Bart de Jong
MY 2021 sessions at Belmonte and Malaga with Alexandre Fermon.
In the darkness of my garage, the outline of an old familiar friend brings a collection of memories to the forefront of my mind. “Four years,” I mutter, as the sight of its two flat tires instills an unexpected sadness over me. My finger draws a line through the dust on the cross bar until finding the pair of Shadow Conspiracy grips. “How has it been four years?” Freedom, the road, friendship, empty wallets, and moments of agony, all now collecting cobwebs under the cover of a bulbless light. Whether it was out of curiosity or the guilt of bad ownership, I lifted my bike from the pile of lawnmower bits, fishing rods, and gardening utensils and gave it some TLC. With its spokes tightened, tiers pumped up, cranks and stem bolts checked, I decided to ride up the street -
Eleven-year-old, Japanese shredder, Kairi Yamada, rides with style way beyond his years. The kid has so much swag that the Van Homan took it upon himself to hit us up this time last year (while based in Tokyo working on the 2020 Olympics), to tell us about a young kid who was crushin' the Bashi Burger ramps... and the rest is history.
Name: Jeremy Golden (Goldie)
Hometown: Raised in SoCal made the move to AZ in 2001
Started riding BMX in: Started in 1984
Number of bikes in the collection: 12 completes, almost enough parts for 6 more.
Do you remember the moment that you decided to start collecting BMX memorabilia?
Jeremy Golden: I started collecting right around 2004. I built my Hawk f-20 that I had since the end of 91 for my son to ride and after he was done riding it there was a few parts missing and I wanted to build it back up. I then realized there was a collector’s market when searching for parts and that spurred my desire to search for the other bikes I was enamored by as a kid.
From humble beginnings to BMX royalty, Brad's story is something to admire. He’s had some major setbacks and continues to push through it all. I don’t think people realize how much work and dedication he puts into his craft.
Pro results Sunshine State Nationals. Friday 14 January 2022.
Elite Women:
1) ASHLEY VERHAGEN 30 1 PHOENIX AZ 10126538 121 UCI
2) MCKENZIE GAYHEART 19 2 FORT WHITE FL 19010197 33 NC
3) OLIVIA ARMSTRONG 21 3 BEND OR 09020620 54 NC
4) LEXIS COLBY 19 4 PHOENIX AZ GORDYS BICYCLES 17890287 256 NC
5) DALENY VAUGHN 20 5 TUCSON AZ DK BIKES 13061288 880 NC
6) PAYTON RIDENOUR 19 6 POTTSTOWN PA MONGOOSE BICYCLES 02572234 252 UCI
7) SAYA SAKAKIBARA 22 7 HELENSBURGH NSW 90001430 88 UCI
8) FELICIA STANCIL 26 8 INDIANAPOLIS IN 18670183 1 NAT
Elite Men:
1) JOSHUA MCLEAN 23 1 PALM HARBOR FL 90001468 2 NAT
2) CORBEN SHARRAH 29 2 TUCSON AZ DAYLIGHT 13061389 24 UCI
3) NIEK KIMMANN 25 3 HETEREN 90007455 1 UCI
4) CAMERON WOOD 20 4 PEORIA AZ MONGOOSE BICYCLES 10300215 8
2022 USA BMX Sunshine State Nationals PreRace. We're live from West Palm Beach, Florida!
Behind the scenes look with Corey Walsh, Kris Fox and Matt Cordova during their Vans "Live Fast" excursion to ride some epic terrain in the woods of Ohio.
In celebration of Profile Racing's 50th anniversary, owner and founder, Jim Alley, invites us into the company's original Florida location where some sections of this dark and dusty industrial cave have been sealed off since 2004.
Die Party geht weiter, denn auch in der dritten Singleauskopplung von "Dirtycat 3" lautet das Motto #bmxisfun!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.