Months and months of digging is what it took for the locals to get the Helm Trails in shape for the annual gathering in Helmond. Instead of an "official" Open Dutch Dirt Championship, this year it was decided to just have a jam. Even less pressure, and more fun. The trails had been improved in many places with no more straight line sets of doubles. The "Middle Line" now is like a smaller version of the rollercoaster and gave enough people problems to make it through till the end. The day wasn't actually about doing tricks, it was more 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.