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Yo here's another 1 4 tha "NEWS" Update, this time around I played an Irish gang member that ends Up gettin' shot by our enemies tha Italians. Mike Vallely, pro skateboarder is N tha film as well, It's funny cause N real life I'm an Irish/Italian/Swedish white boy, I could B on both sides. Anyhow my boy Tony Canonico made tha film & he's tha bomb, check more of tha film out @:

SNICKERS is back for its third year at Download, the only UK festival to showcase BMX, skate and live rock music at one event. SNICKERS announces further details of its skate and BMX schedule with the introduction of SNICKERS UK FRIDAY at the SNICKERS BOWL. Taking place on day one of the Donnington event (Friday 9th June), SNICKERS UK Friday provides a platform for British BMX talent and a chance for UK athletes to ride the awesome SNICKERS BOWL, previously open to invited international pros only. The size of an Olympic swimming pool but twice as deep – this hugely anticipated and unmissable structure comes to the UK just once a year.

The best-established British riders and next generation of UK talent will come together as thirteen riders compete in this invitation only jam. 

EVENT CANCELLED!

Due to expected bad weather, the 2006 Huerth Ditch Jam in Germany has been cancelled. So is the Zion Jam.

New dates will be announced a.s.a.p.

Pete's Ditch is the venue of the jam that is scheduled for 29 April next. The Ditch is located in the Cologne, Germany area and starts at 15:00hr and will go on until it gets dark. There will be a few new cemented hits and good music all day.  The Germ Ditch is located at the old Klaerwerk in Huerth, near Cologne. With spots like this it's always good to have some good directions because nobody in the area will know what you are looking for.

"Yeah, you know, concrete banks and stuff to ride bikes......."

Writing reviews is a tough task. You don't want to piss the makers off who have spent months getting the thing produced but it's no use either to praise every production so you lose track of what's good, and what's not. We like to give fair reviews to every DVD we get sent. We also apologize if the reviews take a while before they're up. It's simply how things go sometimes. Transcend is a production of Ty Stuyvesant & Steve Machuga who spent over a year to collect all the footage and then edited it to this very DVD. It has basically 14 rider sections with some freestyle skiing thrown in for (good) measure. Riders include Sean Burns, Anthony Napolitan, Ryan Worcester, Dennis McCoy, Jamie Bestwick, Seth Holton, Steve Machuga, Harrison Boyce, Nick Halsey, Dan Montgomery and more. Each of them have a section with one better than the other but with this group of riders you are guaranteed to have some quality riding going on. Harrison Boyce and Nick Halsey impressed me with their part and so did Ryan Worcester. 

Big, Big News!!!!!! As of yesterday Scotty Cranmer and Felt Bicycles have extended their contract at least until the end of 2008. Felt could not be happier with Scotty and what he is doing to spread the good Felt word. Scotty has been with Felt Bicycles since 2003 and we really wanted to keep the momentum going, both Scotty and Felt are happy about the deal and looking forward to a great future together.

Alan Foster/TM

They hail from Devon, they live to ride, and they go under the name of ‘the moVment’. Notorious to Devon, these local BMX’ers are hosting their third annual ‘moVment Jam’ on 27th and 28th May, at local Decoy Park, with an opportunity for any amateur riders to come along and take part, or simply watch the event unfold. It all started in 2003, when a small group of likeminded BMX’ers from Newton Abbot came together to create a low key BMX jam in response to their local trails being closed. Following an unprecedented response from the local community, Teignbridge Council resolved to work alongside the BMX enthusiasts to help respond to health and safety concerns, and support their dreams for a better facility ... and so the Movement Jam was born!

Now in its third year, and charging £5 to compete, proceeds from the Jam will go towards “The Decoy Misfits BMX Dirt Club” - a local skate/bmx park for the whole community and with a recent injection of £5,000 from the National Lottery fund and support from the local council, the target of £100,000 is beginning to look very possible.

Kore Bike Industries are presenting the Props Mega Tour 5 video on 28 April next. If the video alone isn't reason enough to go, they've got free pizza, beer and soda. They're giving out some prizes too from their sponsors of the night. Kore Bike Industries is located in Tempe, Arizona, USA. If it's worth a drive up there for free food and a video premier depends on where you're at.

The folks at KHE are looking for a new graphic and web designer. Skills and Needs they're looking for:
* Creation of print advertisement
* Place of work: KHE headquarters in Karlsruhe, Germany
* Graphic know-how: CorelGraphicSuite or Adobe Photoshop/Illustrator
* Webdesign and programming know-how: HTML, CSS, PHP

LG Action Sports have put together the 2006 contest schedule. Although the plan was to do a lot more, the 2006 schedule will take you all over the place. It might even come to a town near you. Please note that not all dates/places are 100% confirmed yet. Check the FATBMX event schedule for the latest happenings.

Date                Event            Location                                                  
17-18-June  ASWT        Richmond, VA  
                                
14-15-July     LG Action Sports World Tour Amsterdam, NED   
             
29-30-July     LG Action Sports World Tour (in conjunction with NASS) TBD, UK 

12-13-Aug   Action Sports World Tour Miami, FL     
                                
26-27-Aug   LG Action Sports World Tour Berlin, GER

Send a cake to Corey Martinez. It's his birthday today!

24 april  - Corey Martinez 1983
26 april - Jason Davies 1970
30 april  - Chris Doyle 1981
30 april  - Robert de Wilde
30 april -  Jamie Staff