Running a BMX Shop during the pandemic: Gnarly Bikes Shop (USA)
Shop name: Gnarly Bikes
Location: New Braunfels, TX
Years in business: 2 1/2
Best year yet: 2020
Worst year yet: 2018
What were your first thoughts on Covid-19 when it hit?
Galen Church: First thought was, no big deal. That quickly changed to “we can’t make it a month if we have to shut down”
Did you take any action from the start or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?
Corey Walsh. Do we need to say more?
On the first day of 2021 I wanted to give you guys some insight of what my daily routine was for 2020. My goal was to give it my all. On and off the bike I worked my ass off. I’m extremely happy with my results and how much I’ve progressed as a person and a rider.
Name: Ben Weaver
Age: 24
Hometown: Atlanta, GA, USA.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Pedal Driven Cycles, Mainline clothing
---The FAT favorite list---
-Food: Beer
-Drink: Alcohol
-Person on Instagram: All my friends
-Travel destination: Moab UT
Casey Starling officially gets the bump from AM to Pro for 2021! Casey is non-stop shredding anything and everything you put in front of him. This is well deserved and we can't wait to see what the next chapter has in store for our guy.
The NJS boys took a trip to Burlington, VT a couple months back and put together a few clips while enjoying the craziness of the college town.
Jordan really did went through hell for this one, but in true Godwin fashion he came out the other side with one hell of a video part. Many handrails rails slayed in the filming of this part.
2020 has been a crazy year, to say the least. But this passed USA BMX held their first ever BMX freestyle amateur National Championships! Free Agent was there and we rode away with the top two spots on the podium!
Closing out 2020 on a good note with our biggest and best Quaranteam edit yet! We originally had the idea for this series as a way to release videos while the team couldn't travel. We also hoped this wouldn't be a series, but here we are dropping Vol: 3.
Running a BMX Shop during the pandemic: 5050 Bike & Skate (USA)
Shop name: 5050 Bike & Skate
Location: Layton, Utah, USA.
Years in business: 19
Best year yet: 2017
Worst year yet: 2008
What were your first thoughts on Covid-19 when it hit?
Eddie Buckley: We were freaking out a bit because we were uncertain if they would let us stay open and also worried people would just start killing over in the streets.
Did you take any action from the start or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?
Eddie Buckley: We took action pretty much right away. I have a friend, Sharon Cook, that works for the State of Utah. Sharon gave me a bit of a heads up on how to protect ourselves, our customers,
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.