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Broadband Interactive Group's Bluetorch Launches Fourth Publication, MX RAGE, Nationwide Today.


Business Editors

IRVINE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000

Full-Color Freestyle Motocross-Enthusiast Publication Joins

Bluetorch's Action Sports Print Line-up WAVE ACTION,

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Expanding its roster of special interest sports magazines, Bluetorch announced today the launch of MX RAGE, a freestyle motocross and Supercross publication designed for riders aged 12-24.

Available free to readers nationwide, the full-color, 80-plus page lifestyle magazine is one of the first to target freestyle riders, a traditionally overlooked but rapidly-growing segment of the motocross motocross

Form of motorcycle racing in which cyclists compete on a closed course marked out over natural or simulated rough terrain. Courses vary widely but must be 1.5–5 km (1–3 mi) in length, with steep inclines, hairpin turns, and mud.
 market. Authored by the pioneering riders who helped launch freestyle motocross, MX RAGE's format features action-packed editorial, radical rider photos, expert product reviews, event coverage and interviews with leading freestyle riders. MX RAGE will be published every other month and distributed in select specialty locations, with an initial circulation of 35,000.

"MX RAGE is unlike anything currently available on the market in terms of motocross and Supercross," said Broadband Interactive Group (BIG) CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Matt Jacobson. "MX RAGE is written for freestyle riders by the same riders who created the sport, giving fans the inside track. In the past, freestyle riders had no source for dedicated news and information on bikes, events or their freestyle heroes. Now they have an outlet that's informative, cool and designed exclusively for them."

The premiere issue of MX RAGE features a cover story on freestyle rider Jeremy "Twitch" Stenberg, winner of two major freestyle awards. Stenberg was recently featured in USA Today as one of the top freestyle riders in the world. The premiere issue also features a wrap up on the LXD LXD Learning Experience Design  Freeride
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 Tour, full coverage on the Vans Triple Crown and a profile on Mike Metzger, the "godfather" of freestyle.

MX RAGE is the official magazine of the LXD Freeride Tour events.

Editorial Board

Lead by editor Kirk Bender, MX RAGE features a talented range of contributors with deep roots in motocross. Bender, a long-time motocross writer and photographer, has been active in the sport since its inception. Advertising account executive Cameron Steele, known as the voice of freestyle motocross, is a former Supercross racer and the television personality for the leading freestyle events, including the LXD Freeride Tour and the Vans Triple Crown.

Staff writers include Brian Deegan, the 1999 World Freeride Champion and the only freestyle rider to ever win a Supercross; Eric Hilton, a former racer who was part of the launch of both freestyle motocross and the first-ever freestyle tour and Malcolm McCasset, a highly-regarded freestyle rider and team manager at No Fear.

Advertisers that will be featured in the first and upcoming issues of MX RAGE include Vans, Etnies, FMF FMF 1. Familial Mediterranean fever 2. Fetal movement felt 3. Forced mid-expratory flow 4. Free molecular flow , SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. , LBZ LBZ Lemming Ball Z (game)
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 and Hansen's Energy Drink, among others.

About Bluetorch

Broadband Interactive Group's Bluetorch brings the excitement of skateboarding, surfing, snowboarding, bodyboarding, wakeboarding Wakeboarding is a surface water sport which involves riding a wakeboard over the surface of a body of water behind a boat. It was developed from a combination of water skiing, snow boarding and surfing techniques. , inline skating, motocross and BMX BMX
abbr.
bicycle motocross


BMX
Noun

1. bicycle motocross: stunt riding over an obstacle course on a bicycle

2.
 to more than 50 million participants and fans of action sports, using every popular medium. Bluetorch offers daily programming on Fox Sports Net, four print magazines, Internet content (streaming videos, daily updates, hot photos and much more) as well as major live events. Bluetorch is committed to core sports - informing participants and fans and letting them express themselves across multiple media. The Bluetorch experience is available at www.bluetorch.com.
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