-Movie: Slade 1 & 2, Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
-Colour: black, white, pink
-Shoes: 1998 Reebok Iverson’s, black
-Bike company: Merritt, Shimano
-BMX contest: Roots Jam
-Restaurant chain: Guapo’s Tex Mex on 28
-Clothing company: Dead Memory, Disney, Micreation, Sicodelic Clothing
-Phone: iPhone or flip
-Music: 90’s alternative, trap, electronic, Salem, Grimes, Breeders, Belly, Siouxsie & the Banshees, Portishead, L7, White Ring, Phantogram, Scratch Massive, Clams Casino
-Ramp rider: Kenneth Tencio, Dave Freimuth, Brian Terada, Taj Mihelich, Brandon Horres
-Street rider: Chris Childs, Declan Murray, Eli Platt, Davey Watson,
-Dirt rider: Garret Guilliams
-Flatland rider: Akira Okamura, Nikola Markovic, Perry Mervar
-Old school rider: Érico Melo
-Drink: Topo Chico, Delirium Tremens
-Trick: Anything with brakes
-BMX Magazine: The O.D.D. Zine, Looking Glass
-Website: francis-bacon.com, Ourbmx
-Video game: Rush 64, Mario 3
-BMX photographer: Králik Dáni
-BMX Filmer: Charlie Crumlish, Sebastian Prot, Chris Bird
-Girl: Tanya Donelly
-Hobbies besides BMX: Painting, traveling, languages, foreign culture, mindfulness
-Party: Bo Murphy and the Billies, Magic Garden in Belgrade, AETHER in Budapest
Name: Bad Matty
Age: 35
Hometown: Manassas, VA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Merritt, Cluut Show, Union Square Shoe Co.
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Ditches, Behind shopping centers, chains, shitty skateparks
-BMX video: Props issue 37, Shook, Shine, Baco, Shola
-Web video: Sundays with Davey
-Food: Sushi, Korean BBQ, Lángos
-Travel destination: Medellin Colombia, Brussels Belgium, Frankfurt Germany, Budapest Hungary, Belgrade Serbia, Sarajevo Bosnia, Larissa Greece, Krabi Thailand, Bagan Myanmar, Tokyo Japan, Silk Road, Gothenburg Sweden, Tromsø Norway, Da Lat Vietnam, Fucking Austria, Luang Prabang Laos, Monteverde Costa Rica, Boquete Panama, Patillas P.R.
-Riders to ride with: Brad Simms, Cluut Crew, Dinlow, Motobunka, Latané Coghill, Farkas Olivér, Shane & Dillon Leeper, Declan Murray, James Lukas, Dre Tylee, Garrett Anderson
-Car: 1994 Toyota Supra
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.