Bart de Jong
All this time we'd been staying just around the corner from Sheep Hills. With no big plans for Sunday, another morning run was decided on, to Sheep Hills. On the way there along the riverbed the cops had arrested a homeless man, I saw a Pelican, and one of the homeless people rode past me at full speed on an electric bike! I wondered how he charges that thing.
I got to Sheep through a back entrance. It was muddy but I knew where I needed to go. Made it there and saw the puddles in between the jumps. It wasn't rideable but it didn't look too bad. A few days later more rain made sure that a quick fix was out of the question. It's a bummer for all the workers and riders that they have to deal with this during the winter months. Free fitness/boot camp/workouts coming soon.
A2! Driving in California ain't bad when there is no traffic. Roughly 30 minutes it took from Newport Beach to the Anaheim Angels stadium. During rush hour you could add an easy 15 minutes. The highways are wide, but they're also full. Two in a car gets you in the carpool lane so that was a help for us while trying to dodge the jams. Anyway, a new day of Supercross racing ahead.
We made sure to go check out the oldskool BMX bikes that once again were on display during 'Fan Fest'. A Freestyle MX show also entertained the sold-out crowd that had shown up early to take it all in. We ran into BMX-er/filmer Oscar Mendoza from Spain, Tom Jacobs from Belgium, Big E, Alan Foster, and the Garcia brothers (Joey and Jimmy) who had made the trek down from San Jose that morning.
We asked three leading motocross athletes how BMX has helped them when they made the transition to riding dirt bikes. See what they had to say:
Eli Tomac
FATBMX: Did you ever race BMX?
Eli Tomac: My racing started with bicycles and that was riding BMX tracks, it was the first thing I did. I got on a bicycle and raced BMX probably till I was 7 or 8 years old at the local tracks and then after that I went full motocross but yeah it was part of my life in the beginning.
FATBMX: Do you use something you learnt from BMX for your motocross riding?
Eli: I think the crossover is excellent, just for learning balance, balance is huge in the control of your bike.
FATBMX: Do you think BMX is a good school for motocross?
Eli: Oh yeah, totally! I mean, especially in the Supercross environment it's very similar, well, it's both, it's bike control right, knowing how to pinch the bike, I think there's a lot of similarity between BMX and Motocross.
Top 16 to Saturday's Finals. BMX Triples Glendale Qualification results. Dirt.
1) Daniel Sandoval
2) Mike Varga (CAN)
3) R-Willy (AUS)
4) Kevin Perazzzzzaaaaa (MEX)
5) Brady Baker
6) Felipe Manerim (BRA)
7) Brian Fox
8) Maxime Chalifour (CAN)
9) Andy Buckworth (AUS)
10) Ben 'triple bro' Wallace (GBR)
11) Mark Rubio
12) Karl Immers
13) Bryce Tryon
14) Josh Matthews (AUS)
15) Istvan Caillet (FRA)
16) Mason Ritter
Results UCI BMX Racing World Cup Rotorua, NZL Round 1
Elite Men:
1. MAHIEU Romain FRA 1 37.037 500
2. DAUDET Joris FRA 2 37.324 430
3. MARQUART Simon SUI 3 37.431 370
4. BUTTI Cedric SUI 4 37.718 318
5. CARMONA GARCIA Mateo COL 5 37.926 273
6. KENNEDY Izaac AUS 6 38.318 235
7. LARSEN Kamren USA 7 38.521 202
8. GAROYAN Leo FRA 8 38.748 174
9. BLANC Renaud SUI 5 37.816 165
10. DYHRE Magnus DEN 5 38.645 157
11. VAN DER BURG Dave NED 6 37.883 149
12. THOUIN Theo FRA 6 40.467 142
13. OEGEMA Ynze NED TOF 7 38.172 135
14. PILARD Arthur FRA 7 1:09.812 128
15. SCIORTINO Martti ITA 8 38.659 122
Mitch Fieg dipped out to Brisbane for ten days over New Year and got real busy with the locals. Aptly named, cause this shit bangs. Featuring Declan Kilpatrick, Will Fraser and Mitchell Campbell, with guest clips from Raph Jeroma-Williams, Dylan BigMoney, Guy Perrett and Levi Royce.
How to Pack your BMX Bike Bag with Pro BMX Racer Bella Hammonds
Another week, another video from @thespotcenter ! This time we got our own team rider Rihards Brinkis, 20 years old from Latvia, Riga who went out with the homie @bobilevs222 and got some stuff for you to see!
We’re stoked to welcome up and coming @declankilpatrick to the LUXBMX team. We surprised him with a print ad to announce it in the new edition of Dig BMX and got his friends around to share in the moment.
Friday morning and off to Anaheim in the morning for Supercross media day. We had passed by this Shepard Fairey mural all week and decided to stop for a minute to take a few pics. It wasn't as short as a Max Verstappen pitstop but we didn't waste much time adding the images to the camera. Picked up the media passes and left some stroopwafels that we had still left. The ladies at the welcome office were stoked. We strolled around the pits and saw the paddock being put up.
Red plate holder Aaron "the cowboy" Plessinger was seen walking around with a horse at the KTM rig. There's a first for everything. Honda HRC had called all the media for a brunch meeting as Dakar winner Ricky Brabac was on hand to talk about his 2024 Dakar rally experience.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.