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Ricky Ratt and his Sheep Hills Locals crew need your help. It's not a donation of prizes or money that they want. It's help re-building Sheep Hills. The legendary spot dries out during the summer months and Direct BMX bought a generator and a water pump to help wet the dirt. Ricky Ratt: "There's a line that runs from the water to the trails. So we are pumping water every day to fill in holes and wet the dirt. We're almost done clearing all the bushes and the section we're working on right now is the 8 pack / boozer / styles/ paradise / step-up. It's me Ricky Ratt and midget Cory doing this."

On Saturday, August 26 a jam will be held at the Gleneagles skate park (West Vancouver, B.C. canada). Its sure to be fun in the sun, with music, a bbq, an am class, prizes and with Meto jam starting the following week, there's sure to be plenty of visiting pros and lots of local talent. The park is located at:
6262 marine drive in Horseshoe bay (a sub-division of west van) right next to the ferry terminal. 

Results PSP The Champ Series 1st stop.
Augsburg/Dirt:
1 Markus Hampl 30
2 Noirot Romuald 29
3 Moritz Paul 28
4 Guimez Patrick 27
5 Wildner Volker 26
6 Petermüller Perry 25
7 Heyer Björn 24
8 Herbolzheimer Max 23
9 Mark König 22
10 Kauper Moritz 21
11 Humer Marcus 20
12 Thomas Florian 19
13 Grunt Norbert 18

2007 products will be dropping soon. First off is The Burlish frame. Jay "Sponge" Allen mentioned the idea that he wanted a real simple trail frame - something stripped down & sleek. The first thing to change were the dropouts - we slimmed these down to 4mm & used a minimal shape. The frame uses a mix of double butted tubing & a plain gauge tubing to make a really light, well balanced frame. To simplify it even more we used plates for the chain stay & seat stay braces. For flair we cut the Mutiny badge from the plates.

The final of this super summer: Germany’s greatest sports - and music - festival “Streetlife Berlin” on 26th and 27th of August between the Brandenburger Tor and the Siegessäule. LG Action Sports World Tour takes place in Berlin for the first time and will thrill with adrenalizing tricks and stunts on inlineskates, bmx, fmx and skateboards. OFFPOP MUSIC DAY will present Europe’s biggest open air club with twenty dancefloors and all kinds of electronic music. The party goes on … See riders like Koji Kraft, Tom Haugen,

Dew Tour round # 3 was in Portland, OR over the weekend and Scotty put on another good show. He qualified first on Saturday and came back Sunday to step it up a notch. A crash early in the first run put him in 12th place going into the second run, he was last to go and the pressure was on. A solid run put him 2nd place overall for the day and puts him in 2nd place overall in the series with two more rounds to go. He was riding the new updated 2007 Sheriff for the first time and loved the changes. The BMX Park event showed live on NBC Sunday afternoon.

Portland, Ore. - August 20, 2006 - Ryan Nyquist captured the BMX Park title Sunday in the final day of competition at the Dew Action Sports Tour's Vans® Invitational at the Rose Quarter.

Nyquist, 27, of Los Gatos, Calif. took first place in today's BMX Park competition with a score of 90.25. His winning run was highlighted by a double truck driver. Scotty Cranmer, 19, of Jackson N.J. placed second with a score of 89.00 and Daniel Dhers, 21, of Caracas, VEN finished third with a score of 88.75. "Each day has been about regaining confidence," said Nyquist of his recent torn ACL injury. "The last two stops have been good to me. This win was way better than I ever expected." Nyquist, who won the BMX Dirt competition last month at the Tour's Denver stop, now sits in second place with 209 points in the BMX Park season standings. Dhers sits in first with 226 points and Cranmer in third with 197.

Final Results BMX Park :

Portland, Ore. - August 18, 2006 - Jamie Bestwick won the BMX Vert competition and Cam White captured the BMX Dirt title Thursday in the second day of competition at the Dew Action Sports Tour's third stop, the Vans® Invitational, at the Rose Quarter. Jamie Bestwick, 35, of Nottingham, GBR, earned his second consecutive win in BMX Vert finals. His winning run earned him a score of 94.25 with a no-handed barspin 540, finishing with three consecutive flair variations to seal the win. Gilroy, Calif. native Chad Kagy, 27, took second with a score of 92.25 with a run that included a double tailwhip 540 barrel roll, a first in BMX Vert competition. Kevin Robinson, 34, of East Providence, R.I., came in third with a 91.00.

“All I know is how to ride. I know how to ride every square inch of this course,” said Bestwick. “I tried to keep my run flowing from end to end and nail the tricks I know I can hit.” Bestwick, who earned the Dew Cup in BMX Vert during the 2005 season of the Tour, currently sits in first place with 275 points. 

It's unbelievable how quick you can turn around a trails spot with 15 guys who are willing to work. For the last few days the Sugar Hills in Aarle-Rixtel got a face lift due to the hard work of the locals and even riders who had to drive to get there. Only a few jumps remained the same and we can use all the rain we get. If you're staying home tomorrow because you think it will be muddy, you are out of your mind. The Sugar Hills trails have proven before that they can handle shitty weather. At the moment it's a bit too dry but it will work out fine, you will see. The new bank to wall has not been sessioned yet so if you fancy some street riding in the dirt, come on over.