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Okay, no more excuses for the Helm trail locals and all riders in general. On Friday 2 June 500 cubic meters of dirt will be dropped at the existing trails in Helmond. We don't know too many local councils that are that supportive. All they want to see is that there is enough motivation by the riders to build something nice of the dirt that they are going to drop. To make things easier, they've allowed for a digger to be present for a day and a half. Trails are never really finished, you can keep building forever, but the digger will only be there on Friday and Saturday morning to do the ground work. Man, some people have it good. It's a legal spot to ride, they are bringing in the dirt (for free) and make sure a digger is there. That's pretty awesome. It might be too wet to ride right now but when the work is put in now, the spot will be killer when the sun comes out. Call your friends now and make arrangements. Throw a shovel or two in the car and work those muscles for a couple of days. Show you're down to put some time in. It's on the Johannes Vermeerlaan, next to the new canal off the N279 (exit Centrum). A routeplanner will get you [url=//fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=974]there[/url].

Vancouver, BC Canada May 27, 2006  Ten Pack Distribution, in partnership with Muskoka Woods Camp is pleased to announce the Ten Pack Am presented by Muskoka Woods Camp, Canada’s biggest amateur only park contest. The competition will take place on June 17–18, 2006 at Muskoka Woods Camp, on the ‘Slam Ten’ course, with some new elements being added that will remain at the camp after the contest.
“I’ve wanted to put on a big amateur contest for years, and now thanks to Muskoka Woods coming on board it’s finally going to happen.” Says Miron. “For the first time, this contest will put amateurs on center stage and give them a place to get their name out there.” 

1) Yo dudes how's life? Good I hope, I recently went 2 Vegas 4 Monster Energy 2 film a promo dvd 4 Monster & check out Mike Metzger flippin' tha fountains & tha Supercross finals. Would of shot more pic's put 4got my camera charger @ home, bummer. Anyhow thanx 4 Ur support. 

2) Yo dudes went 2 tha Winnie Roast N Irvine, CA., If U don't know what tha event Is, well It's a day of bands rockin' out 2 a bunch of dudes ready 2 party.

The opening from the skate pool in Hasselt (B) became almost a swimming pool! It was raining from 2pm till 4pm but more than 100 people stayed to see the demo’s. After drying we could start with some great Belgium riders like Jimmy mp5, Greg van Tulder, Hannu and Sig Cools, I (Peter Geys) was presenter to pump up the crowed. It was a jammy relaxed pool session and we had lots of fun. Haro bikes sponsored a brand new F2 bike and a local BMX dude was a proud owner.

Here's a photo and spec of a new flatland frame from France. The team riders currently are Mus and Sam Foakes. NEW FLATLAND MODEL:
MUKIFLAT Cr-Mo
WHEELBASE: 855 mm
Rear chainstays: 350mm
Weight: 2.4 Kg.

###Carhartt Indoor skatepark Weil am Rhein### Last week we got good news from the Carhartt head office in Weil am Rhein. From now on Tuesdays are always a bmx only day! Furthermore a bmx jam is planned  + a concert for December. Date and stuff is not fixed but more info will follow soon on the Carhartt-Europe website.
Mike Emde

So the 2007 product is slowly arriving back at the garage and I, ...actually it might have been Klaus, got round to getting some half decent photos ready for the public web site launch. Before that. We have here the first full preview of our new front loading stem, sprockets, Thomas's cat Mikesh, the re-designed alloy top-bolt and our seat clamp.

PRO TEAM:
-Alex DROPSY (also rides for Twentyvelocross, Oakley, Shadow conspiracy)
-Nico CAMBON (also rides for Twentyvelocross, Fox)
-Antony LILLE ( rides also for superstar )
-Kevin KALKOFF ( rides also for flybikes, squareo one)
-Alexis DESOLNEUX ( ride also for Twentyvelocross)

FLOW TEAM:
-Maxime Bimar from Peynier (near Aix en provence) (also rides for DK)
-Alex BOURGUIGNON from Lyon (rides also for Stolen)

Concrete parks in the Benelux are popping up anywhere. There is no need to go to Marseille or Oregon any longer to ride some concrete. The park in Kortrijk is also a park that kicks ass. It's got a cradle and more lines than you need. The people at Hangloose and RIDE On BMX Shop are putting on a contest at the park that was built by Team Pain. 

The date they picked is 8-9 July 2006 so if it's a trek for you to go there (Belgium), make a summer trip out of it and don't forget to bring the BBQ. Find all the details on the flyer of the Kortrijk Concrete Fury.


Hangloose BMX shop: +32.2.231.06.93
Ride On BMX Shop: +32.56.31.14.99

Alex Jumelin’s signature KHE frame just came out. It's in prototype stage at the moment. The frame is called: “The Paris”  and has straight tubes only. In case people don't know Alex, he's a pro flatland rider from Paris so don't even think about taking this bike to the trails. The details are as follows:

-Alex Jumelin Signature frame with clean geometry, no bent tubes
-1-1/8“ internal headset o Euro Bottom Bracket
-Head tube angle 74.5° Seat tube angle 71°
-RC: 12.91“
-100% Japanese SANKO 4130 CrMo 100% HEAT TREATED (the 1st 100% heat treated flatland Frame)
-TT length: 18.79“
-Weight: 1.55 kg | 3.41 lbs
-CNC drilled and machined seattube and bottom bracket
-3/8” Dropouts, NO PIVOTS