Today it’s one year since Jeremy Lusk passed away after a brutal crash in Costa Rica.

Metal Mulisha brought together a big crew to show some respect and remember Jeremy.
First we had a nice little ride session before the rain caught up with us and we could enjoy a pleasent meal.

Then we went down to San Diego to pay Jeremy’s grave a visit. It was the first time I was there and I got blown away how nice they had done the gravestone. It was really Jeremy…

RIP Jeremy.

I knew that Super Bowl was big in the USA, but I would never have guessed how many viewers it had; 106,5 million americans watched the game. Which by the way is the best rating ever on US TV. Beating the last episode of M*A*S*H which in 1983 had 105,97 mill.

During the year, the weekend of the Super Bowl is the time when most avacado (for the dip) and flat screens are sold.
And a 30 sec comercial costs 2,7 million dollars. BOOOM!!

I had the chance to experience the Super Bowl at Jimmy Fitzpatrick’s uncle together with 150-200 other lads.

Here are some of them

You can read and see some more photos on the expn blog

Jupp jupp.

So the Red Bull X-fighters qualification got cancelled because of heavy rainstorms. (read about what’s gonna happen to the X-fighters on the FMX blog on www.expn.com.)
They said the storm we had was the worst storm in 14 years. El Niño conditions. Bad timing huh.
I still got a lot of riding down, but mostly riding tracks and the hills. Well, that’s more fun anyway.
Spend some time riding with my mechanic Inge Aarnes from Norway as well, who, by the way, is too fast to be a mechanic.

Inges mechanic skills got this beauty open and started in no time.

Had the help of Japanese designer Naoki from BPM (who also paints my helmets) and DUK graphics to get my bike dialed. Thanks for making me look good.

BPM design and DUK graphics

Also need to give it up to Go Pro who stashed me up with their new HD edition. Can’t wait to try it out. Go to www.gopro.com and get yours.

Not so much more happening except riding dirt-bikes in this ‘off-season’. And the stuff that comes with it. Like:

Baby sitting Renners dogs. See anything wrong in this picture?

Killing some buggers. This sucker took a shit in my airfilter box. For real. That’s the price to pay

Watching Anaheim supercross. San Diego coming up this weekend.

In the hills with Bilko. (Bilko is a tough mofo. Crashed in the hills, broke a rib and rode like nothing had happened)

And Twitch. King of the hills. (sorry for bad quality. These are all i-Phone photos. Jupp)

Braking in the YZ. Tedesco crushes it at Fitz.

Can’t believe I did this whole update from my freaking i-Phone.
No US social security number – no internet. But you can go and buy a new car whithin 10min.

And to find a good car offer – just look for a gorilla at the junktion.

My thumbs are bleeding.
Thumbs up, this gotta stop.

Finally got ourselves settled here in Temcula, California.

Got the van back on the road after some mice had a feast on my electrical cables. The shag wagon is rolling, and so are we.
Got ourselves a nice place in Glen Oaks. 7 min to Twitches, 10 to Deegans, 4 to Fitzpatrick and so on. It’s central with a great view over Temecula.

Thanks to Tom Flores who hooked us up with this great house that makes the stay in US more pleasant.
This is actually just the guesthouse of the main house. Once again – things are bigger in America.

And they are different. Like the marketing policy. Who the hell cares if George Foreman is on the cover when you want to buy a grilling machine? One thing I am gonna give the Americans though – you can turn right on red.

Glenn Bagge at MotoWorld of El Cajon hooked me up with some rides. Get over there to meet some great people with a great selection. I got a YZ 250 (yes. back on blue) set up for FMX. And this week I couldn’t hold myself and had to purchase a new 450. When you are in MX paradise it would be wrong to not have a MX bike right? Went to Pala race track last week and had a blast with Faisst, Twitch, Taka, Garland and crew. I freaking love being here even if I ended up in the worst storm in 14 years. It’s poring down and everything is flooded around here.
Managed to squeeze in a day of freeride yesterday with Twitch, Josh Hansen, Josh Hill, Fitzpatrick and a couple of other guys.

