-Hope you survived FLATWEEK on FATBMX. It was great for flatland riders and we received plenty of good comments. We actually did not receive any bad vibes so it's all good. It's back to normal though but expect some flatland updates from time to time simply because it's part of BMX. Did you see Bram Verhallen's new bike ? -Brad Simms has a new video up on the Hoffman bikes site. Click HERE to view it.
-New Jamie Bestwick etnies shoes arrived at the office. Leather-free and if you like shoes with huge tongues, these are the ones you have been looking for. Out in October 2008.-A final issue of Freestylin' was released recently. We're trying to get our hands on one to review it on the FATBMX site and to store it with the rest of the BMX books we've collected over the years. We heard it's awesome.
-Congrats to Mike "Big Island" Castillo and Annie Collins on the birth of Iza . Also congrats to Sebastian Pospischil on the birth of his son Max Pepe, born on 14 July 2008. Kids are awesome. -The following list of riders in no particular order have been invited for the SoulBowl next weekend in Huntington Beach, California: 1 Dave Brumlow 2 Austin Coleman 3 Jay Eggleston 4 Chad Kagy 5 Koji Kraft 6 Mike Mancuso 7 Steven McCann 8 Joe Rich 9 Kevin Robinson 10 Ben Snowden 11 Tom Stober 12 Jimmy Walker 13 Francisco "CoCo" Zurita
-NIKE is recycling old kicks this weekend at the Dew Tour.
-Simon & Pippa Tabron, TJ Lavin and Corey Nastazio will perform live tonight in Cleveland, Ohio. Wear your Stephen Murray Stay Strong shirt and make it on stage at the Dew Tour in Cleveland. 
-We got some information on the 20th edition of the FAT-JAM online. Check it out and make plans to get there. The Carhartt-FAT-JAM stickers turned out great. T-shirts in the works.-BMX Flatland World Circuit 2008 YEAR END STANDINGS so far Top Ten:
1 Sam Foakes UK 1761 points
2 Yohei Uchino Japan 1745 points
3 Matt Wilhelm USA 1735 points
4 Terry Adams USA - 1714 points
5 Matthias Dandois France - 1705 points
5 Justin Miller USA - 1705 points
7 Dominik Nekolny Chech Republic 1609 points
8 Hiroya Morizaki Japan - 1473 points
9 Raphael Chiquet France - 1467 points
10 York Uno Japan - 1459 points
-Osiris has started a legit BMX team again. Tom Haugen, Marcus Tooker, Steve Croteau, Scott Wirch and Al D are on it. More riders to follow.
More next week, from sunny Cali yo!
BdJ
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.