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Diamondback Signs Brandon Turner Kent, WA – Diamondback is extremely pleased to announce the addition of Brandon Turner to its team roster. Brandon will soon be working with Diamondback and the rest of the team to develop a new 20.75â€? ‘boneless’ (wishboneless seat tube / seat stay juncture) traditional BMX frame. Brandon is as thrilled to be part of the team as Diamondback is to have him on it.

ROLL INTO ACTION – NASS IS BACK - The Ultimate Urban Sports Festival Returns - Returning to its spiritual home at the Bath & West Showground with an outrageous line-up of events, athletes and musical talent, NASS ’05 is set to be the biggest Urban Sporting Festival on this year’s European calendar. Kicking off 8th July, NASS ’05 will witness an unparalleled mix of global superstars in action: from Vert legends to Moto-X heroes, lyrical masters to turntable wizards. For the eighth year running forty five thousand x-sports junkies will gear up for three days of non-stop urban street culture. Leading attraction ‘Kings’ of Vert is back; officially the biggest Vert comp this side of the Atlantic, with Mat Hoffman the US legend leading the global line up of BMX,

Jim Cielencki and Kink have parted ways. Jim and Kink have decided to go in different directions. After almost seven years of loyal riding and working for Kink, Jim has decided to concentrate and put his efforts behind his own projects, which include Sunday skate and bike store in Buffalo, NY. Kink already recently added Danny Hickerson to the team while keeping its eye out to maintain a fresh team. Jim Cielencki had to say the following:

April 1st was not a Fools day, Paul's Boutique BMX organised a huge party for all friends and customers to thank for their support for the last 10 years. People from all over the country and even Belgium and Germany showed up and were drinking one of the 1200 bottles of Bavaria beer or were BBQ-ing till late in the evening.

We would like to welcome Eastpak to the list of FATBMX sponsors. Not only are they backing this website, their BMX team is one of the biggest in existence and you probably recognize a name or two, or three, or four... The full and official Eastpak International Team List (12): Nathan Penonzek Travis Collier Viki Gomez Zach Shaw OBG

Psykopath industries press release: Psykopath industries has recruted some of the best pro bmxers and street riders. Listed below are our pro race and street team. They will be hitting as many street contest/race nationals awaking the psykopath within. Look for them to be sporting their U.S made frames, sprockets, necks, and gear. Psycopath industries is a rider owned company that supports all disciplines of all bmx riding. If you think you are psycopath and looking to join the factory squad, we are taking resumies so plz contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or call us at 1-510-287-2637

With the HARO UK tour/Bike Show and Paul's Paultique 10 years anniversay/mini FAT-JAM going on last weekend neither one of us could make it to the Joe Kid on a Stingray premiere in Hollywood. We're actually bummed to have missed this event and are looking forward to see the Bang Pictures movie on the history of BMX. Dimitri Coste from France was fortunate enough to make it to Hollywood for the premiere and sent us some snapshots. Thanks for that Dimitri.

Long time pro vert rider John Parker is starting a magazine. It will be a quarterly publication with some strong distribution (40.000). Jared Souney and Paul Zitzer are on board as partners. First issue will be out in July. You can sign up for the newsletter. Go to [url=http://www.sophride.com/]sophride[/url] for the details. Sophride will also be airing on TV during the Mobile Skatepark Series. Look for the two minute segments on Fox Sports. John Parker: "We will be showcasing Sophisticated Riders and news from the action sports world. Check back for features and air dates. Got a Sophisticated idea? e-mail me at: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it."

- Props has finished production on a 30 minute special episode of the 2005 Toronto Metro Jam for FUEL TV that will be airing in April. Check www.fuel.tv for more information. - Stew Johnson and the Odyssey Team will be heading out on a 10 day road trip across the South East for Props Video Magazine Issue #56. - Props Video Magazine Issue #56 will include a RED BULL bonus DVD featuring the Red Bull Team in Mexico and well as the RED BULL Drenaje, which was a huge contest in the sewers of Mexico City. The two-disc DVD will be shipping on June 2nd.

We receive some strange press releases here at FATBMX. When a legendary BMX wheel manufacturer hires a PR agency to write up a press release, you can expect something like this: LEGENDARY EXTREME BMX COMPANY SKYWAY TAPS ROCK STARS & APPAREL TRENDSETTERS; GRAPHITE WHEEL COMPANY TAKES GLOBAL AIM AT YOUTH MARKET LOS ANGELES, CA – MARCH 29, 2005 – Skyway BMX, makers of the Tuff Wheel and the company responsible for the mag wheel phenomenon of the 1970’s and 80's, is re-emerging as a must have “old Skoolâ€? product for a new generation of street riders. With a new version of the infamous Tuff Wheel ll, the groundbreaking Graphite wheel company is teaming up with extreme music and apparel industries to capture spending dollars of urban youth by plugging directly into their world.