Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont) today announced it is leading a majority recapitalization of Fox Head, Inc. (Fox), the number one global motocross equipment, apparel and accessory brand. The current owners of the business, the founding Fox family, will continue to own a significant minority interest in the company. The transaction is expected to close in the next 7-10 days. In addition to Altamont and the Fox family, the shareholder group participating in the deal includes Ricky Carmichael, the most successful motocross rider of all time and Fox athlete since 1988; Carey Hart,
In November, Hookit tracked 130 BMX riders and their social media reach. Together they generated 7.7M fan interactions and garnered 347K new fans. Almost 60% of the new followers originated from Instagram, while 36.4% came from Facebook and only 4% from Twitter. Taking the top spot this month, Aaron Ross gained 16K new fans and reached a total of 651K fans. Ross generated 846K total fan interactions in November. Filling out the Top 10 Total Fan Interactions are riders representing 6 different countries.
Strictly BMX over in Australia are looking for a new designer to look after their website and social media. The ideal candidate must be competent with Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. Be able to prepare work for web (GIFs, Online Banner Ads etc) and print (Posters, Screen Printing for Apparel & Stickers) and have basic HTML knowledge. Filming and editing skills are not a necessity but would be a bonus. Your main role will be taking product photos, creating digital ads & maintaining the overall look of our website along with being responsible for content and marketing across our social media channels.
After months of preparation and a killer season of high tempo competition behind them, this weekend saw Vans unleash some of the world’s finest BMXers on London for the Vans Rebeljam. Now in its 10th year and having earned a reputation for creative courses and good vibes, the Vans Rebeljam has become renowned as the closing event of the season. In its first visit to the UK’s capital, the event took over the York Hall Leisure Centre in East London – a venue with a long history of showdowns, as the site is perhaps best known as one of the nation’s most loved boxing arenas.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.