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Did we see a BMX revolution last Friday in Berlin, Germany? Maybe not, but it was something different and everyone had a good time. This might be a start of something new because things worked out so good that "the next Red Bull Revolution" should only be a matter of time. Riders showed up on Tuesday already for the race that was moved to Friday 24 August, an odd day to have an international BMX race, but if you've got Red Bull's promotion power you can move a race to a Friday night.

The Mellowpark in Berlin was the location for the event. It's got some BMX history but in the for of freestyle events. A BMX race track was missing so a deal was made with Red Bull to do a race at their venue, and keep the track afterwards. A win-win situation. A trails session took place on Tuesday night with most racers participating. A welcome speech followed and everyone got put up in the nice Penta hotel.

Wednesday was a day for practice on the track that got a lot of

The Razer BMX Spine Battle went off last weekend in Cologne, Germany. Riders from all over gathered on the Razer mini ramp to session in front of what would total to around 280,000 people at the largest video game show in Europe. A whole new contest format was put to the test: After a normal qualifier, 12 riders were to participate in a lottery. In each round, one rider's name was chosen, and that rider had the pressurizing decision of choosing who to battle against. The battle was decided by one vote from the crowd, one vote from

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-Forks: Answer SS edition
-Headset: FSA Impact
-Stem: S&M SS edition
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-Street rider: Kyle Baldock
-Dirt rider: Dane Searls
-Flatland rider: Mathias Dandois
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