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The Newest Sport Addition Will Welcome the Greatest Motocross Racer Of All Time, Ricky Carmichael, to X Games 13, August 2-5, 2007. For the 13th annual action sports event, ESPN X Games will add stadium motocross. Debuting at The Home Depot Center, Moto X Racing will showcase the premier motocross racers in the world competing in an event collaboratively developed by Ricky Carmichael and ESPN. Joining Ricky will be fellow motocross stars Chad Reed, Kevin Windham and more top racers from all over the world. For X Games 13, Moto X Racing will join the other Moto X disciplines Freestyle, Step Up, Best Trick and SuperMoto. Fourteen hours of live programming on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC will be offered August 2-5 as well as X Games 13 coverage on ESPN International, EXPN.com, ESPN Classic, ESPN360.com, SportsCenter and ESPN2's X Center.

The TWENTYbikes website has some new updates:
- the new spring shirts
- injury & music
- new product weights
- FrenchKiss fork spotlight
- joke injury

When you lose your wallet you only realize what's in it.  Do a little test, pick it up, go through the stuff that's in there and then worry what it would be like if you really lost everything that is inside. Do you want to know what's in Terry Adams'  wallet? Then you have to check the following video. It's well done.
 Watch it by clicking here.

Instead of posting event flyers we are now being asked to post event commercials. This professional commercial was sent in by Steve Crandall and it's rearding the Film Festival they help putting on. We posted their flyer a while ago and now this. It shouldn't get more crazier. For those guys who own a stylish motorcycle like Steve and are interested in a fun ride together, check out the El Diablo Run.

The ASPT Dew Tour, the Action Sports Pro Tour, today announced their complete schedule for the 2007 season. In addition to returning to Portland, Ore. and Orlando, the Tour will stop at three new cities this season, including Baltimore, Cleveland, and Salt Lake City. “We are very excited about returning to Portland and Orlando after two successful seasons, and are eager to bring the ASPT Dew Tour to three new host cities: Baltimore, Cleveland and Salt Lake City,” said Wade Martin, President and General Manager of the ASPT Dew Tour. “All five host cities have demonstrated great support of action sports over the years and we know the fans will embrace the Tour as they have for the past two seasons.”  The complete 2007 ASPT Dew Tour schedule is as follows:

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Working within the BMX industry can be great. We asked you guys what plans you had if you wanted to start your own company. After 784 votes the results of the poll looked like this:

1) BMX Media 44 % (348 votes)
2) BMX Bike company 34 %  (269)
3) BMX Clothing company 11 %  (94)
4) BMX Event organizer 9 %  (73)

Doug sent in this video. When he said it was filmed on some tennis courts I was thinking flatland. I was wrong. Yes indeed it was filmed on a tennis court but it involved bunny hop variations and then some. 20 year old Doug is from Long Island and said his area doesn't get much coverage. We're taking care of that by posting his video. Ahh you want the link?

The SE distribitor in Iceland is making things happen. This bus will have SE & Chris Gerber on the back of it all summer long. And its route goes through popular shopping areas as well. If you're hanging out in Iceland this summer, don’t be surprised if the SE Wing logo & Chris Gerber pass you at a bus stop.

Yo 2day I fimed 4 MTV's "Scarred" TV Show, It's 'bout scars & tha wreck on how U's gots It.........stoked, Interview & ridin' went down!
Thanx 4 Ur support homies!!!!!!!!!
Respect,

THorne
Biker-N-Black

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