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On Saturday 9 September 2006 the Flatland elite will be in paris for the FlatRing contest. With riders on the program such as Viki Gomez, Alex Jumelin, Martti Kuoppa, Bram Verhallen, Terry Adams, Michael Steingraeber, Frank Lukas, York Uno, Matt Wilhelm and a whole bunch more, there is only one spot where you need to be on the second September Saturday. The Cirque d'Hiver, located in the heart of Paris, will host the contest and the riders will battle for 10.000 Euros in prize money. The info lists that this will be the first BMX event in Paris since ten years but I'm sure others will argue that. Needless to say, book your trip to Paris and bring your lady too for some late night romance along the Seine.

If you want to watch practice you gotta show up between 4pm and 7pm. The contest starts at 8pm and will be followed by a Cocktail VIP party. 

Dude, what's going on? Did you see what they're planning to build for the X-Games vert contest? Do you think the chest plates are going to make a return to the pro class? Well, with handrails on the vert ramp you would think that the rider can use any sort of protection possible. Does someone really needs to get seriously hurt before they realize that this is nuts? Or is it a form of progression? Is it going to set the boys and the girls apart on the vert ramp? We don't think there are any  X-games vert riders that are pussies but you really need big balls to attack this beast. Anyway, we've posted a new poll in the right column so you can show what you think. It's possible to click more answers.

After much deliberation and many excellent entries that made the decision process extremely difficult, Nike 6.0 has chosen their Media Apprentice. Ben Green, 19, from Surrey deservedly won the comp after entering with two amazing examples of his work. The first showed his skills as a BMX videographer with well thought out cinematography and interesting choices of locations. His second is a hilarious, brilliantly edited, story of a BMX business man’s journey to work!

The countdown runs: Only 4 days until the Suzuki BMXMasters 2006 starts. Here are the latest news.

-Great prices for the winner of the Suzuki BMXMasters
Besides the cups and the 30,000 Euro prize money which will divided under the pro-winner, we will continue our ‚ring tradition’. Each winner of the pro disciplines dirt, street, miniramp, vert and flatland will receive a handmade Suzuki BMXMasters ring. The winners of the expert and master class will gain phat prices: Each first ranked rider of the master class will receive the Walkman® mobile phone W810i from Sony Ericsson. With the W810i you can listen to your favourite tunes up to 30 hours!! On top, felt bmx provides for the expert and master winners, places 1 to 3, T-Shirts, Caps and supplies as frames, handlebars and forks. Good luck to everybody!

Madison, Wis. July 12, 2006 - Mongoose vert rider Simon Tabron and Mongoose dirt and street rider Cam White are both invited to compete in the 2006 X Games. The invitation-only contest will take place in Los Angeles at the Staple Center August 3-6. 

Cam White is excited about the X Games invitation and looks forward to the competition. "I'm pretty stoked to be invited," said Cam. "I was invited last year but a crash in practice put me out, so I'm pretty happy I get another chance and I'm not going to miss this opportunity again if I can help it." "I've had a broken rib for the past few weeks, so my riding hasn't had much attention which sucks, but I had the first good ride since I broke it before the (recent) CFB contest and it was great to be back and feeling good. My goal for this year was to win a contest. I won the CFB so I'm stoked I achieved my goal and now I'm just having fun and sending myself everyday."

Ryan Guettler had the summer of his life in 2005. Make today a day to remember for the Mirraco rider.
17 July  - Ryan Guettler 1983
18 July  - Josh Stricker 1979

On the initiative of "local" BMXer Jonathan Jansen and sport and recreation Rotterdam, Yi Control organizes a Freestyle BMX contest on Westblaak. “Best of Blaak” takes place on Sunday July 16 and starts at 13.00 hour on the skate course Westblaak in Rottterdam. The event has competitions in the categories: street, mini and highest air (expert and pro). Entry for both the participants and public is free.

The Dew Action Sports Tour, the only season-long professional multi-sport tour in action sports, today announced the winner of the PlayStation(r) Trick of the Week Award from the Panasonic Open. Voting began after competitions ended on Sunday, June 25. Fans were able to view video clips and vote online at dewactionsportstour.com until Sunday, July 2. Fans selected Ryan Nyquist as the PlayStation(r) Trick of the Week winner after he performed a barspin no-footed can-can during the BMX Dirt Finals. Nyquist finished the contest in fourth place and is one of the top competitors in the Dew Tour BMX Dirt competition.

"I'm really excited to win! The barspin no-footed can-can is something I've been working on for a while. I'm also excited to be in the running for trick of the year," said Nyquist.

Nyquist faced stiff competition for the PlayStation(r) Trick of the Week Award. Daniel Dhers, a BMX Park competitor, completed a 360 no-footed can-can tailwhip during the BMX Park Finals.

1 Jam down, now only 3 to go. Just a quick reminder that the Peterborough Y2SK8 Backyard jam qualifier is only one week away! Make sure you keep next weekend free because it is going to be amazing. There are prizes galore for the top 5 qualifying under 14s and the top 10 qualifying over 14s. As I am sure you already know, the only way you can enter the Etnies Backyard Jam in Sheffield is to qualify. So what are you waiting for?

Kampi BMX welcomes everyone to Finland in the end of july tofor the King of Finland BMX event! We are about to experience the largest Finnish BMX jam and competition again this summer in Helsinki, Savela skatepark. The event takes place on saturday, 29th of July with park competition in two different classes: juniors and masters. Also best trick will be voted amongst riders so you can expect some crazy things to happen. After the event we will gather nearby to watch Finnish BMX movies, current editions as well as golden captures from 90's.