Bart de Jong
The announcement of the Red Bull Bridge Master arrived pretty late. With only a few weeks before the event date, it was still unclear of what it was about. When the first drawings hit the internet, it started to look pretty interesting and with Red Bull behind it, you know it was going to be a crazy event. The starter list of invited riders looked like this: Ben Hennon UK, John Petit FR, Dimitri Ivanov FR, Tobias Wicke DE, Benny Paulsen DE, Hannu Cools BE, Greg van Tulder BE, Senad Grosic AU, Craig Stevens UK, Kye Forte UK, Sebastian Keep UK, Barry Kohne NL, Mark Vos NL, Michael van der Lee NL, Daniel Wijsmuller NL, Bas Brouwer NL, Pim van den Bos NL and Bjorn Mager DE. Not too shabby, especially for Dutch standards. The day previous to the comp was a hot one. I wore a T-shirt and shorts for the first time of the year and with the event being on the water, I was expecting a good time. The organization had asked people to come over by boat to watch the contest which was taking place on top of the Magere Brug, a historical bridge in Amsterdam.
Age: 23
Hometown: Las Vegas, NV
You're doing a bit of everything. Do you feel racing helps your park and dirt riding and riding park/dirt benefits your racing?
Nate: I guess they kinda work together, racing helps my other riding in times when you only have a short runway or you need more speed, and riding park and dirt makes a bmx track way more simple than they already are.
There are not too many riders who have done both. Who come to mind as overall riders?
Nate: Definitely Brian Foster, he was my hero as a younger rider. Robbie Miranda also does both racing and jumping. There aren't very many riders that can be competitive at both, racing takes a lot of strength training and dirt jumping takes a lot of balls. I just try to give it my all at everything I do.
Long gone are the times when the only people who had tattoos were sailors (anchor on the lower arm), guys who loved mom (I - hart - Mom) and people with jail tattoos. It's not only guys either who get some ink these days. Do you have any tats and are they BMX related? That's the question of this month's FATBMX poll:BMX tattoos
a) Got one
b) Got tattoos but non BMX related
c) No thanks
Vote by going to the poll in the right column.
Here are the results of the latest poll:
Where do you check FATBMX.com?
Age: 25
Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
What's your sponsor situation like at the moment?
Chris Doyle: I ride for DK bicycles, DC shoes, Pro-Tec Helmets, Square One, Bicycle Union, Maxxis tires, and Sun Rims
You've been loyal to your sponsors, can you explain why you're like that?
Chris Doyle: Well, it's a two way street. I have a good relationship with all of my sponsors, but as we all know, good relationships take time and patience. All of my sponsors have put a great deal of faith in me over the years and shown alot of loyalty towards me... It's only appropriate that I show them the same kind of support that they've shown me. I'm not one of those pros that's always on the prowl for the bbd (bigger, better, deal). I think it's better to have a relationship with my sponsors that is based on trust... not money.
Elite Men - 1 Robert De Wilde (Holland!) 2 Javier Colombo 3 Matt Pohlkamp 4 Jason Rogers 5 Tyler Brown 6 Donny Robinson 7 Derek Betcher 8 Greg Romero
Elite/Junior Women - 1 Samantha Cools 2 Krystal Hime 3 Amanda Geving 4 Kelly Hutto 5 Madison Pitts 6 Jana Horakova 7 Kim Hayashi 8 Toni Rude
Junior Men - 1 Joey Bradford 2 Phil Delizia 3 James Cartwright 4 Britt Harrison 5 Edzus Treimanis 6 Toms Mankus 7 Eric Soletzky 8 Michael Dubeau
NBL Elite Series Race
Elite Men - 1 Donny Robinson 2 Robert De Wilde (hup Holland hup!) 3 Jarrett Kolich 4 Matt Pohlkamp 5 Javier Colombo 6 Tyler Brown 7 Ivo Lakucs 8 Arturs Matisons
Elite Women - 1 Amanda Geving 2 Jana Horakova 3 Samantha Cools 4 Madison Pitts 5 Kim Hayashi 6 Ashley Ross 7 Kelly Hutto 8 Ashley Edstrand
Name: Travis PostanyAge: 21
Hometown: Pearland, TX ., USA
What do you do on your bike?
Travis Postany: Whatever comes in to my head is what I do or what I try on my bike
Favorite spots?
Travis Postany: 9th Street trails in Austin TX, Dirt-Wood Skate Park in Houston TX.
Plan of attack?
Travis Postany: Not being afraid to try anything and go for everything I can think of.
Date Event Location
17-18-June ASWT Richmond, VA
14-15-July LG Action Sports World Tour Amsterdam, NED
29-30-July LG Action Sports World Tour (in conjunction with NASS) TBD, UK
12-13-Aug Action Sports World Tour Miami, FL
26-27-Aug LG Action Sports World Tour Berlin, GER
Vult 456 takes you all over the USA and has a strong portion of transitioned street/park riding in it. It's different from Animal's "All Day" street riding where they ride at night and keep it rough in the NYC cold. 4,5,6 has flow to it and the Californian palm trees in the background of the concrete parks makes you want to pack your bags and go there. There's actually a fair bit of trails riding in the video too but no vert or flatland. You gotta look elsewhere if you're into that.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.
