Nike Primo Custom clip with Nigel Sylvester

Nigel Sylvester is featured in the following Nike 6.0 Primo clip. If you're down with Nigel and Nike, you should check this out.



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Monster clip from the Dew Tour

Dave Mirra, Ryan Guettler and Mirraco's Andy Buckworth are being sponsored by Monster Energy. The drink company made a clip from the Dew Tour stop in Chicago and it features all three riders plus the rest of the Monster BMX freestyle team. If you're into movies, spend a few minutes of your time watching this:



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3 Mirraco riders in Dew Tour finals today

It's about finals time in Chicago at the Nike 6.0 BMX Open, the first round of the 2010 Dew Tour. If you have the chance to watch it live, do so. The riding will be insane. The following Mirraco riders will be competing in the final event today:

Dave Mirra (Park, pre qualified)
Andy Buckworth (Dirt and Park)
Austin Coleman (Vert)

Good luck.

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Andy Buckworth and Chris Hughes transfer to the main program.

The first Dew Tour stop of the year takes place this weekend in Chicago. But before the comp kicked off, riders who were not pre-qualified (like Mirra, Barbero and Guettler) could try to qualify for the main event. With thirteen spots on the line and over 50 strong competitors this wasn't an easy task. The pre qualifiers held yesterday were held in both Park and Dirt.

We can now add Mirraco supported riders Chris Hughes and Andy Buckworth to the program. Chris scored the last spot in the park comp (13th) while Australian Andy Buckworth got fourth. In Dirt Andy even qualified in first so add his name to the starting list of two disciplines in Chicago.

Park Open BMX Qualifying Results:
1. Diogo Canina - 88.63
2. Dean Cueson - 88.25
3. Patrick Casey - 88.25
4. Andrew Buckworth - 87.88
5. Ben Wallace - 87.63
6. Gary Young - 86.88
7. Vince Byron - 86.50
8. Rob Armour - 86.50
9. Ronnie Napolitan - 85.75
10. James Foster - 85.75
11. Dan Foley - 85.38
12. Matt Sparks - 84.88
13. Chris Hughes - 84.50

14. Colton Satterfield - 84.38
15. Keith Schmidt - 84.13
16. Kyle Baldock - 84.13
17. Ondra Slez - 83.75
18. Seth Klinger - 83.63
19. Josh Hult - 83.63
20. Chad Kerley - 83.38
21. Matt Whyatt - 83.38
22. Scott Wirch - 83.13
23. Josh Harrington - 82.88
24. Dan Sieg - 82.75
25. Jaie Toohey - 82.38
26. Anthony Watkinson - 81.88
27. Brandon Christie - 81.38
28. Alistair Whitton - 81.25
29. Eric Vasquez - 81.25
30. Joe West - 81.13
31. Zackery Warden - 80.63
32. Colin Mackay - 79.88
33. Kelly Bolton - 79.75
34. Ben Voyles - 79.50
35. Bryant Shepherd - 79.38
36. Mykel Larrin - 78.75
37. Glenn Salyers - 77.75
38. Patrick Laughlin - 77.50
39. Francisco Zurita - 77.25
40. Jimmy Hale - 75.25
41. Zachary Gerber - 74.75
42. Kevin Porter - 74.25
43. Joey Hill - 73.25
44. Hector Restrepo - 72.50
45. Ronnie Surridge - 72.50
46. Chris Gerber - 70.38
47. Koji Kraft - 69.50
48. Jed Mildon - 69.38
49. Todd Meyn - 68.13
50. Lawrence Werrel - 67.88
51 .John Rodgers - 67.13
52. Ben Snowden - 65.88
53. Andrew Fox - 62.25
54. Quinn Semling - 62.00

Dirt Open Dew Tour pre Qualifying Results, Chicago:
1. Andrew Buckworth - 84.13
2. Jaie Toohey - 83.88
3. Morgan Wade - 83.25
4. Gary Young - 82.38
5. Seth Klinger - 82.13
6. Nate Berkheimer - 82.00
7. Cory Nastazio - 81.75
8. David Girsch - 81.75
9. Ben Wallace - 81.75
10. Brett Banasiewicz - 81.50
11. Kevin Porter - 81.38
12. Dave Dillewaard - 81.13
13. TJ Lavin - 80.88

