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Yo homies I wanted 2 share this postcard Monster Energy made me 4 tha Warp Tour 13.......... dude this Is my 11 year on Warp......KraZiE.......anyhow take care!
THorne
Biker-N-Black

With the Empire of Dirt cancelled and still a lot of people in town, it was decided to have another session at the Decoy trails in Newton Abbot. The local Forte compound was being fixed with the help of everyone there and around 3pm the riding started. The trails were amazing. There was a little section up on the top that would take you to the main line at the bottom. It was also possible to haul ass and jump into a landing that would take you to three huge sets followed by the 180 degree right turn and the last line at the bottom. Being local for sure helped but the real trail bosses had no problems with the sets either.

As there was no contest, there was no pressure. It was just riding with the locals and a bunch of pros that were down for some riding. Red Bull set up some parasols and had a table full of food and drinks. They know how to do it right. It rained off and on which had everyone looking for cover under the trees, in the cars or under the parasols but it cleared up long enough to get some riding done. 

The Red Bull Empire of Dirt got called off. The rain that fell was too much to fix the amazing course. It would have taken a week to build it back up so the organization made the decision to cancel the event for 2007 and invite everyone back in 2008. So what do you do when loads of riders are in town and no riding can be done? After quick thinking and some improvising the complete crew was shuttled to a big bowling alley nearby.

We arrived at the Empire of Dirt late last night. After a 2 hour delay (Easyjet hooray) and a 2 hour drive down to the middle of nowhere, Sascha Richter (Zwanzig Zoll) and I made it to a "hotel" that was built in the year 1300. You can imagine that the internet connection is not the best so we will try to get you updates from the road when we can. If we don't manage to get things online fast, expect a big update on Monday. 

I started keeping a daily journal in 1987 when I was only 15 years old. Since then, every single day of my life has been documented in these journals. Looking back over the years, here is a notable journal entry and also my comments looking back now.
1st Flips EVER in a BMX Race October 24th, 1993

Actual Journal Entry
“ABA Fall Nationals –Burbank CA AA Pro motos 4-4-3 I didn’t make the main. I flipped the pro jump in my 1st & 3rd motos. EVERYONE went crazy. I got balled up in the semi & didn’t qualify to the main. 

Pin up time. Girl minus top on bicycle is Friday's FATBMX pin-up. Man, we're running out of pics. Help us out like Seb did with this one. Get that camera out and use your creativity. 

Waterford Oaks, Michigan - If there's a title to be sorted out, you can bet that Factory Formula / Monster Energy / Fly Racing's Donny Robinson will probably take it. He grabbed just about all of them in '06 and now he has made history by taking the first ever Elite Men's National Championship title. With the Olympics approaching, this title is ever important and is the first step towards every BMX athlete's Olympic dreams. Donny made the trip to Michigan and was feeling good about his chances. In the main, dR was stuck in lane 8 and Matt Pohlkamp pretty much shut down every pass attempt Donny threw at him. With a move reminiscent of last year's NBL Grands, he passed Matt through the Pro section to take the lead and the win.

The video is posted HERE. Also make sure to check out the Formula Rider Journal to hear what dR has to say about his big win in his own words. Click HERE to check out dR's journal entry.

The project “Local Support” helps to improve the bike conditions in Austria. That includes the suitable setting of the spots, certain challenges, workshops and the support of events. The next event is really outstanding: the Teamchallenge on the 23.6.2007. On the occasion of the opening of the bike hall “Secret Project” in Brunn am Gebirge the Austrian Freestyle Team, which includes the hero of the BMX scene Senad Grosic, invites to the “Local Support Teamchallenge” on Saturday the 23rd June 2007. BMX spots from all over Austria are called upon to send teams, each with 3 riders, to the BMX street parcours in the new hall near Vienna. Eleven obstacles on 850 m² provide enough possibilities for the BMX riders to show their full potential and to convince with various tricks. The performances are judged by the hosts themselves. Senad Grosic and his Austrian Freestyle Team are looking forward to see crazy Austrian action. The reason why: the winners receive a brand new obstacle for their spot. Information and registration on: localsupport.at

To save the scene in Utrecht from "the Dare Devul" it was Dave to the Resque to keep the Jam at the Griftpark going for the upcoming years. The weather was bad the day before so the Edit festival in Eindhoven was rained out but in Utrecht it was nice and sunny. It was good to see some "old" riders like Remco, FC Dennis, Gert, Casper, Bjorn, Erik riding with "new" riders like Virgil, Mayton, Robert Seuren and more new school kids.

The jam was a real "Rescue" jam so Dave arranged some speakers with a mic and that was about it but he had to buy a permit from the city of Euro 420,00 which was cancelled later by some nice people from the city of Utrecht so it didn't cost him money and looking forward to next year.

The Griftpark is a nice surrounding and the bowl is good for a nice day of riding, we might take the two grindledges down next time to give it more flow but that's another project.