You have to appreciate the work that goes into making a magazine. Sometimes you take it for granted but there is a lot of thought put into every issue. Take the cover of issue 36. Very colourful with the top left corner's green matching the green bike of and the red rail standing out. The rider's eyes are marked in black by the handlebars giving it a criminal look. Without the "Free Poster" and 100 more cover captions, the cover looks great. I'm sure Romain Babeau is stoked on it.
There are some Dutch bikes in the Soulfood article. Photographer Hadrien Picard goes colourful in the Sommaire page with different colour flashes set up at the same curved wallride. Lots of BlahBlah text (in French) in the news section. The season must have started. DVD reviews, calendar, a trip around France with district news, Tony Pereira's bike check, product news, Vancouver scene report, Shaun Butler interview, report on the Hungarian scene and a Ghetto Fabulous article. We have arrived at the pull-out poster at this point. France has a strong dirt scene and the article of Trail people shows another great spot. There's an interview with Didier Debbouze, a report about the Circle Cow contest, the Domination jam and also the Metro Jam. Want more? There's a page on the Christmas flatland jam on page 94, a spot check op page 96 and a cool spot discovered on page 99. If you live in Dax or plan on going there, rip out P. 102 because it has a map with all good street spots. The second to last page shows you how to subscribe to SOUL. You should.
BdJ
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.