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When was the last time that the vert contest had more entries than the street contest at the same event?  With Jann Valenta and Steve McCann dropping out, the vert contest in Berlin in front of the Brandenburger Tor still had 15 riders on the decks.  With the vert prelims getting rained out it was straight to the finals.  2 runs each, best run counts.  John Parker and  Peter Geys both only managed to pull off one run and left the ramp injured.  Parker in fact was still injured coming into the event with a fractured hand. He had not taken his bike out of the box since the previous LG event in England and gave it a try anyways.  Peter Geys left the ramp with a hurt shoulder but had his wife  and the kids there to treat him right. 

Tim Eichert's second run was cut short when he  strangely crashed going up the ramp. It bent his bike. Tim's first run was good though as he pulled the smoothest flair I've ever seen him do and did 540-s and one-hand 540-s.

The 2006 Deconstruction tour has started. On board this year are a bunch of BMX-ers who will be doing shows at selceted venues. On the bus are: Jay Eggelston, Mike Mancuso, Zach Shaw, Tim Eichert and Jann Valenta. They will join a bunch of skateboarders who can handle the rock 'n roll touring and the following bands: Pennywise, Bouncing Souls, Boysetsfire, Thursday and several other bands that play at selected arenas. To make sure the BMX-ers are there when you get there you should consult the deconstruction website or call them for all the info.

Gilbert, Arizona—August, 2006— The ABA (American Bicycle Association) will provide free live-streaming coverage of the twenty-second national event on its 2006 BMX (Bicycle Motocross ) racing series. The ABA has previously provided an audio feed of its national events for fans and racers to get real-time coverage of its national BMX races. Adding this streaming-video coverage is a first and unprecedented for the sport!

Axel Juergens, Senad Grosic and Ben Shenker were in Croatia last weekend for the Pannonian Challenge 7. Once again they had a great time and everyone rode great.

-Axel did barrels, 3whips, and treetaps for 3rd place.
-Senad did flipwhips, hang5s, and a 5whip to a bank; 2nd.
-Ben Shenker did no-hand flips, manuals on the wallride, fufanus on backrails and finished first.

Just so you know.

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After doing multiple video magazine issues, Megatours and Road Fools episodes, the Props crew is going on the road Rock n’ Roll style. Living life on the road like a true rockstar might not be as cosy as you might think. The following riders will find out as they will be touring with the following bands: This Bike is a Pipe Bomb, Greyscale, and The SnakeTrap. Riders include Scotty Cranmer, Tobias Wicke, Morgan Wade, Mike Aitken, Adam Banton, Matt

For the fourth time this year there were some serious battles going on between the young Riders from the Netherlands. This time it was the BMX-finals of StreetMasters. Streetmasters is an organisation with the ambition to take streetsports as BMX, Skateboarding, Aggressive inline and more to a higher level. The qualifiers went for training on roadtrips with dutch pro-riders. The foampit training worked out well for the local boys from Rotterdam. They learnt some serious big tricks. In the final they pulled a high 720 over the box (Shannon), a backlfip on a hip (Aimy) and a huge wallride Barry Kohne-style (Selso “Kamikaze” Deluce). 

AUGUST 28, 2006- Hoffman Bikes USA is proud to announce the re-addition of legendary flatlander Kevin Jones to the Hoffman Bikes Pro team. Jones will be working with Hoffman Bikes to redesign his original Hoffman Bikes signature frame, The Big Daddy. Originally from York, PA, Jones is credited as the innovator of modern day flatland riding. His exploits have been well documented in the 'Dorkin' In York' video series, and his influence on flatland is worldwide.

1 Dave Dillewaard Brisbane, Australia 22,  90.75
2 Tobias Wicke Falkensee, Germany 24, 90.75
3 Steven McCann Melbourne, Australia 23, 90.25
4 Tom Haugen Minneapolis, MN 30,  89.00
5 Bjorn Mager Berlin, Germany 21,  87.50
6 Alessandro Barbero Ceva, Italy 23,  87.25
7 Koji Kraft Addison, IL 23,  85.25
8 Markus Wilke Hamburg, Germany 31, 84.50
9 Sergey Geyer Delmenhorst, Germany 21, 82.50
10 Sven "Sprosse" Lehmann Berlin, Germany 18,  81.50
11 Brendan Jones Monley, Australia 23, 81.25
12 Patrick Steckelmann Brandenburg, Germany 18, 77.25