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Name: Schögn Lee aka Hank
Name of the magazine: Issue Won
Hometown: Durban, South Africa

With BMX magazines going out of business, the last thing we were expecting to hear is that you are starting up a print mag. Why print and not another Online magazine?
Hank: It has been a very long time since South Africa has had a printed BMX Mag. I remember when the last publication was available there was a vibe- a hype around the scene. Dudes were keen to get out and put work in for photos and stories. It’s been a long time since we have had that. Web is cool, but it feels like the effort you put into a photo, written feature or video edit is only worth the few days of coverage. Then it’s gone. Forgotten… till the next thing comes along. Quality seems to be at an all-time low too, this I think is do with the short amount of time things stay in the lime-light (online).

Las Vegas National #2. Pro results:
A Pro:
1 JACOB ABBE, FACTORY RIFT/TANGENT, EL CAJON, CA
2 TYLER WHITFIELD, SSQUARED BICYCLES, ROCKFORD, IL
3 KENNETH GUSTAFSON, DOUBLECROSS BIKES, PONCA CITY, OK
4 JEREMY SMITH, FACTORY EXTREME TEAM, DAYTON, OH
5 TOMAS FERNANDEZ, SE RACING, ALBUQUERQUE, NM
6 WALKER FINCH, HARO/PROMAX, FT COLLINS, CO
7 JARED BECKER, BECKER FITNESS/RYNOPOWER, PHOENIX, AZ

UEC European Championships results. Erp, Netherlands.
Elite Men:
1     Twan VAN GENDT     NED     23
2     Niels BENSINK     NED     19
3     Quentin CALEYRON     FRA     27
4     Maris STROMBERGS     LAT     28
5     Sylvain ANDRE     FRA     23
6     Amidou MIR     FRA     20
7     Romain MAYET     FRA     22
8     Niek KIMMANN     NED     19

Elite Women:
1     Elke VANHOOF     BEL     24
2     Simone CHRISTENSEN     DEN     21
3     Laura SMULDERS     NED     22

Ukrainian National Championships
Elite Men:
1     Vladyslav SAPOZHNYKOV     UKR     21     30     30
2     Igor GORDON     UKR     20     20     20
3     Yuriy REZNIKOV     UKR     21     15     15
4     Maksym ALBULESA     UKR     20     10     10
5     Igor GALKIN     UKR     19     8     8

In the first ever NASS BMX Shop Battle, the entire comp was full of massive tricks, transfers and bails. As this course can be quite gruelling and with shops being picked against each other at random, riders realised that despite being encouraged to continue they need to conserve energy in order to pull that perfect run. Especially when they see what the other shops we’re doing and then not knowing who they’d be up against next in the off the wall format. The talent out there was fierce with riders trying out mad double stunts