Category: News

News updates on a website can be about as exciting as a day in the office. After I left the office today though, I went to HCS, and rode Derek Nelson’s fullpipe that he bought. Yeah, he bought one, and started making a real drum kit out of garbage cans,…

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Kelly Baker, partially on the mend, and riding a contraption in his backyard in Newark Valley. Kelly might be one of the toughest dudes i’ve met in BMX. Ask him about the seal in San Fran if you ever get a chance. It’s a funny story. Derek Girard is doing…

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Here is another spy pic of the crazy new flat design, it might leave a few flatland engineers a bit salty that they haven’t released this idea yet, but Leif will be stoked. Here is Jeff as well getting ready to frieght out the booth supplies for interbike. Jeff put…

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Some more “art” and whatnot out of the archives, The riding pic is none other than the amazingly handsome Steve Crandall shot by Wolrd Famous professional Snowboard talent Andy Forgash. There some cool and funny images in the history of FBM, It’s cool to see some of the old stuff…

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Here are a couple of old pics I found while going through shit, one is of kelly doing a no hander, and another, cutting off kinks head, the top one is of Ralph Sinisi. Before Ralph started Animal, he was a Pro for FBM, he still rides an FBM, and…

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I got to see Cornpie today, and that was a treat. Everyone at FBM has been busy all week, getting ready for Interbike in Vegas, what a fiasco. Without realizing it, the whole Vegas thing has been going on at the same time as the Video Contest, so I havent…

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Big Dave is so excited about the pending release of the New Flat Frame, that he went to the Belmar, and ate pretzels, and bought himself a beer. Here is Dave in Action , welding part of the new, and Innovative frame. I am back in Ny after a stint…

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Derek is leaving for a Props/shitluck trip, and I am leaving Japan for home. Derek wears wigs, and the fashion in Tokyo is almost as strange. I ran into Karl Brutsart From Ithaca in Tokyo, which was fun, and I also Saw Shoe G and Rode the Amazing Skatepark, until…

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Big Dave, who has been busy in prototype season, preparing for Vegas, has worked closely with Ken, Corts, Leif Valin, and certain members of Team Major Air, to come up with might be described as a revolutionary new advance in Flatland innovations. This Spy pic is all we are able…

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After the shows each night, many of us went to get dinner. Friday night,we met up with the riders from Osaka as well. Osaka riders party hard. One dude, ended up shirtless outside, next to a pile of puke, at 9pm. All great guys and super fun to hang out…

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