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What holidays are more appreciated than those who not only contains the absence of school, but also good times with bikes and friends? The recently finished Easter holiday was just a vacation like that; an opportunity to get away from the tedious weekdays and travel around the country with a bunch of good friends. I (Jon Bokrantz) and Adrian Malmberg had been talking about a trip down to Linköping over the Easter week-end, basically just to get away from home and peacefully enjoy some riding and friendship. But after some discussions forth and back we came up with the idea of extending the former plan and make it into a one week roadtrip. We loosely planned the trip and hoped for consistent luck rather than spending hours of preparation to come up with a strict schedule. So on Thursday morning I threw my bags and my bike into the car and headed down south. 

Model: Dirt bike
Color: Pinetree green
Frame: Properbike houdini 20.5" top tube
Fork: Fly bikes Pantera
Headseat: FSA
Crankset: Profile
BB Set: USA - Profile
Sprocket: Snafu 36
Freewheel: Proper cassete 

Picture a national sports hero. One that has won world titles and a couple of Olympic Gold medals for your country doing a different sport.........  To be honest, I was star struck when I saw speed skater Gianni Romme at the Mini-FAT-JAM a few weeks ago. I never knew he had any connection with BMX and for him to find the way to Aarle-Rixtel in his 911 to watch some BMX was awesome. On the same trip he visited Paul's Boutique and informed Paul that he was working on a new paint job on his Haro F-3 that he bought off of a friend.

After years of bikes being kicked out of the Fun Spot in Santa Cruz , the park has now been opened to us. One of the builders told me the park would be completed this week as is indicated by the sign on the fence outside. Quite a rare occurrence in the state of California for sure, but a welcome one nonetheless. The park is located across the street from the pier and the beach front.

Lloyd Ramsay

The first day of BMX racing at the Sea Otter classic was washed out. A few drops started to come down as I headed towards the track and by the time I got there it was a steady downpour. My friends over in the Fringe Gear tent were kind enough to give myself and my camera shelter. Then it really started coming down with the help of the wind and flooded half the tent.  Before it turned into Waterworld 2, I spoke to a few of the racers and had a look at the track. The layout was very simple with no large jumps and slick soil. Basically some built up berms and a few rollers.

Results JomoPro Pro class: 
1. Zack Warden - $7000
2. Steve McCann - $4000
3. Craig Mast - $2500
4. Ricky Moseley - $800
5. Ron Thomas - $750
6. Josh Perry - $700
7. Mark Mulville - $650
8. John Rodgers - $600
9. Jeremiah Jones - $550
10. John Ludwick Jr. - $500
11. Steve Woodward
12. Lil' John
13. Cole Todorevich
14. Karl Poynter

Airing Tuesday, April 17, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Jamie Bestwick is considered the best BMX vert rider in the world and that’s why he made it onto our “Best of The Daily Habit” favorite show re-airs. Beyond the tricks and beyond the medals, this guy is pure style. Jamie talks Dew Tour, current state of BMX and even answers your questions; and if you’ve never seen Jamie off the bike before get ready to laugh. 

Beware 'zine's Peter Fastenroth celebrated is 40th B-day last Friday in someone's living room in Cologne, Germany. Peter has been a FAT-JAM regular so Paul and I just had to make a short party trip over to Cologne to join the party. The Kiosk that the party was held at looked a lot like OJA but on a bit smaller scale. The Aarle-Rixtel street sign in the corner made us feel like home. In fact, the shield was a B-day present for Peter, he had received the same present when he turned 30 ten years ago. When it was all wrapped up Peter thought he was getting a new snowboard but out came the Aarle-Rixtel sign. Much better.

These guys are having their birthday this week. Make sure you don't miss their party.
17 april  - John Paul Rogers  1970
18 april  - Scott Freeman  1972
20 April - Jason Lunn 1971
23 april  - Josh White  1967
23 april  - Gabe Weed 1974

Getting a bike in the Pin-Up photo is always the hardest part. Brett sent us the following photo and even though it's not an up to date BMX bike, it's a girl on a bicycle. It's Friday and here's your pin-up photo.