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-We set ourselves a new goal; a fresh new FAT FAVORITE post until the end of the year. We only need to contact a few hundred riders for these so yes, we've got some work cut out for us. The site is doing great though, best month ever in January 2009:  168.451 UNIQUE visitors. We should be able to get a few FAT Favorites out of these people. FAT Favorites that are coming up: Scott Hamlin, Ronnie Remo, Dave Rytell, Marcus Tooker, DJ and Seth Klinger.

-Laetitia Le Corguillé, the Olympic silver medalist in the Women class, will ride on Kuwahara Bikes in 2009. She can also count on the support from Sunex's Co-sponsors Bombshell, Funn, Tioga, and TroyLeeDesigns .

More sponsor news:

-Steve Woodward off Colony, on HARO
-Niki Kroft is off Mutiny
-Toby Greswell on PUW
-Tyler Deschaine on Diamondback
-Kym Grosser Off Macneil
-Laetitia Le Corguillé on Kuwahara
-Kenny Horton on FBM
-Alfredo Mancuso off KHE, on Volume (flow)
-Markus Reuss is now riding for Premium (Germany)

-We got the Jason Ellis interview up this week. Jason was one of those top ramp dawgs back in the day. The Jess Dyrenforth interview is coming up shortly. Early next week I'd say.

-THIS SATURDAY WILL BE "SHANE" THE COMPOUND OWNER'S BIRTHDAY JAM WITH LIVE DJ AND BANDS STARTING AFTER 6:00PM PLEASE GO TO THE WEBSITE DACOMPOUND.COM FOR FULL DETAILS OF WHAT IS GOING ON THIS WEEKEND AS THERE IS A CHANGE IN THE HOURS AND PRICES FOR THIS WEEKEND ONLY. SHABE HOPES TO SEE ALL OF YOU OUT FOR THE FIRST JAM OF THE NEW YEAR. ALSO THE DIRT JUMPS ARE BACK WITH A NEW AND AWESOME COURSE DESIGN!

-The Red Bull Dirt Pipe event in Australia got cancelled for this weekend. Had something to do with paperwork/permission/local council, that sort of bureaucracy. It's a shame but I'm positive it will happen again in the future, somewhere on this planet.

-FAT FAVORITES THIS WEEK:
Ben Wallace
KC Badger
Dimitri Ivanov
Ty Morrow
 Harry Main
Michael van der Lee
Effraim Catlow
Ryan Elcock
Ronald Napolitan
Matt Colisch
Joris Coulomb
Matt Priest
Ronnie Surridge

- Pro Results Red Bull Fight with Flight flatland contest:
1. Terry Adams
2. Matt Wilhelm
3. Dane Beardsley
4. Justin Miller

-On a sad note, flatland rider Paul Palmer got shot by the police . RIP.

-Entries have been coming in like crazy for the NIKE 6.0 parts that we're going to give away. We also received two Writing On The Wall DVD's. That means we will pick a total of three winners in the NIKE competition. 4 more days to go guys. Hit it!

-Jelle van Gorkum made it over to the USA to ride in the sunshine. Smart guy. 

-Did you see Mark Webb's 3-whip to toe jam on the miniramp? Sick! More bangers were done that day but they're saved for future video clips. Shit's crazy man!

-Carhartt Circle Cow this weekend! More info HERE.

-031BMX is a new website that covers the Dutch BMX freestyle scene very well. Check it out if you haven't already. T-shirts soon.

-Biz is on the injury list again. Ryan: "Ya sucks, cracked the top of my femur and have to get a catscan to see if i messed up my pelvis too. Well I guess I haven't hurt myself in 3 years so it isn't that bad of luck but still sucks. All the patients at my doctor are 65 and older. Guess only the elderly do this to themselves when they fall down stairs."  Get well soon Ryan!

-The Take are making commuter bikes. That's bikes that you take out to go to the (grocery) store, to the bar, to visit friends or to go to work like they do everywhere in the world except for the USA. Up until now. Credit crunch, more bike paths and expensive gas makes people think. Good for your health too. Take it!

We're going to call it a day here. Thanks for everyone for their contributions and support. Ride on.

BdJ

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