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The Red Bull Backyard Digger’s last stop greets a dream spot in Doetinchem. In three days time the local Dirtbikers and BMXers, together with the international Red Bull Backyard Digger Team, and built a professional dirt spot with lines suitable for different levels. On Tuesday the 12 of august at 15.00 the Alderman of the municipality Koos Kuiper together with Huup Hakvoort founder of SFA (Stichting Freeride Achterhoek) opened the spot. The Red Bull DJ

After an incredible weekend of riding by all, Jeremiah Smith, 21, left no doubt who would be the 2008 King of New York Pro Champion. It was his to lose as Jeremiah slammed the door on the eighteen other pros competing by qualifying first on Saturday. He kept up the intensity during Sunday’s Final with smooth riding and flow, busting out non-stop with tricks like wall-ride to barspin, double whips, wall-ride to tuck no hander, barspin-to-tailwhip, and no-brake tire tap to foot jam on the big sub. Second place finisher Dzavid Radoncic,

Man, if we have to summarize this week we can also include last weekend's FAT-JAM which turned out to be great. And those lake jumping fans who did not get to jump in the rain on Sunday will be taken care of in 2009, just so you know. But last weekend already looks so far away. Time moves on in full speed and we're always looking ahead. But before we do that here's some news that you 

Christoph Huber of Mankind Bikes sent over some news. We're passing it on right here:
-Australian young shredder Chris Courtenay is now riding for Mankind downunder. Thanks to Mike Daly at our Australian distributor Kickassbmx for getting Chris on the team.

-Please check out all new Mankind products at the upcoming tradeshows Euro Bike & Inter Bike. Mankind will be having a booth at EURO BIKE, Friedrichshafen, 04-07 of Sept 08 (Booth 505, Hall B4) and INTER BIKE, Las Vegas, 24-26 of Sept 08 (System Cycle Booth – No. 5563). Come and check it out.

-Mankind Californian sunny boy Christian Rigal is currently in Reno 

The SNAFU 8.6 Race at the 20th FAT JAM was missing someone: McGoo: where were you? Since SNAFU is the sponsor of this 8.6 race the Dutch distributor took the organisation over this time. 8.6 is a "special" beer from Bavaria with more alcohol than regular beers so the 86 is not 1986 as Mike from Carhartt thought when he saw the new FAT JAM stickers....

The SNAFU 8.6 race is easy to organise: Take some cones, a shitty bike, some warm 8.6 beers, a watch/phone and you are set. The first drinker/rider was Jonathan from Rotterdam and he was very fast: 41 seconds (Drink a bottle of warm 8.6 than slalom the cones and slalom back to the finish line) so the Hardcore drinkers from Aarle-Rixtel got scared at first. Bern is still injured so the Bernbuster took 2 minutes to clear the race, he will be back!

Leroy Keunen, Thijs Swaenen, Daniel Wijsmuller were watching Joshua from Asten setting a very fast time of 29 seconds! 

Name:  Lloyd Ramsay

-Frame: wethepeople ovoid
-Forks: wethepeople helium
-Bars: odyssey milk bars
-Seat: wethepeople
-Pedals: sealed magnesium Cielencki's
-Cranks: redline 

SE Bikes is offering an alternative to the backpack. With the new SE Messenger bag you have access to all your stuff without taking the bag off your body. With a water resistant 1000D shell and a Nylon liner, the bags also feature an adjustable shoulder strap and chest strap to keep it secure to your body and out of the way when you are riding. Both the Wing Bag and Numberplate bag feature classic SE graphics embroidered into the flap. Internal pockets keep your small dirty items separate from the large main compartment. You know, so you don't get grease on your bananas…. 

The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced the roster of athletes that are set to compete at the Wendy’s Invitational in Portland, Ore., August 21-24 at Rose Quarter. Nearly 150 of the best action sports athletes in the world will be in Portland to compete in the four-day competition, including BMX legend Dave Mirra (BMX Park).

Wade Martin, AST President said: “The lineup of athletes for the Wendy’s Invitational promises to provide a display of cutting-edge action sports talent for the fans in Portland and those tuning in to the broadcast.”
The list of BMX athletes expected to compete in Portland is as follows:

Airing today, August 14, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Dave Mirra, Jamie Bestwick, and comedian Jimmy Dore will appear on “The Daily Habit.” It’s DC Week and today’s guest is one of DC’s finest, a BMX legend with a current X Games medal count of 21 and it ain’t over yet