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At the moment I'm in a weird situation. I have a copy of the etnies Grounded DVD in my possession and I visited the pre-etnies Grounded premiere jam at the Marnix bowl in Amsterdam but did not stay for the first showing at the Kriterion. I could have beat everyone there by popping the DVD in the player at home and watch it but I did not. Tomorrow we will have the premiere for the Grounded movie in OJA and I am holding off until that moment when everyone is there and the big screen is ready. It's tough though as my fingers are itching....

Due to the late arrival I missed most of the session at the Marnix bowl in Amsterdam. Riders were still around but were either limping, done riding, or already started drinking to get ready for the Grounded premiere at 10pm. Still, good old Bjorn Eulink busted a killer fastplant on request and the local shredders weren't done doing all kind of foot jam variations. I've been promised pics of Mark Vos' fufanu on top of the Red Bull wall and Barry Kohne's flair, two highlights that I missed.

Today we visited the grand opening of the new vert ramp at the Fazantenkamp in Maarssenbroek, Holland. After years of driving the local council crazy, the riders and skaters in town received a new vert ramp. It's four sheets wide, made out of metal and on the day of the grand opening, the builders had to set up the amount of vert on each side to make it rideable. After a 5 minute speech, 5 minutes of trying to break the bottle (vessel style), a 5 minute demo 

With only TWO ELITE Series NATIONALS left before the NBL GRANDS, the NBL Star's & Stripes National in SOUTH PARK is shaping up to the a full-blown SHOWDOWN. For Free Agent's Kyle Bennett, a top four result either day will put him up with Formula's Donny Robinson and current points leader and teammate Cristian Becerine. Supercross's Krystal Hime and Samantha Cools will take fate into their own hands and with podium results, they could edge closer to Redline 's Kim Hayashi and set up a three-way bid for the NBL Elite Women’s Championship title at the Grands. 

The inaugural USAC National BMX Championships, to be held on June 9, is part of the NBL Great Lakes National weekend held at Waterford Oaks BMX in Michigan and marks the first event of its kind in the USA. Register and you’ll have the chance to race against the fastest riders in the country in the same UCI classes that are run at the World Championships. 

"Grounded" has become a popular word among BMX-ers in the last few weeks. Have you seen it? Not a lot of people can answer that with a Yes but there's help on the way for the Dutch riders. This Saturday the etnies BMX movie will be shown in Amsterdam (10pm Kriterion ) and on Sunday at OJA in Aarle-Rixtel (8pm).

-Phil Aller gets his own signature frame, called Bar-Bados, and also a street bike line for 2008. There will be three models: A beginner bike (Bar-Bados AM), a mid class bike (Bar-Bados LT) and a Pro bike (Bar-Bados PRO).

-Shaun Butler leaves the KHE team in September.

Props Video Magazine is now available exclusively for permanent online download for only $9.99 by clicking this link  This is a Permanent, Legal, High Quality download that is only available until June 12th, 2007, be the first to check out the new Issue of Props (TotalVid videos are not yet compatible with any non-Windows XP/Vista computers)

Props Video Magazine Issue #65 (94 minutes plus bonus) will be shipping in DVD form on June 8th.

Miami, FL – May 31, 2007 – Wanna race? BAWLS Guarana, the Official Energy Drink of the National Bicycle League (NBL), has announced the launch of the BAWLS BMX Blowout Contest! The contest will be promoted on exclusive BAWLS/NBL BMX-branded 12-packs, now on CompUSA store shelves nationwide! The BAWLS BMX Blowout is part of a year long partnership with the NBL, one of two BMX racing leagues in the United States. The new BAWLS BMX 12-packs offer BAWLS fans everywhere a chance to enter to win exclusive prizes from BAWLS Guarana, Kuwahara Bicycles and the NBL. 

The first round of the "Eastpak BMX Series” - 2007 Portuguese National Championship happened this passed weekend in Ferreira do Alentejo. The number of registered riders was a lot higher than last year, and we could also notice that they have progressed a lot since last year. The prelims started Saturday afternoon, when finally the temperature was cooler. We saw awesome tricks during practice, but it got even better when the competition started. At night we had a "super dinner" with all the riders and friends, and everybody watched a Carhartt movie.

On Sunday, the weather was the total opposite of the day before. The sky was cloudy, so the competition started a lot earlier in the day. The beginner class, for the first time had 17 riders. The first 3 riders to qualify were João Carmo from Lisbon, Jondalar Machado from Santo Tirso, and Nuno Chaves also from Lisbon. In Amateur, Rodrigo Vieira, ended in 3rd place, Marco Almeida in 2nd, and the best rider was Gonçalo Cruz from Leiria.

Lenneke @ Rockitpromotions found our adress again and sent us this CD: I'm "Down" with these "Kids", this album is one of the best I heard this year. I'm not the only one that likes it very much, on our way to France it was a welcome break from the Johnny Cash songs and no complaints by any in the Van when the CD was on repeat for a couple of times.

Songs like: 110%, Red Lights, Luck comes Easy are so good that you think you heard it 100 times before and "A Kid Called Down" must be in some BMX dvd cause it sounds very familiar. We will hear a lot from "Kid Down" in the future, at least I hope we do.

*****5 star out of Five

Epitaph/Burning Heart/www.myspace.com/kiddown)

PdJ