Bart de Jong
Sports Vision announces their acquisition of NASS and will hold the event at the Bath and West Showground, 13th – 15th June 2008. Sports Vision today announce the official takeover of NASS, the UK’s premier action sports and music festival showcasing the finest talents in Skate, BMX, FMX (freestyle motor cross) and music at the Bath & West Showground in Somerset on June 13th-15th 2008. 
Are you ready...?? 'cause here it comes, the first Italian bmx event of 2008! Once again, the well-oiled machine, CalleMarconi, makes it happen with "KEEPOD BMX CONTEST", the kick-off event for this year. The event will take place on Saturday 22nd of March, at the "Trinity skatepark" of Milan in via Cevedale, 5 (area Bovisa). A long list of experienced riders have confirmed their participation in this special 
Blackliner is proud to present its brand new BMX team: Pat Guimez, Raph Mazeyrat and Jérémie Brigolle. These three riders will perform on every contest or demo the team will take part. Stay tuned on blackliner.net Follow your line ! Nicolas Pillin
Blackliner Snowscoot and BMX Divisions
Working on a product for months and months can be a headache. To finally see the product show up is a big relieve. The Beloe shoes are about to hit the market and it's a big day for the new shoe company with Brian Osborne at the helm. In the meantime Beloe have had time to set up distribution for their shoes and they set up a killer team. Learn more about Beloe by visiting their website: You have probably seen this one already but it sure does fit in the FATBMX PinUp section. Brakeless, but not topless.
The Bicycle Trip BMX park in NorCal will see an event on the weekend of 10-11 May 2008. Riders are getting together to make this weekend at the park a good one. Here's some info: -DATE: Sunday, 5/11 2008
-TIME: 9am – 4pm
-WHERE: Bicycle Trip BMX Park, 35 Pacific Ave, Santa Cruz
-CONTEST ADMISSION: $10 amateurs + $20 pros
-PRO AWARDS: $500 1st, $300 2nd, $200 3rd
-AM AWARDS: product for top 5; 1st & 2nd AMS advance to pro finals
-EVENT JUDGES: 3 judges; decimal scoring system
-BIKE FEST: held on both days (Saturday is 26")
-BIKE SMART RODEO: Saturday, 5/10 at Depot Park; time TBD
It's Spring Break in Florida and everyone knows what that means - Back-to-Back NBL National weekends at two of Florida’s finest tracks. The festivities kick off March 14-16 in West Palm Beach at Okeeheelee BMX for the Gator Nationals and then things get even hotter in the Sunshine State when the NBL National Series heads up north to the Orlando BMX track for the Easter Classic, March 21-23. The Gator Nationals will be held at the awesome Okeeheelee BMX Track in West Palm Beach (okeeheeleebmx.com), and features two War-Of-The-Stars Pro events and the last two UCI Continental Series races of the season. 
Every now and again an artist like Mr No Hands comes along breathing fresh air into proceedings with an unconventional approach to production and performance. Dave Clough aka Mr No Hands, a name inspired by his love for BMX tricks, is fast emerging as a creative force to be reckoned with through his ever popular video series which have accompanied his last few releases and seen his creative vision compared to the likes of Mr Scruff and Lemon Jelly. 
AXXYS, a youth band, will perform at Mission Valley YMCA skate and BMX extravaganza benefiting “Grind for Life,” an organization helping people with cancer on Saturday, March 8, 2008 at 11:30 a.m. The event is located at 3401 Clairemont Drive. An impressive list of pros will be riding together at the event to include BMX legends Matt Hoffman, Dennis McCoy, and more. 
The FISE contest will take place from 30 April - 4 May. It will start off with a day of practice followed by two days of amateur riding. The pro contests will take place on the weekend. Also this year the Braun Cruzer tour is stopping by in Montpellier. This contest is always a good one so make sure you don't miss it. We just received the latest 3D drawings of the Park course, the Dirt course and the overall view of what the river bed in the South of Montpellier will look like. 
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