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31/10 Battery BSX2007 update
by bmxultra.com
As more partners join Battery BSX2007 to help us raise money for
the Royal Children's Hospital we will keep you up to date with
who they are and what it means for you, the general BMXing public.
There have been 2 new additions since the last announcement. Actually
1 new silver partner FreeAgent Australia and One Bicycles have
upgraded to a silver partner.
What you can score at the Battery BSX2007
The primary objective for BSX is to raise money for the
Royal Children's Hospital Foundation and thanks to our partners
there will be a whole bunch of goodies that you can score if you
attend BSX2007. We will be putting on raffles, auctions, and door
prizes where you could win:
- A Fender electric guitar and case thanks to Battery
- Cartons of Carlton Draft, Corona, or Crown thanks to Fosters Group
- Scot Breithaupt signed t-shirt and Joe Kid on a Sting-Ray DVD's thanks to Scot Breithaupt
- Vouchers thanks to Goldcross Cycles Chirnside Park
- Fox Racing products thanks to Monza Imports
- Autographed BSX number plate from your favourite rider thanks to Dirt Designs
- A FreeAgent Eluder BMX bike and FreeAgent helmet thanks to FreeAgent Australia
- 2 bmxultra.com/ONE Bicycles race jerseys, a signed ONE Bicycles banner and a whole lot more ONE Bicycles goodies thanks to One Bicycles
- Free goodies bags with stickers, brochures, and catalogs for all the kiddies as they come through the gates.
- more soon to be announced, including other autographed products from your favourite riders
We will also have a merchandise stand where you can purchase an event t-shirt or poster. You can pre-order your t-shirt and pick it up on the day to make sure you don't miss out. We sold out of most sizes very early at BSX2006! XBR's Gavin D will be taking photos on the day and printing them for you to have signed by your favourite rider with money raised going to the RCHF.
Our partner list so far
Platinum partner
Battery Energy Drink (www.batterydrink.com)
Gold partners
Dirt Designs (www.bmxultra.com/dirt)
XBR (www.xbr.com.au)
ManageSoft (www.managesoft.com)
Silver partners
Safe and Sound Production Services (www.safeandsound.com.au)
Fosters Group (Carlton, Corona, Crown)
One Bicycles (www.onebicycles.com)
FreeAgent Australia
Bronze partners
Splash Creative (www.spashcreative.com.au)
Bayswater Cycles (www.cyclelink.com.au)
Goldcross Cycles Chirnside Park (www.goldcross.com.au)
Fox Racing by Monza Imports
Scot Breithaupt (www.theomofbmx.com)
Partnership opportunities:
Partnership packages for the Battery BSX2007 are now available.
If you are interested in partnering with us to help raise money
at this event or even making a tax deductable donation to the
Royal Children's Hospital Foundation email webmaster@bmxultra.com
About BSX
BSX is short for Bicycle Supercross. We pair up some
of Australia's best pro BMXers on a 2 man track, much like Stumpy's
DC sprint trails, in a one on one elimination style race until
we find a winner. It's a BMX event like none other in the country.
The riders are challenged on a short technical track while having
a whole lot of fun and at the same time putting on a show for
the spectators. The event created an atmosphere that's too hard
to put into words and must be experienced. Last year Luke Madill
took the win, can he come back from spinal injuries and take it
again?
Next year the event will be held at Kinglake West, Victoria (just an hour north of Melbourne) on Monday January 22. It's the day after the UCI Pacific Oceania round at Knox (during the Track Attack series).
31/10 UCI/Probikx entry forms on calendar
by bmxultra.com
Thanks to Lyndon Downing we have been able to update our
race calendar with entry forms for rounds 1 to 4 of the Probikx
series along with UCI Pacific Oceana ranking rounds 4 and 5.
Click here to check out the calendar.
30/10 Northern Park Open
by bmxultra.com
The Northern Park Open was set to put on a good day of racing
on Sunday October 22nd. The track was fast and the weather was
perfect. The number of entries were low, but was well supported
by the older classes.
It was surprising to see Tony Harvey and Ben Price in the 15 rider strong 14 & Over money open field, but it was great to see these guys supporting Northern Park.
The experimental 30 & Over Open wheel money class attracted a lot of interest but only 9 entries. With a number of riders out ill we should see that class continue to grow.
In the 14 & Over Open main Harvey got a slower start than the likes of Price and Ash McCutcheon but managed to power his way to the front. It was a close battle between Harvey and Price all the way to the finish line. Harvey winning by about half a length. Ash McCutcheon was in close third. A couple of lengths behind him was Connor Hunter and then the rest of the field.
Results
- Tony Harvey
- Ben Price
- Ash McCutcheon
- Connor Hunter
- Aaron Jeffree
- Robert Slatter
- Jordon Morgan
- Brian Slatter
30 & Over Open wheel money class
- Trevor Stamford
- John Barford
- Dean Coles
30/10 Mighty 11’s
Forwarded by Kent Elliot
Kerrod Connors (Nerang BMX Club - South Qld) was Captain of the
Australian Mighty 11 test team. A fantastic team effort saw the
boys win by 1 point.
Kerrod also was highest point scorer for the team. Well done to
all who competed, and congrats to Kerrod and the Aussie Team.
"...Mighty 11’s.
By Kerrod Connors (Aust. Captain Mighty 11's 2006)
Mighty 11’s was a great experience. Along with team mates
Kyle Hughes, Jack Buckhorn, Chad Harlow and Luke Parker, and girls
team members Nicole Rankin and Charlie Webb, we had an amazing
week and a fantastic race meet.
During the week we got to know each other and went boating, go karting, ten pin bowling and climbed Mt Taranaki. The snow was freezing and we managed to ambush our parents with snow balls. The team visited a local school where we were asked questions. We also visited a great museum. We did manage to fit in training each day with coach Frank Penrose.
First day of racing was fun, but wet, muddy and freezingly cold (for a Gold Coast boy). We raced well as a team and were 15 points ahead at the end of the day. The second day was better because bark had been laid over the mud around the track. Despite the rain the track was concrete smooth. The Kiwi team stepped up the challenge and we were only 4 points ahead going into the last race. The New Zealanders raced hard, but we managed to snatch an overall win by 1 point and bring the trophy home again.
The best part was getting together with the Kiwi boys and girls after racing, having fun swapping race jerseys, signing each others plates and generally just making friends.
Thanks to BMX NSW, BMX NZ, manager Robyn Behan and coach Frank Penrose, our NZ billet families from both New Plymouth and Sun Coast, and also to all the families who looked after us, especially the Hobbs family for letting us, the senior boys and our parents take over their house for a few hours on the last night..."
30/10 SE Bikes 2006 Victorian Open BMX Championships Update
BMXVictoria press release
Entries Close Thursday November 2nd. No late entries will
be accepted.
Entries for the SE Bikes 2006 Victorian Open BMX Championships
will be closing in just 3 Days on Thursday November 2nd.
There are a few important details for all prospective riders.
If you had a good time at the Interclub yesterday but have not
yet put in your entry please do so as early as possible this week.
If you rode an extra class (Cruiser or 20") at the interclub
why not enter that extra class for the States as well?
- Entry forms can be obtained from the following web sites
- BMX Victoria www.bmx.org.au
- Knox BMX Club knox.bmxa.com.au
- bmxultra.com www.bmxultra.com
- BMX Stars www.bmxstars.com
- www.xbr.com.au
- Entry forms can also be obtained by calling BMX Victoria on 0448 400 423
- Entry lists are being published on the BMXV and Knox web sites and will be progressively updated as more entries are received. All entrants are asked to check this list to ensure their entry details are correct.
Click here for the latest entry list.
28/10 I'm dreaming of a white BMX track?
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
With the Battery BSX2007 less than 3 months away I have a
lot of work to do on the backyard track until I will be happy
with it. Any spare time I have will be spent working on the track,
I woke up at 6:30am this morning to find that it had been snowing.
That's right snowing! In late October, which is spring to us for
you guys in the northern hemisphere that were wondering why I
am making such a big deal over it. It's been shorts weather, and
it hasn't even snowed here during winter. Anyway I guess I will
have to hope the sun makes an appearance today otherwise I've
lost a whole day of work.
27/10 Special alert from Team Phirebird!
