Bart de Jong
The Sparky’s Halloween Jam & Warehouse Sale invaded Longwood Florida October 28th, 2017! Thank you to everyone who came out to show support and hope anyone who could not make it this year can plan to come out for next years jam! We had a huge turnout of locals and many shredders that made a road trip down to Longwood to check out the biggest Sparky’s Jam yet! Featuring all new ramps, and expanded riding area (taking it to the streets), food trucks, and incredible deals on your favorite Shadow, Subrosa, & Rant gear. Pro/Am Riders Simone Barraco, Joris Coulomb, Matt Ray, Mark Burnett, Albert Mercado, Trey Jones, Kyle Hart, Johnny Antencio, Jabe Jones, Daichi Teshagahara, and Keandre Lindo came dressed up and ready to have a good time.
Hitachinaka BMX International Hitachi Sea Side Park (Hitachinaka City, Ibaraki, Japan) - 19 Nov 2017
Elite Men:
1 27 YOSHIMURA Jukia JPN
2 77 SAKAKIBARA Kai AUS
3 773 YAMAGUCHI Daichi JPN
4 38 MATSUSHITA Tatsumi JPN
5 55 YOSHII Kohei JPN
6 2 ISHII Tomoya JPN
FBM Feature Video- 'Lost In America', from the Maiden America Tours with QBP and Profile racing and beyond...
Results XVIII Juegos Bolivarianos Santa Marta, Colombia - 17 Nov 2017
Elite Men:
1 278 RAMIREZ YEPES Carlos Alberto COL
2 5 CAMPO Alfredo ECU
3 741 ARBOLEDA OSPINA Diego Alejandro COL
4 10 MILANO Jefferson VEN
5 785 CALIXTO LOPEZ Miguel Alejandro COL
6 11 SIVIRA Jholman VEN
7 413 QUINTANILLA Jaime BOL
8 252 PALOMINO RODRIGUEZ Cristobal Andres CHI
9 50 FALLA Emilio ECU
10 220 ROJAS MARTINEZ Francisco Javier CHI
11 8 VILLAGRAN RODRIGUEZ Dario GUA
12 7 ROCABADO Jose Adolfo BOL
Elite Women:
1 100 PAJON Mariana COL
2 156 AZUERO Domenica ECU
It's great to see new riding spots pop up. Pump tracks are all the craze but a large asphalted Velosolutions riding spot isn't in every city's budget. Sometimes you have to work with what you're offered and the hard working crew in Oirschot pulled off a new spot next to the public swimming pool in the woods. Daniel Wijsmuller designed and shaped the Kemmertrails and during the opening plenty of people turned up for the first few laps. With a table/double line on the outside and a pump track in the middle it is a sweet spot for anyone on two wheels. Because the top layer isn't made of asphalt, you won't see many scooter kids/skateboarders/inline skaters around. BMX and MTB riders however can enjoy their bikes at the open and free spot in Oirschot, just 10 minutes outside of Eindhoven, NL.
It's great to see new riding spots pop up. Pump tracks are all the craze but a large asphalted Velosolutions riding spot isn't in every city's budget. Sometimes you have to work with what you're offered and the hard working crew in Oirschot pulled off a new spot next to the public swimming pool in the woods. Daniel Wijsmuller designed and shaped the Kemmertrails and during the opening plenty of people turned up for the first few laps. With a table/double line on the outside and a pump track in the middle it is a sweet spot for anyone on two wheels. Because the top layer isn't made of asphalt, you won't see many scooter kids/skateboarders/inline skaters around. BMX and MTB riders however can enjoy their bikes at the open and free spot in Oirschot, just 10 minutes outside of Eindhoven, NL.
Been an awesome summer, met some rad friends had lots of laughs. Rode some sick spots over in the UK and France. Thanks to all the locals looking forward to next year already. Here's a few GoPro vids and clips from my phone that I put together in this little 3 min edit. Roll on 2018.
**BMX IN CHINA**PT.2 VLOG 4 by Pat Casey. Bunch of footage from the first week in china, FT. Jack Clark, Cam Peake, Tyler Rizzi, Jonathan Camacho. Camacho is crazy.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.