This whole thing literally went down like this... Me: "Hey Van, let's film a bike check." Van: "Aw, man I can't. I actually need to build up a new bike." Me: "Okay, let's film that." So I followed Van around as he hand-picked parts from the warehouse over at Fit, including a ton of his new signature parts.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.