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Freestylin' book to keep me occupied. Anyway, straight to this week's news with UK contributor David "DJ" Jones:

-Errrr.... OK, After last weeks delayed news that the Darden is back on Haro it's now been announced that he will join Josh Harrington (best all rounder in the world?), Garrett Reynolds, JJ Palmere & Ty Morrow on the Premium Pro team. Either way, no matter who he's riding for Rob Darden is on form!

-Other Haro related news is that team rider Ben Hucke was pistol whipped & robbed of his phone, wallet & ID by 3 guys. He got his shit back & the guys were caught but it still sucks ass, get pistol whipped is never a good thing.

-Ronnie Remo is following in the footsteps of his illegitimate son Mark Webb onto the UK Bike Co. team also, I spotted a Ronnie Remo signature tyre recently (check out the pic) apparently it's big in Hamburg?

-The UK's Team Extreme has a new transportable 6ft spine mini ramp that is travelling the country doing shows... hopefully pics soon.

-Even though you've read Bart's event report from T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds I thought I'd tell you Ben Hennon took one to the face in practice & couldn't ride his semi final which sucked. Hennon has been on fire this year. The injury put him into the hospital for a few hours which sucked even more because he didn't get to get on stage with PENNYWISE with the rest of us!!! Ooooooo Oooo Ooooo Oooooooo!!!!

-Extreme Playgrounds winner Harry Main is thinking over a M-energy drink deal as we speak. Check out the ads for the new company Powerthirst on youtube, you won't be disappointed.

-And I'm going to finish up with the same thing as last week: My copy of the Freestylin' book was here when I got home from Hamburg, I don't think I've been that excited about anything for a LONG time! The book was given out in the US to a "selected few" & only 2500 made. It's a great item but it's a shame they weren't given out to all the right people but thankfully thanks to some decent people in BMX it's making it into the right hands. Thank you again to Will @ DIG magazine & my shaven bodied hero Chris Job.

Thanks DJ!

-Andrew Muir wanted to have his photo on the FATBMX website. Well, here it is Andrew. Not only did it make it on the FATBMX site, it got sent to over 1000 people with the FAT Newsflash. I hope you can still walk the streets without being recognized all the time.

-If you want to check how your bike will look before ordering all the colored parts that you have in mind, you should check out the Paint Your Bike Customizer that the people at Strictly BMX came up with. It lets you color the frame and the parts so you know how colorful it will look before getting our hands on a spray can or sending off that partsorder list. Go HERE to check it out.

-The 2009 bikes are about to be shown off at the Eurobike trade show in Friedrichshafen, Germany. Next week Thursday the doors will open for the first time and we can't wait to see the new bikes from Hoffman, Redline, Mirraco, Felt, KHE, Fly, United, Mongoose and others.

-A new forum for Bicycle Talk in Ohio has been started. It is very new and I'd like to ask that you take a look at it. We have a special section devoted to BMX racing, events and discussions. You may register, it's free, and post your upcoming races, results of the races, any other BMX events are also welcome. You may also post pictures of your track, club, riders, volunteers, etc. Membership is not limited to just the organizers, young riders and everyone else is invited. If you like to ride a bike, you're welcome to join. There are no strings attached.It's completely free, and always will be free. You may access the site HERE.

-Harry Main has a new video up. The Mpora stuff is weird so here is the link.  720 tailwhip!

-Congrats to Lori for winning that XBox 360 in the T-Mobile Extreme Playground contest. The correct answer was A) Smart. Mike Dominguez is riding a SMART! We saw it happen so you better believe it.

-The Summer Session Miniramp comp in Pinneberg, Germany last weekend was won by Harry Main. Dave Osato finished second and la Finca's Sergej Geier got third. Right before the finals a bunch of us went on stage with Pennywise and DJ managed to film the whole ordeal. We manged to make it in Freecaster's Highlights of the event as well. Haha, good times.

-We received our copy of the Freestylin' book and we're damn stoked on that. If you are less fortunate here is the next best thing. The book is now online. Check it by following this link.

-DC has a new website up. Also the new éclat web site is now live.

-Tobias Wicke is out for the next 6 months because of an injury on his leg. He does not know how to kill all that time so if you have any suggestions, contact him through one of his sponsors.

