Name: Dez MaarsenAge: 24
Hometown: Haarlem, The Netherlands
Hookups: Orbea, Soulcycle, LostBmx
Frame: Orbea Rude 19.6 tt 12.7 cs
Forks: A Bad Thing
Stem: KHE minimalism
Headset: fsa
Bars: S&M Intrikat 8.5
Grips: tennis grip over normal grip
Today the new issue of The Albion will be released. Always a solid read so try to get your hands on a copy and enjoy it on a cold dark night in front of the heater with a hot tea. The Albion Issue 17 Contents list looks like this:Steven Hamilton – The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Steven Hamilton interviews himself, for his second feature in the magazine after his controversial interview in The Albion Issue 1. Photography by Scott Marceau
Gary Young – Diamond In The Rough
The story of the day The Albion and Gary Young were robbed at gun point and pistol whipped by three kids on a motorcycle in Argentina. Words and photography by George Marshall
Ty Morrow – Making Sense Of It All
It's been a big year for Ty Morrow. It’s been a year of big changes
The weight of the magazine alone is impressive. It feels heavy and one wonders how this can be filled with just BMX. Freedom's Product Special is a big one this year and filled with over 1200 BMX related products (BBQ included). It has close to 200 complete bikes featured in the magazine that can be bought in Germany. Just imagine the work that went into this. Collecting the parts, putting them down in the studio, make sure they are in the same position as all the other bikes and parts, and snap that photo. Make sure the light is the same all the time and pack up the parts in the original package as good as possible and then mail it back to the company. Props to the Freedom crew for doing the work so you can drool over the new 2014 stuff and decide what you want to buy. To brighten things up the mag has a few Photo Gallery pages and bike checks with Moritz Nussbaumer, Felix Prangenberg, Mike Wuerzinger, and Max Bergmann. 
Vince Perraud shot the cover of the new issue of BMX Rider magazine. Kriss Kyle gets the front plate of #9 of the German BMX mag and a full interview. But there's loads more. Here's a list of what you can expect to read on Wednesday, if you're on the subscription list, or if you can get yourself an issue from the newsstands or favourite bike shop. -5 bike checks. 2014 models from Bulls, Stereo, wethepeople, Felt, Blank
-Texas Toast report straight from Austin, Texas.
-Shorttalks with Thomas Untheim and Flatlander Kevin Nekulski
-Visited: The ZEG
-Last Call with Axel Reichertz
-Fav5 with Matthias Dandois
-ProBikeCheck with Drew Bezanson
Name: Daniel WedemeijerAge: 23
Hometown: Amsterdam, NL
Hookups: Red Bull, TSG, Mankind, Gloryfy Unbreakable, Pauls Boutique, SMC.
Frame: Mankind Action 20.8
Forks: Mankind Justice
Stem: Mankind Archangel topload
Headset: Mankind Neworld
Making it on a cover of a magazine is a big deal. Making it on the cover as a European rider on an American magazine is an even bigger deal. Ben Lewis (UK) spent some time in the USA and RIDEBMX gave him an interview and the front page of their January/February 2014 issue. Congrats to Ben on that one. But not only Ben makes it in this issue as a European rider. Viki Gomez won the Nora Cup in flatland and they catch up with the rider who now lives in the Benelux (whenever he's around). Alex Kennedy (UK) gets an article as well as Australian Sam Willoughby for winning the BMX Racer Nora Cup award which strangely never received a mention in Austin but the Cup was presented to him at the next big race. Further articles are with the Demolition crew which visited the NorthWest, JJ Palmere gets interviewed as well as Dennis Enarson, Mike Hucker Clark, Garrett Reynolds and the Deadline crew. Add 24 new products to 
The December 2013 issue of RideBMX features an east coast adventure with Tree Bikes, bangers from the Markit Zero video, Pro Phases, Broc Raiford, AJ Anaya, and more. Clint Reynolds gets the cover bustin’ a 360 lookback at Catty Woods. Now on to the content list:Departments
-Start: Alex Raban turns a pile of broken chairs into something worth riding and a sweet photo, as well.
-Up Front: Just the facts, please… sponsor changes, injuries, and more.
-Pro Q&A: Broc Raiford. Hops for days, just about every trick on lock, a great attitude, super appreciative of where he’s at, and a crazy story about pooping in public.
-Products: The latest and greatest to keep our bikes running nice!
Name: John Foster.Age: 28.
Hometown: ST Neots (UK).
Sponsors/Hookups: ValleySideDistro, Billy's Cambridge, Team Extreme, Drama Clothing, Faction Bike Co/22".
Frame: Mirra Co - Black Pearl.
Folks: Odyssey R32.
Stem: éclat - Sean Burns (Top-Loader).
Name: Nicky van der VeenAge: 23
Hometown: The Hague - Scheveningen
Sponsors/Hookups: Vans, Monster Energy, 040BMXPARK, Radiobikes, Dante and Cloudninebmx
Frame: Radio Siren
Forks: Radio Minotaur
Stem: Radio Crystal Toploader
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.