the official energy drink partner of X Games, the 65th edition of X Games is contested with no spectators in attendance and broadcast live to global audiences. For five action-packed days, viewers from across the globe get to witness X Games history written by the world elite in BMX, Moto X, and Skateboarding. More than 110 athletes from 14 countries are competing for a total of 57 medals across 19 medal disciplines.
On Saturday, the California Training Facility (CA|TF) in Vista hosted medal competitions in Women’s Skateboard Park, BMX Park, Men’s Skateboard Street, Skateboard Street Best Trick and Dave Mirra’s
How meditation has changed not only the level of my riding but the quality of my life. I’m really proud to share this high-quality clip for riders to enjoy and hopefully get some inspiration from.
In the latest film from Vans BMX, “Magic Powers,” Vans team rider Alex Haim proves that the possibilities in BMX are infinite. The past few years of isolation without travel have somehow ignited his mystical abilities, opening a new space for creativity and self-discovery.
Subrosa/ Shadow Conspiracy rider Saul Vilar just turned 15 years old and to celebrate, he dropped an all new video!
Let Dennis Enarson break down BOTH of his brand new bikes. 1 PARK and 1 STREET bike (both Haro), kitted with Odyssey BMX parts.
Maaaan, if this one doesn't make you want to ride, you may already be dead. Enjoy 11 minutes of prime material from the BURN SLOW road trip to Colorado in May 2022 featuring Devon Smillie, Jayden Mucha and Julian Arteaga... plus Aaron Ross, Maxime Bonfil and Troy McMurray.
The boys have been trail building in the midwest, but they took some time to road trip out to NYC for the Next Gen jam at Mullaly, then back home to 9A for some early season hits!
Tom Cookson and Alessandro Donaggio linked up in the north west of England for 5 days of tech lines and good times. Here's the result!
FAT 'zine issue #25, 1992 World's in Hungary. Ahhh shit! By BdJ
Man, this issue is bringing back some more good memories. One of my favorite contests of all time was the World's in Budapest, Hungary. I could go on an on about it but you just check out issue #25 and read the party-part about it.
Sheps actually gets the contents page doing a nosepick with front brake. Only poor bastards that could not afford a front brake did toe jams at that time (Jon Taylor?).
When we went to the USA and there were no jams anywhere, we organized one ourselves. At Mission Trails. The Boost jam was born. We went to the KOC in Markus' van and had a blast.
From there I got a ride with Kay Clauberg in his VW Golf (4 people, 4 bikes) and we visited Tim Ruck's area (raced at Exeter's BMX track) and then went to the Rider Cup in London. More good times. Also did a trip to Malaga after the World's. Man, no worry in the world at that time.
What else can you expect this week? A Mat Hoffman interview. We are talking 1992 so keep that in mind when you read it.
Kai Uwe Lohff got an interview, we went to the Münster Monster Masterships in Germany, there's a report about a GT show in the USA, we went to a freestyle contest in Belgium, and wrapped up issue 25
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.