14. AJ Anaya - 80.75
15. Brian Hunt - 80.13
16. Ronnie Napolitan - 79.50
17. Austin Coleman - 79.38
18. Matt Cordova - 78.75
19. Paul Langlands - 78.50
20. Joey Cordova - 78.38
21. Josh Stead - 78.38
22. Jed Mildon - 75.50
23. Zakary Earley - 75.50
24. Jeremiah Smith - 75.25
25. Jeremy Ball - 75.25
26. Scott Wirch - 73.38
27. Adam Aloise - 73.25
28. Shane Conlon - 73.00
29. Colin Mackay - 71.50
30. Brandon Christie - 69.25
31. Michael Stanek - 67.38
32. Michael Clark - 67.38
33. Joe West - 66.75
34. Kane O’hagan - 66.63
35. Patrick Casey - 63.75
36. Marcus Tooker - 63.25
37. Ben Voyles - 62.75
38. Dustin Griess - 62.75
39. Tom Dillon - 62.00
40. Eric Vasquez - 60.75

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Will you design a shoe with Nigel Sylvester at Niketown Chicago today?

Head to NIKETOWN Chicago today from 3:00-5:00pm to meet the team not to be messed with. Chicago hosts the second Dew Tour stop of the season, the Nike 6.0 BMX Open, this weekend outside of Soldier Field. Before NIKE's BMX athletes compete, they’re heading to NIKETOWN to hang out with their fans. Garrett Reynolds, Nigel Sylvester, Dennis Enarson and Mike Spinner will all take part in a Q&A, sign autographs and 1 lucky winner will customize a Zoom Primo iD with Nigel. Fans will also have a chance to win awesome prizes – tickets to the Dew Tour, Flip cameras, and an iPad.

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Mirraco riders @ 2010 Dew Tour

The 2010 Dew Tour series is about to kick off in Chicago. It's one of the more important BMX series in the world and representing Mirraco in Chicago this weekend will be Dave Mirra (Park), Alessandro Barbero (Park), Ryan Guettler (Park and Dirt) and also flow rider Austin Coleman (Vert). On top of that a few Mirraco riders are trying to get in through the open qualifier and we wish them all the luck. Keep your eyes open for our riders in Chicago. We'll keep you posted on how they do.

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How-To Footjam with Ryan Guettler

Not sure how many foot jams Ryan Guettler has done in his life but he's doing a few more in the following clip to teach you how to do them. Brought to you by Allisports.



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Fun session at the new backyard ramp with Ryan Guettler

Ryan Guettler's got a brand new ramp and houseguests Clint Millar and Alex Hiam got to sesh it with him. BMX is about having fun.



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Mirra, Rally, BMX

Dave Mirra sits down and discusses the difference between BMX and Rally Car racing and what it takes!



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Guettler's Whip 3-s

Ryan Guettler explains his new shoe in the following clip:



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A day in the life with Austin Coleman

Mirraco's flow rider Austin Coleman has his "A day in the life" video up on the Allisports website. See what makes Austin tick. Watch the video below:



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Ask Harry Main what you want to ask

Over on the RIDEBMX website you can send in your question for Harry Main. He'll answer the best questions in an upcoming issue of RIDEBMX magazine. To watch some videos of Harry, follow the following link, it will take you there. It also has all the info on how to get your question to Harry Main.

The Link.

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Ryan Guettler footage from Vans trip

It was a heavy hitter Vans trip earlier this year and Ryan Guettler was part of the crew. They visited various spots to take some fresh pictures and shoot for some web clips. Here's one for you and track down Ryan Guettler if you can.



Make sure to check out Ryan's profile on the Vans site. It's got a photo of his new Monster Pro-Tec helmet.

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Nigel Sylvester - Riding in Phoenix, AZ - Part 1

Gatorade keeps bringing out good stuff with Nigel Sylvester. He now even has his own website: www.nigelridesallday.com.

Here's a new clip of Nigel riding in Phoenix. Part one, more to follow. Stay tuned and visit Nigel on his new site.



Check out exclusive Go All Day content from Nigel's trip at: NigelRidesAllDay.com

Photo by Mark Losey

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Harry Main fans listen up

It didn't take Harry Main all that long to fill up the maximum of 5000 Facebook friends on his profile. To avoid disappointment, he has now opened up a Harry Main FAN page that you should check out. Harry's maintaining the site himself and yes you can sign up as a fan without any problems. Even your friends can sign up too, all of them. There is no limit to the facebook fans.

Check it out by clicking HERE.

You can also check out Harry's black as the night VW. It's a monster.