Phirebird press release by Glenn Codega (Team owner)
I'm excited to announce that my team and I are VERY close to completing
a project that has been many years in the making and I wanted
to give the bmx community an advance warning!
TPB are about to embark on journey and write a whole new chapter in bmx history, and I do not say this lightly! We have spent many moons searching for best people we could find in their fields to bring this together because we were never going to be satisfied releasing something we weren’t happy with ourselves. Phase #1 is about to be released to the cycling world and we are very excited!
When I look back on this, I have literally been working on this for years now, and having had the chance to observe the various members of our sport has given me even better perspectives of what it takes to achieve. All I can say for now is that ‘Phase #1’ is consistent with TPB as you all know it - we don’t compete, we set the standard!
Stay very tuned because you will here more about this in the coming days, yes days, so keep the eyes wide open and you hand firmly glued to the mouse!
And, as always, thanks for supporting our vision, we can’t wait to share more with you!
27/10 Review: How to race BMX: Basic Fundamentals DVD
by bmxultra.com
We have reviewed the Stile Industries/Transit How to race
BMX: Basic Fundamentals DVD and were pleasantly surprised with
what we found.
Click here to check out the How to race BMX: Basic Fundamentals DVD review.
27/10 Wade Bootes radio interview Sat 3.30 pm
BMXAustralia press release
Radio Interview: 1116 SEN (Melbourne) Adrenaline Rush - Saturday
between 3-5pm. SEN is available on webcast. Go to www.sen.com.au
and click on the radio icon, top right.
Who: Wade Bootes, BMX Australia - National Talent Identification Coach
What: Champbikx program (14 – 16 year olds) & the coaching structure to prepare younger riders for London Olympics.
When: 3.30 pm AEST, Saturday 28th October, 2006
26/10 bmxultra.com team update
bmxultra.com press release
Shane Jenkins was the only active member of the bmxultra.com
team on the weekend, hitting up his home track at the Northern
Park Open. With some consistant finishes in the 30 & Over
Open Wheel money class motos Shane qualified second for the main
and was looking good for a top 3 finish until it all went wrong
for him in the rhythm section. Sitting in third on the tail of
John Barford who was second to Trevor Stamford, Barford messed
up a roller, lost speed and nearly stopped Shane dead in his tracks,
allowing the rest of the field to catch up. Shane fell victim
to the wide open last corner and had to settle for 7th place.
The bmxultra.com team is proudly supported by One Bicycles, Supercross BMX, Answer BMX, Dirt Designs, ATi grips, and Tektro brakes.
26/10 Final entry list for Interclub on Sunday
by bmxultra.com
Finally BMXVictoria has a race meeting this year that can
boast over 300 riders. The final count for the interclub event
is 330 riders and 528 entries. Now, if there was only a way to
get those sorts of numbers every week.
Some reasons why so many people are racing (in no particular order):
- club pride
- cheap entry fees
- race practice on the state titles track
Anyway, click here to check out the final interclub entry list in class order.
26/10 ONE/Kenda's Elite Women dominating in Ecuador
ONE KENDA press release
2006 UCI Latin American Championship, Ecuador
Aneta Hladikova from Czech Republic, Gabriela Diaz from Argentina and Emilio Falla from Ecuador were the riders representing ONE/Kenda in Ecuador.
The Pre Race for Elite Women on saturday was won by Aneta Hladikova.
Gabriela Diaz, who didn’t feel well took 4th.
On sunday Gabriela was back in shape and won. Aneta took 2nd.
ONE/Kenda dominated Elite Women.
Elite Men was tough. Emilio Falla wasn’t able to make it into the main.
Pollo won Eite Men. Suarez crashed and is out for several weeks.
For more information about ONE Bicycles check out www.onebicycles.com.
26/10 Reader writes: Hillbrick
by Lee Smith
Hi
ultra dudes. I'm a long time reader, first time emailer. I too
went to the bike show in Melbourne and didn't see much race bmx.
I did see most of the stands and I was able to get a couple of pics of the Hillbrick Pro bike as the guys where packing up on the last day. This thing is hot. Great spec and shape. Very good finish also. Being an old track rider I know who Hillbrick is.
The guys from Sydney told me these bikes where designed here in Oz. An Australian bmx. That must be a good thing?
There is a new website too. hillbrickbmx.com
26/10 Gate control system required
Wyndham Warriors BMX Club press release
Victoria's newest BMX club - Werribee based Wyndham Warriors is
on the look out for a Smart Start, bmxtronic or similar start
box to replace the loan unit we have had on loan since the clubs
inception. Anyone able to help can contact Jeff at the club on
0412368355.
25/10 Battery BSX2007 update
by bmxultra.com
With just under 3 months to go until the Battery BSX2007, momentum
is building. The track is slowly being transformed into something
a little different to what people saw and rode January this year.
Berms are bigger, jumps are bigger and so are the lips, overall
the track should be a whole lot faster despite adding an extra
straight.
Rider list so far
We have three classes at BSX2007; the pro open men, pro
open women and 30 & over open wheel. Although people are a
little slower to put their names down this time around, we expect
a much bigger turn out than BSX2006. If you are planning to race
the BSX next year please send us an email to webmaster@bmxultra.com
so we know to expect you. You can pay your entry during the Track
Attack rounds leading up to the event or even on the day, but
please get in early if you plan to pay on the day.
Pro open
Luke Madill - NSW
Scott Bradley - SA
Jonathan Hoare - Vic
Shane Jenkins - Vic
Glenn Codega - Qld
Adam Carey - Vic
Josh Webb (Phillips) - Qld
Michael Vockenson - Qld
Nick Deininger - Qld
Joel Kugener - Qld
Ash McCutcheon - Vic
Tony Harvey - Vic
Levi Collins - Vic
Scooby Guyers - SA
Chris Westwood - NSW
30 & Over Open wheel
Jamie Hales - Vic
Jason Bergstrom - USA
Brian Kelly - Vic
Julian Millis - Vic
Ross Domigan - Qld
Trevor Weber - Vic
Dean Coles - Vic
What you can score at the Battery BSX2007
The primary objective for BSX is to raise money for the
Royal Children's Hospital Foundation and thanks to our partners
there will be a whole bunch of goodies that you can score if you
attend BSX2007. We will be putting on raffles, auctions, and door
prizes where you could win:
- A Fender electric guitar and case (thanks to Battery)
- Cartons of Carlton Draft, Corona, or Crown (thanks to Fosters Group)
- Scot Breithaupt signed t-shirt and Joe Kid on a Sting-Ray DVD's (thanks to Scot Breithaupt)
- Vouchers (thanks to Goldcross Cycles Chirnside Park)
- Fox Racing products (thanks to Monza Imports)
- Autographed BSX number plate from your favourite rider (thanks to Dirt Designs)
- Free goodies bags with stickers, brochures, and catalogs for all the kiddies as they come through the gates.
- more soon to be announced, including other autographed products from your favourite riders
We will also have a merchandise stand where you can purchase an event t-shirt or poster. You can pre-order your t-shirt and pick it up on the day to make sure you don't miss out. We sold out of most sizes very early at BSX2006! XBR's Gavin D will be taking photos on the day and printing them for you to have signed by your favourite rider with money raised going to the RCHF.
Our partner list so far
Platinum partner
Battery Energy Drink (www.batterydrink.com)
Gold partners
Dirt Designs (www.bmxultra.com/dirt)
XBR (www.xbr.com.au)
ManageSoft (www.managesoft.com)
Silver partners
Safe and Sound Production Services (www.safeandsound.com.au)
Fosters Group (Carlton, Corona, Crown)
Bronze partners
Splash Creative (www.spashcreative.com.au)
Bayswater Cycles (www.cyclelink.com.au)
Goldcross Cycles Chirnside Park (www.goldcross.com.au)
Fox Racing by Monza Imports
Scot Breithaupt (www.theomofbmx.com)
One Bicycles (www.onebicycles.com)
Partnership opportunities:
Partnership packages for the Battery BSX2007 are now available.
If you are interested in partnering with us to help raise money
at this event or even making a tax deductable donation to the
Royal Children's Hospital Foundation email webmaster@bmxultra.com
About BSX
BSX is short for Bicycle Supercross. We pair up some
of Australia's best pro BMXers on a 2 man track, much like Stumpy's
DC sprint trails, in a one on one elimination style race until
we find a winner. It's a BMX event like none other in the country.
