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The World’s largest BMX flatland competition, Braun Flatground, is proud to announce dates for the fifth anniversary event. Since 2001, Soul Cycle have organised and developed the Braun Flatground festival in their home city of Amsterdam. This year the competition returns to the atmospheric Gashouder venue, a renovated industrial building near the centre of the city.

MEMPHIS, Tenn., Dec., 2004 World Champion BMX rider Mat Hoffman and rider Kevin Robinson meet Target House resident Tyler Emert at the Target House holiday party, where Team Hoffman athletes delivered holiday gifts purchased by families across the country as part of the St. Jude Wish List to patients receiving treatment at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Just recently we learned that the most famous and professional starting gate in Europe, used by the Valkenswaard BMX club Lion d'Or (Worlds track), has been taken away and has been replaced by a uni starting gate. In 1986, Ponypark Slagharen had a special starting gate built on advise of Gerrit Does and made by Hans Croes of the Waalre BMX club. It concerned a gate, designed by HONDA MOTORS Japan engineers and used during the I.BMX.F. Worlds on Suzuka circuit in Japan - 1984.

The Life Story of a Gravity Goddess By: Marla Streb A Plume Book ISBN: 0-452-28458-9 USA: $ 14.00 USD I contacted the publisher for a copy of Marla's book and they sent it to FATBMX in a heartbeat. I did not know what to expect but thought that there would be some kind of connection with BMX as most Downhill riders started out racing BMX. When flipping through the pages I noticed the word: BMX in chapter 1 and started reading. It said: "As a kid I never owned or raced a BMX bike. I never built a plywood ramp in the driveway from which to launch summerlong jumps." That's when I handed over the book to my wife for her to read it and do the review.

Mirra Images, The story of my life By Dave Mirra with Mark Losey Regan Books ISBN 0-06-098916-5 Paperback Price: $ 15.95 USA I contacted Dave for a copy of his book to review on FATBMX.com. He put his Familie in charge of it. The book arrived but also the $40,= USD shipping bill. That's one way to treat the media that you need for a (positive) review on the book.

By: Kay Clauberg contemporary BMX photography Tropen Verlag ISBN 3-932170-71-7 Price: 19,80 Euro Size: 27cm X 27cm - paperback We've all seen him haul his photo equipment around at a contest or two; Kay Clauberg. Ring-flash here, umbrella there, extra accu's for remote flash power, long lens, fish eye, you name it, it's in his backpack or on his stroller. Kay's photo book is a direct result of a University project. Once the single copy was done it was time to find a publisher to print it. This turned out to be a tough case. Only with the help of the Carhartt people Kay could afford to have the book published and put it on the market for sale.

A Twenty Inch Production Rating: ** Sometimes at a contest I wonder who the hell is filming for what. It seems like everyone and their uncle has a DV camera of some sort and wants to catch the action first hand. One guy blocks the other to get the best view but screws it up for everyone else. It's good to see that footage gets used for a final product. If you own a video camera and you're only using it to show it to your friends on your own TV, do everyone a favor and just buy a DVD that covers the contest you went to.

Time: Vdo 47 min DVD over an hour. Rate ****,75 Music: Poppy, punky, hiphoppy schöne Musik! Shows: Flat, Ramp, Street, Dirt, Contests etc etc Company: www.soulbmx.com Thomas you almost made it to the 5 star, if you didn't make the BIG mistake at the beginning of the DVD it would have been a 100% score……it says Soul 22 in the menu and you are already at #23! I want to give you a compliment for this issue, I don't know what I really see but I think you found more buttons on your camera and computer, new effects, smooth editing and the music is super. (Thomas Fritscher helped a lot so that's the reason :TS )

Produced by: Kris Martinez and Joe Escalante Shows: The Vandals Live Rate: *** Time: 1h 10min + extra bonus Music: punkrock Company: Kung Fu THE VANDALS LIVE AT THE HOUSE OF BLUES ANAHEIM The show must go off! is a Live dvd out of the famous House of Blues in the Oldtown of Vans shoes Anaheim. Twenty two songs of the Vandals filmed 8 cameras & 24 tracks is like you are almost live at the concert and looking to this DVD on a big screen you almost want to go on stage to dive back into your living room!

Title: STANDPOINT #4 Edited by: Ryan Navazio Filmed by: Mike Puorro, Ryan N and many more Time: 45min without bonus section Rate: ****1/2 Shows: Street, Dirt, interviews This was the first Standpoint I saw so I can't tell if the quality is been better than before but it is almost impossible to make it better. This DVD is awesome and filled with stuff from the East of the US like the crazy FBM Ghetto comp which was a blast with all those crazy obstacles and even more insane streetriders. Van Homan and Leigh Ramsdell are doing the House spot check in their own castle, George Dossantos had a great interview and shows how nice he is as a person but also how good he is as a rider!