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The Braun cruZer Tour will kick off for a third year at the Nokia FISE event on May 16th in Montpellier. A unique concept, the Braun cruZer Tour brings three independent BMX competitions together with a special contest at each venue on the Braun Spine. Riders compete for a prize of € 5.000 at each contest and pick up points, which go towards the overall Braun cruZer Tour standings. At the end of the three events, which are the Nokia FISE, the NASS in Bath (Somerset), England in July and the Suzuki BMXMasters in Cologne, Germany also in July, the rider with the most points will be crowned Braun cruZer Tour Champion.

Although yet names have to be confirmed, organisers say the overall prize as well as uniqueness of the contest will attract some of the biggest names in BMX to ride the Braun Spine. Riders rumoured to be taking part include Ryan Nyquist, Dave Osato, Dave Mirra and winner of the two previous cruZer Tours, Mark Webb.

Tobias Wicke, Ryan Nyquist, Timo Pritzel and Lluis Lacondeguy already confirmed +++ Good Charlotte and Boysetsfire confirmed as live acts ++++ Two of our favourite things, sport and music, are about to be combined in a way never seen before. For a long time, the guys behind the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds – action sports aficionados Andy Zeiss (rebeljam), Achim Kujawski (pro-BMX rider), Ralf Middendorf (ex-pro-skater, Monster Mastership) and festival expert Lars Oliver Vogt - thought about how to put together their own series of events, eventually coming up a fresh and unique new combination.

Ten of the best athletes in the world, as well as local stars, will pit their skills in competition against one another in two disciplines in events taking place in the Ruhr region, Hamburg and Berlin. The main focus of these events is on BMX, so while the mountain bikers strut their stuff in the Ruhr, the wakeboarders and skateboarders have to wait patiently until August (Hamburg) and October (Berlin) to get their turn. 

It's almost time for the Mini-FAT-JAM in Aarle-Rixtel. It's the official opening of the season where BMX-ers of all ages gather for a fun day at the trails. The Sugar Hills have seen some changes and adjustments over the weekend and are ready for action. Satuaday 31 March is the day. Session starts around 1pm and the address is: Valkendijk, Aarle-Rixtel, The Netherlands for those who have a TamTam in their vehicle.

Red Bull Empire of Dirt, the world's first BMX DIRT SLOPESTYLE contest, is the brainchild of UK rider Kye Forte, and combines influences from each of the BMX styles, to create one unholy new discipline guaranteed to challenge the very best on the planet. "The aim of the Empire of Dirt is to bring together all different aspects of BMX in one contest; to really challenge the rider's versatility," says Kye Forte, Newton Abbot local and top UK rider. "We also want to make the week surrounding the event totally memorable - both for the riding, and the social scene - putting Devon on the global BMX map."

The monstrous Red Bull Empire of Dirt course will take over a month to build, swallow thousands of tons of dirt and will feature an epic dirt superpipe, huge double jumps, and technical street obstacles, including rails, boxes and wall rides.

Mat Hoffman is asking for your attention for a fundraiser he's doing: The last couple years I've been shaving my head to help raise money for this kids cancer research foundation called St. Baldricks (www.stbaldricks.org/) This year I shaved my head and put a Condor ECI on eBay. I'll sign it and personalize it to the highest bidder. Here's the link  It will be up for Auction until 4/4. Here's a link for specs on the ECI Condor.

Any help would be much appreciated! Thank you! -Mat 

The next “Extreme Sport” Festival will be held April 6th – 9th, 2007 on the combined sites of AURON (FRANCE). This new edition offers the following programme… , contest, promotion, demonstration, introduction and good mood! The International Movie Festival “Extreme Sport”: Price money : € 10.000 Starting Friday.

Hot babes on bikes doing even hotter tricks! No that’s not the tagline for the latest Biker-Babe B-movie. It’s a bold announcement of great things to come. The creative Canadian BMX stunt rider, Angie “sKwirl” McEwen and Extreme Sports Stunt Team Owner/rider, Brent Sprute have joined forces to put together an amazing Extreme Sports Stunt Tour like no other! “sKwirl blew me away with her ideas and vision for a girls tour that would be empowering, educational and a lot of fun.” Said Sprute. The tour will take place over six weeks starting in September and running through mid October. The venues that will host the tour will be as varied and colorful as the riders that will be on the tour. Malls, Bike shops, skate parks and other hotspots will all be packed when the tour rolls through the U.S. and Canada later this year.

Encouraging a positive vibe among young women via unity, community and harmony flow strong as themes of this tour.

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A BMX pro known for his innovation and dominance in the streets and on the rails, Etnies team rider Brian Kachinsky is in the studio. This Wisconsin native tells us about his early days riding with the Baco Boys and how University led him to become the dominating rail rider he is today. And, we’ll check out the trailer of Brian’s latest film with Etnies, “Grounded”. Plus, red-carpet crasher Jordan Morris gets some self defense tips from the cast of “300”.  Catch him on TV tonight.

Dusseldorf/Cologne, 22 March 2007 BMXMasters is back and will again take place this year in July. The contest will be held from July 13-15, 2007 – one week earlier as planned. Reason for changing the date is to avoid any overlappings. The international BMX contests are close this summer and we wanted give the riders the possibility to enter all contests.

During the three-day event Cologne will see the world’s best BMX athletes battling it out in five different disciplines – street, mini-ramp, vert, flatland and dirt to win some of the € 30,000 prize money. Each discipline will have amateur, master and pro classes. In addition, the Suzuki BMXMasters will once again support the involvement of girls in BMX, with Girls’ flatland and street disciplines.

On top, the final of the Braun cruZer Tour will be battled in Cologne on the refreshed Braun Spine Ramp - the world’s largest mobile mini-ramp. More info at Braun CruZer Tour