Bart de Jong
The Monster Energy Bowl at Swampfest 2025 just keeps growing. Literally, It’s more than double the size from last year! The Swampfest crew really did it big! Now hit play and catch 19+ minutes of madness in one of the sickest bowls we’ve seen in awhile!
What a weekend! Closing out Swampfest 2025 we have the Cult Crew curved rail Jam and the always classic Gnarbq log ride. BONUS, you couldn’t ask for a better way to end swampfest than by burning it all down to the ground. There's something cathartic about seeing it go up in flames.
Name: Lee Cruickshank
Age: 33
Hometown: Sydney, Australia/ Seoul, South Korea
Hook-ups/Sponsors: SHREDDBIKES (sundaybikes), Rodiconnect (heaviesdenim)
The FAT Favourites list:
-Spot to ride: I really like riding anywhere around Gwanghwamun station, it’s like the downtown area of Seoul. The Nanji ledges are quite a sentimental one, too. In terms of Sydney anywhere around the CBD is generally fun.
The Velosolutions UCI Pump Track World Championships USA Qualifier at The Loop in Corcoran, CA, delivered an action-packed day of racing, with 1,500 spectators lining the track to watch the battles unfold.
The 2023 World Champion Alec Bob came in with something to prove after taking bronze at the last World Final, and he didn’t disappoint—dominating the event from start to finish to claim victory. Tommy Zula, however, had a much easier path to second after Brady Kincheloe suffered a flat tire in the semis, knocking him out of the fight for first. Kincheloe still managed to rally for third, proving he had the speed to be up front. Max Clark, the fresh face in the field, made a strong debut to claim fourth.
The women’s racing saw Brooke Crain making a comeback to competition, stepping onto the pump track scene for the first time since her Olympic BMX days and landing in second. Olivia Armstrong was in control all day, taking the win, while Ashley Kincheloe rounded out the podium in third. Taylor Weisser put in a solid ride to take fourth.
The difference between good and great is in the work you don’t see. Watch @AlecDaneluttiBMX train, race, and evolve in The Journey.
A wooden rhythm section floating above a swamp with an alligator in it? SURE! That’s Swampfest 2025 for you. Next jam up is the Odyssey BMX Rhythm section, Hit play before the retrieval raft capsizes!
Meseroll NYC's BMX Shop Proudly Presents: Get Negative. Inspired by NEGATIVE SOURCE. Video by Andrew York.
Way back when I had a dream to create a FoundationBMX DVD. So over the years we collated hours of footage from trips, days out and just general day to day riding. All this footage has been sat on multiple hard drives for years. And in September of 2024 I got a message from @mikehiggovisuals8685 saying he'd found the time to put something together. To say I was beyond stoked was an understatement. I can't thank him enough for finding the time to work on this.
The madness that is Swampfest returns to Waldo, Florida, and we got some insight into the entire course with Florida shredder and Swampfest build crew member Marcel Andersen, as well as some of the wild riding already going down before it even started.
The mayhem continues at 2025 Swampfest, this time with the GNARBQ Log Ride, OJ Wild Ride, Independent Swamp Rail and Monster Bowl Jam. Playing in the mud never looked more entertaining.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.