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Stew Johnson made a new Anthem/Aitken T-shirt that is available at some fine BMX dealers to support Mike Aitken. The T-shirts are $20 bucks and all proceeds go to the Aitken recovery fund. Get them from DansComp, TimelessBMX, 5050BMX, CircuitBMX, Empire BMX, OBMX, TwoByFourStore or MaulsBikeShop. You can have the same shirt in your closet just like the Condor, Joe Rich, T-Nez, Taj,

Nike 6.0¹s website dedicated to Writing on the Wall, a BMX film starring Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson, Mike Spinner, and Nigel Sylvester is LIVE. Check it out for exclusive athlete interviews and behind-the-scenes content. All available as free downloads.
Stay tuned for more information regarding the launch of Writing on the Wall, and find out where you can find Garrett, Dennis, Nigel, and Spinner's movie segments before the full movie is released and win the rider's frames.

Loop 'd Network, the leading social network for action sports and youth culture today announces the launch of its all new Freestyle BMX Sport "Hub", which can be found at bmx.loopd.com . The addition of the Freestyle BMX "hub" gives members a new place to connect around one of the fastest growing action sports on the planet. As a year round destination for Freestyle BMX, this new "hub" will feature exclusive access to sponsorship opportunities, contests, events, news-feeds, blogs, and product features from the over 400+ top brands on the network.

"We are excited to add our new Freestyle BMX hub to the network", said Scott Tilton, CEO of Loop'd Network. "This sport is growing at an incredible rate and the athletes and fans alike deserve a place to hang out and hook up that is 100% their sport, all the time. We have a ton of members who love the sport already on Loop'd and we hope this new hub will give these members an awesome sport and lifestyle experience." 

Failure art director East was in town for Scribble Jam and stopped by the System Cycle ramps to paint a mural on the wall ride. While he was there Failure shot a web video of him showing an easy way to custom paint your frame. Watch the video below. 

FlyBikes have two new models of pegs out now. Cromoly for hard street use and Aluminum 7075 for light street and park. Some Fly riders like Sergio even use the cromoly one on the rear and the aluminum on the front. The pegs have an outside machining on the top to reduce weight. This allows Fly to have a very thick section on the bottom to make them more durable and stiff. Being so thick on the bottom also makes them grind faster. The cromoly one has a very thick 2.5mm. section and the aluminum one 3.5mm. section. Here are the weights:

Until the end of the month November you have the chance to enter a new competition on FATBMX. Thanks to Mirraco and Nike we can give away a pair of Mavrk shoes and a Nigel Sylvester designed and ridden Chocolate frame! And it's not even Christmas yet! The Mavrk shoes are Nigel's favorite shoes to ride in and his frame has the following spec:
-Headset Type: Integrated
-BB Type: Mid
-BB Height: 11.5"
-Chainstay: 13.75"
-Headtube Angle: 74.5°