Bart de Jong
NYC EASTSIDE RIVER BMX RIDEOUT ft Tyrone Williams, Stephon Fung, Miguel B & more | by LIFE BEHIND GRIPS
A fun and chill NYC Eastside River BMX Rideout with Tyrone Williams, Stephon Fung, The Homie Miguel B, Official SZN & Jean!
Thanks to everyone who organised and donated to this event, it was a great day and an even better cause. Massive shout out to all the riders that came out and killed it. Rest In Peace Ash, your an inspiration and your impact on Bendigo's BMX scene will live on!
The Mandurah Mazda Action Sports Games (MASG) presented by Drug Aware, will go ahead as planned at Hall Park and Mandjar Bay on the picturesque western foreshore of Mandurah, Western Australia in March 2022. The Mandurah Action Sports Games combines Wakeboarding, Skateboarding, BMX Freestyle, Scooter, and the Apex Imaging Freestyle Motocross (FMX) demonstrations and athletes will be competing for an overall combined prize pool of over $20,000 in cash and prizes.
Due to current COVID border restrictions, the event’s focus will be to attract the best Western Australian action sports stars to Mandurah. Mandurah has stunning beaches and pristine inland waterways making it the perfect location for this world class action sports event.
Name: Pasha Kapitan
Age: 26
Hometown: VINNYTSIA / UKRAINE
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Favorite spot in the hometown of "KNIZHKA", I really like the monument to Gongadze in Kiev and the Opera House in Kharkiv
-BMX video: CREMICH CREW - A LA CARTE, HHX - Зеппинг, БНДТ - Последнее слово, DEADLINE, VOICES and more...
Issue 4 of FAT-'zine is more of a skate issue. BMX Freestyle was at an all time low so we did some fun things next to it. It kept us on the streets and the ramps that we had placed at the end of the street could be used for everything. It was the time when we did shows with the Town & Country crew. Bert, a T&C distributor was a crazy guy who organized demos for us at some of his dealers. We loaded up the ramps, did some demos and received dinner at the local snackbar in return. When one shop did not want to give us the gas money or some decent food, it was time to do some anti-promotion. Charlie Sport sucks! Haha, funny shit.
Vert ramps were hard to find back then but we found one in Rotterdam. The hiphop concert review of issue 4 is from the Stetsasonic concert at De Effenaar in Eindhoven.
A free sticker came from Seaflex again Charlie Sport did make it on the Lame side of the RAD-LAME list (of course).
We had an interview with Dave Vanderspek and mini interviews with Elger Blitz and Dan Archer. Find a photo of Bart doing a cancan on a scooter wearing pink Oakley blades, pink/blue T&C pants and a pink T&C backback and win nothing.
Sniper Frans Swinkels was getting rad on his Zorlac representing Vision Streetwear in 1988 and
Stepping into the Elite racing world is not an easy task. The boys are fast! HARO's Anthony Bucardo has found out. Getting injured during the process of getting competitive isn't ideal, but Yungshibby is back and willing to work his ass off to battle up front. It's a step by step process as usual. See how Anthony Bucardo prepared for 2022.
Name: Anthony Bucardo
Age: 23
Hometown: San Diego, USA
Sponsors: Haro, Fly, Restorative cbd, Tangent, Duo brand, Team C, Ryno power, Bombshell rims.
2021 UEC European BMX Elite Champion and current leader of the UCI ranking Arthur Pilard had a great year but staying on the top is harder than getting there some say. With a new bike, the loss of the mental coach and many athletes trying to take his leading position, 2022 is not going to be an easy cruise for the Frenchman. Arthur is prepared for what's to come. Check his 2022 prep interview below.
Name: PILARD Arthur
Age: 26 years old
City of origin: SQY, France
Sponsors: INSPYRE / PRIDE RACING / SAINT-BRIEUC BMX / SPORT RAD DISTRIBUTION / GFORM / XFORCE / VEE TIRE / OGIO / BACQUER / AU FIL DES ROUTES
Did 2021 turn out as you wished?
Arthur Pilard: Yes, even better! I had an incredible 2021 season, I learned a lot during this year.
With the beginning of the new year, are you still looking to become a faster rider?
Arthur Pilard: This year with my coach we will try new things, work on my faults and do some races.
Name: Soma Paulheim
Age: Prob.when u will post it I will be 32
Hometown: Halásztelek, Hungary
Hook-ups/Sponsors: The one and only Strtlf
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Rails
-BMX video: Markit0, Still United, Deadline
-Web video: Cultcrew / Callan Stib
-Food: Literally everything, pasta with a bunch of meat
-Person on Instagram: @lookatthisrussian
-Travel destination: Norway
-Riders to ride with: Crew, Erik Testdal
-Car: Audi A4, supporting the German Gdp
-Movie: Christine, Scary Movie 1-2-3-4
-Colour: Blueboy
-Shoes: Vans Chukka
-Bike company: S&M, Odyssey for the big ass bars they manufacturing
The National Velodrome launches its new BMX PROSERIES label powered by USPROBIKES and announces the first big date of March 26, 2022 at the National BMX Stadium!
A portion of the Urodi crew made a new full-length video. Lots of rugged Eastern European terrain; you already know it's entertaining. Filmed in The Ukraine 2020-2021, with Danik Beznosiuk, Denis Anushenko, Pasha Kapitan, Nazariy Chorniy, Maksim Maslenikov, Kirill Korolyov, Alexey Grigorenko, Misha Kozak, Artem Skorohodko, Max Kravchenko, Maksim Korol, Vova Krasukov, Andrey Taraban, Bogdan Lalka, Ruslan Paneyko, Dima Chudnovskiy, Kolya Cheplyaka, Denis Joiner, and more.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.