Mirraco has been distributed in the UK by Trek UK for the last 2 ½ years with great success, building the brand from nothing in 2007 to over 120 quality dealers by early 2009, with investment in the brand not only through some innovative marketing but by building a great relationship with both BMX specialists and non-specialists alike. As the brand has grown, it has become more important that Mirraco becomes a focus for a business for whom BMX is its sole interest, and Trek UK is pleased to announce that IMG Distribution have been appointed as the exclusive importer and distributor of the Mirraco BMX brand. This agreement will allow both companies to focus on their core business and for IMG to take Mirraco to the next level.

To ensure as little disruption to the continued success of the brand as possible, Mirraco Brand Manager, Paul Lonsdale, is to move with the brand to IMG. Paul has been instrumental in building Mirraco sales to their current level and will be at the forefront of further growth.

IMG, based in Pagham, England, is a specialist BMX distributor currently distributing some of the most respected companies in the sport (Odyssey, Fly Bikes, Proper Bike Co etc). Mirraco will be the first complete bike brand IMG have offered and their expertise in the specialist market will facilitate future development of the brand.

Mirraco is a ‘’rider owned company” like many others that started because the founders loved the sport and wanted to do something on their own, rather than just riding for some big company. Unlike other rider owned companies, Mirraco was founded by the sport’s most famous athlete, Dave Mirra. Having won more X-Games Gold medals than any other competitor, Dave has credentials that no other rider or bike company founder has ever combined in starting a company.

IMG can be contacted at:

IMG Distribution Limited,
1 Beach Road, Pagham,
West Sussex. PO21 4SX.

Tel. 01243 268075.

E-mail: Info@IMGdistribution.co.uk

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Dave Mirra's win in Chicago has got him some media attention. Arash Markazi wrote a report that showed up in CNN's Sports Illustrated. To read that story, hit this link.

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Dew Tour Park highlights video in case you missed Saturday's final on the box.



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He did it again! When Dave Mirra is on, it's on! Today Dave won another contest in his already long career as a BMX pro rider. Congrats on the win.

BMX PARK FINALS. Saturday 27 June 2009.
1 Dave Mirra 93.38
2 Garrett Reynolds 92.63
3 Marcus Tooker 92.38
4 Steven McCann 91.88
5 Brandon Dosch 91.50
6 Mark Webb 90.88
7 Craig Mast 90.88
8 Ryan Nyquist 90.50
9 Daniel Dhers 88.00
10 Dennis Enarson 86.88
11 Morgan Wade 83.50
12 Mike Spinner 81.38

When Mirra wins, we celebrate. Full team Mirraco in full effect for the first time ever..... Guess the dinner tab, win nothing.

Quote of the night goes to Harry Main: “do you have pink lemonade?”


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Nigel Sylvester keeps "producing" like a mad man. He just doesn't stop. Here's a new Nike 6.0 ad that showed up in the August issue of RIDEBMX.

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Liam Crivellaro is liking his Project 16 Mirraco bike. This summer he'll spend a week at Camp Woodward riding as much as he can. He has a "Bike Check" up on the Tailwhips.org website. Here's part of it:

What do you like best about your bike: I just like how light and strong it is.

Like least: Plastic pedals wear out way too fast if you pedal grind.

Weight: 18 1/2 lbs.

Modifications: Kink Pivotal seat and post


-Frame: Mirraco T6 Alloy

-Headset: FSA

-Brakes: Yah I have em to keep my parents happy

-Pedals: Odyssey plastic green

-Pegs: sometimes

-Brakes: Diatech with SST Gyro

-Cranks: 3 peice hollow chromo

-Bars: Alloy 2 peice 6" tall

-Stem: m3 CNC alloy 1 /8

-Wheels-tires: yup - Maxxis hookworm, Stainless spokes

-Sprockets: 25 front/9 rear

-Grips: Animal for now ...