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Morning, Noon and Night with Nigel Sylvester

Check out Nigel Sylvester’s entire day in the order that it all went down, from morning to the afternoon, and finally into the night. Nigel starts his day cruising the streets, only to have a chance encounter with Teyana Taylor. His afternoon fades to night, as he rides through the streets of NYC with friends, ending up at the club.



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MIRRACO CHOCOLATE FRAME

Ride the exact same frame as Nigel Sylvester does. At least it won't be the frame that will hold you back on your next move on the ledge. Here's the info about the frame:

Made from heat-treated Japanese chromoly featuring an integrated headtube with Mirraco logo cutout, downtube gusset, single-butted seattube with integrated seat post clamp, externally machined Mid BB shell, wishbone rear end with double-butted and tapered chainstays, tapered seat stays, 6mm thick dropouts and no brake mounts or cable guides for brakeless riders.

-Headset Type: Integrated (Campy Spec)
-Gyro Tabs: N/A
-BB Type: Mid
-BB Height: 11.5"
-Chainstay: 13.75"
-Headtube Angle: 74.5°
-Seattube Angle: 71°
-Seattube Height: 8.4" (214mm)
-Seatpost Size: 25.4mm
-Seat Clamp: Integrated
-Dropout Size: 14mm
-Weight: 4 lbs 12 oz

Contact a Mirraco dealer for availability and price.

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Ryan Guettler in Zwanzig Zoll magazine

Life isn't always what it seems to be. Being on top level you do get invitations to ride at several events, some are even abroad. But how fun is it to take your bike apart, arrange a ride to the airport, sit there for a few hours, deal with checking in your bike and then sit on that seat for hours and hours straight to get to the event. With a bit of luck your bike arrives and you hope you'll find your driver who will take you to the hotel which does not seem to have air conditioning and very slow internet that you have to pay for. You're tired, but practice starts in 2 hours. You still have to put your bike together but all you want to do is sleep. When the shuttle picks you up you start feeling like a zombie. You don't know where you are, you don't know what day it is and you keep checking on your watch what time it is and then try to figure out the time difference. Let's not start about the food. It's too different from your own fridge or favourite restaurants at home. But you got to get through this, because the organiser or sponsor paid for your trip and you don't want to let them down.

But friends show up and the session kicks off. You're forgetting about all the trouble and are having fun all over a sudden, your bike gets you through this. In the end you do the tricks you wanted to do, you make finals, and you pick up a check. You party the night away before taking apart that bike and put it in the bag to do the same again from start to finish. Shuttle to the airport, wait in line, long flight, changing planes, finding your ride home and get to bed.

Ryan Guettler flew over to Germany for a weekend and had to go through all this to make it happen. He picked up the second place check and got a full page picture in Zwanzig Zollmag as well. Thanks to all the Mirraco riders for putting their work in promoting the brand. We understand it isn't as easy as it sounds.

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Harry Main Nike 6.0 ad

Harry Main is doing physical therapy at the moment to get back on his bike in full swing. Injuries have been a part of Harry's life unfortunately but as we all know, it's part of the game. Harry had to sit out some bigger contests because of it but has some events lined up that he wants to be a part of. Good motivation for sure.

In the meantime he got this new Nike 6.0 advertisement in the July/August issue of DIGBMX. Double page spread in Australia last year doing a 450 invert over the hip. Get well Harry.

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Ride with Nigel Sylvester

You've seen Nigel Sylvester in the magazines. You've seen the clips. You might have seen him on a giant billboard. But have you ridden with Nigel before? This is your chance.

Nigel Sylvester & Lennie Westfall are going to be in Miami Florida on July 17th at the South Florida Bike Expo. There will be a street course set up and this is everyone’s chance to play some Foot Down or a game of B.I.K.E. with Mirraco pro rider Nigel Sylvester & Mirraco's own Lennie Westfall. Bring your bike and all of your friends- everyone is welcome!

Place: South Florida Bike Expo
Date: Saturday 17 July 2010
Time: 1:00pm
Address: War Memorial Auditorium, Ft Lauderdale, FL
Riders: Nigel Sylvester & Lennie Westfall


Follow this link for more info.

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Staying busy with Alessandro Barbero

Keeping a website fresh requires some work. Alessandro Barbero does update his personal website on a regular basis and then also sends out newsletters with the latest happenings.He recently scored the cover of Oceanes mag. The Italian is doing an Entraque demo on 10 July next but is skipping this year's BMX Masters event in Cologne. The Dew Tour is where it's at for him in 2010 and he's received an invite already for the first round.