The riders are challenged on a short technical track while having
a whole lot of fun and at the same time putting on a show for
the spectators. The event created an atmosphere that's too hard
to put into words and must be experienced. Last year Luke Madill
took the win, can he come back from spinal injuries and take it
again?
Next year the event will be held at Kinglake West, Victoria (just an hour north of Melbourne) on Monday January 22. It's the day after the UCI Pacific Oceania round at Knox (during the Track Attack series).
25/10 Sirius Bicycles @ North Island Titles
Sirius Bicycles Press Release
Once again it rained at Labour Weekend in New Zealand for the
North Island Titles at the New Plymouth BMX Club (Taranaki). The
Taranaki region was the location for shooting of the Tom Cruise
film “The Last Samurai” & as with that production
there were also plenty of battles taking place during the course
of the weekend.
The buzz is that the track was awesome which is a credit to the hard working folk at the club, it’s just a shame the NZ spring weather turned out to be the villain in this story!
The following is a list of Sirius Bicycles riders that made mains & their final places respectively. Well done team!
Cameron Cole (Formula) – 1st Junior Men
Josh Webb (Staats) – 2nd Junior Men
Victoria Hill (Avent/Bombshell) – 1st Junior Women, 4th
Ladies Superclass
Melissa Mankowski (Ciari Parts) – 3rd Elite Women
Tim Ferguson (Staats) – 4th Elite Men, 6th Senior Superclass
Chelsea King (Supercross) – 1st 12 Girls, 2nd 11-12 Cruiser
Kane Barry (Staats) – 6th 13 Boys, 3rd 13-14 Cruiser
Alexandra Williams (Staats) – 2nd 14-15 Girls, 5th Ladies
Superclass
Wyatt Clinch (Staats) – 6th 15 Boys, 4th 15-16 Cruiser
Ben Orchard (Staats) – 1st 16 Boys
Matthew Davies (Supercross) – 7th 16 Boys
24/10 Victoria's Renee Junga benefit night
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
One of Australia's most talented female BMXers, Renee Junga, has
been seriously injured in a mountain bike accident. Renee has
travelled to Victoria many times to put on a display of the style
of racing that saw her earn the #2 World title in the senior elite
womens class in Paris, France in 2005. Now it's time for Victoria's
riders to show their appreciation for what Renee has done for
BMX.
I personally found Renee one of the most exciting pros to watch in Australian BMX male or female. She was never the strongest rider but always the most determined and skilled in her class, which saw her take many wins through her racing career. I will never forget the day at the Lilydale round of Track Attack in January this year. Renee was more keen than anyone to enter the BSX backyard race. She asked me "If there are no girls there can I race against the guys? I just want to race it." On the day of BSX, after a couple of crashes during practice, she decided that she would be better off helping us video tape the event. You could see that she was dissapointed to have to sit out and watch, but she did watch every minute. There are few pros with her enthusiasm. If there is anyone who can exceed specialists expectations in their recovery from such severe spinal injuries it will be Renee Junga. She was and always will be an inspiration to me.
A Renee Junga benefit night is planned for Victoria's metro riders on Friday 17th Nov.
Click here for the flyer for the Renee Junga benefit night race planned for Friday 17th Nov at Knox BMX Club.
If you can't make it on the night there are ways you can make donations or other contributions.
24/10 Victorian Titles entries closing
BMXVictoria press release
Entries for the SE Bikes 2006 Victorian Open BMX Championships
will be closing in just 9 Days on Thursday November 2nd.
There are a few important details for all prospective riders.
- Entry forms have not been posted out as in previous years.
- As entry forms have been available for nearly four months there will be no late entries accepted.
- Entry forms can be obtained from the following web sites
- BMX Victoria www.bmx.org.au
- Knox BMX Club knox.bmxa.com.au
- bmxultra.com www.bmxultra.com
- BMX Stars www.bmxstars.com
- www.xbr.com.au
- Entry forms will be available at the SE Bikes Interclub Challenge at Knox BMX Club on Sunday October 29th or can be obtained by calling BMX Victoria on 0448 400 423
- Entry lists are being published on the BMXV and Knox web sites and will be progressively updated as more entries are received. All entrants are asked to check this list to ensure their entry details are correct.
All club secretaries are requested to ensure their members have been able to obtain an entry form and are aware that there will not be any late entries accepted.
Further details about the championships will be posted regularly on the BMXV web site www.bmx.org.au and the Knox BMX Club web site knox.bmxa.com.au
24/10 New 2007 SE BIKES Website!!!
SE Bikes press release
The new www.SEBIKES.com
website is up and running. All of our new '07 products are up
for your viewing pleasure. This year we included MSRP and the
weights of all bikes & frames. Check it out
24/10 Interclub/Vic titles entry lists
BMXVictoria press release
Below is a list of the entries received so far for the Victorian
Interclub and State Championships. Please check the lists carefully
and let us know if there are any problems with classes or race
numbers. Contact BMXVictoria via www.bmx.org.au.
24/10 Updated Big 3 tent site allocations
Knox BMX Club press release
As of Monday October 23rd 6.00pm All the front position Tent
Sites for The BIG 3 SE Bikes Victorian Interclub Challenge, BMX
MAD THUNDERDOME and 2006 SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships
have now been taken up. There are still about 5 back row sites
along the first straight. Otherwise the only room left is up behind
the grand stands and turns 1 and 3. There is heaps of room in
these areas so don't despair if you have missed out on a front
row.
24/10 Bike Film Fest Sydney Oct 26-28
Bicycle Film Fest press release
We are In Sydney. It is Spring. Two Springs in one year for the
BFF. People are a lot of fun here. We are going to rock it!
Bicycle Film Fest
Sydney Oct 26-28
For more info and tickets go to the site: www.bicyclefilmfestival.com
We will be in Tokyo next and then Milano. I know a lot of people
are going from far and wide for both fests. Come by and say hi!
Make a movie for next year's BFF!
Submissions begin December 1.
24/10 UCI BMX Pacific Oceania 3, New Plymouth NZ
by Lyndon Downing
Below are the results from Round 3 at New Plymouth, New Zealand
and the updated Series Ranking points after the 2006-7 UCI BMX
Pacific Oceania Ranking Round 3 on October 21.
23/10 Photos: BSX2006
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
After BSX2006 was over Gavin D from XBR magazine (www.xbr.com.au)
gave me a CD full of photos to use for promotional purposes for
BSX2007. There were a lot of great photos, too many to consider
putting into a gallery...until now. I had to pick the best of
a very good bunch but you will see there are still a lot of them.
This is the type of action you will see at BSX2007 on January
22 and more, the jumps are going to be changed so you will see
the riders spend more time in the air this time around.
Click
here to check out the photos from BSX2006.
For more information about BSX2007 go to www.bmxultra.com/bsx
23/10 Updated Big 3 tent site allocations
Knox BMX Club press release
The BIG 3 SE Bikes Victorian Interclub Challenge, BMXMAD Thunderdome
and 2006 SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships
PARKING
Please remember that there will be no parking inside the Knox
BMX track for the SE Bikes BMXV Interclub Challenge, BMXMad Thunderdome
and SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships. That's right
no one will be able to park inside the track at these three race
meetings. There is ample parking in the adjacent car parks. please
be considerate and leave the centre parking bays for cars and
trailers.
TENT ALLOCATIONS as of Sunday 22nd Oct
Attached is the Up dated Tent Allocations Sunday 22nd October.
Any queries can be directed to Denise Siinmaa by email gsiinmaa@datacodsl.com
The parking and tent allocations will stand for all three meetings.
Updated tent allocations and plan will be available on the web
sites listed
www.bmx.org.au
knox.bmxa.com.au
look in the 2006 SE Bikes State Championships panel on the left
hand side.
www.bmxultra.com
www.bmxstars.com
23/10 The BS Stops Here
BMXVictoria press release
The SE Bikes 2006 Open Victorian State Championships Organising
committee has decided to take the proposed first straight sprint
off the program. The format requires some fine tuning.and it would
be unfair to the competitors to run at this time. We hope the
Sprint format will be taken up somewhere in the near future.
