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Even more updates on Dave MIrra's King of the Animal House contest - Mongster has thrown in a Breitling watch and Ryan Nyquist is confirmed to ride it! Here's the rider list:

1. Daniel Dhers
2. Ryan Guettler
3. Mike Laird
4. Rob Darden
5. Morgan Wade
6. Chase Hawk
7. Ryan Nyquist

Gary Young is a wonderful man. According to his Twitter, he recently donated his long, beautiful hair to Locks of Love. For those of you who don't know, Locks of Love is a charity that collects hair to make wigs for children that lost their hair due to a medical condition.

Dave Mirra just hit us up with the first three riders that are invited to his King of the Animal House contest:

1. Daniel Dhers
2. Ryan Guettler
3. Mike Laird

We'll have more on this as soon as it becomes available. This contest is going to be nuts! Remember, first place is going to drive away in a brand new Subaru WRX!

Colin Mackay has an update on Haro's site. He's getting his cast off and has his own signature finger bike coming out in January! Read the update.

Sidewall Distribution has added TSG to their family. Here's the press release:

Sidewall Distribution is proud to announce the addition of TSG Safety Gear to their line of distributed brands. “TSG offers a large line of helmets, pads, bags to apparel, including special products that are geared towards women and children. TSG will enhance our already great line of brands and product that we offer," says Sidewall owner Mark Owen.
 
Founded in 1988 by German vert skateboarder Titus Dittman, TSG's main objective was to develop quality safety gear that protected the user from injuries without restricting their movements. Now 21 years later, TSG’s headquarter and design lab is located in Switzerland and their range of products includes helmets, pads, bags and accessories for skateboarding, BMX, Snowboarding, Skiing, MTB and Wake. TSG helmets have been proven time and again by the likes of Tony Hawk, Mike Vallely, Buster Halterman, Cam McCaul and Ricardo Laguna. TSG's aesthetic features include form-fitting helmets that are CPSC approved, sleek and lightweight, in addition to stylish, non-bulky pads. TSG never stops investing into new technologies and rider friendly products.
 
Effective immediately, Sidewall Distribution will be responsible for the exclusive U.S. distribution of TSG safety equipment for BMX/Snow/MTB/Wake products. Sidewall is due to receive the full range of 2010 TSG product early spring of next year.
 
For more information on TSG, please visit http://www.ridetsg.com.
 
Sidewall Distribution is proud to distribute Hoffman Bikes, Snafu, Simple BMX, Roundabout, SNAFU, 43Hardware, Alienation, So What Does That Mean?, Coalition BMX, Kuat Racks, Superstar BMX, Focale 44, ShitLuck Clothing and St. Martin in the US.

Tom White got wrecked filming for the new Animal video and is going in for knee surgery this Friday. Good luck, Tom! There's a bit more information about this on Fit's site.

Joby Springsteen @ FBM has been making pieces of art out of leftover scrap metal from the bikes being built. He's made some pretty awesome stuff and FBM posted a feature about this. Check it out!