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Ricardo Laguna is happy to say that once again he has teamed up with Clark County to bring you another exciting year of ExtremeThing's Ricardo Laguna Pro BMX Dirt Challenge. The County has arranged to have multiple side shows, an array of known live bands like Penny Wise, Escape the Fate, Nonpoint, etc, in addition to the BMX competition.

For more information on ExtremeThing visit: www.ExtremeThing.com

Or feel free to contact Ricardo with any questions you might have.

If you would like to see how last year's competition went down, HIT THIS LINK FOR A VIDEO

RL
wwww.ricardolaguna.com

Being invited for Roadfools has always been an honour. These guys are on the bus for Roadfools number sixteen:
-Brad Simms
-Anthony Napolitan
-Brett Walker
-Corey Bohan
-Chester Blacksmith
-Aaron Ross
-Nathan Williams
-Corey Martinez
-Justin Simpson
-Dakota Roche
-Morgan Wade
-Rob Wise
-Kurt Rasmussen

So, we haven't been back from oz long, but the next tour is only a few weeks away! One thing lead to another and now were doing the UNITED UK IN & OUT TOUR Featuring Corey Martinez & Nathan Williams. Corey and Nathan will be hitting up a few bike shops, and also the Rampworx all nighter, hanging out in-store, riding, doing some giveaways and putting back some cheeseburgers along the way..

Schedule:

-OT Cycles, Dartford 13 March 2008
-Rampworx, Liverpool: 14 March 2008
-Crucial BMX, Bristol: 20 March 2008
-BMX PLUS, Bournemouth: 22 March 2008

Logging in every day is exciting. You check the mail and see if there's something new. At FATBMX we do receive a lot of mails but we wouldn't want it any other way. Not all makes it on the website for various reasons. It might not be interesting enough, it isn't relevant for a BMX site, the mail gets lost in the mailbox or doesn't even show up in the mailbox but gets transfered to the thrash automatically. If you feel you have something worthy and it does not show up on the site that same week, you might want to try to re-send the mail (+photos). We're only human. The following BMX news made it on the site this week. Here is a recap of it all on FAT Friday number 9.

-These two RedBull BMX riders on the right arrived in Mexico for a contest. They thought it was a BMX gig but they were in for a surprise.

If you're into flatland and need an excuse to go visit a country you wouldn't normally travel to, the Magicflart might be it. You will run into these local riders and Justin Miller too:

Andres Duran, Andres Escobar, Andrés Duperly Gonzales, Arley Cabrera, Brayan Ramos, Carlos Giedelmann, Diego Armando Rodríguez, Eduard Palencia, Emir Garrido, Felipe Rodríguez, Fernando Morales, German Caicedo Cano, Giovanny Clavijo, Henry Jefferson, Bernal Mendivelso, Jeisson Stiven Ramirez, Jhon Acero, Jonny Guio, Jorge Nazario, Juan David Cardona Molina, Julian Guevara, Luis Miguel Martinez, Mauricio Parra, Nelson Javier Roldan Castro, Omar Galindo, Oscar Parra, Steven Castañeda Alvarez.

Paul's Boutique received new Odyssey products. Here's the skinny:
- Director forks in White or Black Euro 159,00
- Race forks in White Euro 125,00
- Race forks in Black Euro 119,95
- Dirt forks in Teal 10mm Euro 125,00
- Dirt forks in Lavendal 14mm Euro 125,00

Mongoose pro riders Simon Tabron UK), Cameron White (AUS), and Steve McCann (AUS) all checked in to say what's up on the Mongoose website. Hit the following links to see what's up with each 1 of them:
Steve McCann (waiting for DMC to show up at Woodward camp)
Simon Tabron (got lucky that his good knee didn't snap in half)

WHEN: Saturday only - July 12th
WHERE: Oak Creek BMX in Roseville, CA. During the ABA Summer Nationals
WHO: West Coast Vintage Collectors who can't make it to Rockford; this one's for you. (You East Coasters, Central dudes & International E-Bayers are invited as well!)
WHAT & WHY: Bring your bikes to display, meet other collectors, swap & sell parts, and vote for “Best Bikes of Show” in multiple

Hi, here is a quick update of my trip to see Stephen at the Kennedy Krieger Rehab Hospital in Baltimore. To be honest, Baltimore was a place which I said I would never visit again, the last time I was there we were all filled with despair after Stephen's tragic accident and the life changing effect it had on the lives of our family, but then we should all learn never to say never! Stephen has been at The Kennedy Kreiger rehab hospital for 7 weeks and has just returned back home to California this weekend. I flew out to see him 2 weeks ago to see how he was progressing in rehab. I went to see him working out, and I mean working out, in the gym where physio and occupational therapy take place. There is no room for 'slackers'