Bart de Jong
The Pro Freestyle organisation scaled up the numbers of action sports festivals this year. Next to The Hague, Pro Freestyle sets foot in Heerlen. A full tournament in 6 disciplines: Skateboard, BMX Park, BMX Street, Scoot, Inline and MTB Park. This year the organization announced not only a pro tournament but amateurs can also participate.
Dates:
-Heerlen-Limburg: June 30 – July 3 (south of Holland, close to Belgium and Germany)
-The Hague: August 25-28 (all sports 6 disciplines mentioned above + wakeboard)
First 10 BMX Park riders confirmed:
Tom van den Bogaard (1st 2015)
Kostya Andreev (2nd 2015)
Daniel Wedemeijer
Kenneth Tancre
Michael Beran
THE BOOGIE IS BACK! For the second year in a row, MULLALY is teaming up with The Bronx Museum, Strider Bikes and Nutcase Helmets to bring the Strider Adventure Zone to the Boogie on the Boulevard. Last year we got almost 100 kids on bikes every day we ran the course, and are hoping to top that this year.
Come out to the Bronx Museum on the Grand Concourse to get in on the fun every last Sunday of May thru August. The event is free all day with bikes and helmets provided and a new course designed by Dellevalle Designs.
Our IT'S MY PARK volunteer day with Partnership for Parks was a
The 040 Invitational contest during the E-Moves festival in Eindhoven is one to look forward to. The brand new spine miniramp will be set up in the middle of the city centre (18 Septemberplein) and the following riders will put on a good show on June 4th. It's a one day event with a Wildcard qualifying session in the morning to see who will meet up with these pro riders in the afternoon for the main event:
Tom van den Bogaard NL
Kostya Andreev RUS
Daniel Wedemeijer NL
Alex Coleborn UK
Jack Clark UK
Paul Thoelen GER
Kenneth Tancré BE
Daniel Penafiel ES
Jakub Benda CZ
Elite Men:
1 Mitchel Schotman
2 Niels Bensink
3 Jordy van der Heijden
4 Nick Geerling
5 Tom Mandemakers
6 Chiel Claesen
7 Dyon Planting
Don't let the "Cool" tag on the concrete quarter fool you. This girl is hot. Red hot! We're not sure about here 'refreshing drink' though, the chocolate drink must be hot at this point. But give the girl a break, or better, give her a look. Come check out today's Pin Up of the Week!
Week in, week out, a new Pin Up shot. It's Friday so it's your lucky day. Sunshine, Icecream, not too many clothes, tattoos, sunglasses, and yes a bike. The way she licks the icecream makes you wonder if it's almost weekend. In fact, it is. The colour matching of the bike, brah and shades needs some fine tuning but we won't complain about that much more. Come check her out and smile. 18+
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.