Bart de Jong
Cluut jam. You pretty much know what to expect at a Cluut jam. Good times, madness, craziness, and BMX at its finest. Sounds good to us. Paul picked me up and we drove over to Belgium on a Saturday afternoon. Antwerp traffic wasn't too bad and once past Antwerpen we were in Mechelen in no-time. Construction was happening all around the indoor park and we found out that on Monday after the event, the indoor park had to make room for 111 apartments. So this was the very last BMX happening taking place the Rode Kruisplein 14. The Inzini House was packed with BMX-ers. A mix of street, park and dirt riders found their way around the park where the "cash for tricks" concept go the riders hyped to go mad.
Different sections of the park were used for the jam. We arrived when riders were dropping in from the highest part of the park to flat doing barspins, 360s, turndowns and tailwhips. Not everything survived but cash was handed out. Beer was flowing early. This was Belgium after all. King Koen and Denz were handling the records and MC Egon and Rachid were on the mic. The entire Belgian BMX freestyle scene was present and it was good to see the veterans make a showing. Hannu Cools managed to tire tap/icepick/fufanu a wall when his 15 years old cranks broke and he had to switch to the pils. Tom Russell, Sem Kok, Gerrit Vanopdenbosch, rocked the quarter and Twan van Wijk got some cash for doing a rock to barspin 180 out on the rainbow rail.
Name: Alvaro Esquivel
Age: 26
Hometown: San Vito, Costa Rica
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Cult, 360 bs, North Point
The FAT Favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Marbella Skatepark
-BMX video: All the Wilderness stuff
-Website: Chat GPT
-Food: Healthy or pasta
-Person on Instagram: Jarren Barboza
-Travel destination: Estonia
-Riders to ride with: Wilderness Gang
-Car: Ferrari
-Movie or Serie: Suits
-Colour: Green
The second instalment in the High Flyers series with Vans Europe, and next up we have none other than tech master Jack Miller with a 5 minute banger. Jack's style is undeniably brilliant and seems to magically combine technicality, flow and speed into one package with an effortless ease. Outstanding. Soundtrack on point too!
ANDREW CASTANEDA
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AUGIE SIMONCINI
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BOY FLORES
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RAUL RUIZ
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SWAMPFEST 2024 official video. Starting off a month before the actual event.. following all the way through the build to burning everything down back to nothing. This is Swampfest.
Tom Clemens gibt Vollgas und zeigt was in einer Stunde geht! Style, Technik und fette Combos. Dazu gibt’s Guest Clips von Dean Florian und Kim Lea Müller!
It was an all out brawl during Finals at the last stop of the Monster Energy BMX Triple Challenge Series in Arlington, Texas. Freezing temperatures didn’t keep anyone from laying it all on the line. This is for all the marbles, so hit play and see how Semi-Finals, Finals, and Best Trick all played out.
Results CN Paraguayan BMX Park National Championships - Luque Asuncion, Paraguay 15 - 16 February 2025
Men Park:
1 Michael WARKENTIN RAHN PAR 53.63
2 Elias MEDINA ESCOBAR PAR 52.45
3 Pedro MOREL GIMENEZ PAR 51.90
Results C1 Costa Rica Freestyle Series 1, Puntarenas, Costa Rica. Sunday 23 February 2025
Men Park:
1 Kenneth TENCIO 32 CRC 92 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Jose TORRES GIL 30 ARG 90.33 160.00
3 Jose CEDANO 28 CHI 89.67. 130.00
4 Kevin FABREGUE 30 FRA 88. 110.00
5 Manuel TURONE 18 ARG 83. 90.00
Women Park:
1 Nikita DUCARROZ 29 SUI 200.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Macarena PEREZ GRASSET 29 CHI 160.00
3 Sofia BAEZ SCHARF 18 MEX 130.00
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.