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Hookit and Monster Energy are pleased to announce the 2015 Monster Army Recon Tour dates and venues as well as a new partnership with Mongoose Bikes. Hookit and Monster Energy created the Recon Tour in 2012 as a regional BMX contest series in Southern California. The mission was simple: discover, support and progress the best up-and-coming athletes in their sport. The past two years the tour has grown into a nationwide event that added structure and a vision to progress and truly identify the next unknown talent, while also supporting the professional athletes. 

The first draft of the invited athletes for the 2015 X Games has been announced. This includes the top three in each category if it was an X-Games discipline in 2014.

Vert:
    Jamie Bestwick GBR
    Vince Byron AUS
    Chad Kagy USA
    Dennis McCoy USA
    Simon Tabron GBR
    Coco Zurita CHI

Big Air:
    Vince Byron AUS
    James Foster USA
    Chad Kagy USA
    Colton Satterfield USA   
    Morgan Wade USA
    Zack Warden USA

Riders will be getting into town shortly for the 2nd annual Braaab contest in Eindhoven. Kostya Andreev is here from Russia, Spencer Bass and Daniel Dhers flew in from the States. The Brits arrived with the Ryanair plane to Eindhoven and Senad Grosic from Austria is making the trip as well. 50 Pro riders have signed up and over 60 Am riders, it's going to be a big weekend at 040BMXPARK. Friday will be a busy day at the park with people trying to get some more riding done before the Am comp starts on Saturday. Sunday is Pro day.

It's only €2 Euros to spectate. If you want to see some awesome riding, you know where to go this weekend.

Timetable:

Amateur Contest (Saturday 07.03.2015)

    10:00 Park open + registration open.
    12:00 Registration closed.

Last week we heard about the sad news that Mr. Rabbit -BMX Wolfgang Fritscher had passed away. Wolfgang was battling Leukemia and lost the tough fight. If you were a part of the BMX scene in Germany in the '80-s and '90-s you will remember Wolfgang. He was the first person to show up at the 1982 Open European BMX championships in Beek en Donk with his son Thomas. He was racing a Centurion bike at the time if I remember right. Later on Wolfgang started Rabbit BMX in Bremen and took his trailer with parts and tool box to all the fun BMX events in Germany and abroad. He later became the Redline distributor and put the brand on the map on the German racing scene. Mr. Fritscher had a big BMX heart and had a helping hand for many of us when in need.

Here is an update to this article we posted up recently about BMX companies donating to a very good cause. We've got some photos of how the bike came out and Nick Ziegler filled us in on who made things possible:

Robbie Chapman now has his S&M with him in Cali. Word got out out we were short on shipping funds and my buddy Scott Day with American door and supply in Appleton WI said ship it on my dime, so we rushed him the bike to get Robbie back on the track ASAP!

Inspired by 1990's graffiti and skateboard graphics, the OTW Gallery Authentic, a collaboration with San Francisco-based artist Zio Ziegler known for his large-scale outdoor murals, is Vans iconic low top, lace-up with durable printed upper, metal eyelets, Vans flag label and Vans Original Waffle Outsole. Available now at Vans.com for $55 in all sizes.

On Saturday 7 March the Braaab Am comp will take place at 040BMXPARK in Eindhoven, Netherlands followed by the Braaab Pro Comp on Sunday 8 March. With a maximum of 50 riders in each class, this is how the PRO contest will go down:
Confirmed Pro Riders
    Tom van den Bogaard (NB)
    Spencer Bass (USA)
    Jack Clark (UK)
    Daniel Dhers (VEN)   
    Gwen Geyskens (BE)
    Troy Hayward (UK)
    Declan Brooks (UK)
    Senad Grosic (AUT)
    Cam Peake (UK)
    Tobias Freigang (DE)
    Ashley Douglas (UK)
    Mike Hendrick (BE)
    Pim Scheers (ZL)

NBC Sports Ventures and Red Bull Media House today announced the 2015 television schedule for the Red Bull Signature Series, featuring 20 hours of coverage of the most progressive collection of action sports events in the world. Sal Masekela, the definitive voice in action sports, will host the Red Bull Signature Series for the fourth consecutive year. “We’re excited to kick off and deliver the fourth successful season of the Red Bull Signatures Series on NBC,” said Eric Grilly, President, Alli Sports, a division of the NBC Sports Group. “Innovation and progression are core elements of action sports. Through our partnership with Red Bull Media House, we have once again developed events and coverage which continue to fuel the growth of action sports and the Signature Series.”

In 2015, NBC’s coverage of the Series will also include Red Bull Double Pipe, Saturday, March 14 at 1 p.m. E.T., Simple Session, Sunday, June 14 at 1:30 p.m. E.T., Cape Fear, Saturday, October 17 at 3 p.m. E.T., Red Bull Straight Rhythm, Sunday, November

Amplify your extreme sports experience with Blast ActionCam. By combining the Blast precision motion sensor with your GoPro ® action camera, you can now capture your action metrics (acceleration, vertical height, rotation, and hang time) and overlay them on top of dynamically created video highlights to experience your most heroic moments in a whole new way. You’ll never look at your action videos the same again! The Blast Precision Motion Sensor attaches to your action camera housing or waistband and uses Bluetooth® Smart technology to connect to your smartphone or tablet. There’s no need to alter your actions or do anything out of the ordinary, and there are no power buttons or controls to get in your way. The Blast precision motion sensor knows when you’re moving and dynamically powers-up the sensor and engages the patented motion detection algorithms to capture your important 3D action metrics in real-time. (ActionCam is currently optimized for skateboarding and BMX, with more sports coming soon..

With its minimal, stripped down construction, the Jameson 2 Eco is our simplest form of a timeless performance cupsole. As one of our fundamental skate shoes, it has become the backbone of performance within our footwear line. The Jameson has expanded into a Bloodline. We introduce to you, the Chase Hawk signature colorway of the Jameson MT featuring STI Evolution® Foam.

The Jameson Bloodline exhibits design simplicity without compromising function through performance. This fruitful endeavor has organically blossomed into a perennial paradigm. Now available at finer shops and etnies.com.