Bart de Jong
To say we've been through the good and bad times with BMX is fair. Anyone who has put on 30 BMX events in a row can agree to that. What's the current state then? Although we've put in attempts to stop doing the FATJAMs at the Sugar Hills it simply is impossible to stop. The joy it brings to the younger riders and the good times had by park and street riders shredding on dirt twice a year have made us decide that the 31st edition of the FATJAM will happen on August 24th 2019. To score financial support from the local council we might name it a different way as events only get support in the first three years it is being organized. FATJAM 2.0 or MAJTAF 2019, or whatever we come up with, the next version will be off the hook and everyone is welcome at the Sugar Hills just like in the past 30 years. Support from sponsors and people willing to help out is appreciated so get in touch if you want to be part of the new style FATJAM Festival on 24 August to make it the best one ever.
For sure the 30th edition was a good one. The weather, man, we were lucky. Riding in a T-shirt and shorts was possible and Mark Vos would have ridden shirtless all day. The chilling on the field next to the trails was raised to an other level with people bringing their drinks, enjoying the BBQ by Fritskemaat and simply catching up while the music was pointed towards the trails for riders to enjoy. The cool thing about the Mini FATJAM is that riders between 5 and (uhh) 50 meet up on the starting hill and pick different lines to try out. Those courageous enough will attempt the Killer Jump. There was not a minute that the trails were not occupied and around 16:00hr Paul got on the microphone to give out the sponsor
Made for Mutiny Bikes. Has been on the you tube for the last 2.5 years. Lots of good times had! Uploaded to my vimeo profile because it makes sense to have my full length edits on my vimeo page.
Made for a splendid bycicle and fun promoter in 2015. We spent the weekend down the trails literally. We may have been slightly inebriated, the out come was this madness.Uploaded to my vimeo profile because it makes sense to have my full length edits on my vimeo page.
Les sessions hivernales 2018/2019 du mercredi soir à darwin sont finies , à l'année prochaine!
Midwest Oldschool BMX Show &Swap | Had some fun checking out these old school gems in this years 15th annual bike show.
Panie i Panowie! Mamy zaszczyt zaprosić Państwa na edit naszego team ridera - Jaromira Stromskiego! Jaro wraz z jednym z najlepszych polskich bmxowych kamerzystów - Mikołajem Mazierskim - spędzili całe lato podróżując po Polsce, żeby znaleźć najlepsze miejscówki do jazdy. W pogoni za swoimi ambicjami chłopaki dali z siebie 110% aby wejść na szczyty swoich możliwości i stworzyć ten edit.
This was one of the earlier clips we filmed for Dean Anderson's "No Holding Back" video part and it was the first time he'd tried a fakie frontie. He took a few hits up this bowl was perfect for it.
The UK's Kris Bunnage with 9 months of Euro clippage (for legendary UK BMX store Custom Riders), from London, Milton Keynes, Peterborough, Berlin, Barcelona, Huntingdon, Bristol, and Bedford.
A summer getaway for the (then) Pro team in the northeast. Shot between Niagara Falls.
Dom Phipps has finished the 2nd edition of The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement book and sent over a bunch of information on the launch party, how to order the book and what is included in the latest version. A must have for the Oldskool BMX fans we'd say.
The US Book launch for the 2nd Edition of The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement is held in San Diego at the 10 Barrel Brewing pub location in east village on May 25th. This 350-page oral history book, with 109 contributors, and hundreds of previously unseen images, tracks the metoeric rise of BMX Freestyle in the late '70s and through the 1980s. Come and join us at our event sponsors and host - 10 Barrel Brewing - to celebrate the launch of this great record of freestyle history.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.