Bart de Jong
Last name: Jaspers, Martijn (Netherlands)
Last beer you drank: Budweiser in Huntington
Last holeshot you got: Not really my specialty, must be in practice last week in Papendal
Last package you received from a sponsor: All spare parts for my GT bicycle and Alpinestars clothes
Last time you hit up the trails: some weeks ago
Last time you scared yourself jumping a big double: Berm jump London
Last trails spot you rode: Sheephills
Last advice you got from your coach: I’m my own coach and talk to myself all the time, must be something to keep busy with just myself
Tickets for the world’s most progressive BMX contest, Red Bull Empire of Dirt, will today go on sale at redbull.co.uk/empireofdirt. Priced at just £5 per day, this is a fantastic opportunity to see the world’s best BMX riders taking on the huge course that will be built at London’s Alexandra Palace for the competition. 36 riders will compete on Saturday 19th May to win one of 16 places in the final rounds which will take place on Sunday 20th May.
Last weekend was motocross weekend. The first race of the 2012 GP season took place in Valkenswaard, only 40 minutes from here. I've been a motocross fan since I was a kid so there's no passing up the first Grand Prix race of the season where everyone brings out the new bikes, their new gear and the new trucks. This year we even saw some more umbrella girls and it's a good thing they were there, because it rained on Sunday afternoon. It was a full easter weekend of racing with the girls and MX3 class added to the GP weekend.
Last name: De Vecchi, Manuel (ITALY)
Last flight you took: This morning to Copenhagen, going to Norway for the 2nd round of BMX supercross 2012
Last time you scared yourself jumping a big double: Papendal 2011 because of the strong wind!
Last stupid idea you had: to try to eat a vitamin pill, not swallowing but chewing it..... The worst thing I've ever tried!
As if this little mag made it to 43 issues. So to celebrate this momentous and hella significant milestone, we pulled what we think is our best issue yet together. The split cover features Mikey McMah and Josh Kathigitis shredding one of the many pools being cleaned up in drought stricken South Australia. Read more about that in the feature spread from Dave Rubinich. We sit down with one of the most positive riders in the history of BMX; Kyle Baldock, hit up the Farm Jam, Cams’ Jam and Red Bull’s Roast It dirt festivals and take a little look inside Fit Bike Co’s Australian connection.
Plus 2020BMX magazine goes deep with Joe Rich on the creative process and take a look at Mitch Morison’s summer through his lens. And of course we’ve got a stack of gear to giveaway from Division, LKI, United, Armourdillo and tickets to Newtons Nation.
2020v43 hits Australian and New Zealand bikes shops and news agents in the first week of April 2012 and world wide
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.