After the first "Try-mag" we released in 1987 the feedback was so good that we decided to continue with the FAT-'zine project. Paul had just got back from the USA where he stayed for a few months and visited the 2-Hip KOV in Washington, Mount Thrashmore skatepark and the Powerhouse Bike Shop in Hampton, VA.
Issue 01 had three stickers, one FF sticker, one Powerhouse Bike Shop sticker and one Skeletor sticker that Paul found on a roll in the $ 1 dollar shop.
Mike Loveridge got interviewed and street riding is starting to take off. Paul and I used to do BMX freestyle demos and placed a full page ad in the FAT-'zine. Or maybe it was just a filler, who knows.
Some things that made it on the RAD list were: Town & Country wear, Club Homeboy, Fingerboards and Centerpull brakes. Yes, these were the eighties (1988). Things that made it on the Lame list were: The Del Mar killers, Grabber seats, Dyno shoes and Lee Chi brakes. Some of this makes me laugh.
Scooters were still hot (in our eyes) and we even had a page on Snowboarding (the next cool thing to do).
Robert Moeller got introduced as the first German FAT-'zine correspondent and we also took a trip to an LL Cool J, Eric B & Rakim and Public Enemy concert in Amsterdam. Memories........
USA BMX welcomes the @bmxhof Class of 2022! These legends will be inducted into the BMX Hall of Fame, currently being built in Tulsa, Oklahoma!
The BMX Hall Of Fame Class of 2022:
Early Racer - Andy Patterson
Racer - Randy Stumpfhauser
Industry - Steve Van Doren
Woman - Tara Llanes
Early Freestyle - Kevin Jones
Freestyle - T.J. Lavin
When I started riding BMX as a kid, I never thought I'd still be riding in my 20s, never mind at 50! So this year I wanted to create a riding edit documenting that I'm still at it (however infrequently).
A Tucson BMX rider remembers his role in ET as the 40th anniversary approaches.
shit, slugs, dead stuff, zombies, ghouls, dirt, tats, Mike and Sara's, wiggy p, fingerless judas priest gloves, cyder, skate boards, herbs, bugles, green beards, depression, noise, sticky fingers, girls aloud, iceland 1 quid specials, shit jobs, death punk, muscle cars, otter hunting, deformed animals, ass cannabilism, tony and guy hair styles, squashed insects, trick nuts, cocks, breaking stuff, 20 oz T-bone steaks, flash gordan, pigs trotters, leave passes, gangs, rat like animals, feeding the pony, agression, broken bones, denim, sk8 punk, pain, sunday sniff, hangman games, Leicestershire goths, chappy, ikea, giving to charity, stuffed trouts, stepping on dog turds, summer '08 argos catalogue, troy, emo fringes, shaved minges, dogs, chickens, Gin bummed off a old bald bastard, curry, lanacane powder, luxury toilet roll, four eyed bastards, the reeperbahn, pauline fowler dying a week after Rumplestiltskins long cock was written, dr hang tats, femfresh, food from m&s, moving metal, lawn mowers, 5pm on a friday, friday 13th tats, the rain man, razzel magazine, ginger haired people on coke, blow up tigers, bbq'd phesants, gypo equipment, fly tipping, rooms full of Guinea Pigs, Papa New Guinea, chembos mullet, massive black cocks, birthday parties, slap heads, Titch down the willies drinking a tot, pretty much anything!
Finally, Some Authentic Fresh Rubber for the Old School scene! For those riders and collectors out there, we have opened a mold for the iconic mid-1980s Panaracer Freestyle tire. The tire is upgraded to accommodate high pressure - up to 85 psi - and features the same tread, logo, and aesthetics as the original model.
As most will already know, this tire was OEM specification on the Redline RL 20 Prostyler and the Redline RL20 II Prostyler through the mid-1980s as well as the neon range of Haro Freestylers - The Master, Sport, and FST - in 1985. Preorder is open on the Redline Foundations website for those interested in grabbing a set. Availability is limited from the first batch.
The Pete Augustin Interview with RL Osborn: Talking Diet & Health | BMX Street | Rideouts & more
Come join Dylan and I as we catch up with old time friend and fellow Pro BMX Freestyler, Pete Augustine! In this episode we talk about Pete's healthy diet and lifestyle choices as well as what he enjoys to do for fun in his free time!
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.
Same thing. Different part of the world. The early days....
Pre-internet Gen-X: Skating, freestyle BMX, and the explosion of goth, industrial, post-punk, and electronic music connect and divide a series of teens exploring sex, drugs, and violence amidst a racially polarized blue-collar bedroom suburb backdrop of Cleveland, Ohio, Dayglow Black is a series of all true tales from 1987–1991.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.