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Anthony Wilson threads his Funday through this tree in Buffalo, NY.  Photo by Mr. BMXFU himself, Charlie Crumlish.

We’ve been having fun so far in Tallinn, Estonia.  Meet up with a bunch of new friends, rode the local indoor skatepark, shot hoops, met Shrek and ride the wildest pretzel rail thing we’ve ever seen. Looking for more fun today before we head over to Stockholm, Sweden for a few days.

Well after an amazing time at Simpel Summer Session, we used today as a day of rest and travel.  We just arrived in Tallinn, Estonia after taking the ferry ride across the Baltic Sea. Traveling by ferry is one of the coolest ways to go if you ask me.  Gary Young, Andrew Brady and myself will be here for a few days before we head over to Stockholm, Sweden later in the week.  We will be hitting up Mystic BMX sometime tomorrow.

If you didn’t know, Gary Young won Simpel Summer Session.  Check out this photo of him being carried to the podium.

David Ireland sent me a picture of his 2011 Gary Young Big Blue EX for this Sunday Friends.  He bought it at Circuit BMX in Pawtucket, RI. Thanks David, your bike looks awesome!

Gary Young took the win at yesterday’s summer Simpel Session (AKA Stadi Session) in Helsinki, Finland.  In usually Gary Young form, he blazed his way around the course firing out all sorts of jumping variations, doing gaps to rails and finding lines that no one else could.  All of this is done at high speeds.  Big congrats Gary!  It was a pleasure to watch! Photo Kai Kuusisto

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Well, we’ve been in Helsinki since Wednesday and it’s been nothing but fun. Somehow we’ve managed to fight off jet leg relatively easy.  Not sure exactly how we did it, but maybe it was riding the Signature BMX warehouse mini ramp then hitting up the huge wooden skatepark on the northwest side of the city. Gary Young has been destroying every spot we’ve gone to so far.  Today is the big contest day with the Stadi Session (AKA Simpel Session) going down in a few hours.  The weather turned out to be sunny with no rain, but there is a bunch of wind.  More updates soon!

Check out this spot that Jeff Grindstaff is riding.  It’s weird to see a rail with no stairs outside of a skatepark, but here is one.  Jeff rides for us through Angry Penguin in Johnson City, TN.  Photo Jake Hunter

Check out Sean Groce’s Sunday Friends.  Here is his super clean 2011 Sunday Scout which is designed for going fast and riding dirt.  He also made a very good pedal choice by running the orange soda Odyssey JCPC pedals. Nice bike Sean!

Jake Seeley is going under the knife today to get his knee cleaned out.  Not sure if he’s following Garrett Reeves’ lead, who had knee surgery last week, but Jake should be healed up soon and be back on his bike in just a few weeks.  Good luck Jake and heal up quickly.

Sunday is heading to Helsinki this week to hit up the summer Simpel Session contest on August 20th.  I guess it’s called Stadi Session during the summer. Gary Young, Aaron Ross and Jim Cielencki will be there.  Alex Magallan had to pull out due to his broken arm suffered this weekend.  Some of us will be staying in the area for a bunch of days afterwards, so be on the lookout. We might even make it to Tallinn and Stockholm.  Can’t wait!