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"9 thousand square foot of ramps and 9 weeks, It was a nightmare, had 2 tear It down, sell tha house and move on! Tha ramps R being built by John Povah Ndoors @ Gaint Bikes, I found a home 4 them. I tore most of tha ramps down solo and almost went Insane but NEVER broke down. Danny Williams and crew snaged tha VERT ramp and took It 2 AZ, much. luv 2 him and his homies! U know I learned that everybodys around 2 ride but not 2 build, tear down or chip N any money 4 tha ramps!

Good work requires time. Let's use that excuse for the delay of the Red Cross adventures movie to come out months after the contest took place in Hechtel, Belgium. We reported about the contest earlier but now you can see a high quality movie clip here on FATBMX. The clip shows what went on at the town square; a dirt comp, live bands and vert riding. And lots of beers. 

"My crank snapped on my first run so I needed a huge second run to win the Cup. Don't think it was planned that way for the dramatic. There was a lot of pressure going into the final run.” - Jamie Bestwick, BMX Vert Dew Cup champion
 
“I wanted to get a first good run and I crashed. And at that point there were no throw-away runs…(Winning the Dew Cup is) one of the biggest accomplishments I’ve had so far, as far as winning a whole complete series, and winning the title.” - Ryan Nyquist, BMX Dirt Dew Cup champion

“Last year after the (Dew Cup) win, I was like, ‘am I really gonna be able to keep up?’ I just went home, practiced hard, and dialed all my tricks. I came here and I really wanted to take it again.” - Daniel Dhers, BMX Park Dew Cup champion

I've been meaning to write a review of The Industry for a few weeks now. First issue of this BMX trade magazine came out at Interbike and that's where I picked up the first issue. After BMX Business News was no longer in business there was no BMX trade magazine out there. To our knowledge there is no BMX specific website out there so the logical stepwas to make a magazine version to keep the dealers up to date on what's hot and to give BMX companies a chance to get in touch with the dealers at the same time. It can only help grow the sport.
The Complete Picture is a big article in the first issue about all the (new) companies that started making complete bikes. Ryan Sher (Subrosa), Jim Ford (Mirraco), Zack Phillips (Kink), Brian Castillo (Volume), Corey Muth (Verde) and Robbie Morales (FIT Bike Co.) all talk about what it takes to be a player in the complete bike business. 

It takes a reason for people to get together for a session. Halloween is a good reason to meet in one place. It's a different day for everyone and it doesn't matter if you dress different that day. Jeremie Infelise hosts a Halloween jam at the Oklahoma concrete park every year and this year was no exception. Hit read more for the video of the jam.

The National Bicycle League (NBL) and Bellwether Media, Inc. have teamed up to educate kids about BMX Racing in schools across the country. A new book, published by Bellwether Media and titled simply as ‘BMX Racing’, is part of an 8-book Torque-Action Sports series now available through the Scholastic School Supply network. The new book will soon show up in tens of thousands of school libraries across the country and expose BMX and NBL, directly to kids between the ages of four and ten. The 24-page color book features NBL 2006 National Elite Champion, Donny Robinson on the cover along with general sport information and tons of great NBL BMX racing images throughout the publication. It will share the library shelves with other action-sport titles including snowboarding, skateboarding and mountain biking. 

Frame: Hoffman Loyalty
Fork: Odyssey race
Stem: Shadow
Pedals: Fly Ruben
Bars: Mankind Kindom
Grips: Duo Homan
Lever: Odyssey Trigger
Brake: Fly Bikes
Detangler: Snafu 

We all know what this time of year means its ABA BMX Grands time. The ABA Grands is "The Greatest Race on Earth", and this year will be no exception. One of the highlights to the ABA Grands weekend has always been the PRO Spectacular/N.A.G. 5 Challenge. This event pits the best of the best against each other in a special racing format. We take the top riders from across the country and line them up on the gate. For all the Top PRO’s this event WILL BE FOR PRO POINTS once again and will be the last chance for them to move up in the ABA PRO standings. 

The 2007 Dirty East contest at The Flow attracted some good riders. This resulted in some great riding and some burly crashes. The video clip shows you what was done on the street course that was on hand. Some shit was gnarly. Here's a few names; Ronnie Napolitan, Brandon Dosch, Zach Gerber, Craig Mast, Quinn Semling, Marcus Tooker, Jacob Marks, Joey Marks, Charlie Bowers, Zach Newman and Jeremiah Smith rocked the house and then there's Joey Hill's icepick on the wall.....Hit the image on the right to watch it.

Jeffery Garland and Chad Johnston put together this video from the Flatground contest in Amsterdam with a Talib Kweli live concert mixed into the riding. It might be pretty old by now but if you haven't seen the clip, it shows what breakdance-hiphop- and flatland have in common.