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The FATBMX/Easpak/Rebel Jam contest is over. Team manager Andy Zeiss has not picked one but two winners. Both will receive the Rebel Jam embroidered backpack and the custom Eastpak toilet bag. Next to the correct answers on the date and place of the event, they had a funny answer on the third question:

Winner 1: Femke Lust: Why do you need the Rebel Jam bag?
Well.... past weekend at the Suzuki Bmx Masters at 6 o'clock in the morning I walked back to my tent.. Totally fucked from all the beer.. (Yes I admit on the way to my tent I fell like a thousend times couse of all the tents on that little piece of grass) Brused and drunk I finally arrived at my tent.. looking for my bag... and what do you know... it wasn't there.. The next morning I woke up and went for the toilets... I walked pass a really trashed and puked on bag... You'll never guess who's bag that was....

YOYOYO, here's all the 2-HIp BIKE happenings; 2-HIp just picked up the street ripper, Marlon Europe from Brooklyn, NY, making the 2-HIp team just about the best team EVER. The 2-HIp goal is to sponsor a rider for each letter of the alphabet, aswellas to sponsor every single amazing rider named Steve-o:
-Jarrod Allen  -Marlon Europe  -Lino Gonzalez  -Fro-nando Gutierrez  -Benno Hankowetz  -Jake Ortiz Mauricio Ospina  -Steve-o East Coast  -Steve-o West Coast  -Wakey.com(Matt Wakefield).
We're plannin' a road trip to the Southern states in the Compound BMX motorhome directly after Interbike in vegASS- LOOK OUT, because when the team shows up at your spot, it will blow up and catch on fire. 

There used to be a time that there were only 5 BMX events going on in Europe in the summer time. The Die-Hards made a tour out of it and went to Germany for the Cologne comp, Aarle-Rixtel for the FAT-JAM, the World's somewhere in Europe, a jam in some weird village and the King of Concrete in England to finish it off. Times have changed. This upcoming weekend there at least are 10 BMX events going on. That's more than we had all summer years ago. There are two flatland jams going, one in Belgium and one in Germany . The PSP The Champ contest in Augsburg, Germany is kicking off and we also have the FAT-JAM in Aarle-Rixtel on Saturday. Freestyle Holland is organizing some lake jumping on Sunday, The Pannonian Challenge takes place in Croatia, there's a BMX race with a special Freestyle class in Belgium and over in the USA a Chenga comp , a NY Bike Comp and the Dew Tour are taking place (Portland, Oregon). Then we heard that this Saturday will be the 5th annual Boyley Birthday jam in Hastings, England as well. I don't know what you think,  but I do believe that BMX is alive and kicking. Pick your event and have some fun this weekend. And drink one on Boyley no matter where you are.

August 2006 – Sheffield, home to some of the UK’s most talented riders, hosts one of Europe’s most prestigious BMX competitions as the etnies Backyard Jam 2006 (EBYJ) turns ICE Sheffield into a BMX Mecca on 27th – 29th October 2006. Complete with a street course expertly crafted by Nate Wessell of X Games notoriety, a retail area and more international stars than the World Cup!, the EBYJ is certainly one event NOT to miss this year. Following the mind-blowing riding that was laid down at the etnies Backyard Jam 2005 in Brighton, including the breaking of a UK Record in the SNICKERS ® Highest Bunny Hop contest, the EBYJ 2006 is coming back bigger and better to celebrate its 13th successful year as the UK’s leading core event. The riders list grows year on year and in 2006 it certainly reads like the BMX hall of fame with riders from teams such as etnies, SNICKERS ® and Primo including Ben Hennon (UK), Morgan Wade (US, X Games 2006 Street Silver Medalist), Josh Stricker (US), Aaron Ross (US), Bas Keep (UK), Taj Mihelich (US), Ali Whitton (UK), Gary Young (US), Max Vincent (CAN), Chase Hawk (US) and Matt Beringer (US), to name just a few. 

Newquay, August, 2006 The Rip Curl Boardmasters 2006: Britain’s biggest lifestyle festival of the year took place last weekend in Newquay, with BMX, Surf, Skateboard and Freestyle Motocross contests and demo’s and a two night, sold out Music Festival. The Ripcurl Boardmasters played host to the third and final stop of The Braun cruZer Tour 2006 on the biggest mobile spine ramp in the world. Braun cruZer Tour Spine Contest: The exposed Newquay coast blew a cold, harsh breeze at the 12 BMX cruZer Tour Finalists, but the impressive location of the festival site, with it’s close proximity to the ocean meant that the riders forgot the wind and pushed to ride even harder and higher. With top pro riders like Mark Webb, Phil Aller, Mike Miller and of course Ben Wallace the final was destined to be an explosive contest. In the first qualifying runs on Friday evening the audience were totally stoked as the riders cracked the ramp with tricks like “540 barspin” or “540 lookback airs”. Everyone was really looking forward to seeing the final on Saturday and they weren’t disappointed. On the Saturday final runs, Phil Aller pulled out his “fufanu on the backrail” and a “360 tiretap to footjam nosepick”. 

August, 2006 - New York, N.Y - The Dew Action Sports Tour, the pro tour of action sports, makes the third stop of its second season with the Vans® Invitational, August 17-20, at Portland's Rose Quarter. The five-city tour opened in Louisville in June and also includes stops in Denver, San Jose and Orlando. Skateboarder Shaun White, BMX athlete Jamie Bestwick, and FMX competitor Travis Pastrana are among the athletes who will be in Portland to compete for the Dew Cup, awarded at season's end to the athlete with the highest number of points in each of the six combined disciplines of skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross. The Tour's inaugural season champions include Ryan Sheckler (Skateboard Park), Bucky Lasek (Skateboard Vert), Kenny Bartram (Freestyle Motocross), Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert) and Ryan Guettler (BMX Park and BMX Dirt). Each Dew Cup winner received a portion of the $1 million year-end bonus and returns for the 2006 season.

You heard it right Cory is on the team! It's been almost 10 years since Cory moved to California and I am proud to say he is officially part of the family. After coming in for Slams, Pitchforks and Rednecks for so long, Cory is no stranger to the building having him on the team seems really natural. Since I first saw him ride at Sheep in '97 he's always been one of my favorite riders. And going on Road Fools with him was hilarious! I've always liked Cory and his riding is more outrageous than ever right now.

Okay, you're having a brother and he rides too. That's cool. Now figure you have two brothers and the both ride. That's even better. What if all three are actually good enough to all enter Pro Dirt at a major BMX dirt contest? We shot a photo of Leo Forte, Kye Forte and Toby Forte at the BMX Masters in Cologne. All three of them were doing lookbacks over this same hip. We're running a new poll on FATBMX to find out who you think has the best lookback in the Forte family. The three brothers just won all three Style awards at the Rebel Jam in Dirt. Before you vote for their lookback, watch this Empire of Dirt movie.

Okay, this weekend we're having the FAT-JAM. Saturday night (18 August) will see the infamous OJA party and McGoo is going to attempt the 8.6 world record. This cannot be missed.
14 August 1967 - Brett Downs
14 August 1971 - Alexis Desolneux
18 August 1978 - Colin MacKay 
19 August 1970 - Chad Johnston
20 August 1967 - Paul de Jong

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