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Name: Barry Kohne
Age: 23
Hometown: Amsterdam, NL.
Sponsors: MankindBikeco, Carhartt, Etnies, KingKong.

Frame: Mankind Asadi 2.0, 20.8 tt
Fork: Mankind Asadi
Stem: Mankind Archangel

My son is 4 years old. He rides his Haro Z12 like he's possessed. Head down and pedaling as fast as he can until the situation is there to hit the coaster brake for a skid. Gotta love it. When Philip saw the new Freedom BMX mag on the kitchen table he yelled out; "Wow, vet cool! " He has already learned the popular slang language at school. Things go fast at his age. Philip wasn't actually referring to the German magazine in general (his German isn't there yet) but he noticed all the free stickers that were wrapped around the outside of the mag. His bike is blue and he's got those fuorescent thingies in the spokes that the wife gave him when I was out of town. It makes his bike look like a carnaval but whatever, he likes it so that's okay. From all the stickers on the magazine I told him to pick three for his bike. Here's what he chose: A PURPLE How's my riding? sticker, a GREEN Peoples store sticker and a dark grey Freedom BMX sticker.

Omar at Animal sent us some product info that we're showing right here. Starting off with the plastic bar ends in 6 different colors. Just like the white Edwin grips, they're in stock now. Expected in May are Animal socks: The Upper West Sock (Long socks) will be available in Black/ White and Purple/Gold. The Lower East Sock (Ankle Sock) will

If you're looking for a new magazine to read we can tell you what's inside RIDEbmx Issue 143. Cover: Liam Fahy Hampton descends a sixteen-stair the hard way, two tires on the rail. Here's a movie of it too, in case you don't believe what you see. No trick photography by Fudger.
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Editor in Chief, Keith Mulligan sheds a sliver of light on how an issue of the magazine comes together.

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While vert riders may be few and far between, the ones who ride on a regular basis are nothing short of amazing.

Working on a product for months and months can be a headache. To finally see the product show up is a big relieve. The Beloe shoes are about to hit the market and it's a big day for the new shoe company with Brian Osborne at the helm. In the meantime Beloe have had time to set up distribution for their shoes and they set up a killer team. Learn more about Beloe by visiting their website:

After 21 issues the Zwanzig Zoll crew have managed to finish an issue on time. For 2008 they are trying to do that 4 more times meaning that this year Zwanzig Zoll will come out with five issues. Not only big plans there, Zwanzig will start working on their website soon to make it better. An idea is to put all old issues of Zwanzig Zoll magazines online like we are doing with the FAT-'zines. It's nothing new, but it saves everyone who has been collecting magazines some space in storage.  Issue 22 has the following items:

News, Simpel Session, Maxsomenoise, Small Talk Jimmy LeVan & Mark Webb, Jump the Bum, Battle in da Club, Mellowpark Demo, Photo contest, Bcrossionale, Der Eine und der Kleine, Darkwood Jam, Patrick Gross explains Mexico, Hidden Island.

Here are a few pages to give you an idea what the mag looks like:

Steve Crandall over at Fat Bald Men hired the best male models he could find (or afford) to show off the line of new T-shirts that they just received. The model names (of the T-shirts!!) are:
-Live Fast Dial
-Stay Fat (love that one)
-Lords of Fun
-The sword
-Priest
-5 eyed shirts

Thomas Goering just got back from a recent Taiwan and brought back some interesting prototypes, like this new seat/seatpost-combo that is being tested right now. With a total weight of 190g/6.7oz (including the alloy seat post!), this gem weighs less than your average seat alone. Because most riders ride their seat at the same angle anyway, we figured that there’s no  need for 

Name: Chase Hawk
Age: 21
Hometown: Austin, TX
Sponsors: FIT BIKE CO., FOX, VANS ,EMPIRE, ODYSSEY

Frame: FIT HAWK SIGNATURE 20.5
Fork: FIT BLADE LITE 3/8 

M3 GAS PEDAL
* Lightweight cast alloy bodies
* Removable Allen screw traction pins
* Hardened 4130 chromoly spindles
* Sealed bearings
* Colors: Raw, Black
Info: www.mirrabikeco.com