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You’ve been misinformed if you’ve heard rumors about there not being a Roots Jam this year. UGP had some trouble nailing down dates because of the new location, but they should be up at undergroundproducts.com.

Austin Coleman and Ben Snowden are testing products for Super G’s new company, 43 Bolts, which are bling’d-out gold (yes, real gold) bolts for almost everything on your bike. And speaking of “bling,” the infamous “Barspinner” Ryan Brennan may have his car pimped courtesy of MTV’s Pimp My Ride.

Pete Radivo and Dan Montoya are the latest acquisitions to the Australian Orchid Footwear team.

Kurtis Elwell finally moved “from the sticks” to Sacramento, CA, according to Solid Bike’s co-owner Ryan Puckett.

The new Shadow ad campaign is supposed to be big budget and wild. We’ve heard some rumors, but we’ve been sworn to secrecy (okay, we were threatened) so you’ll just have to keep your eye out for it.

Josh Stricker found himself short one custom S&M when it fell off the bike rack of a car and got run over by a truck. As of now, Josh is bikeless in Austin until he gathers another one.

Jim Cielencki’s new shop (that we mentioned a few issues back) finally has a name-Sunday Skate/BMX, and it should be open sometime in April.

The Fly Bikes team will have completed a massive tour of New Zealand by the time you read this. Is there a video in the works? We hope so.

The infamous Deuce of Bad As Hell clothing has moved onto a bigger, badder, and more aptly-named company called Deuce. According to the man in charge, “We are not just a clothing company, for we will also be making ‘military-related’ items.” For the goods (or maybe stuff that will get you into “the bads”), check out deucebmx.com.

Not surprisingly, the Shitluck van was destroyed by a wayward deer on the way to the Last Call contest at Chenga. And thanks to a plastic toy gun, the boys became very familiar with the North Ridgeville, Ohio, SWAT team.

The Toronto Metro Jam will take place at the Ricoh Coliseum on March 4th through the 6th during the Toronto International Bike Show. As always, there will be a ton of events, and the Orchid Footwear video premiere will be one you won’t want to miss. For all the nitty-gritty, visit metrojambmx.com.

Mike Saavedra is no longer riding for Axxis Bikes, and is now part of the Giant team.

Gary Young is currently working on his prototype frame from MacNeil, drawing up designs and working on getting a prototype. And if you’ve ever seen Gary draw, then you know the guys at MacNeil have their work cut out.

Diamondback has a new Web site online at diamondbackbmx.com.

While snooping around an abandoned missile base, Mike Escamilla found himself in some bullshit-not really, but a bull did almost kill him. There were around 20 giant bulls near one silo, and according to Mike, “We thought we scared them all away, but when we came up over the hill, a massive bull 15 feet away was about to charge.” Mike turned, ran, and got out of the way, but not without pulling his “quad muscle” and being unable to walk for a few days.

If you’re a fan of the Terrible One ‘zine, then you’ll be stoked to hear that the next issue will be bound similarly to a typical book. Whether or not you’ll still be able to hide it in your math textbook is still up in the air.

After the ever-savvy Jay Miron traded a few frames for a couple of kayaks, the other MacNeil guys are looking to barter for some cool goods. Any takers?

Hoffman Bikes is releasing a new Euro Trip DVD featuring most of the familiar team (Seth Kimbrough, Bruce Crisman, Ryan Barrett, Bas Keep, Jon Taylor, and Chris Souter) on some unfamiliar ground. The DVD should be out now and you can even go to hoffmanbikes.com for a preview.

Seth Kimbrough is still touring around with his band Mortal Treason, and will even be going back into the studio too record their second album. If you’re interested, visit mortaltreason.com.

Corey Martinez has made the move into home ownership by buying a house in his hometown of Decatur, Alabama.

According to Ralph Sinisi, “Bob Scerbo cut off his brake mounts and swears to never ride brakes again.”

Rob Tibbs and his faithful lackey Puck Byrnes came to California to escape the depressing Virginia weather. Well, they must have brought the weather with them, because it rained the entire week they were here. We did hear that Rob sent one hell of a 360 down a well-known SoCal gap-with the ground still wet.

