Bart de Jong
Name: (Liam) Paddy Gross
Age: 39
Hometown: Portland, OR, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Colony BMX Brand
The FAT FAVOURITES list:
-Spot to ride: The Lumberyard Bike Park in Portland,OR, Mellowpark Berlin, Germany
-BMX video: Baco, UGP, Props, Beware
-Website: FATBMX, Freedombmx, Digbmx, Vitalbmx
-Web video: Billy Woodfin ‘Overtime’
-Food: Omelettes
-Person on Instagram: Everyone I follow and follows me (Thank you)
One day in Warsaw
Sometimes you end up friends with people you meet on social media case In point I been posting and they been posting me for years so it only seemed fit that I join the army and be part of the krew.
Shop name: The Secret BMX Shop
Location: Murrieta, California (USA)
Years in business: 11
Best year yet: 2010 and 2020
Worst year yet: I don't think we've ever had a bad year, but 2020 definitely spawned the most grey hairs.
For a while it looked like the USA wasn't taking Covid too seriously, what's the status now?
Bryan Babbel: On a national level, it seems the media is still pumping a lot of fear into the population, but on a local level, it is very clear that most people aren't buying into the hype anymore and are ready to take their chances and move on with life. You wouldn't believe how grateful new customers are when they come in and realize we never have (and never will) require them to wear a mask. And our repeat customers love coming in knowing they can shop and breathe comfortably.
Did you take any action from the start with your shop or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?
Bryan Babbel: As with many bike shops that chose not to shut down and/or limit themselves, we got crushed with an overwhelming amount of business immediately following the lockdown orders.
Name: Sam Burditt
Age: 25
Hometown: Taunton, Somerset, UK
Hook-ups: The OTG crew and my old man when he bails me out with money ahaha.
The FAT FAVOURITES list:
Favourite spot: I mean skatepark wise, has to be either my local; Hammy, or there’s a sick skatepark in Madrid, the one Courage Adam’s posts mental clips, idk what it’s called tho haha!
Name: Kolbi Watier
Age: 26
Hometown: Saskatoon, SK, CAN.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Indah Street, Mud, Sweat and Gears
---The FAT favorite list---
-Spot to ride: Millennium skatepark in Calgary
-BMX video: Road fools 14
-Website: 4chan
-Web video: The weird and Revered videos always give me good vibes
-Food: Poutine
-Person on Instagram: @therealroberto123_ , his cat pics are bomb
-Travel destination: Kyoto, Japan, sup Rimu!
-Riders to ride with: Teddy Bambrick, Roberto Ouwens, Cayle Brens, Dominik Falle.
-Car: Porsche 944
When Rooftop texts you about going to ride a park in the middle of the desert, you jump in yer car and you make that three hour drive.
FELIX PRANGENBERG & JORDAN GODWIN
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.