Ryan Guettler made it over to Germany for the T-Mobile Extreme Playgrounds. It was a head to head dirt competition which started off with 14 invited or qualified riders. After some qualification rounds and a Text Message voting, the following riders made it to the top 4: Ben Wallace (UK), Markus Hampl (Germany), Ryan Nyquist (USA) and Ryan Guettler (Australia). Both Ryan’s made it to the final where it went head to head live on MTV. After a long day of riding both riders messed up some of their tricks and it was Nyquist who ended up winning and Guettler getting second. Guettler was doing huge frontflips over the first set and 720-s over the last set at ease all day and mixed it up with turndown 360-s, superman jumps and double whips.

Ryan entered the “Best 360″ contest and won that with a 360 backflip in front of a sold-out crowd.

Congrats to Ryan on a stellar performance in Germany.

When you are a BMX legend your pictures can show up anywhere in the world. This Sport ‘n Life magazine has a full page shot of Mirra chilling on the ramp at one of the 2007 contests.

Lloyd Ramsay is the man behind the Life - Sport - Playtime magazine and it hails from South Africa. They are at issue number 22 and here to stay. Thanks for the coverage guys!

Like the LTD and PARK, the Blend TWO features a double-butted 4130 chromoly down tube and 100% 4130 chromoly fork. Three-piece cranks with a mid-sized press-fit BB and Sun Rhyno Lite XL rims top the TWO’s impressive list of high-performance features.

-Frame 20.5 inch T/T full Crmo w/ D.B. Down-tube, w/ integrated head tube, MID shell & 6mm dropouts

-Fork Mirraco full Crmo w/ 3/8 inch dropouts & cut-outs for pegs Headset FSA Impact 1-1/8 inch integrated sealed

-Crankset M3 3pc Crmo 170mm, 19mmx8-spline Crmo axle

-BB Set MID BB w/ R12 sealed bearings

-Sprocket M3 alloy 33t Freewheel cassette 12t cog / LHD

-Chain KMC Z410

-Pedals Wellgo alloy 9/16″ loose ball, Crmo axles

-Handlebar M3 2pc 7.5″ Crmo 2.0T

-Stem M3 Downside alloy Aheadset 1-1/8″
-Grips Snafu Freestyle / low flange

-Saddle M3 Blend 8mm rails

-Seat Post M3 alloy Micro Adj., 25.4×200mm dual bolt assembly

-Seat Clamp M3 alloy 28.6mm

-Front Hub M3 alloy 36h 3/8″ Crmo axle, 2 sealed bearing

-Rear Hub M3 alloy cassette 36h w/ 14mm Crmo hollow axle, LHD, 4 sealed bearing

-Rims Sun Rims Rhyno Lite XL doublewall w/ Eyelets, 36h, black anodized front, black ano. / silver walls rear

-Spokes 14g stainless black

-Tires Maxxis M-Tread 20×2.1″ front, 1.85″ rear, 110 PSI

-Pegs/Acc. steel w/ inserts (1 pair)

-Rotor SST Oryg w/ SST top & lower cables

-Brakes Tektro FX-570 alloy rear U-brake w/ soft grey pads

-Brake Lever Snafu C-Lever alloy w/ hinge

-Weight 29.5 lbs / 13.4 kgs

Name: Lennie Westfall

Hometown: Rockford, IL

Age:19

frame- Mirraco Blend Lite 20.75 TT

fork- Odyssey Race Classic

bars- Gary Young 2

stem- Fit Downlow regular

gyro- Snafu astroglide

levers- Odyssey Small lever

saddle- Macneil Capital Pivital

seatpost- Macneil Pivital

clamp- Proper

rims- Odyssey Midway

front hub- Snafu 36h

rear hub- Proper magnalite 36H

sprocket- TreeBikeCo 28t

cranks- Flybikes

chain- Shadow Interlock

pedals- Mirraco M3

brakes- Flybikes

pads- Odyssey Slim by Four

tires- KHE Folding MAC 2 street

pegs- TreeBikeCo Trick sticks

cable- Odyssey

grips- ODI Longnecks

barends- Plastic ODI

Photo credits:
Paul Yeager for the table and Jeremy Cliff for the Flair Whip.

Finally I found time to write a new update. In between work, exams, building a BMX Park and a few other things to do, it was hard to find time for riding and even harder to get a good shot. As I told you before we are working hard on hour new BMX Park, we have a contract with the council to finish work until the 24th of May for their grand opening party.

So there’s a lot to do but we already found some time to test the ramps. Everything is big, but that’s the way to go. Superpark you know I haven’t been on the road yet but I’m looking forward to change that pretty soon. A good roadtrip is what I need right now.

The army wants me too, it’s actually a must where I live, but my body is already a small mess so I would be a bad soldier…let’s hope I don’t have to go. Fingers crossed.

Jean-Marie

Here’s a video of French Mirraco rider Maxime Charveron who recently won the second stage of the FISE Experience in France. The video has the top three finishers and Maxime’s riding can be seen at the end of the clip.

Next contest that will count towards winning that FIAT Panda car is the FISE in Montpellier 2-4 May 2008.

Le Clip

RIDEBMX have posted many videos on the JoMoPro contest. They also showed a video of the Best Trick contest where Ryan Guettler is doing a superman backflip over the box. He did not win the Harley-Davidson that was up for grabs for the Best Trick contest. That one went to James Foster with a 3-whip to whip back. Here are the results of the Pro contest where Ryan finished in 7th place.
Pro Final Results:

1. Daniel Dhers – 89.375
2. Dennis Enarson – 89.25
3. Craig Mast – 88.875
4. Zack Warden – 85.75
5. Joe West – 85.8
6. Colin Mackay – 85.375
7. Ryan Guettler – 85.25
8. Jeremiah Smith – 85.25
9. Drew Bezanson – 83.875
10. Ryan Nyquist - 83.125
11. Anthony Watkinson – 82.5
12. Brian Hunt - 82
13. Seth Klinger – 81.5
14. James Foster – 80.625
15. Ricky Moseley - 77

Here’s a video of a session that went on recently at Dave Mirra’s warehouse. It has riding from Mike Laird, Dave Mirra, Ryan Guettler and other Greenville locals. They are having a session on a wooden jersey barrier and called the clip the Bob The Barrier session.

Terrell Gordy deserves the video credit.

To watch it, hit this link.

Pro Qualifying Results. This top 15 makes it to the finals: 1. Jeremiah Smith 2. Dennis Enarson 3. Craig Mast 4. Daniel Dhers 5. Ryan Guettler 6. Colin Mackay 7. Ryan Nyquist 8. Drew Bezanson 9. Anthony Watkinson 10. Seth Klinger 11. James Foster 12. Ricky Mosley 13. Brian Hunt 14. Joe West 15. Zack Warden

JoMoPro Finals on Sunday 13 April.

Mirraco’s top of the line complete bikes are the Blend LTD and the Black Pearl LTD. You have probably dreamed of owning one. If your job isn’t paying you quick enough to purchase a Black Pearl LTD, you should check out the VANS site as they are giving away one of these exclusive complete bikes.

Somebody has to win it, right? All you have to do is fill out a form. Easy as one, two, three. Ahhh, the link. Okay, here it is:

I want the Black Pearl LTD