2001 News

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29/12 Top Aussie rides for 2001
It's about this time of year that you expect to see top lists to sum up the year, I have avoided doing anything like it in the past but 2001 was a big year for Australian BMX. Below is the BMXUltra.com top list in no particular order.
Warwick Stevenson - Against all odds and with Christophe Leveque (one of the biggest names in BMX) breathing down his neck, Warwick took out the ABA AA Pro crown for 2001 topping off a finals birth in the senior elite class at the UCI world championships.
Kamakazi - First Kamakazi took out the double at the Australian championships in both Senior elite cruiser and 20 inch classes, he went to the US and his first race was in the AA pro class, within a month he had won his first AA pro national. Kamakazi also made the senior elite cruiser class final at the UCI world championships. He continued on with the US national circuit until he broke his ankle, he returned home to rest up. He then flew back to the US to race the ABA Grands where he was awarded the ABA rookie of the year.
Luke Madill - Luke was one of the favourites for the Australian Championships crown, but unfortunatly there can be only one winner. Luke spent a few months in the US racing the national circuit in a lead up to the UCI world championships and took a number of wins on the way. Luke made it to the final of the senior elite mens final but a fall kept him from the podium. To top this off Luke won a number of the largest races in Australia and is the first Australian to have a signature frame marketed for an Australian audience.
Michael Robinson - Michael also made the final of the senior elite mens class at the Australian national championships and proceeded on to the US where he also made a dent in the A pro ranks. When he returned to Australia he had many great battles with Luke Madill
Grant White - In 2001 Grant took on the US AA pro curcuit for the second time in his career, his consistency week in week out helped him finish in the top 10 and 3rd in the Pro cruiser class
There are many more that rate a honourable mention including Ronnie Dugdell, Shane Aglawatta, Sean Dwight and Travis Turesson.
That about sums it up for 2001, we look forward to bringing you more of the latest in BMX racing news from Australia and around the world in 2002.

27/12 Beating the Aussie Sun
Australia is known world wide for it's bronzed Aussies and skin cancer and most of the biggest BMX races in Australia are held during the hottest months where there is little relief from the sun. While I am keen to keep out of the sun personally, I'm too lazy to piece together the standard old canopy which takes ages to assemble and even longer to pack away.
I am quite aware of the EZI-UP canopy which can be seen surrounding many BMX tracks in the US, but they cost $1000AUS which is equivalent to about 2-3 weeks wages for some people. The EZI-UP is the type of tent usually used by teams with branding printed all over them. There is no assembly, you pretty much pull on the corners and pop them up, it takes 2 people and less than a minute to assemble. I have been looking for an alternative, something that's a little more affordable and only a few weeks ago while I was looking through K-mart (apparently it's the only place where they are available in Australia) I stumbled across something that was very similar called an EZI-SHADE. Although it is slightly smaller than the 3m x 3m EZI-UP, it's top is 2.35m x 2.35m and base is 3m x 3m it's price tag puts it at only $200AUS, at this price you could buy 2.
For those of you, like myself, who hate setting up the clumsy standard canopies this is the perfect solution for keeping out of the scorching sun in between motos.
Oh yeah, while you are at the races look out for the BMXUltra.com canopy with the Answer banner hanging from it, if we are there you won't miss it.

23/12 Reader Writes: Warranty Warning
Every once in a while we receive an email that we like to share with you because we think some others may benefit. Please note this is not anything personal against any manufacturers, but a warning to not expect too much if you purchase a BMX bike of any kind. This one is from Western Australia and this is how the story goes;

'I bought a Free Agent "Hellcat" that is engineered, marketed and sold as a purpose built dirt bike. The sales brochures state this and the bike shop owner recommended the bike.
I bought the bike for my son and he had fun with it for a few months but at the recent Joondalup Extreme sports carnival on the 25th of November 2001 he did some practice jumps before the events started. On his last jump (a heel clicker) he landed the bike cleanly but then fell off. When he picked up the bike to ride off the landing pad he saw that the rear frame was badly bent.

The claim

I took the bike back to the bike shop and the frame was sent to the distributors for Free Agent in Perth. They forwarded the frame on to head office in Sydney for "metallurgical testing" and a decision by their manager.

My enquiry with the Sydney office regarding the metallurgical testing was fruitless. He did not know anything about any testing. So, someone was telling porky pies.

The Decision

I am sorry, the frame "does not meet warranty criteria". Now what does this really mean?
It seems that if the frame is badly bent (how bad, is bad ?), the distributor is calling it "excessive abuse", and I think is hiding behind this for rejecting claims.

