13 February is when the new issue of RIDE UK comes out. Number 173 will hit the newsstands, the bike shops and if you have a subscription, it will drop on your doormat around that day. I personally find it hard to take a good photo of a bomb drop because unlike in most tricks, there is not really a peak moment. If the rider just stands there with the bike in hand, it doesn't say much. If the rider is in mid-air, it looks like he's just jumping from somewhere. But Jason Phelan gets the cover doing one in Malaga, Spain and of course it's huge otherwise the picture wouldn't land on the cover of a magazine. I'm looking out for the video footage of this more though. I'm sure someone filmed it. Anyway, new issue of RIDE UK, which also has an Anthony Watkinson interview, an article about being lost in Japan, two guys on a holiday, the Red Bull Ramparanoia and they're checking in with the RIDE Reader Award winners.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.