For this interview, I sit down with legendary BMX video maker, Stew Johnson. Stew is responsible for some to the most influential BMX videos of all time and has a career that has spanned nearly 25 years.
Name: Kastner Florent
Age: 16
Hometown: Soufflenheim (Alsace), France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Unicorn we are légende, Stride indoor bike park, Frenchys freestyle, Aero color design
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Stride indoor bike park in winter, and skatepark de la rotonde in the summer
-BMX video: Kyle Baldock fighting words
-Web video: Kyle Baldock Total bmx edit
-Food: Salad with chicken
-Twitter to follow: Flokstn
-Person on Instagram: Logan Martin
-Travel destination: Canada
-Riders to ride with: All boys from Strasbourg
-Car: Mercedes classe e coupe
-Movie: Fast and furious 5
Name: Romain Devassine
Age: 21
Hometown: Bully Les Mines, France
Hook-ups/Sponsors: I ride for the shop RideOnBethune but I don’t have any financial support
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: 040BMXPARK for sure
-BMX video: Mirraco / Chris Hughes video
-Website: OurBmx
-Web video: I don’t know
-Food: I love Pizza
-Twitter to follow: I don’t like to use Twitter
-Person on Instagram: @brianfoxbmx
-Travel destination: Barcelona, this city is a dream
-Riders to ride with: I love riding with a lot of people, Thomas Carrot, Quentin Morien, Thibaut Panaville,
Name: Ralfs Bārtnieks
Age: 15
Hometown: Latvia/Liepaja
Sponsors: KeKeKendama, Team Dyrt, Karma Socks
The FAT Favourites list:
Spot to ride: It’s gotta be riding Rave Team skatepark in my hometown Liepaja, because it’s where all homies ride and it’s the place where I am most productive.
BMX video: There’s lots of good BMX videos but my favorite is Kriss Kyle riding Dubai’s most famous landmarks.
Website: Probably Vital BMX , because they cover worldwide contests and I love to see my Latvian homies on Vital BMX.
Web video: No doubt Dennis Enarsons CAPS LOCK, every time I watch that video I feel super motivated.
Food: I’m trying to eat healthier but I can’t say no to pizza.
Twitter to follow: I’m not using Twitter.
Person on Instagram: Chad Kerley, Reed Stark, Ryan Williams, Nigel Sylvester, Ryan Taylor.
Travel destination: Place where I really want to go is China, but favorite place where I have been is
Name: Jacob Thiem
Age: 18
Hometown: Kennard, Nebraska, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: NoWear, Mudslingers Bike Shop
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Nowear Bmx Compound or Daniel Dhers Action Sports Complex
-BMX video: Total BMX at FISE 2017 ‘BMX is our passion’
Name: Mike Hullock
Age: 21
Hometown: Merseyside, GB
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Radio Bikes, Hobson Cycles, Flare4, Thunder Action Sports and Moore Large.
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: I'd have to say Rampworx
-BMX video: Markit Zero
-Website: ourbmx
-Web video: Boyd Hilders Venture Video
-Food: A good ol home cooked Roast Dinner
-Person on Instagram: Lewis Mills
-Travel destination: Barcelona, that place is a dream.
-Riders to ride with: I enjoy riding with a lot of different people so I'll try and keep it short haha. I'd say Joe Ferguson, Gary Spencer, Ryan Henderson, Zac Hirst, Taylor Carruthers, Cam Morton, Adam Lyons, Dylan Hessey and Lil Phil Miller.
Name: Christian Falvo
Age: 20
Hometown: Pavia, Italy
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Whip, Proed.eu
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Monza pizza bike park and TK dirt & co to ride some dirt jumps and Zoo park that is Ale Barbero’s skatepark to ride some huge ramps.
-BMX video: My favourite bmx video at the moment is Kyle Baldock’s slowmo video
-Website: Vital bmx because they cover worldwide contests
-Food: Spaghetti with tomato ??
-Twitter to follow: I don’t have Twitter!
-Person on Instagram: christianfalvobmx
-Travel destination: Woodward and Adrenalin Alley for sure!
-Riders to ride with: My friends
-Car: Opel Corsa
-Movie: Taken
Name: Bora Altintas
Age: 18
Hometown: Nicosia, Cyprus
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Haro, Vans, Fibera, Gshocktr, TheSpaceBrace, Bmxtr
The favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Yellow ledges Agios Demetios, Gso Limassol.
Name: Callum Rafferty
Age: 21
Hometown: Leicester, England
Sponsors: TlC bikes and Collective bikes
The FAT FAVOURITES LIST:
Spot to ride - Adrenaline Alley
Bmx video - Kyle and Logan training for the olympics
We caught up with Logan Martin, 2018 UCI BMX Freestyle World Champion who speaks about life as a professional rider as well as his Olympic dreams!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.