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BAWLS Guarana, the Official Energy Drink of the National Bicycle League, today re-signed sponsorship deals with NBL Elite riders Matt “Ruckus” Pohlkamp and Rachel “Thunder” Smith for the 2008 season!  “Sponsoring Matt and Rachel for the 2007 season has been an incredible asset to our support of BMX racing,” said BAWLS Guarana Marketing Director Sabrina Gonzales. “2008 promises to be an even bigger year for BAWLS, as well as for Matt and Rachel and we’re proud to join them for the ride!” 

SE Bikes one of the OG’s of BMX has put together a one of a kind package to help raise funds to assist Stephen Murray in his fight to “STAY STRONG” and recover from injuries he sustained at the Baltimore AST Dew Tour. These items are for collectors and serious BMX enthusiasts!
Bike
This is the FIRST production bike of the 2008 PK Ripper Looptail.

About 20 years ago SOUL started out as a paper-cut zine, editing with scissors, glue and tippex. Since then SOUL has come a long way, transforming itself from paper to Video then into a Video magazine and finally to world wide distributed DVD magazine. This year the 30th anniversary edition did hit the streets. Soul has always seen itself as something evolving, growing and changing with and by the people involved in it and so the consensus was reached that it was time for some major changes to take SOUL to the next level. 

The sports arena was sold out last year so if you're planning on going to Estonia to watch the Simpel Session contest you better make sure you actually have tickets to get in because with this BMX line-up it won't be long before the place is sold out. It would suck to be left out in the cold (and it is cold in Estonia in January) so you better be on it if you want to get in. It looks like THE contest of the year is already taking place in January. The riders list is nothing short of amazing:

Josh Harrington USA
Daniel Dhers VEN
Morgan Wade USA
Chase Hawk USA
Dennis Enarson USA
Scotty Cranmer USA
Sean Sexton USA
Aaron Ross USA 

Name: Jan Valenta
Age: 23
Hometown: Litomyšl, Czech Republic
Sponsors: Author bikes, KT hubs, EL NINO energy drinks, Horsefeathers clothing, DC shoes, Electric. Nixon, skateshop.cz, Fuse.
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It's never fun to drop riders from a team but the 2008 HARO line up did see some changes as announced by Tony D.. Marcus Tooker, The Cobra and Rob Darden are not on the program any longer and we did not see Tony Watkinson on the list either. The people who are on the list, and most of them for at least 2 years, are Ryan Nyquist, Colin MacKay, Dennis Enarson, Ben Hucke and Mike Ishizuka. The good news is that Ben Wallace has been bumped up 

UCI BMX RANKING
The latest ranking has been published, and with the Olympics just around the corner it’s getting more intense than ever. All continents have already held their initial ranking events. With the North American continent slightly ahead in the schedule, Mike Day (USA) and Kyle Bennett (USA) have catapulted to the front in the Elite Men ranking. The ever consistent Sarah Walker (USA) has a slight advantage over Sam Cools (CAN) in the Elite Women Ranking. 

Video trailers pop up everywhere these days it almost makes you forget to actually buy one of those things and watch it on TV. The Unsung DVD showed up with an extra CD with cover art. It's been a long time since that happened. Nik Ford is the rider behind this video and he invested a lot of his time to cover himself and all his buddies in this video. It's got mostly park/street/trails footage that was filmed in the UK. The level of riding isn't always at the PRO range but the amateur level is up there. Unsung does show a lot of good riding at a lot of UK spots. For that alone it's worth checking out. Watch the trailer and send then Nik an E-mail at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Here are some photos and details of the new Flybikes Campillo (trails) frame.
-100% heat treated
-Top tube sizes: 20.2”, 20.6” and 21”.
- 13.75” rear end
- 75” headtube angle
- Seat tube height: mid way from Pantera frame and Luna frame 

Name: Sean Sexton
Age: 21
Hometown: Tempe, AZ

Sponsors: Kink bike co, Coalition, Beloe footwear, and Rockstar games

BIKECHECK:

Frame: Kink empire rev c
Fork: Odyssey pro race
Stem: Kink
Pedals: Odyssey trail mix
Bars: Kink badger bar
Grips: Coalition team
Lever: none
Brake: none