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It's that time of the year again when it's getting colder. So instead of shopping for boardshorts and tank tops, it's now time to search for some cool sweaters, hoodies and long sleeves. DC comes up with new designs every season, also for the kids. Here are a few items to pick from but to see the entire range, head on over to the DC Kids section on the DCSHOECO.com website

The new Soul is out now in France, for free and available at the better BMX shops. Soul shows the french scene at its finest. Once again, the cover comes from Alx Bizar. Try to get a copy and support its advertisers. They make the mag happen. Here's what's inside:

We were hoping to pick up the new issue of BMX Rider at the paranoia booth in Cologne this morning but it's so fresh, they didn't have a copy at their booth at the Intermot show. We can tell you what's inside though. First of all you can win a fresh pair of Vans x Cult shoes. BMX collabs are always a good thing. Support it and they'll do more. Viki Gomez gets a full interview. With Frank Lukas being the editor you know that the mag won't forget about flatland, which is a good thing. Another aspect that needs some more attention is BMX Racing, and BMX Rider added a section dedicated to the fastest men and women on BMX bikes. BMX Rider went to the Vans Kill The Line event in Peynier and came back with pics and a full report. New products were found at the Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen. Patrick Guimez does not ride an Eastern any more. They've gone out of business. But the Bike Check will show what he uses to impress the crowd.

Vans teams up with the Star Wars brand once again, this time exploring the dark side of the Force to introduce new designs inspired by villains from the original trilogy. Taking cues from the summer collection, the Vans x Star Wars holiday offering extends through Classics footwear to men’s apparel and accessories combining heritage Vans prints with Star Wars villains from around the galaxy. The sophomore collection kicks off with the Era, which introduces the storm camo, a black and white winter camouflage shoe featuring images of Imperial Stormtroopers. The blended Star Wars and Van

Bike tests and product reviews are a regular in BMX Plus! magazine. This month they're checking in on one of them expensive 6D helmets, the FIT Indent 24 two-piece cranks, a Redline Proline 24 and the Cult Chase V2 frame. In the product section the Merrit Trifecta multi tool is featured as well as the etnies Aaron Ross rap CM shoes, A3 snax bars, The Baco box set, FBM's Hard Way frame, ODSY key chain, Snafu's race fork and the Kink Minus 1 sprocket that has a tooth missing. Jeff Upshaw's Kuwahara gets inspected and the Tech Tip double page spread has protection gear from Atlas, Axo, Fly, 6D, EKS, Deft and EVS. Next to that the November issue has 6 pages full of 2015 complete bikes from a.o. DK, Free Agent, Cult, Redline, Sunday, SE, GT, Hoffman and Mongoose. Enough products?