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Allan Cooke likes touring. He likes it so much that he fixed a co-sponsorship with Eastern Bikes so he could be part of their tours. Allan also bought a huge RV so he can live on the road whenever he feels like it. But there's more, Allan is the one who started the Local Exposure tour last year. The idea behind it is to visit local parks with a bunch of (pro) riders and check on the local talent. At each stop the locals end up with cool prizes from Allan's sponsors (Specialized, Boost, FOX, DC, Mountain Dew). The pros then pick an overall winner that can hop in the tour vehicle the next year. Last year's winner Quinn Semling enjoyed the privilege in 2005. With so much talent around at the local parks, combined with riding from Morgan Wade, Dan Sieg, Will Love, Allan Cook, Brian Kachinsky, Dave Freimuth and Leigh Ramsdell, it is agreat idea to make a DVD out of it. Throw in characters Micah Kranz, Biz and Catfish and you've got some humor on board.

The intro is well done. Everyone on the tour gets described with the help of a T-shirt, a hat and an illustration. There is attention to detail that you will understand when you know the riders.. 

Name: Dave Dillewaard
Age: 22
Hometown: Redcliffe, Australia

Last time we did an interview you just got out of Australia and hit up a few contests in Europe before making the trip to the USA. How have things developed for you?
Yeah that was a long time ago now. I actually was in the US for about a month before those contests. I was living with Josh Harrington, Darden, Nyquist and Bohan in Salt Lake City. Everyone was out of town and Nyquist was heading over to Europe for a few comps. I was pretty much broke so I wasn't going anywhere, but Ryan helped me out massively and got me a flight to France for FISE and then we took a train to England for bike 03. Ended up doing an interview with you and making a little needed cash so I was stoked. That year I got picked up by GT and everything has been a lot easier.

Arcadia, California – Crupi is proud to announce that Mike Moeller has signed with Crupi for the 2006 season.  Mike was an original member of the Crupi/Challenge Team back in 2000 and ‘01, then moved up to the Crupi Factory Team in ’02 and ’03.  Mike has since proven himself as a top 10 AA Pro and will be Crupi’s only Pro rider for 2006.

Cristian Becerine and Jason Richardson who have been with Crupi through the ’04 and ’05 seasons will move on to new teams in 2006 and Crupi would like to express how much they have enjoyed having them both on the team

SHADOWS AMERICAN PREMIER DATES FEATURING ALISTAIR WHITTON, BYRON ANDERSON, JOE SIMON, JOHN JENNINGS, RYAN SHER. The Shadow Conspiracy Premier BMX video release parties will be happening all over the country

December 9,10,11,12, 2005 at a local bike shop listed below. There is going to be more shops added but we wanted to start getting the word out as early as we could. So if you do not see you local shop listed bug them to set one up by calling Sparky's Distribution.

Each of these shops are not only going to open their doors for you to come hang and watch a video but they are supporting the local scene and giving you a chance to be one of the first to check the new Shadow video.

Also as a bonus your local shop will be one of the only shops in the world to have the Shadow video untill the week of the 12th. So if you want to be the first to get your grubby little hands on the first ever Shadow video, make it out and support your local shop.