
-The contest in Latvia that took place last weekend was won by Michael Beran. The Czech Proper rider used his box jump skills to collect most points in the finals. Second in Riga went to Alessandro Barbero (Mirraco) and third place was for Harry Main (KHE). The riders from the area were impressive as well as we'd seen in Tallinn already.

-Ryan Mills on Duffs
-Ryan Elcock on Volume
-Sean Logan on Quamen, not Hitman
-Tony Cardona on Credence bikes
-Rob & Big on 29 inch wheels courtesy of SE Bikes
-UGP sponsors the NBL
-Aaron Bostrom off Profile
-On Hitman: David Mahoney, Day Smith, Matt Brown, Jesse Warmack, Paul Meeks, Ben Snowden
-Steve Woodward and Corey Dewey on Alienation
-Sean Sexton on Empire BMX
-Jimmy van Belle, Quentin de Marteleare, Greg van Tulder and Sven "Fucking" Grieten on Premium
-Fabien Stephan on Eastreet

-The wait was long but tomorrow it's on! FAT-'zine 00 will be online, followed by 34 issues. One issue every weekend for the next months. If you're old school, you gotta love it.

+ Patrick Guimez: Koxx Resurrection (signature Guimez frame) weighing in at only 9 kilos!
+ Markus Wilke: KHE Impact (signature Wilke frame)
+ Benny Paulsen: Colony
+ Taj Mihelich: T1 Ruben but should be on a Giant by the time you read this
-For $175 bucks you can get some almost private riding lessons from the VANS team riders. Rob-O, Gary Young, Chase Hawk and Nasty wil teach you the latest moves (including toe-jams) at the Vans park in Orange while Alistair, Josh, Guettler and MacKay take care of you in Florida.
-Big Black almost got a heartattack from racing BMX. He left the track in an ambulance. It sure will make another story in the diaries of Todd Lyons. Check the latest one here.

-The FISE Experience tour is kicking off this weekend in Gregam, France. Grand prize for the overall BMX winner of the tour is a FIAT Panda 4X4. Maxime is going after that thing. The 2008 Dew Tour schedule was announced and we added a lot of events to the FATBMX event schedule. Make sure to contact the event organizers before you book your trip.
-It has been a hectic week at work for news contributor DJ; 14/15 hours days! No time for anything! All I have is that Ryan Elcock is now riding for Volume & is on a Jason Enns frame! Myself, Zach, Webb, Wallace, Chris Job, Kyle Blake, James Hitchcox, Smooth Keith, Mike O'connell & Ronnie Remo are going Karting for Remo's "stag" do on Saturday!

-Last night Mike Spinner 1080'd THE box at Woodward for the first time. There's a video of last night's session on the team Blowin' it website. Sick!
-Congrats to Matt Holmes (2020mag Australia) and Robyn on the birth of Miss Eddy Jaya Holmes.
-Shout out to Nekkie who just blew out his good knee. Get well man!
That was another week of BMX for you. If you want to receive the FAT-Friday by e-mail, simply sign up on the FATBMX mailing list and you'll get this in your mailing box before it goes online.
BdJ