-What other sponsor changes did we have this week? Cory Martinez does not have to worry about getting parts for free that United doesn't make now that he is riding for Dan's Comp and Brian Kachinski will have to get his shorts from somewhere else since he's off UGP. Eddy King surprised Stephen Murray by telling him he's going to race the ABA Grands racing for Stay Strong. And yes, Heath Pinter and Corey Bohan are losing their Giant ride for 2010 as well.After a 3 year absence Renato van Bloemenhuis is bringing back FLATtv in 2010, new and improved! Go to flattv-bmx.com and stay tuned for more info!
-This week we added the following FAT FAVOURITE lists to the Profiler button:Sascha Heydeman
Craig Stevens
Butcher
Wolfi Wildner
Tiago Rodriguez
Koen Zwanenberg
Michael Sommer
There are hundreds of these now online.
-The 2009 event calendar is starting to look a lot smaller, but events for 2010 are shaping up. Check the FATBMX event calendar and make your plans. Submit your event to the list by using the Submit An Event button on the site. This way others will know about your gig.
2009/11/14 - Zupermarket Flatland Jam
2009/11/28 - REVOLCON BMX ROUND 5
2009/12/06 - Extreme Playgrounds Street Session
2009/12/11 - King of the Animal House
2009/12/28 - Christmas Classic
2010/01/08 - Silver Dollar Nationals
2010/01/09 - Flatland World Classic, Tokyo
2010/01/16 - Coyote Nationals
2010/01/22 - Sooner Nationals
2010/02/05 - Simpel Session 10
2010/02/19 - Gator Nationals
2010/03/05 - Winter Nationals
2010/03/20 - ASA Big Air BMX Triples
2010/04/03 - Easter Classic
2010/04/03 - Mini FATJAM 2010
2010/04/24 - All American Nationals
2010/05/08 - Freedom Nationals
2010/05/12 - fise
2010/05/28 - Spring Nationals
2010/06/04 - Summer Nationals
-We won't be riding the next Stoppelcross in Odiliapeel but we'll be back for the last round in Volkel. To see the report of the Boekel race with Bas de Bever, Wilco Groenendaal, Pieter Does, Ivo van der Putten, Raymon van der Biezen, Rob van den Wildenberg, etc., hit this link . To see the video, go here . Thanks to National BMX race team member Sander Bisseling for the edit.-Results Flatland contest Minden, Germany:
Pro:
1st Michael Steingräber
2nd Markus Reich
3rd Peter Hofman
Master:
1st Benny Hill
2nd Navid Saleki
3rd Rayk Hahn
-Congrats to Afro Bob and his wife Mariella on the birth of their daughter Mila. Yes she had a lot of hair when born...-Results Meatfly Czech Republic:
RESULTS:
1 Ondra Slez
2 Nicholi Rogatkin
3 David Janac
4 Ondra Belohoubek
-The 040Revival jam last Saturday was amazing. Over 100 riders signed up to session the new ramps at The Building on Strijp-S in Eindhoven. It's a sign that BMX-ers need an indoor place to ride (this winter). The place is open on Fridays (7pm-11pm) and Saturdays (6pm-11pm). Five Euros per session. Check the photos on FATBMX to see what's there to ride. -This afternoon The Helm trails crew consiting of Mike, Jamy and myself visited the Beursvloer dag. People were there to offer things or services, and clubs were present to ask for things/services. The goal was to make as many "matches" as possible. At the Helm trails we could use some wheel barrows, which were
offered by Bouwcenter Swinkels straight away. 2 of them, brand new. While we were there we started thinking what else we could try to score. 4 barrels to collect water would be nice. Bam, done deal, offered by Helmond city. Then at the end of the afternoon we ran into the local gymnastics crew who happened to have some extra mats that we can pick up. Can you say Resi in the works? A good afternoon to say the least.
-The Vans Europe team is now chillin' in Cali. They hit up the RedBull and Vans offices and some parks yesterday and today it was off to Hollywood. Good times already.-We reviewed some magazines, videos and also had a bike check with Eric Holley's bike straight from Barcelona. To watch that one, hit this link.
-Over in Australia Andy Buckworth is doing some small fronties at the local parks. Small? Really?
That'll do for this week's FAT Friday. Enjoy the weekend. Be safe.
BdJ
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.