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Vegas Baby!

Vegas, to be continued....

Caption This

- If your family pool is the back uncle Chuck's Ranchero, you might be a redneck.

Dog Doodie!

Exhibit B

Very frequently, I walk from one building to another here at the etnies compound for meetings and such. This week, for some odd reason, I've had to evade multiple piles of dog feces while walking around because, contrary to popular belief, I don't like smelling like poop or having any sort of butt mud on my shoes.

After careful investigation and interrogation of many fellow etnies employees, I discovered one mound of poop belongs to Booger, a female mutt owned by ex moto pro-turned X Games announcer, Cameron Steele.

Booger

Exhibit A shows the debris left behind by Booger, while the origin of Exhibit B has yet to be identified, however, a ruler has been included in the photo for scaling purposes.

What's the significance of all this? nothing really, poop is just funny and its been a slow news day.

Exhibit A

Bikini Girl

Get Bikini girl to the bottom of bubble world and win big. Is it a cute kitty? Maybe a dancing pink elephant? Who knows, it could be a free pair of etnies. There is only one way to find out, and that's to get to the bottom first!

Braap Braap Lunch In The Dirt

Garland

The infamous Mr. T-St

Unbeknown to us, there has been a freestyle playground on a church property mere minutes from the etnies office and only today, when Derek Garland called up to let me know he, Todd Potter and other Mulisha riders would be filming a top secret Mulisha church assult riding session for FUEL TV, did we find out about it. So the etnies web department piled in Mr. T-St. and made the two minute journey to hang out in the dirt. This is what we do for lunch at etnies!

Potter video

Garland video

Potter

Garland, Jimmy and Fluffer

Dr. Poon is right down the street for immediate chiropractic care.

Chicks dig web nerds (obviously)

Ouch!

Foam pits are the best thing ever for learning tricks like backflips and 360's without getting too damaged in the process...well, as long as you make it into the foam. This guy didn't quite make it.

Congrats, Winners!

Congrats to Francisco from Portugal for being the first place winner of the Crazy Photo Contest and Ruben from Florida for landing in the top five. so far, these are the only two guys who claimed their prize. The rest of you were announced and notified by the email address you submitted to us and didn't write back yet. But if you don't want your shoes, that's cool. I'll keep em. I blow through my Artos like crazy. Best shoe everrrrrrr.

Moto Team Report

Josh Grant rides to his second podium finish of the season.

Team USA

Well the United States MX des Nations team was announced this weekend at the Thunder Valley National and it includes Ricky Carmichael, Kevin Windham and etnies’ Mike Brown. Congratulations, that’s a huge honor and we know you’ll make our country proud! Mike went 7-8 for seventh overall on Sunday, coming back from about a twelfth place start to finish seventh in the first moto and had a little banner trouble in the second moto for eighth. Mike is now second in points, only seven behind Ivan Tedesco for the lead.

Chad Reed wasn’t too happy with his 3-3 finish for third overall. “I don’t know what happened to me in the races today,” said Reed. “I didn’t show up.” Third place is pretty damn good for "not showing up" to the races. Check out the practice footy of Reed from TWMX.

Travis Preston went 7-7 for sixth overall, his best finish since the season opener at Hangtown where he got fourth. Travis now sits sixth in the championship points.

Josh Grant on the other hand was quite happy with his 4-5 finish for third overall, his second overall podium finish of the outdoor season. Josh is fourth in points, not too far behind Mike Alessi in third.

Roger on his way to a close win.

In AMA Supersport Roger Hayden took the win in Mid-Ohio, beating out his brother Tommy Hayden who finished second. Tommy was questionable going into the weekend if he would race after breaking his right hand two weeks ago at Laguna Seca. Tommy is 36 points in front of Roger for the championship, and with only two races to go in the season Tommy is likely to take his second consecutive Supersport title.

Jake Zemke also won last weekend in the Formula Xtreme race.

Nicky Hayden, who won the MotoGP two weeks ago at Laguna Seca, and Tommy and Roger will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on NBC, airing August 2, 2005.

Trigger Gumm will be making an appearance at Evel Knievel days in Butte Montana, July 28-30.

This is for my homies.

Twitch rode like a mad man last Thursday for the Red Bull X-Fighters event in Madrid, Spain and pulled off second place in front of the 23,000 fans in attendance and the many more watching live on the internet. Hell yeah, good job Twitch.

