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by bmxultra.com
We found out yesterday that one of Victoria's premier events, the famous Bellarine Spectacular has been cancelled.
The race meeting was scheduled for the 16th September, 2007 but the club was forced to cancel due to building works happening at their track.
They hope to run the event early next year on a free weekend.
SponsorHouse press release
Leading online sports sponsorship community celebrates six years of connecting athletes with leading brands
San Diego, CA – SponsorHouse, the largest online sponsorship community for motor sports, action sports and cycling, today announced the launch of its new and enhanced services on SponsorHouse.com for the 2008 sponsorship season. New features include more value-add services for participating athletes and teams, improved site design for easier navigation, faster search capabilities, and better sponsorship management tools and service packages for companies and retailers.
Celebrating its sixth year anniversary, SponsorHouse has been on the forefront of online sponsorship services for athletes, teams, companies, and retailers in motor sports, action sports, and cycling. The recent enhancements are a direct result of feedback from loyal SponsorHouse members.
“We’ve always listened to the athletes and companies when it comes to improving SponsorHouse and our services,” said Scott Tilton, chief executive officer of SponsorHouse. “Even though we’ve exploded in growth over the past two years we’re still very connected to our roots and our athletes, which allow us to continuously improve our services. Our community gives athletes and teams a forum to display their talents and get noticed by some of the largest, most well-known retail brands in the world.”
The recent enhancements boast notable changes in features, including:
“With the kick-off of the 2008 sponsorship season, now is the time for athletes, teams, and companies to log-on and update their online profiles with current competition results, photos, videos, and product and sponsorship information,” said RJ Kraus, senior vice president of SponsorHouse.
For more information, please visit http://www.sponsorhouse.com or call us at (888) 874-3374.
About SponsorHouse
SponsorHouse is the largest online sponsorship community for motor sports, action sports and cycling. SponsorHouse provides a much needed avenue for athletes and teams to connect with sponsors while providing companies and retailers with powerful internet-based sponsorship and sports marketing solutions. Based in San Diego, CA, SponsorHouse has grown to 180,000 athletes and 1,500 companies resulting in more than 500,000 sponsorship matches since 2001. More information can be found at www.sponsorhouse.com.
go211.com press release
Boston, MA - Go211.com (www.go211.com), the premier action sports social networking and online video share site, is proud to announce today that BMX rider Alise Post joined the Go211.com professional team. Post will use the site as her exclusive online destination for social networking and on-line video to post unique content as well as to communicate with fans.
The St. Cloud, Minnesota native started racing BMX at the age of 6 and immediately fell in love with the sport. Her love of racing pushed her to win her first of four Girls Overall National Championships at the age of 10. Post finished up her amateur career with well over 100 National victories and numerous Local, State, Regional and World Championship titles before turning pro at age 15.
After taking two thirds in her first two races as a pro, it didn’t take Post long to win her first race, finding the top of the podium in just her third try. Post finished up with 5 wins for the season, enough to earn her the Women's Pro National Championship in her rookie year. At 15 years of age, Post became the youngest to ever win the Pro Championship and was also voted "Rookie Pro of the Year" (an honor that had been exclusively reserved for males) by the readers of BMX'er Magazine.
“I’m honored to be on board with such a great crew at Go211.com,” said Post. “Those are some of the best action sports athletes in the world, and to be considered one of them is amazing to me.”
“We’re very excited to have Alise join the Go211 Pro Team,” said Sean M. Aruda, CEO of Go211.com. “Her impressive accomplishments at such an early age and sheer passion for BMX make her a welcome addition to the Go211 community.”
Go211.com is the leading community and video site for lifestyle sports created by and for action sports athletes and enthusiasts. It’s the place to hang with the Pros and friends to get behind-the-scenes video, blogs, photos and podcasts from featured contributors along with other action sports fans. Go211.com offers a broad range of exclusive content submitted directly from the professional athletes.
For more information, please visit www.go211.com.
by bmxultra.com
The third annual BSX event is set to go ahead on Monday January 21st, which is the Monday following the UCI race that kicks off the Track Attack series in Melbourne. Mark your calendars.
We'd like to get an idea of who's interested in racing the event. We have three classes on offer Pro Open Men, Pro Open Women, and 30 & Over open wheel. If you are in send your name, state and which class you would like to race.
There are lots of sponsorship opportunities too, since all the profits go straight to the Royal Children's Hospital your donations go to a great charity and are tax deductable.
We have a working bee on Saturday September 15th, if you are interested in helping out or if you have any questions just email webmaster@bmxultra.com.
bsx2008 is presented by bmxultra.com and proudly supported by Dirt Designs.
For more information about BSX check out www.bmxultra.com/bsx
NBL press release
The National Bicycle League is ready to host the 30th running of the NBL Grand National and the stage is set for a thrilling end to the 2007 season. The NBL Elite series classes will race their way into the history books on Saturday afternoon during the Elite Spectacular and the NBL will present more than $40,000 in purses. The ‘pumped-up’ show starts at 5pm on Saturday afternoon with special music, intense racing, the Intense ‘Build-A-Bike’ contest, and the BAWLS BMX Blowout presentations. Be sure to stop by the NBL booth to pick up an NBL Elite Series Autograph Poster and get it signed by your favorite pros.
Not able to make it this year? – no problem, tune in to www.bmxtvdirect.com for the live webcast! BMXTVDirect will be filming all of Friday, Saturday and Sunday’s action. The webcast is free and all you have to do is click over to the site and you’re connected.
Redline’s Kim Hayashi is looking to claim her history-making 5th consecutive NBL Elite Women’s title and sits atop the standings with 189pts – 15pts ahead of Supercross’s Samantha Cools (174pts) and Krystal Hime (172pts). Cools and Hime will have to be at their best with luck on their side if they are to have a chance at dethroning the reigning champ.
In Elite Men, Free Agent’s Cristian Becerine (187pts) clings to a two point lead and has his sights set on winning his first-ever NBL Elite Series title. This won’t come easy though as he’ll have two of the hottest acts in the world to deal with. Teammate and newly crowned UCI World Champion, Kyle Bennett (185pts), sits a mere two points back and the NBL’s reigning Elite Men’s Champion, Donny Robinson (172pts), is only a handful more off the pace. Formula’s Robinson comes in at the top of his game after a big win at the China UCI Supercross race that was held on the 2008 Olympic track.
Redline’s Jason Carnes will battle Formula’s Tim Dinger for Master class supremacy while J&R/Profile’s Mike Kapes takes on Felt’s Jason Morris and MCS’s Jonathan Villa for the Super-Ex title. GT’s Joey Bradford and TLD’s Amanda Geving control their own destiny in the Junior classes with comfortable leads but don’t count out Grands party crashers like Logan Collins, Gavin Lubbe and Madison Pitts.
The 30th NBL Grand National is proudly presented by BAWLS Guarana ‘The Official Energy Drink of the NBL’ (www.bawls.com), Intense BMX (www.intensebmx.com), Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), Vigor Helmets (www.vigorhelmets.com) and Camp Woodward (www.campwoodward.com). Visit www.nbl.org for more details.
STANDINGS GOING INTO THE NBL GRANDS
Elite Men Elite Women Junior Men |
Masters Super-Ex Elite Women Cruiser |
ActionProfiles.com press release
ActionProfiles.com, the original action sports social network, has launched a brand new video platform on it's growing website.
With the internet changing so rapidly and new technologies emerging, sharing content on the web is the latest craze and ActionProfiles.com is at the forefront of a new breakthrough action sports video platform that has recently launched on it's popular website.
The new video platform allows registered users of the site, to embed video from basically anywhere on the web that provides an embed code. The most popular videos are obviously coming from YouTube but users are also embedding videos from many others as well. The process of embedding these videos is very simple and user friendly, as users are essentially just copying and pasting the video embed codes from their favorite sites. The videos are added to the member's profile as well as a searchable database for browsing and viewing.
"We are very pleased with the turnout of our new video platform and so are the members. It's such a simple way to get videos on your profile and to watch hundreds of other action sports related videos that other members have submitted. Our old video system was not working very well and not everyone could get their videos to upload properly. With this new system, it won't be a problem at all", said Brandon Winnie, President of ActionProfiles.com. "We are in the process of establishing key partnerships with specific video communities to increase our video content and give our users more viewing options."
If you are looking for a site to share & watch pure action sports videos check out www.actionprofiles.com/actionsportsvideos
Psykopath Industries press release
The PsykoVan Headed to the ABA Mile High National, in Dacono Colorado , almost a 20 hour Road Trip each way!!! Once we got there, it rained every night but the Dacono crew did a great job keeping the track as smooth as possible.
We brought a small group of our Factory Psykopath rider’s to Colorado, but we sure made our presence and rocked the house, The Highlight of the weekend was super fast Alan “Hot pants” Hudson, who won both days in A PRO, Alan upcliped a few times and had to come from behind in a couple of laps (damn clips!)!, this 2 victories puts him closer and closer to the AA PRO Class.
A Pro Jesse “Hollywood“ Langland got a 5th on Friday but no luck the rest of the weekend, he’ll be back!, Nick Valencia got a 2nd and a 1th in cruiser, he was looking smooth as ever, I guess those sprints are paying off!, speaking of cruiser our rider from Nebraska Adam Donnor got 2 solid seconds on 26-30 cruiser this should put him close to a NAG #, good job Adam!!
So catch us at all ABA, NBL Nationals UCI races and any backyard jam out there. Visit our booth and check out our fast frames and pedals, and maybe pick up a sticker or two, seeya at the races!
ONE KENDA press release
The first major BMX race for Asia, after the IBMXF Worlds in Japan, was the 2007 Supercross in Beijing.
A great event under tough circumstances.
Although tickets were sold out, still many seats were empty. Wonder why that was ?
There wasn't even anyone offering tickets on the black market and as it appeared the price was only 10 CNY, which is about 1.30 USD.
Some people were under the impression that Chinese people were hired/invited to fill the seats.
Hospitality was wonderful but the security matters were a little too much. Of course it was an Olympic try out for the organisation...this was mentioned a little too much. It almost made people think it was just a test race. Yeah right !
Ok, the random gate was introduced for the first time and it was a good thing to see fair starts.
Also, the quarters and semis were run 3 times. Very tough in the Beijing heat, with not too much breaks in between races.
The track was as expected. Great to watch for people who don't know BMX, cause it is spectacular to see.
Although it doesn't have the back up of the old skool BMXers it appears the IOC was excited about the event.
And it was a great event, with great races and a lot of drama - crashes, cramps and celebrations...
ONE/Kenda had Aneta Hladikova from Czech Republic, Gabriela Diaz from Argentina and Joyce Seesing from the Netherlands to compete in the Womens class.
Arturs Matisons, Maris Strombergs from Latvia were the Men that represented the ONE/Kenda colors.
Edzus Treimanis from Latvia was flying the PIT colors.
Unfortunatelly Maris crashed hard in practice as did many others, as well as former ONE rider and winner of the SX round in Madrid, Khalen Young.
All other made it trhough time qualifying.
Joyce competed as the youngest rider in the Women class.
Aneta made the trip to China, raced, but had been in pain for the last weeks. Aneta is in hospital as we speak recovering from her appendix surgery.
Gabriela Diaz made it to the final.
In the final she was in 2nd place but in the last turn Anne-Caroline Chausson came a little to fast on the inside of Gabriela forcing her to go to the outside and Gabriela also had to let Laëtitia le Corguille pass. Gabriela took 4th place. Still a great result.
Check her out on BMX-Videos (semi 2 and main).
Edzus Treimanis did well, but crashed hard with Michal Prokop in the last quarter.
