Dave Mirra in Salem, MO today and tomorrow.

Dave Mirra's second rally race of the season is happening today and tomorrow in Salem, MO. So if you live near and want to see #40 fly by, make sure to find a safe spot to watch from and enjoy the show. Here's the program for the race:

Friday, February 26, 2010
08:00 - 10:00 Practice Stage Dent CR 5380 & 5580, Turtle
08:00 - 11:45 General Scrutineering Dent County Fire House, Salem
08:00 - 11:30 General Registration Rally HQ, Holiday Inn, Salem
08:00 - 11:30 Spectator Information/Maps Available Rally HQ, Holiday Inn, Salem
10:00 - 10:30 Press/PR Rides Dent CR 5380 & 5580, Turtle
12:00 - 20:30 Steelville Service Area open City Park, Steelville
12:00 - 20:00 Spectator Information/Maps Available City Park, Steelville
14:00 Parc Expose closes City Park, Steelville
14:00 - 16:00 Parc Expose City Park, Steelville
14:30 Official Start List posted Parc Expose, City Park, Steelville
15:00 Competitor's Meeting (Mandatory) Parc Expose, City Park, Steelville
16:00 First Car Starts 100 Acre Wood National Rally First Car Starts Trespassers Wil Regional Rally Parc Expose, City Park, Steelville
16:35 - 17:45 Spectator Area A - Stage 1 Crooked Tower Road
17:15 - 18:25 Spectator Area B - Stage 2 Hobo Road
18:31 First Car arrives for Main Service City Park, Steelville
20:00 - 21:10 Spectator Area B - Stage 4 Hobo Road
20:40 - 21:50 Spectator Area A - Stage 5 Crooked Tower Road
21:40 Finish - Day 1 Rally HQ, Holiday Inn, Salem
23:00 Unofficial Results - Day 1/Provisional Start List - Day 2 posted Rally HQ, Holiday Inn, Salem

Saturday, February 27, 2010
07:00 - 08:00 Competitor Registration - 100AW Regional Rally Rally HQ, Holiday Inn, Salem
07:30 - 08:30 Scrutineering - 100AW Regional Rally Dent County Fire House, Salem
09:00 - 10:30 Spectator Information/Maps Available 4th and Main Street, Salem
09:00 - 10:30 Parc Expose 4th and Main Street, Salem
09:00 Parc Expose closes 4th and Main Street, Salem
09:30 Official Day 2 Start List posted Parc Expose, 4th and Main Street, Salem
10:00 Competitor's Meeting (Mandatory) Parc Expose, 4th and Main Street, Salem
10:30 First Car Starts Day 2 100 Acre Wood National Rally First Car Starts 100AW Regional Rally Parc Expose, 4th and Main Street, Salem
11:00 - 20:00 Viburnum Service Area open Iron County C-4 Schools, Viburnum
11:30 - 19:00 Spectator Information/Maps Available Iron County C-4 Schools, Viburnum
11:55 - 13:05 Spectator Area D - Stage 8 County Road 5380
12:44 First Car arrives for Viburnum Service 1 Iron County C-4 Schools, Viburnum
14:47 MTC/Parc Expose Lions' Club Park, Potosi,
15:45 - 16:45 Super Special Spectator Area Lions' Club Park, Potosi,
16:35 - 17:45 Spectator Area E - Stage 12 Grassy Hollow Road
17:26 First Car arrives for Viburnum Service 2 Iron County C-4 Schools, Viburnum
19:15 - 20:25 Spectator Area D - Stage 14 County Road 5380
20:33 First Car Finishes 100 Acre Wood National Rally First Car Finishes 100AW Regional Rally Dent County Courthouse, Salem
20:33 Parc Ferme Dent County Courthouse, Salem
21:30 Awards Ceremony & Party Eagles Lodge, Salem
22:00 Scores for all rallies posted Eagles Lodge, Salem

Find out more info on the race and where you can see Dave Mirra in his Subaru by hitting this link.

Photo by Rally Subary

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OZ KOD video with Ryan Guettler

The Unit BMX Team recently headed to the King Of Dirt. A good line up of riders were on hand to throw down some good riding. Lots of laughs to, so good times all round.

Riders include Ryan Guettler, Dave Dilleward, Colin Mackay, Dane Searls, Richo, Cam Pianta, Nick Cooper, David Girsch and many more...

