Steve Crandall over at Fat Bald Men hired the best male models he could find (or afford) to show off the line of new T-shirts that they just received. The model names (of the T-shirts!!) are: -Live Fast Dial
-Stay Fat (love that one)
-Lords of Fun
-The sword
-Priest
-5 eyed shirts
Thomas Goering just got back from a recent Taiwan and brought back some interesting prototypes, like this new seat/seatpost-combo that is being tested right now. With a total weight of 190g/6.7oz (including the alloy seat post!), this gem weighs less than your average seat alone. Because most riders ride their seat at the same angle anyway, we figured that there’s no need for 
Name: Chase Hawk Age: 21
Hometown: Austin, TX
Sponsors: FIT BIKE CO., FOX, VANS ,EMPIRE, ODYSSEY
Frame: FIT HAWK SIGNATURE 20.5
Fork: FIT BLADE LITE 3/8
M3 GAS PEDAL * Lightweight cast alloy bodies
* Removable Allen screw traction pins
* Hardened 4130 chromoly spindles
* Sealed bearings
* Colors: Raw, Black
Info: www.mirrabikeco.com
Here is another product that Flybikes came up with. It's their new low headset cup. It's 5mm. lower than the current one for those who want the bars lower or like big bars with a low stem. It's already on the way to the distributors. They will have it in the next weeks so go bug your local Fly dealer. The photo shows the low 
Name: Harry Main Age: 17
Hometown: Liverpool, England
Sponsors: Nike 6.0, Khe Bikes, Tsg, Unknown 240
Frame: Khe Barbados 20.6 (removable brake lugs)
Fork: Khe cirrus 14mm
Stem: Fly Malaga
New from VWP bike parts; BMX helmet Skeleton! 2-size-fits-all. Aprox Sales price Euro 34,95 Available in matt-black and matt-silver as well. Louis Verwimp BV; Tel.+31-402041515
Verwimp.nl
Name: Paulo Charaba Age: 37/38
Hometown: Sao Paulo - Brasil
Sponsors: ESZE, DreamBMX, DoctorBike, ImpactBike, Sims, BMXman, ABBMX.
-Frame: Hoffman BAMA 21" TT
-Fork: Hoffman Fat Free
-Headseat: FSA
New in Premium Products' product range are these Kevlar Folding Bead tires. Here are the details:- LIGHT-WEIGHT THIN WALL CASING
- KEVLAR FOLDING BEAD
- 1.5MM TREAD DEPTH
At Fly Bikes they like to test their products for a long time before they put them on the market. These plastic barends almost looked like they were too simple of an idea but sometimes simple things just work better. Good about these plastic bar plugs are that you don't need tools to install them. They last a long time, won't hit you as hard 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.