This weekend Cameron Steele and his off-road race team the Desert Assassins will be invading Las Vegas for the SCORE Las Vegas Terrible’s Cup race. This is a 1.5 mile, 8 lap short course race run multiple times over 2 days as opposed to the usual 500 or 1000 miles that they race down Baja. Cameron will be driving three different classes including the 800+hp Desert Assassins Trophy Truck and plans to smash into anyone in his way of the checkered flag. If your in Vegas check 'em out, they're staying at the Golden Nugget.

Brett is getting more comfortable on his new YZ250F after ditching that old 125 chain saw.

125 results

1. Ivan Tedesco (1-1)
2. Andrew Short (2-2)
3. Josh Grant etnies (4-5)
4. Mike Alessi (6-4)
5. Broc Hepler (9-3)
6. Tommy Hahn etnies (5-7)
7. Mike Brown etnies (7-8)
8. Grant Langston (3-19)
9. Ryan Sipes (14-9)
10. Matt Walker (18-6)
11. Jason Lawrence (8-18)
12. Brett Metcalfe etnies (16-12)
13. Kelly Smith etnies (17-13)
14. Danny Smith etnies (10-20)
15. Davi Millsaps (27-10)

Travis Preston

250 results

1. Ricky Carmichael (1-1)
2. Kevin Windham (2-2)
3. Chad Reed etnies (3-3)
4. Ernesto Fonseca (5-4)
5. David Vuillemin (4-5)
6. Travis Preston etnies (7-7)
7. Michael Byrne (9-6)
8. John Dowd (10-9)
9. Sean Collier (8-13)
10. Nick Wey (11-14)

Thunder Valley MX National

The first ever AMA Motocross National from Thunder Valley MX Park in Lakewood Colorado is this weekend. We’ll see how the best athletes in the world fair for 2 motos of 30min + 2 laps in the thin air of the Rocky Mountains. Find out as it happens on Sunday by listening to the Live Webcast and also check out the live lap timing.

Any race predictions? Try out the new etnies blog....

Twitch Takes Second At X-Fighters

Twitch took second place at the Red Bull X-Fighters event in Madrid, Spain close behind Nate Adams. It was cool to see the show as it was happening on the computer, more events should be trying video webcasts (Supercross & Motocross?)… hopefully in the near future. The event was somewhat of a prequel of what we can expect this August 4-7 at the X Games in LA…it should be good.

Check out the X-Fighters site for vids and pix from the event.

Why the Hell Not?

News is slow today. This is just a random photo of a Rachel Perry's back, ass and tattoos. Why the hell not post it?

Blog Craze!

etnies.com has switched up the site a bit. The News section has now morphed into the Blog section and you can read all the latest shizzzzle there--just like always. but now you can get interactive and comment your little life away. Why would you want too do that? Well because we like to hear what you have to say, we want you to be as much of a part of etnies as we are and most of all, its just plain fun! Be on the lookout for a Best Comment In The Blog contest, where you'll be able to win free etnies monthly!

Red Bull X-Fighters Live Webcast

Today the Red Bull X-Fighters event will be webcast live from Madrid, Spain on SpikeTV.com. Tune in to the live Webcast today at 4:30 pm EST/1:30 pm PST to watch Twitch and the other "X-Fighters" battle it out for the win.

etnies Team Happenings

This past weekend was the Unadilla national and Chad Reed wasn’t too happy with his result, even if he was on the podium stylin’ in his Yamaha 50th anniversary yellow retro gear, with a 3-3, third overall performance. The etnies logos were poppin’ on that gear, it looked good.

I was at the chiropractor the other day skimming through the pages of a jock muscle mag when a dirt bike inside caught my eye. After reading on I found that it was a feature article about the training that motocross racers go through to be at the top, and Chad was one of the featured racers. It’s pretty interesting so take a look at the August 2005 issue of Muscle & Fitness.

Mike Brown went 7-5 for sixth overall at Unadilla and still holds on to a 16 point lead in the 125 class. Amsoil Chaparral Honda’s Tommy Hahn and Yamaha of Troy’s Danny Smith rounded out the top ten.

Yamaha of Troy’s Brett Metcalfe finally switched over to the dark side, now riding a YZ250F instead of the YZ125 two-stroke he was flogging around for the first five races of the season. Now with a four-stoke Brett has a real chance at some solid results, but it marks the true end of 125cc two-strokes in pro motocross. :( Unadilla was Brett’s first race on the 250F and hopefully once he gets that beast dialed in we’ll see him mixing it up out in front.