The weekend will still produce the fast and furious action of
Victoria's and some of Australia's fastest riders battling out
over the two days.
21/10 Dale Holmes retires
by Dale Holmes
After giving it some serious thought I came to a decision
to call it a day racing AA/ Elite in BMX. I have just turned 35
and it's time for a change and some new motivations and challenges.
Free Agent / KHS, my family and close friends are fully supporting
me on my plans and for 07 I'm going to give 4x Mountainbiking
more of a push, something I've always wanted to do without the
BMX distraction. The sport of 4x suits more of my age group and
it's not as hectic as BMX, so it should suit me fine. Alongside
racing MTB for KHS I'm going to be working more on Team management
with Free Agent, among other Free Agent/ KHS duties. I feel I
have pretty much reached all my goals in BMX and had a great time
along the way, and even though I'm not racing I'll still be around
as BMX is still in my heart and I'm as passionate about it now
as I always have been since the day I began 25 years ago. It will
be cool to just be a fan instead of a racer. I'm excited about
the future.
20/10 Bicycling Australia Bike Show
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
A week ago I hit up the Bicycling Australia Bike Show at
the Exhibition Buildings just outside of Melbourne's CBD. In the
past there has been not a great deal of BMX race specific stuff
on display, I guess it's more for mass consumers and the industry
tend to push street bikes and dirt jumpers on to the general public.
I guess they think they are stronger and more versatile, and for
some reason kids tent to have a fascination with foot pegs, even
if they never plan to use them. What suprises me is the number
of kids that show up on these bikes at public race tracks. Has
the industry misread what the public really want or need and is
BMX racing suffering because of it? Enough about my thoughts of
the bicycle industries impact on racing.
One of the "go to" stands for BMX racing products in the past was Elite Cycle Imports but with them having run a road show earlier in the year they pulled the pin on the bike show. There wasn't a lot of race specific product on display.
First stop was the Norco Australia booth. Those guys haven't
really done much on the BMX side of things since Luke Madill was
picked up by GT, but they have some awesome motorcross influenced
mountain bike helmets from SixSixOne and Mace that would certainly
do the job on a BMX track and were carbon fiber, super light and
a price range well worth looking in to.
Next stop was Advanced Traders, importers of brands like DK, Answer and Drive, just to name a few. Those guys had one of the biggest stands in the show, but no race bikes on display, which is not surprising given the amount of product they had on display I guess they had to make a cut somewhere. Since I have been working with Answer BMX promoting their products in Australia for about 7 years now I thought I had better take a look at what the new Answer/Drive importer were bringing in to the country. It seems that it's going to be the whole product range and it looks like it's going to be a whole lot easier to get hold of than it was in the past. Ok the bling bling Answer Ti hubs and wheelsets are going to be expensive, they are the ultimate lightweight wheel set and hub which we all know doesn't come cheap, but the prices of everything else will be cheaper than I remember. I would have taken photos, but they would have been of the same products we took photos of on the US trip in Aug/Sept. These guys are big supporters of BMX racing, with the naming rights sponsor of TrackAttack in 2007 and they have a couple of promotional campaigns running with BMXAustralia to boost participation.
I
am a big fan of the old school SE and was very critical of the
new SE's product range when they first came back on to the market,
but with Todd Lyons at the helm they seem to be getting it together.
They have gone retro with the 26 inch OM Flyer, even as far as
putting blue comp 3 style tyres on it. Their race frames are now
the silver and baby blue giving them a much slicker look. I was
interested to check out the new Quadangle Team and loop tail replica
but neither made it in time for the show. Both will be limited
stock when they do make it to Australia, so you will want to be
quick and preorder one if you are in the market. Check out www.sebmx.com.au
to find a dealer near you.
Shannon Rademaker of Free Agent dragged me across to check out
the two piece Shimano DXR cranks that we have been hearing so
much about over the past 6 or so months. There will be a whole
DXR group set available for BMX racing including brakes, cranks
and hubs. The jury is still out with me and DXR, they look slick,
but I think that this must be the 4th or 5th time that Shimano
have had a go at BMX with a DX product range and each time it
just fades away to nothing and vanishes for a couple of years.
Time will tell how popular these will be, and maybe it's just
the fact that I run 185mm cranks and DXR are 175 or 180 so they
don't interest me personally.
I was in a rush to get around the show, but it didn't take long to see everything, or so I had thought. In my rush I found out that I missed other stands with BMX racing product including Hillbrick and Felt. So there you have it. The 2006 Bike Show. I hope that Bicycling Australia can do something to pull all the distributors together in the future the show was nearly half the size it was last time it was in Melbourne.
19/10 ABA BMX Pro Points through East Coast Nationals
ABA press release
| AA PRO 1 BUBBA HARRIS 2475 |
VET PRO 1 TODD PARRY 2458 |
WOMEN PRO 1 ARIELLE MARTIN 2320 PRO CRUISER 1 DONNY ROBINSON 2489 |
Rider and number of wins this ABA BMX season-
Redline’s Bubba Harris - 8
Free Agent’s Kyle Bennett - 5
Formula’s Donny Robinson - 4
GT’s Randy Stumpfhauser - 2
Staats / TLD’s Mike Day - 1
Avent /Bombshell’s Jarrett Kolich - 1
Haro’s Derek Betcher – 1
Felt’s Paulie Lange -1
Answer/Redman’s – Danny Caluag -1
Women Pro
Staats / TLD’s Airelle Martin – 6
CMC’s Alise Post – 5
Redline’s Kim Hayashi – 3
Supercross / Fly’s Krystal Hime – 3
Supercross’ Samantha Cools – 3
Great Britan’s Shanaze Reade – 2
Vet Pro
Socko’s Todd Parry – 7
Mongoose’s Eric “Big Daddy” Rupe – 4
Redline’s Jason Carnes – 4
Answer’s Chris Ham – 2
Avent / Bombshell’s Kiyomi Waller – 2
Supercross’ Dave Bittner – 2
Redman’s Darren Mitchell – 1
Redman’s Drew Downey – 1
Chad Street - 1
Pro Cruiser
Formula’s Donny Robinson – 12
GT’s Randy Stumphauser – 3
Felt’s Paul Lange – 3
Supercross’ Kenth Fallen – 3
CMC’s Jason Rogers – 1
Challenge’s Trevor Fay – 1
Answer’s Danny Caluag - 1
ABA would like to thank all our great sponsors:
GameStop-(www.gamestop.com)
EB Games-(www.ebgames.com)
Yamaha Waverunner-(www.yamaha-motor.com)
Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com)
Fly Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com)
Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com)
FMF BMX-(www.fmfbmx.com)
GT Bicycles-(www.gtbicycles.com)
Mongoose Bicycles-(www.mongoose.com)
Schwinn Bicycles-(www.schwinnbikes.com)
O’GIO-(www.ogio.com)
Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com)
Intense Bikes-(www.intensebmx.com)
Exclusive One
Without their help, we couldn't make the 2006 ABA racing season such a huge success.
19/10 Tents and parking for the Vic titles and Thunderdome
Knox BMX Club press release
The BIG 3 SE Bikes Victorian Interclub Challenge, BMX MAD THUNDERDOME
and 2006 SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships
PARKING
Just a note to let you all know that there will be NO PARKING
inside the Knox BMX track for the SE Bikes BMXV Interclub Challenge,
BMX Mad Thunderdome and SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships.
That's right no one will be able to park inside the track at these
three race meetings. There is ample parking in the adjacent car
parks. please be considerate and leave the centre parking bays
for cars and trailers.
TENT ALLOCATIONS
Attached is the Tent Allocations as requested by your clubs rep.
Any queries can be directed to Denise Siinmaa by email gsiinmaa@datacodsl.com
The Parking and tent Allocations will stand for all three meetings.
Updated Tent Allocations and plan will be available on the Web
Sites Listed
www.bmx.org.au
look in the 2006 SE Bikes Victorian Open State Championships panel
on the left hand side.
knox.bmxa.com.au
www.bmxultra.com
www.bmxstars.com
19/10 Entry List for Interclub Challenge
BMXVictoria press release
The entry list for the 2006 SE Bikes Interclub Challenge
has been posted on all important web sites. All riders are asked
to check their entry details and notify their club secretary of
any errors.
