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Halfords has appointed its first BMX ambassador, Olympic silver medallist Kye Whyte. Whyte will be working with Halfords throughout the next year to promote the high street retailer’s range of BMX products, which includes Mongoose, X-Rated and Huffy brand bikes. To celebrate the partnership, Halfords-owned repair service Have Bike will be offering free bike checks and repairs for children on June 18th during the BMX National Series, which takes place at Whyte’s home track in Peckham, South London.

Dan Daly, group marketing director at Halfords, said: “We’re so excited to have Kye as part of our team. He’s incredibly talented, and has made his mark in BMX history. We can’t wait to work closely with him

1991 was the year I had to join the army. Everyone had to back in the day and it was my turn. Had my personal UZI 'n shit and made it to the Corporal rank in just one year, whatever that's worth. The best part of the 12 months in the army was that I managed to pass for my truck drivers licence. I rented a room so I did not have to live on the military base and could ride a bit after "work" and still manage to do the FAT-'zines.

The pace had slown down to only a couple of issues per year but they were stacked with stuff.

Just like issue #22: -Did a commercial in Gran Canaria for ProSpecs shoes in 1991
-Reported from the Trier contest
-Rode the Vogelsang dirt spot in Cologne
-Went to Abbeville in France for a contest
-Was there a contest in the Jugendpark every 4 months or something?
-Mini-FAT-JAM Aarle-Rixtel
-Christmas Jam report from Denmark
-Muenster Monster Mastership
-Skate comp in Erp
-ECC report

We've arrived in 1991 with the FAT-issues. #21 has 104 pages and includes all stories from my first trip to the USA. It was the best. For years I'd been reading the American magazines and now I was there, in San fucking Diego!

Before I had put my bike together Vic Murphy called to see if I wanted to go ride some street. Hell yeah! 20 minutes later Knock knock, who's there? Vic Murphy, Pete Augustin and Kaarlo Wik.

Damn, is this for real? I hurried getting the re-welded HARO Master together to hit the streets. Wow, this was good! Places visited were Mission Trails (daily session?), Ron Wilkerson's spine vert ramp, the San Diego Home Ave ditch, Imperial Ditch, backyard pools, rode some flatland at Mission Beach, went to the Nude bowl, the 2-HIp meet the street in Palm Springs, Balboa Park, a ditch in LA, the DirtBros mini, and much more. It was a great time and you can read about it in this issue.

But there's more. Interviews with Alexis Desolneux and Eng San Kho, reports on the FAT-JAM, a trip to Longjumeau France, UK KOV report, KOC report, the Lageja '91 comp and of course free stickers and stuff.

Go back in time, when riding real street was just being developed by the DirtBros.

BdJ

BMX Magazines are hard to find these days. Besides the rare special issues once a year, there's not much to flip through. PULL Magazine seems to appear on a regular basis still and you can enjoy the hard work that goes into each issue from you computer screen also, free of charge. The latest issue has an interview with Ava Corley, the 2021 National Number one Amateur girl who wants to stick to BMX to be the next fast female rider coming out of the USA. The magazine has 108 pages and on page 24 you can find the race report of the Cajun Nationals held in Louisiana.

Kevin Peraza's signature model Mongoose gets reviewed and on page 56 the Warwicke Scholarships get explained further. See where the $50K went. Page 62: Dixieland Nationals, georgia. Page 72; Fraser Valley Nationals, Canada.

Page 80 shows Laura Smulders (NED) in the lead at the Legacy Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma and also the Florida SCR Battles receive some coverage in the June issue of PULL magazine.

Besides the articles there is tons of info on standings, schedules, points etc. based on the American BMX Racing season.