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Okay BMX-ers, we need your vote again. Jamie Bestwick has been nominated for an Espy award. It's a pretty big deal as Lance Armstrong is the host of the awards that are held on 16 July 2006.

Jamie is up against some serious competition in the form of Ricky Carmichael, Shaun White, Kelly Slater and Jeremy Stenberg in the male action sports category.

The more promotion this award thingy gets for [url=//fatbmx.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=1211]Jamie[/url] among BMX-ers, the better. I just voted for the Brit and would like to see him win this. Can't wait for the speech he'll come up with (Anton aus Tirol?).

If you're down with Jamie (and who isn't), make sure to [url=http://espn.go.com/espy2006/]VOTE HERE[/url].

3 July  - Jimmy Walker 1971
5 July  - Daniel Mini 1969
5 July  - David Lombard 1974
6 July  - Ralph Sinisi 1975
7July  - Phil Dolan 1971
8 July  - Armen Djerrahian1969

International starters: Already one month before the Suzuki BMXMasters 2006 will start we have 142 registered riders from over 26 nations and every day we receive more. The latest announcements are for example Ahmad Shaiful Azis from Malaysia and Chi Siang Low from singapore. So check from time to time the current starterline under .

Anticipation: The Vert-rider Simon Tabron won lately the BMX Vert competition at the Dew Action Sports Tour. So we are really looking forward to his run at the Suzuki BMXMasters...We think it will rule!

Merchandise: From now on you can buy and wear shirts with the Suzuki BMXMasters 2006 design. T-Shirts and Longsleeves in different colours and sizes are available the BMX Masters website or on site in Cologne.

Lottery: You can win 20 CDs from Ninja Tune on .  The Underground

Companies receive numerous e-mails from kids who want to be sponsored. Dudes, this is your chance. 4Down distribution are going to make one rider happy with a 12 month sponsorship. Receive a package in the mail once a month with product from the following companies: Lavar, United, Bicycle Union, Lord Clothing, ABikeCo., FBM, Atilla, Shitluck and Coalition. Damn that sounds good, all of a sudden you pick up not one but nine sponsors! What you have to do is film a video part. Simple as that.

The Shadows are coming to Europe to ride and party. From 7 - 21 August the following team riders will be on the road: Ali Whitton, Byron Anderson, Joe Simon, John Jennings, Ryan Sher, Owain Clegg, Matt Roe, Alex Dropsy, Kevin Guerdner plus a mystery guest. Hope that's not The Gonz. They've got two official stops on the program that are set up with the help of their distributors in England (Seventies) and France (Frenchys).

The open park session with BBQ in the UK will be held on 10 August

Vult’s newest dvd finished and available. This DVD actually comes both vids (Aloha, B-Sides) on 1 disc. As a bonus the new packaging is half the weight and 1/4 the size of regular ammary cases. We are planning on the disc to retailing for $12 in the US.
Aloha, 25mins Rich Hirsch, Kevin Porter, Brian Kachinski, Mike Saavedra, Mike O’Donnell and Aaron Nardi go to Hawaii for some fun in the sun. This video documents the crew leading up to the trip, the trip, and the return back to Cali. Lots of good riding, good music, good times, and some nice scenery. This video looks amazing (shot completely with the Panasonic DVX100A), sounds good, has some fun edits, and overall is pretty damn entertaining.

Let's keep the $ 5000,= USD in the hands of a BMX-er. The Dew Action Sports Tour is hosting a best trick of the week contest and Ryan Nyquist, Chad Kagy and Daniel Dhers are running against a skatebaorder and a freestyle motocross guy. This is already a good thing because there is more chance of a BMX-er winning than a skateboarder of FMX-er. Anyway, [url=http://www.dewactionsportstour.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=107]click this link[/url] and follow the steps. According to Ryan it is possible to vote up to 20 times so go crazy. Ryan is doing a barspin no foot cancan on dirt. Kagy does a 540 flatspin flair on vert and Daniel Dhers pulls a 3-whip with a no-footed can can in there.

FBMBMX will be holding a Jam at the X-dreams park in the bowl on Sunday July 23rd. They're putting 500 bucks up for best line/trick with the help of Duffs, and Leland will be in a chicken suit. If you fancy dressing up yourself you can be awarded with a random $ 100 USD cash handout. Making money has never been this easy. The event is only a couple of days before the annual Kink Demolition Derby so lots of people should be in town. Are you down for a bowl of creamy ghetto flavor?

Hit up [url=http://www.fbmbmx.com] the FBM website[/url] for the latest.

The Flat Art Crew is putting on a Funk BMX movie night. Instead of soccer they'll show BMX at the Haus Der Kunst in Stuttgart, Germany. Next to the Deluxe BMX videos they'll have a live flatland show planned on July 1st. The BMX flatland show starts at 21:30pm and the film starts at 22:00pm. It's free to attend.

Next to this news blurb, Flo Sailer had the following to report:

T-mobile will wire the whole Rebel Jam area with free wireless lan access and they will set up 5 computers for web access at anytime for the riders and media. They also will present a short 4-minute clip at [url=http://www.rebeljam.com/]RebelJam.com[/url] to show a highlight cut of the weekend. T-Mobile will be added subtly with "wireless support by"  on the ads and posters.

Andy Zeiss (co-organizer of the event): "It was important to us that T-mobile will have a usefull intergration at the Rebel Jam. We think it´s an enrichment for everyone. So don't forget to bring your pc!"