Click here to check your entry
18/10 SINZ Chromolly BMX Race Fork
SINZ
Racing press release
SINZ Racing is proud to announce the arrival of the all new Chromolly
BMX Race Fork.
The new SINZ race fork is available in 4 different sizes, 20 X
1”, 24 x 1”, 20 x 1 1/8th, and 24 x 1 1/8th.
The SINZ race fork is made from super strong and light weight
4130, Heat Treated Chromolly.
For more information on SINZ racing products, please visit www.SINZ-Racing.com
SINZ has a full product offering for all types of BMX riders with its affordable line of high quality BMX race products. SINZ offers products in a wide variety of sizes and colors. From inexpensive quality parts to full on Pro race level items, SINZ has something for everyone. SINZ is proud to sponsor the 2006 NBL National series.
SINZ Racing is a division of VSI Products. For more information on any of the SINZ racing products or any other item offered from Intense BMX, Intense Tyre Systems, THE Products, Vigor Helmets, Attivo, and Rave Pak, please visit www.vsiproducts.com
17/10 Review: THE bike stand
by bmxultra.com
THE bike stands have been around for a little while now but
are really just starting to appear around the Australian tracks.
We thought we'd check out what all the fuss was about.
Click here to read
the THE bike stand review.
17/10 bmxultra.com team update
bmxultra.com press release
It was a quiet weekend for most of the bmxultra.com crew,
our AA Pro's Levi Collins and Adam Carey the only riders racing
over the weekend. They hit up Shepparton's Central GV Classic.
It was Tony Harvey who took the clean sweep of the motos and was
looking the goods for the main. Levi was the second qualifier
and Adam fourth.
When the gate dropped in the main Harvey unclipped allowing the
faster guys to get a big jump on him. Levi took the win on his
home track with Robert Slatter finishing in second, just ahead
of Adam in third while Harvey had to settle for fourth.
17/10 bonspeedMedia Creates National Campaign for ABA
ABA press release
bonspeedMedia creates edgy new youth advertising campaign
for ABA’s support of BMX
Anaheim, California—bonspeedMedia created and launched a national print advertising campaign for the ABA (American Bicycle Association) of Chandler, Arizona. The new campaign will be placed nationally in youth and BMX enthusiast publications. The campaign is targeted directly at attracting more participation in the sport of BMX (Bicycle Motocross). Contemporary graphics and headlines that speak to a rebellious youth spirit are the center of the campaign.
With headlines that include; “Parental Advisory”, “Vicious Cycle”, “Youth Revolution” and “Where the Kids Are!”, it is a progressive new direction for the ABA. “In 2008, BMX will be the newest Olympic action sport introduced to the world. ABA is taking a bold and forward-thinking move by proactively promoting the sport today.”, said Brad Fanshaw, bonspeedMedia’s President. ABA, founded in 1977 is approaching thirty-years of organizing BMX (Bicycle Motocross) racing on local, regional and national levels. As youth sports have grown, the ABA has become the largest promoter of action sports in the world.
The ABA has retained bonspeedMedia not to just design this single campaign but to create brand awareness for itself and the sport of BMX. “With the marketing assistance that bonspeedMedia is providing our company, as well as the new business development, we feel it is realistic that we can triple our membership in the next year. That will be a huge boost to the sport of BMX!”, stated Clayton John, President of the ABA.
ABA is headquartered in Gilbert, Arizona, and is “The Sanctioning Body of BMX”©. The ABA organizes BMX racing for boys, girls and adults, nationwide and Canada. With 60,000 active members, 274 racing facilities and a 27 event-national race schedule. A professional level of racing is also sanctioned by the ABA. bonspeedMedia is currently structuring and packaging a televised Pro Race Series that includes many lifestyle activities and will be nationally televised.
bonspeedMedia is primarily known for its specialized branding, event and product marketing in the automotive, luxury and motorsport markets. bonspeedMedia clients have included Ford, Jaguar, Saleen, BMW, Barrett-Jackson, Bombardier Aircraft, Michelin and many others. It is bonspeed’s President, Brad Fanshaw who brings a vast knowledge base to the ABA, Fanshaw was a former Vice President of the ABA in the early 1980’s, when he retired as an active racer. After ABA, Fanshaw became Director of World Wide Marketing for Vision Sports an early action sport industry leader. Vision was a company he assisted in growing from $10 million to $120 million in just five years and is heralded as the one of the founders of X-Sports!
bonspeedMedia is a division of Bonneville Worldwide, Inc., the umbrella for a group of diverse companies. Bonneville Worldwide, Inc. designs, manufactures, distributes and licenses products including; Bonneville Swiss Watches, bonspeed Sport Watches, bonspeed Apparel, bonspeed Forged Alloy Wheels and maintains two service entities, a direct mail division and bonspeedMedia. For additional press information about bonspeedMedia, other divisions or clients, call (714) 666-1999, or visit www.bonspeedmedia.com.
17/10 Joyce Seesing joins ONE/Kenda
ONE KENDA press release
Multiple National, European and World Champion Joyce Seesing from
the Netherlands joins the ONE/Kenda team.
Joyce started racing BMX in 1995 and immediately found her way to the top and was a long time member of the Schijf BMX Team from the Netherlands.
There is no title you can imagine Joyce hasn’t won.
Next year Joyce will race her first year in Junior Women.
ONE/Kenda and it’s sponsors is proud to have a new champion on board.
17/10 Diaz' bike stolen and returned
ONE KENDA press release
Gabriela Diaz, ONE/Kenda's Elite Woman from Argentina got her
bike stolen last week when she was doing sprints. yesterday. Two
guys came up to her and held a gun to her head and stole her 20
inch bike and phone.
TV, newspaper and other media you can imagine spreaded the news.
ONE/Kenda's sponsors agreed immediatly to supply Gabriela with new parts to get her a new bike for the UCI qualifier later this month in Ecuador.
However thursday, around midnight, Gabriela's doorbell rang and when she opened the door she found 2 boxes in which her bike was put. The thieves got scared by all the media attention and decided to return the bike.
ONE and Gabriela wishes to thank all sponsors that were willing to help.
17/10 Sirius Bicycle news
Sirius Bicycle Press Release
Although the season in Australia is all but over, racing in NZ
is just getting underway with the North Island Titles this weekend.
Racing aside, there has been plenty going on over the past few
weeks & so here now is a “speed update”…
Sirius Bicycles will again be offering Hyper Bicycles frames to racers downunder. World No. 3, Adam Shields has signed on to ride a Hyper. Keep your eyes & ears open as more riders are added to the new team. Steven Janssen is on one of the 2007 Supercross Evo IS series frames… & rockin’ it. Joining him will be AUS No. 1, Chelsea King. Supercross have been busy developing some great new products for 2007. In addition to your tried & true favourites such as the Spindrive Hubs & Pro Lite Forks, there is also some really cool new stuff including a stem, 2-pc cranks, 4-bolt chainrings, & saddles. There are now also more sizes available in Blue Streak Tires, a Spindrive Wheelset, & the all-new Ascension (frame) for when you’re done racing & you want to hit the trails! Due to unforeseen circumstances Revtec will not be producing any bikes for 2007. This is a real shame as the Revtec is one of the finest frames on the market. Good luck Greg, I hope we will see all new Revtec frames soon. The good folks at Ciari Parts have been very busy also & their parts range is now looking really impressive. Look for the ad in the next issue of XBR. The Transit crew has also been busy & the buzz is that TR8 will be out in time for Xmas. If you’re looking for stocking fillers then the Transit How to Race DVD would make an ideal gift for the BMXicans in your household? For those of you in the South QLD area come on down to the race for Renee Junga at Centenary Plains on Nov 11 & try out the new BMXtronic GTR gate.
Well that’s about it for now save to say good luck to all those riders racing at the North Island Titles in New Zealand.
16/10 2006 Fork shootout
By BMXUltra.com
Around 18 months ago we compared some of the leading race forks
in the market, a lot has happened with forks in that time, so
we thought it was time for an update. We found 7 sets of forks
at or under 1kg (37oz) there are a lot of other forks in the market,
but weight is one of the major factors when riders make their
choice.
