Bart de Jong
First WordsEditor In Chief Keith Mulligan finally got the feature article for this issue done after slopping around in mud for a while and battling Mother Nature for nearly half a year.
Start
It was once called “freestyle,” and don’t you forget it.
Up Front
Sponsor changes, injuries, and a bit of that stuff we refer to as news.
Pro Q&A - Davey Watson
Do you know about Davey’s flatland background, why he licked Mike Hoder’s feet, his secret to bunnyhop barspins, or what
Elite Men 1 Josh Meyers
2 Ramiro Marino
3 Jason Rogers
4 Robert DeWilde
5 Matt Pohlkamp
6 Sifiso Nhlapo
7 Matt Kelty
8 Cristian Becerine
Elite Women
1 Dominique Daniels
2 Amanda Geving
3 Alaina Henderson
4 Ziggy Callan
5 Jamie Lilly
6 Madison Pitts
With just under three months until Interbike's International Bicycle Expo 2010, Interbike today announced net-sold, square-feet exhibit space at the Sands Convention and Expo Center has surpassed the 2009 show, with only limited amount of exhibit space still available. Exhibitors from Europe, China and Taiwan have shown increased interest in Interbike's marketplace necessitating the expansion of all of the show's international pavilions for 2010. In addition, the show is welcoming the return of several significant domestic brands 
Tough competitions at Woodward Denver in Denver, Colo. resulted in a top BMX amateur advancing to the Gatorade Free Flow Tour Finals taking place September 16-19 in Salt Lake City. Trey Herrera will represent Woodward Denver in the BMX finals. Woodward Denver held a full weekend’s worth of contests, with BMX park on Sunday. In the BMX park competition, 21-year-old Herrera of Aurora, Colo. topped the podium, laying it all on the line and winning the 
Eight of the top performers from the X Games and Winter X Games are nominated for the 18th annual ESPYs, which will be televised live, for the first time since 2003, Wednesday, July 14, at 9 p.m. ET on ESPN/ESPNHD. The 2010 ESPYs co-presented by Capital One and Castrol EDGE and hosted by Saturday Night Live’s Seth Meyers release the nominees for Best Male Action Sport Athlete and Best Female Action Sport Athlete categories. BEST MALE ACTION SPORT ATHLETE NOMINEES:
Garrett Reynolds, BMX Freestyle Winning his first X Games gold medal at the debut of BMX Freestyle Street at X Games 14, Garrett Reynolds hasn’t slowed down at all. With international X Games wins in Mexico, Brazil and Dubai, Reynolds was named the NORA Cup Street Rider of the Year in 2008 and 2009. He will attempt a three-peat at X Games 16.
Shaun White, Skateboarding & Snowboarding In a banner season
Monsun, screaming people, dirt, noise, joy, love, everywhere cows and dogs and in between big guys on small bikes… Camp-Ramps was in India, organising a show-tour with 7 stops all over India from New Dehli over Tachmahal to the border of Pakistan. Hannu Cools from Belgien, Sergej Geier, and Paddy Gross from Germany, Alex Johann, Brandon Christie and Scott Wirch from the States rocked the set-ups from Rajasthan to Delhi. We had the worst conditions (floated Ramps and dirt that mutated to mud) but nevertheless the