Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, march 2009: Some magazines just follow the trendy people, do some interviews and road trips and are happy that another month has passed by. At Cream they do it a little different. They are the creators of the scene and since they're based in Paris, they've got a good view on fashion too. But next to bringing you the trendy Paris fashion they also have loads of BMX stuff in the mag. After some regular articles (Editorial, TOC, contest schedule, nusic reviews, product news, and a Patoch column) the mag speeds up into a Simpel Session report. Julien Muguet's portfolio gets opened followed by a 6 page Homeboy report on Arthur Dietrich who currently lives in England. A trip from Colombia to Panama will bring some good stuff. Raphael Chiquet made the journey and reports about it in the March-April 09 issue. Portfolios with photographers will result in great photos for the mag. Hannes Ortmann provides some of his favorites to fill pages 44-49. Thomas Caillard takes us to the Paris Suburb Riders. They ride BMX, they're alright! Flatland rider Matthias Dandois interviews Mika. Edgerider took the pics. Another 6 pages full. Jan Philipp Kovermann took a trip to San Fran and came back with some great street stuff. Jamaican riders is the next article. Yaahhh mannn!!! Guess what! another Portfolio. This time Tamas Olajos shows off his good stuff. I like good quality pics but I also like it that the happening itself deserves coverage when you cannot pay for professional photos. Setting up flashes at the LA Street jam would be a challenge anyway. Cream has the story and collected a bunch of pics from 3 guys who happened to drag a camera with them while riding the streets of LA. It's the action that counts. What other magazine gives flatland riding as much coverage as Cream? That's hard to answer. Japan Influence brings 4 more pages of flat ground riding. The Gazette gives space to those who put on a jam and want coverage. Again, not all pics are super quality but at least the timing is better than those professional photos that show up in the newspapers. Kulte Contest, FISE Koweit, Revolcon BMX Contest series, and Who's Next get the reports this time. Dirt rider Beou gets a 7 page interview. He will have a FAT Favorites interview here on the site soon. Easy Riders brings the fashion, more flatland in the LongBeach Jam report, a bike test of a KHE, and Cream finishes with an art section. 132 pages total for only 5 Euros. Get it.
Terry Adams ride sous l'eau accompagné de Marie-Clothilde, Raphael Chiquet's wife, en couverture. Photo par Philippe Marques.
Edito: Putain 10 ans!
Rendez-vous, Culture, Shopping.
Patocherie: Enfin les beaux jours!
Properbikeco, Barcelona and me.
Portfolio: Rémy Issali.
Face: Ucchi! Youhei Uchino.
Homeboy.
Floatland riders.
Show: Pro Trick Team.
Japan influence: Hiroya Morizaki et Ryoji Yamamoto Yanmar.
Made: Colonisation. Colony avec Clint Millar.
Portfolio: Sebastian Heck.
Face: Trevlon Hall.
BMX in Mexico.
La Gazette: Mini Fat jam 2009, Masters of dirt, BMX war jam in Costa Rica, Jomopro 2009 inaugural flatland comp, TJ Ellis interview.
Snowschool.
Vans book.
Old school reunion: Dave Nourie, Bob Haro, Mark McKee.
Paris race.Portfolio: Pascal Guerard par Manu Sanz.
Girls band.
Circle Cow X.
Airwalk story.
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, june 2009: When Christian Van Hanja told me recently that Cream isn't really doing covers with photos of riding I tried to think what the last few covers were. The most recent one is of Terry Adams and a chick going underwater. Sure, there is a bike in the photo but it's far from a handrail photo. Doing different stuff needs to be respected, otherwise we'll end up seeing the same stuff everywhere. It's easy to walk the walk. It's harder to be original and take the risk. Underwater flatland cover on a magazine. When is the last time you saw that? Making a stylish magazine is tough, especially when you have to cram tons of articles in it. Cream isn't a let down in quantity. Issue 33 has a story about Airwalk, BMX in Mexico, the Mini-FAT-JAM gets a page, they covered the Old School Reunion at Woodward West, the Proper Barcelona trip is in there, some snowscoot article, the Masters of Dirt, Jomopro, Dimitri Coste and his Vans collection, BMX war, Japan Influence 3, The Fuel girls, Circle Cow number 10, the Best Of Homeboy, Pascal Guerard, Remi Issaly, Ucchie, BMX Pros trick team, Sebastian Heck, a street portfolio and lots more. The good thing is that part of the text is in English. I try to understand French but it's so much easier to read the English part. Anyone can pick up the mag that way. If you're on a road trip in France this summer, look for a copy of Cream. The perfect way to kill some time on the long highway. Price: 5 Euros.