Arturs Matisons was amazing.
He kicked ass and had the random gate under control like not many others !
Check out Arturs on BMX-Videos (quarter 2, semi 1 and main) and see what we mean.
Unfortunately cramps messed up his main.
Arturs was unable to finish, although he was certainly one of the few to be able to win the event.
We hope Arturs will be back in shape for the 3rd Supercross event in Salt Lake City (USA) in September.
ONE KENDA is sponsored by: MXM Sport, BOMBSHELL, SHIMANO, BOLLÉ, THE Industries, WLM DESIGN, THOMSON, PINCH GEAR, FIZIK, ODI, KENDA, NIKE, BMXPIX, PIT
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
Interbike is around a month away now, it's the biggest bike industry trade show in North America and often is the place that most manufacturers display their new range of products for the first time. What will be interesting is to see how the BMX race products are presented going into the year that BMX racing is set to debut at the Olympics.
Supercross BMX has already hinted at some plaid designs for their frames and seats, you will have to keep an eye on the news section of the site to see what else they have in the pipe works. Check out www.supercrossbmx.com.
Khanlen Young, now riding for Haro Bikes, has been on a prototype frame, which I am pretty sure is the same frame that Derek Betcher is riding. It's looking pretty sweet. Hopefully they will have some more pics on the site soon over at www.harobikes.com/bmx/index.php
I have also read that Yeti, the famous Mountain Bike company, has come up with a race frame for one of their factory MTB racers, Jarred Graves. Jarred has been sharing his time between his MTB and BMX and tearing it up on both bikes. Jarred would be stoked right now after finishing third at the UCI Supercross world cup in Beijing on the weekend. I haven't seen any pics of the frame yet, it might be worth keeping an eye out on the Yeti Website at www.yeticycles.com.
The Intense Podium frame has been out for a little while now, and is building momentum, while it may now change the future of BMX race frame design it does look different, check it out at www.intensebmx.com
Kuwahara, made famous by the movie ET back in the 80's and by Warwick Stevenson and Matt Pohlkamp in the 00's, have some new bikes under wraps for now. But after doing a product review on their Laserlite Team bike earlier this year, all I can say is look out for next years models you won't be disappointed. Their website is at www.kuwaharabmx.com.
Well that's all I have time for right now. Enjoy. 2007 intebike looks like it will be worth checking out if you get a chance.
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
The Olympics are less than a year away and I got to thinking "who would make a good race commentator for BMXs Olympic debut on Australian TV?" (That's assuming that BMX does get some air time.)
In most Olympic sports the host TV network tend to hire retired athletes to commentate and give expert opinion on their former sports. Well there are plenty of recent retiree's in BMX racing, Wade Bootes springs to mind for one, but not any that are well known to the general public.
I think Luke Madill would be an ideal candidate for the job, he seems to cope well with the camera, but obviously he's still in the running for a spot on the Australian team.
I wouldn't like to see Bruce McAvaney as the BMX racing commentator, sure he knows his sport, but will he know enough about BMX? Besides he'll probably try to treat it like the Melbourne Cup and if that happens I will have the TV on mute and crank up some music. It's a new sport for the Olympics, apparently introduced to increase the youth audience, so it would make sense to have someone in that position who knows BMX inside out and is energizing to listen to.
I remember the 1998 world BMX championships were on SBS they had a couple of guys do voice overs on the final edit. One of those voices was that of Brendan Arnold, the son of former BMX Australia president. Something that he said has stuck in my head all this time. He said that the bikes cost $6,000, which was just a load of crap and would turn anyone away from the sport. Khalen Young won the UCI Supercross World Cup and second at the World Championships on a near standard Hillbrick which would cost around $AUS1,500 to build a replica. Javier Columbo won last years world Championships on an SE that was near stock, and you will find that it's rare that any pro BMXer would be on a bike that's worth more than $2,000.
My point is we need a commentator who can put a positive spin on the sport, let people know that the tracks like the one they are looking at are for the sports elite only. Let them know you can start on a second hand banged up BMX for $100, or buy a race ready bike off the shelf bike for around the $500 (junior size) - 1,200 (pro size) that would meet most BMXers needs rider.
Who do you think would be good for the job? I know a former Australia BMX legend that would love to be involved. Jamie Hales has seen plenty of TV time back in his day. And what about Allan Phillips who does a great job of the BSX each year? Maybe this is a good discussion topic for the forum.
Formula press release
Formula / Monster / Fly's Donny Robinson wins the UCI Supercross in China. dR was the lone American to make the main event, holding off Robert DeWilde for the HUGE win. Donny showed why he is the #1 ranked rider in the world. Signs of things to come for the Olympics? Lets hope so!
Formula's Arielle Martin didn’t make the main, getting caught up in semis. Arielle was the top American qualifier, but Jill Kintner made the main and finished 5th.
Read more and see the videos at Arielle's World on Go211.com:
www.go211.com/u/bmxdiva
ABA press release by Shannon Gillette
The American Bicycle Association hosted the Mile High Nationals this past weekend, August 17-19, in Dacono, CO. The weather was a little rough leading up to the event this year, but the Dacono crew always does a great job on the track and facility and the event went off without a hitch!
The racing at the Mile High event was second to none! With only THREE PRO SERIES events left plus the ABA GRANDS, many of the sports top athletes were on hand to take a shot at getting some much needed points towards the ABA BMX titles and the brand new Suzuki`s that go with them. Derek Betcher took the win both days in the AA Pro class. This has been a break out year for Derek and marks his first two wins of the 2007 season This also makes him the 10th AA Pro to stand atop the Pro podium in 2007. That`s right, ABA BMX has had 10 different AA Pro winners this season which tops the 2006 record of 9 AA Pro winners. That just goes to show how deep the talent pool is at ABA BMX Pro Series events!
On the Ladies side Alise Post continued to show everyone why she was ABA`s 2006 Woman`s Pro Champion. Alise picked up a set of wins in Colorado as well, bringing her total to 11 wins this season. Alise is the only Pro to break into the double digit wins list so far this season. As of now, Alise looks to have the 2007 ABA Woman`s Pro title in stangle hold!
Pro Cruiser saw Kenth Fallen take the big win on Saturday, and Pauly Lange coming back strong to take the win on Sunday. Both riders picked up their fourth win in Pro Cruiser and both took one step closer to Danny C. in the #1 spot.
Vet Pro saw the return of "C-Money" Jason Carnes back on top of Saturday`s Podium. The reigning Champ picked up his eighth win of the 2007 season and showed the fans why he`s won the ABA Vet Pro title five years running. Jason Silva has continue to impress since his debut in the Vet Class in Phoenix earlier this year. Jason finally picked up his first big Vet Pro win in Colorado. Jason has been so close, so many times only to end up second. Sunday was his day to get the big check and claim the top spot on the podium.
The ABA would like to thank all the participants, families, teams, sponsors, and BMX industry for helping make the Dacono, CO. event such a huge success!
Rider ABA BMX PRO wins after Mile High Nationals –
AA PRO
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/Socko – 7
Randy Stumpfhauser -GT Bicycles -5
Cristian Becerine – Free Agent – 2
Kyle Bennett – Free Agent – 2
Derek Betcher – Haro - 2
Mike Brabant – Unbound/Intense - 1
Mike Day – GT Bicycles - 1
Javier Colombo -- SE Bikes/No Wimps - 1
Jarrett Kolich – Avent/Bombshell – 1
Donny Robinson – Formula/Monster/HP - 1
Woman’s PRO
Alise "The Beast" Post – Formula/Monster – 11
Krystal Hime – Supercross/O’neal - 5
Kayle Gaddis -- Bizarro - 2
Terra Nichols - Intense/Phantom/On-Trac -2
Arielle Martin – Action Sports Depot - 1
PRO CRUISER
Danny "Easy Money" Caluag – Intense/Socko – 9
Paul Lange – Felt Bicycles – 4
Kenth Fallen – Supercross BMX – 4
Tyler Brown - Avent/Bombshell - 3
Jeff Upshaw -- Kuwahara - 2
VET PRO
Jason Carnes – Redline bikes – 8
John Whipperman – Redman/ Yamaha Waverunner - 6
Todd Parry – Socko Energy drink -3
Chad Street – Intense/ Phantom/On-Trac – 2
Greg Romero – Sun Bru – 2
Jason Silva – Unbound/Intense - 1
2007 Pro Point Standing through Mile High Nationals
