For the profis in Flatland, it was Dominik Nekolny (Czech Republic, 1st place), Moto Sasaki (Japan, 2nd place) and Matthieu Bonnécuelle (France, 3rd place).
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.