Also had a day in Reche Canyon with Brody Wilson before the rain storm came.

Just had two days of FMX riding, but hopefully I’ll get some more before we head into the Red Bull X-fighters qualification the second of February. 80 riders signed up. 26 riders are chosen to ride the qualification where they pick 6 riders to join the series. Jupp jupp..

Waiting for my new custom gear to show up.
The Alpinestars collection this year is dope. Can’t wait to put it on.

At last I want to give some love to Micha who is starring the Nikita adds in magazines around the world..
That´s my girl. The Lusk wrist band never comes off.

I’ll write you a short and intense update.

Finally in USA after a 29 hour travel, including 2,5 hours in line at Madrid airport, almost lost our flight in Dallas, no luggage in San Diego, waited 1,5 for the lost luggage, got picked up by Flap, jump-started my car at Twitches, drove all the way to LA and Santa Monica.

Went to bed at 4 in the morning. Woke up at 6.30 starving. Oatmeal at 7. Watched the amazing sunrise in Santa Monica 7.15. Picked up my video cam and got some great shots. Went for a run at 07.45. Watched the ocean and thought about life. 09.00 second breakfast before leaving to Red Bull headquarters for the judge clinic. Just got back and are ready to go and eat some seafood with the guys.

Check out this sunrise in Santa Monica. It really blew my mind

Red Bull HQ.
Me and Dal Farra posing

You can follow me closer on www.twitter.com/dedevilla

Selling some bikes.

RM 250
2 bikes in Spain (2008)
1 bike in France (2007). Please contact: sebastien.billault@wanadoo.fr
1 bike in USA (2008 – New in 2009) – The bike has 15 hours. Piston 2 hours. The suspension has just been serviced – 0 hours. Black rims. Pro Circuit front and back. Boyesen Rad Valve. GPR steering stabilizer. GPR top and bottom clamps. Pro Taper handlebars. New chain and sprockets. Fresh tires and a lot more. The bike is super fresh. I rode it last time at X-games. Extra piston, plastic and much more parts on top.
Bids starting from 5000 dollars.

Prices that makes you believe Christmas isn’t over.
villafmx@gmail.com

André

Happy New Year everyone.
Make sure it will be a good one.

Me and Mich came back to Spain a couple of days ago.
Went riding in the park this afternoon with Alex. No dust and no wind. It was straight up a pleasure to get back to “work”.
Here is a photo from the park this late afternoon.

One more week in Spain before I fly to US the 10th of January. While Alex and Morgan will go to Macao in China. Alex will stay there for two years while Morgan will be there for six months. The Torrevieja crew is splitting up for sure. Out on new adventures. But our paths will cross again. We are “calling” the game – and that’s one of the reason why life iiiiiisssss gooood.

Dropping you a couple of photos from my trip to Norway, which gave me inspiration and energy to go into this year with everything I have.
Talk to you soon

Still twittering by the way http://twitter.com/dedevilla

Got my US visa stamped at the embassy. Here we go..

Can you say peaceful?

Pimpin up my niece with some Etnies shoes

Skiing with my homie JV

My dad new toy. Chevelle imported from the big US. 600hp baby. Keep the boy in you.

Merry Christmas all of yha..

Never thought I would jump on the twitter train. But I did http://twitter.com/DeDeVilla
Not saying I will stick to it

Grenoble was a good end of the season.
The highlight of the trip could be the oldie on the track. This Santa didn’t mind getting sprayed down by every SX rider. A real French bad ass.