What is reasonable?

When a bike is manufactured, marketed, and sold as a "dirt bike" then it should be of a quality that will not fail with reasonable use, as it was intended.
The subject of "chrome alloy frame" is also something to question. What standard and thickness (engineering and design) is it really, and what is it being passed-off as? Will it, with reasonable use, withstand what it was sold and marketed for?

Witnesses to the event

Several of his friends saw what happened and were amazed at the extent of frame bend.
Comments like "it should not happen to this sort of bike" were made. Some others, but I can't print these!!!

The chief judge of the competition also saw the jump and the damage to the frame. I have a statutory declaration from him to this effect, and will be taking this warranty issue as far as I can.
I wonder if Free Agent management is aware of the antics of their distributors and the lack of support and warranty for their products? I will let you know how I get on with Free Agent USA and their distributor.

My son now has a Schwinn Automatic Team and it's awesome!!'

So you see our reader may have been mislead by a marketing brochure but rule of thumb is if you buy any BMX frame, no matter what the purpose, you could end up without warranty. Unless there is a manufacturing problem, and bending the frame may not fall into this category.

18/12 Gul and Jung off Hyper
According to mikegul.com, both Mike Gul and current ABA #1 Pro Girl Alice Jung will not be riding for Hyper for 2002. Mike has been riding for Hyper for the past 4 years and Alice rode for them for 2001. So who will they be riding for you ask? Stay tuned, or keep an eye on mikegul.com.

17/12 Australian Racing In January
January is one of the most action packed months of BMX racing that Australia has to offer, and to top that off it's probably the richest month of the year as well.
For many years the tradition was a week of racing around Brisbane and the Gold Coast (QLD) in the middle of January. In 2000 Melbourne joined in to share the limelight with an additional week of racing called the "Track Attack". (I still think the "Week of Racing" or "Victoria Cup" would make more sense inside and outside the sport, but that's a whole different article.)
Here's how it looks at this stage;
Queensland, January.
5-6, Nerang, Over $7,000 in prize money (contact Mick Hattin (07) 5530 3908)
8, Beenleigh, $700 in prize money (contact Marj (07) 3287 3804)
10, Centenary Plains, $700 in prize money (contact Kayelene (07) 3812 2494)
12-13, Ashmore BMX Club $15,000 in prizes (contact Jim Carmody (07) 4151 4111)
Victoria (Over $15,500 in prize money for total series contact Lyndon Downing 03 9876 3099 or Lyndon.Downing@bigpond.com)
19, Park Orchards
20, Frankston
22, Knox
24, Eastfield
26, South Eastern
27, Lilydale
Story is that many of these events will be later televised on Fox sport, who knows maybe you could make yourself famous. If you need any more information about the events you should probably contact the people above, if you need extra info on what to do while you are visiting Melbourne feel free to drop me a line to the email address at the top of this page.

15/12 AUSTRALIAN BMX CHAMPIONS END YEAR ON HIGH NOTE.
To cap off a succesful year for BMX riders in Australia, the 2001 Australian cycling awards was held in Adelaide on Friday 14th December.
With the integration of the 2 organisations, BMX Australia now features as one of the disciplines alongside of road, track and mountain bikes, and will include nominations in the junior elite and elite categories in both male and female classes.
Previous BMX winners of the prestigious award have included Wade Bootes and Natarsha Williams (2000),
Luke Madill and Tanya Bailey (1999)
Warwick Stevenson and Rachel Marshall (1998).

Nominations for this years awards included:
Elite male: Kamakasi, Warwick Stevenson, Grant White
Elite female; Tanya Bailey, Natarsha Williams and Kylie Patroni
Junior elite male: Shane Aglawatta, Ron Dugdell, Richard Barker
Junior elite female: Bridgitte Pink, Kerrie -Lee Lucas, Amie Macpherson

Capping off a strong year that saw him win double Australian championships, Kamakasi from Queensland was announced as the elite male award winner, whilst the female award went to 2001 national champion Tanya Bailey from Western Australia.
In the junior elite male category, the award went to dual national champion Shane Aglawatta from South Australia, whilst junior elite female winner was Bridgitte Pink from Queensland.
All of the award winners were part of the Australian national squad that recently competed at the 2001 UCI-BMX world titles in Louisville Kentucky.
Kamakasi also recorded several personal bests by being the first BMX'er to enter straight off the plane into the top highly competitive"AA" level in the United States and take out a National meeting win.
His performances in the hothouse American racing scene saw him being awarded the ABA (American BMX Association) rookie of the year award.
Another spectacular performance at the ABA Grand Nationals saw Warwick Stevenson (New South Wales) take out the 2001 Grand National series title.
In an emotional trophy presentation, former 2000 ABA series champion Wade Bootes (New South Wales) made it a 2 year Australian winning streak by handing over the 2001 award to Stevenson.

