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Leave it up to the FBM crew to run a fun event. The "Brawlin' at the Belmar" Pro/Am Dirt jumping contest sounds like a good time. 20 bucks to enter for ams, and 40 bucks for pro with a 100% payback purse on top of the available $ 500,= USD. The event takes place on 95 Main St. in Binghamton, NY and starts on Friday 27 July with Open practice and registration (6pm until dark). On Saturday 28 July you can still enter the comp (registration ends at noon) and the Amateur contest starts at 12:30pm. Pro qualifying starts at 5pm.

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Flatground is back! We are proud to announce that on August 4 and 5 flatland riders from all four corners of the world will get together once again for the annual flatground contest. We would like everyone, from amateur to professional, to experience Flatground to the fullest. Have a look at what we have lined up for you!

BMX Flatland World Circuit
This year Flatground will be the last stop of the BMX Flatland World Circuit with previous rounds in Tokyo and New Orleans. Current leader of the World Circuit is Shintaro Misawa from Japan. Lets see if he can handle the pressure and take home the title. More info about the World Circuit here: www.bmxflatlandworldcircuit.com

Location
This years Flatground will take place again in the former ships warf: 

The last couple of days, Stephen has remained stable and is looking forward to Rehab in Denver. We've been told that he will fly tomorrow (Tuesday). As you can imagine,there has been a lot going on in the background and we apologize for not giving you every detail as we appreciate there are literally thousands of people around the World who are concerned about Stephen and his well being. For everybody out there who are sending your well wishes, please just keep your fingers crossed. 

On the initiative of "local" BMXer Jonathan Jansen and sport and recreation Rotterdam, Youth In Control organizes the second edition of the Freestyle BMX contest on Westblaak. “Best of Blaak” takes place on July 22 and starts at 13.00 hour on the skate course Westblaak in Rottterdam. The event has competitions in the classes expert, master and pro. Entry is for both the participants and public free.

BMX in Rotterdam
The event is organized to show that BMX lives in Rotterdam. Initiator Jonathan Jansen: “The group Freestyle Bmx-ers on Westblaak becomes larger, for these people I want to organize an event.”  Michiel Verberg of Youth In Control sees with this event an unique possibility showing the Rotterdam audience how spectacular BMX is and how fast the level of riding increased in the previous years. 

The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, continues its third season with the Right Guard Open at Cleveland’s North Coast Harbor. The five-city tour also includes stops in Baltimore, Portland, Salt Lake City and Orlando. More than 260 professional action sports athletes from around the world-including BMX athlete Jamie Bestwick, skateboarder Ryan Sheckler, and FMX competitor Nate Adams-will return to compete for the Dew Cup, awarded at season’s end to the athlete with the highest number of points in each of the six disciplines: BMX (park, vert, and dirt), skateboarding (park and vert), and freestyle motocross. The Tour’s current points leaders include Nate Adams (Freestyle Motocross), Jamie Bestwick (BMX Vert), Daniel Dhers (BMX Park), Ryan Nyquist (BMX Dirt), Shaun White (Skateboard Vert) and Ryan Sheckler (Skateboard Park).

There are a number of athletes to watch on the third season of the AST Dew Tour-both veterans and a few new faces. A list of a few of those athletes to watch is as follows: 

The future of Southsea skatepark is looking uncertain. Portsmouth City Council is preparing to close the park in September of this year unless a suitable plan can be made in conjunction with a private party that would need to take over the lease of the facilities. A private party with the full support of current skatepark users has approached the council and their business plan was rejected due to out-dated views expressed by council members as to the usage and potential user groups associated with the park.  

FRAME: HB Condor
FORK: HB Fat Free
BARS: HB Highrise Bar
FRONT WHEEL: Generator Hub with Red Generator Rim
REAR WHEEL: Generator Cassette with Red Generator Rim
FRONT TIRE: HB Rotator
REAR TIRE: HB Rotator
STEM: HB Spreader

Here's a recap of the Suzuki BMX Masters that took place in Cologne last weekend:

Street
No doubt, one of the absolute highlights of this year´s Suzuki BMXMasters were once again the pro street finals at sunday afternoon. In a burning heat the pro BMX riders fought a real trick marathon. While in the last year still "double tailwhips" impressed the spectateurs, BMX riders like Ben Wallace amazed the crow now with the triple edition – the "triple tailwhip". Also Alessandro Barbero (IT) ambitous and impressive tricks such as "backflip tailwhip" over the box, Allan Cooke (USA) "backflip x-up nofoot" or Michael Beran's (CZ) "frontflip tailwhip" were celebrated by the spectators loudly. With a spectacular run Daniel Dhers from Venezuela could save the first place before Ben Wallace (UK). Alessandro Barbero (IT) who took first place in 2006 became third.

Terry Adams has signed a one year contract with Raising Cane’s. They are a Chicken Finger Restaurant that has seen some potential in myself and BMX Flatland.

"I knew it was going to be a perfect fit for their company because both flatland and Raising Cane’s have a very cool culture that stands out in the public’s eye" said Adams, "I have agreed to represent Raising Cane’s at contest, demos, and media for one year. I am very excited about my new deal with Cane’s and look forward to showing them just how marketable flatland can be."

Visit Raisingcanes.com to learn more about Terry's new sponsor .