Bart de Jong
Vans, the original action sports footwear and apparel brand readies for the harsher seasons ahead with an updated collection of Mountain Edition footwear and apparel. Designed for the elements, the Vans Mountain Edition collection returns for fall with a selection of revamped Classics silhouettes, featuring Scotchgard®-coated uppers, warm linings and a heat retention layer between sockliner and outsole. In addition to the footwear program, Men’s Apparel presents an updated range of weather-treated outerwear just in time for the cold winter months.
It's not easy to put on events of a bigger size but it was Martijn Vroemen's goal to make this one happen. And not somewhere in an empty field, no, in the middle of Den Haag, one of the bigger cities in The Netherlands. With sports such as snowboarding, ski, wakeboarding, skateboarding, MTB and BMX on the program, it almost felt like a smaller version of the FISE, but then in our home country. It felt nice to just walk to the train station and get to an event that way. Two hours later I walked the five minutes from central station to the event site and checked into the hotel which was right next to the Spui Plein where the BMX, skateboard, Ski, MTB and Snowboard events took place. I even had a room with a window that overlooked the course which was handy because you could keep an eye out for the activities that were happening at a certain moment.
The weather leading up to the weekend hadn't been great. it actually sucked. Getting the park/street course and dirt jumps done in time was a challenge. The landings of the dirt jumps were
UEC BMX European Cup #8 - UEC BMX European Cup - Round 8
Elite Men:
1 David GRAF SUI 26 50 50
2 Renaud BLANC SUI 24 45 45
3 Niels BENSINK NED 19 40 40
4 Joris HARMSEN NED 23 35 35
5 Edzus TREIMANIS LAT 27 30 30
6 Kristens KRIGERS LAT 19 28 28
7 Jordy VAN DER HEIJDEN NED 27 26 26
8 Simon MARQUART SUI 19 24 24
Elite Women:
1 Elke VANHOOF BEL 24 50 50
2 Laura SMULDERS NED 22 45 45
3 Sandra ALEKSEJEVA LAT 24 40 40
4 Abbie TAYLOR GBR 22 35 35
5 Lieke KLAUS NED 26 30 30
6 Nadja PRIES GER 21 28 28
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.