Bart de Jong
Subrosa rider Miguel Smajli found time in between Covid lockdowns, going to school, working at Kunstform, and rapping to film a new video with David Schaller and it rules.
Dave has been rehabbing hard for the last year or so after two wrist injuries and one surgery set him back a bit. The good news is, he's back on the bike cruising around and getting back into it. He'll be back to top form soon, but until then - here's some top shelf nugs to help ease the wait until he's back to 100 percent!
Name: Scott Towne
Hometown: Otsego, Michigan, USA.
Started riding BMX in: 1977
Number of bikes in the collection: More than I need, less than I want. I don’t consider myself a “collector”. I’m a lifer. Old BMX bikes are something I have because they are part of my story. I could give a presentation on each bike that I have and why it means something to me. In fact, I just might start doing that. “It’s all in the presentation” after all.
Name: Kuba Kundzierewicz
Age: 24
Hometown: Cracow, Poland
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Allday.pl @allday_bmxforever, HouseOfBanks @houseofbanks_clth
---The FAT favorite list---
-Spot to ride: Street in all cities
-BMX video: Federal BMX - Barcelona 2013/ Deadline/ Federal Bikes FTS/ Kink BMX Champagne
Name: Curtis Cantwell
Age: 21
Hometown: Richmond, VA, USA.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FBM (rip) and Powers Bike Shop
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: I don’t know if I have a favorite one spot. But crusty hubbas or a good wallride is always nice.
-BMX video: Animal Cuts, Anthem 2, and Please Kill Me are all favorites
Name: Donovan Allen
Age: 25
Hometown: Salem, Virginia, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Powers BMX, but not really because I work there.
The FAT FAVs list:
Spot to ride: I'm a big fan of the Manual pad, or any weird curb cut.
BMX video: Deadline changed my life.
The best backyard on the planet is back. Pat Casey drops in for the fourth installment of his Dreamyard series.
Name: Alex Leech
Hometown: Oxford, England
Started riding BMX in: 1981
Number of bikes in the collection: Maybe 20 completes and another 20 frames
Do you have any other brand of BMX bike in your collection other than an S&M?
Alex Leech: I have one BMX that’s not S&M; a Haro “84 Sport”. I had one in 1984 so I wanted to get another one. The one I used to have was a USA made Gen2 Sport. I rode it for ages and it broke many times. Unfortunately, I have no clue where it ended up. The one I have now is a Gen3, so not exactly the same as my old one. It isn’t built the same as I rode mine but it’s got a few references to my old bike.
Name: Mike Janssen, owner BMX Museum NL
Hometown: Shanghai, China
Started riding BMX in: 1982
Number of bikes in the collection: 100+, all part of the BMX Museum NL collection which opened the doors on February 8 th 2009.
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Mike Janssen: Definitely! I started to look in 2000 for my own 1984 GT Pro Series because I regretted it
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.