Our friends at DC Europe have agreed to give out 5 pairs of shoes in the following FATBMX X DC Shoe Co. online competition. The shoes that are up for grabs are the Anvil for the boys, and the Bristol kicks for the girls. Product descriptions can be viewed below, but first let's cut to the chase. Here's the deal. You answer the following question:
Name two riders that are on the European DC BMX pro team?
Send your answer to: win @ fatbmx.com together with your shoe size, address and phone number. We will pick 5 winners on April 1st. This is not an April fools joke by the way.
Bob Haro, known as the “Father of Freestyle”, is paying tribute to the sport he pioneered with his new IKONIX limited edition 30th Anniversary BMX Freestyle bike. Drawing on a legacy of design and performance, these bikes will be the ultimate tribute to thirty years of BMX freestyle innovation and style with only 540 premium-crafted bikes being produced for release in summer 2012.
“2012 marks three decades since I created the first bike for freestyle riding. I’m still a BMXer at heart, so I am proud and amazed by where other riders have taken it over the years,” said Bob Haro.
Simple Session 12 LIVE webcast made history again, becoming the most popular action sports webcast out there with nearly one million unique views during the two days of the event! In 2011, 148,758 unique viewers tuned in to watch Simple Session LIVE, adding up to over 500,000 with replays and additional clips. In 2012, the event attracted a massive 147% more viewers, reaching out to 367,996 unique viewers. With replays and additional clips, Simple Session 12 reached 944,008 unique viewers within two days of the event on all sites that use the Freecaster player.
According to Freecaster.tv founder Raymond Dulieu, Simple Session is now not only the most watched webcast on Freecaster.tv, but "hands down the most popular online webcast for action sports worldwide".
"I consider a unique viewer to be as valuable as a person attending an event on-site as the internet viewer is not a passive spectator. How many action sports can claim to reach almost 400 thousand fans? To my experience none.
In 2012, the Fise gets a makeover! New logo, new website... this year is the year of change for the International Festival of extreme sports. In one month and a half, the Montpellier Fise arrives on the "Berges du Lez".Meet us during the Ascension week end from the 16th to the 20th of May for a 16th edition with as always more riders, more shows, more vibes but also heaps of new things, free initiations for all and of course BMX, Roller, Mountain Bike, Skateboard and Wakeboard contests...
Nico Does April 2 42 years old Jay Eggleston April 2
Mark Lee-sing April 2 50 years old
Chris Potts April 3 42 years old
Colin Stiles April 3
Matthew Beringer April 4 35 years old
Matt Bischoff April 4 38 years old
Alex Bourguignon April 4 23 years old
Dave Mirra April 4 38 years old
Joel Alamo April 5
Chris Day April 6
Michel Carmona April 6 38 years old
Brian Tunney April 6 38 years old
Introducing the Aaron Ross Grape Soda Bonus Bike . Not only does it come in this amazing Aaron Ross styled colorway, but it’s PRO parts package cannot be matched in this price level. Carrying on with the same theme as Aaron’s Orange Soda bike, the Grape Soda is even more special because there are so few of these available. Sunday Bonus Bikes continue to offer the most unique bikes in BMX. Get yours starting March 31st. You’re probably wondering what is a Sunday Bonus bike?
After announcing the date of the BMX Worlds a while ago, July 13th -15th the official website is now online! Registration and ticket sale are open! Like every year our new website will keep you posted with news and facts about the worlds biggest BMX contest. There are also tons of pictures and videos from last years event. Sign up for the newsletter. The registrationis also already running. Who wants to be safe, can already purchase a ticket from our online webshop. 
The webcast stream can be viewed directly on the contest website opening page or Extreme.com. The webcast will start with skateboarding qualifications at 10.00 CET on Saturday which will be followed by BMX qualifications that last throughout the day. On Sunday, the day of the finals, the webcast will start at 10.30 CET and end around 19.30 CET with the prize ceremony. All video material of the webcast is produced by Simple Session and the stream signal is forwarded by Freecaster.tv / Extreme.com. If you log onto Simple Session's website, then for the first time ever, the webcast viewers can keep track on our LIVE scoring system as separate feed as well. Our LIVE page also has some other goodies such as LIVE chat and other fun interactions. "Simple Session is simply unique and one of Freecaster's favourite contests. It is the best skate and BMX contest in the world – nowhere else will you ever see that many world class riders performing together,” said Raymond Dulieu, founder for Freecaster.tv.
The 2012 JoMoPro promises to be one of the biggest and best flatland contests on North American soil this year. With a pre jam the night before, the pro/am contest will take place at The Bridge in Joplin, MO, on Saturday, April 21st. Auction: Martti Kuoppa Autographed Jungle Rider Frame Jungle Rider’s recently retired front man and flatland icon Martti Kuoppa has stepped up this year to support JoMoPro and is auctioning off his personal frame, complete with an autograph across the
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