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-Harry Main is in the USA having a great time. He's been riding at Woodward and learning new tricks by the day. He's on a new Mirraco frame that he painted black already and threw some Monster stickers on. It looks Badass! Eating healthy, riding at Woodward and staying with Jamie Bestwick have made Harry a force to be reckoned with for the 2009 contest series. He'll be going to the Toronto BMX contest and JomoPro too so get ready to see some more of Liverpool's finest having fun on the bike.

-Yup, another week down and loads more to go. I'll be sending out the list to a few of you out there for an appearance in March so check your mailbox. We've got a lot of days to go in 2009 to don't you worry, your day will come.

-Markus Hampl
-Brian Hunt
-Rob Darden
-JJ Palmere
-Alex Bourguignon
-Keith Treanor
-Tom Haugen
-Jeff Klugiewicsz

Riders coming up this week are: Andrew Buckworth, Colin MacKay, Ryan Nyquist, Mike O'Connell, Mike Fede, Nik Ford and Coco.

-NIKE 6.0 BMX Mentor Will Smyth sent in a pair of Air Mogan 's that were released in January of 2009. Sounds like they're signing up as an advertiser for the FATBMX site shortly. Sweet. By the way, all prize winners in the FATBMX/NIKE 6.0 competition have received their packages.

-FIT Bike Co. are releasing 30 video clips that explain what goes into making a full length BMX video. And there is more to it than you think. Good news this week is that Mike Aitken is back rolling on his bike again. The best therapy for him I'm sure. It's at a slow pace at the moment but it's great to see him back on the bike.

-Team changes this week. Keep us informed when you hear something.

*Carlos Oquendo on Crupi
*Michal Prokop re-signs with Author for 2009
*Officially announced this week: JJ Palmere, Miles Rogoish and Cam White on Mongoose
*Dutch Premium Products rider? More next week.
*Caleb Quanbeck on Shadow
*Issac Barnes on S&M and 1664
*Vance Wiesendanger on BMX Mania

-2009 ABA AA PROStanding through Gator Nationals
1 MIKE DAY 885
2 KYLE BENNETT 835
3 JOEY BRADFORD 635
4 DONNY ROBINSON 601
5 KHALEN YOUNG 475
6 TYLER BROWN 381
7 DANNY CALUAG 377
8 BARRY NOBLES 365
9 MARIS STROMBERGS 354
10 JAVIER COLOMBO 352

-There's a new bicycle (trade)show on the 2009 schedule. We're not sure how much BMX will be involved (probably not a lot), but the info states that they'll have a BMX King Of Dirt. More info on the Munich base tradeshow HERE.

-People all over the world celebrated Carnival last weekend. In Italy they had a jam going at a concrete park and in Brasil they even had BMX-ers involved in the parade. Alaaff!

-Magazine previews on DIGBMX, RIDEBMX (USA) and Freedom this week. Reviews on Cream, RIDE UK and BMX Plus! next week.

-UCI USA race # 3, Oldsmar, Florida. 21 Feb. Elite men results:
1  CRISTIAN BECERINE, FREE AGENT
2  NIC LONG, INTENSE/PHANTOM/ON TRAC
3  JASON ROGERS
4  DONNY ROBINSON, HYPER BICYCLES
5  DANNY CALUAG, INTENSE BMX/BAWLS/THE
6  TYLER BROWN, CRUPI
7  MATT KELTY, OFR /POKER STARS.NET
8  MARIS STROMBERGS, KHS/FREE AGENT

-Steve Crandall wanted to let everyone know that the bike that Dennis McCoy is riding was built at FBM. He sent a photo along of the 40+ year old shredding the bike. Oh yeah, has everyone signed up for the Old School BMX Reunion at Woodward Camp? do so quickly because housing availability is running out. 100+ riders of over 32 years old have signed up. The list is amazing.

-BMX Olympics this weekend in Rotterdam.

-Ronaldo just started a new BMX review site and wanted to 
get the word out. www.crashtestbmx.com

-The Mount Hawke Easter Jam will be held at Mount Hawke's sk8 park in Cornwall, UK on Sunday April 12th. Doors open at 10am and it's £6 entry for all. Then £2 to enter any comps. All the comps are listed on the flyer. This is a fund raising event to help keep the park running. This will be the 11th year for the jam and the theme for the day is to have fun and ride because you want to. There will be prizes as donated by the sponsors. The United team are already confirmed and if it's as good as last year it will rock.  Mikie.....

-Every Friday after we hit the SEND button a couple of e-mails come in with news that would have fit well in the FAT Friday. Here's a note from Soeren Jacobs telling us he's got a new website going under: www.infaction.de It's about BMX workshops, holiday camps and BMX shows.

-Event Calender. Upcoming events:
2009/02/28 - Premium BMX Jam, Eksel, Belgium
2009/03/06 - Coupe de France
2009/03/13 - torontoBMXjam09, Toronto, ON Canada
2009/03/14 - 031BMX verre oosten jam
2009/03/20 - Old School BMX Reunion weekend
2009/03/28 - Extreme Thing
2009/03/28 - Local Support Dirt Challenge, Mainz, Germany
2009/03/28 - MOORA CUP 2009, Amsterdam, NL
2009/04/04 - Mini-FAT-JAM
2009/04/10 - All Clucking Nighter
2009/04/19 - Dirt Session Extreme Playgrounds
2009/04/25 - ASA World Tour
2009/05/01 - 20" Trophy
2009/05/08 - Vans Wheels of Rock
2009/05/15 - 20" Trophy
2009/05/20 - FISE 2009
2009/06/05 - adidas eyewear - Austrian King of Dirt
2009/07/10 - IBMXFF World Championships
2009/07/10 - Nass 2009
2009/07/24 - HARBORSHRED
 
Keep us posted on your new web video clips, team changes, press releases, and other interesting news. In other words, put us on your mailing list and you might see your stuff pop up on the FAT Friday or on the FATBMX site during the week. It's weekend now. Have some fun.

BdJ
bdj[@]fatbmx.com