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Last weekend out little hometown (Aarle-Rixtel) held its annual Harley Davidson meeting. It's an event that scares people off because all kind of freaks show up for the weekend. Saturday saw a lot of rain so not many rebels came by bike. Sunday was good however and the bike show was better outside than it was indoors (same shit every year).

The local Liberator HD club does a good job though and also this year they had all kind of entertainment for the crowd. It included a classic Wall of Death demonstration of motorcycle acrobatics. This show was great. 

April 22 will be the opening of Built to Expose in ‘de Cantine’ in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. An exhibition of skateboards painted by an extraordinary selection of the netherlands best artists, tattoo-artists, illustrators, designers and skateboarders. Over 35 different artists all with different styles contributed to a bizarre, extraordinary and must see exhibition. Artist like for example: Erik Kriek, Def P, Peter Pontiac, Typex, Angelique, Hoving, Hein de Kort, Claudia Hek, Luuk Bode, Rob Admiraal, etc, etc, etc… 

BOMBSHELL INC. is proud to announce the release of it's NEW & INNOVATIVE method for solving an age old problem with BMX race frames. The PATENT PENDING VPS™ (V-Brake Position System) allows the use of a 20" x 1 1/8" or 1 3/8 TIRE to be used in a PRO SIZED frame. It also can be used to accept a 20" x 1.5" or 1 3/4" TIRE in an EXPERT or SMALLER sized frame. The VPS™ can also be used on Cruiser sized rims as well.

Prior to the release of the BOMBSHELL VPS™, expensive LONG REACH brakes had to be used to get the brake pad in the optimal location, often compromising the wheel base of the bike to get the brake pads to contact the rim.

The Date has been changed to Saturday 8 July 2006 due to bad weather forecast.

On Thursday 25 May the Red Bull Garage Punx street jam will take place again at the Parking garage at the Hinterhof (Cologne, Germany). Together with the Cologne locals a jam and street course will be set up in a very punk way.

EVENT CANCELLED!

Due to expected bad weather, the 2006 Huerth Ditch Jam in Germany has been cancelled. So is the Zion Jam.

New dates will be announced a.s.a.p.

Pete's Ditch is the venue of the jam that is scheduled for 29 April next. The Ditch is located in the Cologne, Germany area and starts at 15:00hr and will go on until it gets dark. There will be a few new cemented hits and good music all day.  The Germ Ditch is located at the old Klaerwerk in Huerth, near Cologne. With spots like this it's always good to have some good directions because nobody in the area will know what you are looking for.

"Yeah, you know, concrete banks and stuff to ride bikes......."

Flatland in Japan is going strong. The King of Ground series is an estalished flatland competition that gets everyone, who can, together. Round one already took place and Mike Steingraeber was the only European that entered the comp. Scroll through the results to see how the German did.

Novice
1 Kairi Funbiki
2 Yu Uchida

April 10, 2006 Vista, CA ... DC Shoes announced today that it will host the 2006 Sprint Trails Race, marking the second consecutive year the company has sponsored and organized the event. A BMX race DC spearheaded in 2005, the highly anticipated event will take place once again in Sanger, California on April 29, 2006. "Last year was great! This year we're stepping it up and trying make the track a little faster, and trying to put the "MX" back in BMX," said DC BMX Team Manager Dwayne Taylor, referring to Sprint Trails' track being more technical than a typical BMX track.

The Sprint Trails Race was designed and conceptualized to be a fun,

April 10, 2006 - The 2006 UCI BMX World Championships and BMX World Challenge Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 28-31, are less than 3 months away and U.S. athletes who are planning on attending, whether Championship (Elite) Class or Challenge Class, need to be sure of the following:
- The petition deadline to be considered for a start position, unless pre-qualified and already entered, is April 17. Petitions are not limited to any one BMX racing organization or body. The process is the same for everybody. Be sure to include complete contact information, racing

The new G-sport Ribcage rim is finally ready, it has passed final quality control. They now are available in 48H Chrome. Hard Anodised finish and 36's are on the next shipment. The price is a little higher than some other rims but this reflects the special material and finishes. The material used is around 20% stronger than even the 7000 series aluminium used for rims. And the hard anodising gives a black finish that performs nearly as well as chrome. Spoke holes are guaranteed not to pull through no matter what… Final production weights are 482g (1.06lbs) for hard anodised and 525g (1.15lbs) for chrome. The packaging is pretty cool too. We managed to find a way to use cardboard instead of plastic, this actually gives more protection to the rim during shipping and is better for the environment too.