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Fans Choose Mike Laird As Winner After Flawless Double Tailwhip 360 at Tour's Right Guard Open The Dew Action Sports Tour, the first-ever, season-long professional multi-sport tour in action sports, today announced the winner of the PlayStation Trick of the Week Award from the Right Guard Open. Mike Laird won Trick of the Week with his perfect double tailwhip 360 during BMX Park Finals. "Winning the PlayStation Trick of the Week is great;

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Ultimate global action sports and music festival return to Perth For the second consecutive year, Western Australia will play host to the ultimate international action sports and music festival, Gravity Games H20, presented by Vodafone, to be staged in Perth from October 6 to 9, 2005 A dynamic field of more than 110 elite action sport athletes from across the globe will compete for up to AUD $170,000 in prize money across three medal events of Wakeboarding, Kiteboarding and for the first time, freestyle Thundercats. Non-medal events will include Freestyle Moto X, BMX, Skate and In-line Vert Ramp exhibitions.

EASTPAK ANTIDOTE TOUR 05 MILLENCOLIN (Swe) FLOGGING MOLLY (USA) RANDY (Swe) THE UNSEEN (USA) EASTPAK, VANS and BURNING HEART RECORDS are teaming up with THE AGENCY GROUP to give YOU the tour experience of the year: THE EASTPAK ANTIDOTE! Four amazing bands will beat the dust off the European roads starting on October 30 in Great Britain, followed by stops in Belgium, The Netherlands, Germany, Spain, France and Austria before the grand finalé in Gothenburg, Sweden on the November 20.

Newport Beach, CA, July 13, 2005: Fox Riders Company (Fox) today announced the launch of its new performance footwear line - the world's first action sports branded running shoes. The Tech Perfection, Siege, Featherweight, Powerband and Freeway fuse the spirit and attitude of Fox with cutting edge performance footwear technology, fit and function. Fox Footwear is now available at retailers worldwide and also online at foxfootwear.com.

Al Dimino wanted to inform everyone that Hackettstown park has been saved by skate 57. The folks at skate 57 out of Philly have taken over the park. The new management is awesome and they have already added some new ramps and will continue to revamp sections of the park, props to them for keeping the park a float as we all need a great place to ride and have fun. The new owners have asked me to have a bmxinvasion event to kick things off. I will be hosting the "bike to school" contest on August 27th, 2005 a Saturday all day event. I recently tweaked my ankle so I'm down for a few weeks recovering and figured this would be a good time to shout out to all of you for a request to supply some products for this event rather than make it a last minute request. The new owner Brandon is a cool dude and is down with bmx. I really appreciate it that he has taken over the park along with a few friends in order to keep it available for riders to enjoy.The a/c is working again! I am looking forward to see you there. AL DIMINO

Press Release The days are counting down to 1664's STREET JUSTICE V Competition! Riders have already started to arrive in Edmonton, to session all the new skateparks and hot spots before the event. The ramp crew has been hard at work putting in 14 hour days for that past 2 weeks to make sure this years course is better then ever. The prizes are in and the cash money is counted! To much info to list here, so get all the details by checking out http://www.1664bmx.com/sj05.htm Riley

We would like to invite yo to the 3rd annual OG Summer Gypsy Games Flatland Contest and Camp. The event is perfect for everyone who prefers events with really relaxed atmosphere and friendly vibe. The location is situated in the Transdanubia, just above the lake Balaton. From the Austrian border you only have to drive around 100km to reach the city. We chose this city just because all the circumstances are perfect for a relaxed comp and camp: everything is really close, cheap, and quiet, it has great pubs and nice environment. The courts are located in a school, it looks like a small kind of park. Location: the city of Ajka, Hungary /cca. 150km from Budapest to the west/, Vorosmarty iskola /secondary school Date: Camp 1-5 August, Contest 6-7 August Classes: Expert, Master and Pro

The Flat Time King 2005 contest will be held in Echirolles (38), France on 1 & 2 October. You've got some time left to practice and then make your way over there for some riding.

Dave Mirra Takes Home ESPY for Best Male Action Sports Athlete of the Year 07-15-05 Los Angeles, CA - July 13, 2005 - BMX star Dave Mirra took home the ESPY for Best Male Action Sports Athlete of the Year defeating a host of other deserving candidates. In a star-studded room full of celebrities and sports legends, Dave Mirra's name was heard echoing through the air as the recipient of this year's ESPY for the Best Male Action Sports Athlete of the year. With 18 X Games medals, 13 of which are gold, Dave is the most decorated X Games athlete of all time. Having competed in every X Games to date, Dave has swept his two premier events, the BMX Vert and Park competitions four times.