The last couple of days I've been hanging out at the beach. It's my holiday so spending time at the beach is nice. But it gets better, there's BMX at the beach. The Vans US Open of Surfing is taking place in Huntington Beach which is about a 30 minute drive from where we're staying if there is no traffic. But there is a lot of trafffic so it usually takes twice as long to get there, or get back home. It's a problem in California that has not been solved yet. I hate sitting in traffic. But once we park the car in the parking garage near Main street, it's all good. The Vans US Open takes place for 10 days straight. Every day we've seen different activities going on at the beach. I designed a Vans shoe on paper, I threw an American football at some empty cans, played a game on XBox One that has yet to come out, watched skateboard and BMX practice, did some body surfing and watched the US Open of surfing right there. It never gets boring. The killer passes we got from Vans get us in the VIP area which surely feels good. I like being a VIP. Today I got my picture taken with
Tony Alva, one of the skateboard legends and I liked watching the skaters rip apart the pool.
Aaron Wheels
was there too. I saw him at the Nitro show last year.
BMX practice took 4 hours today again. One hour per group of 10 riders.
Dylan Stark was one of the riders who was looking good out there. A lot of riders crashed on the concrete bowl hip including my main man
Hucker. But he walked away from his crash. The riders are finding the lines and I expect the tricks to come out tomorrow morning when qualifying starts. I will be there front row.
More from HB after qualifying tomorrow. You can watch it live at: www.vansusopenofsurfing.com
-Philip de Jong
BMX practice took 4 hours today again. One hour per group of 10 riders. Dylan Stark was one of the riders who was looking good out there. A lot of riders crashed on the concrete bowl hip including my main man Hucker. But he walked away from his crash. The riders are finding the lines and I expect the tricks to come out tomorrow morning when qualifying starts. I will be there front row. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.