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Getting stopped by the cops is pretty common in Mexico. Sometimes you just have to give them some pesos, or have Mafia guys driving the vans. Either way it helps when they are wearing Odyssey Gloves, and you ride for Odyssey. They get psyched.(photo:rob tibbs)

Gary Young, Me, Rob Tibbs.
Angry, Hungry, Inquisitve. (not really, Gary is never angry)
Dinnertime.

We got a sneak peak at next months premier issue of Twenty BMX magazine, so I figured you guys might want to see it.

The first issue of Twenty BMX Mag is beginning to ship, and will be on
newsstands on April 1st.

This mag will cover all aspects of BMX: race, street, dirt, ramp, and flat.

Everyone seems to want to know what percentage of coverage will be assigned to each discipline; all we can say is that, that is impossible to predict. We’ll do our best to provide equal coverage, but the bottom line is that whatever notable happened that month in BMX will do more to dictate what ends up in the magazine.

The editorial staff at Twenty is open to all things BMX, and feel that’s the way riders should be, so the mag will reflect that. If you’re a strict, judgmental tightwad, you’ll find a way to dislike it, just like everything else. If you’re open-minded and down to have fun on your bike, hopefully you’ll support it. Thanks.

-Kevin McAvoy and Justin Kosman, Twenty BMX Mag

photo: Papiro

Photo: Jeff Z

Photo: Jeff Z

The third installment of new shirts. The Coat of Arms needed a special screen/print press to make such a big graphic. Subtle brown on burgundy. Hard to see in the photos, but looks hot in real life, trust me. Gold ODYSSEY wrap around. Have fun.

This is the second of a few new shirts. This is a new graphic called Digital Orange. 3 Shades of Orange ink on an orange(poppy) 50/50. A few of the squares slide around the hip onto the back. Bobby Digital would be proud.

The last of the 3 new styles should be finished tomorrow, so I will get it up here when it is.

*This article first appeared in Ride UK (#84) and is reproduced here by kind permission of Ride UK.

Chances are that at some point some incredibly witty sort will have shouted this tired old phrase after you as you roll down the street. You may have noticed that they wait until you are a fair distance away before they shout it, and they don’t hang around to hear your equally witty rejoinder of a punch in the bollocks.

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So I went to Mexico to get away from the rain in Southern California.
As soon as I got off the plane, in Monterrey, it started misting. That turned into rain which continued for 3 more days. I guess I am the only one who didn’t check the weather report because Mike, Matt, and Jim all had to cancel on the trip because of the rain.
The first day riding(friday) we rode a skate park under a bridge waiting for the rain to stop so we could go in the ditch.
Saturday the rain stopped in just enough time to have the contest. Literally just enough time. As Gary took off on his finals run, the rain started and made the course unrideable. But it all got crammed in and it was a fun contest. Bas Keep came in third, Gary came in second, and Cory Martinez won it all with tricks like wedge(roll-in, see Sean Burns sequence) to vert wall gap, and reverse vert wall-tailwhip to wedge. But I am a crap photographer so my picture of it sucked. Sean Burns did the craziest thing I saw all weekend by cranking up the course to the roll-in wedge and 360ing to FLAT. It was very well excecuted for what sounds like a huck trick. Cory ice-picked the vert section, and Rooftop tooth-picked it. I think Bas tailwhiped it. tons of other stuff happened, it was great. Locals were going off and we saw amazing things going on in such a strange obstacle. Check RedBull.com, Ride, Standpoint, Twenty, and Dig soon for better pictures, stories, and video.

Gary warming up under a freeway.

Rob Tibbs G-turning the box

Gary

Gary In the drain

360 to flat. Sean Burns is crazy.

End of Garys run, with water chasing him down the drain.

Cookie (Joe Sederquist) will be making a video for Red Bull including a road trip from Mexico City>Monterrey. It sounded like a great trip so expect great things from this video. Thanks for inviting me to Mexico!

Jeff Z, hardest working photographer in BMX.

This week is the re-do of the Red Bull Drenaje Contest that got flooded out last year. The one in the drainage ditch in Mexico….

Right now Gary is on a road trip from Mexico City to Monterrey(where the contest is)
Mike and Matt are on thier own road trip from Utah to Monterrey.
Jim C and I are getting ready to fly down there on Thursday.
I guess the Jim’s are too lazy to drive.
See you there!

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