Last ride of the year

I am heading to the last performance of the year. This weekend it says Grenoble, France on the calender. I am going over to show that freestyle thing again with Wiley Fullmer, Jay Rouanet and Maikel Melero.
I also rode with Fullmer and Rouanet in Bologna, Italy last weekend. Edgar Torronteras, Taka Higoshino were starring there as well.
Even since Tommy  Clowers, Mike Jones and the FMX pioneers rode a demo on the supercross triple in the late 90s here in Bologna, FMX has been one of the main attractions at the Bologna Motorshow. Since then the best riders in the world have experienced a warm Italian crowd in cold November weather.

But never has an fmx pro used the bed sheet as a bag. Wiley Fullmer just doesn’t give a f..

Back in the time when freestyle didn´t have a name. Is that the first ever turn-down? Bologna.

If I would explain Bologna Motorshow in one photo it has to be something like this.
Why do all the car brands need to have hot looking girls in their set-up? It´s worse than a 21st century hip hop music video. No one dares to brake the pattern.
Well. Can´t say it bothers me.

Wiley Fullmer and I

I didn´t want to put this up since the weather was gray and it really didn´t turn out that good.
But then again. Why should I keep it for myself? It´s all about sharing right..
This is from Pecquencourt in March. Cold and windy weather – Warm and safe riding
(Check out Jeremy Rounet´s crash where he dislocates his wrist)

What´s up guys.

I’ve spend five days at Dany Torres compound in Arahal.
It´s been a while since I rode at Torres park, five years to be exact. Well. The park is pretty sick like – the  King Of The “Castle” himself – Dany Torres.

I remember I saw Dany for the first time in a local contest here in Spain back in 02/03. The kid was like 15-16 and killed it already then with huge tricks and tech combos . It was not just a puberty running wild in this case, he still blows my mind time to time.

Check out my visit at Danys hometown, stuff got captured.
Nothing special. Just me spreading some love.. Clicking around.

I have been working a lot in my park lately. The park is shining right now. I build a brand new water system and a pump that blows off your hat.
The triple line is sweet. The weather is great. We´re riding some MX. Grabbing some surf. Riding FMX. Njeee.. Can´t complain about life man…
Took November off from events to ride some more back home. But in December I have to take a trip to Italy and France for some events. Before I am flying home for Christmas in the end of December.

Sjoggbæil!

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AV

Back in Spain. Tired and long in the face like a “sock full of coins”.
I had such a good time in Bercy. The riding was pure pleasure, and I got to know a lot of new cool guys and reconnect with old friends.
I´ll post up some more photos and videos later. Here are a couple from JEFF himself.

Micha is in New Orleans for a photo shoot with Nikita. In silence you find yourself, and the lack of motivation for cooking for yourself.. Haha..
Njeeee. I´m “killing it” when it comes to bringing food on the table- I´m hitting the Italian.

Race rapport on www.racerxill.com
Norwegian race rapport on www.motox.no

Later

Photo “Jeff”  Jean Francois Muguet

Photo “Jeff”  Jean Francois Muguet

Photo “Jeff”  Jean Francois Muguet

I will write you an update from Norway when I have “digested” the weekend.

I´m leaving Norway on Tuesday and on Thursday I am flying to Paris for a three days demo at Paris Bercy Supercross – the biggest supercross race in Europe.
Charles Pages, Matt Rebeaud, Mike Mason, Eigo Sato, Edgar Torronteras and I will put on three separate exhibitions: whips, tricks, and later back-flips.

Norwegian press release from Sport Savings:

Pressemelding:
Det var ekstremsportenes kveld i Oslo Spektrum fredag. OneCall X-Elements samlet et stjernelag av utøvere og et ekstatisk publikum. Og André Villa viste Norge hva han var god for.

Kvelden begynte med en forrykende åpningsshow med Zeromancer på scenen. Så gikk det slag i slag med en spektakulær NM-finale i vertskating, hvor Adil Dyani, Espen Røed og Audun Mehl viste fantastisk teknisk skating i verten.

Adil Dyani gikk tilslutt av med seieren med et triksrepertoar som bestod av blant annet en stor backside 540, kickflip indy og en backside tailslide shove it.

