First and foremost I want to thank everyone who has helped in passing this message along. The initial flood of responses warranted a phone call from PayPal to make sure we were expecting the participation we got! We have received a ton of emails today and the money is starting to come in from all over the world! The immediate goal is to help with living expenses for the next six weeks as Stephen’s family from Great Britain and his wife and children will likely be staying in Baltimore MD for the next six weeks. This will no doubt be something that needs our help for a very long time. Remember there are three different ways that you can help immediately. All proceeds will be given directly to the Stephen Murray Family.
1) Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with the dollar amount you would like to contribute. You will then receive an email back with the
Stephen Murray is a BMX Athlete that could use help from the BMX community. Stephen is a professional dirt jumper that is well known for his amazing tricks like double back flips, 360 back flips, turndown back flips and so much more. Stephen Murray came to the United States from New Castle Great Britain over 10 years ago with a dream of riding with the best athletes in the sport. He came over here originally as a BMX racer but quickly took to Dirt Jumping and Freestyle in the scene of Huntington Beach and Sheep Hills. 2001 and 2002 marked the biggest year for Stephen Murray of his career. He won the Gold Medal in Dirt Jumping at X Games and back to back wins at the Gravity Games, the two biggest contests at the time.
Stephen is quoted on his own riding style, “I go 110%, go big and send it!” (EXPN.com)
You have probably heard about Stephen Murray's terrible crash he had in Baltimore at the Dew Tour last week. A double backflip went wrong and Stephen broke three vertebrae in his neck and was taken to hospital and operated upon immediately. He is in "critical but stable" condition and will undergo another operation today (Monday). Everyone at FATBMX wishes Stephen, his family and his friends all the best. A strong group of supporters are in the beginning stages of forming a non-profit organization on behalf of Stephen, wife Melissa, son Mason and step son Seth. They will need all the help, support, donations they can get. As plans on the event progresses, we will post the information here on FATBMX.Here's the latest situation:
Stephen Murray update 25/6/07
If you want to ride a good session at this skatepark and you can make it to Cheyenne, WY., do it this Saturday 30 June for a BMX Rodeo. The Sturman park will have a Beginner ($5), Expert ($10) and Pro ($15) class. The place looks great.FOR MORE INFO CALL Cody Fox at: 307-631-2706
Party time at these guys' this week:29 June - Bob Haro 1958
29 June - Brian Foster 1972
29 June - Rob Nolli 1972
29 June - Manu Massabova 1972
29 June - Alain Massabova 1972
29 June - Shaun Butler 1976
01 July - Mike Laird 1974
Okay, let's face it. You did some traveling to a BMX contest to see awesome riding and to hang out with your BMX friends. When the contest gets cancelled because of the shitty weather conditions, your friends are still there. Instead of staying in the hotel moaning about the weather you can go out and have a good time. It wasn't a regular night for the locals in Newton Abbot. BMX was in town which turned the Jolly Farmer and even Enigma into a good place. With Red Bull kicking in 1000 drinking tickets we each had a drink or two. BMX on the Enigma disco dancefloor in Devon, who would have ever thought. 
We have 4 Dave Mirra BMX Challenge PSP games to give away. On top of that we have a PSP player available that will go out to the person who answers the following questions the best. You have to do some homework for this one unless you are a big Dave Mirra fan. Don't forget to send your full address with your entry. The competition is open to anybody. Answers need to be mailed in by 30 June 2007. 1. Which city does Dave Mirra live in?
2. How many X-Games gold medals has Dave won?
3. What's the name of Dave's bike company?
Bonus question:
I need this Dave Mirra BMX Challenge game because:
Send your answers to: win @ fatbmx.com before 1 July 2007
Winners will be announced on FATBMX early July 2007.
Say all you want but Levi's have a killer team. With Morgan Wade, Anthony Napolitan, Jamie Bestwick and Corey Martinez on the team they've got most bases covered. There's a website dedicated to BMX, they've got a rather big flow team and Levi's have also put together a little team video. It might be more of a long commercial to some but that's what Levi's want to do, promote their product. 
-Girls Contest at the Suzuki BMXMasters We are proud to announce, that the call for girls was loud enough and we have recieved quite a good feedback from the female BMXers meanwhile. The Girl’s Contests can take place. For example Miss Cory Coffey from the USA, Annica Jonsson from Sweden and Irina Sadovnik from Austria will come to the peninsula at the rhine to rock in the disciplines Flatland and Street.
Sunday 24th of June 2007: LAKE JUMP FESTIVAL AARLE-RIXTEL! This Sunday is Lake Jump Sunday at the nice and clean Kanaal at the bridge of Aarle-Rixtel so bring:
- The sun
- Swimming shorts and towell
- Protection if you need, no helmets please
Don't bring:
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.