Bart de Jong
Last weekend was motocross weekend. The first race of the 2012 GP season took place in Valkenswaard, only 40 minutes from here. I've been a motocross fan since I was a kid so there's no passing up the first Grand Prix race of the season where everyone brings out the new bikes, their new gear and the new trucks. This year we even saw some more umbrella girls and it's a good thing they were there, because it rained on Sunday afternoon. It was a full easter weekend of racing with the girls and MX3 class added to the GP weekend.
Last name: De Vecchi, Manuel (ITALY)
Last flight you took: This morning to Copenhagen, going to Norway for the 2nd round of BMX supercross 2012
Last time you scared yourself jumping a big double: Papendal 2011 because of the strong wind!
Last stupid idea you had: to try to eat a vitamin pill, not swallowing but chewing it..... The worst thing I've ever tried!
As if this little mag made it to 43 issues. So to celebrate this momentous and hella significant milestone, we pulled what we think is our best issue yet together. The split cover features Mikey McMah and Josh Kathigitis shredding one of the many pools being cleaned up in drought stricken South Australia. Read more about that in the feature spread from Dave Rubinich. We sit down with one of the most positive riders in the history of BMX; Kyle Baldock, hit up the Farm Jam, Cams’ Jam and Red Bull’s Roast It dirt festivals and take a little look inside Fit Bike Co’s Australian connection.
Plus 2020BMX magazine goes deep with Joe Rich on the creative process and take a look at Mitch Morison’s summer through his lens. And of course we’ve got a stack of gear to giveaway from Division, LKI, United, Armourdillo and tickets to Newtons Nation.
2020v43 hits Australian and New Zealand bikes shops and news agents in the first week of April 2012 and world wide
Unique connection of bmx dirt jump event and rock’n'roll music festival will be held in Jicin, Czech Republic. You can expect amazing course of 7 jumps designed by Tomas Kudrnac, Dusan Antalik and Martin Capek, more in trails style than dirt jump, check the pics. The music part will include about 8 concerts going from hardcore to alternative, guitars on all the time for sure. That all for free, count also cheap and excellent Czech beer, beautiful and hot chicks, good time and party all the time. I mean anything a guy can want.
The fine folks at DC Europe hosted an online competition on FATBMX. They had five pairs of DC Shoes to give away. The correct answer to the question was: Kye Forte and Patrick Guimez. Those two riders are a member of the European BMX DC team.
The competition is now closed. The five winners are:
-Stijn Leijzer (NED)
-Sebastian Banaszczuk (POL)
-Wesley Ilegems (BEL)
-Clemens Kartmann (AUS)
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.