BMX has allowed me to live inside the history books that once just weighed down my backpack as I rode my bike school. A few years ago on an Etnies trip we hopped a fence and rode a bank-to-rail in front of Hitler’s former airport in Berlin. That was crazy. I’ve also got to pedal down the same streets that Manuel Noriega once marched his army down in Panama. I’ve manualed through Red Square in Moscow, done a barspin in front of the former KGB headquarters and past countless memoirs of Stalin. This video is a brief glimpse into an experience that goes beyond words. Riding in Saddam Hussein’s palace was insane. These brief minutes of riding through his former empire made things more vivid to me than any history book or Discovery Channel program ever could. I’m thankful for the experience and hope you enjoy. Video edited by David Leep
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.