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-Ryan Nyquist is not the happiest man alive right now: MRI results says torn ACL... again! Damn! Doctor thinks my body never really accepted the cadaver ligament I had installed in 2006. Looks like I'll be riding this year without an ACL.

-The official opening of the Flame Trails in Helmond are scheduled for Sunday 28 February. By then the sun should be out there, hopefully. Anyway, riders of all sorts are invited to come ride the new pump track at the Kaldersedijk. Official opening at 14:00hr. Be there around 13:00hr to show you care.

-Ben Hennon has been filming for his HB edit this week and traveled to some spots in the UK together with the Kink team. He's off to France this weekend for some more Bikes, Beers and Bitches.

-Upcoming BMX events, and there are tons of them. Check the list and get ready for some riding. Hit the link and find out about the location of the event, the time it starts, the contact info and more.

2010/02/13 - 'Coa Pro BMX contest
2010/02/19 - Gator Nationals
2010/02/19 - Love Bug Allnighter
2010/02/20 - Münster BeatCityJam
2010/02/21 - Waalhalla Bmx Jam
2010/02/27 - Stony Hills Trail Jam
2010/02/27 - Winterjam
2010/02/28 - Opening Flame Trails Brandevoort
2010/03/05 - Winter Nationals
2010/03/13 - Verre oosten jam part 2
2010/03/20 - ASA Big Air BMX Triples
2010/03/27 - Rookie Jam
2010/03/27 - T-Mobile Local Support Dirt Challenge, Mainz/Germany
2010/04/03 - Paul's Boutique 15th Anniversary
2010/04/03 - Easter Classic
2010/04/03 - Mini FATJAM 2010
2010/04/11 - UKBFA Reunion
2010/04/18 - Helm Jam
2010/04/24 - Dorchester Skatepark Jam

















If you run an event, make sure it makes it on the FATBMX event schedule. You can submit your event to the calendar for everyone to see. Follow the steps after hitting THIS LINK.

-The 15 years of Paul's Boutique BMX Hardware store will be celebrated at this year's Mini-FAT-JAM in Aarle-Rixtel on 3 April. Party place: OJA. Ohh yesss!

-Carnaval has started here but we received pictures from "The Pirate" doing all kind of grinds on a ledge. Captain Hook will be proud.

-Catfish gave a shoutout to everyone watching the Simpel Session live over in Eindhoven, Netherlands during the 040 Winter Jam. Thanks to Pim van den Bos for the report on the jam. Look like the resi is a bit hit. With the weather being sucky sucky to park is doing great. Check out the report and check pics of the resi jump box right HERE.

-Message from Dave Mirra on Facebook: We Did it! The city council granted the money for our request to rebuild the miniramp at Jaycee Park. Thanks to all the riders that showed up for the cause. Dm

-In case you forgot how good Scotty Cranmer is, go do yourself a favour and check his new Fox edit. That makes it the clip of the week.

-Seventies distribution are to carry Cult BMX in the UK.

-We've got some SNAFU parts to give away if you're signing up as a FATBMX.com fan on facebook. 4 prizes will go out to new fans until we've reached the 3250 mark. We're well on our way and thanks for the love. You can also use the new RSS/Twitter and Facebook icons on the FATBMX site to sign up as a friend or use these ways to keep in touch with the latest FATBMX updates. We'd like to thank SNAFU for providing the parts.

-2010 Simpel Session Final Results
1. Drew Bezanson - 358
2. Brett “Maddog” Banasiewicz - 355
3. Ben Wallace - 346
4. Diogo Canina - 340
5. Harry Main - 336
6. Leandro Moreia - 334
7. Michael Beran - 331
8. Dan Norvell - 331
9. Rob Darden - 322
10. Kevin Kiraly - 316
11. Sergio Layos - 313
12. Ondra Slez - 311 (tie)
12. Gary Young - 311 (tie)
14. Mark Webb - 310
15. Corey Martinez - 306
16. Andres Lainevool - 304
17. Simone Barraco - 302
18. Tony Watkinson - 301
19. Andre Jesus - 296
20. Kiattichai “Tee” Wanitsakun - 295
21. Ben Snowden - 294
22. Zack Williams - 288
23. Stefan Lantschner - 287
24. Georgy Doremus - 270

2010 Simpel Session Best Trick Winner
Dan Lacey - Toothpick (Hangover?) Up The Rail To 360

-Some riders got lucky because other riders got injured and did not ride the Simpel Session. Here are a few of the riders that either suffered before, or during the event.
-Ryan Nyquist: Torn ACL
-Hoang Tran: Bum ankle
-Ty Morrow: Broken hand
-Maxime Charveron: 10 stitches in his hand
-Mark Vos: Bum foot after a no-hander gone wrong
-Garrett Reynolds: Bum leg after BK hit him with his bike at mach 10
-Danny Hickerson: Fun to bars crash had him hurt enough to sit out finals
-Tobias Wicke: dealing with a bum knee
-Josh Harrington: stolen bike
-Felix Kirch: Broken jaw
-Dennis Enarson: Bum shoulder
Get well to all of the above.

