Bart de Jong
Votes are in and here are your top five nominees for NORA Trail Rider Of The Year. Congrats Clint Reynolds, Cory Nastazio, Jay Hamilton, Nathan Hallahan, and Nathan Saunders!
Pro BMX legend DeMarcus Paul found a family and community through his chosen action sport.
Name: Tom Nerriere
Age: 21
Hometown: Montpellier, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FuriousProducts
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Grammont at Montpellier
-BMX video: FOX BMX - SCOTTY CRANMER - MADE FOR THIS
-Website/video: @tom.nerriere
-Travel destination: All the places where I can drive
-Riders to ride with: Especially with my twin brother Matthieu NERRIERE, but also with all my boys in France
Name: Anatole Rahain
Age: 24
Hometown: Caen, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: • Morex Custom • Fourpegs
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Ministère des économies et des finances - Paris
-BMX video: Fast forward - Alex Jumelin / Matthias Dandois in Hungary 2007
-Website: WeTransfer is the one I use the most actually!
-Web video: I really enjoy watching Fpv videos
-Food: Pokebowl
-Person on Instagram: @Flatbible
-Travel destination: Japan
-Riders to ride with: Everybody who's pushing hard and ride more than talking
-Car: Porsche Carrera GT
What started in 1987 as a street jam was continued at the Sugar Hills trails with the focus on riding dirt. In fact we did three street jams in Aarle-Rixtel before moving to De Valkendijk where the dirt spot has seen annual action for over 32 years now. Is the FATJAM the longest running annual BMX jam in the world? This past Saturday 3 September called for another one. The process remains the same; pick a date, make a flyer, tell people about the jam, and wait and see who turns up.
For the 2022 edition we added a 40-years EK Beek & Donk reunion. The Milky Way Open European Championships happened 40 years ago on our local BMX track in Beek & Donk a few miles from Aarle-Rixtel. If you wanted to talk oldskool BMX, the FATJAM was the place. Gerrit and Mieke Does, and Pieter Does made it to the jam early and first international visitor in 1982 Thomas Fritscher (GER) found his way back to Aarle-Rixtel as well. Former BMX photographer Christ Verhoeven and his son Gert showed up and contributed to the old stories as did Ans Vereijken, Tiny van Brug, André Duijmelink, Jan, Leo and Diny Leenders, Richard Waldt and Johan de Leeuw. Names who probably don't mean much to current BMX riders but were there when BMX was shaped. With 1982 EK Beek & Donk buttons and Milky Ways on the table the old stories came back instantly.
Add Frits van der Linden on the BBQ and a JBL producing songs and you'll get the idea where things were going with some cool Bavaria's being opened from time to time....
Votes are in and here are the top five nominees for NORA Cup 2022 Flatland Rider Of The Year. Congrat Alex Jumelin, Kio Hayakawa, Terry Adams, Yu Katagiri, and Yu Shoji!
Vans Canada have a hell of a stacked squad - shove 'em all in a van and you've got the ingredients to a killer recipe. Watch Mike Gray, Dillon Lloyd, Justin Hughes, Ryan Eles, Joel Fortin, Dean Hartley, and an injured Chijioke Okafo take on the streets of Ottawa.
King of Concrete 2022 / Entity BMX Shop
New video from Wethepeople AM Tom Weikert who is now riding for Cologne based bike shop The People's Store.
Results BMX Park C1 contest held at Skateland, Rotterdam on Sunday 4 September 2022.
Men Park:
1. Tom van den Bogaard
2. Zoltan Ujvary
3. Tom Clemens
4. Zoltan Kempf
5. Kornel Ficsor
6. Kristóf Krausz
7. Arjan Ellens
8. Gergö Zöld
9. Pim Scheers
10. Tibor Szepesi
11. Thomas Tohol
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.