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The new year has started. It's the time of picking up riders and riders being dropped. This came in from The Set: The international nomad and all round shredder Brad Simms and The Set have parted. It's a mutual agreement & It's all love both ways and it's always hard to see a friend go. We were stoked to have Brad involved with us from day one to help build the brand, we've had a bunch of good times since Brad's been with us and we wish him all the best for the future!

Redline has added a store to it’s website, which is the first time customers can buy products directly from Redline. The store opened with an assortment of new Redline apparel, race wear, banners, decals and replacement parts. Use the coupon code

Congrats to DC for kicking off 2013 by reaching 10 million fans on Facebook on January 1st. In just 4 short years DC has become the very first action sports brand to hit the 10 million mark and is still going strong. To celebrate the 10 Million milestone, our DC athletes and family put together this video highlighting key moments in DC history shared on Facebook that helped the brand reach this monumental number. Thanks go out to all the friends of DC that have liked and supported us over the years.

In case you missed it, we are also saying Thank You by doing 10 Giveaways to 10 Winners in 10 Days online. 9 Winners will receive a giftcard good for $100 at DCshoes.com and one pair

Authenticity. No Limits. Freedom. These are the key words of DC Europe´s new women campaign. And what could translate these messages better than music by women who live it, love it and make it. So, DC approached DJ’s who represent this attitude across every major European country. Starting in Germany, then the UK, brand ambassador DJ’s, who are local but think global, will tell their story and tell us what life and music means to them. With each DJ’s story being supported with print ads, a video portrait, online activities, community features, live gigs and other coverage tools, such as features on DC´s own lifestyle portal www.my.dclife.com. DC aims to create a prosperous and ’win-win’ relationship with these DJ’s for a long-lasting collaboration (such as tour presentation, deeper brand tie-ins etc.).

So far, DC has collaborated with Sarah Farina, a multi-talented,

040 local rider Teun 'Tosti' Swaanen crashed really hard a few weeks ago, broke his jaw on three places, knocked out a tooth and loosened up some other teeth. He's already riding again and on Wednesday January the 9th we'll make it a special day for him. All the stuff which kept his jaw and teeth together will be removed and we'll make some different tosti's that day as tosti's are Teun's favourite food!

Doors open at 3pm. Doors close at 10pm. 7 hours of riding. Tosti's served during opening hours. Join the session at 040BMXPARK, Strijp-S Eindhoven.

Contact: Max Cleuren
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URL: www.040bmxpark.nl

Do you have an event coming up? Submit the info to the FATBMX Event calendar yourself. We'll approve all legit BMX jams and contests. Go HERE for more info.

Ricardo Laguna is excited to announce that in 2013 The Ricardo Laguna Dirt Challenge is going to have 3 stops. The series begins in March with the "Thomas Hancock Legacy" stop one in Phoenix AZ, stop two will be at the 17th annual Extreme Thing Action Sports & Music Festival in Las Vegas, NV, and the series concludes with the final stop in Lake Havasu, AZ in Nov. Each contest features its own unique setting and attractions plus riders will be competing for $5,000 per stop and a custom billet aluminum trophy provided by Bill Hancock and Colorado Custom.

Stop one on March 2nd in Steve's recently rebuilt back yard is one more contest to add to his 3 year history of events.

After revolutionizing 24″ bike geometry, Sunday is now proud to offer the 16″ Primer Jr. (formerly known as The Lil Spark). The progressive spec and angles on this bike make it easier for a new rider to learn the fundamentals of riding BMX at a younger age. Featuring a 16.5″ top tube, steeper 25mm fork offset, taller 6.75″ bars, a 40mm reach stem and lightweight 28 spoke wheels, the Sunday 16″ Primer Jr. is the perfect starting point for new riders. The awkward geometries found on other 16″ bikes are now a thing of the past. The 2013 Sunday Lil Spark is the best handling 16″ bike that money can buy.

Vans Europe proudly welcomes South African Bmx rider Greg Illingworth to the family. The 27 year old all-round shredder from Johannesburg already has a strong name in the international Bmx community and made a move to Newcastle, UK just last year to focus even more on his riding and other projects. Greg will join riders like Ben Hennon, Bruno Hoffmann, and Kevin Kalkoff in the European Bmx team and all of them are stoked to call Greg their team mate now.

TM Andy Zeiss: „Having Greg in the team is just great and I couldnt be happier. Beside his unique an full throttle riding style he brings a lot of personality and energy to the team. He represents the perfect image what Vans stands for and next to the other 11 guys on the team I can now say that we have a hell of a dirty dozen, haha!“

Freegun Underwear has been working hard over the past few months to fine tune our BMX team so we can come out swinging in 2013. With the addition of a new team manager last August things have been non-stop behind the scenes at Freegun, and we can’t wait for the New Year with our BMX riders!

2013 Freegun BMX Team

Pro: Terry Adams, AJ Anaya, Alex Jumelin, Daniel Sandoval, Ben Hucke.
Flow: Nina Buitrago, Tyler Gilliard, Sebastian Smith, Mike Gray.
Groms: Victor Peraza, Kaden Stone, Bryce Tryon.
Team Manager: Fat Tony

It is really important to everyone at Freegun to support all types of riders, and Terry Adams can attest to that. He says, "I'm stoked that Freegun is stepping up once again to support the 

Just when you thought the list couldn't get any more spectacular, new riders have made it on the list for the 2013 Simple Session in Tallinn, Estonia. Some airlines have got specials going on right now. Don't miss that flight, it's going to be an amazing weekend with these guys around:
Brock Olive AUS
JJ Palmere USA
Tommy Dugan USA
Nigel Sylvester USA
Gary Young USA
Dakota Roche USA
Kenneth Tencio CRI
Ty Morrow USA
Tony Neyer USA
Shawn McIntosh USA
Ludwig Oskarsson SWE
Ole André Kristiansen NOR