PUSHER BMX MAGAZINE

     Murray in the News

• June 13, Godsmack played in the first annual Stay Strong Music Festival - press release & photos of event attached

• Tuesday, June 23 Stephen will sit down with ESPN's Sports Center and discuss "Pushing the Limits" to be aired in August. Wednesday Stephen and Kimarie will be attending the first stop Action Sports Tour, June 26-28 in Chicago. Stay Strong Apparel will also have a merchandise booth there, be sure to stop by and say hello.

BIG IN BAVARIA:
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First pictures of the dirt jumps and confirmed riders

Munich, Germany , June 26th 2009 – Still four weeks are left till the BIKE EXPO and BIG IN BAVARIA dirt jump competition in Munich on July 23rd to 26th. But the building of the dirt jumps is already in full progress. The first doubles are shaped and the starting tower is finished. It’s not only the dirt line that is worth a look. The list of confirmed riders also gives a preview of the first class BMX action you can expect.
 
About 1.200 tons of dirt have been used to form the super sized dirt jump course of the BIG in Bavaria so far. And 800 tons are still up to come. The course building had to be postponed due to the bad weather conditions in southern Germany during the last week. But the pictures of the now existing jumps already promise a lot of airtime. The needed speed is guaranteed by a eight meters (about 25 feet) high starting tower including a steep bank followed by a smooth step down jump and the first double that has an 11 meters (about 35 feet) gap in between! But these are only the first hits for the overall 180 (about 200 yards) meters long dirt line with a whole bunch of jumps, including a section with parallel lines. The transfers will be as much fun for the spectators as for the riders, that’s for sure. The big names can’t wait for it and are already confirmed, so watch out for:
 

Name (Nation/Team)        
       
 Cameron White (AUS/Mongoose)  
 Corey Bohan (AUS/Giant)  
 Dave Dillewaard (AUS/GT)  
 Josh Stead (AUS)  
 Luke Parslow (AUS/Forgotten Bikes)  
 Ryan Guettler (AUS/MirraCo)  
 Alejandro Caro (COL/wethepeople)  
 Christian Porras (COL)  
 Alex Dropsi (FRA/Twenty)  
 Nicolas Bertier (FRA/Dragonfly)  
 Patrick Guimez (FRA/Koxx)  
 Romuald Noirot (FRA/MacNeil)  
 Benn Hennon (GBR/Seventies)  
 Kye Forte (GBR/United Bikes)  
 Markus Hampl GER/Twenty)  
 Simon Moratz (GER/Felt)  
 Anthony Napolitan (USA/Hoffman Bikes)  
 Chris Doyle (USA/Kink Bikes)  
 Heath Pinter (USA/Giant)  
 James Foster (USA/KHE)  
 Mike Clark (USA/Redline)  
 Ricardo Laguna (USA)  
 TJ Ellis (USA/Bulldog Bikes)
 

You have to keep in mind that the big dirt line and an overall prize money of 20,000 Euros will secure only the most hardcore action. You could say that mental fitness has to meet mindless sickness to throw down your hardest tricks on those huge hitters. Shouldn’t be a problem for the crazy pros from all over the world to go big in Bavaria!
 
 
For all the details of the BIG IN BAVARIA as well as riders’ profiles, please take a look on: www.myspace.com/biginbavaria.
 
Please find detailed information about the BIKE EXPO tradeshow program on www.bike-expo.com. If you register yourself on this official website, you get free access to the BIKE EXPO and BIG IN BAVARIA on July 25th and 26th. Due to the online registration, you can also win special prizes from PG Bikes, Maloja, Zweibrüder Optoelectronics, Alpina International und Innov8!
 
 
For media related requests, please don’t hesitate to drop us a mail:
high@rasoulution.com or Maud.Hoff@messe-muenchen.de.