13/12 DK/1-800-COLLECT PICKS UP POHLKAMP
DK Bicycles is pleased to announce the addition of top pro BMX racer Matt Pohlkamp to the DK/1-800-COLLECT team.

2002 will mark the second time in his career that Matt Pohlkamp has ridden for the DK team. In 1994 Matt earned his first NBL national championship, #118-20 year-old expert, in DK colors. At the time DK hadn¹t ventured into the complete bicycle business, but sponsored Pohlkamp to promote DK¹s line of components. Soon after earning the #1 plate Matt was whisked away by Schwinn where he stayed for seven seasons.

Matt is happy to be back on DK and referred to the move as "coming home." He was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, just thirty miles south of DK¹s headquarters. "It just feels right," added Pohlkamp, "DK is right here so it¹ll be easy to get everything that I need." DK¹s employees share Pohlkamp¹s enthusiasm and are happy to have their local hero riding for their brand.

Pohlkamp has come a long way since winning that NBL #1 plate in 1994. Highlights of his pro career include winning the 1999 ABA Monster-X series, over fifteen pro national events, and Snap BMX Magazine¹s 2001 NORA Cup. NORA stands for Number One Rider Award and is voted on by the readers of Snap BMX Magazine. Many consider it the most illustrious award in BMX because it¹s a measure of your character and popularity rather than your race results. Pohlkamp finished second in the 2002 NORA Cup behind his new DK/1-800-COLLECT teammate Robbie Miranda. Matt finished the 2001 NBL season ranked #3 in the AA Pro ranks.

Matt will make his DK/1-800-COLLECT debut at the NBL Christmas Classic on December 28-29th in Columbus, Ohio.

12/12 Singapore's New Track
There has been a lot of progress in Singapore's BMX racing scene over the past 18 months or so, and we have been keeping a close eye on things. Those guys are gearing up for the 2003 UCI world championships to be held in Perth, Western Australia. Not only do they have a series where the top 6 riders win a 2-way airfare to Perth but they also have a world class BMX track that they are in the process of finishing off right now.
We have been keeping in touch with John and the boys and they are very keen to take on some international competition. They have been planning an Asia Pacific regional challenge event, but we all know that events are not easy to organise or run. Such an event will help Singapore promote and develop the sport.
To check out the new track and the latest news from Singapore go to www.osbmx.com.

07/12 2001 PLANET X SUMMER GAMES - IT'S ON FOR YOUNG AND OLD
Wednesday saw the cream of Australia's extreme talent hit the street course and vert ramp as the Planet X Summer Games preliminary events began at the Sydney SuperDome. In a strange twist the youngest inliner and the oldest skateboarder claimed victory in their events, proving that extreme sport has not age requirement, just a state of mind.

In the Inline Street Eliminator event, youngest competitor CJ Wellsmore (13) from the ACT bested 34 skaters from around the country to grab the top spot and his place in the main event. Despite his age, this is no surprise to many in the industry as CJ has been competing for many years, even travelling to Asia and the USA.

At the upper end of the 'age spectrum' was seasoned performer Tony Hallam, the oldest eliminator competitor at 34 years of age. Tony showed the 13 other skate vert competitors that youth cannot beat experience as he stormed home to take the top spot on the ramp.

"I'm stoked," he said after punching the air in a victory salute on hearing the results. "I was injured last year so it's good to be back.

BMX Vert is possibly the most challenging of the bike disciplines, evidenced by the small turn out for today's eliminator as it was only the most courageous (crazy) competitors who turned out to tackle the 4m vertical ramp. Newcastle's Michael Forbeim's consistent big airs and smooth transitions earned him 1st place, with David Johnson, Daniel Hunt, Michael Hodgson and Ken de Graaf also heading to the main event on Saturday.

06/12 ACTIVISION SHIPS MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™ FOR THE GAME BOY® ADVANCE
Sydney, Australia -- Gamers can feel the adrenaline rush of BMX biking action in the palm of their hand with the release of Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ for the Game Boy® Advance. Currently available at retail stores nationwide, the game expands Activision's successful action sports franchise to the next generation handheld by allowing players to perform hundreds of tricks and signature moves in a variety of street, vert and dirt courses. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX is rated G8+ by the Office of Film and Literature Classification and carries a suggested retail price of AU$89.95 (inc GST).

"Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX delivers an exhilarating and authentic BMX gaming experience," said Larry Goldberg, executive vice president, Activision Worldwide Studios. "With large interactive levels and numerous tricks including ice pick grinds and 540° bar spins, the game pushes the power of the Game Boy Advance and is sure to be a must-have title for both BMX enthusiasts and casual gamers this holiday season."

Developed by HotGen Studios, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX for the Game Boy Advance lets players ride like the 10-time World Vert champion, Mat "Condor" Hoffman or seven other top-ranked vert, dirt and street BMX pros. The game's intuitive and solid control scheme and easy-to-learn trick and combo system allows players to perform hundreds of trick combos and signature moves unique to the sport. Gamers can choose from one of six realistic street, vert and dirt courses filled with challenges, secret areas and interactive ramps, rails and funboxes. With both single-player and multiplayer modes, the game offers a wealth of options, including Single Session, Free Ride and an in-depth Career mode.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted revenues of $620 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2001.

Activision maintains operations in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at http://www.activision.com.

06/12 Sean Dwight Press Release
Sean Dwight training systems would like to congratulate Warwick "Podge" Stevenson, Kyle Bennett & Greg Romero on there 1.2.3 finish at the "Greatest race on earth", the ABA Grand Nationals.
*Warwick is the youngest ABA AA Pro Champ in the modern era
*Kyle won his first ever AA main event
*Greg has returned to the podium to prove that he is a serious threat for the 2002 title chase
Sean would also like to wish 2001 Amatuer #1 Ian Stoffel a speedy recovery for his broken hand & congratulate him on his decision to turn Pro for the 2002 season. Anyone intersted in working with one of the greatest training minds in our sport today, drop Sean a line at ozzie_sean@hotmail.com.

05/12 Aussie National Pro Series and TV Show
BMXPRESS is pleased to announce that the first ever-national pro circuit called the "BMXPRESS BICYCLE SUPER-X SERIES" will begin in January 2002. The series will come to a conclusion in November in Victoria. The basis behind the series is to have more big events and more money.
AA-Pro will have a guaranteed minimum of $4000 per round and payments go to sixteenth place. You only need to make a semi final to win more than your entry back. Places 9th - 16th will compete for approx. $1000. This is more than most regular open races. As the series progresses we plan to increase the pro purses where possible.
There will be eight rounds over six weekends. Rounds will be in Queensland, NSW, Vic and S.A. The Grand Nationals will be in Victoria. Track/ location to be finalised.
There will be six regular rounds. We will take the best four scores plus the Grands weekend. There will be series prizes and rankings for your final placing from the entire series. Rankings only apply to AA-Pro and Female Pro. Series Champion awards to be determined.
All Pro-Elite riders who are racing AA-Pro that made the top 10 at the 2001 Australian Championships will be required to use their top 10 ranking. This is compulsory. No state rankings or other class rankings will be recognised. The top ten rankings are reserved for AA-Pro and Pro Female classes only. A-Pro riders are not permitted to use any numbers 1-10. All Pro numberplates are to be black. This is also compulsory.
The first two rounds will be at Nerang 5th and 6th of January 2002. This race is officially called the "SUMMER NATIONALS". This is a double header with $4000 per day for AA-Pro (paid to 16th each day). This prize money is more than you will get at the Australian Championships. Round three has been confirmed for 10th March at the 2002 Liverpool Masters.
If there is 16 or less riders in AA-Pro the top 8 go to the main and ride for $4000. If there is 17-24 riders in AA-Pro there will be 2 x six man semi finals. The top 16 then will get paid. If there is 25 or more riders there will be 2 x 8 man semis with the top 16 getting paid. Top eight in Female and A-Pro will get paid. This will encourage more people to turn AA-Pro.
All pro classes including the AA-Pro consolation final will run a three main-main. The break down for AA-Pro will not be in accordance with BMXA rules. BMXPRESS will consult a number of riders to get a fairer breakdown. First place in AA-Pro each round will walk away with a minimum of $1000. All other rules are that in the BMXA handbook.
BMXPRESS is also proud to announce that we have a multi year deal with FOX SPORTS for a half-hour Television program. That's right BMXPRESS now owns a TV Show. Every round of the series will be televised on national TV. All AA-Pro + AA-Pro consolation mains, female Pro, A-Pro finals and interviews will be seen on national TV. A half an hour of pure BMX on TV, an Australian first, BMX Racing regularly televised. If you picture the way "CRANK" from the USA is formatted, our program will be identical. The TV Program will be called "BMX CENTRAL", (trademark pending). Because BMXPRESS owns and produces the program, it will be produced with the riders in mine, as is BMXPRESS Magazine. BMX CENTRAL will air nationally on FOX SPORTS weekday afternoons. We are currently negotiating with a couple of overseas television companies and BMX CENTRAL could be seen in the USA by the end of next year. BMX CENTRAL will not be just covering racing; we will also be covering freestyle and dirt jumping. Research has indicated that initially, in excess of two million viewers will see BMX CENTRAL. The first programs will go to air in February 2002. All events will be made into videos for sale to the general public.
BMX CENTRAL will be hosted by Anthony "Howie" Waye, four times AA-Pro champ. Trackside reporters will be Craig "Deuce" Sainsbury and Julian Millis.
BMXPRESS will have a website up and running by mid December. This will have the battle charts, rules and info etc. Log onto www.bmxpressmag.com

01/12 Victorian State Championships Results
In the 19 years that I have been competing at the Victorian state championships I have never seen a wetter weekend, which was a big shame for the Warrnambool BMX Club, they have done a lot of work and put together a great track. Warrnambool is about a 3 hour drive east of Melbourne and pretty much the whole time we were in our car on the way there it was coming down cats and dogs, this was Friday and pretty much a big indication of how the weekend would be.
Saturday
While the weather looked like it might fine up in the morning during practice, it wasn't long before it clouded over and the heavens opened up again, the track held up well but the surrounds were turning to mush.
In the Elite classes there were a number of outstanding riders.
Junior Elite looked to be a 4 way battle between local boy Luke Pretlove, Jamie Truran, Kennith Burr and Tom Smith. These guys were pretty much untouchable in their class, but Nick Mitas was also keeping a low profile. As their racing progressed each of these riders were qualifying easily until the last moto where Jamie Truran with a huge lead seemed to miss time the rhythm section down the second last straight and went over the bars, breaking his wrist.
In the Senior Elite class Danny Galea was looking very strong, Simon Anderson was looking as consistant as ever and Tony Harvey made the trip down from NSW to have another crack at the state crown. Each of these three riders have been state elite champion over the past 4 or so years so they all knew what it would take to win the event. There were plenty of others who wanted a piece of the action, including Adam Robb (who was racing well despite carrying a back injury), Jamie Wallace, Ben Price, Carl Wilson and Andrew Sexton. As the day dragged on many riders were having problems, mostly with the gate, the cement was so smooth on the start hill add a little bit of water and it was very hard to get traction. Others like Jamie Wallace were having a lot of bad luck on the track, he went down heavily on Saturday.
Elite Cruiser was combined Junior and Senior Elite with the likes of Galea, Robb, Anderson, Wallace, Jenkins and even the juniors Truran, Burr and Smith.
Sunday
After the 3 motos on Saturday there were still two to go on Sunday, so there was still time to make up valuable points. In Elite Cruiser Jenkins pulled out a big win in his last moto to secure a finals birth. In Senior Elite it came down to the last moto for Wallace, but his missed out by one point. Jamie Truran qualified for both his finals but was later ruled out by the officials.
In the Elite Cruiser final Galea was out to stamp his dominance once again and Anderson wasn't going to let him have it all his own way. When the gate dropped both these riders jumped to the lead, Galea hit the first jump all wrong and hit the deck hard, Wallace also went down. Anderson took the win with Robb in second and Smith in Third.
In the Junior Elite final Burr blew everyone away out of the gate even the local favourite Pretlove, but then he borked half way down the first straight and Pretlove went by him, in a last ditched effort Burr pulled a moved on Pretlove coming out of the first corner, but didn't have the weight to pull it off and he just bounced off messing up the rest of the field. Pretlove took the win with Nick Mitas in Second.
Senior Elite was the event everyone was waiting for when the gate dropped Galea seemed to have missed it and Harvey got the early lead on the field, Anderson in second, Price in third and Wilson in fourth. Coming out of the first corner Sexton tried to pull a move on Wilson, but they both left the track is real style. In the second corner Anderson got in front of Harvey and they battled away until the last straight where Anderson got a hand lead and shut Harvey down.
In the other classes, Glenn Surige took his first championship ever in the 30-34 cruiser, Robb Slater took the double in the 19+ Men and 19-24 Cruiser, Wayne Flint took the #1 in 25-29 cruiser. Brian Kelly narrowly beat Glenn Surige in the 30-34 men, Trevor "the cross dresser" Weber took 25-29 men. This was all I could remember off the top of my head, sorry folks.
The BMXUltra.com crew
In the BMXUltra.com camp Wade Worth finished 6th in the 12 Boys which may be his last ride for some time. Jamie Truran was flying but you can't do much with a broken wrist, he'll be back for more. Luke Chmielewski, who made both Elite mains last year had an off weekend, but he is determine to get in there next year. Shane Jenkins competed at his 19th consecutive state championship and finished with a 5th in Elite Cruiser which means at least one top 8 finish for all 19 championships.
Adam Robb was happy with his 2nd and 5th, given the problems he was having with his back were stopping him from going hard out of the gate. Danny Galea had some bad luck but he'll come back, last time he had bad luck he followed that year up with a double in the Elite class.
Results
Junior Elite
1 Luke Pretlove
2 Nick Mitas
3 Chris Bertuch
4 Tom Smith
5 Tomas Hollings
6 Kenneth Burr
7 Adam Bensch
8 Anthony Robinson
Senior Elite
1 Simon Anderson
2 Tony Harvey
3 Ben Price
4 Paul Morris
5 Adam Robb
6 Daniel Galea
7 Carl Wilson
8 Andrew Sexton
Elite Cruiser
1 Simon Anderson
2 Adam Robb
3 Tom Smith
4 Glenn Porter
5 Shane Jenkins
6 Adam Bensch
7 Daniel Galea
8 Jamie Wallace

