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VANS are taking their guys that are competing in the Dew Tour to thier store at Lloyd Center in downtown Portland. Should be a pretty good time and the store is only a few blocks from the Dew Tour venue! Vans Team Meet & Greet @ Portland Vans Store:
Drop by the Vans store at Lloyd Center in Portland, OR on Wednesday, August 12th @ 6:30PM to meet pros from the Vans Team. Ryan Guettler, Cory Nastazio and More will be signing autographs. There will also be a limited edition T-shirt for the first 100 people in line. Tons of Vans giveaways while supplies last...don't miss it! 

Name: Christoph Werner
Age: 19 (19.08.1989)
Hometown: Grödel near Riesa, Germany.
Hook-ups/Sponsors: LAFINCA, Desaster BMX Shop

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Finsterwalde DARKWOOD BMX
-BMX video: Drop the Hammer
-Website: thecomeupbmx.net
-Web video: MUTINY

It wasn’t sure where the 21st FAT-JAM was going to be held. A new location had been allocated but the neighborhood protested so it’s back to the good old spot, and how. The trails got flattened, but were built back up again with the help of a crane and a dozen riders with a shovel. New lay-out, more space and a few truckloads of good dirt. It would actually have been a shame to leave a spot with so much BMX history, a location that put Aarle-Rixtel on the BMX map, worldwide. On Saturday 22 August the next FAT-JAM will take place. It will be one of those good old days of BMX-ing. No stress, no security, free to ride, free to spectate, time to ride some trails, even if you never do ride in the dirt. Nobody cares you’re not making it through the lines the first time. If you pull it off at the end of the day that will be your personal victory. Or if you’re learning a new trick, there will be plenty of riders to give you tips. But hey, this is the FAT-JAM, nobody tells you what to do, as long as you have a good time. Bring your own drinks and if you forgot to do some shopping,

Picked this up at one of these giant supermarkets that sells everything. It’s incredible how many magazines are made in France. Found this guide to the French skateparks on the stands and gladly paid the two Euros and fifty cents for it. 100 pages of skateparks in A5 size full of info and pictures. The parks are divided in districts and damn, there are some nice parks listed in this book. Not all of them are listed as I’ve been to four on this trip that did I did not see on these pages. Downfall is that the mag is in French (I’m trying..) and that the info does not have the exact addresses listed of the parks.