Bart de Jong
The Pool was more than a BMX comp, it was one of the most extra- ordinary gatherings of the BMX community this century. From the draining of a soon to be demolished local authority swimming pool in Dagenham, East London into a world class park in less than two weeks was a feat in itself, but to see the diversity and level or riding on display at the launch event was truly remarkable. 40 international street destroyers, non comp riders, veterans and park animals with a brand new team format . -Winning Team: Dennis Enarson, Chad Kerley, Josh Harrington and Jeremiah Smith
-Best Line: (Awarded to Ruben’s team) Ruben Alcantara, Kevin Kalkoff, Sergio Layos, and Tom Dugan
-Best Rider: (Rider’s choice) Dennis Enarson
-Best Trick: Brian Foster - Gap to curved wallride out of the deep end
We are very excited to announce that Sidewall Distribution will be the USA distributor for Urban Kreation Clothing. Cuts, scrapes, grazes and ripped jeans are now a thing of the past. Urban Kreation Clothing offers jeans that are made to stand the test from falls and crashes. Urban Kreation Clothing has put some high tech material in to clothing that will protect your jeans from ripping but also saves 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.