The second jam at 040 BMX park in Eindhoven was again a great success. Around 100 riders came over to The Building located in the old Philips building on Strijp-S. My dad came up with the idea to organize a BMX jam on the same date as Simpel Session in Estonia so everybody had the chance ride and watch Simpel Session on a big screen together. We had set up two beamers to project the live video stream on the wall. One was located in the park so everyone could keep an eye on who was riding at the moment. The screen in one of the rooms downstairs was a lot bigger with some big speakers so everyone could hear the Estonian crowd cheering and Catfish on the mic. The city of Eindhoven financed the first resi boxjump in the Benelux and it was used a lot. It's crazy how much more confidence everyone gets when riding a resi and how many new tricks everyone did!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.