| AA PRO 1 DANNY CALUAG 2485 2 RANDY STUMPFHAUSER 2280 3 BUBBA HARRIS 1730 4 DEREK BETCHER 1428 5 MIKE BRABANT 1363 6 CRISTIAN BECERINE 1287 7 DONNY ROBINSON 1264 8 KYLE BENNETT 1132 9 STEVEN CISAR 1071 10 JAVIER COLOMBO 1056 11 DAVID HERMAN 939 12 JARRETT KOLICH 825 13 KYLE CUSHMAN 792 14 MIKE MOELLER 768 15 PAUL LANGE 685 16 MIKE DAY 643 17 KENTH FALLEN 601 18 BRANDON MEADOWS 531 19 NATE BERKHEIMER 457 20 JASON ROGERS 456 21 AARON JOHNSON 396 22 TYLER BROWN 385 23 JOEY BERTHIAUME 381 24 DAMIAN LOPEZ 346 25 KHALEN YOUNG 338 26 WARWICK STEVENSON 297 27 CHRIS BURKE 283 28 KAMA KAZI 281 29 DUSTIN ARMSTRONG 280 30 JOSH OIE 264 31 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 260 32 JASON RICHARDSON 258 33 AKIFUMI SAKAMOTO 245 34 MICHAEL HUGHES 241 35 ALEXIS VERGARA 207 36 MICHAEL FENWICK 194 37 BRANDON HOPKINS 142 38 GABE MORENO 133 39 TREVOR FAY 122 40 BARRY NOBLES 117 41 BILLY JOLLIFFE 101 42 MICHAL PROKOP 91 43 JAMIE GRAY 71 44 MARC WILLERS 71 45 ARNAUD DUBOIS 68 46 LUKE MADILL 68 47 MICAEL CESAR 68 48 KYLE WEISENBERGER 61 49 BILLY ANDERSON 60 50 JOE SZUREK 41 51 JEFF UPSHAW 38 52 TREVOR PIGOTT 29 WOMEN PRO 1 ALISE POST 2487 2 STEPHANIE BARRAGAN 1850 3 TERRA NICHOLS 1797 4 AFTON SCHRIMPF 1673 5 KRYSTAL HIME 1405 6 ERIKA SHORT 1127 7 TONI RUDE 909 8 KIMBERLY HAYASHI 718 9 CASSIE BUSHNELL 590 10 JODI ENGLAND 570 11 MICHELLE GUTHRIE 543 12 KAYLA GADDIS 491 13 ARIELLE MARTIN 490 14 BRITTANY BATES 482 15 COURTNEY TOMEI 391 16 ANNA APPLEBY 339 17 CARLEY YOUNG 331 18 STEPHANIE HIGGINS 300 19 AMANDA GEVING 294 20 ZIGGY CALLAN 285 21 MELISSA MANKOWSKI 273 22 BRITTANY LOUNSBURY 222 23 TANYA BAILEY 213 24 CHRISTINE WHEELER 211 25 MISSY HARTLEY 205 26 JESSICA CARTWRIGHT 166 27 CAROLINE BUCHANAN 163 28 NICOLE CALLISTRO 153 29 HANNAH HUVARD 128 30 KATIE WEST 70 31 CHRISTIAN COSSEY 57 32 SAMANTA COOLS 43 33 KASEY MARTIN 33 34 SARA BERTA 23 |
VET PRO 1 JASON CARNES 2490 2 TODD PARRY 2239 3 CHAD STREET 2232 4 JOHN WHIPPERMAN 2016 5 JASON SILVA 1737 6 ERIC RUPE 1098 7 MIKE GUL 1034 8 GREG ROMERO 1032 9 DREW DOWNEY 918 10 CHRIS HAM 730 11 TIM DINGER 521 12 DAVID BITTNER 477 13 ZACK ROEBUCK 331 14 RAY LUSCOMBE 302 15 SHAWN O`GORMAN 290 16 PAUL CALDWELL 244 17 RICK LOWRY 243 18 TED BROWN 240 19 TJ JOHNSON 237 20 ROBERT HARRIS 232 21 BOB OGORMAN 228 22 DARRIN MITCHELL 225 23 RAY HUDSON 219 24 EFRIAM MIRANDA 216 25 RONALD WILLIAMS 203 26 CARL RENOWITZKY 187 27 RYAN BIRK 187 28 MARK NUNLEY 165 29 CODY SMART 147 30 DAVID MILLER 140 31 DONALD TAYLOR 127 32 BILL MADDEN 121 33 DOMINGOS LAMMOGLIA 107 34 BILLY ROSS 104 35 ANTHONY BYRD 102 36 TURNELL HENRY 92 37 PAUL BROWN 87 38 MIKE ACOSTA 85 39 DAVID KAPIGIAN 77 40 ERIC DYER 74 41 TERRY TENETTE 73 42 ED LEESON 67 43 TIM GALLANT 57 44 PIERRE-HENRI SAUZE 54 45 KIYOMI WALLER 53 46 JAMES GOLKE 47 47 JOHN NESLAND 47 48 NATHAN SHAFFER 47 49 YUICHI TOGAWA 47 50 GRANT HEWLETT 43 51 JERRY VANDERPOOL 43 52 DAVID WRAY 38 53 JESSE BURKES 30 54 TOM DARDINI 30 55 CAMERON DAVIS 26 56 GREG DAYS 24 57 JEFF NICKEL 23 58 ANTHONY WADLEY 20 PRO CRUISER 1 DANNY CALUAG 2438 2 PAUL LANGE 2130 3 KENTH FALLEN 2120 4 TYLER BROWN 1354 5 JASON CARNES 1351 6 BILLY ANDERSON 1133 7 THOMAS FERNANDEZ 1117 8 JEFF UPSHAW 1113 9 ERIC RUPE 907 10 NATE BERKHEIMER 660 11 JOE SOWERS 552 12 MIKE GUL 539 13 BOB O`GORMAN 508 14 ADAM SCOTT 465 15 DAMIAN LOPEZ 420 16 ADAM TREADWELL 404 17 TREVOR FAY 392 18 CARL RENOWITSKY 200 19 CHRIS JONES 186 20 ANTHONY WALLACE 168 21 KARL CLARK 130 22 AUSTEN LEE 124 23 MARK DECASPER 112 24 JIM LENNON 37 |
A PRO 1 BILLY ANDERSON 1007 2 JASON MORRIS 929 3 JOEY BRADFORD 911 4 MIKE WEATHERFORD 870 5 ALAN HUDSON 835 6 JUSTIN MCLINTOCK 806 7 WARREN MCDOW 791 8 PHIL DELIZIA 753 9 JOE SOWERS 713 10 JOSH SMITH 669 11 JASON EGBERT 573 12 KARL CLARK 573 13 MIKE MCGONIGLE 551 14 WILL MURRAY 529 15 NICK GOERTZEN 519 16 TRAVIS POSTANY 513 17 EVAN STEINBERG 490 18 JASON SHERRILL 487 19 SHANE BANKS 487 20 JASON LAREV 481 21 SEAN MACLASKEY 481 22 JOSH ZIEHL 472 23 MICHAEL KAPES 463 24 DANIEL MAZUTI 420 25 FABIAN HERNANDEZ 398 26 PERCY OWENS 389 27 LEONARDO GARCIA 380 28 ANTHONY WALLACE 370 29 DEREK LIEGL 365 30 JASON BENNETT 364 31 SCOTT ERWOOD 357 32 MICHAEL GONZALEZ 356 33 ADAM SCOTT 354 34 JIMMY MONROE 332 35 CHRIS JONES 315 36 CHRISTOPHER SCHAEFER 313 37 DUSTIN BLACKWELL 311 38 SAM DEVITA 311 39 ALEX FOWLER 309 40 ZACHARY BARRON 306 41 MATT FAULK 299 42 DOMINIC THERRIEN 297 43 PATRICK LEBEL 297 44 JESSE LANGLAND 294 45 CLINT DAILY 288 46 JON MILLER 282 47 MATTHEW FIGONE 261 48 JOEY ALBRIGHT 250 49 ANDRE ELLISON 247 50 GARRETT NUNES 237 51 ANDREW CHURCHWELL 226 52 BRYAN OTTEN 225 53 JUSTIN WIKE 221 54 ADAM TREADWELL 219 55 GARRET WOODS 219 56 JULIAN MARTINEZ 218 57 LUKE SPEES 209 58 TOMMY BELLEW 208 59 LANCE MCGUIRE 205 60 JOSH CALLAN 190 61 JOHN WHIPPERMAN 189 62 KYLE BIAGI 186 63 ROBERTO OCHOA 185 64 TAKURO NISHIOKA 185 65 AUSTEN LEE 184 66 CHAD JANSEN 178 67 JD WILLIAMS 176 68 MICHAEL RIESE 176 69 JOEL KUGENER 174 70 LEEANGELO VALENCIA 172 71 MICHAEL MURPHY 171 72 JASON STEVENS 164 73 OMAR SAWYER 164 74 NICK SLINGLUFF 162 75 ROBERT WHIPPLE 162 76 KEVIN JONES 157 77 GIL DELGADO 155 78 DEREK BERRY 154 79 BRANDON BROWN 152 80 GUSTAVO CHIARA 151 81 RON SMITH 151 82 JUSTIN RAMSEY 145 83 BRANTLEY WIGINTON 141 84 DEREK SCOTT 139 85 ALLEN CURRIER 136 86 JACOB TELLER 135 87 KEVIN HILL 135 88 JAMES CARTER 134 89 JOEY DAVIDSON 132 90 KOREY TERRY 132 91 MATTHEW BEATTY 132 92 WARD PATEMAN 132 93 MISCHA PARTRIDGE 118 94 JOSHUA WEBB 113 95 DAN MAIER 111 96 DYLAN CLARK 109 97 JOHN ANDREWS 109 98 CHRISTOPHER WESTWOOD 108 99 MATT WILLOUGHBY 108 100 MURGAT GUILLAVME 108 101 STEVE JANSSEN 108 102 STEWART HAKE 108 103 CLAYTON ANGEL 107 104 MIKE BELL 107 105 ASHLEY MCCUTCHEON 106 106 RODRIGO ALARCON 106 107 FREDERIC RELLO 103 108 JASON HATCHER 103 109 BOBBY STEWART 100 110 JOSH SONTAG 100 111 MATTHEW DAVIES 100 112 RONNIE WILLIAMS 100 113 TYLER TAFOYA 100 114 BYRON PATTERSON 99 115 MICHAEL LUNDY 99 116 JUSTIN WHEAT 94 117 GARRETT JONES 92 118 EDWARD OLSON 91 119 TIM GALLANT 91 120 JOE MATHIS 88 121 KEITH MATTHEWS 86 122 TIM KNAPP 86 123 JONATHAN JACKSON 85 124 ARTURO CARRASQUERO 84 125 CHRISTOPHER PIXLEY 81 126 ANDERS GRONSUND 80 127 JOSHUA MAUPIN 78 128 HOWARD JOHNSON 77 129 DAVID LINDBERG 73 130 DWIGHT HENRY 73 131 JARED MEEK 73 132 JASSAN MICHAELSON 73 133 JOSE REYES 73 134 JORDAN DAHME 72 135 JEROMEY GIPPETTI 71 136 JOE MCCARTY 69 137 GARRETT ROSH 65 138 TAD JOHNSON 65 139 CLINTON DALE 64 140 JUSTIN TRAVIS 61 141 MATT VANDERVERE 57 142 CAMERON ALTIZER 56 143 FRANK HOSKINS 56 144 JEREMY KAHT 56 145 LARRY DARDINI 56 146 PAULO JOSE CESAR 56 147 RICHIE WALLACE 56 148 TYLER FAORO 56 149 ADDISON RHODES 54 150 JONATHAN LAND 54 151 KYLE MICHELL 54 152 TROY FENSTER 54 153 THOMAS GAGE 53 154 JASON HERR 52 155 NICHOLAS ST LAWRENCE 52 156 MANUEL TANGARIFE 51 157 RYAN MAGIN 51 158 BOBBY BARNES 49 159 JAKE EMRY 49 160 JEREMY GRAVON 49 161 JON HUCKE 49 162 JOSHUA TAYLOR 48 163 CORY CRONIN 46 164 CHRIS KELLER 37 165 DEREK WOODLAND 37 166 KHARIS CORBETT 37 167 ROBERT DELANEY 36 168 BILLY BURGHOUT 34 169 BO SEAMON 32 170 LINAS DAUJOTAS 32 171 ROBERT HOWE 32 172 DAVID MULLIN 31 173 DEREK JOHNSON 31 174 JAVIER LARREA 31 175 ZACH SMELKO 31 176 JEFFERY MILEY 30 177 JAMES CARTWRIGHT 27 178 JASON CHUMLEY 26 179 JON RIEB 26 180 MICHAEL GENTILCORE 25 181 BRETT SNYER 17 182 STOSH DAWEJKO 17 183 DOMINGO CALO 15 184 GUILLERMO OROZCO 15 185 NICK POST 15 |
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Cycling Australia press release
Toowoomba cyclist Jared Graves, 24, snared third place in today's second round of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series raced as a test event for the sport's debut at next year's Olympic Games in Beijing.
The win went to American Donny Robinson who has been in Beijing since mid August with Dutch rider Robert de Wilde outfoxing Graves on the second last straight to claim second place.
It was the first time Graves, who is better know for his world class performances in downhill and four cross mountain biking, had raced in the BMX Supercross and his placing today has signalled to selectors he is well suited to the Beijing course.
"I was looking forward to getting on the big hills because I like the high speed stuff and thought it might work in my favour and it did," said the reigning Australian MTB Downhill Champion who races with the Yeti Professional MTB Team. "The course is awesome especially after the few changes they made to make it better racing."
The eight metre high starting ramp remained but the officials worked overnight to lower the height of the first jump and shorten the second double jump.
"The races are really only forty seconds so it's really important to get out of the start gate fast and be really aggressive down the first straight," he said. "If anyone tries to throw some elbows in you have to throw them back and keep powering the whole way and not let anyone get in your space."
"My goal this week was to get things done pretty much so hopefully this will do me a lot of good for selection (and while) I'll do some MTB next year it will be all about the Olympics and that's what my preparation will be based around," said Graves who in two weeks time will line up for Australia at the MTB World Championships in Scotland where the weather will be radically different from what he has experienced here in Beijing.
"It was pretty tough today, a bit hotter than yesterday but no humidity," said Graves of the heat that today soared well over the 40 degree celsius mark at the bowl shaped Laoshan BMX venue. "It might have been a good thing or might have been a bad thing because the humidity yesterday sort of kept you cooler because you were dripping wet the whole time."
"Today it was more of a dry heat and I had a few issues," he explained. "I felt a little sick after the first few laps but they slowed down how quickly they were running the races because people weren't recovering in between on what is a really physical track and the heat played a pretty big part."