Produced by Allan Hardy of Unit Clothing




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Follow Nigel Sylvester with the Nike 6.0 Widget

If you’re a fan of Nigel Sylvester, or Nike 6.0 in general, you need to know about the new Nike player. 

The Nike player is a widget that you add to your MySpace, Facebook, etc. that is packed with constantly updated content from Nike 6.0. Nike 6.0 BMX videos and photos are already rolling, so as soon as you drop it onto your page, you can start watching. Then any time a new 6.0 video, photo, wallpaper, etc. is added, it automatically shows up on your page—you don’t have to do a thing. You can also interact in the widget for the world to see. You can also comment and vote on content, and if you’re into more than just BMX, all of the other sports that Nike 6.0 is involved with are only a click away. But if you’re a die-hard BMXer, you’ve got a dedicated BMX channel waiting for you.


All you have to do to get the Nike 6.0 Player rocking is to hit the button that says “GRAB IT,” and then copy and paste that code onto your Profile. Or you can choose which site you want to install it on from the menu, and then you’re good to go.

Follow Nigel Sylvester with the Nike 6.0 widget

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Maxime Charveron in last weekend's FISE video.

The FISE organization put together a clip of last weekend's start of the 2010 Fise Experience series. Since Mirraco rider Maxime Charveron won the first stop we thought we'd put up the clip. See how they do things in Paris, France.




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Photo by Edgerider

KOD in Oz

Ryan Guettler qualified in first at a King Of Dirt event in Australia but when it was time for the finals Ryan rolled the dice. According to the KOD website:

With all these riders competing, the level of riding was incredible. We saw some of the hardest tricks, and most technical runs ever at the King of Dirt. In Qualifying, Ryan Guettler was on fire - landing 2 runs that scored above 90 to qualify for the finals in 1st place and send a serious warning to the other competitors.


In the finals Ryan Guettler crashed out while putting everything on the line to try and beat Colin MacKay’s score.

PRO BMX Finals Results:
1. Colin MacKay
2. Dave Dillewaard
3. Dean Manson
4. Dane Searls
5. Chris Courtenay
6. Jake May
7. Ryan Guettler

Proof once again that Ryan gives it his all, a fact that's appreciated.

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Photo by Colony/Millar

Buckworth signs with Jet Pilot clothing

Before taking a plane to LA to get some practice done for an upcoming Nitro Circus Tour in Australia, Mirraco's Andy Buckworth signed a deal with Jet Pilot clothing over in Oz. Here's part of the press release:

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Jet Pilot is stoked to announce that it has signed young BMX gun Andy Buckworth to its roster for 2010

“We are excited to have picked up such a talented rider such as Andy, he is really pushing the limits with his trick repitoire and has a killer style to boot”. Marketing Manager Chris Apps said.
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Congrats on the new deal Andy and be careful on those big backies.

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BMX Plus! April 2010 issue

Magazine coverage of Dave Mirra's King of the Animal House event is dropping in. After a little report in Cream magazine, the people at BMX Plus! give it a full blown 12 pages!


Dave Mirra himself gets a little interview and Ryan Guettler's superman flip scores a full page. In the photo section Andy Buckworth's handplant flip over the spine also receives a full page. Thanks to Plus! for the love.








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BMX Harry Main throws it down at Simpel Sessions. Video.

Good work requires time. Earlier this month the BMX freestyle elite were in Estonia for the Simpel Session.

Harry Main unleashed a trick he had been wanting to do for two and a half months. He nailed it in the finals and the place went nuts. Ahhh the feeling of pulling a new trick....

Watch this excellent Harry Main clip provided by Monster Energy Drink.




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The 2010 Mirraco Canvas complete bike

-T/T length: 20.75” top tube length
-Color: White / Lime
-Frame: aftermarket frame / full heat-treated Sanko Japanese Crmo w/ S.B. & D.B. tubing w/ MID BB shell, integrated head tube & 4mm thick dropouts, removable brake bosses and cable stop / guide
-Fork: full Crmo w/ alloy CNC cap
-Wheels: Black Label alloy DW rims, 36h, powder coat front & rear, w/ alloy sealed searing hubs: front 3/8” Crmo axle & 1pc driver cassette rear w/ 14mm hollow axle
-Tires: Maxxis Grifter lite (20x2.10 frt, 20x1.85 Rr) w/ wire beads
-Crankset: 3pc Crmo lite 175mm, 19mmx8 spline Crmo axle w/ sealed bearing MID BB set
-Cassette: 10t 1pc driver
-Pedals: Black Label “Graduate” plastic w/ 9/16” Crmo axles
-Saddle: Pivotal/ padded
-Seatpost: Pivotal Stump alloy 3-D forged 25.4x135mm
-Stem: forged alloy threadless 1-1/8in., front mount, 50mm ext.
-Handlebar: 2pc Crmo 8.0” tall
-Headset: FPD integrated 45/45 w/ angular contact bearings
-Brakeset: Tektro low-profile U-brake w/ soft baradine clear pads / Snafu C-Lever / Snafu Mobeus rotor w/ SST cables
-Other components: Black Label 28t alloy sprocket, Duo Scotty Cranmer grips, 1 pair steel pegs 36mm O.D.

