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Sometimes a rider comes along who just flat out rips, Antonio is such a rider. If you know who he is, you know how good he is, and if you don't know, well check this video out...
Name: Matt Drew
Age: 33
Hometown: Waterdown ON, Canada
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Station BMX shop and I get some flow from Vans
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: All time would have to be the Taylor Texas park but for local I’d have to go with Waterdown park.
-BMX video: Criminal Mischief
-Website: Instagram? Haha
-Web video: Drew Bezanson vs Joyride 150
-Food: The chicken and rice spot with the boys
-Person on Instagram: Any midschool guys
-Travel destination: Anywhere warmer than Canada
-Riders to ride with: All the local homies. Jesse, Ryan, Adam, Cole, Zeb, BMXfu boys
Monster Energy Is Ready to Bring the Stoke to Japan with Its Team of the World’s Best Competing Athletes
X Games goes to Japan! The world’s biggest showcase in action sports is making its debut in Japan in a few days. Monster Energy, the official energy drink partner of X Games, is proud to bring some of the world’s biggest names in competitive BMX, motocross, and skateboarding to X Games Chiba 2022. The inaugural event will welcome the best in action sports from April 22-24, 2022. X Games Chiba 2022 marks the 64th edition of X Games since the event’s inception in 1995. For three action-packed days, ZOZO Marine Stadium on Tokyo Bay will be the center of the action sports world with a capacity for 30,000 spectators. For a distinctly Japanese flavor, the event will feature Park and Street course designs inspired by origami artwork to celebrate the host country.
More than 105 athletes from 18 countries will compete for a total of 30 medals awarded in 10 competitions across three sports. Athletic performances will be supplemented by a cultural festival experience, art installations, and musical performances by the likes of Japanese rock band Man with a Mission, who also supplied the official theme song for X Games Chiba 2022.
Once again, the invite-only event is reserved for the best of the best, meaning multiple-time X Games medalists and highly competitive newcomers. As the official drink sponsor of X Games, Monster Energy is looking forward to bringing the heat to Japan with its team of athletes and defending gold medalists in the following key events:
Trips are better with Dan Banks on them - fact (unless you have to sleep next to his incessant snoring). Last year we joined the Wethepeople UK squad for the first trip since the dreaded rona, and needless to say everyone was beyond hyped to be back on the road again. We decided to focus the camera on Dan for the day and what we came back with was poop chat, crashes, and a whole lot of jibberish.
Everything from the 2022 Chenga 2 Contest in Cleveland Ohio.
Flordeah’s Swampfest is one of the wildest BMX events in the world. I went to Florida to capture the craziness of it all and met my Swamp family along the way.
In recent weeks our new BMX racer, Sylvain André took part in two rounds of the US National Series where the best riders in the world met to compete again. In his first races of the season in Houston and Rock Hill, he reached the podium and won a final round!
Justin, Mitchel and I drove from Sarrians to Verona. We had a solid week of training and fun! Part 2 will be online soon.
Fids is one of the bigger UK names from 90s BMX to present day. He’s pretty much done it all.
USA Cycling and Woodward - a global experiential action sports company - create a pathway for riders of all abilities with their new partnership lasting through 2028. From beginner BMX riders all the way up to Team USA, this partnership provides a constant platform for learning and progressing year-round. In addition to hosting the USA Cycling BMX Freestyle Nationals Championships and the USA Cycling Olympic Development Academy, Woodward becomes the official training facility and sponsor to the BMX Freestyle National Team.
“This partnership between Woodward and USA Cycling furthers my commitment to coach and support U.S. BMX athletes and encourage riders of all ages and abilities to pursue their dreams,” said
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.