The BMX finals day schedule puts the men through three runs each per quarter final and semi final heat before a one race only final while the women raced a three run semi-final to qualify for their final.
"It's really full on and in every run you pedal out of the start and pedal out of the first straight but it's the things in between that really take it out of your body like pumping through the rhythm sections which is really hard on your whole body," said Graves. "You are absolutely gasping for air at the end of the lap and we had to do it seven times in three and half hours."
In the first ever running of a women's division in the BMX Supercross, Australian Champion, Tanya Bailey, 26, along with 2005 World Junior Champion, Nicole Callisto, 19, performed well with both making the final. Callisto finished seventh and Bailey eighth. Great Britain's reigning World Champion Shanaze Reade won ahead of French pair Anne-Caroline Chausson and Laetitia le Corguille.
“In the final I got held up in the first corner and lost my speed,” said Bailey. “I just loved the track (but) having that much speed down the start ramp meant we had to be careful not to overshoot the jumps.”
The track took its toll on many riders including three members of the Australian team. In Sunday's training session Kamakazi broke the radius bone close to his right elbow joint and Melissa Mankowski's crash resulted in a hairline fracture to her hip socket. World Championship silver medallist and Supercross series leader going into the Beijing round, Khalen Young, crashed in the first time trial of the qualifying round yesterday leaving him with badly bruised lungs and ribs.
In the men's racing today Luke Madill was hit with severe cramping in his second of three semi-final runs putting him out of contention for a finals berth while in yesterday's qualifying Australians Billy Jolliffe and Michael Robinson. missed the cut off of 32 to go through placing 33rd and 34th respectively.
UCI BMX Supercross Round 2 Beijing
Results
Men’s Final
1 ROBINSON Donny USA 36.949
2 de WILDE Robert NED 37.134 +0.185
3 GRAVES Jared AUS 37.371 +0.422
4 van der BIEZEN Raymon NED 37.580 +0.631
5 GUTIERREZ Pablo FRA 37.621 +0.672
6 SCHERPEN Martijn NED 37.629 +0.680
7 van den WILDENBERG Rob NED 52.391 +15.442
8 MATISONS Arturs LAT DNF
Women’s Final
1 READE Shanaze GBR 36.923
2 CHAUSSON Anne-Caroline FRA 38.043 +1.120
3 le CORGUILLE Laetitia FRA 38.203 +1.280
4 DIAZ Gabriela Maria ARG 38.329 +1.406
5 KINTNER Jill USA 39.507 +2.584
6 WALKER Sarah NZL 40.063 +3.140
7 CALLISTO Nicole AUS 40.345 +3.422
8 BAILEY Tanya AUS 40.702 +3.779
by bmxultra.com
The third annual BSX event will go ahead on Monday January 21st, which is the Monday following the UCI race that kicks off the Track Attack series in Melbourne.
There is a lot of organising to happen between now and then, but we've been through it a couple of times now and it gets easier and easier especially with a fantastic support crew.
With the weather starting to fine up we are planning some track works on Saturday September 15th, the idea is to bring in a few truck loads of dirt to make the track even more fun, and spend some time riding too. If that falls through we'll just give the track a tidy up and ride for the rest of the day.
Anyone in the Melbourne area interested in helping out just email webmaster@bmxultra.com
For more information about BSX check out www.bmxultra.com/bsx
BMX Australia press release
Australian BMX riders through to tomorrow's racing program in Beijing include (top 32 men & top 16 women):
Men:
6th Jared Graves (Toowoomba) 37.175
12th Jamie Gray (Brisbane - Beenleigh) 37.278
23rd Luke Madill (Sydney) 37.732
Just missing the cut-off at 32nd postion were:
33rd Billy Jollife (Tamworth/Newcastle) 38.006
34th Michael Robinson (Brisbane - Greenbank) 38.059
DNF
Khalen Young (Perth/Sydney) crashed in first run
Women:
10th Tanya Bailey (Perth/Sydney/Gold Coast - Pacific Pines) 39.521
12th Nicole Callisto (Perth/Sydney) 40.022
DNS
Melissa Mankowski( Moranbah/Sydney) crashed in practise - 6 weeks - crack to hip socket
For Full Results
http://www.cyclingbmx2007.org.cn/en/Bulletin/2007-08-09/9336.html#
by bmxultra.com
Here's one for the girls. Check out the review of the Mud Honey MX performance wear.
Crupi press release
Arcadia, California – For the first time in Crupi’s 25 year history, Crupi has just launched it’s very own casual wear line. Since Crupi is an “elite” product that everyone can afford, now everyone can get their “race” on with Crupi causal wear that everyone can afford!
Crupi now has everyone covered including the ladies with our new ladies tops and matching hats, Flex-Fit hats in all sizes, new t-shirt designs and a much higher quality hoody sweatshirt than we’ve offered before.
To see the new line, please visit the Crupi website at www.crupibmx.com.
BMXpros.com press release
BMXpros.com is in China for the 2nd round of the UCI Supercross event. This event, held on the site if the 2008 Olympic BMX track, is turning out to be the best BMX race ever at the best BMX Venue ever. BMXpros.com will be posting daily photo reports and we have just added up the first report. Sunday will be the first day the riders hit the track, so check back each day for more info.
http://bmxpros.com/aaBeijingreport07.htm
Coverage brought to you by BMXpros.com, Intense BMX, THE Products, SINZ Racing, Fly Racing, Shimano, and Socko Energy.
NBL press release
Hilliard, Ohio – America’s most exciting Championship BMX race will take over the Derby City BMX Track in Louisville, Kentucky from August 31 to September 2. The 30th Anniversary of the NBL Grand National comes complete with an exciting blend of intense race action, awards presentations, entertainment, contests, and culminates with the highly-anticipated crowning of the 2007 National Champions.
The 30th NBL Grand National is much more than just a race – it’s an ‘Experience’ and to celebrate the 30th Anniversary, all Amateur #1’s will receive a commemorative Championship award. All NBL National Champions will get their 15 seconds of fame on the Grands podium and their photos will grace the pages of BMX Today Magazine. Be sure to stop by the NBL Booth and pick up a fresh copy of BMX Today which includes a special ‘Grands’ pullout and find out the details on the top guns, challengers and browse through the 2008 New product section.
To further celebrate the 30th year of the NBL Grand National, all registered riders will receive a souvenir NBL Grands pennant – our way of saying ‘thanks’ to everyone who will spend their Labor Day weekend with us. Fans can also pick up a ‘limited edition’ NBL poster and decorate it with signatures from their favorite pros during the pro autograph sessions. BAWLS will be hosting a BAWLS ‘Bounce’ Bunnyhop contest and during the breaks between the Elite Spectacular rounds and you might even get a chance to win a complete bike in the Intense ‘Build-A-Bike’ contest.
The ‘Grands Experience’ will also feature a 2008 UCI Continental race on Friday afternoon and an Elite Spectacular for the Elite, Junior, Super-Ex and Masters classes on Saturday afternoon. The NBL will showcase the Elite Series classes during the Elite Spectacular on Saturday afternoon and the ‘pumped-up’ show will include special music, contests, and the presentation of more than $40,000 in prize money. For anyone not able to attend, you’ll get to see the action from the comfort of your computer screen through the ‘LIVE’ Webcast at BMXTVDIRECT.
Get ready for the ‘Best’ Race of the year - Click over to the NBL website for complete event information and then visit the Derby City BMX website to find directions to the World Famous E.P. “Tom” Sawyer Park and other useful local information.
The 30th NBL Grand National is proudly presented by BAWLS Guarana ‘The Official Energy Drink of the NBL’ (www.bawls.com), Intense BMX (www.intensebmx.com), Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), Vigor Helmets (www.vigorhelmets.com) and Camp Woodward (www.campwoodward.com).
BAWLS Guarana press release
Miami, FL – The race is on! BAWLS Guarana, the drink of choice for BMXers everywhere, has announced the results of the BAWLS BMX Blowout Contest! Ten lucky winners are ready to bounce down the track with some of the coolest prizes from BAWLS Guarana, Kuwahara Bicycles and the National Bicycle League (NBL).
Grand Prize Winner Jessica Navarro of Los Alamitos, CA will be flown in style to the biggest NBL race of the season – the 30th Annual Grand Nationals in Louisville! Jessica will coast down the track sporting her new Kuwahara 2KZ Pro bike, custom-painted BAWLS helmet and number plate while enjoying a private riding clinic with BAWLS BMX pros Matt Pohlkamp and Rachel “Thunder” Smith!
Nine runners-up have won shiny new Kuwahara 2KZ Pro bikes and cool gear from BAWLS and the NBL. Congrats to the following winners!
Promoted on CompUSA BMX 12-packs and at NBL national races this season, the BAWLS BMX Blowout launched in April 2007 and gathered thousands of entries at BAWLS.com. The CompUSA BMX 12-packs also invite non-BMXers to try BMX racing with a free 30-day membership card at any NBL-sanctioned track in the US.
BAWLS Guarana has become the drink of choice for BMXers everywhere as the Official Energy Drink of the NBL and the American Bicycle Association (ABA), sponsoring more than 50 Nationals races during the 2007 season.
by bmxultra.com
The Northern Park BMX Club will be holding a club race this Friday. The club races are scheduled for the third Friday of each month at 7pm during the colder months of the year. The club will return to normal scheduling in October.
The Wednesday night pratice sessions under lights, with gates, will continue on a weekly basis as usual, weather permitting.
Planning has commenced for the upcoming open race in October, at this stage there looks like there will be some nice money for the AA Pro, A Pro, and Pro Womens classes. There will also be pay-back classes for 30 & Over Open wheel and 40 & Over Open wheel. Full details when all has been confirmed. Hopefully over the next week or two.
Location
The track is located at Sycamore Reserve, Mill Park, Victoria.
Training sessions
Gate practics every Wednesday night from 6pm.
Upcoming racing (dates subject to change)
(Friday nights at 7pm)
RXR Protect press release
RXR is revolutionizing protection in the action sports world with its exclusive patented “air shock absorber” technology. Imagine a body protector that absorbs 5 times more energy than plastic and 8 times more than foam material.
It is time for BMX and MTB riders to wear real chest-protectors! There’s no “roost” to be protected from in BMX, Down Hill or Free Ride, and the 30 year-old technology of plastic roost-deflectors do not protect as much as our RXR Protect chest-protectors. Keep your back and chest safe. Ride with Air!!
High protection, lightness, comfort and mobility are the 4 main features of the Organic and Full chest-protectors from RXR Protect. The ASA (Air Shock Absorber) technology ensures maximal body protection, high mobility and light weight, the Organic weighing 1.9 lbs and the Full chest protector weighing 3 lbs.
The materials used make you forget you are wearing a chest-protector. Worn under or over a jersey or jacket, the RXR body armor is comfortable and very protective.
The secret of RXR Protect is air contained in a very durable ergonomic inflatable bladder with a number of interacting chambers that allow the air to move from chamber to chamber. In case of a fall or impact the air moves between chambers absorbing the energy from the point of impact before it reaches your body.
For Sponsorship, visit our website www.rxrprotectnorthamerica.com
UCI press release by Johan Lindström
UCI is pleased to announce the 2008 permanent career numbers for Elite Men and Elite Women. Please see attachment or click on the link below to view the current list of numbers. These numbers must be used at all international BMX events worldwide.
