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Yo dawg's what Up? I'm gettin' ready 4 tha Dew Tour & the Warped Tour, I recently filmed 4 a NEW TV Show called, "The Grindz". It's an hip-hop/action sports show hosted by Prodical Sunn of tha dope-ass rap group called, Wu-Tang. It was cool, positive & stain' on Ur grind.

Hope all Is well with U all & thanx 4 tha support!

THorne Biker-N-Black

Nielswheels likes surprises and loves to drink beer. Combine the two and make sure his birthday today is one to remember.
19 June  - Niels Thanild 1976
20 June  - Kurt Schmidt 1970
20 June  - Barry Kohne 1984

Following on from the success of previous years, SNICKERS is bringing back its Best Trick competition activity at local skate and BMX events across the UK. It’s an initiative where everyone’s a winner. We will reward those that are laying down the tricks regardless of their ability. This means that the 10 year old who drops in for the first time is just as likely to get a share as the pro who is 10ft out the top of a vert ramp. Last summer, over 20 Snickers Best Tricks took place around the UK at events. This year, Snickers has a larger stash of cash to give away and is committed to making even more of these competitions happen. The Snickers Best Trick is an opportunity for riders to throw their best moves in a 30–45 minute jam session. Riders get countless attempts to try their biggest and hardest tricks within the time limit, and those that manage to pull them off to the crowd and judges’ satisfaction take home cash. Sweet! The best trick is always the most crowd pleasing and dynamic of any event: a very simple concept that enables riders to push themselves outside the normal limits of competition structure. 

Eastpak is one of the sponsors of this year's Rebel Jam in Berlin. They've made up some limited edition bags that you can win on FATBMX. The bags have the Rebel Jam logo stitched on it and there are only a few available so they will always stick out next time you decide to go on a road trip. What do you have to do to win the bags? Just answer the following questions and send your answers in before 1 August 2006. Don't forget to leave your contact details with the contest entry so if you win the prize, Eastpak can send the limited edition bag to you.

1) When does the Rebel Jam take place?
2) What city in Germany will host the Rebel Jam?
3) Why do you need the Rebel Jam bag?

The Dew Action Sports Tour previewed its second season Thursday, June 15 in New York City with BMX Park and Vert athlete Dave Mirra and Shaun White, the winner of the 2005 Dew Action Sports Tour Panasonic Open in Skateboard Vert. Mirra and White were interviewed by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show. Said Mirra, on the difference between the tour and the X Games: "What's great about the Dew Series is that it's a five-city, five-stop tour. X Games is one big hit; (you) go out there and have a good day (or) have a bad day and it's over with. We have five different stops throughout the country and you gotta be consistent. So if you can win a title at the end of the year, which is for huge prize money, it's amazing." Later in the day, Mirra participated in a NBC affiliate satellite media tour. Mirra was also interviewed live on the Ron Seggi Radio Show and, on June 14, he appeared on SportsNet New York's "Daily News Live." 

Vans are sponsoring the King of the wall Jam that is scheduled to take place on 24 June in Schoenenwerd, Switzerland. Nonda is inviting everyone to check out the jam.

The info can be found on Nonda's website called:

www.ilame.ch

Go to the website to find more info and a map with directions on where to find the wall. It helps if you speak a bit of German

Nonda Coutsicos
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address: Aarauerstr. 45, 5012 Schönenwerd, Switzerland.

Tel: +41.62 849 64 18   /   +41.76 474 30 66

Cologne/Berlin – 15.06.2006   After great success with the first rebeljam in Berlin in 2005 it was decided to continue the philosophic line with rebeljam. With true spirit and passion the second rebeljam as well will take place at the fantastic and outstanding facilities of Mellowpark in Berlin. In 2005 the goal was to achieve an event where the level of riding was high but the pressure from a normal competition was less. Of course, there has to be schedule to follow but it was important to follow it in a relaxed atmosphere without any hectic. Each participant should have the feeling to be at a great huge session with friends – and basicly this was exactly the way it turned out! Rebeljam is very proud to strengthen even more the already deep relationship with all partners. This is just another proof that a specific idea can only be formed with people and brands that know what´s happening and understand the core and spirit of the sport. Each partner has a great image in the sport and they are focusing 100% on rebeljam to make it yet again happen to be one of the best recognized international bmx competitions out there. From riders for riders that is!

The Fifa World Cup is on its way. All teams have played once in their qualifying group and it can still go either way for all teams. The damn Germans won their second game in a typical German way (score 1-0 in the last minute). Let's see when they're running out of luck. Over the weekend we heard once again that the Americans don't know anything about football. Steve van Doren (Vans' BBQ man) said they needed to start playing with a 3 feet skippy ball to you can see the ball better. Brian Patch opted for 10 feet wider goals so there would be more scoring. Neil Hendrix said that the USA are going to win the cup (haha). Dennis McCoy said.... (well, DMC talks too much and we don't have room for his rants...). 

With the nice weather coming it's time to show what you've got. In case you are not aware yet, You are welcome to come and ride in Paris for the 100Contest event, and especially the Flatland contest.
When: It will take place the 16,17,18th OF JUNE 2006.
The program for flatland is: 
The 16th : Open practice only.
The 17th : Prelims starts at 3pm. Practice open at 12H30.
The 18th ; Final.
What: The 100Contest (pronounced sans-Contest) is an event gathering performer from the urban culture (BMX, Skateboarding, roller skating, graffiti, hip hop, basket ball, etc...). Different disciplines, different contests (100 contests!), different areas, but same price money for each contest: 1750 Euro.

Local rider Zack Held [url=//fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1611]organized a dirt jam[/url] in Union City , CA this weekend. At the start of the jam not many people had arrived. Everyone was unfashionably late. Zack and some other riders had spent 2 weeks preparing the jumps for the jam and they looked awesome. The first one I saw looked like a FMX double at the bottom of a downhill. The trials themselves are hidden in amongst tree's in the back of a park between a residential area and the freeway. A small creek runs alongside them and bets were going on who would be the first person to end up in it.