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-Alejandro Caro did a photo shoot on a Salt mine recently. More on this very soon. The photos look great.

-Next to a rim (we're still waiting on the photo), Stephen Murray now also has signature glasses out by Oakley. $ 20 bucks of each sale will go towards the Stephen Murray recovery fund. Good stuff.

-We posted the full issue of FAT-'zine issue 15 online. Read it page by page if you want to know what BMX was like years ago. A BMX history lesson never hurts.

-Mike Spinner did a Nike commercial in a skatepark in LA but is not allowed to talk about it. You can check pics of the shoot on his myspace though.

-Last weekend the UCI BMX World Championships took place in China. Maris Strombergs from Latvia will be racing in the rainbow stripes from now on in the Elite men class. 2nd went to Steve Cisar (USA) and third went to South African Sifiso Nhlapo who has been training at the UCI training center in Switzerland for months to reach his goal of going to the Olympic games this summer. Shanaze Reade (UK) won the Elite women class in China. Check the Elite and Junior results here.

-Check out the new cover of Rebelyell magazine # 5, the Photo issue. A photo tells a 1000 words so there will be plenty to read in the new issue.

-Here's your pro top six from the Voodoo flatland contest in the US of A:
1. Yohei Uchino
2. Matt Wilhelm
3. Dominik Nekolny
4. Matthias Dandois
5. Justin Miller
6. Terry Adams

-The 2008 FAT-JAM on 9 August is going to be a good one. We have some things in store and we're receiving support from all angles so we can probably make it happen. Check the T-shirt design/poster as designed by Michael de Wit (Medow). These will be printed by Carhartt and we'll have several FAT-JAM stickers too that come in a package. For the 20th edition we're pulling out all stops and you should put it on your calendar too.

-This weekend the European Soccer Championships will start. The Dutch are opening against the Italians on 9 June. Let's see who can laugh after the game, Alessandro Barbero or the De Jong bros. Senad Grosic is taking on Tobias Wicke for an Austria - Germany game in Senad's Cordoba. Sounds like fun. Bring the hooligans!

-There are a whole bunch of riders currently on the road in England on the Ride to Glory trip. Check the RIDE BMX site (UK!) for more on that.

-Traffic Street Jam in Den Haag movie!

-The RedBull BikeNight is back on the program. At the Last weekend of June Trieste, Italy will turn into boat hungry rebels. FATBMX will be there. A report this time? I think we can do it.

- Flatland rider Terry Adams wanted to pass on the good news that he will be on the cover of the next issue of Props Video Magazine (it's issue 69).  It will be shipping out on June 27th.

-Congrats to: Robert de Wilde, Raymon van der Biezen, Rob van den Wildenberg, and Lieke Klaus who will represent team Holland (BMX racing) in Beijing at the Olympic Games. Alternate rider is Martijn Scherpen.

-VANS opened up a new store in Amsterdam.

-Bommel sent us a photo of this Killer ramp!

-The following racers from France will make an appearance in Beijing in August:
-Thomas Allier (Men)
-Damien Godet (Men)
-Ann-Caroline Chausson (Women)
-Laetitia le Corguille (Women)


-The riders list for the Empire of Dirt was announced this week and here's how you can apply for free tickets. Bring the sunshine too!

Upcoming events June:
- 8 June: Aardbeien Jam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
- 8 June: Sunset Jam, Singapore
- 13-15 June: Nass, England
-14 June: 2008 U.S. OLYMPIC TEAM TRIALS
- 19 June: Dew Tour Baltimore, USA
-21-22 June: FISE Experience at the beach
- 21 June: Soulardisant street jam in Paris on 21 June 2008
- 22 June: La Coup Au Bowl, Paris, France
-22 June: Tour Dur Laarbeek
-28-29 June: Red Bull Bikenight, Trieste, Italy

For a full calendar, check the FATBMX event schedule.

Enjoy the weekend. Peace.

BdJ