Bart de Jong
Shadow's inspiration this season is fully fueled by the action of our governments and society. They believe the "Some real Scary Shit series" sums up their thoughts of what is happening in the world today. The 08 collection is hitting stores next week. 
Kids are the best. You'll find out when you get some. Congrats to Big Island and Annie on the birth of Iza. Hawaii has just become a bigger place. Coach and his family are on their way and now that Big is back on the Guiness they'll have some good times. There is always a reason to celebrate but this one is the best.
Congrats from everyone at FATBMX!
July 19th 2008 for the very first time on stage "SOLDIER" will performed LIVE By: TJ Lavin, Featuring Pippa Tabron, Cory Nastazio & Simon Tabron on the Verizon Wireless Music Stage Saturday night between SKB Vert Finals and BMX Vert Finals. -Cleveland, Ohio Right Guard, AST # 2
-Verizon Wireless Music Stage
-Saturday July 19, 2008 6:00 PM ET
-www.ast.com
BMX Flatland World Circuit 2008 YEAR END STANDINGS so far Top Ten:1 Sam Foakes UK 1761 points
2 Yohei Uchino Japan 1745 points
3 Matt Wilhelm USA 1735 points
4 Terry Adams USA - 1714 points
5 Matthias Dandois France - 1705 points
5 Justin Miller USA - 1705 points
7 Dominik Nekolny Chech Republic 1609 points
8 Hiroya Morizaki Japan - 1473 points
9 Raphael Chiquet France - 1467 points
10 York Uno Japan - 1459 points
This week the updates were a little different than normal. Instead of covering the entire spectrum of BMX, we covered a part of BMX that does not receive as much attention as it deserves. Flatland riders are a special folk full of individuals. Each of them actually needs to be original to stand out and there is room to do so in the flatland world. This week we interviewed several pro flatland riders. Terry Adams is one of them and he takes flatland wherever he can and that includes the cover of the latest Props Video Magazine. Bram Verhallen is Holland's number one pro flatlander but he has a different take on competing these days and even picked up street riding to mix it up. He did recently receive his second pro frame from KHE that he just put together and will be shown on FATBMX too. If you're riding flatland and people pass by, you have probably heard the comment; "You should go to the circus!" Robert Alton listened to that and became a true professional rider. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.