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A couple of days before deadline we receive e-mails from Kellie Parsons over at 4130 publishing. She kindly asks for a new FATBMX ad before the end of the week. We then start scrolling through the photo archives to find pics that would work for the ad. We come across all kind of photos that we've shot in the last few weeks and put something together. We believe that the riders we use in the ads are down with the FATBMX site and are okay with us using them in the advertisement. The ad right here is the one you will see in the upcoming issues.

-Mankind is very happy to anncounce that Mankind is from now on distributed in the USA through System Cycle and in Canada though Ryder Distribution. -Further we welcome Jeff Klugiewicz and Ronnie Napolitan to the Mankind team to be our teamriders in the USA.
-BMX Masters went down in Cologne and the members of the Mankind Boyband Barry Kohne, Mark Vos, Phil Aller and Juan Ruiz were there to represent. Barry, Mark and Phil entered Pro street and Phil and Juan rode Pro Mini. Phil Aller pulled an impossible fufanu on the backrail of the platform and came in 5th place and Juan took it easy due to a hurting leg and came in 16th.

Bert Jan Blok has finished his 18 minute BMX Masters video clip. The weekend was full of rad riding and the clip shows a lot of mini ramp riding and of course park. You can download the 57Mb video clip on his Q9 website by going [url=http://www.quarter9.nl/video4.htm]HERE[/url].

The LG vert riding in Birmingham was rad but like the old days it showed some casualties. Ricky Roich mysteriously dislocated his shoulder after he landed a perfect 540 at height in the beginning of his first run. Doubting if he should drop in again for a second run, he said fuck it! thinking of  the fact that he needed some of the (top 10) money. His 2nd run only lasted a few airs and then Ricky was pulling his own arm again trying to get it back into socket. Just recovered from a similar injury myself, I had to watch in another direction when he was fixing his shoulder. Mark Theaker was riding with a broken wrist but had a wrist guard to support it. He finished 14th and got no check for his efforts.

The Birmingham NEC came to an uncomfortable silence when John Parker (USA) knocked himself silly at the end of his first run and had to be taken off to hospital on a stretcher.

The second European stop of the LG Action Sports Tour was held in Birmingham, England. Sixteen riders rode a straight final of two 1-minute runs each, best run counts. Ben Hennon was out with a hurt foot, Phil Aller volunteered to go to hospital with Louis Smith who knocked himself out in practice. Craig Stevens walked around with his arm in a sling and was out for the contest too. Who was left you ask? Mike Miller had won the pre-Nass qualification and also the Nass street contest so he could enter the LG comp. However in his runs he couldn't quite pull it together after a few rough days (and nights). He still did the best lookback 360 over the box in his second run. Luke Towey got 14th with handplants over the spine and some tech riding. Brendan Jones got 13th, Ben Manuel 12th, Robin Fenlon 11th and then we're getting to the top 10 finishers:

There are thousands of funny movie clips on the net but most of them are not worth putting up here on FATBMX. This one however had to go up. Burning rubber baby, burning rubber! You can find this clip in the FATBMX movies section in the left column.
 [url=//fatbmx.com/modules/mydownloads/visit.php?cid=1&lid=8]You gotta see this[/url].

Arcadia, California – After nearly 25 years of manufacturing the world’s greatest BMX racing components, Crupi’s current owner Benny Joseph is ready for a change. Benny, now 71 years old will be focusing all of his attention on his other company; Mortech Manufacturing and handing over Crupi to his General Manager and good friend, Greg Swingrover. Greg has an extensive background in BMX including 16 years of racing experience. Greg is the founding “S” of S & M Bicycles, a 10 year veteran with GT Bicycles as well as working the past 10 years as Crupi’s General Manager and front man. Greg’s vision for Crupi is first and foremost to continue making the best “high-end” racing components on the planet as well as moving the company forward with newer products and perhaps adding a more affordable line of racing products. 

This is by far the biggest event in town and it definitely shows with all the visitors driving around the neighborhood for 3 hours to find a parking spot. Back from last year the south side of the Pier is where all the chaos can be found....the Soulbowl, US Open of Surfing, Volleyball, Fashionshows, you name it, it couldn't be any crazier. I woke up in a craze realizing my battery of my camera wasn't charged and I had a little left on making it on time. 

PORTLAND, Maine, July 25, 2006--- NBC Jeep World of Adventure Sports (JWOAS), an action and adventure sports series, will air its next episode on Saturday, August 5 at 2:30 pm Eastern Time. Hosted by Pat Parnell of NBC Sports, the program features an array of outstanding action and adventure sports events. The next episode features: Red Bull Elevation, the world’s most progressive BMX dirt jumping contest held in Whistler, B.C. Only the sport’s top 40 riders are invited to participate and compete on this one-of-a-kind course designed by veteran rider Jay Miron. 

Unofficial 2006 UCI BMX Worlds Elite (class) results:

Elite Men 1. Javier Colombo (ARG) 2. Randy Stumpfhauser (USA) 3. Mike Day (USA) 4. Michal Prokop (CZE) 5. Florent Boutte (FRA) 6. Steve Cisar (USA) 7. Billy Jolliffe (AUS) 8. Jaime Gray (AUS)

Elite Woman 1. Willy Kanis (NED) 2. Maria Gabriela Diaz (ARG) 3. Cecile Lazzarotto (FRA) 4. JanaHorakova (CZE) 5. Aneta Hladikova (CZE) 6. Arielle Martin (USA) 7. Kim Hayashi (USA) 8. Laetitia Le Corguille (FRA)