-Flights have been booked for Dave Mirra, Dave Rytell, Mike Spinner and Mike Laird to go to the FISE in Montpellier. DJ will be announcing this year's event on the first weekend of May. Should be good.-Éclat has released a 70 page product folder that you can flip through by going HERE. Good stuff, good stuff.
-Issue number 5 of RebelYell has gone to print and will be out in mid May. Chris Pollack has now taken over the publishing duties by forming his own independent publishing company 'Bullseye Media'
-Riders who wish to shave some more weight off their bikes will be happy with the new plastic seatpost-seat combo from Fly and Éclat. KHE released one a few months ago and people were discussing the lack of adjustability of the seat angle but with the seat so low an no one using it to actually sit on, it doesn't seem to mather all that much if the seat is in a 25 degree angle or 30 degree.-The Wildman sent in another one of his diaries. A must read as these are pages of his book that might come out in 10 years.He's got everything written down and you are the first ones to read it.
-Daniel Dhers is currently putting a new ride together. In the meantime you can read his interview right here. Daniel might show up at FISE. He doesn't want to miss the BMX Masters and according to Shaun Scarfe he is coming back to NASS but isn't staying in the caravan this time. Will the Braun Spine title be his this year?-Fancy meeting up with industry types? Mozambique Steakhouse will kick-off ACTION SPORTS TUESDAYS, a weekly event designed to bring action sports industry folk and main stream enthusiasts together for a night of camaraderie and fun. The launch event will be held Tuesday April 8, 2008 in Mozambique’s upstairs Coastal Lounge in Laguna Beach, California. ACTION SPORTS TUESDAYS will be on-going each week and include a fashion show the second Tuesday of each month. This event is sure to replace Taco bars as the must-do Tuesday night happening along the coast.
-Nick Beiting wanted to let you know about the contest they are doing over at System. "We’re giving kids the chance to draw anything they want to be tattooed onto Catfish. Whoever sends in the best drawing will win a complete bike we made up of System Cycle brands parts." Contest started April 1st and ends April 30th. Hit up www.systemcycle.com for more info. -Justin Inman on Lotek
-NoSoccer.com (how great is that title) had a contest over in Italy. Watch the video and read the report. Or better read the report and then watch the vide.
-Here is the link to download the Simpel Session clip fom Fuel TV:
-Ben Wallace is going to be part of the Local Exposure Tour 05. He'll get on that plane straight after the T-Mobile Extreme Playground Dirt Edition in Duisburg. We've got a total of 4 tickets to give away for that event. More on that next week.
-Did you know that The Beard and Dave Mirra were born on the same day? It's B-day time at both households today. Happy B-day!-DiamondBack has a new website and the Hoffman riders are blogging away on their new site.
-Join the Mike Vincent bikeride this Sunday in LA.
-Kyle Bennett and Jill Kintner are your new (first official?) USAC Elite champions. Dennis Enarson won the Ricardo Laguna invitational in Las Vegas with Cameron White getting second and James Foster getting third. Is James Foster coming to the BMX Masters in Cologne?
-Poor Brian Kachinski has done his knee again and had to cancel his trip to South Africa. Get well soon BK.
-BMX Vert at the X-games is now a thing of the past.-Issue number 5 of the infamous FAT-'zine is online now. Flip through every page and go back in time. Number 6 will go online tomorrow.
-Here's the new Dylan Smith Fly commercial. Filmed by Kevin Porter, edited by Tom Arkus and the photo came from Guiri.
Till next week.
BdJ
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.