When we rolled up at the Dutch Olympic training ground this morning we saw Nicky van der Veen, Channon Balorian and Stuart Gibson already warm up for their first demo at the BMX SX race. Skateland had put on some (shitty) demo ramps with one 5ft quarter on one side, a 4ft "jump box" in the middle and a 4ft quarter on the other side. Not too many people had shown up yet and the time trials were about to start at 12:30hr on the other side of the grandstands so I did not expect too much of the show. But soon enough I was seeing flips, flairs, downside tailwhips, 360-s over the box, truckdrivers and all that good stuff. The longer they rode, the more people showed up. It was the first show of the day so we grabbed the camera to take some shots to make sure we had something already in case the weather wouldn't cooperate later on or we would simply forget to take pics. 2 more shows followed which we missed so you'll have to do with these pics we got this morning. More tomorrow? Maybe, but the focus will be on the fastest BMX racers of the world on the track on the other side of the grandstands. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.