-Received from the BMX scene in Tasmania: Welcome to Tasmania's first and currently only bmx dedicated forum website 'Tascene'. Tascene is dedicated to the bmx community of Tasmania, allowing riders to chat, organize, show-off and of course buy and sell. Tascene is rider owned and operated and we want you to help develop and contribute to the website and make this website your own. Tascene is designed to give bmx in Tassie a home in order to grow. I am inviting you to join ‘tascenebmx’ because there is free advertising, a ‘bike shop buys’ category and also to support the bmx community of Tassie!  www.tascenebmx.com

-Senad Grosic was a judge at the RedBull streetstyle soccer event and was sharing the table with non other than Edgar Davids, Marc Janko and Clemans Doppler. Always great for the BMX-ers to meet the rich and famous. Zach Shaw is going to the start of the F1 season. Who is he going to hang out with? Maybe we'll get to see some pics of that too for an upcoming issue of FAT Friday.

-Bike checks on FATBMX this week:
Bjorn Mager
Pim van den Bos

-New sponsor this month. WeAreLevel is giving it a shot. You can visit them by going HERE. Sign up for their newsletter and tell them we sent you, or something. Also we'd like to welcome Tioga on board.

Sponsor changes this week:
-Vince Kroff off Subrosa
-Jake Seeley on Duffs Pro
-Tom V. on DNA energy drinks
-Tom Dugan on etnies flow
-Tom Justice on Alienation and Demolition (UK)
-Tyrone Williams off Redline
-Mike Rogoish on Osiris Pro
-Mark Webb re-signed with Relentless
-Michael Vockenson on Tempered
-Tom Stretton on Colony
-The 2010 Pull-In BMX team that Arthur Dietrich put together looks like this: Matthias Dandois, Mark Webb, Mark Vos, Eduards Zunda, Alex Jumelim, Mangoose and Simone Barraco. Read his interview on FATBMX HERE.

-You can now go to the right column on the FATBMX site to order your FATBMX T-shirt. Only € 15,= euros.

-Pieter Possenier informed us that Adam Chowski wants to go to Haiti to help out the victims. Adam rides but is also a surgen. They want to set up a field hospital and need some funding to get their equipment shipped over there. Read more about the mission HERE and see if you can help out. Read an interview with Adam by hitting this link.

-The FAT FAVOURITES lists are going bananas. Got a whole bunch lined up and also this week we had one every day. Here are the 7 FAT FAVs lists that came from the following riders:
-Troy Merkle
-Sergej Geier
-Chris Courtenay
-Rob Tibbs
-Kareem Williams
-Sean Yarroll
-Raymond Schlechtweg Jr

Coming up this week are: Tony Hamlin, Mike Hoder, Stephen Cerra, Jared Washington, Bruza, Simon Moratz and Vincent Massardier

-Paul spotted this frame at the Simpel Session. Ridden by Joris Coulomb. It's his first sample of his signature frame from Proper Bike Co.

-We now have a Movies button in the left column. So if you feel like watching some clips, hit this button and it will start with the latest entry. Moview were filed in the Believe it, or Not!? section but now it's got its own place. Same goes for the Workshop Wednesdays. These interviews are now filed under the Workshop Wednesdays button and this week we have non other than Steve Crandall on the show telling about the painting he does, the parts he creates for his motorcycle, his new website and the sketchy ramps he builds for his FBM jams. Check one-two.

-Stolen bikes have moved their US offices. Please note the change of address.
Stolen BMX - US Office:
811 E. Lambert Road,
La Habra, CA 90631
(562) 690-5133 ph.
(562) 690-4211 fx.

-Just got this message from Renny Roker a few seconds ago:
Are you ready for the return of JAG BMX WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES on TV?
Renny Roker
JAG BMX Back on the PROWL!

-Markus Tooker is in Australia and received some new decals for his bike. Haro Master decals from 1989!  Back when neon was hot. A bike check is on its way and we also asked where his bashguard went. Thanks to John Buultjens for the pic.

-Rick Thorne has not stopped touring. He set up a busy schedule to go ride and perform at numerous action sports parks this March and April; Grindz & Rhymez.

Enjoy the weekend. Alaaf!

BdJ