On October 30th 2022, a historical BMX Flatland event took place in Saitama, Japan. Not only did the men's class benefit from an all expenses paid trip to Japan and have the highest purse in history for the second time at 10 million yen ( approx 68000 USD) for 1st place , but also women's class benefited from a large purse and an all expenses paid trip to Japan to compete. The women's class held 6 girls coming from 4 countries.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.