Bart de Jong
Tons of iron lifted in a fitness centre, kilometers on roads, days on trips, training plans, massages… enough for a talented sportsman to become successful, but too little to become a real professional. It does not depend on how his sport is big, but it depends on what all is he willing to do not to remain only a local hero… Michal Prokop managed to step out of shadow of sports giants even before the flames went up over the Beijing. The life on pedals
Lucie Meerholz, the 12 year old daughter of Dutch Distributor FritsBMX, joins the Formula European Trade Team. Lucie is one of the talented young Dutch girls going fast and jumping smooth. She is a former European Champion with 5 Dutch National Titles on her name and numerous podium finishes in the big international races. Lucie is training hard on her custom made Nucleus bike in order to rock the Formula colors in Europe in 2009. German Max Ganser was also recently added to the Team.
On September 4, 2008, three investors from Central Florida, Patrick Deats, Ed MacKenzie, and Darin Moore purchased all physical and intellectual assets of the company from Terry “Shag” Shaughnessy. Shaughnessy had been the owner, heart and soul, and visionary for the company for the past twenty years. Now it is time for this new group of equally motivated owners to reintroduce this awesome brand and bring CycleCraft back to a place of prominence in the BMX community.
The Helm Trails in Helmond have been revamped. Everything went down and then 20 extra truckloads of good dirt were rolled in and put into place. The place is looking amazing now. The kids- (pump-) track is done and the big lines have already been jumped. The six feet high fence around the trails and the giant freight container 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.