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The first double issue of FAT-'zine. With 88 pages it was also twice the size of most 'zines back in the day. Issue 13+14 featured over 150 photos. The quality was terrible but at least it brought the message across. The typewriter was still doing its job but the ink ribbon was fading. I loved freshly new ink ribbons as it also had a white line up top that you could use to correct the typos. But more than once the machine got stuck behind a photo and the letter didn't line up correctly and you had to bring out the Tipp-Ex to change things. It was horrible compared to the computers we use today.

FAT-'zine was getting a structure with an editorial, contents page, news section, staff list, RAD-Lame section etc. and the double issue had the following features: Lageja contest, Freestyle contest in wherever, Bart & Martijn Deijkers interview, free VANS sticker, Kees Lemmens interview, Phantasialand report where some American riders were doing shows, Incertitude concert review, 8th Muenster Mastership report, Albert Retey interview, Amsterdam skate trip, Tropica and StokeBros write-ups, Rene Hofman interview, Trier/Kenn freestyle contest (1989) where we stayed in the concrete pipes, second FAT-JAM report where the FIAT 127 got thrashed, Andreas Althaus interview, we went to Spain to do a demo with David Quesada in San Sebastian and the ETA got loose.

Sean Coons did a comic and we already had stuff lined up for the next issue. 

Check back next week for issue 15 but first flip through the double issue page by page:

Feel Better While Traveling: What to Eat at an Airport
While waiting for your flight, you always want something to eat. Even when you're too engaged in a conversation or a game with a blackjack games online, once you get hungry. Fast-food restaurants and vending machines with unhealthy snacks are usually the answer, while fresh bars are less common. The latter option seems to be the healthiest. But in any case there is a chance to run into a low-quality product. What to pay attention to when choosing dishes at the airport, so as not to harm your figure and health?

While traveling, keeping track of the quality of food is not easy. And it's not just because your thoughts are mostly occupied with the trip itself. The problem is something else - finding options for healthy eating at airports is quite difficult. You have to settle for either nothing or fast food restaurants, simply put, fast food. Both options are so-so. How to maintain a conscious approach to eating away from home?
Bring a Healthy Snack With You
Take fresh fruits and vegetables from home, such as a banana. The product is rich in potassium, which normalizes blood pressure, helps alleviate muscle cramps during a flight and restores water-alkaline

I'm pretty sure there are BMX trails out there that have been around since 1989 and are still running. I'm not sure if there are trails that have seen 2 jams a year annually. We can blame Covid for not having a jam at the Sugar Hills Trails in Aarle-Rixtel but the pandemic has next to disappeared in The Netherlands making it possible for all to get together and have a good time. We've missed this, a lot. With the Mini FATJAM happening at the beginning of the year and the FATJAM somewhere at the end of August each year, the weather risk is certainly present. We had snow on Friday(!) but the trails certainly could you the moisture as the two weeks prior had been sunny and dry making it hard to shape the jumps the right way.

Come Saturday morning the trails were in excellent condition with no dust and no mud in sight. The temperature would not get above 6 (that's Celsius!) so you either had to ride to stay warm, or simply drink a lot. Riding was done constantly for 5 hours by riders lining up on the starting hill who could choose either line to get back in line for another run. The far left took the dare devils to the Killer Jump and the far right line had the biggest sets. In between another 4 lines were ready for action. It is awesome to see the Team NL riders line up with the youngsters, street riders and old schoolers. There was no pressure for anyone so everyone did what they wanted to do. Making it through (new) lines might be the challenge for some while doing tricks through the sets is the challenge for others. But the Mini FATJAM is more than that.