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The Shadow Conspiracy and Vans Shoes are teaming up once again to bring you the Shadow x Vans 10th Anniversary Shoes. Made from high quality leather and wax canvas, these shoes were designed for progressive riding and won’t wear out on you. The gum sole is specially formulated with a harder density rubber to give your foot support while also retaining the flex and feel of the classic Vans waffle sole. This project is the culmination of the authenticity and heritage of Vans mixed with the passion and style of Shadow.

Everyone, who ever joined BMX Worlds Party, knows that these celebrations are crazy. The riders party together with fans and visitors until the early morning. Can you imagine what happens when one of the hardest working and most party approved DJ-Teams is mutating into a Live Band? That‘s right… Total Mayhem! The DISCODOGS reinforced their crew, packed up drums and e-guitar and spiced their set with a huge amount of ROCK-CONCERT flavour! Get ready for a bomb blast made from HipHop, Electro, Breaks and Rock…cut up, remixed and spit out

Developed by bmx pro Patrick Giumez these ultra light and thin gloves feature stretch mesh material and a soft synthetic leather palm. Simple and comfortable with a short cuff for greater wrist articulation for the bmx purists.
TSG Slim Glove, designed by Patrick Guimez:
-Stretch mesh material
-Soft synthetic leather palm
-Flexible lycra between fingers
-Terry nose wipe on thumb

Susan Aldrich Linerode June 11
Marc van der Kort June 11 44 years old
Ralf Maier June 11 44 years old
Tony Mac June 12 43 years old 
Emilio Falla June 12
Christie Fleuridas Owen June 12 39 years old
Kenan Harkin June 13
Jeff Wescott June 13
Joe Cox June 14 21 years old
Steven Nowak June 14 40 years old
Nina Buitrago June 14
Justin Fouque June 15 23 years old
Julien Rocchisani June 15
Gale Webb June 16 68 years old
Annemieke van der Biezen June 16
Donny Robinson June 17 29 years old

In the morning we received a mail from Anthony Pill saying that Lewis Monks had passed yesterday. I'm not sure if I'd ever met the young man but when a BMX-er dies, it feels like one of our family has left us and that's never right. Our thoughts are with his close ones and we wish them all the strength in the time to come. Pill sent through a clip of Lewis from 2008 where he was doing flairs, handplants over the spine and all that good stuff. He will be missed.

Infaction is a company based in Germany specialised in BMX camps. They've got camps going on all year where the riders stay together, eat together and ride together. The best spots are being visited with the vans they've got available. New tricks can be learned as each group will have a BMX teacher with them who can show how it's done. Although the main focus is on riders between 8 and 25 years old, it is not completely limited to that age to be part of a BMX camp. Infaction puts on camps in several different areas in Germany and there's even a summer camp in France!

If you want to trade in your parents for a week to go ride with fellow BMX riders, make sure you look at the Camp schedule below for the locations and prices and if there are spots available still because these spots are filling up quick!

The weekend is about to start and for the first time in a while there's no BMX on the program for me. Not officially, meaning there's no event to go to. Time to choose myself what to go ride, that is if the weather cooperates. It hasn't for the last few days but there's always the indoor 040BMX park in Eindhoven which is good fun.

Last week, after visiting the 040BMX park contest I made it over to the Helm Trails for a little session. Had the camera with me so took some pics of the locals riding the rollercoaster line. Having good places to ride close to your home is awesome. Short travel time, much fun. I'm staying close to Helmond this weekend to enjoy what we have here. More contests coming up this summer.

High-end BMX helmet and soft-goods maker t.h.e. recently released a line of SAS-TEC viscoelastic soft guards designed with equal parts form and function, providing an unparalleled blend of protection and comfort. The Maxi Guard has been tested to be more impact resistant than traditional hard pads, but is soft and pliable. Extreme Protection: German-engineered SAS-TEC viscoelastic insert foam reacts instantly to impacts by hardening and dissipating energy throughout the guard. In simpler terms, you'll never know what hit you--and that's a good thing. The foam's memory effect returns the guard to its original shape and is safe to use,

SNIPES is Germany‘s No. 1 retailer for sneakers and street fashion. The connection between BMX Worlds and SNIPES shows again, that SNIPES is deeply rooted into the genre of action sports. This time SNIPES will sell the official BMX Worlds Merchandise in its online shop. With stuff like T-shirts, Tank-Tops and Snapback Caps the BMX-community will get everything they need. In collabo with etnies, SNIPES will launch a fresh photo action and sell stylish Snapback Caps at the SNIPES/New Era brand station.

Markus Hampl, Patrick Guimez, Alessandro Barbero, Daniel Wedemejier, Desmond Tessemaker, Simon Moratz, Lluis Lacondeguy, and Daniel Tünte are some of the BMX riders that will enter the TSG King Of The Air in Flims, Switzerland on June 23rd. The evening event, held at the Sports center Prau la Selva, will be held on a starting hill with two kickers; one with a gap of 12 meters, one of 15 meters distance. BMX-ers will compete among themselves and MTB riders will have their own competition but at the end, during a jam session, the King Of The Air will be chosen. BMX rider or MTB rider, who will win it? You'll have to go check it out to find out.

The TSG King Of The Air is the first event that the swiss helmet and protection gear brand organizes in its homeland.