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Here's what we gathered in week 19.

-Posted a Facebook message last night to see if anyone has some breaking news. This is what I got so far:

Oscar Gonzalez: We are having a Vintage bmx show and swap at Calibasas Park in San Jose Ca. this Saturday. Old schoolers on hand....Hugo, Bob Medrano.. Terry Tennete....Tommy Brackens....Drob....Ron Wilkerson...Joey Garcia..and a bunch more.

Sandy Carson: swine flu (does he have it or does he mean watch out for it?)

Jim Cielencki: Sunday video premiers in Germany next weekend! Bodo will have the locations! Check the Sunday site for all the premieres.

This week's FAT FAVOURITE riders on FATBMX:
Gogo
Joey Garcia
Tobias Wicke
Jon Peacy
 Paddy Gross
Markus Braumann
Panos Manaras

Coming up this week are non other than: Josh Perry, Hank, Alexis Desolneux, Nicholi Rogatkin, Diogo Canina, Sven Grieten and Greg van Tulder.

-Upcoming BMX events:
2009/05/07 - BikeHall contest vol.5
2009/05/08 - Vans Wheels of Rock
2009/05/08 - BIKE DAYS - THE BICYCLE FESTIVAL
2009/05/15 - 20" Trophy
2009/05/16 - Suicide Jam "M-trails"
2009/05/20 - FISE 2009
2009/05/21 - New Bikers Pact Jam
2009/05/29 - Warriors of Wood
2009/05/29 - Mayhem Allnighter
2009/06/05 - adidas eyewear - Austrian King of Dirt
2009/06/06 - Nasty Jam 09
2009/06/06 - Vans Let It Ride
2009/06/13 - VansBmxChess
2009/06/20 - Hellentrailsjam 2009
2009/06/20 - REVOLCON BMX ROUND 2
2009/06/26 - Dew Tour event 1, Chicago
2009/07/10 - IBMXFF World Championships
2009/07/10 - Nass 2009
2009/07/18 - BMX Playtime Hasselt
2009/07/24 - HARBORSHRED

-In case you haven't seen it yet, we've got multiple sets of Skullcandy earphones to give away. You've got another week to enter the competition. Leave your mailing address because we're getting entries from people with only an answer and no address. We're not going to find out where you live so make sure you list where you live and where we can send those Skullcandy earphones. Comp Details HERE.

-Results Kia X-Games Asia:
FINAL RESULTS
1 Garrett Reynolds USA 94.33
2 Sergio Layos ESP 92.00
3 Ben Snowden USA 91.00
4 Kym Grosser AUS 89.67
5 Vince Byron AUS 89.33
6 Greg Illingworth RSA 89.00
7 Phamme Rungrueang THA 88.33
8 Brad Simms USA 87.67
9 Nigel Sylvester USA 87.33
10 Rob Wise USA 85.00

-This week we interviewed Andy Zeiss on the Vans Let it Ride contest. Read the interview by going HERE.

-ASA Big Air Triples Chicago top three results:
1) TJ Ellis
2) Koji Kraft
3) Rob Darden

-The UCI BMX Supercross World Cup season kicks off this weekend in Copenhagen, Denmark. Make sure you follow it live here on FATBMX.com. The Elite pros are all there. Let's hope the weather turns out good. Riders were jumping puddles in practice yesterday.

-We've got a Brodie Knox interview up. Check it before he blows up. Hit it!

-Nike 6.0 is going to do a contest of their own during the first round of the 2009 Dew Tour. Read all about the real street comp, the three selected captains right here.

-Results US NATIONAL #1 (Saturday) at the Metro BMX track
AA PRO
1 DENZEL"PEOPLES CHAMP"STEIN, REDLINE FACTORY, DESOTO, TX
2 MARIS STROMBERGS, FREE AGENT, MURRIETA, CA
3 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER, GHP FACTORY RACING, SANGER, CA
4 NIC LONG, INTENSE/PHANTOM/ON TRAC, LAKESIDE, CA
5 JASON ROGERS, HARO/ROCKSTAR, MESQUITE, TX
6 MIKE DAY, GT, SANTA CLARITA, CA
7 AUGUSTO CASTRO, PSYKOPATH, MIAMI, FL
8 DAVID HERMAN (THE HERMINATOR), INTENSE BMX/BAWLS/THE, WHEAT RIDGE, CO

ABA US NATIONAL #2 Results, Bakersfield, California.

AA PRO
1 MARIS STROMBERGS, FREE AGENT, MURRIETA, CA
2 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER, GHP FACTORY RACING, SANGER, CA
3 BUBBA HARRIS, ANSWER SUPERCAMP, GOODYEAR, AZ
4 "THE BRONCO" KHALEN YOUNG, HARO/ROCKSTAR, MURRIETA, CA
5 JASON ROGERS, HARO/ROCKSTAR, MESQUITE, TX
6 STEVEN CISAR, HARO ROCKSTAR, ALTADENA, CA
7 BARRY "ALABAMA SLAMMA" NOBLES, CLAYBORN FACTORY, WETUMPKA, AL
8 CRISTIAN BECERINE, FREE AGENT, COSTA MESA, CA

More results of the other pro classes can be found in this post.

-2009 NBL ELITE SERIES CHECKPOINT: ELITE MEN
1. Maris Strombergs LAT 143-6
2. Randy Stumpfhauser CA 85-6
3. Cristian Becerine CA 79-6
4. Barry Nobles AL 76-6
5. Robert De Wilde NED 66-4
6. Javier Colombo CA 55-6
7. Sam Willoughby AUS 46-4
8. Kyle Bennett TX 44-2
9. Augusto Castro COL 42-4
10. Steven Cisar CA 41-4

-The Helm Jam last Sunday went well. Thanks for everyone for showing up. Big shout out to all the sponsors who made this happen. Report HERE. Helm Jam BMX kids race results:

Till 8 years old race:
1) Shandro Verbaarschot
2) Max Zeiss
3) Philip de Jong

8-12 years old race:
1) Wilco van de Kerkhof.
2) Nando Verbaarschot
3) Dani van de Maat

-This are starting to look good for the FISE contest. The following Mirraco riders are going over: Dave Mirra, Ryan Guettler, Dave Rytell, Harry Main, Andrew Buckworth, Alessandro Barbero and Maxime Charveron. Vans will have a big group of riders there as well such as Chase Hawk, Alistair Whitton, Sean Sexton, Ty Morrow, Colin MacKay, Mark Webb, Nasty and a whole bunch more. 20-24 May is the date. More info HERE.

-Calling it a day here. Thanks for checking in.

BdJ