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Estonia’s Simpel Session concluded today with DK’s Drew Bezanson scooping the win and Federal’s Dan Lacey taking the prize for best trick with an absolutely out-of-this-world toothpick hangover 360. Brett Banasiewicz finished second and Ben Wallace placed third.

Ride UK has already compiled some of the qualification highlights, which can be seen here However, if you watch any of the event coverage it has to be the highlights of best trick. Dan Lacey took the win and simultaneously made the crowds lose it, making what should be impossible look easy.

Watch the below and be prepared to scoop your jaw off the floor afterwards…

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Extreme Sports website Mpora.com has announced a free of charge iPhone application, which when downloaded gives the user access to over 25,000 videos from several extreme sports.

Mountain biking and BMX are covered thoroughly on Mpora and the site’s editors are frequently updating content too, much of which is generated through Factory Media’s magazines - Dirt, Ride UK and Dig BMX.

The application has both a filter and a search option, which the former allowing the user to block content from sports that don’t interest them.

To find out more and download the application, click here.

DK Bicycles rider Drew Bezanson, with no hesitation, demonstrates exactly how to shut down a sub box in this edit.

Filmed and edited by Charlie Crumlish of BMXFU.com

Mark Noble’s UK trails brand Deluxe has posted shots of a prototype stem designed in collaboration with Sylvain Taro.

CNC machined from 7075 T-6 aluminium, the top-load stem has been shaved of weight in all the right places so as not to compromise strength. The final production model, to be available with a 54mm reach, is hoped to weigh in under the 300 gram mark.

Assuming all testing goes to plan, the stem should hit the market during summer.

If BMX is your thing, chances are you’ve heard of a website called The Come Up. Adam Grandmaison, or Adam22 as he’s known to many is the mind behind the site, which, almost by accident, has become perhaps the largest BMX website on the web.

Here for the first time, Adam sheds light on how The Come Up blew the competition out of the water and lets BikeRumor in on a new components brand dubbed OSS that he’s set to drop in just a few months time…

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Black Market Bikes is now shipping their long-awaited Contraband 24″ dirt jump mountain bike. Perfect for smaller riders or those that just want a smaller bike, it’s built with typical Black Market style and substance.

The frame is fully heat-treated Sanko double-butted tubing and comes with a rigid Tech 9 fork (but you can use a suspension fork, as shown.  UPDATE: 80-100mm fork max recommended).  The quick spec rundown goes a little sumthin’ like this:

• Precision laser cut bridges & drop outs
• Integrated headset and seatclamp
• 365mm chainstays
• 135mm spacing
• 21.5” or 22” frame sizes
• Mid-size BB
• Weight: 5.8 lbs / 2.3 kg
• M.S.R.P. $399.99 (U.S.)

Originally expected sometime late last Summer or early Fall, the Contraband is finally available for order through your local dealer.  Frame colors and photos after the break…

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PRESS RELEASE: Felt Bicycles has partnered with the International Cycling Union (UCI), the world governing body of cycling, to supply a full stable of road, time trial, track, mountain and BMX frames to the World Cycling Centre in Aigle, Switzerland. The architecturally renowned World Cycling Centre opened in 2002 and houses the offices of the UCI staff as well as elite training facilities for Olympic cycling hopefuls from around the world. The WCC also functions as a training center for national-level cycling coaches, team directors and other management roles within the sport.

“We’re pleased to be a sponsor of this incredible facility and the athletes who train there,” said Felt President Bill Duehring. “We’re especially proud to support those athletes from developing nations that might not have the resources or elite level of support to help them chase their Olympic dreams.”

Located in the Swiss Alps and surrounded by roads and trails that are ideal for road and mountain bike training, the World Cycling Centre was created to help develop the sport globally. To that end, WCC coaches identify riders from countries that lack fully funded national teams and invite them to live in Aigle to train at the WCC. In 2009, more than 83 riders from 38 different countries benefited from the WCC facilities. Since opening, the WCC has hosted 717 athletes from 113 countries.

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Scottish urban trials phenom Danny MacAskill was featured in the New York Times today.  Here’s how it begins:

Like his fellow Scot Susan Boyle, who made a meteoric entry into show business, the stunt bicyclist Danny MacAskill can divide his life in two: before his YouTube video and after.

