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Hang out and watch Terry ride at more than 20 demos all across the U.S. during the month of August!

Terry Adams 2011 Summer Tour Schedule:
August 12 - Atlanta, GA - Crescent City Ave (11PM-12AM)
August 13 - Atlanta, GA - DHS Youth (11:30PM)
August 14 - Atlanta, GA - Georgia State University (Westmar, 7PM)

The Dew Tour takes over the Rose Quarter of Portland, Ore. this weekend for the seventh consecutive year, August 11-14. The biggest names in BMX will be returning to compete in park and dirt contests, as they gain points toward the Dew Cup. BMX Dirt will make its season debut in Portland, being held for the first time on the banks of the Willamette River. 2010 Dew Cup winner Brandon Dosch will attempt to get his season off to a strong start in an effort to repeat his top

Corinne Walder Monday, August 8
Matt Roe Monday, August 8 · 26 years old
Pierre- Henri Sauze Monday, August 8 · 42 years old
Mike Escamilla Monday, August 8
François Desgain Tuesday, August 9 · 45 years old
Stefan Redinius Tuesday, August 9
Terry Adams Tuesday, August 9 · 28 years old
Clay Johnson Wednesday, August 10
Bjorn Neuber Wednesday, August 10 · 32 years old
Christopher Collins Wednesday, August 10 · 41 years old
Sarah Elyafi Wednesday, August 10
Ben Snowden Thursday, August 11

Everyone is recovering from the BMX Masters that went down in Cologne from 8th - 10th July 2011. The Jugendpark is cleaned up, the last campers are leaving and the Park is disassembled. The first videos are online now! Once again, we witnessed a highlight in the international contest circus even with not a big number of sponsors. Some of the international top riders made their way to the Jugendpark. Brian Kachinsky, Brad Simms, James Foster, Rob Armour, Pat Casey or

We received many questions and requests to extend the first stage of the contest, because the weather which wasn't perfect to do recordings. So we listened to the requests of all of you who worry that they didn't have enough time to record good material and extend the registration period for an additional 14 days. Thus, the final deadline to send your movie is August 28th! Also we decided to resign from that rule about submitting only previously unpublished movies. Of course, we are still looking for new and fresh productions, but if your 

DC announced today they will partner with national charitable organization Soles4Souls, to help reach their goal for the “11 in 11” campaign. This amazing campaign aims to collect and distribute 11 million shoes in 2011 to people living in extremepoverty and recovering from natural disasters. DC will be collecting lightly worn shoes at 24 participating stores across the country during the month of August to help drive the effort.  For more information on DC stores near you, go here.

Hookit.com, the world's largest action sports social network, is pleased to announce the launch of its new mobile app available for iPhone and Android mobile devices. Using the Hookit mobile app, members can now find local spots, check conditions, log their sessions, share to Facebook as well as get deals from brands and local businesses. “This is by far the most social and powerful location-based mobile app for action sports,” said Scott Tilton, CEO of Hookit.com. “Our members are some of the most progressive and expressive individuals on the planet and this app helps makes our services available almost anywhere for them to share their lifestyle.”

The App includes a number of major features, including:
* 25,000 + spots and growing, including motocross / BMX tracks, skate parks, street spots, MTB trails, mountains, surf breaks and much more
* Add your own spots
* Post sessions - rate the conditions, include a comment, 

Cult riders Dakota Roche and Chase Hawk arrived at X Games 17 ready to ride. Roche and Hawk competed in the BMX Freestyle Street and BMX Freestyle Park disciplines, taking home the rights to third and fourth place, respectively. Dakota Roche's riding earned him his second X Games medal, having taken home the first earlier this year at X Games Asia. During his first run in the final heat, Roche had a hard fall that led him to land chest-first on the corner of a concrete ledge

Lloyd Ramsay picked up a Lumix and came back with the following: "Instead of shooting photos with my Canon I decided to use my small cheap Lumix instead. Digital cameras have come a long way in the past few years and the Lumix did an amazing job that day. None of the photos are processed or edited. This was an exercise in me pushing myself in terms of composition. I wanted to give a feeling of riding BMX on another planet. Its called 'Today' and was shot during the course of the day while me and my buddy Jay rode around."

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