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Playstation will be running the annual Playstation Am Jam this year. This is the biggest am contest of the year for Bike, Inline and Skateboarding. There is a Grand Prize of $5000.00, a whole summer at Woodward, as well as Playstation prize packages to be won. The rider who qualifies at each stop will win a trip to Woodward and a chance to compete in the finals for $ 5000 bucks. Registration is available the day of the event at the park only. Limited space available. Legal guardians of all minors must be present to sign a waiver. Competition open to all US residents ages 7 - 18. Void where prohibited. See the official rules at:  Camp Woodward's website.

Props are hitting the road on 28 June for another Road Fools Rock-n-Roll Tour presented by LEVI’S SIGNATURE…Bands in the line up are LUCERO AND THUNDERLIP. Riders so far include: Seth Kimbrough, Brad Simms, Anthony Napolitan, Morgan Wade , Corey Martinez, Scotty Cranmer, Brian Kachinsky, Aaron Ross , Chester Blacksmith, Neil Harrington, Rob Wise, Jamie Bestwick , Diogo Canina, plus more to come…

Tour stops:

There are BMX clips made by people who film what they see and edit a piece together to put on Youtube the next day. Then there are BMX clips made by people who put more time into it. Shueti did an amazing job of creating a Flatground video clip that is a must see, also for video editors. It's got some special effects and creative editing that took a little longer than the average 3 hours.

On Saturday, March 10 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., PacSun and Mission Valley YMCA invite you to CLASH AT Clairemont — the unleashing of the new "PSX" Vert Ramp at the Krause Family Bike and Skate Park. Donated by ESPN’s X-Games, the "PSX" is the West Coast's largest outdoor Vert Ramp. Admission to the event is $10 and includes food, demos, and entertainment, with proceeds benefiting the "Grind for Life" cancer foundation. Appearing athletes 

We receive some crazy mails here at FATBMX. When we received info about the Robbo bike, we weren't sure what to think. It's easy to throw these mails in the bin but then you don't know what you're missing out on. Did Rob-O come up with a new FITness bike? That could be a yes, or could be a no.

Something's cooking over at the SE camp. They've teamed up with DC Shoe Co. to celebrate their 30 years of BMX involvement. The second photo shows just a little more than their first one a few months ago. The release date is June 2007, for whatever it is. Keep checking.

SE

Yo dawgs what Up? Droppin' by 2 holla @ U on what's been goin' on N my world, tha other day MTV's Rob & Big stopped by tha yard 2 film 4 1 of their shows, cool sheeattt, just picture a 6foot8-300 pound monster tryin' 2 get tha roller 2 foam down on a BMX..........stoked.......B on tha lookout 4 tha episode on MTV & MTV2..............thanks 4 Ur support! Much luv,
THorne
Biker-N-Black

-The Eastpak crew including Hennon, Wicke, Cools, Hoffmann, Bartsch, Shenker, Jurgens, Kujawski and Barbero will visit Woodward Camp and pro town Greenville in March. Expect crazyness!

-Tobias Wicke and Ben Hennon will attend this crazy T-Mobile Dirt Comp in Herten, Germany in May. It´s an invite only with 14 guys incl. Nyquist, Caro, Forte, and more.

-Bruno Hoffmann finally has his voice mutation - was about time with the age of 13!

6 March 1979 - Ryan Nyquist
7 March 1981 - Jorge Gomez
8 March 1974 - Effraim Catlow

We received some news form the 43 camp. 1st, 43-Bolts now have some distro. by Paul's Boutique Pure BMX distribution for 43 hardware; so now riders in Europe can get 43 bolts. In the U.S.A. you can get 43 hardware from Side Wall Distribution. We also have new colors for our stem bolts (Mustard, Burgundy, Cream/Tan and Brown) to go along with our (Mint Chip Green, Plum Purple and Bright White). The bolts will come in Metric & Standard Stem sizes.

The official SideWall Distro - 43 Bolts press release looks like this: