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1      David Dillewaard
2      Michael  Cleveland
3      Chase Hawk
4      Diogo Canina
5      Gary  Young
6      Brian Hunt
7      Brian Foster
8      Ryan Guettler
9      Morgan Wade
10    Colin  MacKay
11    Cameron Wood
12    Daniel Dhers
13    Garrett Reynolds
14    Mike  Shirley
15    A.J. Anaya

The 69th issue of FreedomBMX arrived and it's got a new format. The bigger pages and a stronger cover are a good change. Kay's ultra sharp pictures have a bigger canvas now. Gregor Podlesny went to Lisbon and scored the cover of issue 69. The issue isn't short of news (P.8 - P.12) and has got the summer dates on page 14 (FAT-JAM: 19 August!). The crew collected a whole bunch of DVD's and the reviews include Transcend, animal, SquareOne, Mutiny, Sentenced to Life, Props, Soul and ManMade. BoySetsFire were on the Deconstruction tour last year and the band gets some love in the Media section. The article about Contests is interesting. They ask riders why they compete and what it means to them. G&S traveled to Lisbon and Freedom was there. Mark Koenig had been around for ages and finally gets his interview in Freedom (page 30-35). Flatland is pretty strong in Germany and the Battle in da Club report shows that. Gallery 69 has cool pics from many photographers. 

In the past we had 5 European BMX freestyle events going on in the summer and that was it. We traveled from event to event until the summer holiday was over. These days we've got 3 events going on each week!

On the weekend of 16-18 June the park and vert riders can check out the etnies Bielefeld City Jam in Germany.

Friday is open for practice with the contest being held on the 17th and the 18th. There's a Pro and Amateur class and the loaction is Busbahnhof Kesselbrink in Bielefeld-City (follow Innenstadt-Zentrum signs).

If you're a party animal you should be there on Saturday. At 23:00hr the official event party starts at the Ostbahnhof.

Following the news about the demolition of the “Oeiras” pool, Paulo Martins decided to organize a Jam with the intention of showing to the “Camara Municipal” (City Hall) and the local people that the pool continues to be an attractive place for the practice of sport activities like the BMX, Skate and in-line. At the event we could find regulars since many years from this mythical place in the national history of BMX, friends from other cities and two reporters from the local newspaper. In what concerns to the riding we cannot say we saw something amazing, mainly because it was a (very!) hot afternoon, but also because the central goal of the Jam was to put together old friends.

From Nate Berkheimer: "I just got home last night from the Riverside County Hospital where I spent the last 3 days being treated for a broken femur. It was a total freak accident, I simply bailed on a jump and ran out of it, on my 3rd step, I felt my leg bend backwards and I heard a loud pop. I collapsed, layed down in pain and waited for the ambulance. This happened around 5:00pm on Sunday, May 28th. I spent the night in the Hospital and was sent into surgery the next day around 12:00 noon. It went perfect and I now have a titanium rod running the full length of my left femur held in place by 4 screws. I do not have any cast or splint and the doctors told me to slowly try to walk on it. "

Lakejumping has never been easier. A new ski slope was opened in Eindhoven yesterday which makes for the perfect set-up for an afternoon of lake jump fun. Times of digging a jump in front of the canal or losing a launch ramp from the pick-up on the way to a lake jump session are definitely over. The ramp set up is 6 meters high and works for skateboards, snowboards, telemark ski's, freestyle ski's, body slides and of course BMX bikes. It's downhill straight to a 4 feet high launch ramp that sends you to the IJzeren Man lake. 

This coming weekend FATBMX will be off to England for the Download festival. With bands like Tool, Guns 'n Roses, Metallica, The Prodigy, The All-American Rejects, Deftones, Korn and Sick of it All [url=http://www.downloadfestival.co.uk/lineup/index.asp]live on stage[/url] during the Snickers Bowl BMX contest it should be a good weekend. The Pro BMX rider list looks as follows:

-Jamie Bestwick
-Simon Tabron
-Koji Kraft
-Joe Rich
-Ruben Alcantara
-Matt Fairbairn
-Dennis McCoy

Elite men results Day one, Saturday 3 June 2006:
1 Arturs Matisons/LAT
2 Maris Strombergs/LAT
3 Artis Zentins/LAT
4 Rob Van Den Wildenberg/NED
5 Arnaud Dubois/BEL
6 Arno Kanis/NED
7 Kelvin Batey/ENG
8 Manuel De Vecchi/ITA 

Zack Held and his crew are putting on a trails jam in Red Devil, Union City on 10 June. That's in the NorCal area and for directions we can tell you to click on the flyer or contact Zack at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

There will be a Biggest Boost contest which should be interesting. The tricksters out there can enter the Best Trick contest and those who have it all can go for the Best Run of the day.

Hopefully Zack listed his Cell number on the flyer which is always handy in case you have some final questions or when you're really lost.

If you know how to find these guys, wish them a happy B-day......

6 June - Sandy Carson 1972
7 June - Tom Haugen 1976
10 June - Zach Shaw 1971