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Byron Friday is one of the riders from the old school. He rode for Kawasaki's BMX team so if that isn't an indication of his roots in BMX we don't know what is. Byron's 30 years of BMX participation got him thinking.

He thought the Joe Kid on a Stingray movie left out a few people who needed mentioning so he made an old school BMX collage with a few thank-you's at the bottom. Check out those pics, they tell a story or two.

If you haven't seen his BMX Show yet, hit the following link:

Andy Jenkins, Tony Larson and Andy Mueller are showing "Taking Turns" at the Monster Children Gallery in Sydney, Australia starting this Thursday night. The work is a series of collection small and large digital monoprints, plus a salon-styled wall of hands-on work done specifically for the exhibition. Opening on the 11th from 7pm for anyone in Sydney. Show goes from 12 - 27 January 2007. Check their Art Dump blog for current updates of progress.

De Cantine in Amsterdam is currently hosting a Hotrod & Kustom art exhibition that will go through 21 January 2007. Work from the following artists are on display: Hoving, Kustom Kulture, Lucky Phil, Wes Core, Mighty Sam, El Cheapo, Jeffrey Warlich, Cro Magnum, Axel Bienert and Empire 52.

Address: De Cantine, Rietlandpark 373, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Yasu sent us this link about Bike Furniture. It's got bike parts collected since 1990 that got turned into chairs, mirrors, coat hangers, that kind of stuff. If you think they've only got a few products to offer, you should visit the site and be surprised.

Some of it is a bit loopy but some of it is pretty cool. It's hard to judge how comfy the chairs are from looking at the photos but if you're into this, that doesn't really matter.

Andy Jenkins is having a 15% off on all the new paintings featured on his Bend Press site . And 15% off all the available Wrench Pilot originals. Oh, and the prints, notebooks and all that. Everything is 15% off until November 27th.  Also, he'll be adding a few new pieces over the next week, so be sure to surf by on occasion and browse. Wrench Pilot was drawn by Mel Bend and published by Transworld Skateboarding magazine from 1989 through 1991. It was originally concepted as a piece for Thrasher Comics, but was rejected for reasons unknown. Transworld published 23 episodes of Wrench Pilot, before Bend stopped drawing it. The comic made a brief comeback (#24) in the first issue of the rejuvinated Skateboarder Magazine in 2001 and again (#25) in 2004 for the Lakai Footwear company.

Andy wanted to grab your attention by sending the following picture but we think it ain't happening:

DJ Charm will be spinning the wheels of steel at the opening of the Funky Madness art expo at Gallery Beddekoetsje in Helmond, NL. The opening date is 29 October 2006 and the art show (mixed skills on canvas) goes on from 29 October - 3 December. Opening hours are on Sundays between 2pm and 5pm.

SOAQ - Whatz da going on?

Gallery Beddekoetsje
Hemelrijksestraat 88
Helmond
Netherlands

Day one wasn’t over yet. After the Berlin City Tour it was time for the opening of the photo exhibition at the Mellowpark. The location is superb and the lighting is great. With a DJ and some drinks it was an awesome way to end the first night. The photos were nothing short of amazing and I was very surprised to see my own photos on the wall. Super stoked on that. I went back the next day to take some shots of the photo art show. Enjoy the work of David Ulrich, Kay Clauberg, Ricky Adam, Ryan Guettler, Sandy Carson, 

On August 5th the Allcity Style Graffiti & Design exposition will open at the People's story in Cologne, Germany. Over 40 designers, graphic artists and graffiti artists (loomit, Boris Hoppek Viagrafik, Marok etc.) have worked on scaled versions of New York City Subway trains. On Saturday August 5th the opening takes place and Mr. Reissdorf is taking care of the beer and DJ Galaxyexpress 999 is taking care of the tunes. Opens at 12:00hr and will end around 21:00hr.

With the opening of the "Pivot" skate shop across the street, don't be surprised if there will be chaos in the Roonstrasse.

People's Store: Roonstr. 61 50674 Köln Tel:0221-5897790

www.peoples-store.de

The 2nd Annual CFB - BMX Riders' Art Show Back by popular demand. The CFB - BMX Riders' Art Show will take place from 7 pm to Midnight, Saturday, June 3, in Oklahoma City. The location is 1100 N. Broadway in the historical district of Automobile Alley in downtown Oklahoma City. The call for entries is now open and the deadline to receive artwork is Friday, May 26. Guidelines for the show are: 

We haven't seen a FATBMX piece lately so those of you who actively participate in graffiti art, feel free to take your sketch book and start drawing. The actual spray-can piece is the ultimate goal whether it's at an illegal spot or not. We grabbed the camera to check on the latest art at the legal spot (Berenkuil) in Eindhoven, NL. If you see a FATBMX throw-up somewhere, make sure to send us a photo of it so we can put it online. Sweet.