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We have recently added the Nass and Oakley/Twenty jam to the FATBMX event calendar. Damn, that thing is starting to look full. We're waiting on the ASA to announce the LG Action Sports World Tour dates but we are also looking forward to your event. Provide the event date, a contact address, a website URL, some details on the contest and maybe a flyer and we'll put the info up on the FATBMX event schedule.

With great anticipation I put the Flipside DVD in my computer. The story of 4 street riders visiting "pro town" and 4 fully sponsored (contest) pros visiting NYC in return sounded like a good concept. I was waiting for Mirra, Harrington, Dillewaard and Laird to get lost in New York where the only bit of transition can be found at the bottom of the Brooklyn banks. In return seeing E-man, Nigel Sylvester, Blackman and Ralphy in a foampit and playing Golf would be something else too. But before the show started, Glenn Milligan pops up on the screen and announces a slight change of plan. 

Finally it was Saturday evening, January 27. The "tjoeketjoeke" was about to go off in skateland Rotterdam. It was going to be crazy with a lot of good riders and Dj's. The organisation was afraid not many riders were going to show up because of letting them know on short notice. But thanks to the promotion on the websites: Fatbmx, soulcycle, skateland, Paul's Boutique, reload and aptraxion the group was big!
There were about 75 riders in the building, which is a lot considering the Dutch scene is small. Skateland opened the door at 8pm, and it got busier the minute. After about an hour and a half we started with the contest. Rotterdam local Jonathan tried to get all the riders together, but because that didn't work he had to use the mic. That worked a lot better. 

The bcrossionale 2006 is done. The little BMX-Video contest has stepped out of children`s shoes. 24 teams/peoples send in their work for competition and the level has raised a big step ahead compared to last years level. We really loved to welcome the first 3 artist from outside Germany from Austria for taking part at the bcrossionale videocontest. The premiere and award ceremony was held in the Skate Hall in Aurich. About 150 people joined the Adventsjam this day and stayed the afternoon to enjoy the premiere of the 24 well made videos on a big screen and with good sound.

Technical equipment does help sportsmen and women a lot nowadays. Visiting with Rob van den Wildenberg and his family did learn me that technical equipment used in bicycle track riding has found its way in BMX. On the pictures you can see a crank set that Rob is using during his training and practise sessions. Sensors and a chip do register the power put on the pedals by he rider. After each training session the information gathered can be shown on the computer and it reads the Watts that a rider has put on the pedals.

January 2007.  There are many exciting things happening with BMX now that it has been accepted into the Olympics. Coming soon, information on the $ 100,000 Pro JAG BMX World Championship Final. In an exciting location! Look for the exciting TV Series on Versus TV Network (81 million homes weekly), Internet TV and worldwide TV with more than 300 million homes worldwide.

Model: Mirraco BLEND LTD
Color: Deep Burgundy
Frame: 20.5" T/T full D.B. Crmo w/ heat-treated integrated head tube, MID BB shell & 5mm dropouts
Fork: Odyssey Race Fork
Headseat: FSA Impact Integrated
Crankset: Primo Excel Chromoly 3-PC 175mm, Primo 22mm titanium spindle
BB Set: S&M Mid BB sealed 

We still think it's funny that Markus Arnoldi and his band are participating at the Eurovision Song Festival in Germany. National TV for Kalle, that's crazy. But Kalle always had the talent and the drive to do things right. Remember the Beware videos in a time that not everyone and their uncle had a video camera and editing on a computer was just starting out. It didn't take Kalle long to learn new tricks. At least he just went for it and usually on his first attempt he came pretty close. I'm thinking flip fakies and flairs (flip-180-s) on vert ramps in the early '90-s. Anyway, we found these pics on the net and thought we'd share them with you. Good luck to Kalle on his way to being # 1.

We not only received a pre-production copy of the On the Clock video at FATBMX but  La sent a copy of their catalog too. We had actually picked up a copy of the catalog at Interbike as I thought a new magazine had just come out. You see, the folks at Volume are not afraid to do something different. When other companies claim to save trees by doing an online-only catalog, Volume comes out with a magazine scale catalog. If you have not seen the Gypsy magalog, it's time to bug your dealer for one or contact Volume yourself, it's a must see and hands down the best catalog we've seen for a while. It has interviews with their riders, lots of product shots, their ads and great photos.

While you are at the Volume dealer, buy a copy of their new DVD; On the Clock. The Jason Enns part is by far my favorite and it's not

Trains and BMX was the contest format for the Tjoeketjoek jam on Saturday in Rotterdam. With DJ Koen Soulcycle, host Surfstad, a Jury of old guys from The Hague and all new youngstar BMX riders from the Netherlands were the ingredients of this jam. Skateland opened their doors for a Saturdaynight jam. Four riders in a team riding thru the park like a train. The teams Rearwheel, KLM and Roffa where rocking in the final.

Team Roffa had a kind of dead wish tricks from the ghetto´s of Rotterdam. While team KLM proved their flying skills by opening with a frontflip (by Nicky) and some real high moves by Daniël Wedemeijer. But the guys really riding like a train were team Rearwheel with Vladdie, Michael, Brendan and Marten.