Bart de Jong
Das Leben ist hart und ungerecht! Das musste im vergangenen Herbst auch The Medialist erfahren, als ihm sein Kamerarucksack unter der Nase weggeklaut wurde, inklusive der Aufnahmen vom Halloween Jam 2021 in der Gleis D Skatehalle.
The first double issue of FAT-'zine. With 88 pages it was also twice the size of most 'zines back in the day. Issue 13+14 featured over 150 photos. The quality was terrible but at least it brought the message across. The typewriter was still doing its job but the ink ribbon was fading. I loved freshly new ink ribbons as it also had a white line up top that you could use to correct the typos. But more than once the machine got stuck behind a photo and the letter didn't line up correctly and you had to bring out the Tipp-Ex to change things. It was horrible compared to the computers we use today.
FAT-'zine was getting a structure with an editorial, contents page, news section, staff list, RAD-Lame section etc. and the double issue had the following features: Lageja contest, Freestyle contest in wherever, Bart & Martijn Deijkers interview, free VANS sticker, Kees Lemmens interview, Phantasialand report where some American riders were doing shows, Incertitude concert review, 8th Muenster Mastership report, Albert Retey interview, Amsterdam skate trip, Tropica and StokeBros write-ups, Rene Hofman interview, Trier/Kenn freestyle contest (1989) where we stayed in the concrete pipes, second FAT-JAM report where the FIAT 127 got thrashed, Andreas Althaus interview, we went to Spain to do a demo with David Quesada in San Sebastian and the ETA got loose.
Sean Coons did a comic and we already had stuff lined up for the next issue.
Check back next week for issue 15 but first flip through the double issue page by page:
Results Backyard Jam 2022 stop 1 Asylum
Park Men Finals
1) Declan Brooks
2) James Jones
3) Jack Watts
4) Kaine Mitchell
5) Jack Clark
6) Dylan Hessey
7) Ash Finlay
8) Tom Russell
9) Ben Towle
Dan Kruk…The hard 540 king brings us another hitter properly displaying his deep bag of tricks and some infamous So-Cal spots. Hit play and try to wrap your head around some of these combos. They ain't safe.
Nitro Circus stops in at Port Macquarie, New South Wales for the 5th stop of the 2022 Australia tour! We get another go at the Contraptions Best Trick and Harley Allen stomps the Backflip on the reclining chair!
Searching for Bisseker by James White
Great Northwest Nationals. First Interstate Bank Center. Redmond, Oregon, USA. By USABMX
Pro Open results Friday:
1) JACOB PEEBLES 31 1 ROCKLIN CA 10126632 916 NC
2) MAKIEVA HOPSON 24 2 NORTH LAS VEGAS NV IMPACT BMX RACING 16800278 38 NAT
3) JEFF UPSHAW 34 3 NAMPA ID DRIVEN. CYCLING ACADEMY 10126439 937 UCI
4) TRENTON MOORE 20 4 PORT ORCHARD WA 03413243 243
5) JAKE ROBERTS 17 5 FLORENCE OR 12590826 826
Pro Open results Saturday:
1 TRENTON MOORE, PORT ORCHARD, WA
2 JEFFERY UPSHAW, DRIVEN. CYCLING ACADEMY, NAMPA, ID
3 MAKIEVA (THE HULK) HOPSON, IMPACT BMX RACING, NORTH LAS VEGAS, NV
Oceania Continental Championships, Sleeman, Brisbane Australia - Date 8/04/2022
UCI BMX Race - MEN ELITE:
1. Bodi TURNER, AUS 300 UCI points
2. Matt KRASEVSKIS, AUS 258
3. Max CAIRNS, AUS 222
4. Andrew HUGHES, AUS 191
5. Bradley GAME, AUS 164
The day after the Mini FATJAM, or better, the Mini FATJAM afterparty at OJA, the day starts too early no matter what time you wake up first. Basically the day is a waste trying to recover from the long day and night that ends with a few drinks (too many). Now that events are back on the calendar it will also lead to multiple events happening at the same time. On the weekend of 2/3 April the Ultimate X took place in South Africa, Swamfest got wild in Florida, UEC racing was going on in Verona, Italy and also the Mini FATJAM took place. Next to that the annual Oldskool gathering put on by Marcel van de Hurk also draws BMX-ers from all corners and so harm van Brussel showed up straight from a BMX race in Nuland (making it BMX event number 6 on the same weekend). Two years of no events because of the pandemic with QR codes, mouth masks, social distancing, vaccinations, and now 6 on one weekend and actually, we like it like that.
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