Mark Losey has launched a new ranking system that combines Pro contests results from around the world into a single year-end rank. “Two years ago I put all of the different contest results I could find into a single spreadsheet. Seeing them all together seemed like they could be combined— somehow,” Losey said.
After getting suggestions and criticism from various organizers and riders, Losey settled on a system. “Each event’s points are determined by how many top pros were in the finals at that event.
The 15th edition of the Simple Session is going to be a big one. The second batch of riders has just been announced. Looks like Vans rebeljam winner Alex Donnachie is looking for more as he has signed up to ride his first Simple Session event in Tallinn. Germany's Janek Wentzky is also on the list and we're looking forward to a big 360-no-hander over the box. Tech street will come from Simone Barraco and also Joris Coulomb from France will bring some street moves along with AK, Dan Paley and Paul Ryan from the UK.
The Simple Session is an event where street riders and park riders share the same platforms. Aiming for the transitions will be Jack Clark, Ryan Taylor, Michael Beran and also Kriss Kyle can hit up some trannies. As this wasn't enough for the second heat group, add Felix Prangenberg, Daniel Tuente, Moritz NuSbaumer and Adrian Malmberg to the list.
Stay tuned for more names, to be announced in the upcoming weeks. The event will take place on 18-19 April 2015.
GoPro, Inc. announced the official launch of its GoPro Channel app for LG Smart TVs. The alliance between GoPro and LG Electronics USA capitalizes on LG’s award-winning webOS Smart TV technology available on 2015 and 2014 4K ULTRA HD, OLED and FULL HD TVs to deliver the immersive imagery that is a hallmark of the GoPro video experience. LG Smart TV owners can stream more than 400 hours of compelling GoPro high-definition videos on-demand beginning
It's the bmX-mas season and cards will show up soon. The holidays are coming up and people are getting in a good mood again to catch up with family and to get some new bike parts under the Christmas tree. Once again we're collecting the BMX related cards and will post them up here on FATBMX. We're expecting some good ones in the upcoming weeks. If you've got one you want to share, send it to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. although there's nothing to be won.
Soulcycle BMX shop starts the year with the coolest Dutch BMX event in years. During the Soulcycle F.T.O. Serie, park and street BMXers can compete in a serie of BMX contests for AM and pro BMXers. The concept: In the Next few months park and street BMXers can both compete in 3 events. The riders can visit each event apart from each other. During every event the riders have a one minute run to impress the judges. The ten best riders compete in a finale run during the dayfinal. They compete for Soulcycle vouchers and brand new parts from the sponsors Etnies, Stranger, Cult, Odysey, Animal en primo. Next to that, the scores of the riders count in the overall tournament. Every edition the Soulcycle staff save the scores of the participants. After all contest the scores will be counted and the riders with the highest overall score will make some big prize money.
AM & Pro
For both street and park there will be an Am and Pro discipline, so
All good things come to an end. Haro's parting ways with Jack Clark. Jack's been part of the HARO Bikes program for the last two years and got to travel to events in Asia, Germany, The Netherlands, many in France and the UK, next to a visit to California. If you follow Jack on facebook you know that he's traveling all over the place on a daily basis riding as many parks as possible in his own style. He's the first to drop in, and the last rider to leave the ramp plus he gets more rides in than anyone on the platform. The technically skilled rider will be scooped up by an other company soon.
The 2015 Haro Pro team continues as follows. Dennis Enarson, Ryan Nyquist, Tyler Fernengel, Mike Gray, Matthias Dandois, Dennis McCoy, Jason Watts, Simon Tabron, Matt Cordova, with Jadin Covert and Colton Walker on flow along with many distributor sponsored riders from all over the world.
Pat got our attention in 2011 for being a young kid on the contest scene doing a bunch of wild moves and he was also looking good doing it. Not only can Pat do all the moves, he started doing them his own way, dipping 360 whips and inventing decade flips and more made him stand out among the next generation. Pat managed a couple of X Games medals on Haro and he stunned a lot of people last year coming from an alternate spot at Redbull Dreamline and winning the event on the biggest contest jumps to date. In 2014 Pat spent some time
The Simple Session in Tallinn, Estonia is celebrating its 15th year in April. Pro riders can't wait to ride the event which will be held at a different venue in 2015. On the BMX list for the next episode are:
Pat Casey (USA)
Mike Gray (CAN)
Tyler Fernengel (USA)
Logan Martin (AUS)
Rob Darden (USA)
This summer the Brighton Ain't Ready project was repeated with another diverse group of the worlds top riders. The last Brighton Ain't Ready was nominated for NORA cup and has had accumulated views of over 1 million views (vimeo and youtube). Out of the original 36 riders 14 returned; the rest of the places were filled by the current generation of riders as well as teams from newer brands Cult, Fiend and Stranger.
Seventies Distribution now have in stock Brighton Ain't Ready
It's that time of year already, time to start thinking about summer camp 2015! Summer Camp 2015 is all that has been on our mind. With great new changes including Snowflex for the ski and snowboard program, a new Flow Track for the BMX Race Program, Kota Kamp, extended Skateboard Sessions, new arrival procedures and a Parents night to top it all off, we are moving into the best summer ever. Don't forget about our annual Christmas sale! Register early (before Dec. 31, 2014) and save $300 on your camp registration.
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