He is one of the shootingstars in the global FMX scene and got invited to the X-Games 2006 in Los Angeles. We are talking about Blake Bilko Williams from Australia. He is one of the FMX Trick innovators of the year 2006 doing a Cliffhanger Backflip on dirt ...

A lot of you guys are really excited, if your bike is one of the winning bikes of the FORTY8 BEST BIKE DESIGN CONTEST 2006. It was hard to judge all the bike designs, so we decided to award 6 bikes and their owners. We proudly present the winners ...

Coming into this FMX final, Travis Pastrana had the upper hand. He was last to go on both rounds at got to see everyone’s cards before he had to decide if he wanted to bet or fold his cards. It was debatable whether Pastrana should’ve been seated first in the finals, but the judges were sure to tighten their scores ...

Last weekend the Jump to the Music event took place in Sternberg/GER. Unfortunately it rained a bit, but nevertheless the five german FMX riders Basty Radel, Florian Menge, David Saalfeld, Sebastian Dunkel and Michi Lewe showed their skills. Oh yes, Germany not only has to offer soccer these days ...

Finally his dream came true. Willian "Double U" Van den Putte landed the long distance backflip on dirt. 2 1/2 years after his flip crash on the kicker ramp, he never did the backfflip to dirt again. Congratulations Double U!

>> Link to the video clip (wmv format)

We got some new rider columns from Busty Wolter, Morgan Carlson, Fabian Bauersachs and Marc Fischer. So check out the Rider Columns category for the fresh updates ...

Today was the closing date for the FORTY8 Best Bike Design Contest. Thank you for taking part and sending us all the nice pictures of your FMX bikes. We will sit together the next days, to discuss and rate the bikes you have sent in. The winners and their bikes will be published in the end of the month. Stay tuned ...

Remi Bizouard is stepping up to the top dogs in FMX. The french kid is getting better and better the last months. We are really excited to see the stylemaster at the big events, when he shows his skills. So be prepared and watch out for Remi. More info about Remi on his website ...

>> www.remibizouard.com

Austria's FMX Prorider Martin Schenk is back on the bike! We are happy, that Muph has celebrated his comeback after his long injury break. So check out, what Muph has to say after his first airtime ...

One of the best riders in Latin America and a pioneer on Brazilian FMX, Giancarlo Bergamini has skills enough to ride on the big international events. Leaving his native land with many victories now he wants new challenges ...

Results final Madrid, (Getafe) Spain May 27th

1. Øystein Kjørstad
2. Nicolas Ortuneo
3. Morgan Carlssson
4. Rino Holm
5. Antonio Navas

Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg broke Mike Metzger's long distance backflip record by 30 feet. Twitch jumped 155 feet dirt to dirt and did an onehanded backflip. He also does onhanded Nac Nac Backflips. Will Metzger superimpose it?

Australia's Joel Balchin from Sydney did a Backflip Hart Attack with perfect extension into the foam pit. We are excited for the X Games in Los Angeles this year, where maybe some riders will execute this trick on dirt ... ?

Next weekend the "Jump to the music" event takes place in Sternberg/Germany. The german Riders like Basty Radel, Florian Menge, Sebastian Dunkel, David Salfeld and Michael Lewe will rock to the music and show their skills. So check out this event ...