Dirtsyklistene var neste post på programmet. Anført av Niels Windfeldt og Trond Hansen ga de publikum hakeslepp med gigantiske backflips, tailwhips og 360er. Dette er en relativt ung sport som har et superpotensiale som publikumssport.

Men det var da FMX-kjørerne entret gulvet at publikum virkelig lettet fra stolene. André Villa, Jimmy Verburgh, Justin Hoyer, Morgan Carlsson og den norske unggutten Oliver Lie gav publikum et show som vi ikke har sett maken til på norsk jord. Backflips, holy grabs, flip nac nac, tsunami indyflips og enorme whips.

Oliver Lie (16) fra Modum overbeviste under trening og fikk lov til å kjøre sammen med de store gutta. Unggutten holdt ingenting tilbake og viste Norge at det gror i det norske FMX-miljøet..

Vågå`s store helt, og Norges beste FMX-kjører André Villa fikk virkelig vist Norge hvorfor han er blant verdens beste utøvere innen denne sporten.

At Vågå-gutten ble kåret til publikums favoritt var mer eller mindre en selvfølge etter et show hvor han ga publikum valuta for pengene med enorme whips, tsunami indyflip og backflips cordobas som satt som en kule.

-  Dette var utrolig artig. Jeg håper virkelig OneCall X-Elements blir en årlig tradisjon, sier André Villa i en kommentar.

I landed in Norway yesterday night.
We grabbed a rental car and pinned it to Nesøya where I usually hold house when I am in Norway.

I went to a couple of radio interviews today (p3 morgen og NRJ (NRJ går Fredag morgen klokken 08.00) ), and tomorrow we are getting together in Oslo Spektrum to get the bikes ready for Friday.

Norway: There will be set up an autograph session Friday from 18.15 to 18.45.

Pop into EXPN to check out “Hello My Name is” from today.

Hi.

I went to Barcelona even if I was knocked out sick for the first time in 14 months.
I didn´t want to miss out on this contest since it looked like to be a looooot of fun.

It was definitely a cool concept that ET had cooked together with all the top Spanish riders.
On Fridays practice I rode ten jumps before I rushed back to the hotel to sleep for 12 hours. I woke up next day ready to go home to Torrevieja, but thought I´ll try one more time for ET. So I pushed myself through practice and the event.

Dani Torres rode great all weekend and stepped up a notch since I saw him last time in London.
It was cool to see a lot of the youngsters on the big course. There’s definitely a couple of talents coming up.

Can´t wait for next year.

Photo Andi Brewi

Edgar Torronteras has been free-styling for decades and living of dirt-bike riding since he was 11.

Last year he talked about this event he wanted to arrange in his compound. Finally he got football club Barcelona as his partner and it´s happening this weekend.
Edgar is going big and he has invited the 20 best riders in Spain, plus me since I´m a Degos from Vågå. Ha..

(I signed a couple of weeks ago, so you would not find me on his fancy poster)

Man.

I almost took a Bilko and over rotated a tsunami flip on those poppy 8 meter radius ramp on 20 meter.
Haha.. freaking hilarious.

It´s OK though. Riding went really good in practice and qualification until my crash. I don´t think I´ve been stronger than now.
Just another bump in the road I am gonna get over.

Swiiiiiiiiing

Next is Barcelona this coming weekend at Edgar Torronteras compound.

André

Check out the World Cup Round in Riga on Eurosport 2 this Saturday at 22.00.

See you there!

Festkveld med Andrè Villa i Oslo Spektrum!

Som sponsor for Andrè Villa gir banken bort et begrenset antall gratisbilletter til OneCall X-Elements i Oslo Spektrum 23.oktober kl 18.00.

sup sup sup..

Maaaan the weather has been crazy down here in Torrevieja. It hasn´t been raining this much in 12 years. It has been raining for ten days straight. Cars floating around in the streets and thousands of houses getting flooded.

So did my park. Check these photos I snapped with my phone. I wish I had a jet-ski.