Dave Freimuth’s wife Patty is going to have a baby, and in Dave’s own words, “Please be a boy.”

Brian Kachinsky migrated south for the winter and has been staying with Chad DeGroot in Orlando, FL. According to Brian, everything has been fine except that whenever Chad wins a game of pool, Brian has to walk around wearing a pair of wooden clogs that Chad bought in Holland.

The second edition of BMX PIG will be held at the end of March in San Diego. Jay Miron and the Rush HDTV Network are donating $10,000 to help redesign Mission Valley park to get it ready for the contest. Directly after the contest, the MacNeil team and a few guests will be heading up the California coast on a weeklong roadtrip.

Etnies has a new site up at etnies.com/bmx.

Phil Wasson is no longer involved with Inopia Footwear.

If you go to slimjim.com or pick up a Slim Jim, you could win the chance to hang out with Dave Mirra at his warehouse for a day, or win one of about 150 autographed Haro complete bikes. The only downside of the contest is that you won’t get to hang with Mirra on the day that he’s racing in the Toyota Celebrity Race at the Long Beach Grand Prix in April. Mirra gets to do all the fun stuff.

Is Alistair Whitton looking into buying a house in Florida?

Haro Bike’s Hungarian rider Benjamin Shenker was voted by a local Hungarian newspaper to be one of “The 50 Most Successful Young People in Hungary.” Ben had the following to say about it: “No Shit?”

The official dates for the BMX Worlds in Prague, Czech Republic, are June 1st through 5th.

Van Homan will be spending some time with Joe Rich and Leigh Ramsdell in Texas, Los Angeles, and then Hawaii to collect some footage for the upcoming Fit video.

And finally, after three years in California, Ryan “Biz” Jordan has finally taken the time out of his not-so-busy-schedule to transfer his license from Massachusetts to California. Now he just needs to do the same for his car registration…

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For those out there who have heard a nasty rumor about Chenga World I closing, we assure you that it is not true. In fact, Chenga just celebrated its nine-year anniversary.

Adam Banton is now a proud member of the Eastern Bikes team.

TJ Lavin has picked up a couple new sponsors. The first is Monster Energy drink and the second is Devius Wheels, run by Bill Hancock (Thomas Hancock’s father), who will be hooking TJ’s many automobiles up with some shiny new wheels.

Nina Buitrago and Stacey Mulligan are now getting flow from Etnies.

Jesse Puente is designing a signature shoe for a company named Dada. According to Jesse, the owner of Dada saw Jesse riding at the beach and got interested. The yet-to-be-named shoe should be available in three to six months and will be for both flatland and general riding, with “a bit more ankle protection than a lot of other BMX-style shoes have.”

Our monthly wild story from Ralph Sinisi and the Animal crew goes as follows: “Last night, Butcher, Edwin, Oso, Vinnie, Tyrone, and I went out filming with Scerbo for the next Animal video. Dolecki was setting up to take a flick of Butcher doing a wild move when all of a sudden we got swarmed by a 25-man NYC police task force-it was crazy. They rolled up ten cars deep with undercover taxis, minivans, paddy wagons; you name it. They threw us all up against the wall and searched us. They thought that we were a graffiti gang about to tag up the building that Butcher was going to do the move at. They said that they had been following us around the city for three hours waiting to take us down. When they didn’t find any spray paint on us, they gave us a big apology and let us go.”

Colin Winkelmann is now cast-free and is allowed to walk around. Unfortunately, Colin found that a bit more difficult than he expected, as he has a chunk of bone protruding from the bottom of his foot. According to Colin, “It feels like I’ve got a big piece of gravel in my shoe.” Whether or not Colin will need another surgery to fix the problem is still up in the air.

NorCal killer Robert Jenson is on the Felt Bikes flow team.

Solid Bikes is planning on having a real Web site up soon. We won’t believe it until we see it, but if it is in fact true, you should check out solidbmx.com. Oddly enough, Roy Woods, the guy doing the Solid site, lives two houses down from convicted murderer Scott Peterson.

