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X-mas is upon us and we'd like to take a step back to thank everyone for making www.fatbmx.com possible in 2007. It has been a good year and 2008 will be going in the same direction. We love this too much to give up. Making a thank list is dangerous because you'll leave out a person or two but here's an attempt: Paul de Jong, Jos Wissink, Lloyd Ramsay, the advertisers (Vans, Eastpak, Mongoose, Mirraco, Bulls, Snafu, BMX Masters, Felt, Carhartt, wethepeople, Hoffman Bikes, Diamondback, Flybikes, Paul's Boutique, T-Mobile, Redline, Parano garage, Nike), the Media partners (RIDEBMX, 2020, Zwanzig, DIGBMX, Circle VM, FreedomBMX, RebelYell, Session), all visitors that have been taking care of over 10 million hits per month, all sites that have linked to FATBMX, all contributors that have sent pictures, news, and photos, all the riders who sent in their bike checks, returned answers to the questions, did that one trick "one more time" for the FATBMX camera, without you guys there would be nothing to report about. Cheers to the BMX industry for their support. 

24 December 1977 - Akira Okamura
29 December 1966 - Dennis McCoy
29 December 1971 - Philippe Pereira
30 December 1970 - Brad McDonald
30 December 1973 - John Parker

What started as a joke last year when the locals were hanging out at Paul's Boutique BMX in Aarle-Rixtel, turned into an annual happening at the best BMX shop of Aarle-Rixtel; The Kerstshow was born. It's a special day full of specials and discounts on BMX parts with soup and warm wine for everyone to stay warm. 08 model complete bikes were on display outside and inside the discounted products were shown in yellow crates or had special price tags. The locals made sure those blue crates were empty at closing time. 

A BMX Roadtrip Video filmed in the trails and streets of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, Texas, California & everywhere in between. Some facts that may determine whether you like or dislike this video: There are only 2 Tailwhips in this video. There are only 3 Barspins in this video. There is no Hip Hop or Rap music in this video. There are Trails in this video. There are well known "Pros" in this video. There are unknown "Non-Pros" in this video. There is no contest footage in this video. There is only 17 seconds of skatepark footage (outdoor, concrete). There are riders over age 30 in this video.

Intense BMX is proud to announce the addition to the Intense BMX Pro Factory Team. 2007 ABA Rookie Pro of the year David Herman will be joining the Pro Team and his past teammate, 2007 ABA #1 AA Pro and Pro Cruiser rider Danny Caluag. David has signed a 2 year agreement to become part of the Intense BMX Pro team. David will fill the spot left open by Brandon Meadows. Brandon recently announced his retirement from BMX racing after 2 major injuries 

Thank you for taking the time to read about our plight. Our spot is called Hidden Valley and is located in Huntington Beach, CA. You may have seen it in hundreds of BMX and MTB photos over the past 12 years. Hidden Valley consists of 2 downhill dirt jump lines in a wildlife type area or what can be considered one in the middle of a sprawling beach town. Our problems seem to stem from the homeless people who live in the bush and the local kids who come here to drink and party in the area surrounding our trails, and the fact that the authorities do very little to keep the homeless from setting up camp. We do our best to police the area as much as possible without getting into altercations with the bums and punks. And since we leave at sundown, when all the trouble starts, we're not around to defend our reputation... so we get lumped in with the trash.

We are always afraid to call the police even though I'm a former police officer because we don't want to draw unwanted attention. The last time a cop came down, one of the young officers said, we need to

The European 2007-2008 season has already kicked off and this is how the Crupi-Fly Europe lineup looks for the 2007-2008 season:

Liam Phillips - England elite men
Marcus Bloomfield - England elite men
Kevin Sprengers - Netherlands elite men
Jelle van Gorkom - Netherlands junior men
Dana Sprengers - Netherlands junior women
Jay Schippers - Netherlands boys 12
Jordi Schippers - Netherlands boys 13
Abbie Taylor - England girls 15
Nick Schippers - Netherlands boys 15
Merle van Benthem - Netherlands girls 16
Lorin Martinez - France boys 16
Pic: CrupiBMX

Eastern Bikes are helping out both Stephen Murray and Jimmy Levan, riders who need your support. Leigh Ramsdell explains: "I hope everyone is having a good holiday and getting some riding in. I just wanted to let everyone know that Eastern Bikes will be auctioning off three 2007 Pro Ace of Spades on Ebay starting Saturday, December 21rst and giving all the money to Stephen Murray and Jimmy Levan. We will be auctioning the bikes off one at a time for the next three weeks. Get your bid on! Let’s keep helping these guys out!"

Sputnic would like to introduce our newest pro team rider Rickey Bates. Rickey has been good friends with all of us for a while now. After having Rickey tag along with us on the last two Sputnic trips, we knew we wanted to have him a part of the team. Overall Rickey is an awesome person, he shreds, and we are psyched to have him a part

The National Bicycle League (NBL) is proud to announce the re-opening of the Whittier Narrows BMX Track in South El Monte, California. As part of an ongoing effort to promote NBL racing in the west, the new Southern California track will be a welcome addition to the NBL Golden State program and will be running local races and practices in early January. The track is located inside the Whittier Narrows Recreation area and easily accessible to every county in the Los Angeles area.