FATBMX Your Online BMX News Resource Since 1998

God loves BMX – at least the one that’s in charge of the weather at the Suzuki-BMXMasters. Under Cologne’s burning sun riders were showing incredible tricks, and pushed the temperature of themselves and the crowd.
Steet Pro Qualification
Dry weather and an amazing sun – perfect conditions for the Pro Street Qualification. More than 70 international competitors were going for Sunday’s finals. Taj Mihelich (USA) ripped the spot with end-to-end

The first day of the Suzuki BMXMasters has already broken all records. A mixture of clouds and sun guaranteed perfect conditions for very extreme BMX action. The highest starter numbers in the history of the masters are extreme as well. Some of the more than 500 riders took it easy during the first day and tested this year's extraordinary dirt and street tracks. Some others already showed their best to qualify for their finals. The girl qualification has to take place on Saturday before the finals because over 120 experts

We have not hit up the official parties yet at the BMX Masters. The Holland House is set up underneath the Zoo bridge and it has been a good time every night. People are asking about the Zoo bridge Dutch parties but we're not sure what's going on tonight (yet). Pro mini and Pro dirt first and we'll see what goes on after that. Here are a whole bunch of photos from last night because we know you love that stuff. Come out next time and bring your orange shirt.

The flatland tent was way too small to fit everybody in. If you missed it on TV we're the first to tell you that Sam Foakes from England won the flatland competition. With Scott Obrien on the mic walking around like a madman and keeping the crowd hyped the finalists got two and a half minutes each to show what they got. Matthias Dandois is new on Red Bull but could not give them a first podium yet. Third place went to RedBull rider Terry Adams who had everyone laughing with his funny faces he makes while he rides. It helped him pull the hard stuff so maybe a few people out there should try the same. Second place went to KHE rider Adam Kun from Hungary who brought some good stuff to the purple circle. With flatland week coming up on FATBMX you better get used to those names.

Results:
1. Sam Foakes

The INSANE machine is coming back for the 2008-2009 season. Through his style and original graphism, Insane is still growing up and will propose soon new shirts, polos, sweaty and socks as well! All those new products will complete the underwear collection. Insane spirit keep worring about Ecology. That's why the team is working on bio products.
The brand is not forgetting it origin and it is still rocking in actions sports. 2 BMX riders added to the team are:
-Pascal Guerard: one of the most famous bmx rider in europe, Pascal just join the family and will compete in many international contests.
-Patrick Guimez: the fresh new member of the crew. Patrick is on of the owner of Insane and finaly decided to ride for his own products! He will ride all the European contests in dirt and also the american championship (dew action tour)

The BMX Masters are on its way. Loads of riders made it to Cologne this year and the week's FAT-Friday is coming straight from the media office in Cologne. We'll jump right in to give you the latest news.
-Over 500 riders registered for the BMX Masters this year making it the biggest one yet. The riders that came over from the USA are: Chris Doyle (who's bike showed up minutes before Pro Dirt qualification started), Brad Simms (who came down from the Roskilde

We got to Cologne yesterday and it rained a fair bit. The set up looks good, especially the trails are sweet. Since they were built underneath a bridge a session was going on there and we can't wait before the contest starts. The Zoobruecke was the scene for the Dutch to get together. Riders were arriving in Camp Holland all night long and with the motto: "Party Like A Rockstar" they were welcomed with a beer or two. The sun's out today so we'll leave you with last night's party pics for now and go shoot some pics of the riding. Make sure to check back in over the weekend.