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The Mirra Bike Co team is a varied mix of riders. On their European trip Dave Mirra brought Mike Spinner, Dave Rytell and Mike Laird along for the first leg at the FISE in France. After flying in from the USA to Paris the crew took a fast train to Montpellier and checked out the 2008 version of the FISE. With Rytell not being the contest type rider it was pretty wild for him to enter his first contest since the Local Exposure Tour a few years ago when he got picked up by Mirraco. Although Dave Rytell has lived in Germany for many years (his dad was in the army), he only received his passport two hours before take off. In fact, it wasn't even valid when he showed up at customs because he had not signed it yet. Seasoned traveler and company owner Dave Mirra had brought his friend Mike Rogister along as well who promptly received the "Security" title. At 6 ft 4" and as fit as a K1 fighter you really couldn't miss him. Mike Laird was stoked to be back in France after coming out to the FISE for the first time last year. Mike Spinner is always up for traveling and was ready to meet his myspace girls in sunny France.

The Rockstar Energy Drink athletes, Ryan Nyquist and Dennis Enarson make an international stand at one of the most prestigious and technical dirt jumping contests of the year, Elevation 2008, in the breathtaking Parque Metropolitano, in Guadalajara, Mexico. Up against the world’s best riders, Nyquist won Best Trick and scored a place on the podium with a silver medal, living up to his legendary status at this internationally proclaimed event. Ryan has consistently dominated since the inception in 2005 and this year was no exception! He dazzled the crowd and the judges in the Best Trick competition with his signature smooth Power Ball move and then went on to battle it out with Bohan to snag the silver medal with his huge 720 transfer during the winning sequence. Adding to the Rockstar Energy Drink winning roster, Dennis Enarson made it into the final with ease and finished up with a respectable 9th place out of 30 competing on a world-class level.

Heath Pinter, Rockstar Energy Drink team manager and athlete,

Last weekend I was either going to be in Mexico for the Elevation contest or Leende for the Pony jam. I was stoked to only have to drive 35 minutes to make it to the Backyard Digger spot to witness the Pony Trails jam. The weather was beautiful and the trees made some nice shade. We arrived just in time for the Pump Track Challenge and decided to enter that for the heck of it. We took some pics and had to leave as a BBQ was on the program but Dale Reves and his boys continued and it went something like this: