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Q: What happened to your brakes?
A: Ha, after contest season I get more into riding street, and my bike feels a lot better without them, plus barspins are a lot more fun.

Q: What do you like best about your bike?
A: I would say it's a tie between my frame and my grips, my grips are like big pillows and my frame has the best geometry, it's amazing to ride 

All new for 2008 are these wethepeople wheelsets in the colours Glow Lime, Oranje Boven, White Powdercoat and Black. The hubs come in black only in all wheelsets. 36 spokes in the front, 36s or 48s in the back, your pick. Here's some more detailed info about the tight pre-built wheel sets that are ready to ride:
-Hubs: Supreme Bolt Hub
-Rims: ALEX 7000AL Supra Feather Rim
-Spokes: Strong stainless steel spokes, Black spokes, Black nipples

Banksgiving is a time of celebration for all that is constructed and creative. It’s about the hustle that happens every time a new spot is identified; hammer meets ply and quick-crete grabs rebar converting our backyards and side streets into rideable lines for all our friends to hit.
If you’ve felt the rush of building a side lot secret or attempted a nose pick off the roof of your garage then you know what Banksgiving is all about. 

Name: Kym Grosser

Age: 26

Hometown: Melbourne, Australia

FATBMX: You've been riding for Macneil for a while. Do you have any signature parts out at the company?
Kym Grosser: No signature parts yet, but hopefully soon.

FATBMX: You live in Australia but you travel a lot too. How much time (in 2007) did you spend abroad?
Kym Grosser: In 2007 I had a good year! I went to New Zealand for X air in Feb then I got to go to Metro in Singapore in the middle of the year an I also stayed an extra week to do BMX Pig which was awesome fun!! an a few months ago I went to Whistler for Red Bull Elevation an stayed in Vancouver for an extra week... 

The Paul's Boutique Tour is starting November 23rd at Paul’s Boutique BMX, “dinner” at 6 PM and first stop will be at the skatepark “the Promise” Heerlen The Netherlands. Ride till closing time and try to find some place to stay the night so if you have room for 6 stinking Gangmembers let us know! Satuaday we are going to Cologne Germany to ride some street and meet our friends at the Wethepeople warehouse and make Cologne a little bit unsafe at night. 

Here's a little update on the complete bikes that have been up on e-bay to support the Stephen Murray Family fund. Hit the hotlinks to go to the auctions. There are some great bikes offered at the moment. One of them is Fuzzy's one-off Redline Proline replica and another one is the Nora Cup DC Shoes/SE PK Ripper that was donated back by the person who won the raffle at the Nora Cup. 

New frames have arrived at United. These babies are getting lighter and lighter. 1) UNITED/SHITLUCK COLLABORATION FRAME: Designed by Mike Tag and Leland Thurman
-SIZES 20.5 & 21"
-HT 75 DEGREES .
-CS 13.75
-LASER CUT CLOUD GUSSET
-WEIGHT 5.2 LBS / 2.35 KGS
-COLOURS BLACK & LIGHT BLUE

Jimmy Levan had a horrible crash to his head. He spent some time in hospital and his insurance isn't covering everything. In fact, more money is needed to help Jimmy get back to the cool guy he was before the crash.
Tom Hooper spent the whole day with Jimmy and this is the situation:

At the last two days of the VIBRATIONS URBAINES PESSAC – festival many people visited the brand new skatepark with wooden floor for THE French BMX contest. We counted nearly 200 participants including 55 pro riders. The judges had a tough time during eliminations. All agreed that the Dirt section shaped by Patrick "Patoche" Guimez was perfect. One meter gets added every year and the second set had a 7 meter gap. John Petit, the MC of the contest, summarizes the event by "a level of nutcase!”.

On December 29th the crowd will be electing the winner of the jam in Zumiez. The winner received Carhartt and Eastpak goodies. Expect the crowd to be wasted as they're handing out free beers during the night. It's BMX only. No pegs. € 8,50 Euro to ride. Visitors have free entrance. Add to this a killer AC/DC cover band and you know it will go off.