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Airing Monday, May 14, 2007 at 9:30 pm Eastern Time (6:30 pm Pacific Time), and re-airing ten more times over the next month, FUEL TV presents the amazing BMX contest called The Red Bull Elevation 2006. As one of the most progressive dirt BMX contests ever held, Red Bull Elevation has pushed the sport like no other event. In 2005, Red Bull and Jay Miron collaborated to create the most insane dirt jumping course ever seen at the base of Whistler Ski Resort in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. 

Just one more week until Germany´s first national pro Flatland series will start. The following 16 riders are invited and ready to battle: Chris Boehm, Markus Reich, Daniel Fuhrmann, Sascha Heydeman, Morits Edschmid, Benni Grossjohan, Dan Hennig, Flo Sailer, Matti Roese, Stephan Kornely, Waldemar Fatkin, David Hoffmann, Sven Steinback, Sebastian Pospischil, Lasse Suettnig and Roman Rommel.

-Frame: Simple Bike Co. Enigma frame 21.05" toptube Spanish BB. 2.25kg/ 5.14lb. Black & white bottom.
-Forks: Odyssey Race
-Bars: Pantera bars II, Sergio Layos signature.
-Cranks: Profile LHD Ti Axle 175mm Black
-Pedals: Welgo MG52 Magnesium Black
-Seat & clamp: Macneil seat & post (the barspin one), Profile small clamp. Black 

Here's a 30 second ShoUK "Over the Pond" video clip for y'all. Shook in the UK. More unknown talented riders (a.o. Jason Phelan, Dom Hill, Scott Ditchburn, Gareth James) that shred like madmen. Hit the following link to check out the trailer. Full Video at a later stage.

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It  wasn't hard to spot Ryan Nyquist at the dirt session in Grevenbroich. His 2008 prototype signature frame received an interesting colour after the powder coater got the opportunity to give it whatever colour he wanted, including pink.  And pink it was. The frame comes with an integrated seatpost clamp, small

Tobias Wicke got presented his wethepeople signature Frame last Friday. It's called the Elektro like his signature bars and features the latest tricks in saving weight. Tobi explained that he wanted to have the double - triple cable guides underneath the top tube and was stoked on the way it came out. For other details of the frame he directed us to Harry Schmid at wethepeople. Wicke had no clue how long the top tube is but  the product development part of wethepeople knows, and he fully trusts them. 

With killer dirt riders in town for the Extreme Playground contest a sweet dirt session took place at the Abflughalle in Grevenbroich, Germany. It was the solution to get some riding done on a rainy and windy weekend. The indoor dirt place got shredded by everyone who found a ride there and that included Hennon, Nyquist, Wicke, Juergens, Heyer, Forte, Caro and more. With no pressure on anyone the riding took off quickly. The jumps were in perfect condition and the presence of a resi section and foampit brought out the tricks that the riders had in mind but had not completed yet. Wicke pulled no-handed fronties on the resi and triple whips and whip to pedal to whip to pedal in the foampit. The invert award of the day went to Bjorn Heyer. Check his feet on the photo on your right. Dope. Ben Hennon had his throttle stuck on fullgas again with double whips over the big first set and crazy superman looking jumps. Stylish 360-s came from Forte, Caro was pulling his 720-s and Nyquist was riding off his jetleg with all his classic jumps.

With only two weekends left in the 2007 NBL Elite Series (Prunedale & South Park), the hunt for the coveted NBL NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Title is getting very interesting. Donny Robinson, the reigning Elite Men's champ, has shaken off a slow start and now sits only two points behind Cristian Becerine. Don't count out Mike Day and Kyle Bennett yet - they have been gaining ground fast. Sam Cools and Krystal Hime have gained ground on Kim Hayashi and Stephanie Barragan isn't far behind in the Elite Women's chase. The NBL GRAND NATIONAL is once again shaping up to be the most exciting race of the year! Here's a peek at who is still in the race.

STANDINGS AFTER THE NBL FREEDOM NATIONALS IN VIRGINIA
Elite Men 1. Cristian Becerine 174 2. Donny Robinson 172 3. Mike Day 145 4. Matt Pohlkamp 140 5. Randy Stumpfhauser 132 6. Danny Caluag 129 7. Robert DeWilde 127 8. Warwick Stevenson126 9. Kyle Bennett 118 10. Javier Colombo 114 

If the local council doesn't cooperate with your request of making a spot available to build dirt jumps, there's always the possibility to do it yourself. You can't have it close to where people live. The more people/kids know about it, the sooner they'll be destroyed. Find a location that you normally would never go to. Check the dirt. If it has a hilly section that's a plus too. The folks in Bochum, Germany have been digging and riding at the same spot for years. It's hidden in the woods and no we're not going to tell you where it is. Dig your own.

After 5 weeks of perfect weather it started to rain on Monday. The jumps for the BMX session in Herten, Germany had already been built and looked awesome but unfortunately noone was able to ride them because of the heavy wind and too much rain. The organization did everything in their power to make it happen but in a rider meeting that took place minutes ago it was decided that BMX is not happening. The bands are still on the program for today and we're all chilling in a killer rider area but there won't be much riding