In case you don't already know the new Rebelyell 2010 BMX Calendar is out now, right in time for Christmas. It's jam packed full of large BMX riding photos, printed on thick A2 glossy stock. It has useful days, weeks and months.... 'all that's needed to make your year complete' and the last page features a BMX shop directory. (Handy when you've got greasy hands from working on your bike and you don't want to dirty up your computer).Get your copy from a Bike store now or newsagency next week. Ask Santa to get you one for Christmas. 
SNAFU SOLO SEAT IS FINISHED: As the photo shows, the much-ballyhooed SNAFU Solo Seat is ready for its closeup. Here's the skinny: • Injection molded one-piece saddle
• Extruded and machined 6061 T-6 alloy post
• Two post lengths available: 80mm (BMX amkt) and 150mm (BMX OE)
Colorways:
-Uncovered—Purple, Orange and Black with black anodized post; Natural white with silver anodized post -Covered & Padded—Green
Be ready for the kingsize issue with 40 more pages than usual, mostly dedicated to present all products available in France as long as regular and not so regular article like Nike 6.0 in Estonia for summer street and skirt shredding, a soul trip in Marocco, Eastern trio in Barcelona, Phelan and Beran under the rain, the carhartt flatland trip and many more little stuff to discover. But the most interesting stuff probably is the dvd self produced and attached to the magazine, with many various stuff to watch, here are the content of SOUL DVD #4 : -NIKE 6.0 TOURNIQUET: Maxime Charveron, Joris Coulomb and Alex Kennedy in Estonia.
-WATER STREET : Garrett Reynolds crew is making a video, here is a 4 minutes exclusive preview by Cory Asraf.
Another oldie but goodie from the SNAFU archives brought back to life with a bit of judicious CNC work and a fresh coat of paint. We thought about introducing a CNC brake lever last year, but CNC parts are expensive, and a 60-dollar lever doesn’t work any better than the 15-dollar lever it would replace, so why bother? Our C-lever’s smart two-piece clamp is cast alloy, and bolts up to a forged and custom-shaped two-finger lever. C-Levers are available in left- and right-hand models for front and rear applications. 
Kaboom! the new issue of BMX Plus! fell on the doormat. Ali Whitton on the cover and a 100 pages thick. What's inside?FEATURES:
-SOMETHING FISHY: Fried fish in the Iraqi desert
-ON THE SPOT: Tony Malouf gets loose
-ON THE MOVE: Step up and get slapped
-PRO-SPECTIVE: Born to ride
-INSIDE THE PROS’ BIKES: Colton Satterfield’s Bulldog
As it usually goes the DVD reviews are tough to finish up. On my way to Prague last weekend I brought the new issue of Props. They're at #74 which is hella impressive. I always try to play it safe catching a flight and also this time I was at Schiphol 2 hours in advance. Instead of letting myself rip-off on some ultra expensive internet connection I pushed play and watched the new issue of Props. If you're getting used to short web edits, a video like this is a nice change. Full screen high quality sure beats the little screen clips and what I realized is that the video is long! 
-Frame: Mankind Newworld-Forks: Mankind Asadi
-Headset: Mankind integrated
-Stem: Mankind arcangel
-Bars: Mankind 8"
-Grips: Mankind slim
-Bar ends: Mankind
-Brake lever: Odyssey mid
-Brake cable: Odyssey
-Brake caliper: Demolition sbearing
- Departments -First Words
With this being the NORA Cup issue, the first words are naturally about the amazing night everyone had in Vegas during the biggest BMX party of the year. But this year it was even more special than ever for a lot of people…
Start
Scotty Cranmer’s home isn’t exactly your normal suburban New Jersey house… A ramp cave?
Up Front
The BMX stem market has become a bloodthirsty battleground, with well over 50 players sparring for a piece of a very small pie. Several stem makers offer some really innovative products, but there are plenty of others that are downright silly. Our own contributions to the evolution of the BMX stem have been incremental, but important nevertheless. The removable top cable plate, for instance, was an idea we popularized ten years ago, and now it’s a standard of the industry. Some of our ideas met with less fanfare or success. Today we offer a few different stems based on the same proven architecture, and all of them bring a different style and technical flavor to the dance. 
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.