Bart de Jong
If you would have told me in 2004 that I was about to begin hosting 10 years of BMX dirt comps, I probably wouldn't have believed you. From the feedback I received for the 10th annual Ricardo Laguna Dirt Challenge, it was a bigger and better contest than any over the past 10 years. As for Extreme Thing now on its 18th year, we had a huge turn out, great bands and the best weather we could have asked for. This year we had a solid lineup of riders from all over the world plus a mix of heavy hitters and great up-and-comers. Some of the runs I saw couldn't have even been done in video games. One new addition to this year's Ricardo Laguna Dirt Challenge
22 April 1990 is when we had the first jam at the Sugar Hills in Aarle-Rixtel. 23 years later the same spot is still going strong. Tosti, Tom, Jaimy, Steven and the Ale Blie crew had worked their asses off in the cold to get the place running again for the "season opener". The 2013 Mini FATJAM goes down in history as the coldest edition ever. We had snow the day before, and even during the jam a bit of snow came down. That didn't stop people from showing up. Riders were seen riding in T-shirts while the visitors were freezing their asses off on the sidelines. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.