Bart de Jong
The 2022 NORA Cup for Video of the Year goes to Chocolate Truck 2 by Matt Miller and the CT2 Crew! CT2 was filmed between 2014-2022, Featuring over 100 riders at 75 minutes long.
Name: Emilio Falla
Hometown: Born and raised in Quito, Ecuador and currently living in Murrieta, California.
Sponsors: Bombshell Racing systems, Technique, Davis Racewear, Shimano Ecuador, odibmx, riders365.
How many years ago did you start riding BMX?
Emilio Falla: The other day a kid asked me this, and man it sounded crazy, but it’s been 32 years of riding a BMX bike.
How was racing BMX when you lived in Ecuador?
Emilio Falla: In Ecuador we have a small series. I believe it’s only 7 stops, so it’s the opposite to the USA or Europe where you race more often.
Being a two-time Olympian representing your nation, how did that make you feel?
Emilio Falla: I’ve said this many times. It was an honor and a dream come true, specially being there as one of the pioneers of BMX racing in Beijing 2008. For sure I wanted a different outcome in Beijing and London but that’s BMX. It’s a beautiful sport but sometimes it’s brutal and everything happens too quick.
The Mongoose Dirtvana Jam was a one-of-a-kind event hosted by The Riveter in Mills River, NC. It was an action-packed day of dirt riding and good times, which embodies what BMX is all about! Mongoose pros Kevin Peraza, Nikita Ducarroz, Ben Wallace, Pat Casey, Mykel Larrin, Josh Hult, Payton Ridenour and Mason Hayes were all in the house to meet and ride with amateurs and celebrate the sport they love.
The 10th annual Nowear BMX Corn Huckit jam was AMAZING!
30 Foot Mega Wall, Mega Jumps, Trails, Flatland and more!
One of our real ones from Hawaii was involved in a car accident and is on the road to recovery. Jordan Toves is a homie to many and we are all pulling for him. Check out this edit of him shredding his home land. You got this homie.
My POV from World Cup Round 7&8 in Bogota, Colombia.
My first UCI BMX World Cup in 16 months, and stoked to get the win!
E-FISE Glasgow - We took 5 of the world's best Pro street riders (along with one local wildcard winner) let them pick their filmer, and gave them one week in DIG's home city of Glasgow, Scotland to film a 90 second video. Battling rain, injuries, blow outs and more, the teams had to make the most of every minute of riding time, but would they all come though?
Title of the book: Emulsion, the BMX Photobook
Author: Mark Noble
Date published: Spring 2022
Pages: 296, Hardback, Loose Dust Cover
Copies printed: 250 1st edition, 250 Final Second edition
How long was the thinking process before you decided to get to work on the book?
Mark Noble: I've been thinking about this book for bloody years to be honest. All my old photos are filed away in boxes in my garage space, and each time I went in there for something else random I thought "there's probably a photo book in here, maybe one day..." but I knew it would take a serious amount of time to make it happen, and I just didn't have the time. Then in spring 2021 an abrupt change in employment meant I suddenly had all the time in the world - so I got started. Well, after repainting most of the inside of my house first, I got started.
Did you have things lined up and organized as far as photos were concerned?
Mark Noble: I kept everything in date order anyway, so it was all reasonably well organised - I was pretty good at that sort of thing I guess, you have to be when working on multiple magazines anyway.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.