FATBMX Your Online BMX News Resource Since 1998

“Chad will handle any tests that we are doing on smaller bikes and components," stated BMX World’s Greg Leasure. “Chad is known for his crazy skills and ultra smooth style, so he’s a perfect fit for testing out equipment and giving a trustworthy opinion.” Kerley, the only little guy on the Formula Factory Team, was stoked to hear the news. “Chad has worked and trained hard the last couple of years and it’s great that things are starting to pay off for him. He’s real excited and honored to be given this opportunity. He’s really taking this seriously,” stated Chad’s dad, Randy Kerley. Kerley stepped it up in 2005, winning a string of big races that culminated in his first NAG #1 title.

BMX World has turned some heads lately, giving the BMX world a full color magazine almost entirely devoted to racing.

Dave Mirra has joined the SNAFU forces and will be helping them towards that ever-elusive goal of taking over the world. Well maybe that's being a bit too ambitious, so let's just say Dave’s on the team and everyone at Snafu is psyched. Here's a list of all the team guys for 2006.

SNAFU TEAM 2006:
-Morgan Wade
-Dave Mirra
-Ryan Barrett
-Dave Freimuth
-Mike Cleveland
-Markus Wilke
-Tom Haugen
-Paddy Gross

-Mike Collins/TM

At FATBMX we support those riders who are down for the cause. People who are getting off their asses and make stuff happen. It's a long process sometimes but if you don't act yourself, nobody is going to do it for you. If you believe in it, put some energy in the project and don't give up.
John Murray is one of those people. He's a BMaXtivist from Philadelphia and is holding an animal vid premiere and first meeting of BMXactivists where he will introduce the initiative and invite people to help out and join.  

If you're living fairly close to Chenga World, it's time to head over there one last time before it closes. The crew has teamed up with Animal to host the Animal All Day DVD premier this Saturday. You know that the video alone is going to be worth the trip. Bring the bike though and rip it up one more time.

The premiere starts at 10pm.

Arcadia, California – Crupi is proud to offer the new “Limited Edition” bicycles that will be available for purchase in late February, 2006.  There will only be 25 of each model made and they are on a first come, first serve basis. 

Customers will have their choice of frame size (Pro, Pro XL or Pro XXL), crank size and gearing. The bikes feature Shimano Saint Cranksets, Answer Scythe Forks and of course all the best Crupi Parts in limited edition gold or green.

The FATBMX poll is a place where you can voice your opinion. You don't need to be over 18 either. Every vote counts. After more than 250 votes in out latest poll:

The Open Dutch Championships of Lake Jumping are on the calendar for August 2006. What's your opinion about lake jumping?

The results look like this:
-RAD: 37 % (95 votes)
-I don't care, it's fun: 45 % (116 votes)
-LAME: 16 % (43 votes)

The new year is here and with that come new resolutions. As a BMX-er these resolutions are probably different than "lose weight" and "quit smoking." Here's the new FATBMX poll:

In 2006 I'm going to pull:

- KHE’s Flat Team has picked up German WOLFGANG SAUTER!! He will get a signature frame called: “Tantra” and a complete signature bike in the mid-upper price level.

- There will definitely be a strong freecoaster hub for street riders – the “Geisha Street” – The Pedal space is variable!!

We arrived in Tallinn, Estonia for the Pop Session and am enjoying the free wireless internet connection of the Olympia hotel to bring you the first update. Lots of riders arrived but some are still missing bikes (Josh Harrington, Anthony Pill, Ben Hennon and Ben Manuel). They were not on the course today for the first practice session.
The course is looking different and with 60 guys on the course it was hard to find the right lines. Basically, it was impossible to ride the course and riders stuck to doing tricks on certain obstacles and sessioned those. Who's here you wonder? Nyquist, Gary Young, Jim Cielencki, Tobi  Wicke, Sergei Geyer, Shenker, Grosic, Nielswheels, a bunch of English riders (Forte brothers, Elkington, Fenlon, Mahoney, Shaw, Tabron) and a whole lot more.

Fuzzy Hall, who has been a member of Team OGIO since its beginning, is stepping up his role with the company as its newly named BMX Team Manager. The announcement was made by OGIO VP of Promotions Andy Bell.

Hall, who joined the BMX circuit in 1987 and has helped shape it into the widely accepted sport it is today, will continue to compete in numerous competitions worldwide this year. He was the first rider to successfully throw a 720 in competition, at X Games X, and has been instrumental in building the sport of BMX dirt jumping into what it is today. Hall's renowned course-design skills have been compared to crafting a fine wine; even his Kaysville, Utah backyard is a riding mecca and the subject of a video game. And he is a regular fixture on magazine covers, action sport movies, and how-to riding clinics for kids of all ages.