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Hup Holland Hup Orange Sale at Paul's Boutique BMX.

If Holland wins the Soccer game against France on Friday 13 June at the European Championships, we take 10% off all Orange parts! It's not gonna happen but if the French team wins, we take 10% off all Blue parts!

This offer lasts as long as the European Championships Soccer tournament is going on.

Hup Holland Hup!

Paul

Mike Groff took the title in the BMX park contest this weekend at the Free Flow Tour’s Jackson, N.J. stop, becoming a winner on the Tour’s 2008 season. Groff, 19, won the BMX park competition on Sunday, June 8. “Even though it was ridiculously hot, all of the kids put a lot of effort into the Free Flow Tour competition,” Katie Munn, apparel manager of the Incline Club, said following the weekend’s events. “Everyone put their best foot forward despite the heat. The riding was really impressive, both from the locals and from everyone who came out. With the bands and the giveaways and the riding, the Free Flow Tour really had a positive vibe, and we’re excited to see how our riders compete in the finals.”

With the win Groff earns automatic bids into the Free Flow Tour finals that will take place at the AST Dew Tour’s Toyota Challenge,

For the fourth consecutive year, ASA Entertainment (ASA), the global leader in action sports event and TV production, and CBS Sports are teaming up to bring top-notch action sports entertainment to network TV viewers. ASA’s 2008 Action Sports World Tour will broadcast four hours of programming on CBS Sports during four weekends in November and December.

“We are delighted to have the Action Sports World Tour televised on CBS Sports for the fourth consecutive year in 2008,” said Rick Bratman, CEO of ASA Entertainment. “The partnership has been very good to us in the past and we expect even stronger viewership in 2008 as CBS Sports further solidifies its position within action sports programming.”

"CBS Sports is once again pleased to team up with ASA Entertainment in bringing viewers all the action and excitement 

The next match of the Dutch team will be played tonight at 20:45hr against the French. It is good to see that more companies have got our back. The Canadians obviously are not in the European football championships but they do make some sweet orange parts. The bronze parts are not good enough for us though. We'll call up Super G for some Gold 43 stuff when we win the cup. 

After the 3-0 Holland victory on world champions Italy at the first match of the European football championships in Austria/Switzerland, Paul called up S&M for some Orange BMX parts. With people painting their houses and cars orange to support the Dutch football team, you can now show your support by getting one of those Orange S&M parts for your bike. Orange grips, stems and seatpost clamps are already in stock. The other parts will come in

The AST Dew Tour, the world’s premier season-long action sports tour, today announced the roster of athletes that are pre-qualified for the 2008 AST Dew Tour. The Panasonic Open kicks off in Baltimore, June 19-22 at Camden Yards Sports Complex. Athletes are pre-qualified based on their rankings at the end of the 2007 AST Dew Tour season. Additionally 3-4 wild cards per discipline have been selected. Athletes who are not pre-qualified may compete as Open Qualifiers at the Panasonic Open to earn a spot in the preliminary rounds. The full list of pre-qualified athletes is as follows: 

BMX Park
Daniel Dhers
Mike Spinner
Scotty Cranmer 

United Bike Co are proud to announce that in conjunction with Rampworx skatepark in Liverpool, England, Nathan Williams & Drew Bezanson are going to be doing some rider clinics on July 22nd - 24th.

This is a chance to come and hang with the dudes and do a bit of riding, Check out the attached flyer for more details, and visit the Rampworx site to register!

Hit the Rampworx site to register!

More info on the riders and the clinic HERE

Did we mention it's free?

Did you ever ride on a salt mine? Okay, thought so. Alejandro Caro did and we checked with him on the experience of riding on salt. Are you salty?

What was that session on the salt mine all about? Where is that place?