Photo by Scott Crivellaro/Tailwhips.org


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Results Dew Tour Chicago BMX PARK PRELIMS

1 Dave Mirra 90.00
2 Garrett Reynolds 89.50
3 Marcus Tooker 88.25
4 Dennis Enarson 87.88
5 Craig Mast 87.63
6 Mark Webb 87.50
7 Brandon Dosch 87.50
8 Morgan Wade 87.25
9 Steven McCann 86.88

10 Jeremiah Smith 86.38
11 Rob Darden 86.25
12 Ryan Guettler 85.88
13 Andrew Buckworth 85.75
14 Harry Main 85.38
15 Allan Cooke 85.25
16 Alessandro Barbero 84.75
17 Brett Banasiewicz 83.00
18 Dave Dillewaard 83.00
19 Joshua Perry 82.75
20 Jaie Toohey 82.25
21 William Thompson 82.00
22 Austin Coleman 80.88
23 Josh Harrington 80.88
24 Anthony Napolitan 80.25
25 Brian Hunt 79.88
26 Kevin Kiraly 79.63
27 Patrick Laughlin 79.50
28 Scotty Cranmer 79.00
29 Drew Bezanson 78.50
30 Seth Klinger 78.00
31 Glenn Salyers 76.25
32 Alistair Whitton 70.00

BMX Park Automatic Qualifiers:
-Daniel Dhers
-Mike Spinner
-Ryan Nyquist

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Only 13 from the 58 riders, that were not pre-qualified, were going to transfer to the main program of the 2009 Dew Tour in Park. No need to say that was a tough task but both Harry Main (UK) and Andrew Buckworth (AUS) pulled it off.

They'll be joining team mates Dave Mirra, Ryan Guettler and Alessandro Barbero on Friday at 12:15PM for BMX PARK Prelims.

Mike Laird (17th) and Maxime Charveron (22nd) missed the cut.


Results BMX PARK OPEN QUALIFIER

1 Josh Harrington
2 Brandon Dosch
3 William Thompson
4 Joshua Perry
5 Brett Banasiewicz
6 Mark Webb
7 Andrew Buckworth
8 Harry Main
9 Dave Dillewaard
10 Patrick Laughlin
11 Glenn Salyers
12 Jeremiah Smith
13 Jaie Toohey

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NIKE 6.0 BMX OPEN
SEASON 2009

BMX PARK PRELIMS START ORDER

Heat 1
1 Jaie Toohey
2 Glenn Salyers
3 Dave Dillewaard
4 Andrew Buckworth
5 Brett Banasiewicz
6 William Thompson
7 Josh Harrington
8 Scotty Cranmer
9 Alistair Whitton
10 Anthony Napolitan
11 Austin Coleman
12 Seth Klinger
13 Marcus Tooker
14 Drew Bezanson
15 Ryan Guettler
16 Garrett Reynolds

Heat 2
1 Jeremiah Smith
2 Patrick Laughlin
3 Harry Main
4 Mark Webb
5 Joshua Perry
6 Brandon Dosch
7 Brian Hunt
8 Allan Cooke
9 Kevin Kiraly
10 Morgan Wade
11 Alessandro Barbero
12 Dave Mirra
13 Dennis Enarson
14 Steven McCann
15 Craig Mast
16 Rob Darden

They people behind Gatorade made this "behind the scenes" video clip of Nigel Sylvester shooting the print advertisement with Mark Losey. See what it takes to shoot a magazine ad in the following clip:



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Harry Main is making a name for himself quickly. At the contests people expect him to back up the killer web videos that he has been producing.

Harry is in Chicago now for the Dew Tour trying to qualify for the rest of the series. He recently received an invite for the X-Games and will be riding the IBMXFF World's in Germany too.

The Brit got a great double page spread in the latest BMX Plus! from the JomoPro comp. More to come.

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Nigel Sylvester flew over to France for the Street People Jam. SOUL mag made a clip of the session that you can watch by going to their website.

For a direct link, HIT THIS!

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Tune into the Dew Tour or Fuel TV and chances are good you’ll peep Ryan Guettler lurking on the dirt roll-in or eyeing the box on ramps. The man’s a double threat at comps. The Black Pearl LTD is his signature whip.


