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It feels like Cream has been around longer than 31 issues. It's had its "issues" but since it's in the hands of BMX-ers, the mag is where it needs to be. The December/January edition is FULL of BMX stuff. If you click on that bad boy Mike Muir (Suicical Tendencies) you will see a big list on the cover of what's inside. 132 pages in total all on glossy paper. Cream is not afraid to do things their own way. In this issue you can expect fast cars and Gucci clothing. Model Alexandre Jumelin must have loved that photo session. Alfredo Mancuso and Mark Webb both get interviews. They're in French and English like most of the articles in Cream. The product section has all kind of products listed. The crew is from Paris so they know what's hot, or coming up. Cream went to Orlando for the Dew Tour finals and then spent some time riding street in Miami with Mike Spinner and his crew. They've also got reports from Russia, Japan, 

This summer we got a tour through the Vans facility in California and noticed some BMX related prototype shoes in one of the many showrooms. It was not possible to show the shoes back then and I'm still not sure if Badders and Kindje are okay with these shoes on the internet now. But until they wake up in California and tell me to get them off the site you have a change to check these out. The FIt Bike Co shoe needed some work so

This issue of RIDEBMX took a while to get here. It actually had me wondering if I was still on their list. But with the magazine moving from a monhly program to a 9 issue per year deal, it made sence that the wait for the January/February issue was a bit longer. I started off in the back of the mag with the Jesse Whaley interview. Then moved into the letters section. Eddie Cleveland's 12 page interview was up next followed by 7 double page interviews with the 2008 NORA CUP winners; Josh Harrington, Sean Burns, Daniel Dhers, Garrett Reynolds, Terry Adams, Corey Bohan and 

BMX Plus! is the longest running monthly BMX magazine around. The February issue has Chad Kagy on the cover doing an x-upped version of his seatgrab nacnac at a contest that should not be called the World Championships. Anyway, back to the content of the latest issue:
-The HARO team edition race bike gets tested as well as the MCS Spider Jr and the Mankind Forward.
-Events covered in this issue are the ABA Disney Nats, the AST Dew Tour finals, the Macneil inaugural ERA Race in Canada and the 2Hip Meet The Street jam in SF.
-Further features are about the Props Mega Tour, an interview with Andrew Jackson, a full on 2009 racer buyer's guide, a Moving Pictures photo section, and an inspection on the GT bikes of Olympic racers Jill Kintner and Mike Day.
They're not afraid to give tips over at BMX Plus so go to the TECH TIP

New bike, new color, what inspired you to come up with the splatter design and the colors you used?
Ryan: It was crazy, I was walking around a shopping mall in America and found a belt with a crazy splatter paint job and thought it would look sweet on a bike so I bought it and straight copied it.

How did you get to work on those splatters, or is that top secret?
Ryan: I got an old tooth brush and 3 tins of paint and went to work.

Warning: This magazine was rated "Grade-A Shite" by the Committee of Retentively and Parent. Any persons disgusted by the crap on these pages are invited to tearout the offending material, wipe their arse with it and send it to... Touching cloth - c/o Sir Hanz Scheisse, No 2 Brown Alley, Shitlington, for re-smearing. Welcome to Rebelyell's Crap issue. So much shit talking going on these days that they dedicated a whole issue to crap talking. Pretty funny if you think of it. It's issue 7 of Rebelyell magazine and those who have picked up a copy of the mag before, will know it's still worth the AU$ 9.95. It comes with a free Steadfast DVD, and has reports from the Drains Jam in Sydney called Thrash for Cash, Talking Crap is fun article, Shit talking Bio's, Get Fringe or die trying-DK interview, Rampfest, Filth threads (fashion) and a Do Not Crop photo gallery. 

-Frame: Mirraco Blend 20.75
-Forks: Odyssey Race Forks that are rolling 3 bikes strong
-Seat: Macneil Fat Capital
-Seatpost: Macneil Stump
-Seatclamp: Kink
-Cranks: Profile 175 Ti Bolts and Spindle, Always coming back to the original.
-Pedals: Fly Ruben 

What is the part that has been on your bike the longest?
Bjorn: Paddy Rohn made a headset space for me 5 years ago. It has holes in it. It was when the lightweight trend started. I'm still running that thing.

Do you care about weight a lot?
Bjorn: I don't care about the weight but the Mankind stuff is so light that it was easy to get a bike together that weighs only 10.5 KG.

Maybe I'm wrong but I think this is the fattest 2020 magazine that I've ever received. At 148 pages it's got tons of stuff packed inside the glossy Australian BMX mag. It does show that the Australian scene is happening but from the contest results you already knew that they've got big talent down under. Maybe getting some coverage is the start for some riders to keep the motivation. Aussie riders like Cam White, Corey Bohan, Luke Parslow, Ryan Guettler, Steve McCann, and Colin MacKay have made a name for themselves worldwide and they've been able to live off of riding a bike for the last couple of years. The mag shows that there are Australian bike companies popping up, they've got rider owned bikeshops and mailorder going on and we already knew that they've got plenty of parks over there. When riders get involved in all aspects of BMX, you know it builds up a strong base. 2020 has published 30 issues now and contributes to the sport. It's by no means easy to keep things alive but if there is a will, there is a way.
Support BMX, get a subscription to 2020.

You can expect different things coming from Sahtel magazine. It's not your typical BMX or skateboard magazine but the people behind it like both sports as well as art, design, fashion and everything that goes hand in hand with it. Issue 8 of Sahtel has a little skateboard doll on the cover. It is in fact the Photo Issue. BMX was not forgotten but it only starts towards the end of the mag. With over 20 pages of great shots it's still represetend wall in this Estonian production spearheaded by the guys who also do the Simpel Session comp.