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The Dew Tour announced today the 2011 dates and locations, as well as enhancements for the upcoming tour. New for 2011, the Dew Tour welcomes BMX legend TJ Lavin as a contributor to the overall BMX program, including dirt course designs. The 2011 Dew Tour will kick off in Ocean City, Md., the tour’s first beach front event. The circuit will continue on to Portland, Ore. in August, Salt Lake City in September, and return to Las Vegas, Nev. for the Dew Tour Championships and year-ends awards ceremony in October.

Nigel Sylvester and friends are coming out to Arizona to host and participate in a 3 day BMX event. 3 shops, 3 stops. Cash prizes, give aways, Music, and TONS OF FREE GATORADE!

Co-Operation Desert Storm
Featuring Mirraco’s Nigel Sylvester and friends

-Friday March 25th Broadway Bicycles Tucson
-Saturday March 26th Adventure Bicycle Mesa
-Sunday March 27th Two Wheel Jones Mesa

Come play a game of B.I.K.E. with Mirraco’s Nigel Sylvester and win Cash & Prizes at each stop! Nigel & friends will be making the rounds matching up riders from the crowd at each stop to play games of B.I.K.E., Foot-Down, Best Trick, etc…

Every hour of every day, someone is diagnosed with MS. That's why the Dialed Action Sports BMX Stunt Team registered for the Bike MS Ride, and why we're asking you to support our fund raising efforts with a tax-deductible donation. The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is dedicated to ending the devastating effects of MS but they can't do it without our help. It's faster and easier than ever to support this cause that's so important to us. Simply click on the link at the bottom of this message.

# Bérengère Chabanis Monday, March 21
# Christopher Hallman Monday, March 21 · 39 years old
# Evert Greis Monday, March 21
# Craig Mutt Walters Tuesday, March 22 · 50 years old
# Anthony Napolitan Tuesday, March 22 · 25 years old
# Rich Sigur Tuesday, March 22 · 44 years old
# Chad DeGroot Wednesday, March 23 · 37 years old
# Pascal Mintovt Wednesday, March 23 · 38 years old
# Tom Lammerse Wednesday, March 23 · 17 years old
# Vink Nico Wednesday, March 23 · 28 years old
# Carl Lein Thursday, March 24
# Rens Apperloo Thursday, March 24 · 23 years old
# Gary Neale Thursday, March 24
# David Bishop Thursday, March 24
# Mark Potoczny Thursday, March 24 · 26 years old
# Thomas Allier Thursday, March 24 · 36 years old
# Nick Benson Thursday, March 24 · 29 years old 

1. 2hip BIKES SUMMER DEMO TOUR IS BACK!!!! 2hip BIKES has over 20 years of BMX Freestyle Summer demo tour experience, and after a couple years break, for 2011 the tour RETURNS!!! The tour involves 2-3 riders + an MC traveling in a big loop across USA shredding the portable 2hip 1/4 pipe and jump box ramps at bike shops and public events. Tentative schedule of riders include a various combo of riders: Jason Lopez, Andrew Lang, Chris Sorichetti, Tim Knoll ++++ Road tripping and going to Summer 

The student society EDHEC community for dynamic Culture is organizing next friday in Lille the Wild Night Contest: The Wild Night Contest is the new event in the world of BMX and brings together 16 of the best european riders. Plenty of surprises will wait for you such as awesome riding, free Open Ben &Jerry's, Pompom girls, DJs and many many more! On friday 18th March, drive, fly or walk to Lille then go to "la Halle de glisse" skatepark (subway stop "Porte des Postes"), refurbished for the occasion, and enjoy a series of battles, where riders will compete to share 6000€ of prize money. After the show, a party will be held at Lille's new trendy club, "le Magazine". Magic tricks and other surprises will be waiting for you.

Here is the list of the participating riders that will amaze you:
Nicky Van Der Veen (NL)
Aaron Nicholson (UK)
Pim Van Den Bos (NL)

Here's the result of the latest collaboration between Vans and French contemporary brand A.P.C. Working with the classic Authentic and Chukka silhouette, the capsule consists of simple designs, all focuses on Spring-friendly colors amongst solid white midsoles, tags and minimal branding. Look for these through A.P.C. flagship stores now.

Extremething 2011 is real excited about the new addition to the venue, Thanks to Body Balance for sponsoring, the "Ricardo Laguna Rail Jam"! We are inviting any street riders that are willing to take on the design submitted by Las Vegas resident Zachary, our submission winner. Sign-ups will start Friday March, 25th from 4pm to 8pm and the doors open Saturday March 26th at 11am. If you have any questions feel free to contact Ricardo at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. For more details about Extremething go to extremething.com

Any athletes and friends that need a hotel room for Sat March 26 you can use the code for the Palms hotel and Casino!

GROUP CODE: G090109
GROUP NAME: EXTREME THING BLOCK RATE: 3/26 $139 RM
TYPE: DELUXE 72HR CXL POLICY CUT OFF

A wide variety of riders celebrating their B-day this week:
# Bogi Givens Monday, March 14 · 36 years old
# Daniel Tünte Monday, March 14 · 19 years old
# Rich Anderson Monday, March 14
# Craig Stevens Tuesday, March 15 · 28 years old
# Jimmy Mac McNeal Tuesday, March 15
# Michiel Verberg Wednesday, March 16
# Gonzalo Marino Thursday, March 17 · 26 years old
# Jan van den Dungen Friday, March 18
# Patrick Wirz Friday, March 18
# Thomas Ruissen Saturday, March 19 · 21 years old
# Rich Houseman Sunday, March 20 · 33 years old

"Lobster apparel, together with Alessandro Civera (TM) of Callemarconi is glad to present the new LOBSTER BMX TEAM: Andres Mendoza Iacoviello, Federico Vezzoli and Gianluca Marrone (already a Lobster supporter for quite a while). A young trio of Riders well motivated and bonded by the same passion for BMX, that will