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In honor of Santa Cruz Skateboard's 40 Year Anniversary, SE Bikes has teamed up with Santa Cruz to offer a one-of-a-kind collaboration bike. The 29” Santa Cruz x SE Big Ripper bike features the iconic Screaming Hand blue colorway with the Speed Wheels Face graphic on the head tube, Screaming Hand shading elements scattered on the frame, the SC logo stamped in the rear dropout, a Santa Cruz 40 Year Anniversary logo embossed seat, and a padset featuring custom SE “Hand” logos drawn by Jim Phillips.

This bike also comes with a limited edition Santa Cruz x SE Screaming Hand skate deck (7.5” x 31”). The deck features a custom SE “Hand” decktop graphic drawn by the legendary Jim 

After signing a deal with a major distributor in Japan, Freegun is proud to announce the addition of Japanese flatland phenomenon Yohei “Ucchie” Uchino to the Freegun family. Ucchie has been killing it on the back wheel for years now and has numerous big contest wins and podiums under his belt, along with a NORA Cup for number one flatland rider of the year. Ucchie joins a stacked team of riders in Europe, as well as Freegun’s entire U.S. BMX team including Terry Adams, Daniel Sandoval, Ben Hucke, AJ Anaya, Alex Jumelin, Sebasian Smith, Nina Buitrago, Tyler Gilliard, Kaden Stone, Victor Peraza,

ESPN, the leading action sports content provider and creator of the X Games, has chosen Austin, Texas, as the next North American host city for the X Games. The Texas capital will host an X Games summer event for four years beginning in May 2014 at the new 1,500-acre Circuit of The Americas sports and entertainment complex in southeast Austin. The selection follows a highly competitive eight

Double BMX Olympic Champion Maris Strombergs has added the 2013 European title to his name less than two weeks out from the World Championships in New Zealand. The final two rounds of the 12-strong European series were held in Belgium at the weekend. Although absent in Belgium, the Latvian rider’s consistency throughout the series – seven wins and three second places – means he had no problem holding on to his overall lead. “It was great doing the series again,” said Strombergs. “And now I am looking forward to racing in New Zealand.”

Strombergs ousts fellow Latvian, the 2012 European Champion Edzus Treimanis, who finishes second overall this year.