The plan was to meet at Hastings and to drive to the holy grail of Barcalona and to get footage for an upcoming dvd. So off we set, Dean Hearne took the reigns of the van which was shitting the bed enroute to the ferry. It was figured that the van had some kind of polterguist which lead to some kind of nest being formed in the back of the 17 seater by some of the more religious members of the trip in an emergency exociom kind of way........which is half true (the van just needed the cob webs blowing out and some of the guys took to dosing on top of the bikes and bags for sleep, they did become attatched though to what was fondly called the nest).
Here’s the list of things Iremember. Zack Warden double whipping both ways, Ron Thomas doing flair tucks, flair turndown to x-up and 3 tuck to bar, Matt Sparks with trick of the night doing the biggest flair ever across the skatepark and many attempts at his famous whip to whip back.
Afterwards the Almost Pro class is held and these guys went for broke as well. Joe Chernoff was trying some sort of 1 handed 360 bar spin and reaped the soul of a Canon camera flash as well. Tailwhips , footjam whips , turndowns a-go-go.
When the Pro class hit the park everyone went nuts. These guys put on a show and everyone rode to their limits. Someone got local rider Thomas Raes full of cheap beer and on the mic which added some colour to the proceedings.
“After putting a really clean first run together, I found myself in 2nd place behind Chad Kagy with one chance left to change things around,” said Tabron. “For run two I decided to try a 900 straight into another 900. It's been an ambition of mine for a while but it’s basically impossible! I spun the first 900 at about nine feet, hoping to land smooth enough to keep speed for a second but it just wasn't quite enough and I had to settle for 2nd place! Still, it was the biggest 900 I had ever done!”
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.
