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The Atlantic Bike Stunt Alliance will host the Second Annual BMX Fest in uptown Greenville’s Five Points Plaza, located on the corner of 5th Street and Evans Street on Saturday, November 10, 2012. The event will feature the 2012 Trans Jam BMX Contest Series: Final Stop, which will include Park, Flatland, and Street disciplines, for BMX riders of all ages and skill levels. Bicycle stunt pros from around the world are expected to attend the event. In addition to the bicycle stunt competition, the festival will include a Car Show, Vintage Bike Display, The Hyper Bikes’ Kids Art Contest, a variety of vendors and exhibitors, and an assortment of additional entertainment for the whole family.

BMX Fest is a family-friendly event and free to the general public.

WHO: The Atlantic Bike Stunt Alliance is committed to promoting the sport of BMX around the globe through exhibitions, special events and festivals, and competitions.

This is with a strange taste in our mouth that we have to announce the bad news. The lords of dirt tour final which was supposed to happen during the Roc d'Azur in Fréjus has just been cancelled for administrative reasons. We wanted to apologize to all riders, sponsors and crowd following us since so many years and who made Lords of Dirt, one of the biggest dirt comps on the scene. Today we put one knee on the ground but we'll come back stronger in 2013 with more stops and in bigger cities with for sure a stop in Fréjus! 

The Dew Tour today announced the first round of confirmed athletes for the Toyota City Championships in San Francisco, Calif., October 18-21. The new Dew Tour will showcase the best in Skateboarding, BMX, and FMX during the 4-day action sports and lifestyle event. Top confirmed athletes include Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson and Ryan Nyquist. Skate and BMX athletes will bring their creativity to Harrison Street for the first-ever Skate and BMX Streetstyle contests, two disciplines exclusive to the Dew Tour. Created to honor

With 900 people using their phones to tweet, post, send the Nora Cup winners out to the world straight away during the wild BMX party, there's no real use for us to announce the winners. Unless you missed out on who won. Here are the 2012 Ride BMX NORA Cup winners…

#1 Ramp Rider – Drew Bezanson
#1 Dirt Jumper – Mike “Hucker” Clark
#1 Flatlander - Yohei Uchino
#1 Street Rider – Garrett Reynolds
#1 Racer – Sam Willoughby

-Best Video Part – Dave Thompson  ”Kill Joy”

-Video of the Year – Shawn “Elf” Walters and Jordan Utley’s “Killjoy”

Readers’ Choice Award for Rider Of The Year – Chad Kerley

Proper Bike Co is proud to announce that Max Wood is now a professional rider. Following the release of Max’s signature Trawlerman frame with Proper, Max will join Mike Miller on Proper’s payroll from September 2012. In addition to Max’s role as a rider, you can expect to see him in the office from time to time helping out with promotion and becoming hands-on with tours and team selection for all IMG Distribution’s (Proper’s UK distributor) roster of brands (including Odyssey,

To all the bmx flatlanders out there. We are very sorry and sad to announce that the BFWC Final in Berlin was cancelled because of missing budget of the World Circuit organizers. Therefore we can not realize the event on the high level it was planned to be ! Please check the website of the world circuit tour organizers for more upcoming information concerning the replacement of the final. Thanks for your understanding and again

Next 29 and 30 September returns the third edition of Barbero & Friends at the Ale Barbero Park to Priero (CN). The "Barbero & Friends" has reached a recognized success in Italy and with good worldwide media coverage. There will be two days 100% Bmx where all rookie participant can engage with pro Italians and foreigners. Saturday 29th there will be the chance of "free practice" from 4.00 P.M. to 8.00P.M. Instead there will be on Sunday 30 free sessions and BMX demo by the Kobra Team at 3.00P.M., the best trick at 5.00P.M. and finally a second demo at 6.00P.M.

The Priero park, where Ale trains daily, is complete with every type of structure for the BMX and is the only park in Italy to have the foampit and resi-ramp. Ale will be present during these two days to be with all the guys and to participate with the pros: Considering the prestige of the event, many guests are expected, we hope everyone will attend. I look forward to meet you personally. Don’t miss it!

Address : Strada Provinciale 55 (SP55) – Braia – Priero (CN) -

The FISE XPERIENCE finals will take place in the Paris Games Week, during the famous video game trade show in Paris. This has never been done before: we will install an indoor spine ramp that will welcome both pro and amateurs BMX riders. Great show guarateed! The finals will be broadcasted live on television on Ma Chaine Sport Extrême and on the FISE website on Sunday November 4th, 2012 from 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM local time.

The Paris Games Week: Zoom on the 2012 edition For its 3rd edition, the Paris Games Week by Coca-Cola Zero, the biggest video game event in France will be at the Porte de Versaille for 5 days of trade show (October 31st to November 4th, 2012)!

Once again this year, all the greatest engineers, editors and accessory makers in the Video Game industry will be present to promote and introduce all the novelties on the market: latest technology devices and sneak preview on the new games will be in the heart of the event with the hits and classics that built the