Name: Kevin KalkoffHometown: Annecy, France
Hookups: Vans, Monster Energy, Subrosa, The Shadow conspiracy, Sparkys France, Purebmxshop, the Roster, Marie Jade.
Frame: Subrosa noster frame 20,8
Forks: Shadow Captive
Stem: Shadow ravaged topload
The new Soul is out now in France, for free and available at the better BMX shops. Soul shows the french scene at its finest. Once again, the cover comes from Alx Bizar. Try to get a copy and support its advertisers. They make the mag happen. Here's what's inside:-Shadow kil tour
-Dijon local Scene
-Yann Navarro
-French new bowls
-Rob Dolecki Gallery
-Dio Trail
-Vans Killtheline
Name: Daniel Wedemeijer Age: 24
Hometown: Helmond, Netherlands
Hookups: Red Bull, Gloryfy Unbreakable, TSG, Paul's Boutique, 040 BMX PARK, SMC, BRAAAB, HARO/Verwimp.
Frame: Haro Lineage 20.75
Forks: Haro Lineage
Stem: Haro Lineage topload
We were hoping to pick up the new issue of BMX Rider at the paranoia booth in Cologne this morning but it's so fresh, they didn't have a copy at their booth at the Intermot show. We can tell you what's inside though. First of all you can win a fresh pair of Vans x Cult shoes. BMX collabs are always a good thing. Support it and they'll do more. Viki Gomez gets a full interview. With Frank Lukas being the editor you know that the mag won't forget about flatland, which is a good thing. Another aspect that needs some more attention is BMX Racing, and BMX Rider added a section dedicated to the fastest men and women on BMX bikes. BMX Rider went to the Vans Kill The Line event in Peynier and came back with pics and a full report. New products were found at the Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen. Patrick Guimez does not ride an Eastern any more. They've gone out of business. But the Bike Check will show what he uses to impress the crowd.
Vans teams up with the Star Wars brand once again, this time exploring the dark side of the Force to introduce new designs inspired by villains from the original trilogy. Taking cues from the summer collection, the Vans x Star Wars holiday offering extends through Classics footwear to men’s apparel and accessories combining heritage Vans prints with Star Wars villains from around the galaxy. The sophomore collection kicks off with the Era, which introduces the storm camo, a black and white winter camouflage shoe featuring images of Imperial Stormtroopers. The blended Star Wars and Van
Bike tests and product reviews are a regular in BMX Plus! magazine. This month they're checking in on one of them expensive 6D helmets, the FIT Indent 24 two-piece cranks, a Redline Proline 24 and the Cult Chase V2 frame. In the product section the Merrit Trifecta multi tool is featured as well as the etnies Aaron Ross rap CM shoes, A3 snax bars, The Baco box set, FBM's Hard Way frame, ODSY key chain, Snafu's race fork and the Kink Minus 1 sprocket that has a tooth missing. Jeff Upshaw's Kuwahara gets inspected and the Tech Tip double page spread has protection gear from Atlas, Axo, Fly, 6D, EKS, Deft and EVS. Next to that the November issue has 6 pages full of 2015 complete bikes from a.o. DK, Free Agent, Cult, Redline, Sunday, SE, GT, Hoffman and Mongoose. Enough products?There's more. Dennis McCoy gets an interview. The Nostalgia page is for Eddy Fiola. Plus visited the Dew Tour and went to the race in South Park. Also Ohio Dreams got visited. 84 pages of BMX
It's amazing how cheap you can fly if you book early and don't care about saving Airmiles. Ryanair, Easyjet, Germanwings, Transavia, they take you places within a couple of hours. Especially with fall/winter comping up it's a good thing to check on these flights which might just leave from you local airport. But then, you have a problem. You want your bike to go with you. And in are the extra costs of bringing sports equipment on board. Unless you can pack smart and fit your bike in a bag that noone behind the counter will question. You're staying within the bag measurements and should
To some Ollie Shields isn't exactly the new kid on the block, but for others he is. Ollie not only gets a full blown interview in the new issue of RIDE BMX magazine over in the UK, he also scored the cover with a well clicked turndown at a spot which shows that riding BMX can be done anywhere. Ramps do not have to be perfect all the time or painted in the colours of the companies that are supporting the indoor place. The cover shot showcases a true UK style if you ask me. Chingford, Mon's ramp, Leigh on Sea, and Southsea come to mind when I see unpainted ramps, and riders killing it.But the list doesn't end there with the October 2014 issue. Here's what's inside next to the Ollie Shields interview:
-Nass contest report
-Mat Hoffman visits the UK
-Boardmasters event report
What you cannot see here is that the new issue of Freedom BMX mag comes with a giant foldout poster of Pete Sawyer boosting a Hill-tuck out in a field with some concrete. It's the extra thing you get with #120. No stickers on the cover this time but your helmet should be full of junk stickers by now so that doesn't matter. 100 pages show that Freedom isn't about to back down. We'll be seeing more of the mag after this September/October book which has the following content:
-UCI Supercross Mellowpark
-Stephan Götz Interview
-Munich Mash BMX Street Rink
-Waldemar Fatkin Interview
-Shadow Conspiracy KIL Shop Battle
-BMX Cologne
-wethepeople Summer Session Chemnitz
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.