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What: FAT-JAM Who: Everybody with a BMX bike + party animals
Where: Aarle-Rixtel, Netherlands
Why: 20th edition!
When: 9 August 2008

What: FAT-JAM The 20th edition of the FAT-JAM is going to take place on 9 August next. The FAT-JAM was started in 1987 with the first street jam on the RollerRink in Aarle-Rixtel. A sheet of plywood was nailed against the basketball pole, some pallets were placed against the Renault 4, a washing machine made for an obstacle and together with the few ramps we had to formed a real ghetto park. But the statement was made. Ride for fun and don't worry about the contest. We can say that for the 20th edition the intention is still the same.

Who: The FAT-JAM has been a De Jong Bro cooperation from the start. 

Heard of Scott Twiford before? Me neither. But it shows that you don't need to be big time to get a cover of BMX Plus! and we like that. Pay $ 4.99 and you have the August issue in your hands and as the cover says, you can win Darin Read's personal Diamondback too. Turn to page 56 for that. Bikes tested in this issue are the DK Six Pack and the Formula Pro XL race bike. Events covered are the Ticos Jam (flatland!), Ricardo Laguna's Extreme Thing (Vegas style) and the NBL Pacific Nationals. Next to that the following articles can be found inside:
-Racing tips from Matt Pohlkamp
-Hang-5 how-to
-Installing 3-piece cranks how-to
-Bikechecks with Nate Berkheimer, Kevin Porter, Will Love, Ricardo Laguna and Karl Poynter
-The annual T-shirt shoot-out. Over 100 T-shirts you can choose from. 

You know, you talk about ideas and nothing happens. This time however it worked out. Thanks to Mike de Wit (Medow design) and Mike Emde (Carhartt) we now have limited edition FAT-JAM sticker packs! 19 different stickers in one pack, a special 20th edition FAT-JAM collab. We're stoked on the designs, they show the FAT-JAM history with a Bavaria 8.6 design, Bikes- Beers- and Bitches sticker, the old FAT-'zine logo, the FAT-JAM megaphone and of course the OJA handlebar beer bong. 

Invited Riders to ride at the Soul Bowl in Huntington Beach 25-27 July 2008:
1 Dave Brumlow
2 Austin Coleman
3 Jay Eggleston
4 Chad Kagy
5 Koji Kraft
6 Mike Mancuso
7 Steven McCann
8 Joe Rich
9 Kevin Robinson
10 Ben Snowden
11 Tom Stober
12 Jimmy Walker
13 Francisco "CoCo" Zurita

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Who doesn't pick up a free BMX magazine? Cream published Hors-Serie #6 and distributed the mag during the BMX Masters in Germany. So even if you did find a silent moment you could dig into the free issue which has Bob Haro on the cover. 30 years after starting BMX freestyle he still gets covers and he deserves it too. We owe him. Not only did Bob get the cover, he's got a six page feature too. We'll sum up the contents here so you know what the free issue is all about. In fact, it's a full on magazine in French and English with great pics and art that you should try to get your hands on. In the BMX agenda they forgot the 20th edition of the FAT-JAM (9 August) but other than that they've got a full list of events on page 12. Since Cream is based in Paris you can expect them to know what's up on the fashion side. The new products on page 14 are all about it. 

Crupi Parts, Inc is proud to announce that Factory Elite Men Scott Erwood of Canada has earned a trip the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China! Scott competed against fellow Canadian Jimmy Brown in a trials event Saturday at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA. They were to have 2 rounds of time trials and then 3 races. The rider to win 3 of the 5 events would win and represent Canada at the Olympics. Scott won the first 3 events straight off so the final 2 races were not necessary.