The Metal Mulisha was on Viva La Bam last night. It was pretty damn funny and Deegan and Potter showed plenty of etnies love. Watch MTV as I’m sure there will be endless reruns of the debauchery all week.

Twitch is leaving today for Spain to ride in the Red Bull X Fighters event where there will be no more second places for Twitch, he’s going over there to spank those guys and bring home a first place trophy. Spike TV is running a live video webcast on Thursday, July 21 at 1:30pm PST/4:30pm EST. Make sure to check it out.

The Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix from Laguna Seca was last week and marked the return of Grand Prix racing to the United States. How fitting it was to have an American, etnies' Nicky Hayden, take the win in front of 153,653 US fans. “I can honestly say that this is a dream come true for me,” said Hayden.

Chad and Briana Banks (porn star!)

The event was filled with tons of A-list celebs, including Brad Pitt, Adrien Brody, Matt LeBlanc, David Alan Grier, Michael Jordan, and porn star Briana Banks to name a few. You think the movie stars are big time? What about Chad Reed was there for Yamaha’s 50th anniversary and had a private helicopter to fly him in and out of the event. Oh yeah, Brad Pitt needed a ride so Chad let him ride in his helicopter, very cool.

Unadilla Results

125cc Overall Results:

Honda ad in USA Today.

1. Broc Hepler (1-1)
2. Davi Millsaps (2-4)
3. Ivan Tedesco (5-2)
4. Andrew Short (4-3)
5. Matt Walker (3-10)
6. Mike Brown (7-5) etnies
7. Mike Alessi (6-6)
8. Jason Lawrence (10-7)
9. Tommy Hahn (13-12) etnies
10. Danny Smith (15-11) etnies

250cc Overall Results:

1. Ricky Carmichael (2-1)
2. Kevin Windham (1-2)
3. Chad Reed (3-3) etnies
4. David Vuillemin (4-4)
5. Ernesto Fonseca (5-6)
6. Michael Byrne (7-7)
7. Travis Preston (6-8) etnies
8. John Dowd (11-5)
9. Nick Wey (8-9)
10. Ryan Clark (9-11)

Una-f’n-dilla!

After another unbearable week off from outdoor motocross the series is back this weekend to Unadilla! There is possible rain in the forecast so we might see some good ol’ mud racin’, if no rain at least we’ll definitely see some good racin’ on a rough ol’ track. Also, all you nerds should check out the Live Webcast and Live Timing and stay updated with the etnies RSS news feed.

The scenery will be a little different this weekend at Unadilla. “In celebration of its 50th anniversary, the Yamaha Factory Motocross Team’s stable of YZ450Fs will feature the yellow and black retro colors that graced many past Yamaha champion machines.” How sick does that look!

Chad Reed's retro YZ450F. Dan Dan the Retro Man would be so proud.

Guess Who's Back! Deegan's Back!

Evidence...

After loosing a kidney and almost dying less than two months ago Brian Deegan is already back on his bike riding! He's not just doing wheelies in the back yard either, he’s jumping all the jumps at the compound and doing all his tricks including, the trick that took him out, the backflip! With a fresh step up lip dug into the back of a landing, Brian is now training every day for X Games step up. All this on his second day back riding!

Don't forget to watch Viva La Bam this Sunday night to see how Deegan went down.

Deegs has his bars heavily padded so he doesn't get another gut buster.

Brian is in full training mode for the X Games step up comp next month. Watch out MC.

Bam vs. the Mulisha

Witness this weekend the absurdity of the Metal Mulisha on MTV’s popular show Viva La Bam as Brian Deegan and several Mulisha members mix it up with Bam Margera and his clan. All we’re at liberty to say is, “this is probably the best ever installment of Viva La Bam,” so says an MTV Producer. The episode airs this Sunday night, July 17, at 9:30 EST on MTV. Check local listings for exact times.

Richardson's RV Demo

The Richardson’s RV Grand opening was last Saturday and featured a Metal Mulisha Freestyle demo and the etnies trailer that Richardson’s lets us pull around to all the events. Deegan was on hand to sign autographs and hang out, but left the riding to Jimmy and Scummy.

Bike Tech 101

Always remember to tighten your axel nut. You don't want this to happen to you.

Chris Ackerman Poker Tournament Video

Faisst, Ackerman, and Deegan at the tournament.

etnies put together a video of the riding and hanging out from the Chris Ackerman poker tournament. Over $20,000 was raised to help Chris move back home! Check out the video here.

