Bart de Jong
One can never have enough hats. You feel good walking out the door with a fresh new hat on. At Quintin they're specialized in hats. They're even hand made in the USA. Not only that, they sponsor a bunch of BMX-ers that you might have heard of: Aaron Ross, Jim Bauer, Jesse Whaley and Pat Wang. For 2011 they've also done some collabs with different artists, one of the fun things they do at Quintin. Their interest lays in art, fashion and music and the hats are made with passion by the individuals that work there. 
Vans opened its new, state-of-the-art event space, the House of Vans, this past Saturday night with 900 of our closest friends in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood in an evening filled with food & drink and highlighted by surprise performances by Mos Def and Public Enemy. The House of Vans is a 25,000 square foot renovated warehouse featuring an indoor concrete bowl & outdoor street course, a permanent stage for concerts and enough space to pretty much do anything our imaginations allow. The House of Vans 
Nah we weren't at the Dew Tour finals last weekend but we've got some party pics from Las vegas for you that we took a few weeks ago on the Nora Cup night but never had the time to get them online. The Nora Cup night might be the biggest BMX party of the year with so many BMX legends, rookies, sheriffs, media, industry people, BMX Pros and BMX lovers around that you cannot fail to have a good time. Held at The Palms this year and it was good to hear the news that we'll be back in Vegas for another edition in 2011. Count us in. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.