It's time, Riders! BMX is finally coming to the Republic! Tune in on 14th September to enjoy the first new sport since the launch of the game. Get ready to grind on some rails or ramp up on some half-pipes! New disciplines are also coming to the game, including street, dirt and park, along with a whole new zone: Area 52.
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Name: Tom Nerriere
Age: 21
Hometown: Montpellier, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FuriousProducts
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Grammont at Montpellier
-BMX video: FOX BMX - SCOTTY CRANMER - MADE FOR THIS
-Website/video: @tom.nerriere
-Travel destination: All the places where I can drive
-Riders to ride with: Especially with my twin brother Matthieu NERRIERE, but also with all my boys in France
What started in 1987 as a street jam was continued at the Sugar Hills trails with the focus on riding dirt. In fact we did three street jams in Aarle-Rixtel before moving to De Valkendijk where the dirt spot has seen annual action for over 32 years now. Is the FATJAM the longest running annual BMX jam in the world? This past Saturday 3 September called for another one. The process remains the same; pick a date, make a flyer, tell people about the jam, and wait and see who turns up.
For the 2022 edition we added a 40-years EK Beek & Donk reunion. The Milky Way Open European Championships happened 40 years ago on our local BMX track in Beek & Donk a few miles from Aarle-Rixtel. If you wanted to talk oldskool BMX, the FATJAM was the place. Gerrit and Mieke Does, and Pieter Does made it to the jam early and first international visitor in 1982 Thomas Fritscher (GER) found his way back to Aarle-Rixtel as well. Former BMX photographer Christ Verhoeven and his son Gert showed up and contributed to the old stories as did Ans Vereijken, Tiny van Brug, André Duijmelink, Jan, Leo and Diny Leenders, Richard Waldt and Johan de Leeuw. Names who probably don't mean much to current BMX riders but were there when BMX was shaped. With 1982 EK Beek & Donk buttons and Milky Ways on the table the old stories came back instantly.
Add Frits van der Linden on the BBQ and a JBL producing songs and you'll get the idea where things were going with some cool Bavaria's being opened from time to time....
Results C1: 1° Trofeo Forn Verona, Italy 04 September 2022
Elite men:
1 Cédric BUTTI 23 SUI 100.00 UCI Ranking points
2 Michele TOMIZIOLI 24 ITA 86.00
3 Renaud BLANC 31 SUI 74.00
4 Giacomo FANTONI 31 ITA 64.00
5 Tommaso GIUSTACCHINI 27 ITA 55.00
6 Matteo GRAZIAN 26 ITA 47.00
7 Stefan HEIL 23 GER 40.00
8 Martti SCIORTINO 24 ITA 34.00
Junior Men:
1 Albert GROPPO 17 ITA 25.00
2 Filib STEINER 18 SUI 22.00
3 Louis KASPER 18 SUI 19.00
4 Kip STAUFFACHER 18 SUI 16.00
5 Seal NÜNLIST 17 SUI 14.00
Name: Tomáš Tohol
Age: 17
Hometown: Namestovo, Slovakia
Sponsors: Redbull Slovakia, Junkride, Trajekt Shop, Dead Fame
The FAT FAVOURITES list:
Spot to ride: My concrete local skatepark in Namestovo
Brett Silva has been on a tear ever since 2020's "On A Tear", and we’re excited to finally show you the proof with OFF THE RAILS. Brett's been stacking for close to two years and filmed all over Southern California, Albuquerque, and his hometown of Austin, Texas. Enjoy!
Denmark always had an active BMX scene, especially for a small country. However, never before a full-length BMX DVD has been released. A group of BMX enthusiasts from the small city of Aalborg decided to change this released "Stop Thinking". The main man behind the lense, Lasse Christensen, took two years to film his friends and the result speaks for itself. Mange tak!
Enjoy this extras edit from the Vans Waffle Cup which went down July 31, 2022 in Huntington Beach, CA during the Vans US Open of Surfing.
Matt Pingel was a big contributor of FAT and to show our love to him we gave him the cover of number 27. You must have heard of Jerry Galley too. He's on page 2 shredding the ramp in Dennis' backyard. We got a free STD foundation sticker on page 4. Six pages of BMX news and another freesticker (Big Boy).
Thomas and Moni Stellwag get an interview. Greg Higgins contributed some art. Wow, another sticker: Mutation.
We did a report on some SoCal trails: Honda Hills, Mission Trails, 6th Street, Hoover and Dover. RAD-LAME. Did you make it on the list?
Backyard Jam 1993: Tom Lunch, Keith Treanor, Aju, Steve Geall, Grotbags, Congo, Grace and the Maddog. The mag interviews were with Brad McDonald (sitting in his "office"), a flatlanding Mark Losey, seatless Hal Brindley and going backwards James Hudson.
The Lord (Dave Voelker) gets an interview on page 45. Nico Does gets the Bizznizz interview that starts on page 50.
I went to China for some demos. Crazy but good times. Read the report.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.