Bart de Jong
Watch the finals from Round One of the 2024 UCI BMX Racing World Cup in Rotorua (NZL) on Saturday 10 February.
Day 9. The usual morning rituals but this one included getting gas at Arco. Gas is cheaper when you pay cash. Never heard of that one before. 0.89c per gallon in 1990. Now $4bucks. Still half the price of what we pay in Europe so just fill 'er up! We'd been walking in and out companies hoping for the best. Philip had spotted Gunther Werks Porsche in HB so we passed by there. The sign said, no visitors/tours so we drove on.
Then just around the corner we spotted an ASV van. The driver looked like Bob Morales. I asked Philip to see where ASV is and it was just a few minutes away. Bob had his hands in, or was the starter of, many early BMX Freestyle projects. He toured with Bob Haro, started MF (Morales-Fiola), Dyno, the American Freestyle Association (AFA), Kore products and later on Morales flatland bikes. We had never met in person. Bob is running ASV inventions, a big player in the motocross world. Bob made time for us which was cool as it happened unexpectedly. We had just met one of the pioneers of BMX Freestyle by accident.
After their GT days Bob Hadley and Billy Griggs had moved over to Razor where the both of them had been working on cool toys. Billy's latest project is the fun Stage2 e-dirt bike. We were lucky to catch Billy in the office as he had planned to have a test riding session with Barry Nobles that day.
Woodward BMX Season 2 - EP4 - BMX Fútbol Morgan Wade reminds the kids why he's known as the "Texas Madman" with his Legends Challenge. Jamie Bestwick sends a message from across the pond and creates a new sport, "BMX Fútbol. Team Uncertified and The A-Team end the day on the trails for a sunset session on the Dirt Jumps.
Boyd Hilder hit us up with some highlights from his Off The Couch jam at Pizzey Park in Australia - sit back and enjoy the mayhem. MAHD RIDAHS!
In this video I take you through a gym session with exercises from Oscar at Tri90 Fitness (@tri90fitness). I'd like to give a huge thanks to Erickson Spray Foam (@ericksonsprayfoam) for making this happen.
Der Höhenflüge-Contest im und um den The Last Hole Skatepark im schönen Hohenfichte ist eine absolute Pflichtveranstaltung für die ostdeutsche BMX-Szene. Aber auch aus Tschechien und Österreich waren dafür auch im vergangenen Herbst wieder einige Draufgänger extra nach Sachsen gereist. Hier sind die Highlights der 2023er Auflage.
Well its the third day and the third video from PMP Trails. This has been the longest I have spent up at PMP, 3 days in a row.
Miki Fleck & Fernando Laczko recently took a trip over to Japan and lets just say it looks like they had a good time, enjoy!
Day 8. Past halfway. But going strong. As mentioned, the YT MTB session with Mapstone, Van Schie, Zeiss, Philip and Maddog was rained out unfortunately. Albert Hammond was so wrong when he wrote this song: 'It Never rains in Southern California'. But it was a nice day out today as we jumped aboard the Ford Escape. On this 'extra day' we had a few things on the agenda starting off with a surprise visit to Keith Mulligan's pet shop in Laguna. You should have seen his face...haha. Foreigners walking in the door on a Wednesday morning. On Keith's advice we stopped by the Troy Lee Designs store in Laguna Beach. Half museum, half shop. TLD is a staple in BMX/MX and everything that has an engine or people who want to stand out from the pack. Many TLD painted helmets, paintings, and race suits were on display. If you're ever in the area, give it a visit.
While at home we connected with some people to see if they would be around when we were in Cali. One of them was the Godfather of BMX Freestyle; Bob Haro. We sent a message in the morning, but sending a message isn't as simple as it used to be. A message on X? email? DM on Instagram? At what account? Through Facebook messenger? Text message? WhatsApp? It's easy to get lost. Simply put, Bob had not received the message and wasn't at the office in Cardiff by the Sea. We checked at his local Mexican lunch place but it looked like we had to make our own lunch plans.
Pro BMX Racing at the USABMX Winter Nationals with Lexis Colby.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.