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The Monster Children Gallery end of the year show. 26 letters in the alphabet, 26 artists; Anthony Lister, Thomas Campbell, Evan Hecox, Andy Jenkins, Alex Kopps and more — 21 more.

Host: Andy Jenkins
Type: Music/Arts - Opening
Start Time: Friday, December 12, 2008 at 6:00pm
End Time: Saturday, December 20, 2008 at 6:00pm
Location: Monster Children Gallery
Street: 20 Burton St, Darlinghurst Sydney, Australia
Phone: 0293322040

Timo Pritzel runs his own clothing company and has a new T-shirt out with strong BMX roots. You actually should try to name all the brands in there before you check the next page to see the solution. Wait, don't click yet, try a little harder. There are over 10 brands involved so don't think you've got it when you discover parts of  three old BMX company logos. Next to this design we will show you two more on the next page. The company is based in Berlin, Germany if you were wondering and the shirts will be available via a webshop on the Atmosfair site soon. Got all the companies on a list?

Here's a piece of street BMX art from a project of ours. You will see more stuff to claritybmx.com in the near future! It's a try to make the people believe that BMX is not a strange thing to observe, but an emotion that never ends! Loving bmx is a way of life that controls your body and mind with a strange and weird force that comes from somewhere outside or inside ourselves!
Photo: Nikos Kalianis
Art by:  Swtiris Kapsas

You know what's cool about riding BMX? You can set up your bike in whatever way you want to. Not only that, but you can put on the parts that you think will work for you. Only a few years ago the only color a BMX dealer would have to stock was black. Now this has changed. Multiple color choices are the norm but it does not stop there. You can customize your bike by doing things like Adam Ortiz did with his seat. He turned a regular DK seat into a custom Simpsons piece. Be original. Do your own thing, and don't forget to put on your cranks.

Please join the Vans crew for the Vans x Estevan Oriol ICONoclast Photo Exhibit Opening Thursday, December 11 / 7-10 pm.

Last Laugh Pop-Up Store
129 E 6th St. (6th & Los Angeles St.)
Los Angeles, CA 90014

Food, beverage and silent auction proceeds will benefit downtown LA's Midnight Mission located on Skid Row with their Christmas Day Brunch program. Please be prepared to enjoy the evening, give a little and help spread some holiday spirit. 

The Lightning Bolts Art Show, presented by Nike 6.0, has aligned with the Athlete Recovery Fund for a final exhibit Dec. 10th, kicking off an online auction with all proceeds donated to ARF to aid injured action sports athletes. Lightning Bolts is a BMX-inspired exhibit created around the historic introduction of BMX as an Olympic sport. Nike teamed up with BMX Hall of Famer, Bob Haro, recreating his iconic number plate as a blank canvas. A select group of contemporary artists, each sharing a cultural connection to BMX, were invited to partake. Unique works from artists such as Nick Philip,

We have been running FATBMX ads in RIDE UK, Zwanzig Zoll magazine, DIGBMX, Freedom BMX, 2020 and RebelYell magazine all year long to help spread about the FATBMX.com website. Not all of you will receive every copy in the mail so we've listed a few of the ads we've been running and maybe you're in one of the ads yourself. Riders from locals Dimitri and Michael van der Lee to Koji Kraft, Ben Hennon, Bommel and Alessandro Barbero got an ad. Check 'em out

FUEL TV, the only network dedicated to the lifestyle of action sports, is proud to announce the release of its newest Signature Series network ID featuring the work of acclaimed artist Ben Woodward. Woodward is the founding member of Space 1026, an artists' collective whose members are inspired by graffiti, fantasy, cartoons, action sports, 'zines, stickers and adolescent notebook art. Jesse Olanday, member of Space 1026, animated Woodward’s Signature Series ID for FUEL TV. Woodward’s inspiration for his promo spot came from various aspects of his everyday life. 

I'm not into the graffiti scene at all. I don't know if there are certain trends, certain new styles, up and coming talents, the hot spots, or things like that. I do know what I like though and it's not everything I see. But people need to start somewhere and the Berenkuil in Eindhoven is a spot where everyone can go ahead and put some paint on the wall. Since it's legal, the walls change color often making a trip down there worth it. Here are some more photos.

This upcoming weekend we're going to the Urban Vibrations in France. They have breakdance comps and also a graffiti expo. I'm expecting to see some good stuff there. Today it was off to De Berenkuil in Eindhoven to see what's new. It was a quick biketrip there with the camera in the back pocket. When I left the camera battery had three bars but after a few shots the red started blinking. I managed to get some photos before it died completely. Here they are.