Garrett Byrnes is no longer riding for Tip Plus Distribution.

Ryan Sher is talking about moving to Portland, Oregon. It hasn’t happened just yet, but it has sparked fellow Kink rider Ian Munro to think about making the switch to the Northwest, as well.

Jay Eggleston broke his hand after a toothpick on vert went bad. Riding vert is dangerous.

Philly local Tom White, German ripper Max Gaertig, and Ohio’s “Afro” Pat Schreader are now riding for Animal and have already started working on their video parts for a new Animal DVD. Don’t get all antsy just yet, because the next DVD won’t be out for another year or so.

Colin Mackay, Ryan Nyquist, Josh Harrington, Josh Heino, and Austin Coleman are no longer riding for Split Clothing.

Simon Tabron had his first NASCAR experience while doing shows with Chad Kagy, Jamie Bestwick, Tom Stober, and Jermey Fanberg. Simon had the following to say: “Those cars just kept going round and round and round.” In other Simon news, after losing his backyard vert ramp, he has organized a new vert ramp to be made at his local skatepark.

Jeremy Fanberg is no longer riding for Specialized.

George Dossantos is in a new band called Endgame. If you’re curious, check out endgamemusic.com.

Chris Polack is releasing a 2005 BMX calendar that will feature some of Australia’s best riders. If you’re interested in picking one up, visit triplesix.com.au.

Apparently Chad DeGroot has regained the ability to dunk a b-ball and is willing to challenge anyone, and he has even called Mark Losey out personally.

Josh Heino is no longer riding for Wethepeople.

To all you ladies out there, every one of the good ol’ boys over at FBM are single. Start swoonin’.

Fly Bike’s Brandan “Punjab” Pundai is finally healing up after having a bunch of problems with his leg. Look for him to be killing it soon.

Jay Miron came home from riding a few vert contests in China to find his apartment door open and a lot of stuff missing. Shitty.

Kris Bennet recently found out that his wrist has been broken for a long while. Kris is going to have to get a bone graph from his forearm and a screw to hold his wrist together and will be spending the majority of the winter off his bike.

Mike Szczesny is no longer riding for Orchid Footwear.

Mike Laird washed out on a tailwhip in the middle of an NBA halftime show and broke his collarbone. Fortunately, Mike still received the MVP award for scoring 35 points in the first half.

The Flow Skatepark is putting on a contest December 26th and 27th. The contest starts at 10AM and you can find out more info at ridetheflow.com.

Danny Hickerson, Ryan Metro, and Tony Hamlin are all getting help from Etnies. It must be because all three of them are shady.

The guys at Shadow are still not willing to set an actual date, so the Shadow video is “unofficially scheduled to be released in April.” There’s also a rumor about a big video promotion tour that’s going to “freak people out,” but who knows what that will involve.

While Alistair Whitton isn’t able to vote himself, he did help fellow foreigner Jamie Bestwick make a decision in this last election. How, you ask? By putting upwards of 100 political signs in his front yard when he wasn’t home.

Profile is in the process of working on another video. The guys plan on spending at least nine months on the video and will feature all of the major team members with sections from Joe West, Dave Jacobs, and Denver Combs, too. In other profile news, the company is beginning to work on a signature frame from Mark Mulville. According to Matt Coplon, it features “a secret bottom bracket type-thing.”

One of the best zine’s in the U.S., Sent, is going to have another issue available soon. If you’re interested in picking one up, visit carolinabmx.com or send an e-mail to sentzine@carolinabmx.com.

When not weaseling his way out of speeding tickets and/or jail time, Ricardo Laguna has been in Mexico, where he won a local contest and received a special award from the locals: the Number One Latin-American Dirt Jumper. In other Ricardo news, he’s no longer riding for DK.

Ryan Mills may or may not have broken his wrist riding TJ Lavin’s trails. But, no matter what, Ryan will get to spend a lot more quality time with his friends at the local 99-cent midnight breakfast joint.

Bob Scerbo is now riding for Lotek shoes.