Here are a few updates you can find on Ale's site:

-Barcelona BMX Pro contest
-Interview in Gazetta.it, a huge Italian newspaper
-AleB on Rock 'n Roll radio
-New video interview with Alessandro
-Oakley BMX show
-more...

The URL: www.alessandrobarbero.com

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4th of July Freedom Fest Recap

Here is a recap of what went down this past Sunday at Freedom Fest at Boar Crossn’ in Carlsbad, CA. There were 7 of San Diego’s top reggae bands playing throughout the day while Mirraco flow riders Dustin McCarty, Lennie Westfall, put on shows out back with Caleb Norman, Josh Stead, John Hernandez, Chris Gilbert from Omega. We also had a Bikini contest thanks to No Fear and there were all kinds of other giveaways through out the day thanks to all of the other sponsors!






Here is a video that was put together before hand to show what was going down on the 4th:



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Andy Buckworth video clip

While doing a photoshoot for Jet Pilot Andy Buckworth also got filmed and the outcome is this following clip. Expect the pics to show up in Australia's RebelYell magazine.



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Rain in Barcelona?

It never rains in Southern California, right? Well, noone saw the rain coming in Barcelona either on the final day of the Nike 6.0 BMX Pro event. After four more riders qualified for the finals in the early afternoon, the finalists kicked off the comp at 6pm right after the Best Trick contest. 2 groups of 4 riders later a little rain started which made the course wet. After plenty of waiting around the ramps did not dry up enough to finish the competition. Alessandro Barbero had ridden already but got stuck at 12th place because he got 12th in qualifying. Who would have thought the finals were going to be rained out. Just noone. It's off to the first round of the Dew Tour for Barbero now. Good luck bro.

Results Nike 6.0 BCN BMX Pro event in Barcelona, Spain:

1 Dennis Enarson
2 Daniel Dhers
3 Garrett Reynolds
4 Brett Banasiewicz
5 Ben Wallace
6 Gary Young
7 Dean Cueson
8 Michael Beran
9 Ryan Nyquist
10 Mike Spinner
11 Alex Coleborn
12 Alessandro Barbero
13 Daniel Penafiel
14 Diogo Canina
15 Ondra Slez
16 Sergio Layos

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New issue of RIDEBMX

If you've got a subscription to RIDE BMX Magazine you can expect the new issue to drop on the doormat any time soon if it hasn't already. There are some Mirraco related pages in there with the Blend advertisement and also ads with Ryan Guettler (Vans) and a spread with Nigel Sylvester (Gatorade). Support the print mags.






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Barbero qualifies for finals at BCN BMX Pro comp in Spain

Alessandro Barbero took the last direct finals spot at the Nike 6.0 BCN BMX PRO contest in Barcelona Spain. With 40 of the best riders around the Italian got place 12 which gives him a direct spot in Sunday's finals. 4 riders will be added to the finals from a second chance qualifier making it a 16 rider main event.

Barbero unpacked his superman backflip, frontie over the box, cancan flairs, double whips, 3-doubles over the spine and has changed up his style a bit to get through. The Mirraco rider has been riding a lot lately and it shows. We'll let you know how the finals went, with the riders who are in it, it might was well have been the first stop of the Dew Tour or something like that.

Your top 12 qualified riders at the Nike 6.0 BCN BMX PRO contest in Barcelona, Spain:

1 Dennis Enarson
2 Daniel Dhers
3 Garrett Reynolds
4 Brett Banasiewicz
5 Ben Wallace
6 Gary Young
7 Dean Cueson
8 Michael Beran
9 Ryan Nyquist
10 Mike Spinner
11 Alex Coleborn
12 Alessandro Barbero

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Here's what Ryan Guettler's been up to.

Hey guys.

Yesterday we arrived to Woodward camp to get our shred on. I've been riding a lot in Greenville and needed a change of ramps just to get more ready for Dew Tour next month. Before I came to Woodward we built a new ramp in my backyard and filmed a small edit so keep and eye out for that one. Since being at Woodward it's been really fun. Last night we did a demo for the kids and Jamie Bestwick on the mic talking crap on all of us, it was a good time. I've mostly been riding the dirt jumps and watching Andy Buckworth show me why he's running camp right now, he's killing it! I'm also here to get photos for my sponsors and film some clips for Colony.


Talk soon.

Ryan

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Happy B-day Mike Laird

We'd like to wish Mike Laird a happy B-day today.

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