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But life is life. Gotta take the good with the bad and make the best out of it. Get well all. Here's some BMX news for you. Less important than getting healthy, but anyway:

-Those FAT FAV's are like little Bio's in the mags. We must have a few hundred of them online now and the plan still is to do one per day till the year is over. Here are the FAT Favourites of the last two weeks. Hit them up:

-Daniel Wijsmuller
-Blaze Ballantyne
-Mischa Raath
-Paul Ryan
-László Tivadar
-Dan Lacey
-Jos Wissink
-Peter "Sepy" Szabolcsi
-Romuald Noirot ("BiBi")
-Denis Wingham
-Dane Beardsley
-Alejandro Caro
-Tom Selbeck
Upcoming FAT FAVs: Alain Massabova, Brad Blanchard (when he gets some pics taken), and Roy van Kempen.

-Simpel Summer Session results:
1. Daniel Dhers VEN
2. Isaac Lesser UK
3. Viktors Kronbergs LAT
4. Andris Dembovskis LAT
5. Eduards Zunda LAT
6. Oskars Zajarskis LAT
7. Andres Lainevool EST
8. Pavel Terentyev RUS
9. Luke Padgett UK
10. Panagiotis Manaras GRE

-If you're going to Las Vegas and have not figured out what to do on that other night, here's a very good option: Stephen Murray Family Benefit. September 23, Rockhouse - 3535 Las Vegas Blvd (Time TBD) * Rockbar will donate 5% of bar sales * 100% of cover charge at door @ $20.00 per person * Silent Auction * Merchandise Booth

-Sponsor changes/news:

-Ben Hennon on Hoffman Bikes
-Jeff Klugiewicz on Action Village
-Anthony Messere on MacNeil
-Imro Kokelaar & Pim de Jong on GHP Europe
-Will Stroud TM for GreenHouse
-Tanner Nelson on The Take
-Kevin Porter on Duffs
-Chris Doyle on Action Village

-Jon Peacy is getting his fix on. He just created a new website:
www.geturfixx.com

-Gatorade Free Flow Tour – Autumn Ramp Park Results Sunday, September 6, 2009 Joplin, Mo. BMX Park
1. Blake Lamb, Joplin, Mo.
2. Corey Morgan, Joplin, Mo.
3. John Pattreal, Springfield, Mo.
4. Nick King, Bentonville, Ark.
5. Robert Shevelbush, Joplin, Mo.

-With the 2010 bikes popping up everywhere we looked into a few companies and checked what they had to offer. 4 reports are up from the Eurobike show (in the Bizznizz section) and we've got interviews up with product managers who are looking forward to the Interbike show in Las Vegas (23-25 September). Some have released pics to FATBMX that have not been shown anywhere else.
Stolen
Mirraco
Redline
Felt
Kink
MacNeil
More to come in the days leading up to the Interbike show. FATBMX will be there by the way.

-PRO MINIRAMP RESULTS IFA:
1. Björn Mager
2. Sergej Geier
3. Kevin Liehn
4. Tobias Wicke
5. Markus Braumann
6. Felix Kirch 
7. Mark König
8. Senad Grosic
9. Mike Bräutigan
10. Tobias Wehlich

-The upcoming BMX events.
2009/09/12 - Vans Kill The Line Peynier trails
2009/09/12 - BMX Jam America(NL)
2009/09/17 - Dew Tour round 4, Salt Lake City, USA.
2009/09/19 - Budget Jam 2009
2009/09/19 - Etnies BMX BOK
2009/09/23 - Interbike
2009/09/26 - Alley AM Jam
2009/10/02 - INTERNATIONAL OLD SKOOL of BMX REUNIE
2009/10/03 - REVOLCON BMX ROUND 4
2009/10/03 - Boicott Camping Jam
2009/10/15 - Dew Tour round 5, Orlando, Florida
2009/10/17 - T-Mobile Local Support Street Challenge
2009/10/24 - The Great Pumpkin Jam
2009/10/31 - Escondido BMX Contest
2009/11/01 - FreestyleFestival
2009/11/28 - REVOLCON BMX ROUND 5
2010/01/09 - Flatland World Classic, Tokyo
2010/02/05 - Simpel Session 10
2010/05/10 - T-Mobile Local Support Street Challenge
You can submit your event to this list yourself on the www.fatbmx.com website. Do it.

-Gatorade Free Flow Tour - Jaycee Extreme BMX Park Results Sunday, August 30, 2009 Greenville, N.C.
1. Matt Whyatt, Australia.
2. Nick Kajewski, Australia.
3. JC Knecht, Los Alamos, N.M.
4. Devon Smillie, Suwanee, Ga.
5. Russell Summerville, Suwanee, Ga.

-The GPS clothing crew went on a trip to Romania. You can find some more pics of their trip by going HERE.

-T-Mobile Extreme Playground Summer Session results. Hamburg, Germany:
1. Mark Webb
2. Ben Wallace
3. Alessandro Barbero
4. Sergej Geier

-HDT's Steve Peat world champion DH MTB: HELL YEAH! See you in Vegas.

-If you're interested in learning more about Season BMX Products, you can view their online catalog by going HERE.

-From Dale Holmes, FreeAgent's TM/rider:
Maris Strombergs - NBL Elite National Champion
Dale Holmes - NBL Masters National Champion
Connor Fields - NBL 16 Expert National Champion

-Stompin' Stu video came in today. Yahoo. Review soon. Get your copy at Parano Garage.

-NBL Grands Main Event Finishes Derby City BMX, Louisvilly, KY. Saturday 4 Sept. 2009.

Elite Men: 1 Randy Stumpfhauser 2 Cristian Becerine 3 Bubba Harris 4 Tyler Brown 5 Robert de Wilde 6 Sergio Salazar 7 Matt Pohlkamp 8 Maris Strombergs

Elite Women: 1 Dominique Daniels 2 Krystal Hime 3 Amanda Geving 4 Alise Post 5 Stephanie Barragan 6 Rachel Smith 7 Jamie Lilly 8 Allie Dragoo

Results Pro NBL race Friday:
Elite Men - 1 Maris Strombergs 2 Randy Stumpfhauser 3 Cristian Becerine 4 Bubba Harris 5 Sergio Salazar 6 Matt Pohlkamp 7 Steven Cisar 8 Kyle Bennett

Elite Women - 1 Alise Post 2 Dominique Daniels 3 Amanda Geving 4 Krystal Hime 5 Ashley Verhagen 6 Madison Pitts 7 Rachel Smith 8 Stephanie Barragan

Friday. Sun. Done. Till next week, straight from the Dew Tour in Salt Lake City. Stay safe.

BdJ