Starting with the season 2006-2007 (from 1 August 2006), the UCI introduced a permanent number system for Elite Men & Elite Women. With this system, riders can choose a “career number”, which they have the exclusive right to use for their entire Elite class career. This will give riders a possibility to market themselves and to give media and spectators an easy way to identify riders. The UCI permanent number system is solely for the Elite Men & Elite Women class, where any rider with an international license rider can choose a permanent career number from 10 to 999. Number 1 – 8 will be reserved and will be assigned to the top 8 finishers in the previous BMX World Championship, and can be used for the upcoming season.
A chosen number will be exclusive for the rider, and cannot be used by any other elite class (including Junior and Cruiser classes). A chosen number will remain as long as the rider receives UCI points during the season, although the number will be assigned to the rider for 2 additional years (without points) before becoming available again.
http://www.uci.ch/modello2.asp?1stlevelid=C&level1=5&level2=0&idnews=4804
Go211.com press release
Boston, MA - Go211.com (www.go211.com), the premier action sports social networking and online video share site, is proud to announce today that ABA Women’s Pro National Champ Alise Post joined the Go211.com professional team. Post will use this forum to post unique content including interviews, tips, videos and pictures as well as to communicate with fans.
The St. Cloud, Minnesota native started racing BMX at the age of 6 and immediately fell in love with the sport. Her love of racing pushed her to win her first of four Girls Overall National Championships at the age of 10. Post finished up her amateur career with well over 100 National victories and numerous Local, State, Regional and World Championship titles before turning pro at age 15.
After taking two thirds in her first two races as a pro, it didn’t take Post long to win her first race, finding the top of the podium in just her third try. Post finished up with 5 wins for the season, enough to earn her the Women's Pro National Championship in her rookie year. At 15 years of age, Post became the youngest to ever win the Pro Championship and was also voted "Rookie Pro of the Year" (an honor that had been exclusively reserved for males) by the readers of BMX'er Magazine. Alise is also sponsored by Formula Bicycles, Fly Racing and Monster Energy Drink.
“I’m honored to be on board with such a great crew at Go211.com. Plus, just to be mentioned along with the names on their Pro roster is very surreal,” Post says. “Those are some of the best action sports athletes in the world, and to be considered one of them is amazing to me.”
“We’re very excited to have Alise join the Go211 Pro Team,” said Sean M. Aruda, CEO of Go211.com. “Her impressive accomplishments at such an early age and sheer passion for BMX make her a welcome addition to the Go211 community.”
Go211.com is the leading community and video site for lifestyle sports created by and for action sports athletes and enthusiasts. It’s the place to hang with the Pros and friends to get behind-the-scenes video, blogs, photos and podcasts from featured contributors along with other action sports fans. Go211.com offers a broad range of exclusive content submitted directly from the athletes. The current Go211 Pro Team roster includes Donny Robinson, Arielle Martin, Jamie Bestwick, Danny Kass, Shaun Palmer, Jeremy Jones, Christian Hosoi, Ross Powers, Holly Beck, Clay Marzo, Mary Osborne, Mike Losness, Seth Wescott and Kelly Clark, among others.
For more information, please visit www.go211.com or email go211@cox.net.
Cycling Australia press release
An eight strong Australian BMX team will line up for the second round of the UCI Supercross World Cup being staged on the Olympic BMX track. BMX makes its Olympic debut next year and this will be the only time riders will be able to ride the track prior to the Olympic Games. The event also marks the introduction of a women's class (open class Elite Women/Junior Women) to the BMX Supercross World Cup Series. The Australian team is:
Western Australian Khalen Young goes into the men's event as the Series leader after his win in the opening round in April in Madrid. Last month he continued his good form with a silver medal at the World Championships in Canada and is currently ranked number five in the world. However Young has been unable to train for the past week after coming down with the flu.
"I'm flying to Beijing tomorrow but I've been in bed with the flu all week," said Young from his American training base. "But that was the same preparation I had for the worlds and that worked out okay."
"Hopefully if I rest up I can come back fresh for Beijing."
The BMX riders will face a new challenge in Beijing with the International Cycling Union (UCI) testing the introduction of random starts. In the past the BMX riders have lined up at the start house and known exactly when the gate will release allowing some to 'slingshot' from the line.
"This random start will be a bit different but we're pros so we have to roll with the punches," said Young. "Normally we'd know when the gate will drop and can preload but now the gate might drop at anytime between one and six seconds."
Officials have said if the trial goes well the rule will change but, although he currently uses the slingshot technique, Young says he'll just have to adapt.
The BMX track was completed on the 5th June and is located in the Shijingshan District in West Beijing. The bowl-shaped Laoshan BMX Venue covers an area of 1.98 hectares, has a floor space of 3,399 square meters and contains seating for around 3400 people. Construction of the venue involved a search for the soil with the right proportion of sand and excellent permeability. After comparing as many as 14 samples 6,000-8,000 cubic metres of soil from Dong'erqi Village in the Changping District of Beijing was used.
"I've been told that after the first turn the course really opens up with some big jumps and that really suits me," said Young.
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
I think an Australian national series for the elite riders and 14-16 classes has been great for the riders participating, it's certainly pushed those riders to take it to another level. But why aren't the other classes involved?
Sure there are costs involved in going across the country to compete on a national circuit, but there are costs involved in racing any weekend. I would prefer to race one national race every month or two than race local events for a whole month, especially if it meant the type of racing that is on offer at the national championships level, but on a more regular basis. But what would that mean for local racing if everyone had that attitude? Not everyone would, some people race for the sake of racing, other might just do races in their local area, and then there are the guys prepared to travel for the competition.
Often people hear me talking about this and they say "yeah but you could afford it" it's not about me personally, no matter who I talk to or where they are from most people would be up for a national series. Many riders are already traveling interstate for competition anyway. The ACT titles would be a prime example, or track attack, and so on. So if they are traveling why not give them something more to travel for.
The infrastructure is in place already why couldn't the other classes piggy back on that system? I am not trying to take away from the original idea of highlighting the elite class, those guys deserve it. Watching them makes me want to go to the track. And the 14-16 classed riders also put on a fantastic show. So run them in their block as per usual, and don't make a big deal about the other classes. Just give them a season end goal, something to keep them motivated and involved. I assure you that it's not just the riders involved who will benefit but the whole sport in general.
This can only help the younger riders develop so much quicker, and keep the older guys interested and maybe in the sport longer.
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
I am working on a project to put the history of Australian BMX together. I don't expect it to happen overnight since we are talking about nearly 30 years since BMX racing hit our shores. If anyone has any information on who started BMX in Australia or in their own state, if you have contact details, photos, or anything that might be useful, please send to shane@bmxultra.com.
Eastfield Eagles BMX Club press release
The Eastfield Eagles BMX Club of Victoria have added BMXMAD and Phil Munday panels to the growing list of sponsors for Septembers Eastfield Experience. Victoria’s leading BMX store, BMXMAD, will sponsor the $1200 Shake N Bake A Pro Men class. While local panel shop, Phil Munday, will sponsor the $300 Rusty Demons Vet Pro class.
“Add these figures to the $3000 Moro Olive Oil AA Pro Men and the $1000 Moro Olive Oil Pro Ladies section and we have put together one of the biggest pay days for BMX in Victoria for this year” said club president Keith Lyon. “In fact when you factor in all the age class sponsor ship we will have over $8000 on the line.” Lyon went on to say.
Entry forms will be available from the Eastfield Website in the coming days.
www.eastfieldbmx.org.au
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
Thanks to Colin Stiles from Transit I got my hands on a copy of TR9 for review. You have to check this review out, or you could just go right out and buy the DVD.
BAWLS Guarana press release
Miami, FL – Wanna race? BAWLS Guarana, in partnership with the American Bicycle Association (ABA) and the National Bicycle League (NBL), is presenting BAWLS fans everywhere with a complimentary race pass and temporary membership that gives them access to enjoy one full day of racing at any participating BMX track in their area.
BAWLS fans can pick up their race pass on the new, limited edition BMX 4-packs available at Target and other retail stores nationwide. First timers can visit a track list on BAWLStyle.com to find the track located nearest them to try BMX racing out!
BAWLS Guarana has become the drink of choice for BMXers everywhere as the Official Energy Drink sponsors of the NBL and ABA, sponsoring and sampling at more than 50 Nationals races in 2007. BAWLS Guarana also recently launched the BAWLS Guarana track partnership program, which grants a number of benefits to BMX tracks that sell their products, as well as sponsorships to the teams that represent them.
About BAWLS
BAWLS is the brainchild of entrepreneur Hoby Buppert, CEO of Hobarama, LLC, who named the beverage for the caffeinated “bounce” the drink packs. Widely distributed to local super markets, convenience stores (7-Eleven), Target stores, Metropark, CompUSA stores and gaming venues; BAWLS is a premium, non-alcoholic, carbonated beverage made from the guarana berry harvested in the Amazonian Rainforest. The caffeine found in BAWLS Guarana contains the same amount of caffeine as coffee and nearly three times that of traditional sodas due to a naturally occurring form of the stimulant found in the guarana berry. BAWLS’ unique refreshing flavor tastes like a citrus infused cream soda and its popularity continues to grow over a variety of different sectors including financial institutions, the fashion industry, technology businesses, military bases, extreme sports and college campuses. For more information, please visit www.BAWLS.com.
by Shane Jenkins/bmxultra.com
Victoria's Northern Rivers region are holding a round of their regional championships series at the Northern Park BMX Track on Sunday.
The club has a whole lotta history.
I was at the track last night, it's in great condition considering the rain over the past months. It holds up to rain very well and is currently dry and set like concrete. There are a few rough spots along the second straight, but the club has already been at work to rectify that and I am sure that riders wont even notice it by the time racing comes around on Sunday.
If you are looking to check out some racing get down to the Northern Park BMX track at Sycamore Reserve, Mill Park, Victoria.
You may also get your entry in if you hurry, check the race calendar for the entry form.
Team WBR press release
BMX World Championships Victoria, Canada – July 25th-29th
Victoria was the host of the 2007 BMX World Championships in Canada. With a newly built track and a great layout, racing was going to be the best it has ever been with riders coming from all over the World the year prior to the Olympic year. Team WBR was represented by two riders, Lacey Oliver 14 year old Girls and Michael Chasteauneuf 16 year old Boys.
Lacey Oliver – has been training hard this year to improve on her past World Final results and to qualify for the National Talent ID program in Australia. In the final of the 14 year old Girls, Lacey took the lead down the first Straight and into the first corner, a French girl dove on the inside and rode Lacey up hi and pushing her back to 3rd. Lacey made a huge comeback down the last straight to come within 1 inch of second place. In the 13-14 Cruiser final, Lacey held on to the second spot all around the track to take her best ever finish result at a World Championships. Lacey was thrilled with her results and is looking to take it to another level and one place higher next year in China.
Michael Chasteauneuf – has had one of his best season’s so far by gaining a lot of strength and speed within his new training program. Michael went into the Worlds looking for a great result after loosing the lead at the BMX National Championships in May. Michael has been having great starts and first straight-a-ways this year and this was no different at the Worlds titles. Michael raced in the 16 year old boys and also the 15-16 year old cruiser where he took out 3rd place in both classes. Michael is now looking forward in racing in the Junior Elite class and qualifying for the National High Performance team in 2008.
Wade Bootes has recently retired from Elite BMX competition after placing 2nd at the BMX National in May and has taken on a full time coaching scholarship with the Australian Sports Commission. Wade is now the Assistant Elite Coach and Head under 19 Coach for Australia and will compete in a limited Mountain bike and BMX schedule. Wade managed the National Talent ID program while in Canada where the riders produced 2 World Titles, 8 Podium finishes and a total of 17 finalists within the National Talent ID program.
Wade competed at the Jeep King of the Mountain World Championship series the following weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah were he finished in 7th place. Another 2 events will decide the overall World Championship title to where Wade has been a former winner of this series.
TeamWBR is proudly supported by: Hogs Breath Café, Ozcrank.com, Percentage Designs, One Ring, Velocity Wheels, Hayes Brakes, JBL Audio, Strathfield car radio, ATI, Fox Shox, Cane Creek, BSC, QuikShade, Bell Helmets, Truvativ chain guide, Sockguy and www.TeamWBR.com
Formula Bikes press release
Boston, MA - Go211.com (www.go211.com), the premier action sports social networking and online video share site, has been hard at work signing up the top riders in Surf, Skate, Snow and BMX. They are proud to announce today that Women’s Pro rider Arielle Martin has joined the Go211.com professional team. Martin will use this site as her exclusive online destination for social networking and on-line video to communicate with her fans and post unique and personal content. Arielle will have her own section on the site called “Arielle’s World” in which she will document her journey to the Beijing 2008 Olympics.
Martin, who currently rides for ActionSportsDepot.net and Formula Bikes, started racing at age 5, competed in her first national race at age 10, and won her first national title at age 14, before turning pro a year later. She’s been intensely training and competing the last four years with one goal in mind: Olympic gold in Beijing. Martin in intent on being part of the inaugural US Olympic BMX Team. In the past two years, she has consistently placed in the Top 3 for various ABA and NBL competitions and is a four-time NBL National Titlist.
“I’m excited to be joining the Go211 Pro Team and sharing my passion for BMX with its community,” said Martin.
“We’re happy to have Arielle join the Go211 professional team of athletes, and for the Go211 community to share in her journey to Olympic glory in Beijing.” said Sean M. Aruda, CEO of Go211.com
Go211.com is the leading community and video site for lifestyle sports created by and for action sports athletes and enthusiasts. It’s the place to hang with the Pros and friends to get behind-the-scenes video, blogs, photos and podcasts from featured contributors along with other action sports fans. Go211.com offers a broad range of exclusive content submitted directly from the athletes. The current Go211 Pro Team roster includes Donny Robinson, Jamie Bestwick, Shaun Palmer, Danny Kass, Jeremy Jones, Christian Hosoi, Ross Powers, Holly Beck, Clay Marzo, Mary Osborne, Mike Losness, Seth Wescott and Kelly Clark, among others.
For more information, please visit www.go211.com.
by bmxultra.com
The official site of the 2008 Australian Olympic team includes some photos of some of Australia's best BMXers. Click here to check it out www.olympics.com.au
by bmxultra.com
With winter nearly over Victoria's regional races are coming to an end, soon it will be back to the business end of the racing year. But not before meetings like Northern Rivers regional championships final at Sunbury on September 2nd. Click here to check out the entry form on the race calendar.
Bicycle Motocross Radio press release by Rich 'NMKY' Eames
Just a note to let you know that Bicycle Motocross Radio Episode 4 is now available for download and features an interview with Elite Women World Champ Shanaze Reade. Get Shindog's take on Velo vs BMX, the Olympics, and what she really thinks of Bubba Harris....
To download the world's first BMX Racing podcast (enhanced) go to the iTunes store and search for 'Bicycle Motocross'. The first 3 episodes are also still there for download as well.
To get in touch with 'Bicycle Motocross Radio - The world's first BMX Racing podcast' go to; www.myspace.com/bicyclemotocrossradio
Formula press release
Beijing, China – Everyone knows that dR is one of the most prolific personalities in BMX. The kid’s practically a legend and he’s still only 24. Well, now he gets to be a true international superstar as the United States Olympic Committee whisked Donny away the day after the UCI World Championships to Beijing, China to be part of the Olympic Press Tour. With the Olympics being just one year away, media from all corners of the globe descended on Beijing to see what they can expect in the ‘08 Games. Donny was handpicked by the USOC to represent not only the sport of BMX, but the United States in general as an ambassador of our country. Over the past week, Donny was treated like a VIP by the Olympic organizers and the Chinese government. He attended dinners at the US Ambassador’s private home and received a tour of the Olympic venue as well as the Great Wall of China. Who could have imagined this for our sport 30 years ago?
Here is a video link to a question from Donny’s NBC press conference: NBC Press Conference
Here are two links to promotional pictures of Donny on ESPN.com: ESPN - Olympics Photo Wire 1, ESPN - ESPN Photo Wire 2
Here’s Donny in his own words:
“From the time I left my house to go to the Worlds 'till the time I get home will be about 6 weeks of travel and events. Right now I'm in China.
The last few days I have spent with the USOC on an Olympic Goodwill Press Tour in Beijing. What an amazing opportunity this has been. There is no way I can convey in words what a privilege this has been. I'll talk about just a few of the things I can remember.
The first day of the trip (Thursday) we started off with a formal Press conference with many different Chinese and American journalists and photographers. Pretty much answered questions like how our preparations are going coming in to '08, what we have thought about Beijing thus far and what affect the Games will have on Beijing.
Both Thursday and Friday nights we went to the house of US Ambassador to China, Mr. Clark Randt. Turns out his wife is from near my hometown in Napa, CA so we hit it off directly. Very few times have I been to dinners like this. Just amazing the history of the house we were in, as well as the people of whom we were in the presence of. The second night at the house had us interact with many of the Olympic sponsors that included GE, United, etc.
The Olympic venues are breathtaking. The Chinese are really going all out and are so prepared for the '08 Olympics. They are fully prepared in all aspects of the Games it's unreal. Pollution, traffic... everything will be perfect come 8/8/08. Everything in China seems to be centered around the Games. There are many digital billboards around the city counting down the start of the Olympics.
Friday went to one of the training schools in Beijing. Here they trained badminton, table tennis, various martial arts and a few others. There is nothing like this in America. 20 ping pong tables with 6, 7, 8 year olds battling. I decided to play a few 7 year olds. I couldn't even return their serves. I was having fun but they took our game very serious. They finally started smiling when they realized how ridiculous I played.
Saturday we headed to The Great Wall. It was a great big workout haha. This is something everyone should experience it's truly breathtaking. I think I even heard a pilot saying we needed to turn off our electronic devices we were so high up.
I am here with 5 other athletes Gao Jun (table tennis), Howard Bach (badminton), Lindsay Pian (archery), Iris Zimmermann (fencing) and Erin Popovich (paralympic swimming). I consider them all great friends now. Just in case any of them read this- $34.50, be a man!
The Chinese are very respectful. Certainly makes me feel the need to return the kindness that they have given to all of us athletes.
Now that the press tour is over I will be hanging out in China until 8/24 where I will be racing at the Olympic BMX venue. I plan to head to the 1 year-out Olympic celebrations on Wednesday with a few of the USOC members. It's going to be a big blowout.
Amazing trip that's all I can say. I know I forgot to include many more things but I'll keep updating when I remember. The USOC are awesome people, the Chinese rock, I've made many new friends and this trip has made me want to come back even more next year to compete in the best Olympics of our generation.”
Donny, you rock, and are definitely the perfect ambassador for our sport and for the United States of America.
Psykopath Industries press release
Hey it’s Arturo from Psykopath World headquarters with the UCI World Championships Race Report.
A Reduced group of our factory riders: Jr Woman Erika Short, Elite Men Augusto Castro, Elite Men Sergio Salazar, 17-24 Challenger class Nick Valencia, and Jr men Jessie “ Hollywood “ Langland headed for the UCI World Championships in Victoria, Canada. A small group, but a lot of talent between them all!!
The track looked awesome, tall and big jumps, smooth and fast surface, stacked motos with fast riders from all parts of the world equals some good hot action racing!!
Augusto has been looking good and going super fast lately. He made the mains in the always super hard Elite Men's class that had the fastest riders in the world and took home the World #7 for the year; A few weeks earlier Augusto got 4th in the main at the Pan American Games in Rio Janeiro Brazil, Look for Augusto at most UCI races in 08; Sergio made the Elite Men Cruiser main and will be running a World #6 in 08 and was also looking super fast all week he made it very far in 20" but a little bit of bad luck kept him from making the Semi's; Nick Valencia went to the Worlds after wining his Cruiser Main in ABA Las Vegas national , he raced 17-24 challenge class; making the main out of 126 people! That’s a lot of riders that had to end up watching the main!! Nick was banging bars down the first straight and got bumped to the back of the fast pack of riders, in a competition that is one lap no crap, one little mistake and you’ll pay!. and Nick will be running a World # 8 for a year, Not bad for a guy that makes his extra cash by competing in Street contests and got the racing bug last year. Look for Nick in 08 to make his Pro Debut, so i guess he will have to start training and hitting the weights!!
Erika and Jessie had some good laps but couldn't’t make the main.
At the end we got 3 World titles out of 5 Psykopath riders. We are really proud of all of them and from all of us at Psykopath Industries World headquarters we congratulate all our Riders!
Our next race should be The Mile High Nationals at Dacono, Colorado, if you see our PSYKOVAN drop by so you can pick a DVD and check our full line of Pull Aluminum frames! Now in limited edition yellow, for more info emailed us at psykopath@yahoo.com seeya at the races.
BMX World press release
The 2007 UCI Worlds are coming to a close with all cruiser classes being contested on Sunday. After all the hype of Saturday with the championship classes, Sunday was a step back to normality. The weather once again is perfect. In fact Sunday is a touch overcast and a bit cooler then it had been all week and the rider comfort level is at its best.
The mornings schedule has all age cruisers on the track followed by the championship elite cruiser classes in the afternoon. Team USA won another 8 titles from the 15 contested. Eric Rupe had a form reversal after a bad day on his 20 inch and took home the 40-44 cruiser title. Jason Carnes wasn’t leaving town without at least one win under his belt. “The Horny Toad” took care of business and won the 35-39 cruiser class.
Championship cruisers brought down the curtain on a memorable week of racing.
Magalie Pottier (FRA) took control of the junior women cruiser final and once out of turn one, a win was never in doubt. The top four is dominated by the Europeans. Ramona Labounkova (CZE) second, Joyce Seesing (NED) third, Manon Valentino (FRA) fourth.
Fausto Endura (ECU) won junior cruiser. After a tight first two straights, Fausto won comfortably. It was up to Yvan Lapraz (SUI) and Joe Sowers (USA) to work out who stood where on the podium. Lapraz took second in a very tight one.
Sarah Walker, New Zealand’s shining light for the week is having a great meet and backed up a solid 20 inch ride with a wire-to-wire win from gate one in elite women cruiser.
In elite men Danny Caluag is stuck in gate seven. He had the best first straight pull, but “The Mosquito” Jonathon Suarez took the holeshot from gate one. Down to the stripe it was two races in one. Caluag was pulling Suarez but ran out of track, to only just miss out on a win by a narrow margin. The battle for third was also tight with Arturs Matisons and the “Big Brit” Kelvin Batey. Kevin had some legs left down the last straight and hit the Redline Rhythm Section smoother, which enabled Kelvin to book a spot on the third step of the podium.
This years Worlds is arguably the best World Championship to date. With the Olympics in sight, racers from all over the world have stepped up their programs in an effort to make the national squads and teams or be earmarked for future representative honors. Most classes had numerous title contenders which not only made the talent pool deep, but made competition intense and exciting all event.
2008 ushers in a new era of BMX. All roads lead to Beijing, firstly for the UCI World Championships then ultimately the Olympics. The 2008 World Championships are now less than twelve months away and almost to the day, the Olympics. Both Kyle Bennett and Shanaze Reade (2007 Elite Men and Women’s World Champions) have been quoted as saying “they can step up even more”. With this in mind, the next twelve months of international BMX is going to be an exciting one if the 2007 UCI Worlds is any indicator.
by bmxultra.com
We have added some new guards to the knee/shin guard shoot out, click here to check them out.
