Bart de Jong
Shop name: Waller BMX
Location: Sheffield, United Kingdom
Years in business: 8-9 Years
Best year yet: 2020
Worst year yet: Well, we setup in 2012 and it's grown every year since.
What were your first thoughts on Covid-19 when it hit?
Jack Waller: I think my thought process went a little like this: Holy s**t, we're fu***d... oh bike shops are essential... nice! Seriously though, when we saw businesses had to shut we were guttered. We felt ridiculously lucky but a lot of our friends who run their own local businesses were seeing the impact which wasn't nice.
Did you take any action from the start or were you thinking this would be over in a few weeks?
Jack Waller: I don't think long term we were giving it much thought. Just taking it day by day and trying to inform our customers that we're operating like normal with a few measures in place.
Now, being in this situation for many months, how did you manage to keep your business rolling?
Our two latest Pro Team additions Jacob Cable and Casey Starling get together for a shred session at House Park in Austin, Texas. The place was a zoo and the fellas still put it down and ripped all afternoon. Enjoy!
In the works for the last two years, this new video from Canada's Birken Kirk is a cracker. Birken has it all, and he makes it look damn smooth while he's at it. Reckon we'll see more of this guy in the future! Filmed in Calgary, Alberta (except for 2 clips in Vancouver).
Hoder high bars were unavailable for a bit but are back on shelves at your local shop! Here's some recents from Texas where Hoder and a few other squad members are on a filming mission as we speak.
Name: Jakub Palinský
Age: 25 years old
Hometown: Košice, Slovakia
Hook-up: CAV CREW
The FAT favourite list:
Spot to ride: Kulturpark in my hometown is the best and Prague streets.
BMX video: Bengo LOOT edit is my favourite and the big one video CAV FOREVER 2017
Web video: Nurburgring crash compilation haha.
Name: Sven Littfinski
Age: 21
Hometown: Darmstadt, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Luftzeit Clothing / Stylemystuff
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Cloud 9 Trails Germany good guys good smiles
-BMX video: Woodlanders Part 2 Hazelwood
Hard spin black belt Dan Kruk was out for 6 weeks due to an unfortunate knee injury but now he's back and throwing down the insanely difficult tricks you know and love. If you'd like to leave trick suggestions for the next video make sure to follow us at Instagram.com/USLBMX
Kriss Kyle and the BSD crew in the last of our behind the scenes videos from BSD Recording. Raw clips, unseen riding and outtakes from what went into Recording out in Israel, Barcelona, Tenerife and Glasgow...
Behind the scenes at the first pro BMX race of 2021 in Phoenix, AZ.
Name: Cody Barnes
Age: 23
Hometown: Wooster Ohio
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Wooster skatepark/ Apple creek trails
-BMX video: Rad the movie!
-Web video: No promises
-Food: Steak! Medium rare
-Person on Instagram: Memes daily