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This fall, Vans partners with renowned BMX brand Shadow Conspiracy to release the Vans x Shadow Penumbra Series as part of the fall BMX line. As the third project between Vans and Shadow Conspiracy, the collection celebrates more than ten years of the iconic Shadow Penumbra seat line, the first production BMX seats to utilize all-over prints and artwork in place of logos. With heavy influence from the art and skate world, these seats were treated like a blank canvas for creative expression. Three Pro Classic styles represent the Vans x Shadow Penumbra Series, complete with the full specs of Pro 

We're skipping the usual Q&A list here will tell you something about the third rider from Aarle-Rixtel to get a cover of a main BMX magazine. The youngster has been turning heads wherever he went to and for good reason. His riding is a mix of Mike Aitken, Chris Doyle and we're spotting a bit of Daniel Wedemeijer lines in his riding. Wedemeijer has actually been a push for Tom to ride more. Ever since Daniel moved from Amsterdam close to 040BMXPARK it gave the 18 year old rider from Aarle-Rixtel someone to ride with at a high level. 040BMXPARK is where you find Tom often. It takes him an hour to get there as he rides his bike to the train station in Helmond, takes the train to Eindhoven and then walks over to the park for a session. He's got his bike stored there most of the time which makes it easier to do the traveling back and forth.

Tom is only 18 and doesn't have his drivers license yet so he relies on others to take him or uses Holland's public transport to go to

Without much pre-planning a whole bunch of BMX-ers from The Netherlands and their families ended up at Eurocamp at the same time. Some came by plane, some took a 20 hour bus ride, some drove their camper or other vehicles there. If there's a will, there's a way, and who doesn't want to go to paradise? Axel Jurgens and his wife Rosario run the Eurocamp park up in Tossa de Mar in Spain on  a former tennis court of Camping Pola. The place got transformed into biker's paradise with the help of the donated Nike 6.0 ramps from a freestyle comp in Barcelona a few years ago.  The place now has a quarter resi, resi jump box, foam pit, street area, spine mini, pump track, some decent sized trails and three new tables and a turn which are less spectacular than the big line but a bit more demanding than the pump track. Eurocamp is constantly changing and getting better every time we pay a visit.

Tom van den Bogaard, Thomas, Pim Scheers, Arjan Ellens and Jesper Vervoort took a bus there. The cheapest way to get to the Costa Brava if you can handle 20 hours on the bus.