Weight: w/o pegs 25lbs
Advised Retail Price: $ 839.99

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Maxime Charveron wins FISE Paris

The indoor EGP18 concrete park in Paris North was the venue of the first stop of the FISE Experience series in France.

Maxime Charveron made himself overthere and Thomas Revest took some pics of the Mirraco rider blasting an amazingly high invert and also a barspin to footjam on the concrete sub box. Formidable.

Contest results:

1) Maxime Charveron (France)
2) Daniel Wedemeijer (Netherlands)
3) Georgy Doremus (France)
4) Alexandre Valentino (France)
5) Barry Kohne (Netherlands)


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Ehweh BMX magazine coverage

Ehwey is a rather new BMX magazine over in Mexico. You never know how they gather content for their publication but we spotted both Dave Mirra and Ryan Guettler in the full colour mag. Dave's photo is from the Dew Tour in Salt Lake City where he did a no-handed alley-oop 360 transfer from the spine onto the landing of the box jump. Ryan's photo is from a Skullcandy ad.

Get more info on the Mexican BMX magazine by going HERE.

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Maxime Charveron at EGP18 this weekend.

This weekend Maxime Charveron will attend round one of the 2010 FISE Experience contest series in Paris. Although there is no FIAT car to be won by the overall BMX Pro class winner in 2010 it's still a good excuse to get together and ride. By the way Maxime won the Fiat car in 2008 and Alessandro Barbero won the Fiat car last year.

To find out more details about this weekend's comp at the new EGP18 indoor concrete park in Paris, go to:

www.fise-events.net

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Barbero interview on FATBMX

Italian Mirraco rider Alessandro Barbero has an interview up on FATBMX.com where he answers all kinds of questions. Might as well check it out if you have a few minutes...

This is the link:

Barbero on FATBMX

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Harry Main clip from Simpel Session

Woozy made this small clip of Harry Main riding the Simpel Session comp. We got the embed code so if you like watching videos, enjoy the next minute or so. A Harry Main clip hardly ever disappoints.



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Cream coverage

The new Cream issue just came out and it's got Alessandro Barbero on the contents page doing a wallplant tailwhip. Also in this issue's "La Gazette" section it's got a report on Dave Mirra's King Of The Animal house event.

Look for issue # 37 of Cream at a good BMX dealer near you.


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Bike Check Alessandro Barbero 2010

-Frame: Mirraco Black Pearl
-Forks: Mirraco
-Bottom Bracket set: Mirraco
-Pedals: Mirraco
-Grips: Mirraco
-Headset: FSA
-Stem: Profile "acustic"
-Bars: Shadow
-Bar ends: Snafu
-Brake lever: Dia Compe 77
-Brake cable: DragonFly and Snafu
-Brake caliper: Fly bike
-Brake pads: Kool stop
-Rotor: Snafu
-Chain: KMC
-Sprocket: Snafu
-Cranks: Snafu
-Pegs: KINK
-Seatpost clamp: Federal
-Seatpost: Alienation
-Seat: Alienation
-Front tire: KHE
-Front rim: Alienation "deviant"
-Front hub: Profile mini
-Rear rim: Alienation "run away
-Rear tire: KHE
-Rear hub: Profile mini

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Guettler teaches you how to ride in Florida.

Want to learn from the pros? Ryan Guettler and some other pro Vans riders will be holding special Pro BMX Camps in April.

Registration just opened for these exclusive camps and spots are limited. Ryan will be instructing in Orlando, Florida on 2 April 2010. Hit the flyer for all the info.

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Mirraco on TV at the Olympics?

The Olympics are a huge event and placing a commercial there is only for the big companies but it happens that a Mirraco logo showed up in a commercial at the opening of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Canada.

