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Australian shredder Jason Watts has been added to the HARO program and now rides an SDV2 Dennis Enarson Frame in 21" top tube and he's running some sample Haro Lineage forks and sprocket. Jason is 20 years of age from Brisbane and is currently on his first trip to the USA to compete at the Van Doren Invitational at the US Open in Huntington Beach, CA this Friday.  Jason can blast airs both ways, do all the tech tricks and make it all look proper. A rare combination of

To celebrate the latest collaboration between Etnies and United, Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez and Geoff Slattery will be touring the UK this summer. Check the guys out at these stops:

5 August
2 PM:  Signing at Hardcore Hoboes
5 PM: Demo at Area 25

6 August
2 PM: Signing at Flo Skatepark
4 PM: Demo at Flo Skatepark

If you have no plans for August 16-18th, then show up at the most energetic event of the upcoming summer. Introducing BALTIC GAMES 2013! It all has started in 2007, when a couple of extreme sports fanatics teamed up to create the biggest extreme sports event in Poland. Since then Baltic Games became an institution and a must-see event for everyone that enjoys good entertainment. Ranging from amazing sport shows to festival activities all dipped in great music.

This year’s edition will bring even more kicks and entertainment than all 5 previous ones. Our new partner – VANS – will heat up the crowd red hot, thanks to the invited riders and bands that will rock the stage. Monster Energy Drink – will bring their best riders again this year, and will introduce a HUGE surprise, that will make you jaws drop ! Whole event comes back to the Plac Zebran Ludowych outdoor area – so expect that unmistakeable climate again. Camping zone next to the skatepark, sun, loud rock music, world’s best riders and most important - the most

The 2013 DUB series is one to follow. After stops in Barcelona and Frankfurt, the street riders are now going to meet up in Rotterdam, Netherlands on July 27th. The plan is simple and effective: meet up and ride from spot to spot. After one spot is killed, cruise on to the next one. Feel the power of being a BMX rider when you stop traffic cruising the streets with 500 riders.

After 6 months of shite weather the sun has finally come out. Time to run an online competition where we can give away three pairs of Blueprint sunglasses. The Unisex models that we got sent come with a case and cloth to clean the lenses. One of them even has polarized lenses. The frames are made of memory thermoplastic and have a spring which should help last the shades. Did we tell the lenses are scratch resistant and have a 100% UVA/UVB 400 filter? You get it, these are not just some plastic promotional shades. But what do you need to do to win?

Here's a question for you. On Saturday 10 August, we're having the FATJAM in Aarle-Rixtel. What was the year of the first FATJAM?

In honor of Santa Cruz Skateboard's 40 Year Anniversary, SE Bikes has teamed up with Santa Cruz to offer a one-of-a-kind collaboration bike. The 29” Santa Cruz x SE Big Ripper bike features the iconic Screaming Hand blue colorway with the Speed Wheels Face graphic on the head tube, Screaming Hand shading elements scattered on the frame, the SC logo stamped in the rear dropout, a Santa Cruz 40 Year Anniversary logo embossed seat, and a padset featuring custom SE “Hand” logos drawn by Jim Phillips.

This bike also comes with a limited edition Santa Cruz x SE Screaming Hand skate deck (7.5” x 31”). The deck features a custom SE “Hand” decktop graphic drawn by the legendary Jim 

ESPN, the leading action sports content provider and creator of the X Games, has chosen Austin, Texas, as the next North American host city for the X Games. The Texas capital will host an X Games summer event for four years beginning in May 2014 at the new 1,500-acre Circuit of The Americas sports and entertainment complex in southeast Austin. The selection follows a highly competitive eight

After signing a deal with a major distributor in Japan, Freegun is proud to announce the addition of Japanese flatland phenomenon Yohei “Ucchie” Uchino to the Freegun family. Ucchie has been killing it on the back wheel for years now and has numerous big contest wins and podiums under his belt, along with a NORA Cup for number one flatland rider of the year. Ucchie joins a stacked team of riders in Europe, as well as Freegun’s entire U.S. BMX team including Terry Adams, Daniel Sandoval, Ben Hucke, AJ Anaya, Alex Jumelin, Sebasian Smith, Nina Buitrago, Tyler Gilliard, Kaden Stone, Victor Peraza,

On Wednesday, July 17 at 10 a.m. ET, ESPN will announce the next North American City to host a summer X Games event. The four finalist cities are: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit, Michigan. The announcement is the conclusion to a competitive selection process that began in October, 2012. In January, ESPN announced 13 qualified potential host cities, with official proposals from cities due on April 2. The four finalist cities were officially announced later in April.

The 2013 Vans US Open of Surfing, owned and operated by IMG, will take a step out of the water when artists such as Modest Mouse, The Faint and Twin Shadow hit the House of Vans Stage for one of the most anticipated programs during the Open. The annual music stage is the largest free concert stage of the summer and will feature performances by some of today’s most creative musical acts entertaining hundreds of thousands of fans over the course of two nights.

This year’s musical line-up will include indie rock Grammy nominated artist Modest Mouse, dance-punk band The Faint, and critically acclaimed alternative pop artist Twin Shadow – making
it the soundtrack of the summer. The festival will also feature