Eight months ago, MacAskill’s daily routine was fairly predictable. He would leave the apartment he shares with a roommate, hop on his bike and maneuver through strangling traffic to his job as a bicycle mechanic.

Along his route, he passed a metal fence with a spiky top. He had eyed it for years.

“I’d look at it and say, ‘I can ride that rail,’ ”said MacAskill, 24. read more…

The video that started it all is shown after the break…

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Alpay Kasal, using a set of real BMX handlebars as a wireless controller opensource hardware and software including the Arduino and Blender3D, created a custom BMX video game that lets users steer a bike through the game.

It was created for Pfizer and used to promote medication at a tradeshow for sufferers of Hemophilia.  Kasal says “I just got back from San Francisco. I did something I often do when I visit there (in addition to eating a gigantic crustacean). I always try to rent a mountain bike and do a half-day ride along the water towards the Golden Gate. My gig in SF was an exercise in mimicking real life – I provided a videogame experience of a cyclist on the streets of San Fran from Lombard Street to Fisherman’s Wharf! 2nd life meets 1st life! The bike game was to be a fun experience for kids at a Hemophilia convention which felt more like a street fair full of kid friendly activities. I’m honored that our bike game was one of the activities. The goal was to illustrate, in a fun way, 11 reasons why a particular medication is useful. Experience is a word I spend a lot of energy contemplating. The client wanted a custom videogame from the outset, so I, along with Sam Ewen at Interference Inc happily obsessed over how we might make the game a memorable and interesting virtual experience.”

Check it all out on his blog, and see the internals of the handlebar controller after the break…

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Doors open at 10am at the Cow Palace next Saturday, November 21st for an all day Expo of all things bike related. Come to see 2010 bike products from tons of vendors, participate in the bike swap, watch the BikeStyle fashion show, be amazed by the BMX stunt show and AT’s Showdown, check out the low rider competition, view the custom and vintage bike show, test your skillz on the SF Urban Riders Triple Feature, join in the track stand competition, watch a performance by the Bay Area Dérailleurs, and stay late for the after party!

There’s definitely something for everyone! Come and enjoy the sights and maybe even get in a little early Christmas shopping (for yourself). Children 12 and under are free (!), everyone else is $8 pre-show or $10 at the door. Click here for more info.

Daytona Beach opened its first municipal skate and bmx park on Saturday (Nov. 7) at Bethune Point Park.  The $800,000 facility at 101 Bellevue Ave. will offer 35,000 square feet of street obstacles, ramps, a bowl, quarter pipe and a “street clam,” according to city officials.

The park will be open from 7:30am to 9:30pm seven days a week.  All BMX riders will have to wear a helmet and have park pegs.

The facility was constructed by a Jacksonville firm specializing in skateboard parks and designed with the help of a California-based company known for designing courses for several X-Games competitions, officials said.  More from the News Journal

(Editor’s Note: Having grown up in Daytona, this isn’t the first skate park…Stone’s Edge was, but it was privately owned and has been outta biz for a long, long time, and I don’t recall BMX being allowed.)

OK, actually, you won’t see it ALL here, yet.  We’ve still got a number of posts to do, but we think we have the biggest collection of bicycle, component, clothing and gear coverage anywhere.  See that big Interbike button up on the top right of our site?  Click on it (or just click here) and you’ll get the full list.  We’re adding more and will update the list again when we’re done, but there’s plenty to see!

Danny MacAskill is featured in a foreign television ad for Volkswagen’s new Golf station wagon.  This isn’t his first commercial foray…according to BikeBiz, he’s also been in an ad for S1Jobs.com, and you can see that video after the break…

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FROM REDLINE: The new 2010 Redline jerseys have just arrived in SBS warehouses - and are available from your local bike shop or from BikeThreads.com. The Flight jersey is a brand new graphic design, and features new looser jersey cuffs. This jersey matches great with Redline pants, or any brand of pant in red, white and black. It’ll make you look fast just standing still in staging!  MSRP $47.00 and available in youth and adult sizes.

What do you get when you take two of the world’s best BMX riders and one of the world’s best at the wheel……a daft and frenzied race to the finish! Kudos to Top Gear for hosting such a proper challenge.