Mike Laird does King shows from time to time to make some extra cash that helps pay the bills. Recently Terrel Gordy brought a camera with him to take a few shots during an exhibition in Lillington, NC.

Mike is entering his second Dew Tour contest of the year this weekend. Wish him luck.

Over the weekend the BMX Masters took place in Germany. European Mirraco flow riders Jean Marie Baertsch from Switzerland and Alessandro Barbero from Italy drove over to Cologne to ride together with hundreds of participants in front of thousands of people.

The BMX Masters is a big contest and the vert contest got riders like Mat Hoffman and Simon Tabron on the ramp. Riding with these two legends is reason enough for some riders to get on the deck and join the session. Daniel Dhers actually did so too and finished fourth. Jean-Marie sessioned the ramp and had fun. Simon won, Matt Fairbairn (Australia) finished 2nd and Mat Hoffman got third.

In street it’s hard enough to make finals these days. Alessandro qualified in fourth place which secured a spot in the top 12 final round. Four groups of three riders had a good session and the riders didn’t hold back. Alessandro flipped the spine and did a 360 double whip over it. He did a barspin to tire tap on a sub box and went crazy over the funbox with flip whips and his recently learned windshield wiper. Ale got third behind Ben Wallace and Daniel Dhers who did a crazy looking 720 over the box, inverted flairs, 360-double whips and a truckdriver to late tailwhip. The level has gone crazy. It’s hard to keep up.

Next Euro contest: Rebel Jam, Berlin, Germany.

Click the image below to see some highlights of the event including Alessandro’s tailwhip to tailwhip back:

Yo what’s up all it was quite the media storm here in Greenville. Jeff Z. and Losey were both in town shooting photos. So keep your eyes open for some serious photos.  Keep your eyes open for Guettler, Mirra, Spinner, and Laird at the next Dew stop in Cleveland. That’s the word from the East.

Now the West where Rytell, Wise, and Nigel are in San Fran. I talked to Rytell today and all he keeps telling me is that there is non stop riding. So If you’re ever there, take a couple days because it looks like you can’t hit this city in one day. So check out the upcoming webisode to see some of the spots they hit.

Well that’s it for now.

Feel Meee!

Gator

The AST Dew Tour and the action sports industry and athletes are coming together to help raise awareness and funds for the Stephen Murray Recovery Fund for injured BMX athlete Stephen Murray, who suffered a severe injury while competing at the Panasonic Open event on June 22.

AST Drops In, the AST Dew Tour’s national charity, will hold an online auction with all proceeds benefiting the Stephen Murray Recovery Fund. The Dew Tour, Camp Woodward, ESPN X Games, countless action sports athletes, and many other companies from the action sports industry, are all participating in the online auction in an effort to raise funds for the Stephen Murray Recovery Fund.

Beginning Thursday, July 19, AST Drops In will host an online auction on CharityFolks.com, a leading online marketplace for nonprofit fundraising, featuring Dew Tour athlete memorabilia. The auction will culminate on Friday, August 10 with all proceeds benefiting the Stephen Murray Recovery Fund.

Fans can log on to www.charityfolks.com/astdropsin to bid on rare action sports memorabilia and experiential items.

The Dew Tour, its media partners, and sponsors will use on-air, online, and on-site channels to promote the auction during the Right Guard Open event in Cleveland, Ohio, July 19-22. In addition, AST Dew Tour athletes will be hosting special autograph sessions on-site at the Right Guard Open to raise funds for the Stephen Murray Recovery Fund.

Some of the online auction memorabilia includes:

§ Dave Mirra autographed BMX bike

§ Camp Woodward scholarships

§ Ryan Sheckler autographed skate deck used during the Right Guard Open

§ Travis Pastrana signature series dirt bike

§ Shaun White autographed skate deck

§ X Games 13 VIP Trip Package

§ Dew Tour Finale VIP Trip Package

§ And other memorabilia from the world’s best action sports athletes

So I stopped by the warehouse today around eleven a.m. and to my surprise there was quite the session going on. Mike Laird, Scott Wirch, Allan Cooke, Mirra, Jeremy Fanburg, Josh Boatwright, and Marcus Tooker were riding harder than most of us do on our best day. LOL.

