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The Paul's Boutique Tour is starting November 23rd at Paul’s Boutique BMX, “dinner” at 6 PM and first stop will be at the skatepark “the Promise” Heerlen The Netherlands. Ride till closing time and try to find some place to stay the night so if you have room for 6 stinking Gangmembers let us know! Satuaday we are going to Cologne Germany to ride some street and meet our friends at the Wethepeople warehouse and make Cologne a little bit unsafe at night. 

Here's a little update on the complete bikes that have been up on e-bay to support the Stephen Murray Family fund. Hit the hotlinks to go to the auctions. There are some great bikes offered at the moment. One of them is Fuzzy's one-off Redline Proline replica and another one is the Nora Cup DC Shoes/SE PK Ripper that was donated back by the person who won the raffle at the Nora Cup. 

New frames have arrived at United. These babies are getting lighter and lighter. 1) UNITED/SHITLUCK COLLABORATION FRAME: Designed by Mike Tag and Leland Thurman
-SIZES 20.5 & 21"
-HT 75 DEGREES .
-CS 13.75
-LASER CUT CLOUD GUSSET
-WEIGHT 5.2 LBS / 2.35 KGS
-COLOURS BLACK & LIGHT BLUE

Jimmy Levan had a horrible crash to his head. He spent some time in hospital and his insurance isn't covering everything. In fact, more money is needed to help Jimmy get back to the cool guy he was before the crash.
Tom Hooper spent the whole day with Jimmy and this is the situation:

At the last two days of the VIBRATIONS URBAINES PESSAC – festival many people visited the brand new skatepark with wooden floor for THE French BMX contest. We counted nearly 200 participants including 55 pro riders. The judges had a tough time during eliminations. All agreed that the Dirt section shaped by Patrick "Patoche" Guimez was perfect. One meter gets added every year and the second set had a 7 meter gap. John Petit, the MC of the contest, summarizes the event by "a level of nutcase!”.

On December 29th the crowd will be electing the winner of the jam in Zumiez. The winner received Carhartt and Eastpak goodies. Expect the crowd to be wasted as they're handing out free beers during the night. It's BMX only. No pegs. € 8,50 Euro to ride. Visitors have free entrance. Add to this a killer AC/DC cover band and you know it will go off. 

Kent, WA – Diamondback (Raleigh America, Inc) is currently seeking an inside Customer Service/Inside Sales Representative for its Kent WA office. The position seeks to build and maintain relationships with Raleigh and Diamondback dealers and consumers through phone calls and e-mail communication.  Duties include:

There are plenty of Old School BMX websites but there is always room for more. Especially when it caters to a certain area. Oldskool UK BMX is the latest creation and it will get racers back in touch reminiscing about the good old days. If it's not your thing, move on to another article here on FATBMX.

Introducing the new 2008 NBL War of the Stars Pro Series Schedule. NBL is headed to Estrella Mtn. BMX in Goodyear, Arizona January 25-27 for a UCI Continental race and TWO War of the Stars races. Their track is one of the best in the West so this will be an awesome weekend. The Worlds fastest Pro’s will be competing for lucrative cash awards and the highly-coveted NBL National Championship Titles.

2008 NBL War of the Stars Pro Series
-Dec 28-29 Christmas Classic, Columbus Convention Ctr. Columbus, OH --------- #1/2 fri /sat
-Jan. 26-27 Coyote Nationals, Estrella Mtn. BMX Goodyear, AZ #1/2 sat /sun #3/4 sat /sun 

wethepeople have decided to hit the tire market. Two tires available by the names of Grippin' and Feelin'. Pictured are the 1.9's but they come in two sizes. They've got a soft compound but they're still lasting. Perfect for those who don't have time to break them in.