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It takes a reason for people to get together for a session. Halloween is a good reason to meet in one place. It's a different day for everyone and it doesn't matter if you dress different that day. Jeremie Infelise hosts a Halloween jam at the Oklahoma concrete park every year and this year was no exception. Hit read more for the video of the jam.

Frame: Hoffman Loyalty
Fork: Odyssey race
Stem: Shadow
Pedals: Fly Ruben
Bars: Mankind Kindom
Grips: Duo Homan
Lever: Odyssey Trigger
Brake: Fly Bikes
Detangler: Snafu 

The National Bicycle League (NBL) and Bellwether Media, Inc. have teamed up to educate kids about BMX Racing in schools across the country. A new book, published by Bellwether Media and titled simply as ‘BMX Racing’, is part of an 8-book Torque-Action Sports series now available through the Scholastic School Supply network. The new book will soon show up in tens of thousands of school libraries across the country and expose BMX and NBL, directly to kids between the ages of four and ten. The 24-page color book features NBL 2006 National Elite Champion, Donny Robinson on the cover along with general sport information and tons of great NBL BMX racing images throughout the publication. It will share the library shelves with other action-sport titles including snowboarding, skateboarding and mountain biking. 

SINZ is proud to announce the arrival of the all new 4 Bolt Expert Chain Rings. The Chain rings, offered in 11 different gear sizes, are 4 x 104 BCD Bolt pattern to fit the popular 4 bolt cranks out in the market today. Made from 6061 Cnc’d Alloy, the SINZ Gears are anodized black and have the SINZ logo and gear size laser etched on them. Each Gear has a thickness of 5mm to keep them strait and have them strong enough to handle the power from the Pros, while keeping the weight down to a minimum.

The SINZ 4 Bolt Expert Chain rings are in stock now and available at better bike shops world wide. Gears come in Anodized Black in every size from 36 to 46. 

We all know what this time of year means its ABA BMX Grands time. The ABA Grands is "The Greatest Race on Earth", and this year will be no exception. One of the highlights to the ABA Grands weekend has always been the PRO Spectacular/N.A.G. 5 Challenge. This event pits the best of the best against each other in a special racing format. We take the top riders from across the country and line them up on the gate. For all the Top PRO’s this event WILL BE FOR PRO POINTS once again and will be the last chance for them to move up in the ABA PRO standings. 

The 2007 Dirty East contest at The Flow attracted some good riders. This resulted in some great riding and some burly crashes. The video clip shows you what was done on the street course that was on hand. Some shit was gnarly. Here's a few names; Ronnie Napolitan, Brandon Dosch, Zach Gerber, Craig Mast, Quinn Semling, Marcus Tooker, Jacob Marks, Joey Marks, Charlie Bowers, Zach Newman and Jeremiah Smith rocked the house and then there's Joey Hill's icepick on the wall.....Hit the image on the right to watch it.

Jeffery Garland and Chad Johnston put together this video from the Flatground contest in Amsterdam with a Talib Kweli live concert mixed into the riding. It might be pretty old by now but if you haven't seen the clip, it shows what breakdance-hiphop- and flatland have in common.

The new year has started for RIDEBMX and the January issue has arrived at Paul's Boutique. New format, new paper, new logo and two different covers to make the change a bit more interesting. Paul's Boutique received the street cover (Tom White). You as a subscriber might receive a different one. Anyway, here's what's in it:

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Editorial: Editor in Chief, Keith Mulligan kicks off each issue with a page of editoral. Keith has been working with Transworld for more than 10 years and has lots of experience and wisdom to share. This month he addresses the changes in the magazine.

X Games Dubai will be held December 6-8, 2007 in Dubai Festival City, marking the third consecutive year X Games Dubai will be held in the United Arab Emirates. Featuring many of the world's top action sports athletes, this year's event will no longer just be an exhibition. 

Props Visual's pro bike auction has kicked off. All proceeds go to the Stephen Murray family fund and Mat Hoffman's Condor brought in 1435 bucks. The bikes of Mike Aitken, Rob Wise, Morgan Wade, Chase Hawk and Corey Martinez are up on ebay at the moment and each have a few days to go before they will be sold.