Bart de Jong
For those who are wondering where Nathan is at the moment, we'll let Nathan give the explanation:
"Right now, if anybody cares, I am sailing down through California into Mexico, I hope to pass the Panama Canal, and later return to Europe by boat."
Let's just hope he doesn't get lost in the Bermuda triangle.
Photo by Jos Wissink
The Spaniard usually brakes with one finger but switches to two when they don't work any good. The rim he ran in Czech was black but it was the only drilled rim that Fly had at the moment. Chrome works well but Fly is working on a new rim that should work good without being too blingbling. The crossing spokes is a way to make the wheels stronger and also the rim itself isn't that light. It's got thicker material to make them stronger, something that's needed to make up for the holes (that do save weight).
Sophisticated Rider is a magazine by the men above with all kinds of different "rider" sports like BMX, MX and Skateboarding. The funny thing is that me being almost 40 likes this magazine cause I like all kinds of riding but the "hardcore" BMX youth will pass the MX and SK8 articles and have to do it with a couple of pages with BMX.
This issue of SR has BMX'er Chris Doyle, Skateboarder Giorgio Zattoni, (B)(F)MX'er Ali Whitton, Snowboarder Andy Finch and FMX'er Nate Adams all interviewed with nice color pictures all over magazine. Jay Eggleston's article about his X-Games adventure is the best, he lost $ 1236.82 riding the X-games this year! Who thinks that they are all rich superstars are totally wrong!
Let me thank all the sponsors who have supported me from day one of the bmxinvasion bike battles:"Mad Dog" Chris Moeller S&M bikes, Abe Ford my team manager at Dans competition, Rob-o from Fit bike co., Sean Mckinney Revenge industries, Jim Wannamaker from Kenda usa, George from Knight bmx, Mike McCafferty Elite footwear/ecd, Ralph Sinisi Animal bikes and Marco Massei from Props Visuals. These underground contests are not possible without the support from these great guys and their companies .
Don't want to spend any more words, going to throw this CD in the thrashcan RIGHT NOW!
PdJ
Dirt
-1st Place “Sick Trick” (double flip) Vans Triple Crown contest -Utah
-Past X-Games & Gravity Games athlete
No, we didn’t pick up Cory Nastazio. Look again, it’s Lance Mosley straight outta Nashville. Whether it’s a contest at Venice Beach or a night on the town, Lance is for sure to bring his A-game.
Welcome to the team, Chris Gerber!
Dirt/Park
-9th Place overall in Dirt in the inaugural Dew Action Sports Tour
-Past X-Games athlete
-One of only a handful of riders pulling double whip flips.
Chris has been a silent shredder from Ft Wayne for years. But that is all about to change. With backing from SE to get to ALL of the contests, look for him to be in plenty more finals. He’s got more than a few tricks up his sleeves for ’06.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.