Even though we all live separate lives, we all share that love for riding our bikes, and don’t think for one second you can’t come through and ride with these guys. You know that feeling you get when riding down the street and there is not a worry in the world. That’s the feeling we all get when we wake up in the morning. So after you get done reading this, grab your bike and go ride……..

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P.S Nigel, Rytell, and Wise are out in San Fran so hit them up and show them your local spot. Plus want to say what up to my lady JEN that just got in town….. Holla!

After some massive treatment by a well known physical therapist at the RedBull Bikenight in Italy, local hero Alessandro got to ride the contest. Alessandro got teamed up with a mountain bike rider from Croatia and together they had to get to the next round.

Alessandro rode a top three run in Italy and checked off trick after trick on the park course. Together with his team mate they made it to the evening program. In the head to head knock-out system they lost in the first round. It wasn’t Alessandro’s fault because he was ripping. The lower score of the MTB rider caused them to go take a shower early on in the evening.

Alessandro’s next contest will be the BMX Masters in Cologne, Germany this weekend. Jean Marie Baertsch will be there too as well as Mirraco boarded Daniel Dhers.

The next issue of RIDE BMX mag (UK) will have a contest where they are going to give away a Mirraco Blend One. If you were not lucky in the BMX Plus! contest, you might have better luck with the England based BMX magazine (issue number 106). Make sure you find mag in the newsstands and if you subscribe to the magazine already, you have a jump start in the competition.

RIDE BMX MAG UK

Mirraco flow rider Alessandro Barbero from Italy had a bad day yesterday. He hurt his left leg and could not pedal. He opted to take it easy all day to see if you could make it to the last chance qualifying of the RedBull Bike Night in Trieste, Italy. It is hard to keep the Italian stallion away from his Black Pearl. He is going to try to qualify tonight going straight to the finals.

The contest is a little weird in a way that a BMX rider is teamed up with a mountain bike rider. They ride the same Park course for one minute each and the scores get added up together to get the overall points. 6 duo’s already made it to the finals and there are 2 spots open. Can Alessandro make it? It not only depends on his riding tonight, but also on his MTB team mate.

Frame: Mirraco Black Pearl, 20.8″

Fork: Sunday Forks (The lightest ones…)

Bars: Odyssey Gary Young

Stem: DK Trail with 5 Ti bolts

Grips: red ODI

Barends: plastic odi

Headset: No idea.

Seatpost Clamp: SNAFU

Seatpost: MacNeil Stump

Seat: MacNeil Slim

Cranks: Profile, 175mm with Ti everything.

Sprocket: Guetter colony with a sweet paint job

Chain: Shadow

Brakes: Fly, the ones for the seatstay

Cables: Dragonfly on top and SST Oryg on bottom

Brake Lever: Dirty Harry

Detangler: SNAFU

Front Tire: KHE Foldable

Front Wheel: Profile mini hub with Ti bolts, with double-butted spokes and Sun Rhyno Lite

Rear Tire: KHE Foldable Rear

Wheel: Profile cassette hub with Ti studs, 9t driver, double-butted spokes and Odyssey 7KA rim

Pegs: No need…

Pedals: Welgo 52

Modifications/Other: I run my bars really high, I have a million spacers under my stem… I always like to keep it light. also I just got a sweet ass paint job it’s called twilight metallic black some crazy sparkles all over my frame, bars, sprocket and soon to be forks

Streets of San Francisco Next week we’re coming to San Fran for a scene report/photoshoot and need your help identifying the hot spots. We will be bringing a few Mirraco team riders and a photographer or 2. If you know any cool spots, street, park, ramp, dirt, let us know about it and maybe we will hit it up.