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"The Eagle Own" tour was the end of 3 road trips with the Twenty team. The first was "The Pirate tour", the second "El Paella tour" and now we just finished "the Eagle Own tour". This road trip, or vacation, was also to film for the first TWENTY.bmx-DVD; "The Damage is Done". For this third road trip we decided to visit the south of Spain with cities like Gerona, Roses, Figueras and the south of Barcelona with Badalona which is a really nice place for street and maybe the last place where the cops aren't in action because in downtown Barcelona it has become really difficult to ride without cops around you after 5mn. For the south of Spain part, Dimitri IVANOV, Jerome GAUTHIER and Alex DROPSY joined the trip. Alex Piechta was here for the photos and me to manage and film this exciting trip.

bcrossionale 2005 Here is what's going on: Bcrossionale, this little likeable small film festival high up in the north of Germany, goes into the second round. To engage your motivation this summer to lay aside your BMX-Bike and put up your movie camera, we will give away cash-prizes and we will also produce a DVD from all your contributions, which we are going to sell at cost.

Rob Harrison sent in some wethepeople related news: -We're on tour again, this time going East and to Poland. New on the European map it looks like there is a real scene building there an a lot of really enthusiastic riders and involved people. Hopefully the old/new crossover architecture will make out some decent spots and i hope that we'll experience more of Poland itself than simply riding. Just looking at some street maps of Poland makes me think that there's some crazy looking town layouts and if nothing else it's going to be one to remember. Czesc! Yes I even have a borrowed copy of 'Polnisch in 4 Wochen'...not going well. But I'll hopefully have some help from this bunch of wethepeople fools. Ashley Charles, Will Jackson, Stephen Lilly (new guy), Timo Mrukwia and Max Gaertig. There might even be someone qualified with a camera around, but then alcohol makes everyone unqualified....or more qualified depending on how you see it. Set to roll 1st June, spend some time at the Worlds and then move on East until the 14th.

It looks like Nick Busey's preparation for his trip around the world on his BMX bike could use some support. We admire his courage of just grabbing his bike and start pedaling with a few bucks in his pocket. read about his idea and if you see him at your local park, give him some space on your couch and cook him a macaroni and cheese. He'll need that power food to keep pedaling around the globe. Hey everyone, I've been busy training and preparing for my upcoming journey. I leave in just under three months now, and it's time to get everything ready. People have been posting on the forums, and telling their friends. I've seen posts on several message boards and news listings. Donations have been trickling in over the last few weeks, and I really appreciate everyone's support.

Hey! it's time for the......... WOOZYJAM ! 22. may 2005. cologne, heinsberg, germany brrrrrrrrrrrrrr ! Planning on woozyjam is on full throttle, building of the ramps has begun..... see you on Sunday 22 may 2005. Personal note from Woozy: Without positve thinking there would have been no single woozy jam in the last 5 or 6 years.

Jeffrey Bignell used to be one fast BMX racer. He won many titles and then moved his interest into freestyle skiing where he has won many Dutch titles too. Jeffrey is working on a project that shoud be finished at the end of next month. It's a roll-in with a jump at the end, placed in front of a lake. That's how freestyle skiiers practice and Bignell thought it would be cool to let BMX riders use the ramp also. The ramp will have three sections. One for snowboarders, one for skiers and one for BMX. The set-up will be placed at "De Ijzeren Man" in Eindhoven, The Netherlands.

LET THE ‘VERT’-ICAL BATTLE COMMENCE! -The Red Bull Vertical Battle, Old Market Square, Nottingham, 30th July 2005- What do you get if you mix eight of the best international BMX riders with eight world class skateboarders, performing their most impressive tricks on Europe’s largest vert ramp? The answer is the very first Red Bull Vertical Battle, a free skate and BMX event taking over Old Market Square, Nottingham on Saturday 30th July from 6pm! In partnership with Kerrang, the Red Bull Vertical Battle is a free, unticketed event, hosted by the radio stations very own Ed Leigh, along with commentary from the distinctive voice of ‘Grotbags’ - all provided to the backdrop of live music from Kerrang themselves.

THE BMX FREESTYLE WORLDS CHAMPIONSHIP IN PRAGUE Prague central tennis court on Stvanice Island will host flying BMX riders instead of typical tennis balls From June 1st till June 5th Prague will become the number one on the World extreme sport map. The Prague Stvanice Island hosts the World freestyle BMX Championship, the official title is Nokia BMX Freestyle Worlds 2005. Over 500 riders from all over the World will participate in. Freestyle BMX is a leisure BMX variation originated from bicross races and nowadays consists of 5 different disciplines: dirt, street, flatland, miniramp and vert. The race highlight is the contest in the 3.8 meter high vert, located directly on Stvanice central tennis court.

We'll let you wonder a bit about this new BMX flatland frame design before we get you some more info on the peope behind it. Stay tuned to www.fatbmx.com for all the details about this carbon frame. Click the image for a bigger picture.

Looks like this summer will have tons of events going on. Actually it's too much to be at all events ourselves. One of the main series that is going on this summer will be the Dew Action Sports tour. We received an invitation to cover this series of high-bucks contests but it looks like we won't be able to make it to any of these rounds. If you plan on going to one of the events yourself and would like to take some pics and write a story for FATBMX, please get in touch. We'll do our best to get you a press pass so you'll have access to the riders to do interviews, get a parking spot and eat all the available free food you can. I'm sure there's free Mountain Dew too. Anyway, we would like to cover the events on www.fatbmx.com but need someone to help us out. If you know you can do this, send us a mail at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Here's the info on all the tour stops: