Saturday. Dilemma. Too much happening. The day after the Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement book launch 4 things were on the calendar; the annual One Love jam only 7 minutes from our hotel in Newport Beach, the Roasta Mesa Bowl Jam put on by the S&M crew over at the Volcom Bowl in Costa Mesa, the last Vans Combi Pool session in Orange and the Monster Energy AMA Supercross Round 2 in San Diego. Choices, choices, not easy.
As you have probably noticed we have started a motocross platform at FATMX. Philip is venturing into that market and needs to soak up as much information as he can to gain as much knowledge as possible. We put the Rogue on the road again and headed south. Come Leucadia it is time to look for the Enchanted Ramp house. Only BMX-ers will do that. In Encinitas ramps are spotted on the opposite side on the hill. Little things, along with the coastline make traveling in Cali rather enjoyable. The cars and trucks are extra's. 7 cyber trucks a day were spotted on average. Wheels sticking out on the side on big pick-up trucks don't seem to be an issue. Let's just say things are different.
While at the "Fan Fest" we missed the old school BMX bikes that were on display last year. It was a nice addition to the pits. Also missing was a Freestyle MX show this year. Always worth seeing a few whips but the only things going sideways were the Dryfter scooters, a disappointing replacement of the oldskool BMX Bikes and FMX show. We managed to catch up with Eric "Big E" Bartholdus of former Powerlite fame who is now working for Yoshimura RD. We also caught up with Bob Morales
(ASV Inventions) who we had missed talking to the previous night in Laguna Beach at the book launch. Ditto with Bob Haro who we caught up withmoments before the race started. I'm sure tons of BMX-ers were at Snapdragon stadium. Supercross brings them together.
To see the riders flow through the jumps is similar to watching good riders flow through the trails. Although speed is important, you recognize the flow and style of the best out there. Like in BMX Racing, it's more than one rider at a time getting through the pack.It's 20+ riders going through the whoops, the rhythm section and the triples at the same time, and at speed. Some even turned two doubles into a quad. Amazing skills by the very best pro MX riders in the business. Philip and I soaked it all up. Shot over 900 photos that will make it on the FATMX platforms at some time. If you're into motocross, give us a follow on Instagram (@f.a.t.mx) or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/fatmx). We sure love both worlds.
BdJ
Photos by Bart de Jong / FATBMX / FATMX
(ASV Inventions) who we had missed talking to the previous night in Laguna Beach at the book launch. Ditto with Bob Haro who we caught up withmoments before the race started. I'm sure tons of BMX-ers were at Snapdragon stadium. Supercross brings them together.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.