Bart de Jong
Name: Filipakos Kosmidis
Age: 28
Hometown: Athens, Greece
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Dubbmx, hvtn clothing, TakenBMX, Subrosa brand, the Shadow Conspiracy, Luvnroll, Broncobar, Carnage socks.
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: All spots in Athens
-BMX video: Deadline
-Web video: Dennis Enarson (ride here)
-Food: Pizza
-Travel destination: EVERY WHERE
Ben Towle was able to find some Saturday night refuge from the cold winters chill to put his tyres on some wooden goodness at the Ghetto Park in Grimsby, UK. From unique lines to technical bangers Ben was able to defrost enough to get the wheels turning. A handful of hours and these are the fruits of his labour.
Name: Pat McKenna Se666
Hometown: Honolulu, Hawaii
Started riding BMX in: 1977
Number of bikes in the collection: Varied over the years...around 80.
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
PJ McKenna: I started to look for graphite Tuff Wheels and a Patterson back in 1998. I was calling Skyway, calling bike shops but then got sidetracked with a career.
Back then, was it much easier to find parts that you needed?
PJ McKenna: Sort of, I got stuff locally from Aaron Stewart and a couple local guys in San Mateo, California.
Has the market been killed by the "new kids on the block"?
PJ McKenna: I think it definitely spiked in prices as you have a lot of guys from my era that can afford to make huge purchases of non essential items. Back 10 to 15 years ago you had only like 10 heavy hitters...now you have scores of wealthy BMX aficionados. Guys like Walt, Vbiker Shane, Martin, Wasa,
Name: Shad Johnson
Hometown: Prineville, Oregon, USA.
Started riding BMX in: 1986
Number of bikes in the collection: Over 30 but I have a core 10 that I won't sell or trade.
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Shad Johnson: No real exact moment. I remember getting an OZONE from a friend in '95 and being so stoked because I had always wanted one. Somehow that frame disappeared from one of the BMX houses I have lived at in the past. When I first opened Goods BMX someone brought in a pink '88 GT performer I bought off of them.
Ride more bmx part 2! Had fun editing this and expanding my creativity. First half was from a misty session at Tampa and the second half was from the @USA BMX Gator Nationals in Cape Coral, Fl!
Whammo frames are currently out of stock, but to hold you over til the next batch here’s some fire mids from his IG.
Wiktor Skibinski. Get used to this name as you're going to be hearing a lot of it in the future. This 19-year-old machine delivers a non-stop attack on the streets of Poland. That banger though....
I have received a great amount of super good feedback about the Ultimate Flatland League online video competition. Many thanks again everyone!
The North Jersey Scene guys and some homies keeping warm in the warehouse while winter is in full effect.
Three spots, five clips per spot, one day. This is Spot Crusher. Dan Kruk nails 15 clips at three local Long Beach spots, but they didn't all come easy.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.