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Round 9 of the 2006 ABA Pro series national events was held this past weekend at the Rockford BMX track. Rockford is known as one of the smoothest and fastest tracks on the national tour and is one of the best tracks in the nation. A purse power track, Rockford showcases the riders that have been putting in the time training. Hot and humid conditions met the riders smack on at the start of the race weekend on Saturday, and Sunday was an all day rain laden race day. Both days had exciting race action from the Double A Marketing pros who were in attendance. Here is how Kyle Bennett and Randy Stumpfhauser finished up the weekend:

Kyle Bennett has become the most dominant AA Pro in the past month. Kicking things off last weekend with 2 Elite Pro wins in Evansville, Kyle backed it up with another 2 huge AA Pro wins at the Rock. On Saturday, Kyle won all 3 AA Pro main events, pulling every AA Pro in Rockford. Kyle had huge leads and his trademarked effortless looking riding style had all the pros scratching their heads.

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LOS ANGELES – ESPN’s X Games announces the first wave of athletes who have been invited to compete at X Games 12, to be held in Los Angeles August 3-6, 2006. All athletes receiving invitations to compete at X Games 12 are chosen by a sport-specific selection committee. Criteria and timing of invitations varies by sport and discipline, as it is based on the state and event schedules of that particular sport. The only exception is each gold medalist from X Games 11 (2005) receives an automatic invitation to compete. Information on each committee and its sport’s invitation process can be found on each X Games sport organizer website. 

Following on from the success of previous years, SNICKERS is bringing back its Best Trick competition activity at local skate and BMX events across the UK. It’s an initiative where everyone’s a winner. We will reward those that are laying down the tricks regardless of their ability. This means that the 10 year old who drops in for the first time is just as likely to get a share as the pro who is 10ft out the top of a vert ramp. Last summer, over 20 Snickers Best Tricks took place around the UK at events. This year, Snickers has a larger stash of cash to give away and is committed to making even more of these competitions happen. The Snickers Best Trick is an opportunity for riders to throw their best moves in a 30–45 minute jam session. Riders get countless attempts to try their biggest and hardest tricks within the time limit, and those that manage to pull them off to the crowd and judges’ satisfaction take home cash. Sweet! The best trick is always the most crowd pleasing and dynamic of any event: a very simple concept that enables riders to push themselves outside the normal limits of competition structure. 

Mike Aitken & Matt Berenger are headed up again for the Street Justice VI contest in Canada as well as Rob - O & Brian Foster. 1664-Bernie had Nate Wessel designing the Course and his right hand man Ryan Corrigan flying up to build this sucker so you know the course is going to be insane. Bernie has already seen plans on one crazy ramp, so who knows what else these guys are gonna do with all this wood & pneumatic nail guns!

July 8, 2006. 1664 Headquarters, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Yo dawg's what Up? I'm gettin' ready 4 tha Dew Tour & the Warped Tour, I recently filmed 4 a NEW TV Show called, "The Grindz". It's an hip-hop/action sports show hosted by Prodical Sunn of tha dope-ass rap group called, Wu-Tang. It was cool, positive & stain' on Ur grind.

Hope all Is well with U all & thanx 4 tha support!

THorne Biker-N-Black

New designed street course at the Suzuki BMXMasters Like every year there will be a new street course with all the fun stuff for example spine, wall, ledge etc. It will be a mixture of real street and transitioned obstacles.
Lounge for everybody There will be no backstage areas at the Suzuki BMXMasters. So all visitors and riders can hang out and exchange together. We will arrange a big lounge at the Cologne Jugendpark with cool seats and delicious catering. Chill-out and be together!

Thank you for your submission!!!

We will post the details of the winners here on FATBMX.com, so keep checking the site.

The Dew Action Sports Tour previewed its second season Thursday, June 15 in New York City with BMX Park and Vert athlete Dave Mirra and Shaun White, the winner of the 2005 Dew Action Sports Tour Panasonic Open in Skateboard Vert. Mirra and White were interviewed by Matt Lauer on NBC's Today Show. Said Mirra, on the difference between the tour and the X Games: "What's great about the Dew Series is that it's a five-city, five-stop tour. X Games is one big hit; (you) go out there and have a good day (or) have a bad day and it's over with. We have five different stops throughout the country and you gotta be consistent. So if you can win a title at the end of the year, which is for huge prize money, it's amazing." Later in the day, Mirra participated in a NBC affiliate satellite media tour. Mirra was also interviewed live on the Ron Seggi Radio Show and, on June 14, he appeared on SportsNet New York's "Daily News Live." 

The NBL race in Evansville saw some winners (Kyle Bennett) and some people injured (Lundy lost his kidney). We've got the results for you and also two press releases that we received from Double A marketing and Formula.

SUNDAY
Elite Men
1 Kyle Bennett
2 Jason Rogers
3 Robert de Wilde
4 Donny Robinson
5 Mike Day
6 Matt Pohlkamp
7 Javier Colombo
8 Jarrett Kolich