Well. My game plan was to take some events off, like freestyle.ch and the LG to get some quality practice here in Spain.
It´s so nice to be back in routine with the physical training with my trainer and feel the riding progressing. It actually took me a year before I could do some proper training without any pain in the leg. I´ve pretty much been rehabilitating till this stage. Better times to come.

It has finally dried up here so I’m getting a couple of days practice before I am heading to Riga for a World-Championship round.
I was supposed to go to Chile and Mexico for some events, but since they got canceled I figured I would join one of the WC rounds. Get some contest practice and taste some Riga Balsam. Njeeeeeeee I won´t. It tastes as bad as it sounds.

A couple of shots from a Spanish October day with 30 degrees.
Photo Nicolas Ortuno.

Yupp yupp yupp…

Norwegian press release

Festkveld for adrenalinjunkies i Oslos storstue

OneCall X-Elements blir tidenes første og største innendørs extremsportshow for hele familien. Showet er sydd sammen med verdenskjente utøvere, flammer og rock`n roll.

Andre Villa (FMX), Adil Dyani (skate) og Trond Hansen og  Niels Windfeldt (dirtbike) dekker opp med heftige svev og pumpende adrenalin under OneCall X-Elements i Oslo Spektrum 23. oktober.

Andre Villa inviterer verdenstjerner til halsbrekkende freestyle motocross. Bli vitne til enorme saltoer, vips og annen galskap. Dette er første gang Andre viser Norge hvorfor han er i verdenseliten.

Adil Dyani inviterer skatere til enorm vertskating. Adil er kjent for å fly høyt over rampen med tekniske triks, og det konkurreres i highest air.

Trond Hansen og Niels Windfeldt er Norges råeste dirtsyklister, og inviterer de beste i landet til sykkelshow du ALDRI har sett maken til.

Dansegruppe Stylez stiller med et forrykende show av koreografi og heavy låtvalg

Showet rammes inn av heftige riff og enorm rock`n roll fra Zeromancer (tidligere Seigmenn) og Yoga Fire (med tidligere medlemmer fra Klovner I Kamp).

Sjekk også www.xelements.no for mer informasjon.  Billetter kjøpes på billettservice.no eller i billettluken på Oslo Spektrum.

Ta kontakt med medieansvarlig Marianne Hauknes for høyoppløselige bilder, spørsmål og avtale om intervju.
marianne.hauknes@gmail.com
91600638

The photo gallery is sorted out.
I´ve posted some new photos from X-fighters in London by “Jeff” Jean Francois Muguet

Check check

sup!

I got back from Toledo yesterday, where I rode a contest with Edgar Torronteras, Nicolas Ortuno, Jorge Bravo, Raul Lerena, Dylan Trull and Hugo “La Patata”. Some of them are quite some characters who ride a big part of all the demos there are in Spain.
There is no doubt that Spain is the country with most FMX contest/demos  a year. One of the reasons is the warm climate which allow them to arrange outdoor contests all year around. But mainly because there is a bullfighting arena in every city. You know in Spain it´s a tradition to take the family and a cooler with some Spanish jamón, white bread, pipas, coca cola, beer and get entertained by seeing bulls getting stabbed to death. Never understood the last part though, and I kind of feel victory when I see pictures like this.

To tell you the truth, Spanish promoters have been milking the FMX and they are no longer guarantied full arenas just by rumors that there is going to be a FMX contest in the neighborhood. They actually need to start promoting events.

In Toledo they also mixed it with a heavy metal concert. Spain’s answer on Bruce Dickinson was singing / shouting till 3-4 in the morning. And our hotel was just next to the arena. Yes, I do like Iron Maiden – but this was over the top.
Even if the audience was just as big as a decent house party, I tried to ride my best for the fun of it. And yes I won. Better be! Ha..

Now I am going out for a photo shoot with “Jeff” from French Freestyle Motocross magazine. He´s gonna be here in Spain for a couple of days.

André