The fact that time flies is a good sign. It means it's not dragging on. At FATBMX we managed to pull of another year of bringing you the latest and greatest BMX coverage. 2023 is over and luckily it was a busy year once again. We missed the travel days with Covid and then accepted every opportunity in 2023 to get out there. It resulted in trips to Switzerland, France, the USA, Scotland, Germany, China, Belgium, Spain, Chile, and the UAE to see what's going on in BMX. We then covered the events on the site and shared photos and videos on out social media channels for everyone to enjoy.
2024 is looking good already with many BMX jams, gatherings, competitions, UCI World Cups (Japan/France?....), the Olympic Qualifier Series in China and Hungary, The UCI World Championships in Abu Dhabi and other activities happening. It's the Olympic year so expect us to be in Paris this upcoming summer to report from the biggest sporting event on earth.
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2020 was a year filled with ups and downs. The pandemic turned things upside down and it made for one of the craziest years we've experienced in 21 years of being a brand. It has been one wild ride, but we're stoked to be able to keep riders around the world riding! We've picked out a few of our favorite Instagram clips from the team for this quick video for you to enjoy!
Kareem runs down some highs and lows from 2019 and suggests we all take a step back and try to focus on what really matters in 2020.
The new year is here! 2017 was a good one with plenty of BMX involved. Once again we went to Tallinn for the Simple Session which we haven't missed since 2004. It's great to hear Josh Harrington is going to be riding in the next one, coming up the first weekend of February 2018. The Mini FATJAM took place in Aarle-Rixtel and the Beckers Cup at OJA was a good time. The UEC racing started in April in Zolder which was only an hour away and we managed to get some first pics of the riders in their 2017 gear. The UEC continued in Erp, Netherlands not much later which we attended as well (only 30 minutes away). With the 2017 World Cups happening in Papendal (1 hour) and Zolder (1 hour) we managed to cover a lot of racing without much travel. The trip to Argentina for the last UCI BMX SX World Cup however took around 36 hours but once there you forget the long journey quickly. Sylvain André (FRA) and Laura Smulders (NED) wrapped up the World Cup titles in Santiago del Estero.
On the freestyle side it's easy to lose track on where we all went. With multiple jams/sessions/contests happening every single weekend it was sometimes hard to pick where to go. The UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cups in France, Hungary and China were the bigger ones. The UCI World's in Chengdu were held for the first time the weekend after the last World Cup of the season and it turned out great. It was a big year anyway for BMX Freestyle as the IOC observers came to visit in Montpellier and turned BMX Freestyle into an Olympic event. That news came in while in Croatia at the Pannonian Challenge.
RAVE BMX TEAM - MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR. We wish you all the best and we are also really thankful for all the opportunities what 2017 gave us. Thank you and hope you enjoyed this video - let us know in comments.
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