This very basic shootout allows you to compare price and weight.
Prices are in Australian dollars. Our international readers will
have to check with their local publications and bike shops for
prices.
(All information is based on 1 1/8" threadless 20 inch pro
size forks). Please note the Australian distributor is listed
for the convenience of Australian riders please check the websites
or ask your local bike shop to contact the distributors for further
details.
| Material | Colours | Weight | Price AUS |
Website | Australian Distributor |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Answer Scythe | Carbon | Carbon | 740g 26oz |
$455 | answerbmx.com | Advanced Traders |  |
| Bombshell F1 | Carbon | Carbonm/ Black, Red, Blue |
680g 24oz |
$469 | bombshellparts.com | Elite Cycle Imports |  |
| Ciari Pro Fork | Cromo | Flat Black, Raw | 850g 30oz |
$165 | ciariparts.com | Sirius Bikes |  |
| Drive Lite | Cromo | Black, White, Red, Orange, Pink | 865g 30.5oz |
$172 | drivebmx.com | Advanced Traders |  |
| S&M Pitch Fork XLT | Cromo | Black | 1kg 36.6oz |
$289 | sandmbikes.com | Elite Cycle Imports |  |
| Supercross Pro | Cromo | Black, Show Chrome |
800g 28oz |
$200 | supercrossbmx.com | Sirius Bikes |  |
| Supercross Pro Lite | Cromo | Black | 680g 24oz |
$265 | supercrossbmx.com | Sirius Bikes |  |
16/10 Northern Park Track Active
Northern Park BMX Club press release
The
Northern Park BMX Club ran it's first ever Track Active day on
Saturday and with great success. The Track Active program allows
people who are new to the sport to get an idea of what it is all
about. With coaching from Glenn Suridge many of the riders who
attended showed great progress throughout the day.
Some of the younger attendees had a little advantage being either second generation BMXers or motorbike riders. Beginners or not there were some serious champions in the making. After the event 2 riders had licenced up and others have showed great interest in taking up BMX racing, suggesting a possible 3 more sign ups..
The next race meeting at Northern Park is the Northern Park Open on Sunday October 22, with racing starting at 10 am. Spectating is free.
The next club race will be on Saturday October 28, starting at 1 pm.
Don't forget gate practice on Wednesday nights from 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm.
13/10 Sneak preview: 2007 Supercross rig
by bmxultra.com
The Supercross crew will have a new tour vehicle for 2007.
We sent a spy along with his spy camera fully equiped with a telescopic
lense to get some pics of the new rig and here's he came back
with. Apparently he was standing a little too close. He did tell
us this thing is around 40ft long.
I guess we'll have to wait until Bill at Supercross posts
photos at www.supercrossbmx.com
13/10 Intense BMX is proud to announce the arrival of 2007 complete race bikes
Intense BMX press release
Intense BMX offers the best complete line of the race ready BMX
bikes you will find anywhere in the world and the amazing part
is that they range from $329.99 to $399.99. Built the award winning
geometry and look of our Top of the line Sabot Race frames, the
new Intense BMX complete bikes will have you looking like a winner
right out of the bike shop door and help you get onto the podium
at the race track.
The
line consists of 5 different Bike sizes, Mini XL, Junior XL, Expert
XL, Pro XL, and Pro Cruiser, each offered in two colors –
Black or Metallic Silver. The bikes are loaded with great parts
from SINZ Racing, THE Products, and all of the bikes feature Intense
Tires!
BMX Plus named it the best complete race bike they ever tested.
Each of the complete bikes comes with a free BMX race coupon from
the ABA and NBL to be used at any local BMX track in the United
States.
For more information about the complete offering from Intense BMX, please check out www.intensebmx.com.
Intense BMX and Intense Tire System are proud to be associated with the finest Bicycle dealers’ world wide. Intense BMX Products are a division of VSI Products. www.vsiproducts.com
12/10 Creating a new culture
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
I am constantly reminded of the words of the lead singer of Disturbed
in a live recording I have "You can conquer anything my brothers
and sisters". It's almost a form of motivation for me. When
I decided to go ahead and run a charity event in the backyard,
BSX - the one on one sprint trails style race, I was told by a
bunch of people that I couldn't do it for various reason. All
it managed to do was add fuel to the fire it gave me more purpose
and became the driving force for the event. Especially when BMX
Australia sent a letter to riders and myself stating that the
event was not going to be insured under them. Well the insurance
cover that I did get was better than anything they offer anyway.
Anyway the event was a big success despite it being something
very different to BMX as we know it.
BMX gets caught in a cultural rut. Things just seem to work so people just keep things going the same way, despite the fact that things are changing elsewhere. Let me explain. Let's take age classes in Australia for example. When I first started racing BMX over 25 years ago cruisers weren't that popular, in fact there was only one cruiser class. It was open. Then a couple of younger people started to race in the open and were getting their tails kicked, so they broke up the class into age divisions. I think it might have been 15 & under and 16 & over open, the classes continued to grow and divide. It seems that at some point there was such a healthy number of cruiser riders that there was a Pro cruiser class nearly every weekend.
Things have changed numbers aren't so great in Australia, the only time we see pro cruiser now is at title events, and the age classes are lucky to attract enough riders to make up a full gate. Culturally we would just continue to race those classes despite the numbers and hope that one day the riders will come back again. Now there are other options here, we could combine the classes again, change the divisions and get healthy numbers increasing competition levels or we could change the way we have been racing in Australia since day dot. I personally think there are too many classes but worry if you combine them you might lose people because of it. So how do we make racing more exciting? Why not consider still having a final for those riders. Make them work hard in the motos. If there's less than a gate in a class, drop the rider who qualified last and put the rest in a main. How would this make a difference? I will put a little excitement and competition back into the classes for example. People might actually think now that looks like fun and have a try instead of thinking, "I have to race every moto as if it's the final I might just stick with 20 inch".
And while we are talking about culture there is a tendancy to run 4 qualifying motos in Victoria instead of 3 to give riders more value for money. The thing is we compete against other sports that might last 45 to 90 minutes, and a Victorian race, even a small one might take 4 hours. The value for money thing doesn't sit well with me and if you look at it, it could be the reason why a lot of people don't race regularly. Wouldn't you like to go to a summer race meeting that starts early in the morning, is done before it get's hot then hit the beach or the local swimming spot?
There's always the two day meetings too, where's the rule that says you have to run 1 meeting over 2 days? Why not race two meetings? People wll have 2 chances at making the mains, and people might be only able to make one of the two days. Everything is set up for 2 days anyway, why not run 2 race meetings?
Why is there a National series for only the Elite and 14-16 classes? Why not make it for all classes?
I could go on for some time picking the hell out of the sport bit by bit, while some people may see it as a personal attack, it's all about getting more bums on seats and making BMX more successful. I don't have all the answers but I have a lot of ideas, I am sure I am not the only person who thinks about how we can make BMX better. If you have some ideas go to the forum and share them with the rest of us. Remember this is our sport, we need to work together to make it better for everyone.
Click here to go to the bmxultra.com forum.
12/10 Bicycing Australia show this weekend
Extracted from www.bicyclingaustralia.com
When: Saturday 14th and Sunday 15th October 2006
Opening Times: 10am - 5pm
Where: The Royal Exhibition Building, Carlton
VIC
Cost: $15 adults / $10 concession (children
under 10 free)
Try the latest bikes on the Test Track...
The Test Track will be a popular feature of the Cyclecover Inusrance
Bicycling Australia Show 2006. A large selection of the latest
bikes will be available to try out on an enclosed track. Have
a go on all sorts of bikes, from recumbents to folding bikes,
electric scooters to mountain bikes, BMX bikes to mopeds and everything
in between.
For more information check out www.bicyclingaustralia.com
11/10 First Supercross secured for Australia
BMXAustralia press release
In a World first, BMX Supercross will be held outside of
Europe and USA when it comes to Adelaide in April 2008. BMX Australia
has confirmed that the international cycling body, UCI BMX has
given the fourth and final Supercross event just four months before
BMX makes its debut as an Olympic sport in Beijing.The South Australian
State Government and Events South Australia have been instrumental
in the bid for the Supercross event.
