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Ron and Rachel Bonner and their crew put together some news on the brands they're distributing with Sparkys over in the sunshine State. Read more on UGP, The Shadow Conspiracy, Sputnic BMX, Soul, Twenty and the Roots Jam 2005.

For the first time in BMX history the Freestyle world championships will take place in Prague, Czech Republic. The date for the event is 1-5 June 2005. Maybe this means you have to skip school or ask your boss for an early summer vacation but make sure you get there. The [url=www.bmxworlds05.com]official World's website[/url] is still in the works but already has some info listed.

Etnies Team manager John Povah has many skills. He designed a new stem and let the Coalition crew use it. Instead of calling it the suggested "Olson Twins" stem, it will be on the shop shelves under the Povah-stem name. 150 of them are already made. The stem weighs under 11 Oz. and the logo is etched on each side. It comes with headset spacers, a gyro plate and instructions. If you want to know more about the Povah stem, get to www.coaltionbmx.com

ABA Phoenix National, 19/20 February 2005 Where some racers opted not to get on the track at all because of the wet conditions, Robert de Wilde (Sunday) and Donny Robinson (Saturday) both pulled off a win in AA Pro. Current ABA Number one pro Bubba Harris scored some good points with 2 second places. Donny Robinson crashed in the main on Sunday and apparently has broken his collarbone. Sunday Results AA Pro 1st- Robert de Wilde 2nd- Bubba Harris 3rd- Randy Stumpfhauser 4th- Jason Rodger 5th- John Purse 6th- Michael Hughes 7th- Mikael ProKop 8th- Donny Robinson

The Dutch MX season has started. After 18.000 liter of rain water were pumped off the track and the "Dirtwurx" crew of Mr. Van Vijfeijken himself spent numerous hours working on the track, the three-hour team race was a go. In zero degree (centigrade) weather and some snow/hale showers, the race wasn't for the wussies. A "Le Mans" style start saw Jarno Verhorevoort (Team Universal MX) holeshot the race with a sweet wheelie. Dennis Verbruggen (Team Van Gerwen) followed in hot pursuit and took over after a few laps. The Paul's Boutique team had a bad start with Jan-Willem Koppenens leaving the start grid in last place but soon caught a couple of riders before passing on the arm band to team mate Paul de Jong.

Our BMX boy Spike Jonze made it to Hollywood. When he married Sofia Ford Coppola (Daughter of Francis) we all thought he'd be "set for life". It was good to see a BMX photographer make it to the big time. Spike started off shooting for BMX Action, Freestylin' and Go and continued with work such as Homeboy mag and Dirt. When Spike picked up a video camera he seems to be talented in that field as well. Many skate and music videos followed and also some popular commercials. After that it was up to the movie screens as an actor and movie director, just like Sophia. After 5 years of marriage, the couple have separated. Spike, if you need to go back to your roots for a bit, we could use some pics here at FATBMX.

Maze sent over this movie link. It's about the Bike Kill event put on by the Black Label Bike Club from New York. If you think we're used to some fucked up stuff in the BMX freestyle scene, watch this movie. We've got a long way to go to catch up with these freaks. As seen by Rachel Meyrick of Red On Red Productions. [url=http://homepage.mac.com/rachelmeyrick/iMovieTheater8.html]Fucked up bicycle stuff from the Bike Kill 2004 event in New York[/url]

George French has been running the G-Sport parts brand forever. When that new Odyssey Elementary stem came out, it turns out that George designed it. Odyssey and G-Sport have now started working together. What it entails, you can read right here. George filled us in. What is the current situation now that you are working together with Odyssey? Well right now it is pretty hectic because for the last couple of months I have been starting work on the new stuff with Odyssey and at the same time trying to keep up with my usual work load. But the announcement means that I can start to dedicate myself more to the design side now. Did you ever think it would work out this way where you would be doing work for a separate company?

DK LAUNCHES ALL NEW WEBSITE: DKBICYCLES.COM FRANKLIN, OHIO — DK Bicycles is pleased to announce the launch of an all new website — www.dkbicycles.com. The new site focuses on the DK product line and DK team. The complete redesign includes new photos of all DK bikes, components, and accessories. Each product shot includes far more detail than DK’s previous site. The result is an excellent resource for bike shops to help sell everything DK. The DK Team is also featured on the new site. DK’s 2005 roster includes Chris Doyle, Nathan Fons, Brian Kachinsky, Robbie Miranda, Quinn Semling, Jason Jewell, and Colin Winkelmann. Each rider page

SUFFOCATE FASTER *** Out of Cincinnati these Hardcore musicians played lots of local shows and formed the band in fall of 2001. Gorilla Biscuits gave about everyone inspiration, and so did they do to Suffocate Faster. The band started to write aggressive, fist-clenching music combined with ferocious lyrics that emphasized its own political stance: Straight-edge and pro-American. After playing around Cincinnati they headed West and toured California, Chad Gilbert (New Found Glory) saw them and started to work with them. The band's debut album : "only time will tell" was made in no time and is a lesson in hardcore chemistry: one part NYC street-core, the other part Slayer! "If you like heavy music, you'll definitely like it" according to Aaron the guitarman, and I did. PdJ