Jeff Klugiewicz and Jason Burczyk are throwing a contest on December 15 at 4 seasons skatepark in Milwaukee in lieu of Ratty Jam being on hiatus this year. It's titled the 2nd Annual Midwest contest. $15 Am and $30 Pro entry fees. 
-Stephen Murray Benefit Auctions: check out propsvisual.com for updates on the latest Road Fools Riders Bikes up on EBAY. All Proceeds benefit the Stephen Murray Family Fund. Currently Mat Hoffman's, Chase Hawk, and Mike Aitken are up on Ebay. Let's generate as much as possible for Stephen!!! -Road Fools is scheduled to hit the road sometime in April ‘08. This is going to be a good ‘ole fashioned all street trip presented once again by our friends at Levi’s. The crew is starting to come together as we speak and will be announced shortly, and we will be traveling somewhere in the southern half of the United States.
-Props Mega Tour Europe: Editing is underway, by none other than Stew Johnson. Teams on this years Trip included: United Bike Co,
Yo what's up and Happy Holidays! We had a Halloween party in Tony Ennis's room which is huge and also a basement. We had huge guest appearances by Allen Iverson, Dave Mirra, Fred Flinstone, Ryan Nyquist, and a bag of Jelly Beans. We all stayed at the house because downtown is filled with crazy people and we were not trying to ruin a good night. So heres some pics..... Enjoy, Gator
I'm sure you have all heard me talk about my good friend Joumana Kidd. At the very last minute, when we were told we could have a booth with Stephen's merchandise, she flew in all the way from New Jersey to SLC Utah to help out for 3 days and has been a huge supporter of bringing awareness to Stephens fund. This past weekend her son "TJ" had his 9th birthday party. TJ wanted a bmx party so Joumana hired bmx team to put on a demo. Her gift bags consisted of "Stay Strong Stephen Murray shirts, wristbands and VANS stickers. 
It's now exactly 80 days until next Simpel Session contest. As usual the gig takes place in Tallinn Estonia, this time on 25-27th January. We just released our new course design. It's again drawn up by Nate Wessel and we're really happy how it turned out. It's gonna be so fun! Nate will be helping out as well but mainly our own Sessionramps crew will be building it. They have done all our previous parks so far and they're amazing at it. 
The Odyssey video is in the works and should be done early 2008. Will Stroud and Chad Shackleford have been working on the movie for months now and Odyssey have started a website dedicated to the new video. On this website you can see a great trailer of the Electronical video. There is an ipod download function and also an HD one so you can carry it with you if you like. The website has some stills and shows what places have been filmed at to get this video done. 
5 November - Brad Simms7 November 1974 - Markus Wilke
7 November 1979 - Mark Koenig
9 November 1971 - Dave Freimuth
10 November 1976 - Brian Castillo
-Road Fools ‘08. Road Fools is scheduled to hit the road sometime in April ‘08. This is going to be a good ‘ole fashioned all street trip presented once again by our friends at Levi’s. The crew is starting to come together as we speak and will be announced shortly, and we will be traveling somewhere in the southern half of the United States. -Bike Auction: For those who have always wanted to own a pro rider's bike, this is your chance. Currently up for auction on e-bay are Matt Hoffman's bike, Chase Hawk's complete bike and as of 5 November also the sale of Mike Aitken's FIT will be on eBay. The pros donated their bikes to support the Stephen Murray family fund. Soon to follow:
Nov. 7-16 - Rob Wise’s Mirraco Fivestar
Nov. 9-18 - Morgan Wade’s Mutiny Captain
Nov. 11-20 - Corey Martinez’s United Trinity
Nov. 13-22 - Etnies “Ghost Rider” bike
Nov. 15-24 - Ruben Alcantara’s T1 Ruben
Nov. 17-26 - Sergio Layos’ Fly Pantera
Hi folks--------------it's Stephen's dad Jeff from Denver again. Monday 29 October was Stephen and Melissa’s wedding anniversary ---here's all the best to them both. 10 days ago Cynthia, and myself took Stephen out of his hospital and journeyed 10 miles north to the Denver Children’s Hospital to spend a couple of hours with young ones undergoing various cancer treatments. 
Airing Tuesday, November 6, at 9:00 pm Eastern Time (6:00 pm Pacific Time) and telecast three additional times, Kevin Robinson will appear on The Daily Habit. Kevin Robinson is a top vert BMX rider, not to mention a bodybuilder, so you know he’s tough as nails. Kevin comes back to talk about the LG Action Sports Championships. Kevin’s sponsors include: Red Bull, Hoffman Bikes, Target, LG, Junior Seau Foundation and Camp Woodward.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.