Tom Dugan can now add Empire to his list of sponsors. Tom as already begun filming for the Empire DVD, so he should at least have a good amount of clips, if not a full section.

DuFFS has a ton of new colors out for fall. See the new kicks here.

Country Bikes has a brand new website, and is also proud to announce the addition of Trent McDaniel to the team. A new Trent edit is in the works, so be on the look out for that.

The final leg of Bryce Toole’s Rippin’ Gypsy Tour is upon us, and Profile is auctioning off two pivotal sample seats that never went into production to raise money for him. Only one of each was ever made. Take your pick from the wild one pictured above, or a more subdued brown model. Snatch ‘em up and help Bryce get home.

David and Craig have, very deservingly, been bumped up to Lotek’s Pro-gram. Rich has also decided to do something similar with Lotek in the way of a grassroots sponsorship program (The Bro-gram) to show some support to kids who are down with Lotek. For more on all that, go here.

Dans Comp has copies of the highly anticipated OSS DVD “Football” in stock now. Order one fast before they sell out!

2010 UK Stay Strong Stephen Murray Jam – More BMX Videos

Stephen Murray is back in the UK, so to celebrate his return a jam was thrown in his honor. In other Stay Strong news, Seventies Distribution is auctioning off a custom Stay Strong bike on eBay. All proceeds are going to the Stephen Murray Stay Strong foundation.

Just a reminder, Football premieres Saturday at Post Bikes in Bushwick and there is going to be a raging afterparty at The Wreck Room down the street immediately afterwards. Come out, the whole team (sans Crumlish) and a bunch of other well known pros will be there.

There’s a dope little article over on ESPN that gives a look into Shawn Garrett’s Rasta lifestyle and how he channels his beliefs into his what he does on the bike. It also says he recently purchased a banana farm down in Jamaica and plans to build a skatepark on it…read more.

Brian Yeagle has been hurt for a while but there’s a progress report up on iPath about how he’s recovering and how he’s been spending his time.