Bart de Jong
Saint Martin, the french BMX brand known since 2004 in the Flatland game, has given a new breath. Since the 4th of December 2015, St Martin is owned by MASSABOVA B. company held by Alain Massabova, rider since 1986, shop manager (La Crémerie, Nomadeshop) and media publisher (Cream, Flat Kings, A.R.T BMX), helped by his brother Manu, rider and webmaster (Agoride, The Rider Post), who is part of the brand since the beginning. The aim is to boost the French BMX brand but also to continue developing and supporting Flatland worldwide.
A new production of BMX parts will be available for spring 2016 with a line representing France, especially Paris, called “Metro”. The range will keep the sure asset of the brand, at the forefront of the innovation while following the trend of modern flatland.
While waiting for a new production, some t-shirts will be available in January 2016.
When a year starts it's hard to predict what will happen. Who will be on top form, who will get injured? When is bringing the new tricks and who will retire? 2015 is almost over and even when the BMX business isn't rather booming, still a whole lot happened this year. The contest schedule was full of jams and bigger events that took place all over the world. Once again we were fortunate enough to visit the UCI BMX SX World Cups and with the UCI World's and European Championships within an hour drive we visited more big races than we've done in the past years. 2016 will be the year that many athletes have worked towards to as the Olympics in Rio are on the schedule. 2016 will be the first year of UCI's involvement in freestyle with the FISE World Series being the official World Cup season. The IBMXFF also has a few things in the works so 2016 should be a busy one. But it's important the jams are happening and riders ride for the fun of it. The joy it gives to learn a new trick. The road trip
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.