Effraim Catlow says Flat Matters and gives the Diversion brand a few plugs, he suggests Youtube awards?! Bring back the DVD... Loads of colourful Christmas product this issue. Kink, Mankind, United and Failure frames all get the close inspection.
The comp this issue is the almighty Chris Doyle's Square One package including a bunch of T-shirts, hats and other garments to keep you cosy. Chase Dehart and Derek Strickland get pro bike checks. Joe Fox teaches the humble barspin. Leo Forte and James Newrick answer 40 questions, 20 each. WTF? Buzzard! Beddows took Niki Croft to Stoke for the Park Warden. A bunch of kind trail builders voice their opinions on locking up trails in Stripped. Raleigh Burner is this issues Icon, and then onto the features...
BMX Houses
Rhys Mcfleece gives an A-Z on BMX Houses in one of the most truly British articles ever run. Six pages of carnage from some of the most infamous houses in the UK over the last 10 years.
Bruce Crisman Interview. Bruce Crisman lived in London for most of the summer and H-Man drove his huge white aquatic vehicle down south to cover Bruce doing what he does best. No, not 10ft one handed X-ups with a full face at Burnside... Going backwards.
Martti Kuoppa Interview. When I opened this double page it almost scared me. Martti says what he thinks and Rutger Pauw did a superb job of the photos...
V-Club Roadtrip! This is where the crazy cover photo came from. The V Club team get on the road and absolutely destroy. Kareen Williams also 360's those massive stairs during their stay in Tennessee.
Scott Ditchburn Interview. Scott chats about riding, bad boys and his smuggling experience to France this past summer. He also mentions how he's been working on the quad whip that is sure to un-nerve Mark Webb...
DC UK Roadtrip. It's a trick of the eye. It wasn't really as good as it looks in the magazine... What am I talking about? Read the article and look at some of the best trails photos in the magazine.
Red Bull Down N Dirty. Rob Dolecki covers the Red Bull comp in Bruce Springsteen's town of Asbury, NJ. Yours truly (Robin Fenlon) wrote about the contest and how team UK passed the time in a dead gay town...
Missing in issue 111 was the FATBMX ad.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.