Did Twitch Get Robbed?

In the freestyle finals of the second Dew tour stop, Twitch had a really clean run which included some flip combos like a flip nac to heel clicker and a flip to side saddle landing over the biggest jump. In the end the judges had Kenny in front by a mere three tenths of a point. To most (except the judges and Kenny) Twitch clearly won, but what do judges know anyway? Nada. The good thing is that there are three more stops on the tour and Twitch will hopefully take a win this August 18-21 on the third stop in Portland Oregon. Check out the video from the show here and click on "Action Viewer".

Dew Tour FMX Final Results

1. Kenny Bartram - 94.60
2. Jeremy Stenberg - 94.30 etnies
3. Ailo Gaup - 93.00
4. Mike Mason - 92.60
5. Beau Bamburg - 91.90
6. Dustin Miller - 91.70
7. Dustin Nowak - 90.60
8. Ronnie Faisst - 91.83
9. Drake McElroy - 90.87
10. Mike Metzger - 90.10

Totally unrelated deal, but as long as I'm posting results - Cameron Steele the ESPN TV dork can actually ride...even if it is on a quad. He got fourth place racing Terracross in the ESPN Great Outdoor Games.

Great Outdoor Games
ATV Terracross

1. Marty Hart
2. Regis Harrington
3. Wes Miller
4. Cameron Steele etnies
5. Larry Ward
6. Trevor John
7. Heather Williams
8. Chuck Carothers

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Dew Action Sports Tour on TV

The second round of the five stop Dew Action Sports Tour started yesterday and the TV starts today with coverage on NBC Sports and the USA network. Check it.

Schedule:
All times are Eastern Standard Time.
As always, check your local listings.

• July 8 – 12:00-1:00AM USA network
• July 9 – 4:30-6:00 PM NBC Sports
• July 9 – 12:00-1:00AM USA network
• July 10– 1:00-3:00PM NBC Sports

Richardson's RV Grand Opening

On Saturday, July 9, 2005, the Metal Mulisha will be out at the Grand Opening of the Richardson's RV Super Center in Sun City, CA. They will be putting on a FREE FMX exhibition, signing autographs and handing out free product. Also on hand will be etnies and some of their sponsored riders.

The event begins at 11:00 a.m. and will be held at the Richardson's RV Super Center located at 26786 Encanto Drive, Sun City, California 92585, off the 215 freeway, between Ethnac and McCall Blvd. In addition to the riders on hand, Richardson's RV will be giving away hats, shirts, and hosting an all-day BBQ, as well as having music from the Q103.3 classic rock radio station. For more information call (866) 386-1194.

etnies Mulisha Caption Contest Winners!

Remember the etnies/Metal Mulisha Caption Contest? You had to write a funny caption for these photos below. Well we got a ton of good entries, a lot of f'd up entries, and some that were just plain wrong, but we said from the beginning that there is no holding back. So thanks to those who obeyed the rules (no rules) and here they are, straight from the minds of some weirdo’s out there (who will be receiving FREE etnies and Metal Mulisha shit), the winners of the caption contest....

Winner - So out a no where, he sticks his thumb so far up my ass I saw stars, then I fell and hit my head so yah, I got this helmet in case he tries that frickin' stealth move again!

Honorable mention
- You're wearing etnies, you may pass!
- Hey guys it finally happened! I scored one with the laaadies. That hot chic cleanin off the tables with the really deep voice just gave me her phone number....Im so gonna score tonight.
- Scooter McTooter was looking for a ride after his Vespa mysteriously got stolen by a fag wearing pink tights. I think they said his name was somthing like Nate Adams.

Winner - Metal Mulisha's short career in the radio industry ended when allegations of drug use during broadcasts and mandaotry intern sex orgies were confirmed. The Metal Mulisha confirmed all charges...

Honorable mention
- While Brian was laying down the vocal track for his remake of LL Cool J's "Mama said knock you out", Jeremy was enjoying the pure mountain air provided by his $85,000.00 nasal air induction system.
- Proof that Tourette Syndrome is in fact contagious.
- It's safer than using a dollar bill and is guartanteed not to give you the Hep, Twitch is plugged into the new Whapper-O-Matic. Deegan's already had his dose!!