BMX Australia’s President, Graham Arnold said, “The reason we have been given the Supercross is largely due to the intense background work behind the scenes from Events South Australia and the State Government. They have supported BMX to get this off the ground.”
With Australia as one of the top three leading nations in BMX racing Arnold also stated. “This is an indication and recognition of the technical ability that exists within BMX in Australia.”
According to BMX High Performance coach Sean Dwight, Australian riders need to compete in Supercross events to prepare for the Olympic format. ”Supercross is similar to what riders will face in Beijing.” Dwight is excited by the announcement. “We will spend a lot of time overseas so now this gives our riders an opportunity to race at an international level in our backyard.”
Supercross has a higher starting rank between 6-8 metres high with larger jumps which results in faster racing. Riders will also compete in seeding time trials which allows them to have preference to starting lanes selection.
For the riders vying for selection in the first Olympics, the Supercross will be an important chance to earn valuable bonus UCI points. It will be their second last chance to gain UCI points before the last international event, the World Championships in China in July. One of the selection criteria for the Olympic team is the rider’s UCI points.
The Supercross track will be a major logistics operation with the indoor track being the first one ever attempted for the Supercross format. Within 48 hours after the finish of the Supercross event the dirt will be rearranged and changed for the National BMX Championships just one week later.
Adelaide also was announced recently as the host city for the 2009 World BMX Championships.
11/10 UCI Pacific Oceania round 1 results.
by bmxultra.com
This just in, thanks to Lyndon Downing, the provisional results
from the first round of the 2006-2007 UCI Pacific Oceania ranking
series held in Taiyuan, China on October 1.
Elite Women
1. Sarah Walker
2. Li Ling Yu
3. Li Yun Ma
4. Yan Ru Xing
5. Jiaojiao Cong
6. Honglei Deng
7. Jing Jing
8. Lisa Horlor
Elite Men
1. Steven Wang
2. Tony Wilcock
3. Matthew Cameron
4. Baoyu Wang
5. Zhiyang Zhao
6. Kun Zhang
7. Jianliang Gong
8. Jia Qi Mi
10/10 2006 Final of the UCI Supercross in Frejus, France
ONE KENDA press release
Arturs Matisons, Maris Strombergs, Edzus Treimanis from Latvia,
Roy van den Berg from Holland and Emilio Falla from Ecuador were
the ONE/Kenda riders in France to compete in the UCI Supercross.
Again the track was spectacular, a little dangerous due to the wind, but FAST.
Friday, time trial day.
Maris Strombergs did a fast lap in the first run, only to be beaten by Michal Prokop from Czech Republic….the current leader in the World Cup at that moment.
In the second run Arturs Matisons did very well, only to be beaten by Prokop by just a few thousands of a second.
So ONE/Kenda had 2 riders in the top three.
At night the track was changed. One of the jumps on the third straight needed to go to make it possible to jump the doubles.
So saturday morning all rider did some pratice laps. Arturs crashed hard in one of them, but was able race.
All riders looked fast. Edzus Treimanis did very well, as did Emilio Falla, sho had supergates.
Roy van de Berg was getting the hang of it. The closer he got to the main the better he got.
Arturs and Roy made it into the main.
After winning nearly all races, Arturs couldn’t get the holeshot this time.
After Robert de Wilde passed him Arturs finished in 6th, followed by Roy van den Berg in 7th.
10/10 Sirius Bicycles Team riders represent!
Sirius Bicycles press release
Various team riders have been in action recently. The following
is a list of their results.
NSW State Titles
Josh Webb, 1st Pro Open
Melissa Mankowski, 2nd AA Ladies
Ashleigh Cragg, 1st 14 Girls, 3rd A Ladies
QLD State Titles
Steven Janssen, 1st 16 Boys, 6th AA Men
Ceilidh O’Sullivan, 1st 16 Girls, 3rd AA Ladies
Rachel Bracken (Dirt Angels), 1st 15 Girls, 8th AA Ladies
Stacey Jones, 2nd 15 Girls
Blake Collins, 2nd 15 Boys, 10th A Men
Krystal Russon (Dirt Angels), 2nd 14 Girls, 7th AA Ladies
Brendan Abel, 1st 14 Boys, 8th A Men
Kevin Watson, 1st 13-14 Cruiser, 2nd 14 Boys, 17th A Men
Adam Shields, 1st 13 Boys, 2nd 13-14 Cruiser
Cale Argent, 8th 13 Boys, 7th 13-14 Cruiser
Bryce Wells, 4th 12 Boys
Madison Janssen, 1st 12 Girls, 1st 11-12 Cruiser
Taylor Argent (Dirt Angels), 2nd 12 Girls, 2nd 11-12 Cruiser
Chelsea King, 3rd 12 Girls, 3rd 11-12 Cruiser
Kara Wells, 7th 10 Girls
SA State Titles
Justin Myers, 3rd 15 Boys, 7th A Men
WA State Titles
Andrew Gillett, 7th A Men
2007 UCI Pan Pacific Continental Ranking Series –
Round 1 Taiyuan, China
Lisa Horlor – 8th Elite Women
2007 UCI Pan Pacific Continental Ranking Series –
Round 2, Kasaoka, Japan
Lisa Horlor – 4th Elite Women
09/10 Northern Park Open in 2 weeks
Northern Park BMX Club press release
The Northern Park Open is in just 2 weeks on Sunday October 22.
We have new sponsors including Glenroy Cycles and Goldcross Cycles
to add to the existing sponsor list of Dirt Designs, Rapido Cycles,
BMXStars.com and bmxultra.com. Don't forget we will have some
awesome raffle prizes, but you will have to be there to win.
The theme of the day is "fun", and the entry fees will
be the cheapest you have seen in Victoria for a long time. This
will make it an ideal place for beginners to try their first open
race meeting and experts to test their skills on Victoria's longest
rhythm section.
The main event of the day will be the 14 & Over money
class, which is also payback. Remember guys the more
riders there are the more money that will be up for grabs, so
bring your friends.
There seems to be a lot of support stirring for the 30
& Over Open wheel money class, so that will be exciting
too.
Mark this date in your calendar: Sunday October 22.
Location: Sycamore Reserve. Mill Park.
The Northern Park BMX Track is one of Victoria's most central
tracks and hosted the 1998 UCI World Cup and Pacific Oceanic Championships
as well as 2 Victorian State Championships.
Come down on Wednesday nights for gates between 6:00 pm and 7:30 pm. It's only a dollar for all the gates you can get in an hour and a half.
06/10 2007 Supercross Catalog
by bmxultra.com
Supercross BMX have a new 2007 catalog out with some awesome
new products and a whole new look for their range of frames, including
the high end US made alloy race frame the EVO S7 Scandium series,
the new imported alloy race version of the EVO that makes up the
iS series, and the cro-mo R-CR series that replaces the UL. Let's
not forget the super light cromo SX forks, the Pro LT weighs only
24oz. On the forks page you will see a photo of Dave Bittner jumping
at South Park that was taken by our very own Jason Bergstrom for
bmxultra.com, and if you read the description you will see that
we get a little loving from SX. Take a look at the new SX Racerhead
stem and the Sinner 2 piece cranks, both of which are going to
be very popular, just mark my words. Actually the catalog has
too many goodies to mention.
Click here to check out the 2007 Supercross catalog for yourself.
06/10 Join up a friend and win
BMXAustralia press release
BMX Australia in conjunction with DK and Answer has announced
the Double up with DK and Answer promotion. There are great prizes
to be won and monthly prize draws
When you introduce a friend to BMX you can go into a draw to win
great prizes.
Monthly draws
• 1st prize $100.00 DK & Answer prize pack
• 2nd prize $Membership subsidy to value of $70.00
Major Prize Draw every 3 Months
• 1st Prize $300.00 subsidy into BMXA Nationals entry
• 2nd Prize $200.00 DK & Answer prize pack
• 3rd Prize $100.00 DK & Answer prize pack
• 4th Prize $50.00 DK & Answer prize pack
Entry forms are available from your club full details and conditions of entry are available on the BMXA web site www.bmxaustralia.com.au
05/10 SA Championships
by bmxultra.com
The 2006 South Australian State Championships were run over
the weekend at the Cross Keys track in the northern suburbs of
Adelaide. I enjoy racing in Adelaide, the people there are generaly
quite relaxed and friendly, and the riders are highly competitive,
and so they should be they have hosted 3 of the last 4 Australian
national championships.
