Bart de Jong
Robinson had a bit of a scare in Saturday morning practice.
Age: 24
Hometown: Greenville, NC
-You changing sponsors from S&M to HARO came as a surprise for some. How did it materialize?
Rob: Pretty much just got a call one day from Tony D asking me if I had anything going on for next year. He called me back a few days later telling me what he could do and it sounded good. I've always stayed with Haro guys at all the comps, couch surfing. We're all really good friends and live in the same town. I just thought how good it will be to travel the world with your best friends. Now I have a chance to do that, so I went for it. Don't get me wrong, S&M was great!! But Sometimes change is good.
-You've been around for quite a few years now, what have been your biggest results?
Park managers Vladdie de Koning and Rolf Blenk were cruising around the park on their bikes. It helps when skatepark managers are BMX riders; bikes allowed. Thomas "Pop up" Ruissen was doing manual to barspins and manuals to crankflips and also did turndowns over the little jump box.
The Ratty Fest takes place at the [url=http://www.4seasonssk8park.com]4 Seasons Skatepark[/url] in Milwaukee, WI. USA and the main sponsors are Vult, DK, FlyBikes, UGP, Empire and Dig.
The DIGBMX magazine photo gallery will be in place too.
Sounds like a good time.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.