-Frame: 20.8” T/T full heat-treated thin-wall chromoly tubing, with integrated head tube, MID bottom bracket and 4mm thick dropouts
-Fork: Colony Official full heat-treated chromoly, butted legs, CNC steerer, 3/8” dropouts
-Headset: FPD 1-1/8” integrated sealed
-Crankset: Colony 2.5pc chromoly 175mm with 19mm x 48-spline chromoly axle
-BB Set: M3 MID BB with R12 sealed bearings
-Sprocket: Colony Official alloy 25t
-Freewheel: Colony 9t 1-piece chromoly driver
-Chain: KMC 710 SL nickel plated
-Pedals: M3 magnesium 9/16” sealed bearings, with Allen head pins
-Handlebar: Colony Official 2-piece, 7.9” 13-butted heat-treated chromoly
-Stem: Colony Official CNC 7075 alloy 1-1/8”
-Grips: Duo Scotty Cranmer
-Saddle: M3 Black Pearl Pivotal
-Seat Post: Pivotal Stump alloy 25.4 x 135mm single bolt
-Seat Clamp: M3 “Barrel” 28.6mm alloy
-Front Hub: Colony Clone 36-hole, 3/8” 7075 aluminum axle with bolts, sealed bearings
-Rear Hub: Colony Clone 36-hole cassette, 14mm hollow h-t chromoly axle, sealed bearings, 1-piece driver with ceramic bushing
-Rims: Odyssey Seven K-A front and rear, double-wall, 36-hole, neon front, black hard anodized rear
-Spokes: 14/15g stainless D.B. with alloy nipples
-Tires: KHE Premium Mac Dirt 2.1” front, Premium Mac 1.5 Street 1.90” rear, 120 PSI
-Pegs: Colony One-Way chromoly butted pegs (1 pair)
-Rotor: Snafu Mobeus with Astroglide upper and lower dual cables
-Brakes: Fly Bike rear U-brake for seatstays
-Brake Lever: Odyssey Mono medium with hinge

Weight: 22 lb./10 kg

Colors: Flo Yellow to Black fade

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This Gatorade advertisement showed up in the August issue of BMX Plus! Nigel hooked it up with Mark Losey to get the shot they needed. This is the result.

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The July issue of Transworld's RIDE BMX magazine features Harry Main in the Mirraco ad on the inside cover spread. The photos were taken in Greenville, NC a city that Harry is about to visit again. The Brit is in the USA at the moment and will try to qualify for the Dew Tour this weekend. We wish him all the luck he needs to pull it off.

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Pros from the Vans BMX Team a.o. Ryan Guettler will be stopping by the Vans Store at Woodfield Mall in Schaumburg, IL on Wednesday, June 24 @ 6:30PM. First 100 people to show up will receive a limited edition Vans T-shirt! There will be autographs, prizes and more while supplies last.

Vans
Woodfield Mall
F324 Woodfield Mall
Schaumburg, IL 60173
847-995-8642

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The new issue of 2020 magazine over in Australia has a bike check on the Black Pearl 2. Read all about the Black Pearl 2 spec HERE.

Andrew Buckworth gets the Mirraco advertisement. The photo was mailed over from France while he was there ripping it up.



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Maxime Charveron and Nigel Sylvester made it to Paris a little while ago with the NIKE 6.0 crew. The video clip of this trip has been released and you can view it right here:

This Harry Main 6.0 advertisement showed up in the latest issue of RIDE UK (#129). The photo was taken right in time before Harry took off for the USA to participate in a RIDEBMX tour and then straight to the Dew Tour qualifier in Chicago, his only chance to qualify for the rest of the Dew Tour.

After the comp it's off to Greenville, NC then to the IBMXFF World's in Cologne, Germany and back to the USA again. Staying busy, you know.

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Check out the new ride. Translucent teal with Monster green Mirraco pedals. Dew Tour coming up for Dave Mirra in 2 weeks.

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Ryan Navazio filmed the Gatorade clip with Mirraco rider Nigel Sylvester. Now Gatorade released a little video about Navaz filming Nigel. It gives you some background info on filming with Nigel Sylvester.

Watch it:



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