The last time I had raced at Cross Keys must have been about 15 years ago, perception changes over time, something I hadn't realised until arriving at Cross Keys on Friday. The track is in an industrial area on a block that's probably only 1.5 acres, covered in trees and a track that winds all over the place using nearly all of the space available and leaving little room for spectators. It's lucky that they only ended up with 322 entries.
I am surprised that the titles were allocated to the Cross Keys track, and not surprised that people either chose to not enter or withdrew. The track starts with a long first straight that goes from the 8 lanes out of the gate, to 6 lanes by the first jump which is a tabletop, to 3 lanes on the step double, to just 2 lanes on the step up into a sharp left hand turn that really has one line. Exiting the first corner you pedal up over a bridge then down to a tight left turn, back under the bridge to a step down double and over a step up to tight left turn, to a drop off to a small rhythm section then the track basically has a few small jumps and short straights and tight, tight corners switching back and forth. After the first straight the rest of the track is very much old school, small, flat and kind of boring. Each race went like this; a drag race to the first corner, then a game of follow the leader the rest of the way to the finish line. What was funny was in one race that I had the gate dropped half way through a call, putting everyone off, it dropped the rest of the way when it should have, half the field stopped, the rest kept going. Telling the chief steward afterwards, he didn't even want to know about it, tell us to tell the starters. It was concerning that he was turning a blind eye to a potential safety issue, it was lucky that no one was injured by the gate.
Pro Ladies
Kerrie-Lee Lucas dominated the pro ladies class, which had just
a full gate, meaning that every race counted to the end result.
With the overall win wrapped up, in the last moto she was left
in second place but used her experience into the tight first corner
to bump her way into first, the only thing is it didn't quite
work out the way she'd planned. By the time the dust settled there
were only 2 riders left on their bikes. Lucas was the first to
get up out of the carnage and slipped into the three spot. Angela
Wooding took the second overall. Susan Kirkham too third.
A Men
With 2 full gates of A Pro racing was tight, and at times quite
physical, on the narrow Cross Keys track. In the main it was Chad
Higgins who got the snap. Aaron Wheatland went with him and was
patiently sitting on his back wheel until he made a last ditched
effort to come under Higgins in the last corner. The problem was
he scrubbed off speed and allowed Justin Braybon to slip into
second. Wheatland had to settle for third.
AA Men
With 2 full gates the AA mens class was quite close. The two standouts
in the motos were Brian Kirkham and Mike Fenwick. When the gate
dropped in the main it was Kirkham who had his wheel in front
but he was on the outside of Fenwick. Fenwick took the extra pedal
into the first corner lowered his center of balance and came out
on to the bridge in first and was unchallenged to the finish line.
Matt Willoughby got past Kirkham before he managed to get back
on the gas. Kirkham was catching Willoughby, but there just wasn't
enough track for him.
30 & Over Masters 20"
No mater what you call it, the Vet Pros really are out in their
droves these days. Scruse, Fisher, Bevon, Barnes and the boys
in NSW and it was Peter Trenwith, Danny Galea and David Comport
heading up the Victorian and South Australian riders. Both Trenwith
and Galea have deep AA Pro roots and could have been quite comfortable
and in the mix with the A Pros but decided to support a class
that was created for guys like them. With a gate of riders Trenwith
took the clean sweep. Galea was all over his back wheel, but just
couldn't quite get their. David Comport had some good finishes
especially on day 2 but was just beaten to the podium by Shane
Jenkins. It was the same top 3 for the 30 & Over Masters cruiser
class.
The race meeting was run well, I just would have expected that the state organisation would have more pride in the event and put it at a venue that's more worthy from a rider and a spectators point of view. And the presentation at the end was dragged out for about 2 hours. What's wrong with presenting trophies across the finish line?
04/10 NBL returns to the Sea Otter Classic
NBL press release
California's State Series will get a big boost in the spring of
2007 when BMX Racing returns to North America's most popular 'Cycling
Festival' - The 2007 Sea Otter Classic. News Alert! Sea Otter's
BMX event will now be one of six state qualifiers in the NBL’s
Golden State BMX Championship Series! Click the link below for
the full press release on BMX and the Sea Otter. Welcome back!
Link: http://www.boohermedia.com/SOC/2007/07SOC_07Events.htm
04/10 Clothing rules changing
by bmxultra.com
There's talk that the clothing requirements in Australia
will change for the new year. I am unsure if it's an international
thing, but basically riders will be able to race in shorts, providing
they have knee/shin protection. Also the pain in the butt rule
about jerseys needing to be tucked in will finally be gone.
04/10 UCI Supercross in Oz
by bmxultra.com
It was publicly announced at the South Australian state titles
in Adelaide on the weekend that South Australia will be bidding
for a round of the 2008 UCI Supercross series. If the bid is successful
they will also try for the Australian Championships at the same
venue a week later. The track will be modified for the Australian
Championships.
04/10 bmxultra.com team update
bmxultra.com press release
Levi Collins had a great day of racing at
the Lilydale Spring Cup on the weekend, having finished in the
top qualifying spot for the main. When the gate dropped in the
main event Levi went with the lead pack that included Tony Harvey,
Josh Callan and Shannon Rademaker. That's where he ran into some
trouble and hooked up on Rademaker before hitting the ground hard.
He had to settle for 8th for the day, but will be back for more.
The South Australian state championsips were on over the weekend as well. That's where the rest of the bmxultra.com crew were
Shane Jenkins hit up the 30 & Over masters 20" and cruiser classes. With the likes of 1996 Pro Mens champion Peter Trenwith, former AA Pro legend Danny Galea and powerhouse David Comport in the class it was a good test of Shane's fitness after spending nearly a month off his bike to recover from a knee injury. With a good first straight and consistancy Shane finished up with a couple of third place finishes.
Co-sponsored riders were also representing well:
Todd "Scooby" Guyers had a great weekend
finishing in second in the 15-16 cruiser class and third in the
16 boys.
Brett MaliC finished up with 8th overall in the
30 & Over masters cruiser.
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03/10 Valuable experience - a foreigners tips to the NBL
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
I don't think I am the first foreigner who competed on the NBL
national circuit, having raced for a US national amateur ranking,
although I might be the first to have done it from Australia without
actually living in the country. With BMX racing's debut at the
Olympics approaching rapidly I am sure it will become more common
for foreign Am's to hit up the US for some serious competition.
It's been a common thing for the world's best pro riders to converge in the US to gain valuable experience and, in most cases, try to make a living from BMX racing.
I think it's obvious that this trend will trickle down to the amateur ranks as parents and coaches try to develop talented riders into elite potential, especially for those who have the funding.
Now things have already changed with the way you earn a US national ranking since last season. But I am sure that this will be a good guide for those of you considering racing on the NBL national circuit.
Oh and before I start, I only chose to compete for an NBL ranking, because it's the only one that you can do in a short-ish stint (around 5 weeks). To qualify for the ABA NAG (national age group) title, you would have to stay in the US for a couple of months, which is a shame, if I had to choose between an ABA and NBL national I would choose ABA each time. I have had a lot more fun at ABA events, and I like the transfer system, but that's getting off the subject a little.
That said you needed to race a minimum of 5 rounds, which could be either all national events or a combination of up to 2 regional's and the rest 3 nationals (as long as the combination adds to 5 - I hope I have made that clear enough). The minimum has now become 6 rounds.
As a foreigner the NBL release their calendar quite late, which can be difficult when trying to plan a trip in advance, but since you need to race at the Grand Nationals, which are right at the end of the series, to qualify for a ranking, that shouldn't matter. Just plan the trip to take you around 5 weeks through August leading up to and including the Grand Nationals.
Each NBL US national event is run over 2 days, with each day being a separate race, with separate sets of points. Meaning, at a minimum, you would need to race over 4 different weekends, at 4 different locations. The only cheap way to do that is to car pool and camp at the tracks. I guess you could follow in Wade Bootes' footsteps and buy a bomb van to get around in, and just sleep in the back. All the tracks that I have been to offer camping at the track and with all the facilities. There seems to be qu