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MADISON, Wis. – November, 2006 – The 2006 BMX Vert competition season came to an end on Sunday, Oct. 29 with the LG World Championships held in Dallas Texas at the Reunion Arena. For Mongoose Vert pro Simon Tabron, it closed another chapter of success and dedication to the sport he loves. Simon was still a bit sore from the knee/ankle/foot injuries from Florida two weeks earlier but he soon forgot about the pain as he soared over the comp’s massive 14.5’ vert ramp. Tabron qualified in 2nd place for the finals, confirming to himself that he'd recovered enough from his injuries to have some fun in the finals.

“After putting a really clean first run together, I found myself in 2nd place behind Chad Kagy with one chance left to change things around,” said Tabron. “For run two I decided to try a 900 straight into another 900. It's been an ambition of mine for a while but it’s basically impossible! I spun the first 900 at about nine feet, hoping to land smooth enough to keep speed for a second but it just wasn't quite enough and I had to settle for 2nd place! Still, it was the biggest 900 I had ever done!”

RebelYell BMX magazine is a team made up of riders who are also photographers, writers and designers who share a thirst for BMX, travel, art, music and life. They have been in the sport for a long time and have seen BMX go through its ups and downs. So finally after a long time waiting, they have set sail to build RebelYell BMXMAG, a medium to document the very essence of riding and its many unique personalities.

The RebelYell team has set out to create a rider's magazine that tells it how it is, leaving nothing for interpretation and showing all aspects of riding and its "lifestyle". They don't see any other way of living like they do... rolling on 20's!!! The aim is to create every issue as individual as the characters that fill the pages. That is where the magazine's appearance is very important to them.

Alex Jumelin is organizing a Christmas jam. You need to know than this not like the Braun Ninja Spin. The Christmas jam is more a familly jam with all the friends who support flatland years after years. There are many reasons why you have to come to this jam:
-1st Paris is butifull during December with all the lights and all the people are happy preparing for Christmas.
-2nd enjoy 2 days of good riding from the morning to the night together in my nice spot.
-3rd if you come you will see me riding with the Santa Claus suit.
-4th if you win one of the contests that we will organize (funky,jungler,wiplash.........) you will for sure go back home with a lot of chocolate.

With all the undiscovered talent out there we've decieded to mix things up at Haro BMX & run an "invite" competition to be part of the Haro team. We cant be at every spot, park, contest peepin' out each & every emerging BMX genius so, with the help on t'interweb we're offering you guys the chance to join Nyquist, Mackay & Darden on Team Haro for the 07'! As of Monday 6th November you can go to  the HARO BIKES website or Vital & upload a video of yourself riding to enter the contest. The contest will run until December 31st 2006 when all the uploaded video's will be reviewed by Haro BMX.

Florian Sailer has been keeping us informed on the Battle In Da Club flatland series. he reports that the new tag team mode works quite good. Chris Böhm and Dan Hennig where the tag team winners. The final tag team battle between team Matti Röse and Frank Lukas against Chris Böhm and Dan Hennig was really awesome. Both teams battled so hard and at the end Chris and Dan had little more points to take the victory. It was really close!

My memory of my first Zombie Jam is actualy rather faded. It wasn't because of the lack of good riding, good times, fun people, activities or the good old BBQ. It was really more of a matter of the fact that I got WAY too drunk afterwards, whoops. The jam was pretty damn fun & a great job was done by the organisers, Mike from Zombie fame himself & Mike from triplesix distro NZ. There wouldv'e been about 250 plus people hanging out, riding, chillin' & basically taking BMX in the NZ way. Very relaxed. 

The NBL 2007 points season kicked off this past weekend at the beautiful NBL Nellis BMX track. Nellis is a fan favorite and between the excellent track and the perfect weather, the first NBL Elite Pro and UCI event for the 2007 NBL National season was a huge success with a large moto count, new sponsors for the NBL series, and a huge international Pro turnout. 

On November 18th the last stop of the PSP will take place in Weil am Rhein/Germany (close to Basel/Switzerland). The miniramp-comp will be held in the categories pro and amateur. Everybody that has ever ridden the ramp at the Carhartt skatepark will know that this sweety is well worth a trip! The entry fee is 15 Euros (including free entry to the concert [Highfly and Dog Eat Dog] and catering for the riders). The top three pros will get pricemoney and the amateurs will receive loads of stuff. Practice starts Friday 6pm and the skatepark will also be open on Sunday 'til 5pm. 

The Stoppelcross season has started. The first race was held in Handel and saw quite a few BMX-ers and friends on the starting gate in the several classes. Bjorn Wijnants was hella fast on his 250, didn't even know he rode some motocross. Jurgen Meyer and Harm van Brussel had some problems in the beginning of the MX1 hobby final and worked their way up to the front but got stuck somewhere around 15th place. These races become a mess after a couple of laps and it's hard to keep track.

Attention all riders: Don't miss out on some easy money for your future! If your photo appears on the front cover of BMX Today or any other major BMX magazine (BMX Plus!, BMXWorld, BMXer, etc.) out there and you have a clearly visible NBL sticker showing on your number plate, YOU WILL WIN A U.S. SAVINGS BOND! Elite riders will receive a $500 savings bond, and amateur riders will receive a $250 savings bond. If there are multiple riders in the photo, and they all have visible NBL stickers on their plates, then THEY ALL WIN!  Stop by the NBL Registration trailer at any National or Regional and pick up a free NBL sticker for your number plate.