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September 4, 2006 - New York, N.Y - The Dew Action Sports Tour, the pro tour of action sports, makes the fourth stop of its second season with the Toyota Challenge, September 7-10, at San Jose’s HP Pavilion. The five-city tour opened in Louisville in June and also includes stops in Denver, Portland and Orlando. Local BMX athletes Ryan Nyquist and Chad Kagy are among the athletes who will be in San Jose to compete for the Dew Cup, awarded at season’s end to the athlete with the highest number of points in each of the six disciplines of skateboarding, BMX, and freestyle motocross. The Tour’s inaugural season BMX champions include Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert) and Ryan Guettler (BMX Park and BMX Dirt). Each Dew Cup winner received a portion of the $1 million year-end bonus and is competing this season. The Toyota Challenge will feature 150 professional action sports athletes; all qualified for the remainder of the season at the first two stops on the Tour, the Panasonic Open and Right Guard Open. Due to the depth of this year’s athlete talent, the Tour increased the finals field in all disciplines, allowing 12 athletes instead of 10 to advance to the finals. The Tour also increased the size of  BMX Park and BMX Dirt courses so athletes can perform bigger and better tricks. 

It's nice when you don't have to travel for a change. The latest Motocross Grand Prix took place in Lierop which is a 10 minute drive from home. Sweet. I went to Lierop in the morning and took my son Philip as he's getting stoked on anything that relates to Motocross. We go watch practice from time to time at the track but when we rolled up this time he couldn't believe his eyes. Thousands of people and hundreds of cars, a big tent with 2007 models and all the factory trucks sure left an impression on him. After checking out the sights for a bit I drove home to drop him off and returned to shoot some photos. 

Vert final results LG Action Sports World Tour, Paris, France.

1. Simon Tabron, UK
2. Zach Shaw, UK
3. Jay Eggleston, USA
4. Tom Haugen, USA.
5. Mike Mancuso, USA
6. Jason Branham, USA
7. Matt Fairbairn, Australia
8. Benni Kopp, Germany
9. Koji Kraft, USA
10. Tom Stober, USA
11. Tim Eichert, Germany
12. Chris Mahoney, England
13. Eduardo Terreros, Spain
14. Jean Marie Baertsch, Switzerland

Results Park finals LG Action Sports World Tour Paris, France:

1. Dave Dillewaard, Australia
2. Alessandro Barbero, Italy
3. Chris Mahoney, England
4. Ben Hennon, England
5. Corey Martinez, USA
6. Tom Haugen, USA
7. Koji Kraft, USA
8.Benny Korthaus, Germany
9. Axel Juergens, Argentina
10. Markus Wilke, Germany
11. Brendan Jones, Australia

Dear friends in BMX, I am sorry to say, but I will have a different kind of introduction for the update of August 2006.Yesterday I received a very sad message from Marcia, the wife of GEORGE E. ESSER, Founder of the N.B.L. (National Bicycle League – USA), one of the first BMX pioneers in the USA and the world, original initiator and motivator of the I.BMX.F. (now integrated into the UCI) and last but not least my personal mentor and long time friend. The message said: George died in his sleep on August 31st. 2006 at 2.15 in the morning. Although this was expected, it still came over me as a shock. Another good friend has passed away. Besides that, people still today, do not realize what this man has mend for BMX. In the early ’70 George was one of the few pioneers in the sport of BMX, founded the N.B.L. with its office in Pompano Beach at the time, and was a visionary if you talk “world wide BMX organization”. 

South-Brazilian Dirt-Jump Championship Days: September 16 and 17 City: Ivaiporã - Pr Brazil It will be a championship with beginners, amateurs and pro riders. It will also have step-up and best-trick. For pro it will have R$2000 to divide.
If you want more information www.criminalbmx.com

September 1, 2006 - *Sidewall Distribution is proud to announce the addition of two brands to its ever-expanding product range. Effective immediately, Sidewall Distribution will be responsible for the **U.S.** distribution of Roundabout Brand, in addition to So, What Does That Mean? *Roundabout Brand* is a clothing brand established by Hoffman Bikes rider Bas Keep and partner in crime Robin Fenlon, with support from assorted friends scattered throughout the U.K. The brand, spearheaded just last year, boasts a team that consists of such luminary riders as Ali Whitton, Robin Fenlon, Owain Clegg, Caleb Kilby and Hoffman Bikes U.K. rider Chris Souter, in addition to Keep and Fenlon.

August 31st , 2006, Lake Forest, CA - Heading into to 2008 product development cycle, Felt Bicycles announces that Alan Foster will be taking on the duties of an Assistant Product Manager for Felt BMX. Brian Wilson, Director of Product Development, said: “The new responsibilities of specifying the bikes and working with Asian suppliers are in addition to the duties already on Alan’s plate with BMX Team Management and BMX Marketing. Considering the fact that Alan is working essentially every facet of the BMX category, his official title has become BMX Brand Manager. We congratulate Alan on his new position and welcome him to the PD team.” 

Summer is a tough time to make a magazine. Everyone involved in the construction of Dig is scattered throughout the world already. Then Summer hits, and most of us head out on the road for contests, road trips or whatever the nice weather might allow us to do. So we scatter even further away from each other, and then scramble around to find Internet cafes so we can make a magazine. The 80s pop band dubbed The Cars may have nailed it best when they said, "Summer, it turns you upside down." It definitely turns us up upside down, and forces us to work through some pretty haphazard methods. Ultimately though, it still works, and we end up with a finished product that reflects the tumultuous Summer months.

Dig BMX Issue 54 is the latest product of our Internet cafe search, and it's based around a theme we haven't explored in quite some time, travel. There's also the wide assortment of regular features to round out the issue, along with a little bit of this and a little bit of that.

NEW YORK - August 30, 2006 - The Dew Action Sports Tour, the pro tour of action sports, will host the BMX Supercross World Cup Finals as a specialty competition at the Toyota Challenge on Thursday, September 7 in San Jose, Calif. The first of two rounds of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup will be held in San Jose; the second and final round will be held in Fréjus, France, October 6-7, 2006. In BMX Supercross, points are given to individual athletes and to countries in the UCI Nations ranking, which qualifies competing countries into the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

"The UCI BMX Supercross World Cup is the premier BMX racing series in the world," said Wade Martin, General Manager, Dew Action Sports Tour.  "We are excited to be a part of the growth and expansion of this sport into the 2008 Olympics in Beijing."