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Here is a presentation of the French “Vibrations Urbaines of Pessac” BMX and SK8 contest, which is one of the best “by and for riders contest” in France with more than 120 competitors for each contest and 12,000 spectators. The 10th edition will take place on 3 and 4 ofNov 2007 (BMX) in Pessac (very near Bordeaux airport, or station). We will have more than 10 000 euros for prize 

Vans threw a little party to celebrate the public opening of their new offices on Thursday afternoon complete with food, drink, performances from MXPX and Royal Crown Revue and a kicking session on the new mini ramp. Over 1,000 people came over to see the new digs. Of course Steve van Doren was grilling in a Hawaii shirt and having fun.

Rock and roll with the locals and the pros all day! The TIMO mini-ramp jam-session will start around 12:00 and ends at 17:00, (maybe street ride afterwards). Then the lucky numbers 1, 2 and 3 will be given their prices in all 3 categories;
-BMX
-SKATEBOARD
 -INLINE
Location: Bosscheweg at De Dreef, Aarle-Rixtel (The Netherlands)
Enter the contest at your own risk!

Nike 6.0 is bringing Banksgiving to town, and we’d like to invite you to feast on the good times. Banksgiving, a 4-stop bash featuring 2 BMX and 2 Wake grassroots jam sessions, is about creating a special place to shred where regional rippers and our athletes can session custom built features and celebrate stoke and culture.

We’ll be rustling up a feast for all and working with local shops to support the local scene. Nike 6.0 will be promoting the launch of a limited edition Banksgiving inspired shoe, and offering up a heaping pile of free-flowing mayhem. Event is free and open to anyone; all you have to do is show up with an appetite for destruction. Yes, Banksgiving is gonna be off the hook, and it will be even better with you there. Check out Nike6.com/banksgiving to get all location details, directions, and updates for each stop.

Stop #1 is BMX at Garrett Reynolds’ house. Don’t sleep on this one….chaos is guaranteed. 

Some of you know me and some of you dont. One thing I am sure of is if you raced from 1979-1986 on the national circuit you probably knew my father. My dad Frank Lopez was an NBL official from 1979-1986 and him and my mother ran the NBL office when it moved to Flemington N.J. in 1982. We rarely missed a race in those days. My dad was the type that was liked by everyone and would

Frame: Mirraco Blend
Fork: Macneil ID
Bar ends: Profile
Grips: Animal Edwin
Levers: Odyssey
Cable: Dragonfly
Bars: We The People 

ABA Reno NV Race, “First and Only AA Pro Win of My Career" January 7th, 1995
Actual Journal Entry
"AA Pro motos 1-4-2 Main 2-2-3 Overall = 1st "YES! My first AA win ever! I won $870 plus $25 for a moto win. Here's how the rest of the main finished: 2nd- Gary Ellis, 3rd- Justin Green, 4th- Brian Foster, 5th- Eric Carter, 6th- Charles Townsend, 7th-Matt Hadan, 8th- Danny Nelson. I beat 'em all! There were 28 AA pros here."

Pro Open motos 3-1-2 Main 2nd. "Won $240. Brian Foster won. Cool, my best pro day EVER! I was passing a lot of people down the second straight. My big day finally came. Everyone gave me props! It's almost kind of funny that "I" won. But I raced consistent all day. At night, ate pizza in the hotel room."

With a sold out Joint inside of the Hardrock cafe in Las Vegas, the BMX community got together for another Nora Cup party. 2000 people made it in and there still was a line outside of riders who wanted make it through the door. 2007 was a good one. Many people came over to see who won the Nora Cups this year. Or maybe it was the 1987 - 2007 Skyway Recreation gathering hosted by Mat Hoffman, the Stephen Murray benefit PK Ripper Raffle or Mini Kizz that got them there. Maybe they just came to party.

More and more riders are taking things in their own hand. Over in Croatia Mislav Streicher not only started the Zion Bikes team but he started a full on company making BMX frames and parts. Their website is about to be finished and for most of us it's good to see it in English or we would have to call Senad Grosic for the translation. It's got info on all Zion's distributors, their team riders, shops in Croatia where you can find Zion stuff, product info and a whole bunch of photos to show you that BMX is going strong in a Croatia.

Some people's jobs are better than others'. The brains behind this promotion campaign must have had a good day when he showed up for the photoshoot of their new seat. A little bit to the left, a little higher, yes, that's just right: Click!