On Wednesday, June 2nd, we place an order with Vans Custom for the Bob Haro / Bob Morales Vans Wafflecup Custom Slip-ons. These shoes form part of a package that includes the global edition of the book (with around 200 additional pages of content), the custom Vans Tote backpack, two limited-edition T-shirts, and other items. For those who wish to grab this package and guarantee their size is locked in, now is the time to place the order.
The Limited Edition Vans X The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement Package launches the Global Edition of the book.
With almost 200 pages of new and updated content, we journey through the history of the UK Freestyle scene in a dedicated chapter that features input from British riders and industry figureheads. We also get into the van with the Factory Tour teams in a chapter that pulls the curtain back on the mid-80s summer tours titled “East of the 5” with insights from the teams, the announcers, and the brand owners who handed over the company credit cards and AAA maps before sending their crews into the depths of every town USA and beyond for the summer months.
To send this last edition up, the good folks at Vans allowed me to design some of their new dedicated
Wafflecup BMX Shoes. Bob Haro and Bob Morales feature through archival images shot on the 1982 Haro Freestyle Tour by Dean Bradley.
In addition to the new edition of the book and the shoes, the package includes a dedicated 120-page brand history book titled “The Business End” with brand chapters dedicated to the industry that underpinned Freestyle through the 1098s.
The Full Package…
1 X copy of The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement Global Edition.
1 X copy of The Business End Brand / Industry History Book.
1 X custom “43” BMX T-shirt.
1 X custom Jeff Watson Vans Classic T-Shirt
1 X custom tote drawstring Vans Bag
1 x 10 - Page 6 x 6 supplement “Shoe Story” that accompanies and authenticates the limited edition Vans with insights from Haro, Morales, and Bradley.
1 x Custom Vans Commuter Backpack houses the collection and lands it at your door.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.