When Mike Spinner was on Mirraco he filmed a commercial with his shoe sponsor Nike 6.0, a commercial that was aimed to air at the Olympic Games. Take a good look at the commercial when it shows up on your screen. And don't miss that Mirraco logo on his helmet.






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Harry Main update

Hey everybody, hope you all had a sweet start to the year! I spent January in Australia! It was amazing! We rode some amazing skateparks! Stayed on Bondai Beach with millions of hot chicks! It was so sick.

Then headed over to Estonia and adjusted to the freezing cold weather again! It was such a fun weekend. Now I'm at home just passed my driving license got a car so you can expect to see me at your local when I'm at home!

Also I'm off to another location next week to finish off filming for my Partners In Crime section! So more on that soon. Have a good February and hold tight, the winter is nearly over!

Thanks.

Harry

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2010 Mirraco Gambino

-Frame: full Crmo w/ D.B. D/T, heat-treated MID BB shell, integrated headset & 6mm thick dropouts, T/T length 21” top tube length
-Fork: full Crmo w/ alloy CNC cap
-Wheels: Black Label alloy DW rims, 36h painted or anodized, w/ alloy hubs: front 3/8” Crmo axle & rear 1PC driver sealed bearing cassette w/ 14mm hollow Crmo axle
-Tires: The Shadow Conspiracy Undertone 20x2.10 front & rear
-Crankset: 3pc Crmo 175mm lite, 19mmx8 spline Crmo axle w/ sealed bearing MID BB set
-Cassette: 9t 1pc driver
-Pedals: Black Label “Graduate” plastic w/ 9/16” Crmo axles
-Saddle: Pivotal plastic
-Seatpost: Pivotal alloy 25.4x180mm
-Stem: forged alloy threadless 1-1/8in., front mount, 50mm ext.
-Handlebar: 2pc Crmo 8.0” tall
-Headset: FPD integrated 45/45 w/ angular contact bearings
-Brakeset: Rear side-pull caliper w/ Tektro 273A alloy lever w/ hinge

Other components: Black Label 25t alloy sprocket, The Shadow Conspiracy grips , welded seat clamp

Colours: Pasteal (Pastel Teal color), Black

Weight: 25.5lbs

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5th place for Harry Main in Estonia

Harry Main rocked in Estonia and got 5th out of 24 finalists today. He ended his riding with a 360 downside whip to (late) barspin over the jump box. Needed a couple of tries to get the job done but Harry was stoked on pulling it. Check the full results down here:

2010 Simpel Session Final Results

1. Drew Bezanson - 358
2. Brett “Maddog” Banasiewicz - 355
3. Ben Wallace - 346
4. Diogo Canina - 340
5. Harry Main - 336
6. Leandro Moreia - 334
7. Michael Beran - 331
8. Dan Norvell - 331
9. Rob Darden - 322
10. Kevin Kiraly - 316
11. Sergio Layos - 313
12. Ondra Slez - 311 (tie)
12. Gary Young - 311 (tie)
14. Mark Webb - 310
15. Corey Martinez - 306
16. Andres Lainevool - 304
17. Simone Barraco - 302
18. Tony Watkinson - 301
19. Andre Jesus - 296
20. Kiattichai “Tee” Wanitsakun - 295
21. Ben Snowden - 294
22. Zack Williams - 288
23. Stefan Lantschner - 287
24. Georgy Doremus - 270




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Watch Simpel Session finals Live here at Mirrabikeco.com

Watch the BMX park finals of the 2010 Simpel Session live on your computer screen. They're ten hours ahead over in Tallinn, Estonia so make sure you get up early.

Mirraco's Harry Main will be riding in the second to last group as he qualified in 5th. 4 riders per group will have 8 minutes to get it on. Jam session style. 24 riders total made the final. Expect some amazing riding.



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Main qualifies in 5th at Simpel Session

110 pro riders entered the Simpel Session qualifying event today. Only 24 made it through to the next round. Alessandro Barbero qualified in 44th so he's sitting out tomorrow's finals. Harry Main on the other hand rode to a solid 5th place.

Here are the top ten qualifying results:

1. Drew Bezanson
2. Garrett Reynolds
3. Maddog
4. Diogo Canina
5. Harry Main
5. Gary Young (tie)
7. Ben Wallace
8. Michael Beran
9. Dan Norvell
9. Kevin Kiraly (tie).

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