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 Sort of quiet up here in the Northern Hemisphere when it comes to FMX, but our friends down under are rocking it: This week Freerider MX crowned Joe Sheppard 2009 Rider of the Year, based on overall performance during the Australian freestyle competition season. Shepard sealed the deal with a fourth place finish last weekend at the Narrogin Rev...

Our friends at TransWorld Motocross dropped their Kickstart DVD this week, starring Chad Reed, James Stewart, Ryan Dungey, Justin Barcia, Josh Grant, Tarah Gieger, Brian Deegan, Nate Adams, and Jason Lawrence. Peep the trailer, then click through to pick one up: That's a hell of a Christmas present for somebody on your list.

(Blake Williams, winner of the 1st Annual Lusk Legacy Rider of the Year award. Photo courtesy DVS)Blake Williams went straight from judging the American Freestyle Motocross Association's first Am/Pro Am contest yesterday to picking up the big one: Last night Bilko's peers in the AFMXA awarded him their top honor, the trophy for Lusk Legacy Ride...

(Lance Coury wins AFMXA Pro Am contest. Photo: Red Bull/Christian Pondella) Japanese rider Rob Sakai walked away with 1st place in the first amateur contest presented by the new American Freestyle Motocross Association this weekend, beating out Jimmy Hill and Bryce Hudson for the top spot in the Am division. Lance Coury took the top spot in the ...

   Interesting news release today from our friends at Red Bull... Looks like they're shaking things up for the fourth season of X-Fighters and inviting some new blood to throw down at the Red Bull Compound. Could be your chance? (Photo: Mat Rebeaud at RBC, by Garth Milan for Red Bull Photofiles) 2010 Red Bull X-Fighters World Tour: Punch Y...

FUEL TV is gearing up for the 1st Annual AFMXA Awards this weekend with a special visit to The Daily Habit from Metal Mulisha riders Brian Deegan and Ronnie Faisst. Deegan is a board member of the new American Freestyle Motocross Association, founded after the death of Metal Mulisha teammate Jeremy Lusk, and Faisst is the association's officia...

 Tonight on The Daily Habit, the Keep A Breast foundation is showing their busom buddy. It’s a special one, too. The lovely Corrin Caldwell from L*Space was kind enough to loan her chest for casting, and The Daily Habit host Pat Parnell donated his artistic ability for a one-of-a-kind auction item. “As someone with a sister that is ...

 When we caught up with Nate Adams a few weeks ago he was stoked to tell us about the latest developments at DEFT Family, his new glove company, claiming, "We're doing something real cool that I think the motocross industry is starving for." Here's a taste:Temecula, CA (October 27, 2009) — DEFT Family, a united family of athletes, artists and ...

Airing Wednesday, October 28 at 8:00pm ET and 11:00pm ET (5:00pm PT and 8:00pm PT) in Moto Mix, and re-airing several more times over the next month, FUEL TV will showcase the Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Poland. A day before Poland’s historic Stadion X-Lecia was to be razed, the sixth and final stop of Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 deli...

 Getting a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is great and all, but down in Australia they do things a bit differently: This week FMX star Cam "Sincs" Sinclair got a star of his own on Victoria's Star Zone Karingal Walk of Fame.Via CamSinclair.com.au : Victorian Freestyle Motocross legend and world record holder Cam ‘Sincs’ Sinclair has been ho...

Last year the Dew Tour scaled its FMX competition down from a 5-stop tour to a 3-stop tour; in 2009 it was demoted to a demo sport. But that didn't stop some of the biggest names in the game – Mike Mason, Jeremy Stenberg, Adam Jones, Robbie Maddison, and Jim McNeil – from traveling to Orlando to put on a show at the PlayStation Pro. Here's a qui...

 Global Inheritance with FUEL TV Launch Environmentaland:The World’s First Interactive Environmental Theme ParkENVIRONMENTALAND is the world’s first interactive environmental theme park located in Los Angeles at the Hollywood & Highland complex. Open daily through October 21, ENVIRONMENTALAND--presented by Global Inheritance in conjunction w...

So much for "down time" on the FMX off-season: Get a load of the international rider list for the 10th Annual FMX Gladiator Games across the pond in Prague on November 28!North American riders Travis Pastrana, Jolene Van Vugt, Mike Mason, Tommy Clowers, Jeff Tilton, Dustin Miller, Justin Hoyer, Chuck Carothers, Ronnie Renner, Jesse Olson, Jon Gu...

Tune in this week: FUEL TV is airing coverage from the Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Germany during the Moto Mix block, starting  on Wednesday 10/14/2009, 8:00pm ET/5:00pm PT.   FUEL TV Airs “Red Bull X-Fighters 2008 Germany” Wednesday, October 14, 2009 The Red Bull X-Fighters maiden voyage into Germany was another spectacular location cou...

The American Freestyle Motocross Association (AFMXA) is throwing an amateur contest November 7, followed by its 1st Annual FMX Awards and the presentation of the new Lusk Legacy Rider of the Year award, honoring both the future of FMX and the memory of Jeremy Lusk's contributions. Tune in to FUEL TV on December 28th for our coverage of the show!...

We'll have to wait until tonight to hear the rest of the TransWorld Motocross Awards winners, but here's a big one as a teaser: Jeremy McGrath will receive the 1st Annual TWMX Legend Award at the ceremony tonight in Las Vegas.McGrath's racing accomplishments are, of course, the stuff of legend – see press release below, via TWMX if you need th...

 The TransWorld Motocross Awards go down this week, Thursday October 8 at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, and TWMX has blown its annual Rider of the Year Award into a full-blown awards show. Not too many surprises in the FMX Rider of the Year category: Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison, and Blake Williams have each made massive moves t...

Mike Mason beat out Nate Adams and Taka Higashino for the top spot on the podium at the ASA FMX Championships this weekend, unseating 2007 and 2008 champ Jeremy Stenberg, who no-showed on account of a broken ankle from earlier in the week. Adams, another favorite to win the event – he was the ASA champ in 2003, 2004, 2005, and 2006 – had bike pr...

 Spanish rider Danny Torres took down the FMX competition at Freestyle Zürich this week, winning his FMX Dirt qualifier on Friday, then beating out Swiss hometown hero Mat Rebeaud and French rider Charles Pagès in the FMX Dirt Finals and finishing Sunday's FMX Dirt Superfinals in 1st place ahead of Pagès, Rebeaud, and Japanese rider Daisuke Suz...

That's Josh Grant whipping the cover of the 100th issue of TransWorld Motocross – a proper salute to the magazine as it celebrates its history with the October 2009 issue. Inside the mag goes crazy with the whole 100 thing, featuring the 100 Best Products in Motocross, 100 Riding Tips from The Pros , and a gallery of all 100 TWMX covers.The pull...