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Not for Britney but all the people who liked the dvd of issue 50, we produced another video showing the content of past magazines and of this very new one. And so you’ll find in Rebelote video the tournées croisées Sunex et Unleaded with Sexton, Doyle, Moroshan, Heaton and co, parts of Thomas Calcagno, Akira Okamura, Greg Masson, Antony Lille and Julien Leyreloup, Nantes and Pessac contest, Stockholm scene report and Lyon night spot check + bonus french touch with « Nowheretoride » from Alex Baret and Daniel Mini’s awesome « flow Toulouse ».

CONTENT OF SOUL 53
-TOURNEES CROISEES
-DOSSIER FLAT EN MOUVEMENT
-ITW MICHAL PROKOP
-ITW FRERES MUSSO
-INDOOR ZWOLLE 

FRAME: Mirraco “The Black Pearl” 20,80
FORK: Odyssey ”classic dirt fork”

BARS: FIT “Edwin”
FRONT WHEEL: PROFILE “Mini” with Primo “Balance”
REAR WHEEL: PROFILE Mini Cassette LHD with ODYSSEY Azard light
FRONT TIRE: KHE “Premium” street
REAR TIRE: KHE “Premium strong wall” street

Starting a BMX magazine isn't automatically a success story. The magazine has to be paid for. The printing costs money. Somebody needs to take pictures. A person needs to write the articles. The layout needs to be done. Shipping the magazines to shops, subscribers and the newsstands, it all costs money. It's not uncommon to see a magazine fade after the first issue. Pulling off one magazine is doable. You need to have a certain budget to make the issue that you think is going to sell. If it doesn't work out, your budget is gone but at least you gave it a shot.
BMX magazines rely heavily on BMX advertising. But how many magazines can a company support? There's DIG, Ride USA, Ride UK, RebelYell, 2020, FreedomBMX Soul, Cream, BMX Plus!, BMX World, The Industry, Sahtel, BMXer, BMX Today, Zwanzig Zoll. Next to print advertising the companies can choose for web advertising, video magazine advertising or a company can put their marketing dollars into all kind of other activities to promote their product. 

Name: Mike Miller
Age: 19
Hometown: TADLEY
Sponsors: Proper bike co, Eastpak , Lotek, Aversion

Frame: Proper bikes TTL
Fork: Proper Proclaimer 

Mankind is coming out this spring with the ALIVE flatland frame. Design input came from Hamburg Flatland locals Kai Stein & Sascha Heydeman. Goal was to design a simple and clean looking frame with all the up to date features.
Mankind Alive Flatland Frame Material:
Full 4130 chromoly Sanko Japanese tubing

Name: Ruben Alcantara
Age: 33
Hometown: Malaga, Spain
Sponsors: Etnies , Fox, flybikes , TerribleOne.

Frame: Mine, T-1
Fork: Fly 3 amigos

Matt Holmes of 2020 magazine over in Australia fills us in on issue 27 of 2020. Matt: "It's our biggest issue yet, and glossier thanks to me getting excited about the cover shot, one Brendan Hansen deep in the pipe.

Inside, Focal Point comes onboard with their Melbourne to Sydney roadtrip. Ryan Guettler takes a step to the other side of the lens with a piece on his emerging photographic talent. Chris 'Danger' O'Donnell gets a much deserved interview, check the BMXGames results and see why. Every Jam that took place around the country (and NZ) gets a look in as we 'kick out the jams' (sing it with force ala Zac from RATM). The Sunshine Coast is scene checked along with a truckload of news, faces and all the usual coverage of the Australian and New Zealand scene. Plus theres the chance to win a Mirraco Black Pearl Ltd, a Tempered Treason frame and a trip to the upcoming Newtons Playground Festival."

Name: Ronnie Napolitan
Age: 16
Hometown: Youngstown, Ohio
Sponsors: MankindBikeCo, Levi's, Maxxis Tires, Nike 6.0, System Cycle
Frame: Mankind Neworld 20.75

Name: Pim van den Bos
Age: 19
Hometown: Veldhoven de gekste
Sponsors: Paul's Boutique, Simple Bike Co, Eastpak, Vans, 43 Bolts

Frame: Simple Enigma 21.05
Fork: Odyssey Race
Bars: Simple Jetset 8"

I designed this frame with front wheel tricks in mind. I spend a lot of time on my front wheel, so this frame is kind of oriented towards that. It also has a shorter rear end and an integrated seat post clamp with a 6 mm bolt, so that it won’t break or strip as easily. The main part of the frame though is the removable break mounts. We came up with a solid design that looks really clean when you are riding with them or without them. The luna bars are 8” high and 26.5” wide. They have 2 degrees of upsweep and  11 backsweep.