Name: Joram van Dijk
Age: 17
Hometown: Ede, Netherlands
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Onwies Knallen BMX crew
The FAT FAVs list:
-Spot to ride: Peppel, my local outdoor skatepark / the church in Arnhem
-BMX video: Deadline / Animal-Can I eat?
-Website: FATBMX / TCU
-Web video: MArieJADE Chut! Acte II Toulouse
-Food: Custard cakes
-Travel destination: Hossegor, France
-Riders to ride with: All my onwiesknallen homies! And the locals.
-Car: Nissan Skyline
-Movie: Bro’s before ho’s
-Colour: Blue
Name: Jake Ellis
Age: 20
Hometown: Romford, England
Hookups/sponsors: FTL Crew, SouthernStructure and Radbmxshop all help when they can, big thanks!
Instagram: @jellisbmx
The favourite list:
Spot to ride: London street, Rom skatepark anywhere in Barcelona
Name: Paterico Faliico
Age: 17
Hometown: Gold Coast, Australia
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Plus2Clothing
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: GC Compound
-BMX video: Roll Call
-Web video: Alex Coleborn Shootin It
-Food: Sushi/Hungry Jacks
-Travel destination: America!
-Riders to ride with: The homies at GC
-Car: don't have one
-Movie: The Wedding Ringer
Catching up with Tom van den Bogaard after pulling the 360 triple downside whip. Videos inside.
Name: Tom van den Bogaard
Age: 18
Hometown: Aarle-Rixtel! The Netherlands
Sponsors: Paul's Boutique, Vans, Fox, 040bmxpark and Braaab
You landed a trick yesterday that you wanted to do for a long time. What trick was it?
Tom: 360 triple downside whip!
Is that the trick that knocked you out at last year's Braaab contest?
Tom: Yes, I tried this trick last year at the Braaab bmx contest as my last trick. It was the first time I ever tried it. Straight from the foam to the jumpbox. I landed a little bit sideways and on my backwheel that's why I crashed.
At 040BMX you can take it from the foam to the resi and to the box. Was it the first time you landed it on wood?
Tom: Yes it was the first time on wood. I landed it twice on the resi.
Name: Michal Smelko
Age: 23
Hometown: Olomouc
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Federal Bikes, Tbb-bike.cz, WeOutHere
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Any good ledge or rail tho
-BMX video: Ride Insight
Name: Paul Langlands
Age: 25
Hometown: Cambridge, New Zealand
Sponsors/support: Metal Mulisha, DVS, ONE Industries
Can you explain a little bit about the New Zealand BMX scene?
Paul Langlands: New Zealand has a good fun scene, because NZ is quite a small country, most riders across it know each other so it is always cool and easy to link up with others when travelling
Premium BMX Pro Blake Peters interview. Pictures by Joey Cobbs
Name: Blake Peters
Age: 21
Hometown: San Diego
Sponsors: Premium Products
How's living in the SD area during the winter?
Blake: You can't beat it! Perfect everyday with maybe a week total of rain, no wonder so many pros visit during this time.
FAT FAVOURITES list with Premium's Robin Heiderich. Pics by Ben McPherson.
Name: Robin Heiderich
Age: 18
Hometown: Horrem, near Cologne, Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Premium Products trough Traffic, Peoples Store Cologne
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Cgn Plaza Kap 686
Name: Leo Balay
Age: 19
Hometown: St Agrève (07), France
Sponsors: BMX AVENUE, Stress
The FAT Favourites list:
-Spot to ride: It doesn't matter, as long as there are people to laugh with!
-BMX video: ABOVE BELOW
FAT FAVOURITES list with Flo Montanari. Pics by by Cedric de Rodot
Name: Flo Montanari
Age: 23
Hometown: Dijon, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Animal/Fit/Frenchys/Alltricks/Data/Starter
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Our new ghetto spot that is being buid
-BMX video: Deadline
-Web video: Can’t pick…
-Food: Mom dishes!
-Twitter to follow: Never had any account
-Person on Instagram: alex_donnachie/ rodeopeanut
-Travel destination: California
-Riders to ride with: My friends
-Car: Suzuki wagon-R+!
-Movie: Snatch
-Colour: Blue
-Shoes: Geox
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.