Winner - After 200 years frozen in Deegans basement Cro-Magnum man has finally thawed. Temecula Scientist are calling him "Potter-arus-maximus" Scientist were shocked to find out he's only 20

Honorable mention
- Here's photo proof that he makes dirtbike noises and rev's a pretend throttle in his sleep...
- Gay Pride Day at EuroDisney took an ugly turn when a man was rendered temporarily blind after a 16 hr marathon on the mechanical escargot. The victim was given ass-to-ass resuscitation & sent packing.
- "Uh where am I? An alien space craft?? Oh no, not the anal probe again!! Can we please use some lube this time?"

Winner - If usher joins the Metal Mulisha ill start F*&^%$g horses

Honorable mention
- "Mr Stenberg as proffesional athlete updating your look is vital, this is a computer generated image of what we can do for you here at Temecula cosmetic surgery clinic to help you get to No. 1"
- Special News Bulletin: These photos just in. The police now believe that Usher may be being held captive and systematically raped by several members of the Metal Mulisha.
- In other news Usher has allegedly said that he is actually a white man from the neck down. He later confirmed reports of using a stomach double in music vidoes...

Winner - After a fierce game of who's hole is it anyway, Fluffer reigns victorious. Better luck next time Luke...Dont be so Hard-On yourself

Honorable mention
- Photo Still from the upcoming Metal Mulisha DVD "Satanic Geek Speedo Strongmen Vol:6 - The Thunder Down Under".
- hay u see that, the condom ended up on the seiling fan and my asshole feels like a hotdog in a hallway
- BEER, turning normel guys into dancing fairies since 1837

Raisin' Hell At The G8!

Good thing our soles are grippy!

This is a protester who is most likely about to get beat down for pulling down the fence at the G8 Summit in Scotland. Notice the kicks...guess the etnies model shoe he's wearing and you win a free pat on the back.

How To Break A Femur

My camera phone quality isn't the greatest, but you can still see where OX's femur popped through. Ouch! Get well soon bro!

Check out this video of OX’s femur-snapping crash at Costa Mesa Speedway. Listen to the bike bog before the ramp.

Worse Than Trekkies?

2003 AIR GUITAR WORLD CHAMPION - David “C-Diddy” Jung

The U.S. Air Guitar championships are coming. This is an annual event where these grown men put away their Spock uniforms, Star Wars toys and Dungeons and Dragons dice to make complete fools of themselves yet again.

Here's an excerpt from the "official rules:"

Contestants perform for one minute to a song of their choice and are judged on a combination of technical prowess, stage presence and “airness.” “What we mean by that is really that elusive quality of transcending the imitation of an art form-ie: playing guitar-and creating a new art form-air guitar.”

Yes, she's a loser.

Red Bud Results

In 250 moto one Chad Reed got a great start and was out in front of everyone. A couple laps in Reed, who was still leading, derailed the chain on his factory Yamaha. With the loss of a key component to put power to the dirt, Reed slowed in the corner causing Bubba to run into him and let RC pass. Reed was so frustrated that he abandoned his bike on the side of the track and walked through the crowd back to the pits, unfortunately with a DNF. Reed came back strong in the second moto to get fourth place which put him in tenth for the day.

Mike Brown didn’t get the starts or finishes he was looking for, going 10-4 for seventh overall on the day, but he still holds a solid 24 point lead in the 125 National Championship standings over his nearest competitor. Josh Grant put in a solid ride going 4-6 for fourth place.

The series takes another weekend off and will be back July 17 for the Thrilla in Unadilla.

No chain = DNF = that sucks

125cc Results

1. Grant Langston (1-2)
2. Ryan Mills (6-1)
3. Andrew Short (3-3)
4. Mike Alessi (2-7)
5. Josh Grant (4-6) etnies
6. Ivan Tedesco (5-5)
7. Mike Brown (10-4) etnies
8. Nathan Ramsey (9-8)
9. Danny Smith (8-12) etnies
10. Matt Walker (12-9)

250cc Results

1. Ricky Carmichael (1-1)
2. Kevin Windham (3-2)
3. James Stewart (2-3)
4. David Vuillemin (4-6)
5. Ernesto Fonseca (5-5)
6. Nick Wey (6-7)
7. Travis Preston (7-9) etnies
8. John Dowd (9-8)
9. Michael Byrne (8-10)
10. Chad Reed (DNF-4) etnies

Metal Mulisha On Viva La Bam July 17

The Metal Mulisha will be on Viva La Bam Sunday night July 17 on MTV at 9:30 PM ET/PT. Check out this photo gallery for a small taste of what you are in for next week on Viva La Bam… it’s gunna be nutz!!!