30th June 08

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Team Extreme riders did at the NASS competition in Bath recently, with Sam Foakes 1st in pro flatland and Mark Webb 1st in pro spine mini. Well done guys.

Team Extreme gad a busy National Bike Week performing in Blaise Castle, Bristol, the Darlington Cycle Festival and Bolton Bike Week. See pics in the Gallery from Bolton Bike Week

Toyota European Retailers Meeting
Team Extreme recently performed at the Toyota European Retailer Meeting in London's ExCel arena. The 6 man team consisted of our top flatlanders, BMX jump ramp riders and Danny Aldrige on inline skates. The show was incorporated within a live car stunt arena where the riders ride and jump over Toyota cars to audiences of 6000.

HUB Festival 2008 Liverpool 17-18 May
Team Extreme were part of the HUB 08 Festival in Liverpool. The UK's largest Urban Youth Festival attracted 23,000 people over the two days and saw a whole range of urban arts including grafitti, breakdance, trials biking, streetball and live bands on stage.

Our vert ramp was next to the stage and saw displays and public participation all weekend. Central to the site was the Team Extreme custom built skatepark including jump box, massive wall ride, wembley gap driveway, vert wall ramp and a range of other obstacles. The skatepark played host to Inline, Skateboard and BMX competitions with trophies and cash prizes for 1st, 2nd & 3rd plus prizes down to 10th place.

A great weekend was had by all and the standard of competitors was definately up. We even recruited a few nex BMX riders fromt he competition winners. More photos soon...

Outer Hebridies
Our halfpipe team were in Stornoway in the Outer Hebridies earlier this year where they performed vert halfpipe displays to the people on the island. The shows were very popular and most people in the town came to watch. The three days spent travelling to get there was well worth it for the amazing people and surroundings.

New Shows for 2008

Thorpe Park
Team Extreme performed at Thorpe Park over easter as part of an amazing extreme sports weekender. Despite interruptions from snow and strong winds we performed some amazing displays on mini ramp, jump box, halfpipe and coached over 100 young people through the weekend.
Dirty Sanchez visited the park on the friday and challenged Jack Tonge to a game of SKATE. Jack won with ease, making all tricks except one in the 'add a trick' game.

Team Extreme will be touring Butlins venues around the UK during all school holidays this year. The team will be performing on the mini ramp and running coaching workshops at each Butlins venue, one day each week.
For all Butlins show dates for all holidays this year check out the Schedule >>

Team Extreme were involved in the Chinese New Year celebrations in London during february.

Chris Mahoney performed backflip 180's, tailwhips and other mini ramp stunts for the press and Chinese Olympic athletes. The event took place in Oxford Street, London, onboard an extremely narrow ramp resembling a bath tub built onto the back of a truck.

For more info Sk8 Angel theatre play
Neil Danns worked as a skateboard consultant recently on a new theatre play by the name of Sk8 Angel which toured the south of England during February and March 08.For more info on Sk8 Angel will be near you visit www.sk8angel.co.uk

BBC Sports Personality of the year 2007

Team Extreme performed for audiences at the 2007 BBC Sports Personality of the year. The show incorporated a choreographed routine featuring BMX, skateboarding, inline skating, basket ball, break dancers and football skills.

New Team Extreme website Jan 08
The website has been rebuilt entirely from scratch and has been many months in the making. It's now more comprehensive than ever and details everything Team Extreme offer. You will find our most up to date information about all our shows and services, plus video clips and over 200 photos within our galleries. The team performers section has been revamped and the website now includes a background history of Team Extreme as we approach our 20th birthday in 2008. We hope you enjoy the new website.New Shows for 2008.

Sam Foakes - the UK's No.1 Flatland BMXer
Sam Foakes has been amazing the BMX flatland world for a number of years now with innovative flatland tricks and unbelievable control. During the summer Sam won the 2007 National Flatland Series so is officially the top rider in the UK. Sam is on fire right now and was a crowd favourite at the Ministry of Fun day in Telford recently.

Learn BMX Flatland basics
Jason Forde, one of our top flatlanders has been working with Video Jug website recently on a range of 'How to flatland' video clips. Descriptions are very detailed and the tricks range from basic bunny hops and wheelies to more advanced hang 5's. Click here to check out some of the video clips.

Rock n Coke music festival
A team of our five best halfpipe riders performed in Istanbul, Turkey late last year at the world famous Rock n Coke music festival. View photos in Gallery

Former Team Extreme riders win silver and gold at X Games
X Games 13, the biggest contest in extreme sports took place recently in Los Angeles, California. Former Team Extreme BMXers: Jamie Bestwick and Simon Tabron cleaned up placing 1st and 2nd consecutively in BMX vert. Simon pulled a move never seen before, two back to back 900's! Well done guys!

Team Extreme have were busy throughout last summer, performing at a range of events throughout the UK. Including vert shows in Littlehampton, Manchester and Sunderland, opening a new concrete skatepark in Herne Bay, skatepark competitions in Selby and Sunderland, Dairylea DFA events at the Sunderland Air show and Nottingham Riverside Festival. National Play Day in Carlisle, and we have also just completed 8 days of coaching workshops the World Scout Jamboree in Chelmsford Essex. Check the schedule for all upcoming shows

RESULTS FROM BMX MASTERS 07, GERMANY
The Masters is the world championships of BMX, Team Extreme performers did very well at last years contest held in Cologne, Germany.
Ben Wallace: 1st Braun Spine Ramp, 2nd Pro Street.
Matt Fairbairn: 2nd Pro Vert (beating non other than Matt Hoffman!)
Sam Foakes: 3rd Pro Flatland
Unfortunately, two of our top riders picked up injuries at the contest: Chris Mahoney broke his foot and Mark Webb broke his arm in 3 places attempting a 900 on mini ramp! Both guys are on the mend now and back in action ready for the 2008 season.

TOUR DE FRANCE OPENING
Four of our best flatland BMXers performed at the opening ceremony of the London Stage of the Tour De France last summer. The opening took place in Trafalgar Square and included a flatland display choreographed with street dancers on a circular stage in front of the National Gallery.

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