ABA press release
With the ABA BMX Las Vegas event being such a HUGE success, and moto and rider count being one of the biggest ever you can bet there were some major changes in the TEAM standings for the ABA National #1Title. Las Vegas was a must attend for all the PROs, top riders, manufactures, and Teams. The excitement level was high, the talent was deep, and the pressure was unbelievable for everyone. The ABA BMX Team titles are always one to watch on the scene. As you can see from the Team standings bellow, things are really starting to tighten up in the Team competition. There's a lot at stake for the Team's for their piece of the more than $27,000 ABA BMX is putting up for the year end awards. Here`s a list of who's who on the Team front, who`s going to win it all at the ABA GRANDS? That I'm not sure of, but what I can say is that you haven't seen anything yet. The Team battle for the ABA National #1 Titles is only going to get better!
FACTORY
# |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
|
1 |
INTENSE/PHANTOM/ONTRAC |
2870 |
12 |
2 |
REDMAN/YAMAHA |
2558 |
12 |
3 |
STAATS/CHALLENGE |
2527 |
12 |
4 |
ANSWER/FACTORY |
2454 |
12 |
5 |
FELT/EXTREME SPORTS/HBR |
2343 |
12 |
6 |
UNBOUND/INTENSE/EVERGUARD |
2330 |
12 |
7 |
FACTORY SUNBRU |
2151 |
12 |
8 |
FUSIONFORCE-MIKE`S BIKES-FLY-INTENSE |
2007 |
12 |
9 |
TRACKSTARSBMX.COM-FLY-INTENSE |
1705 |
10 |
10 |
FACTORY PRYME |
1680 |
12 |
11 |
D3 |
1618 |
11 |
12 |
PSYKOPATH |
1525 |
12 |
13 |
FMF |
1398 |
10 |
14 |
FACTORY DIRECT LINK |
1146 |
8 |
15 |
BIZZARRO RACING |
1007 |
6 |
16 |
LINDER/STAATS |
1004 |
6 |
17 |
ACTION SPORTS DEPOT |
924 |
12 |
18 |
VENDETTA |
489 |
3 |
19 |
REDLINE |
418 |
2 |
20 |
FORMULA/MONSTER/FLY |
379 |
2 |
21 |
FACTORY FLY RACING |
314 |
2 |
22 |
SNAP/GROUP D/ICEE 209 |
304 |
2 |
23 |
BRAT PAK |
194 |
1 |
24 |
MCS BICYCLES |
190 |
2 |
25 |
WELHAM BIKES |
81 |
1 |
BIKE SHOP
# |
TEAM NAME |
POINTS |
|
1 |
BELLFLOWER BICYCLES |
1779 |
8 |
2 |
INTENSE RACING |
1585 |
8 |
3 |
REVOLUTION BIKE |
1517 |
8 |
4 |
BMX HEX/STAATS |
1504 |
8 |
5 |
SPINNERS-REDLINE |
1476 |
8 |
6 |
ORP/STANDARD/661 |
1295 |
8 |
7 |
505 RACING/DB/FLY |
1272 |
8 |
8 |
MUDSLINGERS-FLY |
1271 |
8 |
9 |
TEAM ROCKN` |
1264 |
8 |
10 |
SPEEDWERKS/FLY |
1248 |
8 |
11 |
IN THE ZONE |
1168 |
8 |
12 |
GORDY`S BICYCLES |
1100 |
8 |
13 |
SHADE CYCLES |
1095 |
8 |
14 |
HURRICANEBMX.COM-POWERLITE |
964 |
6 |
15 |
CSR |
930 |
8 |
16 |
T&L METRO BIKES CRANKIN` TEXANS |
920 |
7 |
17 |
COVINA VALLEY CYCLERY |
843 |
8 |
18 |
SUN BRU |
786 |
5 |
19 |
FUSION FORCE-MIKE`S BIKES-FLY-INTENSE |
782 |
8 |
20 |
SCHNEIDER RACE FRAMES |
757 |
6 |
21 |
KEVIN`S BIKES |
697 |
5 |
22 |
FLY/INTENSE/FACTORYTEAM2RACING.COM |
673 |
7 |
23 |
BMXTC/CYCLEBARN |
662 |
4 |
24 |
INTENSE DOMINATION-THE-FLY |
595 |
8 |
25 |
BANDIT RACING |
557 |
5 |
26 |
FINISHLINE BMX |
519 |
4 |
27 |
O.D.I./D.M.C. SE |
512 |
4 |
28 |
BMX ELITE |
493 |
5 |
29 |
TEAM IMPACT/STAATS |
475 |
7 |
30 |
CHAIN DRIVEN/PROGATE |
444 |
6 |
31 |
AGGROBIKES.COM |
360 |
4 |
32 |
TRIMSPORT CYCLE-FLY RACING |
325 |
2 |
33 |
FALL LINE/FREE AGENT/FLY |
310 |
6 |
34 |
ACTION WHEEL SPORT/SE BIKES |
245 |
2 |
35 |
ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACING |
239 |
2 |
36 |
PUGET SOUND |
235 |
2 |
37 |
DIABLOSRACING/INTENSE/BOMBSHELL/FLY |
146 |
2 |
38 |
SPROCKETS BIKE SHOP |
126 |
1 |
39 |
LONE STAR BICYCLES |
101 |
2 |
40 |
ICEE/ANDERSON 209/SNAP |
44 |
1 |
41 |
XTREME TEAM BMX/JOE`S BIKE SHOP/STAATS |
20 |
1 |
TROPHY
# |
Team Name |
Points |
|
1 |
BIG TOOL /TANGENT |
1136 |
6 |
2 |
RRC/FLY/SUPERCROSS |
989 |
6 |
3 |
ELITE BICYCLES |
987 |
6 |
4 |
NO PARLEY/EXTREME SPORTS |
986 |
6 |
5 |
505 RACING/DB/FLY |
935 |
6 |
6 |
AFTERSHOCK |
911 |
6 |
7 |
BAKERSFIELD BMX |
851 |
6 |
8 |
DIVA RACING |
843 |
6 |
9 |
BMX RUSH |
842 |
6 |
10 |
TUESDAY NIGHT KIDS |
822 |
6 |
11 |
METRO BMX |
818 |
6 |
12 |
TEAM INSEINO RACING |
818 |
6 |
13 |
TEAM AJO/STAATS/FLY |
792 |
6 |
14 |
805 RACING |
778 |
6 |
15 |
2 XTREME |
762 |
6 |
16 |
CYCLONE RACING |
716 |
6 |
17 |
CENTRAL SUPERCROSS |
715 |
6 |
18 |
CMC-AVENT-BOMBSHELL |
678 |
6 |
19 |
BEL AIR/TLD |
656 |
6 |
20 |
KAMI RACING |
644 |
6 |
21 |
T&L METRO BIKES CRANKIN` TEXANS |
644 |
6 |
22 |
ZIM`S SUPERCROSS |
602 |
6 |
23 |
JALAPENO |
554 |
5 |
24 |
HANSEN RACING |
503 |
6 |
25 |
MISBEEHAVIN` |
491 |
6 |
26 |
ACTION GRAPHICS-FLY |
452 |
6 |
27 |
LIBERTY RACING/GHP/FLY |
414 |
5 |
28 |
TEAM B.O.B UNITED/FOX RACING |
395 |
5 |
29 |
MJT DESIGNS/BMXINSIGHT.COM |
389 |
3 |
30 |
FLY/JITTERY JOE`S |
384 |
4 |
31 |
SPOKES |
372 |
3 |
32 |
BIKE STOP |
355 |
4 |
33 |
TOTAL KONTROL RACING |
352 |
4 |
34 |
DIABLOS RACING INTENSE |
344 |
4 |
35 |
NOR CAL BMX |
330 |
4 |
36 |
RIDGE BROTHERS RACING/BMX HEX |
327 |
4 |
37 |
LINDER-STAATS |
326 |
2 |
38 |
VINTAGEBMX.COM/SUPERCROSS |
305 |
3 |
39 |
DIRT WARRIORS |
304 |
2 |
40 |
HARO/ONEAL/BOMBSHELL |
297 |
2 |
41 |
UNIVERSITY CYCLERY |
293 |
3 |
42 |
CODE RED/POOR BOY |
283 |
4 |
43 |
WHEELED ASSSAULT SPORTS/RADD RACING |
271 |
3 |
44 |
BIG O TIRES RACING TEAM |
265 |
2 |
45 |
ANTIOCH CYCLERY |
256 |
2 |
46 |
FPS |
251 |
3 |
47 |
RACEFACEPLATES.COM |
251 |
2 |
48 |
DOYLE BROS. RACING |
250 |
2 |
49 |
AGGIELAND CYCLING |
247 |
4 |
50 |
ALL STAR BIKE SHOP |
246 |
2 |
51 |
CHICO BIKE AND BOARD-DIRT TWISTER RACING |
241 |
2 |
52 |
OUTDOOR EDGE |
238 |
2 |
53 |
EAST COAST THUNDER BMX |
237 |
2 |
54 |
IDAHO EXPRESS |
226 |
2 |
55 |
BAD BONES RACING |
224 |
2 |
56 |
ANIMAL |
217 |
3 |
57 |
SUN CITY RACING |
217 |
2 |
58 |
SUDDEN IMPACT |
216 |
2 |
59 |
OFF THE CHAIN RACING |
213 |
2 |
60 |
ATOMIC AIR RACING |
184 |
2 |
61 |
NEXT GENERATION BICYCLES PLUS |
158 |
1 |
62 |
TEAM UNLEASHED |
157 |
2 |
63 |
OKLAHOMA SUN BRU |
122 |
2 |
64 |
JOEYBRADFORD.COM |
115 |
1 |
65 |
BASINGER RACING |
110 |
1 |
66 |
TEAM HAVOK |
108 |
2 |
67 |
WILLIAMS WINDOWS & RENOVATIONS |
103 |
1 |
68 |
SUN BRU OKLAHOMA |
102 |
1 |
69 |
BAKERVIEW BMX TEAM |
100 |
3 |
70 |
MISFITS BMX RACING |
100 |
2 |
71 |
T-TOWN TROOP |
86 |
1 |
72 |
NO EXCUSE RACING |
85 |
2 |
73 |
HERB`S CYCLERY/ PAIN |
83 |
2 |
74 |
PERFORMANCE BIKE PARTS "TEAM B" |
81 |
1 |
75 |
S.D.R. |
74 |
1 |
76 |
PAIN EZZ/HERB`S CYCLERY |
68 |
1 |
77 |
POLARIS RACING |
57 |
1 |
78 |
2 FAST BMX |
54 |
1 |
79 |
O-ZONE RACING |
47 |
2 |
80 |
COMMON THREAT RACING/EXTREME SPORTS |
44 |
1 |
81 |
TEAM ALLEN BMX |
39 |
2
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ABA BMX would like to thank all the 2007 National Series sponsors:
Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex (www.disneysports.com ) American Suzuki-(www.suzukicycles.com ) Yamaha Waverunner-(www.yamaha-motor.com ) BAWLS Guarana (www.bawls.com ) Bawlstyle (www.bawlstyle.com )Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com ) FLY Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com ) Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com ) GT Bicycles-(www.gtbicycles.com ) Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com ) Intense BMX-(www.intensebmx.com ) GameStop-(www.gamestop.com ) EB Games-(www.ebgames.com )
Without their support, we couldn`t make the 2007 ABA racing season such a huge success. Support the sponsors that support ABA BMX racing.
