Ryan Guettler, Mirraco and BMX Plus! magazine have teamed up for a photo contest. The August issue of BMX Plus! has a ballot that you can use to win a Mirraco Black Pearl Ltd. complete bike. Ryan has been taking tons of photos and knows what looks good. Do you have a photo that you think can win this competition?

Go to the newsstands today to find a copy of BMX Plus! magazine (August issue) that has all the details and good luck! That top of the line Black Pearl Ltd. could be yours.

In 2006 Ryan Guettler received an invite to ride the Red Bull Elevation contest in Whistler, Canada. Due to a crash that resulted in a concussion at the first stop of the 2006 Dew tour in Kentucky, Ryan never made it to Canada. Things aren’t looking good for 2007 either:
You see, he left the house with fellow Greenville riders at 3am to go to the airport only to find out that he forgot his passport. He drove all the way back to Greenville to pick up his passport and bought a new flight to Vancouver. For whatever reason this flight got canceled so he drove the two hours back to Greenville to spend the night in his own bed. Traveling is not always fun.

Yo what’s up this is Gator with a update from the streets. First off though I want to apologize for the website being down, hopefully we won’t have to deal with that again. So here’s what has been going on with the riders of Mirra Co.

Dew Tour Update:

Mirra: Rode awesome in prelims and ended up qualifying 2nd. Dave came out in finals with huge flip whips down the step down along with a 9 foot turndown out of the big quarter. After talking to Dave he was a little disappointed but already looking forward to the Cleveland stop. Placing 9th

Guettler: Ended up getting 12th in Dirt and in park didn’t make it to finals so he decided to leave the course with a casual Double Flip over the box jump.

Laird: Along with Spinner had to compete with 50 other riders to make it in to prelims and that is a task in itself. Laird made it to finals and when he got there he threw down huge flairs and 360 double whips. Placing 8th

Spinner: Spinner made his way up to the finals and when he got there he didn’t stop. Mike came out with 540 whips, 900, and just came a lil short on the 1080 landing him 2nd place. You know he cant wait till Cleveland.

Nigel: Has been up in the City trying to escape the heat. He also doing a photo shoot every other day. This kid has quite the schedule.

Wise: Just got done riding in Tahoe wrapping up for Brian Purdy’s F this S video.
Rytell: Has been riding, riding and riding that is almost a direct quote from his mouth. He’s been filming and from the looks of the new Mirra Co. webisode this kid gots moves. He will also be heading up to Greenville to shoot an ad for Shadow Conspiracy with photographer Jordan Villona.

I also want to say are thoughts go out to Stephen Murray from all of us. Get well soon…..

GATOR

Pics by Al D/BMXinvasion.com

Model Fivestar Intro

Colors Steel Grey, Candy Blue, Chrome

Frame 19.5” T/T 1-tube Crmo (downtube) frame w/ American BB shell & 6mm dropouts

Fork Mirraco Crmo legs

Headset VP A-71 Aheadset 1-1/8”

Crankset Mirraco 3-Pc Crmo 175mm, 19mmx8-spline Crmo axle

BB Set American BB, sealed mechanism, 12 ball tetainers

Sprocket Mirraco 39t

Freewheel DNP 14t

Chain KMC Z410

Pedals Wellgo alloy 9/16” loose ball, Crmo axles

Handlebar Mirraco 2-Pc 7.0” 2.0T

Stem Mirraco alloy Aheadset 1-1/8”

Grips Snafu Polygrips

Saddle Mirraco 8mm rails

Seat Post steel 25.4×250mm

Seat Clamp Mirraco alloy 28.6mm

Front Hub 36h w/ 14mm SC45 axle

Rear Hub 48h w/ 14mm SC45 axle, micro-drive

Rims alloy 36h/48h, single wall black anodized

Spokes 14g

Tires CST Park 20×1.95”, Frt & Rr

Pegs / Acc. steel w/ inserts (1 Pr) + 1 steel chain tensioner

Rotor SST Oryg toptube dual cable route

Brakes Tektro alloy U-brake w/ soft grey pads Frt & Rr

Brake Lever Tektro 289 alloy Frt & Rr

MSRP: $ 259.= USD (USA price)

*Specifications and geometry subject to change at any time and without notice.

Protecting you head is important. For Dave there is no other choice than to go with the best company when it comes down to helmets. Dave has been using Bell Helmets for the longest time. You can now watch a movie of Dave riding at his warehouse on the Bell Helmets website.
The following link will take you straight to the movie but shop around for a new lid while you’re there. Safety first.

Dave Mirra clip

If you own a PSP and do not have the Dave Mirra BMX Challenge game yet, this is your chance to win one. The people at FATBMX are giving out four Mirra games and an actual PSP game player.

Greenville’s Dave Mirra has won his fair share of X-Games gold medals (14) and has just been invited to ride park at the 2007 X-Games. Expect big bangers from Dave on his Mirraco bike.

That sentence has all the answers to the contest on FATBMX, the only question you need to answer now is why you need that Mirra game.

Here’s a LINK that will take you to the competition.

Nine to Five productions have finished up the second Mirraco Promo DVD. The good part is that you don’t have to leave the house to see the movie. Even better is the fact that it is free to watch the Mirraco team riders.

This is not a quick 2 minute movie, it’s about a quarter of an hour long. Make some time to watch it. Hit this link that will take you there.

Along with seeing your favorite athletes compete in the Dew Tour, there are plenty of chances to meet them in person in Baltimore - the first being at the Vans Team autograph signing. On Wednesday, June 20 at 6:30 pm, the team will be hosting a signing at the Vans Store in White March Mall. Come by and meet Ryan Guettler, Scotty Cranmer and a few others.

Vans Team Signing Date: Wednesday, June 20 Time: 6:30pm

Location: Vans Store- White March Mall, 8200 Perry Hall Blvd., Baltimore, MD 21236, ph: 410.931.8432

Mike Spinner. His name has been on the lips of BMX circles for a few years now, and while 2006 was the year when people really sat up and started paying attention, 2007 has truly been a breakout year for this Oceanside, New York native.

At age eight Mike moved with his parents to Miami, and took advantage of year-round riding weather, the street terrain of the Florida city, and the inspiration of his daily riding partners like fellow BMX-er Steve McCann. Every summer Spinner would blaze up from Miami to the Northeast, becoming a yearly fixture at Woodward. He even left his car parked there as a long-standing obstacle… actually, it stopped running in New Jersey and he had it towed to Woodward where it sits today, headlights smashed out and tagged beyond recognition with spray paint.

Unlike his busted car, Spinner is anything but stagnant–this young ripper lives up to his name, and is pushing BMX progression rotation by rotation. In the summer of 2006, Spinner started turning heads doing 720’s and then 720 Tailwhips into the foam pit at Woodward. This is exactly the trick everyone was anticipating at last year’s Dew Tour in Portland. It could’ve been a pressure cooker–Mike remembers peering down course ramps before his run and seeing all the pros watching him. Instead, Mike looked over at his crew of BMX-ers on deck with him, ditched the stress and dropped in–just another session with his friends. He crashed on his first attempt, but got up, and with 40 seconds left in his run, nailed the 720 Tailwhip, making history, gaining a Gold medal, and securing a spot in Orlando for the Tour finals. He joined the Nike 6.0 family a few months later in February 2007.

Read the rest of the story by going to the NIKE website