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-Let's start with some good news. Loads of good people and good brands hooked Stephen Murray up with a new vehicle. And it's dope looking too! Rims and all, stereo, the whole 9 yards. So stoked on seeing this happen. Thanks to everyone who made this happen. BMX is wonderful. It was also great to see Mikey Aitken ride at Paxton's backyard where the Mercedes van was handed over to Stephen as a surprise. It's step by step for Aitken but the last few steps have been awesome. Back on the bike. Yes!

-This week we reached the 5000 Facebook fans landmark. Thanks for your support, no matter where you find the FATBMX news first.

-FAT FAVs this week came from:
-Joda
-Nina Butrago
-Joel Barnett
-Angie Marino
-Adrian Malmberg
-Justin Coble
-Mike Harrison
Thanks to Susan Linerode for collecting some of those, as well as the Andy Buckworth interview  and doing the "How to get a skatepark in your town " article. All good stuff.

-The complete 2010 Dew Tour BMX schedule is as follows:
-BMX Open, July 23-24 Chicago, Ill. – Museum Campus
-Wendy’s Invitational, Aug. 12-15 Portland, Ore. – Rose Quarter
-Toyota Challenge, Sept. 16-19 Salt Lake City, Utah – EnergySolutions Arena
-Dew Tour Championships, Oct. 14-17 Las Vegas, Nev. – Hard Rock Hotel & Casino

-BMX events coming up:
2010/03/20 - Tim Hales Wanaka Shredaton
2010/03/20 - ASA Big Air BMX Triples
2010/03/26 - UCi BMX Supercross round 1
2010/03/27 - Rookie Jam
2010/03/27 - Extreme Thing
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
2010/04/09 - JomoPro
2010/04/11 - UKBFA Reunion
2010/04/18 - Helm Jam
2010/04/24 - Freestyle BMX & MTB Polish Championships
2010/04/24 - Dorchester Skatepark Jam
2010/04/24 - All American Nationals
2010/04/25 - T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds
2010/05/02 - Flame Trails jam
2010/05/07 - UCI BMX SX Copenhagen, DK
2010/05/08 - Freedom Nationals
2010/05/09 - Tour Dur Laarbeek
We can't stress you enough to submit your events/jams to the FATBMX event calendar yourself. Show the BMX community what you've got planned. Welcome more riders to join your fun. Just fill this in.

-We've got some good stuff going on in the BMX racing section. Lists from the following racers this week:
-Emilio Falla (Olympian)
-Liam Phillips (Olympian)
-Ramiro Marino (Olympian)
-Rob van den Wildenberg (Olympian)
-Luke Madill (Olympian).
Next week's FAT Friday will come from Madrid, Spain as we're going over to cover the first stop of the 2010 UCI BMX Supercross World Cups.

-FATBMX's Workshop Wednesday is starting to be an interesting part on the site. Something different than a toe jam photo or the latest clip. We had Nate Hanson in mind for this week but he was ill and couldn't do it in the 2 hours we gave him to get back. But he'll be the next one up and if you like Off-Road trucks, you better get ready for that one. Instead we drove over to Aarle-Rixtel and shot some pics at Paul deJong's set up. Read his "Workshop Wednesday" episode by going HERE.

-Harry Main and FIDS bike checks this week, along with the latest BMX Plus!, new Snafu parts and info on Lloyd Ramsay's short online book in the FATBMX Review section. Just telling you what's going on.

-Fans of the Old School will be interested in the BMX Museum that is located inside the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista. Great stuff in there. We've got part one of the pictures up right now, thanks to Pieter Does. Part two will follow next week.

-Sponsor changes. Let's go through the mails to make sure we don't forget anyone:
-Corey Salas on GHP
-Luke Santucci on Eclat
-Dakota Isenberg on GHP
-Def Paul off Redline
-Steven Wong on Supercross
-Timmy Theus on Cult


-We received this from Luke Fink, one of Australia's finest who showed up at a few comps in Europe a few years ago and then got into drifting cars. Anyway, read on:

Well I'm planning to go to Europe to expand my drifting due to no drift Australia this year and the fact that I have been offered a number of drives in Europe the first one being april 18th and 19th in Manchester, England. The reason I am writing to you is I'm in need of some sponsorship/financial help... idealy 1 or 2 big sponsors would be fantastic but im very open to smaller deals aswell.. I'm offering exposure world wide via me for the entire of 2010. I have been in solid talks with driving sports in the UK and they have a seat for me to fill in there 450hp s13 and are allowing me to run stickers on the car to help fund my way over. I'll be entering 5 rounds of the jdm allstars in the uk if i place top 4 this will give me a entry to the redbull world championships in the usa (massive). I'm currently in talks with the edc (european drift championship) about doing some of their rounds .. they're currently chasing a car for me to drive on top of all this motive will be following my progress aswell.  Looking forward to hearing from you.
Regards,
Luke Fink.
P.S. I'm also bringing over my bmx and will be hitting up what I can as wel.

-Another person who is looking for sponsorship is Trish Bare Grounds. She wants to come over to the FISE and Masters but is looking for someone to pay for her flights.

-And who wants to fly the FATBMX crew all over the place?

-Rebel Jam, Rebel Jam, Rebel Jam!!!!!!!!!!!! 2010!!!!!!!!!!!

-RedBull Dirt event in Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Nitro Circus tour in Europe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Deluxe DVD party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

-Mini FAT-JAM 3 April!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Enough shouting, enough for now. Off to do a few laps. Peace.

BdJ