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Dew Action Sports Tour San Jose Park Practice:

The riders hit up the street course today in practice. I saw Scotty Cranmer manual over the jump box take off , over the deck and then front flip onto the landing. Pretty crazy. Later on I caught him eyeing up this huge drop off gap. We will have to wait until Sunday to see his run. Morgan Wade was blasting the corner wallrides and doing huge pocket air transfers while wearing a moustache the entire time. DMC was blasting the course like a fresh 32 year old. Daniel Dhers looked great with fluid style and he just seemed to do everything effortlessly. Kevin Kiraly looked to have double whips dialled and was pulling them over the huge step up jump which looked hard enough to clear never mind do a whip over it. DK bikes rider Brett Walker was also wearing a moustache and doing 360 barspins.
Must be Pornstar month. 

Vert Finals : Who else would win but the king : Jamie Bestwick. Smooth as always and landing a bar spin to X-up after the clock ran out to make himself happy. Kevin Robinson also pulled a double flair after the clock. I did not witness it or get the picture because the venue staff were distracting me. He looked very disappointed when his first run ended with a small crash but came back charging in his second run. Koji Kraft put together a great run on his T1 bike and landed a double tailwhip. Simon Tabron wins the best goon run for throwing in some bizarre amateur moves in the closing seconds of his run. 

The dirt course consists of a series of hipped jumps unlike last years straight in a row set. Mike "Hucker" Clark's nose dive 360's are like nobody else's and he also went for a double flip attempt. Corey Bohan looked really, really dialled throwing in a series of combo tricks. Tim "Fuzzy" Hall built the course and pulled a 1 footed can backflip lander. 720-s were pulled by Guettler (1st), Nyquist (4th) and MacKay (10th) and it's good to have Stephen Murray back in the finals. His clean 360 flip helped him get there (6th). Dew tour leader Anthony Napolitan squeezed in in the last second and will have to do well to keep his lead because Luke Parslow is on fire these days.

San Jose is the 10th largest city in America with people driving cars fueled by vegetable oil. This can only be the Bay Area where the Toyota Challenge leg of the Mountain Dew Tour is being held. Watching vert practice and prelims it's clear that the final tomorrow will be between the king of smoothness Bestwick and Chad Kagy. Both looked really good and in control. Simon Tabron, Jimmy Walker and Tom Haugen also looked good and will be fighting for the last spot on the podium. 

Prelim results vert San Jose, CA.:

ABA BMX PRO Points through ABA Blackjack Nationals

AA PRO

1 KYLE BENNETT 2382
2 DONNY ROBINSON 2332
3 BUBBA HARRIS 2285
4 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 1803
5 MIKE DAY 1322
6 DANNY CALUAG 1259
7 JARRETT KOLICH 1104
8 NATE BERKHEIMER 962
9 JASON ROGERS 896
10 PAUL LANGE 880
11 DAMIAN LOPEZ 799
12 DEREK BETCHER 682
13 TYLER BROWN 660
14 GREG ROMERO 622
15 AARON JOHNSON 585
16 MIKE BRABANT 555

Roadies tend to shave their legs because it's aerodynamic and works better with the daily massages. Who wouldn't want a massage from this shaved legged blond on her Colnago.

Cologne, September, 2006  The international bike trade show IFMA Cologne will open its doors on September 16 and 17 for the public. Outside of the trade fair building the BULLS Spine Jam will take place for the first time ­ held on the worldwide¹s largest mobile miniramp, the Braun spine ramp. Don¹t miss the chance to view rides rocking this massive ramp before the winter break ­ this ist he last possibility! UKs top riders Mark Webb and Ben Wallace have already confirmed their participation ­ this is already the guarantee that this contest will rock! Riders will compete in Pro and AM classes, for Pro riders there will be a prize money of 5,000 EUR.

Registration on at the IFMA trade show (halls 6,7) or in advance via This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Date: 16.-17. September 2006, Koelnmesse, Halls 6-7, opening hours 9 to 18 o' clock, entrance fee 6,- Euros, NO starter fee.

Two BMX events in The Netherlands this weekend. First off it's the BMX BOK series on Saturday 9 September over at Burnside skatepark in Deventer. You know it's a good time when Herm invites everyone to come ride his park. He has supported BMX since the beginning and we should applaud that. The park has a few new obstacles so it should be fun. Take a look at Herm's shop while you are there because the winter is coming up and it's a well stocked snowboard place.

On Sunday 10 September it's back to the South as the Helm locals are having a jam at the best and biggest dirtjump spot in The Netherlands. We know that most of you haven't been there yet but when you arrive and see the place you will be amazed. The kids will have a race going on on the kids track (situated next to the trails) and there will be a High jump and Best trick contest for the advanced riders. Starts at 14:00hr - 18:00hr. Location of the trails for those who know how to operate a GPS or route planner: Johannes Vermeerlaan (110), Helmond, the Netherlands. 

Mike Ardelean wears a lot of hats. He recently changed to ride for the newly formed United Bike Company. His bike looked brand new when we got to see it in Berlin, Germany but that was because he had just put it together and had only ridden it for a few times. The street session that followed the "photoshoot" was nuts! Hmm, not really but we did end up drinking a few pitchers of Berliner and had a good time. Basically Mike's bike has everything that United makes (frame/forks/bars) and lots of Mosh parts, Sun rims and Odyssey tires and seatpost. Having no brakes nor pegs gives the bike a clean look. We took a few pics so you can figure out what Mike rides.