Bart de Jong
Matt Pingel was a big contributor of FAT and to show our love to him we gave him the cover of number 27. You must have heard of Jerry Galley too. He's on page 2 shredding the ramp in Dennis' backyard. We got a free STD foundation sticker on page 4. Six pages of BMX news and another freesticker (Big Boy).
Thomas and Moni Stellwag get an interview. Greg Higgins contributed some art. Wow, another sticker: Mutation.
We did a report on some SoCal trails: Honda Hills, Mission Trails, 6th Street, Hoover and Dover. RAD-LAME. Did you make it on the list?
Backyard Jam 1993: Tom Lunch, Keith Treanor, Aju, Steve Geall, Grotbags, Congo, Grace and the Maddog. The mag interviews were with Brad McDonald (sitting in his "office"), a flatlanding Mark Losey, seatless Hal Brindley and going backwards James Hudson.
The Lord (Dave Voelker) gets an interview on page 45. Nico Does gets the Bizznizz interview that starts on page 50.
I went to China for some demos. Crazy but good times. Read the report.
Ronnie Farmer on the cover, yeehaaw. While in San Diego we rode Mission Trails on a daily basis with the Dirt Brothers. Ronnie Farmer was one of them. He was born in East SD and the Dirtbrothers house was on the edge of that shady area. We have not heard from Ronnie in a while an really hope he is doing well. He sure knew how to stretch them no-footed cancans. Internet sites did not bring the news back in the day, FAT-'zine did. The Believe it, or Not!? section is huge, full of news.
We traveled to Phoenix for a Bicycle Stunt contest in our 1970 Buick Estate Wagon which had a 454 engine and was hella fast. We made it over there too.
Ronnie Farmer gets a full on interview in FAT-'zine. Maybe the only interview he has ever had. Read it.
We were doing Magazine reviews in issue 26 with Matt Pingel (BMX Freestyle magazine-Germany), Mark Noble (RIDE BMX magazine) and Vincent "Le Chien" Ranchoux of Tracks BMX Power mag (France).
Todd Lyons scored an interview which starts on page 43. We went to an NBL national in Las Vegas with the S&M crew. Jean Paul Rogers was selling RIDE BMX magazines for some extra income at the race.
Mongoose provided the free sticker and I also went to England and checked in with a contest at the
Man, this issue is bringing back some more good memories. One of my favorite contests of all time was the World's in Budapest, Hungary. I could go on an on about it but you just check out issue #25 and read the party-part about it.
Sheps actually gets the contents page doing a nosepick with front brake. Only poor bastards that could not afford a front brake did toe jams at that time (Jon Taylor?).
When we went to the USA and there were no jams anywhere, we organized one ourselves. At Mission Trails. The Boost jam was born. We went to the KOC in Markus' van and had a blast.
From there I got a ride with Kay Clauberg in his VW Golf (4 people, 4 bikes) and we visited Tim Ruck's area (raced at Exeter's BMX track) and then went to the Rider Cup in London. More good times. Also did a trip to Malaga after the World's. Man, no worry in the world at that time.
What else can you expect this week? A Mat Hoffman interview. We are talking 1992 so keep that in mind when you read it.
Kai Uwe Lohff got an interview, we went to the Münster Monster Masterships in Germany, there's a report about a GT show in the USA, we went to a freestyle contest in Belgium, and wrapped up issue 25
Yesterday was BMX Day in downtown San Diego held by Our BMX!
Bikers Base team rider Jannik Raykowski spent five days in Berlin recently. Here are some clips he filmed at some of the skateparks he rode during his stay. Enjoy!
The homie Beermx and his buddy Phillip hit the road for some good times in Switzerland and Italy. Check it out!
Chill highlights from the Catty Woods Independence Day Jam.
This man can't be stopped! Grant Yoobie with yet another gem, this time for Dead Bread.
Name: Aaron Haywood
Age: 25
Hometown: Manchester, England
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Still pending…
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Has to be Graystone action sports as it’s literally a minute away from my apartment although junction4 with their new warehouse is insane!
-BMX video: Drew banzanson joyride 150 still bangs to this day
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: Harry Mainia 1 & 2
-Food: Chicken wraps or pizza
Name: Guntis Atmats
Age: 25
Hometown: Liepāja, Latvia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Rave Team
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Rave Team indoor
-BMX video: Monster Army`s Play contest highlights
-Website: fatbmx.com to follow all the BMX related things
-Web video: Brock Horneman's Twenty14 edit
-Food: Definitly pizza
-Person on Instagram: @cobratate
-Travel destination: Barcelona
-Riders to ride with: Rave Team teammates
-Car: BMW for life
-Movie: Fast and Furious 2
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.