ABA press release
With the ABA BMX Las Vegas event being such a HUGE success, and moto and rider count being one of the biggest ever you can bet there were some major changes in the points for the ABA National #1Title chases. Las Vegas was a must attend for all the PRO's top riders, manufactures, and teams. The excitement level was high, the talent was deep, and the pressure was unbelievable for everyone. With that being said, here's a look at who's leading the ABA National #1 Title chases in all eight catagories for a band new Suzuki!
AMATEUR 1 DEREK SIPKOI 1657 PERRIS GIRLS 1 RACHAEL BLACKWELL 1538 LUFKIN CRUISER 1 BROCK HEFFRON 1558 GILBERT GIRLS CRUISER 1 DOMINIQUE DANIELS 1523 GILBERT |
AA PRO 1 DANNY CALUAG 2485 1 ALISE POST 2458 1 DANNY CALUAG 2438 VET PRO 1 JASON CARNES 2425 |
ABA BMX would like to thank all the 2007 National Series sponsors:
Disney’s Wide World of Sports Complex (www.disneysports.com ) American Suzuki-(www.suzukicycles.com ) Yamaha Waverunner-(www.yamaha-motor.com ) BAWLS Guarana (www.bawls.com ) Bawlstyle (www.bawlstyle.com )Redline Bicycles-(www.redlinebicycles.com ) FLY Racing-(www.flyracingbmx.com ) Sponsorhouse-(www.sponsorhouse.com ) GT Bicycles-(www.gtbicycles.com ) Tangent-(www.tangentproducts.com ) Intense BMX-(www.intensebmx.com ) GameStop-(www.gamestop.com ) EB Games-(www.ebgames.com )
Without their support, we couldn`t make the 2007 ABA racing season such a huge success. Support the sponsors that support ABA BMX racing.
bmxultra.com press release
Round 6 of the WA Super Series was held at the Southern Districts BMX Club amongst grey skies, rain showers and plenty of wind!
Historically the track is on an old velodrome (opened in 1971 according to the plaque at the track) and contributes to the bowl-like layout with plenty of trees and grass banks to sit on. The track itself is not what you call challenging and if you’ve got some good first straight pull, you had a distinct advantage. However the lack of technicality was made up for in fast and close racing in all age groups. Some major players were absent from the race including Scott Taylor and Jade McPherson who was representing at the Worlds in Canada. Others may have chosen to sit this one out as the weather in Perth has been crapola for the past 2-3 weeks (hey we no complain – the dams need it). So onto racing:
A-Women
This was a combined affair with 4 riders starting which meant that it was effectively a 4 moto final to decide the cheques. Cat Hopkins had a perfect day taking the win from Laura Western and Alyce Patroni in 3rd with all placings identical in each moto.
A-Men
18 riders were on the start list which meant semi finals again. Masters rider Tony Keogh is mixing it well in this class and was unlucky not to make the main after he was sitting comfortably in 2nd spot in the semi going into turn 2 when he left the door open and got taken high. Turns out he was not fussed in missing out as his 35+ legs were on their way out!!
So it’s main event time and the final 8 were Mitchell Kerr (Freedom BMX), Josh Cardy, Mason and Jaymin King (Felt/Pal & Panther Racing), Joel Stevens, Shaun Black, Tyler Green and Cam Ainger.
Two wins and a second ensured Jaymin King earned top spot on the podium ahead of Cameron Ainger and Tyler Green a further 3 points adrift in the 3-spot. These riders particularly are making a name for themselves in A-Pro with consistent podium finishes so it wont be long before they say hello to Double A.
Bruiser Cruiser
A record 15 riders entered the Masters class on the weekend which is the most since the class was introduced in WA. The racing is extremely close at the moment with any number of riders able to take the win. The main was won by BMXULTRA.COM team rider Matt Butterworth, followed closely by Wayne Green and 7A Nathan Schmiedte. Matt has now placed no lower than 2nd in 4 of the 6 rounds in Bruiser Cruiser and it was also the round where the new ONE/BMXULTRA.COM team jersey made its first appearance.
AA Men
No semi finals this time around with 11 riders making the start list. The AA rider count was down on previous meetings but that only meant those knocking on the door were able to taste some main event action.
The top 8 read as Dylan Prince, Joe Hey, Jake Farrell, Kane Gill, Lindsay Truscott, Andrew Gillett, Tim Mores and Brock Murray.
Brock was looking strong all day and recorded 5 wins overall in the motos and finals including sweeping all three mains to run out a clear winner. Tim Mores and Andre Gillett filled the podium spots with Andrew snaking 3rd on a count back after finishing equal on 12 points with Lindsay Truscott. Gillett managed to finish ahead of Lindsay in the last main of the day to grab number 3.
Racing returns to the country next round with the Dandalee BMX Club in Narrogin hosting what is always a laid back, cruisey and fun weekend on the 19th August.
Double A Marketing press release
UCI World Championship Victoria, Canada
The World Championships are always the toughest race for the Elite Racers and the 2007 event was by far the most competitive in BMX history. With over 150 Elite Pros signed up for the event, this was the largest showing of the worlds best pros all at one event. The World Championship track in Victoria was by far one of the most technical and outstanding BMX racing tracks that the event has ever been raced on and it was a true showing of the worlds best racers in the main event. For team USA, this was the first event for qualifying points for the 2008 Olympic selection so there was even more at stake than ever for our riders. This always important and meaningful event just got a bit more prestigious and the Double A Marketing Pros were ready to take on the challenge of the ever so difficult task of representing Team USA into the main event:
Kyle Bennett has been a man on a mission all season after coming back from ACL surgery. Kyle had a speedy and successful recovery from an injury that can be a career ending one and has show his determination, natural ability, and dedication to the sport of BMX. Kyle has been looking towards winning races and titles in 2007, as he has come on strong and just sits 4 points out of 1st in the NBL title chase and the Worlds are always on Kyle list of races to peak for. As Kyle arrived in Victoria to the track on Thursday, he took a liking to the track and seemed to master it quickly on the 1st day of practice. Kyle by far looked the quickest but as anyone knows this is BMX racing and anything can happen. Well for Kyle the only thing that happened as the race started was 1st place finishes, as he won every race of the day on Saturday as the Elite Men's racing took place. As the main event was lined up on the gate, it was anyone's race to win, but all eyes were on Kyle as his dominating style had the crowd as their favorite. When the gate dropped, Kyle jumped to the lead with Aussie Khalen Young and Stumpy just behind. Kyle edged out both riders into the 1st turn and Khalen gave Kyle a run, but was unable to pass him. Down the last strait, Kyle pulled away and captured his 3rd UCI World Title. Kyle was overwhelmed with joy, as all his hard work had a huge payoff and the win puts him back into the World Champion jersey. Kyle looks forward to a year with the rainbow jersey and hopes to be able to replace it with a Olympic Medal in one year time. Kyle's sponsors include Free Agent, KHS, Fly Racing, Bombshell, www.bmxtraining.com, Sun Rims, Shimano, UGP, Kenda, Thomson, S & M bars, ODI, ORP, Powerbar, Cyto Sport, and BMXpros.com.
Randy Stumpfhauser is known as a one of the top Pros in the world due to the fact that he is a World Specialist with 4 Elite Cruiser World Titles and 2 2nd's and 3 3rd's in the Elite Men's Class over the years. Randy gave up racing Cruiser 2 years ago on a quest to get the Elite Men's title and this has been dangerous for all the other Elite Pros as Randy has fully focused on one bike. Coming into the event, Randy was hoping he would be 100% ready, as just 2 weeks ago at the ABA event in Las Vegas, a crash in the AA Pro main event on Saturday left Randy with a sore wrist and had him sit out of the racing action on Sunday. Randy healed up find and was ready to race for the title at the Worlds. On Practice day, Randy did not seem to have the track 100% wired at the end of the day, but come race time, Randy was flawless and ready to go. As race day unfolded, Stumpy looked great on the track and made his way to the main event look easy. Randy was looking for a title but was very happy to make it to the Podium as he raced his way to a 3rd place finish. Randy noted he did feel his fastest on race day but to watch him finish 3rd, you would never have guessed that. Randy was ecstatic for his finish as well as the win for Kyle. Randy will now get ready for the next huge event of 2007, as him, as well as all the other Double A Marketing Pro riders will head off to Beijing, China in 2 weeks for the next round of the UCI Supercross series on the Olympic BMX track. Randy's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Kenda, SINZ Racing, ODI, Tangent, Sun Rims, Bombshell, Fly Racing, Powerbar, OGIO, SDG, SRAM, Cyto Sport, and BMXpros.com.
Joey Bradford is not a rider who makes up excuses and just does what he needs to when it comes to racing. Joey has been looking forward to racing the Junior Elite Class all season and was the clear favorite to take home the gold. He is also one who is always ready for anything and the Worlds was just a situation. A week before the event, Joey had a crash in training that jammed his hand and wrist and a day before the event, as it didn't get any better, Joey went to have it check out and found out that he had broken 2 bones, 1 in his hand and one in his wrist. Joey had a hard decision to make and decided to give it a go and try to see if he could race at the World Championship. Joey did very little practice up to the day of racing, but one the racing stated, you would have never known it, as he looked smooth on the track and was out front a lot in qualifying. Joey was in a lot of pain, but he tried to work through it. Joey was able to make it to the main event and when the gate dropped, Joey had the lead and had a good lap up to the last turn, where he bonked a jump and was unable to pull on the bars, and slowed down just enough to get passed. Joey was able to hold on and finish 2nd. Joey showed true tenacity racing with this injury and had an incredible day with the 2nd place finish. Joey's sponsors include GT Bicycles, Fly Racing, Oakley, Bombshell, THE Products, Sun Ringle, Kenda, SDG, FSA, Sponsorhouse, Powerbar, Cyto Sport, Circle E, SRAM, OGIO, Sirius Satellite Radio, JoeyBradford.com, and BMXpros.com
Double A Marketing proudly represents Cristian Becerine, Kyle Bennett, Joey Bradford, Brandon Meadows, and Randy Stumpfhauser. For more information on any of the riders or on Double A Marketing, please e-mail BMXpros - info@BMXpros.com
Double A Marketing BMXPros.com
Press Release / Public Announcement from Park Orchards BMX Club, Eastern Region
and BMX Victoria:
Following consideration of the likelihood of ongoing wet weather, and the consequent
difficulty of providing an appropriate venue for the upcoming final round of the Eastern
Region’s Metro Plate series the Park Orchards BMX Club and the Eastern Region have
agreed to transfer the venue of that race meeting to Eastfield BMX clubs track.
This decision is made recognizing the need to have the track and spectator facilities in
premium condition for the forthcoming Victorian Interclub race meeting, leading up to
the WD40 Victorian Open State Championships later in the year. The ongoing spectator
area alterations (already delayed due to rain) are due to be completed by mid-August as
are some enhancements to the race track, including tuning of the Pro Section.
Transferring of the Metro Plate race meeting will allow the spectator area surfaces to
consolidate without the probable set-back of heavy foot traffic within only a few weeks
of it being finished, and for the track mod’s to be appropriately tested.
This decision has been reached by Park Orchards and the Eastern Region, in conjunction
with BMX Victoria, and considering the cost to the Park Orchards club and the impact on
the reputations of the Eastern Region and BMX Victoria has obviously not been made
lightly.
Park Orchards BMX Club gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and assistance of
Eastfield BMX Club in reaching this resolution.
The hosts of the event will continue to be the Park Orchards BMX Club and entries
should be posted to their PO Box address.
All enquiries regarding this change of venue should be directed to Park Orchards Club –
Pam Beerens 0427 516 863 or Rob Symmons 0401 211 833.