Bart de Jong
FLATLANDER DES JAHRES @ FREEDOMBMX AWARDS 2024 presented by @bikersbase-bmx-undfahrradl4508 .
1. Dustyn Alt
2. Kevin Nikulski
3. Wolfgang Sauter
4. Chris Böhm
5. Dan Hennig
Johnny Raekes sits down and runs through his Fiend x Odyssey setup. Johnny gives a ton of detail on what he rides and why, like his extra short ODSY Calibur cranks and Nordstrom stem. Raekes has also been riding the yet to be released, BIG BOYD RIMS. Watch the video for a closer look and to see what he has to say about his setup.
Name: Rich Slezak
Age: 51
Hometown: Boston, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Flat Society & Cheap Goods BMX
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: The Spot & TFC
-BMX video: Anything coming out from Japan
-Website: The ones I build?
-Web video: Matsudo Year End Jam (all years)
-Food: Home made
-Person on Instagram: Way too many to list
-Travel destination: Japan, Czech Republic
-Riders to ride with: In CA it was the twins & Ahmed Johnson. In Ma Scott Denoncourt, Mark McGrade, Dave Tasillo, Jim Cavanaugh
-Car: @16xtrek
-Movie: Big Lebowski, Aliens, Code8
-Colour: Orange or Yellow depending on application
Join McShovels and co. as we journey along with him facing his biggest demons. The trouble with building big steep jumps is that you eventually have to hit them... From building to testing, the rollercoaster of emotions that one experiences is like none other in the beautiful world of bmx trails.
Felix Prangenberg's latest FRACTURE project titled "VISIONS OF LIGHT", featuring Felix, Linda Grabner, Carlo Hoffmann, Mattes Torn, Tom Weikert, David Schaller, Kilian Reichmeyer, Nico van Loon, Thomas Federer, Tim Güntner, Angelo Kurtz, Christian Gattinger, Luc Flosbach, Fabian Bongers, Adrian Warnken, Mads Zameit, Sebastian Dreher, Dave Paterson, and Anton Arens throughout the streets of Germany.
Chris Moeller is a living legend. He is the CEO of Fit Bike Co and S&M Bikes which was started over 35 years ago! Chris was the first official guest on the MooreBMX podcast and with all of the hysteria surrounded Trump Tariffs he is the perfect person to talk about this subject with.
CVM NOW - NOVAIL24 / Entity BMX Shop
Name: Xavier Gilbee
Age: 18
Hometown: Burleigh Heads, Gold Coast, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Monster army, Fist hand wear, Triple 8, Gain protection, Queensland Academy of Sport.
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Boomerang bike park dirt jumps
-BMX video: Mike Varga welcome to DK edit
-Website: Google
-Web video: Alex Hiam 2013 web video
-Food: Burgers
-Person on Instagram: Joji Mizogaki
-Travel destination: Switzerland & Japan
-Riders to ride with: Logan Martin, Alec Danelutti and Jaie Toohey
Name: Gonzalo Bellanti
Age: 33
Hometown: Melbourne, Australia (Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FreestyleNow, Elbaite, and my parents
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: IMAX Melbourne
Spanish friends and Rawer Crew associates, Javi Rodriguez, Yoel, Riaa, Carlos Vinuesa, Luis Lillo, Jaime, and Paco Jones made their way west to Portugal for a fresh dose of spots. They got straight to it!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.