Olivier Poinsignon, www.agoride.com, juin 2009: Beaucoup de titres... "Proper in Barcelona" avec Joris Coulomb, 5 portfolios: Remi Issaly, "On the street", Sébastian Heck + "Terry Underwater" + "Girls Band. Clin d'œil chaussures avec le "Vans Book" et la "Airwalk history". Pour le ride interview de Ucchi le petit Nipon, Le Pro Trick Team et l'histoire de quelques démos new school à la sauce oldschool. Japan Influence pour les flateux. "Colonisation" avec un entretien intéressant with Mr. Clint Millar (l'occasion de savoir comment une petite marque peut vite faire du souci aux grandes). "Trevelon Hall"/"La cliqua". "Bmx in Mexico" suivit de la gazette dans lequel on retrouve un petit interview du gentil et très fort TJ Ellis (in english s'il vous plait)."Snowschool" pour le fun avec un petit pas de plus pour le snowscoot dans le BMX. "Oldschool réunion", on vous invite à taper "oldschool réunion backflip 2009" vous serriez surpris de voir un flip en side'! "Paris Race" ??? Pascal Guerard review avec des photos vraiment propres et une amplitude de malade pour le "Foetus". "STRIP" ou un doux mélange de street trip... Le bémol: des photos qu'on ne comprend toujours pas et un lifestyle qu'on ne saisit pas peut être parce qu'il n'est pas assez poussé. Des articles creux comme le report "Proper" de 5 pages ou l'on retrouve 2 photos de riding prisent sur le même spot...Un magazine qui évolue certes mais qui semble privilégier un lifestyle qui n'est pas celui des BMXers de nos parks, de nos rues et de nos trails. Je reste terriblement sur ma faim (...).
Manu Massabova, www.agoride.com, juin 2009: 2 pauvres pages avec 2 lignes de texte pour le Circle Cow (le plus gros event français en flat) puis 8 pages sur des filles qui posent sur des bikes dans Paris...il y a des choix éditoriaux qu'on ne partage décidément pas. Les flateux attendent beaucoup de ce mag et ne s'y retrouve toujours pas, la jet set et le show bizz ça fait rêver 5 minutes mais on aimerait aussi entendre parler de la réelle scène flat, qui d'ailleurs ne cesse d'évoluer et qui mériterait qu'on s'y penche de plus prés.
Andy Buckworth on the cover. Photo by Christian VanHanja.
www.global-flat.com, july 2009: The latest issue of Cream is out for a couple of days now. You´ll find a bunch of interesting flatland articles in this one. First of all an interview with Martti titled "Martti naked" which will give you a rather deep and private insight in his mind. Sex, Drugs and Rock´n´Roll - somehow.. Another highlight is the latest interview with Trevlon Hall from Trinidad and Tobago. He finally convinced his government to open the first official flatland area on the planet. Just amazing! Furthermore there are interviews with Irina Sadovnik and Alex Proshin, a portrait of the Kunstform shop and a short message of JF Boulianne from China.
Natalie and Morgan Wade on the cover. Photo by Jonathan Zizzo.
Rendez-vous, culture, shopping.
Patocherie.
Marttistique.
A historic day à Trinidad et Tobago.
Big in Bavaria.
2009 X-Games, Los Angeles.
New school and next level: interviews with Aleksi Rtsilä, Denes Katona, Joris Bretagnolles and Phakphum Poosa-art (toon).
King of New-York.
Lords of dirt.
2009 Worlds.
OG summer camp.
Made in Quamen.
Riders' wife. Natalie and Morgan Wade, Vanessa and Terry Adams.
Stu Thomsen.
La Gazette: Neverland jam, FISE Experience Avoriaz et La Plagne, A Bike project.
Frenchys web trip.
Coco Zurita interview.
Bryan Close portfolio.
80ies Haro show.
Trip to France.
www.global-flat.com, september 2009: Looks like a good amount of flatland content : A historic day in Trinidad, Worlds 2009, Marttistique, OG Summer Camp, Made in Quamen, Aleksi Ritsila, Denes Kotana, and much more...
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, november 2009: The new issue of Cream is back to the non-riding cover theme with Alex Baret reading some mag at a laundrymat while washing his bike. Here's a list of what's inside the upcoming issue:
-Vans Kill The Line
-Ron Wilkerson-2HIP
-FISE Experience final
-Brighton Jam
-Riding on Fire
-Steve van Doren
-Robert Williams
-Field Control
-Isaac Hoefling
-Adrenalin Games
-Interbike
-Costa Rica jam
-Fabien Giess
-Happy Trail
-Russian Streets
-Pessac Vibrations
-Messigny Oldschool
-Le Gang des Mobiettes
-Venise X-Jam
-Pepsi Pro-Am
-Alex Plechta
-Andrew White
-Black is back and Erico Melo plus the Eat the Bowl comp.
flatmattersonline.blogspot.com: Sam Foakes gets the cover of Cream 37 shot by Richard Baybutt after Level Vibes.
Dirt in Colombia.
Twenty in LA.
Savakas.
World Classic Tokyo.
Manu Sanz is back.
BMX collector.
Edouard Martin.
Street Ride portfolio.
Ben Snowden.
Brooklyn Banks.
Catty Woods
Level Vibes.
Sam Foakes interview.
Success stories
Mat Dagu.
Estevan Oriol.
Eva Pin up & Ride.
