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After the most spectacular showdown in the history of Red Bull X-Fighters in London in 2009, the premier freestyle motocross series in the world returns in 2010 with new riders, new locations and plenty of new tricks. This year will once again see the crème-de-la-crème of the international FMX scene battle it out for the coveted title of Red Bull X-Fighters Champion...

Libor Podmol is ready for the Red Bull X Fighters Ranking Session in February. He won the contest in Kosice. Here are the results: 1. Libor Podmol /CZ/2. Remi Bizouard /FR/3. Jose Miralles /ESP/4. Rob Adelberg /AUS/ 5. Frederik Johansson /SWE/6. Hannes Ackerman /GER/7. Marcelo Simoes /BRA/8. Tomáš Lysá?ek /CZ/9. Branislav Nikš /SVK/10. Aleš Liemann. More info: www.fmx.sk

Australia has a bunch of great FMX riders like Blake Williams, Robbie Maddison, Cam Sinclair and many more. But watch out: there are also some newcomers we want to introduce you! Today we are talking with a Rookie called Clinton Moore from Bundaberg in QLD. It seems this guy will be soon one of the top riders in the world. His Tricks – especially the 360 are awesome...

In the first Smoothness Issue of this decade we proudly present you a Japanese Special made by Jason Halayko. We also did a backspin of the Red Bull X Fighters Tourstops in Madrid and London.

Enjoy: www.smoothness.de

On February 13th and 14th the IFMXF starts with the NIGHT of the JUMPs / FIM Freestyle MX World Championship in Berlin again. At the 10years anniversary of the series the FMX World Champion will be crowned for the 5th time and the first points of the series will be given in Germanys capital city...

In fantastic news for Australia's legion of FMX fans, it has now been officially confirmed that a settlement agreement has been reached between Fleshwound Films and Global Action Sports in relation to the Crusty Demons live shows. Under the terms of the agreement, Global Action Sports has agreed to end its involvement with the Crusty Demons live shows as part of a confidential financial settlement...

After talking with riders from Europe and Australia the last weeks, we wanted to look over to another continent. After surfing through the world-wide-web we found out, that Japan has a bunch of great FMX riders. One of these guys is Daice Suzuki. He has great riding skills and is doing awesome tricks. So we chatted with him to find out more about him...

The first time we met Hannes Ackermann he was a young kid doing crazy tricks on his 80 cc Suzuki. Now, almost 10 years later Hannes still rides FMX and has already won 2 German FMX Championships and he ended up in 9th in the actual NOTJ FIM Freestyle MX World Championships season. We talked with Hannes about the past times and the future...

Happy New Year to everyone, and im pumped to say 2010 started of with an awesome weekend in Charlotte NC with the debut of the Gravity Slashers FMX tour. The Charlotte crowd was treated to a talented night of 2 wheel entertainmentthat included Keith Weinman's amazing trials skills...

After talking with more than 60 Freestyle MX riders the last years, we thought about to interview a person, who is standing behind the camera and doing a great job. We are talking about Marcel „Petipix“ Petke, who joins almost every german contest and event to take great pix and sequences...

I had two really good international trips in December, the first was for 2 weeks in Indonesia doing shows and then off to New Zealand for the Red Bull FMX Battle. It all started out early in the month where I went back into the foam pit to get back into the Back Flip since my injury time...

Thamer Engeli is one of the coolest dudes I know and also a good friend of the FORTY8 Family. Looking back into 2002 he won the famous Freestyle.ch event in Zürich and got invited to ride the Red Bull X-Fighters in Madrid. After losing his training compound it was getting quiet around the Swiss rider. This year we met Thamer at the Flight Club Contest in Biberach/GER...

Almost every (F)MX fan knows Mike „The Godfather of FMX“ Metzger. Mike is always in good mood and entertains the people around him. After winning two gold medals at Summer X Games VIII (2002), where he did the first ever backflip to backflip, Mike is a living FMX legend. We talked with one of the originators of FMX about the past 10 years and what's going on right now and in the future...

After a 4 week application period 70 riders from 21 countries registered for the Red Bull X-Fighters Ranking Session, but only 26 will have the chance to proof to their skills at the Red Bull Compound in California. One of the 70 contenders is Clinton Moore. Here you can watch his submission video...