-Have you seen Brad Simms' prototype frame from Hoffman Bikes?

-We are not afraid to party. Red Bull X-Fighters afterparty pics are online now.

-Mark Koenig had a bad crash over the spine at the T-Mobile Extreme Playground Summer Session. It looked like he tore something in his knee or messed something up but fortunately his own doctor back home told him it was okay for him to ride the shows at the IFA next week.

-Dew Tour results:

AST Dew Tour-Wendy's Invitational Results Friday, August 22, 2008 Portland, Ore.

BMX Dirt Finals
1. Luke Parslow, Australia, 92.25. 2. Cory Nastazio, West Palm Beach, Fla., 91.09. 3. Corey Bohan, Australia, 90.75. 4. Dennis Enarson, La Mesa, Calif., 90.59. 5. James Foster, Redlands, Calif., 90.58. 6. Ryan Nyquist, Los Gatos, Calif., 90.25. 7. Rob Darden, Greenville, N.C., 90.25. 8. Cameron White, Australia, 89.50. 9. Ryan Guettler, Australia, 89.42. 10. Steven McCann, Australia, 88.83

AST Dew Tour-Wendy's Invitational Results Saturday, August 23, 2008 Portland, Ore.

BMX Vert Finals
1. Chad Kagy, Gilroy, Calif., 95.00. 2. Jamie Bestwick, Great Britain, 94.17. 3. Steven McCann, Australia, 91.50. 4. Simon Tabron, Great Britain, 90.17. 5. Jimmy Walker, Chicago, Ill., 90.17. 6. Dennis McCoy, Kansas City, Mo., 89.67. 7. Jay Eggleston, Denver, Colo., 88.83. 8. Koji Kraft, Addison, Ill., 88.33. 9. Zackery Warden, St. Louis, Mo., 87.67. 10. John Parker, State College, Penn., 86.50.

AST Dew Tour-Wendy's Invitational Results Sunday, August 24, 2008 Portland, Ore.

BMX Park Finals
1. Daniel Dhers, Venezuela, 93.83. 2. Mike Spinner, Miami, Fla., 92.67 3. Rob Darden, Greenville, N.C., 91.33. 4. Steven McCann, Australia, 90.33. 5. Dennis Enarson, La Mesa, Calif., 89.33. 6. Ryan Nyquist, Los Gatos, Calif., 89.17. 7. Anthony Napolitan, Youngstown, Ohio,. 89.00. 8. Diogo Canina, Brazil, 88.00. 9. Craig Mast, Champion, Ohio, 87.67. 10. Garrett Reynolds, Toms River, N.J., 86.33

-Did you guys see the RAD TV clip?

-Karstin "Skinny" Tannis is on the Alphanumeric clothing BMX squad.

-Issue # 26 of FAT-'zine made it online last Saturday and coverboy Ron Farmer left a comment to tell he is still alive and kicking. Good to get that sign Ronnie! FAT-'zine # 27 will be online tomorrow and it has loads of stuff which should keep you occupied for an hour or so.

-Glenn Salyers won the BMX park competition at the Free Flow Tour’s Nashville, Tenn. Tuan Duong of Canon City, Colo. won park at the Denver Colorado Free Flow and Tyler Chamberlain of Herrick, Ill. won the vert comp. Expect them to compete at the finals in Salt Lake City.

-If you want skateparks where you live, you might want to check into this T-shirt. Made by skatepark builders Ralf Maier and friends.

-Here's a video that has not made it online yet. VANS - Mexico - Chad Shack.  Hit that.

-Scottish John sent us the following photo with info on the new park they opened up TODAY in Melbourne:
"We are opening on Friday the 29th August. This park has taken 5 months to build and years of planning. Can't wait until Friday."  Looking really good Jon!

-Have you always wanted to ride that Braun CruZer spine ramp but never had the opportunity? Got 20-21 September available? The IFMA is having an amateur and a pro comp in Cologne, Germany. To register is free but you need to do that before 11am on Saturday. That is also when practice starts for the AM class.

This is it for this week. Thanks for staying in touch. Have fun out there, whatever you do.

BdJ