Quite hilarious too. Next to arrive was snow-boarder Grechen Blieler. After her, we had our first wave of BMXers show up, Ryan Guettler with his TM Jerry Badders along with Luke Parslow. Scotty Cranmer and Dave Mirra who all managed to get inside fairly quickly. We then had street skateboarder Jereme Rodgers stop by with a fellow skateboarder and immediately following them we were infiltrated by the Metal Mulisha. Brian Deegan, Jeremy Stenberg and Ronnie Faisst all came out for the evening with their significant others, and by the looks of it were ready to party before the actual partying even began.
Next to arrive was comedian Jamie Kennedy who showed up wearing a thong on his head that was supposedly for Britney Spears...leave it to Jamie Kennedy to do something like that. The next to show up were none other than the biggest name in Action Sports, Travis Pastrana and the biggest name in Street Skateboarding Ryan Sheckler. Travis stopped by to talk with us for a few minutes, besides being pretty damn hot he has always stayed the most down to earth person I have ever met. Always a sweet heart to everyone. 
Following those two were none other than 5 of the "Deal Or No Deal" Briefcase girls, who would end up announcing the winners of the night by having their names velcroed to the back of their t-shirts, so much for the good ol "open the envelope" routine. Next up came comedian Tom Green followed by Jeremy McGrath, yet another guy whose the most down to earth you could ever met. He also came by and said hi to us as well. Following him was Wilmer Valderama, host of "Yo Mamma." Then every guys dream came true, none other than Paris Hilton sent the red (or really blue) carpet into a flashbulb frenzy. She didn't stop to talk to anyone and was immediately rushed inside by her people but she sure did stir up a commotion. Following Paris, was the newly engaged Willa Ford, happily showing off her ring for whoever wanted to see it. Right after her was Pamela Anderson rounding out the trio of "dream" girls for the night. By the way, Chad Kagy arrived with the DC TM at some point during this commotion but I can't remember exactly when. The last to arrive were Xzibit and Dennis Rodman.
The Show Winners:
BMX: Ryan Guettler
Skateboarder of the Year
M: Ryan Sheckler
F: Lynz Hawkins
Surfer:
Kelly Slater
Skier:
M: Tanner Hall
F: Leskinin
FMX:
Travis Pastrana
Snowboarder:
M: Shaun White
F: Gretchen Blieler
Rookie of the Year: Nyjah Houston
Best Slam:
Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg
Motocross:
Ricky Carmichael
Comeback of the Year:
Brian Deegan
Wakeboarding:
M: Danny Harf
F: Dallas Friday
New Pollution:
Elena Hight
Rider of the Year:
Ryan Sheckler
Maverick of the Year:
Travis Pastrana Pics by Cathy Bluem
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.