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-Frame: Homemade stainless steel
-Forks: Homemade stainless steel one leg design
-Headset: Diacompe
-Stem: Eclat topload
-Bars: S&M Beringer
-Grips: Odi longneck
-Bar ends: Odi
-Brake lever: Hayes nine

After a little break during this summer to relax and take another 10 years of motivation, Soul is back with its 72th issue including a lot of summer tours: THE MAKE street France, DELUXE trails ride France, FLY bowl rides Portugal, AMITY indoor park ride UK, and Carhartt takes it to the appartment.

We also prepared a big report on our own LES SOULARTISANS jam, a big report on the FLAT/STREET movement (wait for a crazy soul video to come around) and a complete interview with DAN FOLEY who is getting this issue's cover (photo by Hadrien Picard).

Check Soul website for more info and some previews

The cover of RIDE UK got released today. Looks good to me. We're going over the info on the cover to inform you what's inside. The mag hasn't arrived yet so let's hope it all made it in. On the cover: Leon Perkins. “101 things to do in Skem before you die” Northern John was on hand to capture Leon whipping this bridge support structure in Skelmersdale.

-Ben Hennon's signature frame from Hoffman Bikes
-Red Bull Backyard Digger
-etnies & United join forces
-Vans Kill The Line
-22 days in the Hell Bus (2800 miles on the road)
-Diamonds are forever (UK crew hit Antwerp)
-Summer Wonderland (Estonia & Finland welcome Martinez, Dugan, Williams, Layos, Hamlin, & Tweeter Ross)

TSG sent over this Kraken helmet which on the outside looks like any normal skate lid. But there's something going on on the inside. I've heard people say that there is no helmet that fits them. They would ride with one, if they could find one that molds around their head. Those people who recognize what I just wrote need to check out the TSG Kraken helmet. The outer EPS foam has little cuts in it which makes the complete helmet wrap around your head. It will be the first comfortable helmet for those who have not been able to find one yet.

When you hurt yourself on your bike, the first thing you want to do when you heal is get right back on. You wait weeks or months for your injuries to get better, and all the while you can’t help but think about how great it will be to hop back on the bike and get back to your tricks. But then you get on the bike, and things feel like they’ve changed. The bike doesn’t feel as comfortable as it used to, and when you ride it you can tell something feels off. It lost some of its appeal, and it doesn’t

-Frame: DK Team 21in
-Forks: DK Alpha
-Headset: FSA
-Stem: DK Alpha topload 53mm
-Bars: DK Sigma
-Grips: Stay Strong
-Bar ends: DK plastic
-Brake lever: Dia Tech 77

We'll take you through the contents list of the new issue of RIDE BMX (USA). Stacked November issue. Here's what's inside:
- Departments -
First Words
This month Associate Editor Ryan Fudger chimes in with a photo that didn’t make it into his Shadow trip article from Russia.

Start
Unsuspecting train passengers in Italy are oblivious to the flatland riding that’s going on right outside the window.

Up Front
Sponsor Block, Injured List, and Fine Print…the month’s news in a nutshell. 

-Frame: Device
-Forks: Device
-Headset: FSA
-Stem: Device
-Bars: Device
-Grips: ODI
-Bar ends: Beringer
-Brake lever: Oddessy monolever
-Brake cable: SST

With all the roadtrips that have taken place last month RIDE have gone for a bit of a road-trip theme this issue. The main three bangers are the Etnies / Blackout trip, The Haro Team UK road-trip and the Cult Federal UK Summer Tour. Issue 156 has also got Soul Mag’s Garden Party, A few brief moments with Luke Towey, a massive Stay Strong WWWin package, both Chase DeHart and Dennis Enarson’s Pro Bike Checks, Room 101 with Cory Nastazio, WTFs with Richie Lee-Haigh and Chad Osburn, and loads of other goodness from the month. The Etnies / Blackout crew travelled through Colarado, Utah and California on a 10 day whirlwind trip. They saw rainbows in the desert, Tommy Dugan kills just about every concrete bowl in sight, Nathan Williams dropped a switch backwards crooked to indian on a legit handrail, and even Walter Pieringer backflipping the mega ramp.