Bart de Jong
BMX has lost one of the founding members in Scot Breithaupt. News arrived in the middle of the night and spread fast. The Old Man is no more. This morning I watched the Joe Kid video from start to finish and it's impressive to see what Scot has done for BMX. He was there when it started and made it bigger, and bigger. SE Racing stands for Scot Enterprises, his company which he sold later on but will live on with his name attached to it. In 1981 Scot made it over to The Netherlands with RL. Osborn and Mike Buff and did a demo in Venhorst, barely 15
Elite Men:
1 Sergio Ignacio SALAZAR LOPEZ COL 29 50 50
2 Carlos Alberto RAMIREZ YEPES COL 21 45 45
3 Andres Felipe LOPEZ SALAZAR COL 22 40 40
4 Jose Luis DIAZ MONTANA COL 28 35 35
5 Andres Eduardo JIMENEZ CAICEDO COL 29 30 30
6 Andres ARENAS CORREA COL 23 28 28
7 Andres LOAIZA ALVAREZ COL 23 26 26
8 Santiago CATAÑO ROLDAN COL 19 24 24
Stars And Stripes Nationals #2
A Pro results:
1 KENNETH GUSTAFSON, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, PONCA CITY, OK
2 DERIK BERGH, ANSWER/RENNEN, FERGUS FALLS, MN
3 TYLER WHITFIELD, SSQUARED BICYCLES, ROCKFORD, IL
4 JEREMY SMITH, FACTORY EXTREME TEAM, DAYTON, OH
5 HUNTER PELHAM, FACTORY REDLINE, CONROE, TX
6 PHILIP DELIZIA, STARS N STRIPES, WHITING, NJ
7 VICTOR BEHM, MAYSLANDING, NJ
Italian National Championships. Moretti wins the girls class, Riccardi fastest Elite rider.
Elite Men:
1 Romain RICCARDI ITA 27 30 30
2 Mattia FURLAN ITA 22 20 20
3 Roberto CRISTOFOLI ITA 25 15 15
4 Giacomo FANTONI ITA 24 10 10
5 Matteo GRAZIAN ITA 19 8 8
6 Nicholas OKOH ITA 20 6 6
7 Tomasso GIUSTACCHINI ITA 20 4 4
Elite Men:
1 Twan VAN GENDT NED 23 30 30
2 Raymon VAN DER BIEZEN NED 28 20 20
3 Joris HARMSEN NED 23 15 15
4 Dave VAN DER BURG NED 22 10 10
5 Niek KIMMANN NED 19 8 8
6 Martijn JASPERS NED 28 6 6
7 Tom MANDEMAKERS NED 19 4 4
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.