Bart de Jong
Brett Middaugh a BMX rider who started back in the Old School days of 1979 riding and racing a Mongoose Motomag has spent pretty much his whole life as an average BMX guy just having fun racing, freestyling and riding with his friends. A couple of years ago he decided it might be cool to document what he went through as an everyday BMX rider during the early days of the sport in his home state of New Jersey. Since he had been around his local scene from almost day one and contributed in a few small ways helping to run races, do freestyle shows, set up New Jersey’s first BMX park and was actually able to go on tour for a couple of years with General, he decided to write a book. It’s called “The Average BMXer” and it chronicles the tales of the way that BMX helped shape the life of the “average” person who grew up around it during its formative years. Essentially it is an everyman’s tale of growing up a BMXer in a world that even to this day doesn’t really understand BMX.
Name: John FosterAge: 28
Locations: St Neots
Sponsors/hook-ups: Billy's Cambridge, Drama clothing, Factionbikeco22, Valleysidedistro, Team Extreme.
The FAT FAVs list:
-Web video: Jamie Bestwick Levi's edit
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.