Bart de Jong
BMX - ANIMAL HOUSE LA Ride BMX. Animal took their tried and true recipe of no-frills street riding to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles. Featuring their west coast contingent along with some east coast heads, the squad includes Augie Simoncini, Colin Varanyak, Andrew Castaneda, Johnny Raekes, Hobie Doan, Abdul Fufanah, Jonathan “Twinn” Jaramillo, Charles Littlejohn, Richard Hernandez, Clay Johnson, and Gabe Brooks. The dudes put a few new twists on some old spots, and unearth some fresh gems as well.
“We have expanded our team to include an insane crew from the west coast like never before with Andrew Castaneda, Demarcus Paul (who got hurt right before the project), Johnny Raekes, Hobie Doan, Charles Littlejohn, Gabe Brooks and Richard Hernandez. We also have two of our top pros, Augie Simoncini and Colin Varanyak—who originally hail from the east coast—currently calling California home as well. So it only made sense for us to get them altogether and do their thing. We rounded out the squad with a couple of our top east coast riders, Abdul Fufanah and Jonathan “Twinn” Jaramillo, and Clay Johnson from Arizona to add to the mayhem. The riding that went down was wild, insane, technical, dope, crazy, smooth, and above all… motivating to get you to hit the streets right after you watch it. Thank you for your support of Animal and real BMX street riding.” —Ralph Sinisi, Owner-Animal Bikes
Hyper bmx went to Woodward west in Tehachapi CA. Week 2 of camp with Hyper bmx products and snafu swag for the kids. Woodward is a kids summer camp for action sports, they camps all over the world.
We love being part of the BMX action with the USA Cycling Junior Development Team!
Felix Prangenberg's heavy/feel-good opening section from WeThePeople's recent "ENDSTATE" video project... 3 weeks in California with WTP pros Felix Prangenberg, Ed Zunda, Dan Kruk, & Jordan Godwin, and the new AM homie Jesse Romano.
House of Vans London Presents: Stephen Murray, Staying Strong Book launch on Saturday 24th June - 12:00 - 18:00. Q&A session with Stephen Murray: 3pm. To celebrate the launch of Stephen Murray’s harrowing autobiography, House of Vans London are excited to announce the official launch event to celebrate the release on Saturday 24th June.
Professional BMX athlete Stephen Murray moved to California to pursue and live the action sports dream. The mind-set and focus of Stephen in his racing days are what helped him to the top in 2001 when he won gold at both the X and Gravity Games, pulling backflips and 360 flip variations. His do or die, go big approach is what set him apart from other athletes and made him a global BMX hero. In 2007, whilst competing at the 2007 Dew Tour in Baltimore, Stephen suffered a life-changing accident that left him paralysed from the neck down and confined to a wheel chair.
Stephen’s forthcoming autobiography Staying Strong details this journey, from his rise to fame to
Matthias Dandois took the win at the Ruhr Games, in Dortmund, Germany. Dominik Nekolny got second with Alex Jumelin taking third.
Pro flatland Ruhr Games final results:
1. Matthias Dandois
2. Dominik Nekolny
3. Alex Jumelin
4. Kevin Nikulski
5. Dustyn Alt
6. Dan Hennig
UEC Results Round 10, Sandnes, Norway.
Elite Men:
1 Tore NAVRESTAD NOR 21 60 60
2 Jay SCHIPPERS NED 21 45 45
3 Edzus TREIMANIS LAT 29 40 40
4 Jimmi therkelsen DEN 26 35 35
5 Tre WHYTE GBR 24 30 30
6 Kyle EVANS GBR 24 25 25
7 Aleksandr KATYSHEV RUS 21 20 20
8 Kristens KRIGERS LAT 21 15 15
Elite Women:
1 Simone CHRISTENSEN DEN 23 60 60
2 Yaroslava BONDARENKO RUS 20 45 45
3 Manon VEENSTRA NED 19 40 40
4 Vilma RIMSAITE LTU 34 35 35
Pic by BdJ
Saturday Elite results UEC BMX European Cup - Round 9, Sandnes, Norway.
Elite Men:
1 Kyle EVANS GBR 24 60 60
2 Curtis MANATON GBR 24 45 45
3 Tore NAVRESTAD NOR 21 40 40
4 Aleksandr KATYSHEV RUS 21 35 35
5 Jimmi therkelsen DEN 26 30 30
6 Tre WHYTE GBR 24 25 25
Many of Europe's finest riders gather at the EMOVES Festival in Eindhoven, Netherlands for one hell of a showdown on the 040 BMX mini ramp. Riders include Kostya Andreev, Daniel Wedemeijer, Cam Peake, Tom van den Bogaard, Zdenda Pesek, James Jones, and more!
An in-depth interview with Bart de Jong - the man representing freestyle BMX to the International Olympic Committee. We discuss how BMX got here, what our next moves are, qualifying, coaches, sponsors, criticisms, national federations, and more. The next three years are going to be crazy...
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.