Born and raised in Norway, Villa raced motocross for 15 years before switching to FMX. To further his FMX career, Villa moved to Torrevieja, Spain where he now owns a World class year-round training compound. After a rough 2007 plagued by injuries, he's definitely making a comeback thanks to his training; Villa has been hard to beat in the last month’s events with his trademark underflip and perfected Tsunami flip.

“We are really happy to have Villa represent our European team and think he fits the etnies bill perfectly. With his signing we are further putting our mark on the FMX scene and adding another great name to the etnies Moto X rooster,” says Jenny Ahnell, etnies European marketing manager.

Look for more Villa news on etniesmotox.com and andrevilla.com.

Joe Sketch over at Crossfire went to the hospital wearing our new Iceland Jacket. While at the Kings College Accident and Emergency ward, Joe put the jacket through pretty much every test you could think of and even invented new uses for it; like converting the hood into a handy note holder and head rest.

Unfortunately Joe broke his scaphoid, but in doing so he wrote a very entertaining review.

Being that etnies is 21 years young now, I get a lot of old school stuff flying into my inbox from people all over the world. Here's a few photos from back in the day as well as some older etnies ads.

Brian Deegan is out in Mexico City right now to ride his first Red Bull X Fighters event this Friday night! You can watch Deegan riding LIVE on the webcast tomorrow, March, 23 at 09:00 PM local time...not sure what the time difference is, but there are some details here.

Don't miss it!

Want the new etnies Holiday '06 catalog? You got it! Just click the image to the left and go crazy!

Here's an oldie but goodie, etnies President and skateboarder, Pierre Andre Senizergues schralpin' it up in April of 1989 for the back cover slot in Thrasher!

Check out the etnies gear this kid is rockin' in an Austrian newpaper article!

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)

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)