30/11 On the Road Again
Things have been hectic at the BMXUltra.com HQ. We've been working flat out (for Mike Gul that is short for "flat out like lizard drinking") because we have been moving our whole 230 Mb of website to a different server. The best thing about the move is you didn't have to do anything, it all still works and is still easy to find...although there were a few short periods when the site just vanished. With that work out of the way, you can look forward to us finishing off the final touches to the "Offline" CDROM (a BMX racing CDROM available only through www.bmxbits.com.au) and a bunch of reviews that we have to catch up on. And as soon as we find time we'll be putting our views of the 2001 Victorian State Championship, but while we are at it well done to Simon Anderson (Mongoose/fastrider.com) who won the Elite Criuser and Senior Elite state championship to top off a great year.

29/11 Answer Wins Multiple Awards in Tulsa
Cementing the fact that it has the most dominant team in BMX racing, the Answer/Pro Concept team clinched its first ever ABA #1 Factory Team title this past weekend at the ABA Grands in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

In addition to the #1 title, Answer also received the Golden Crank award for "Team of the Year". The Golden Crank is awarded to the team which receives the most votes from ABA members. This is the second time Answer has received the coveted award.

Answer/Pro Concept is also very proud of team rider Jarrett Kolich (15 Expert), who was crowned the National #1 Amateur Cruiser Champion, and the Prodigy Team which won the Bike Shop team title. The Prodigy Team uses Answer forks.

Other highlights:
Wesley Jones won # 1 Amateur (Answer Forks)
Warwick Stevenson won # 1 Pro (Answer Forks)
Eric Rupe won # 1 Vet Pro (Answer Forks)
Alice Jung won # 1 Girl Pro (Answer pants/helmet/forks)

GOLDEN CRANKS:
Answer/Pro Concept - Team of the Year
Pro Concept Bikes - Bike of the year

27/11 Warwick Stevenson Wins ABA AA Pro Title
Warwick Stevenson (Diamond Back) won the ABA AA Pro title on the weekend, making it the second year in a row that an Australian has won after Wade Bootes took the title last year.
Jerry Landrum of BMXMania.com tells us how it went down.
Email # 1:
ABA Grands Quarter Mains, taking four riders from each group.
3rd quarter, Warwick Stevenson gets good start, tucks in behind the leader and places second to advance to the Semi.
4th quarter, Christophe Leveque gets a sub par start, touches bars with another rider, stays up, is forced in the top of the first turn, mounts a furious charge and places 7th, NOT advancing to the semi and putting him out of contention for the AA Pro Title.
Danny Nelson, who is three hundred points behind Warwick, must make the final to have a chance to beat Warwick for the title. If both do not advance to the final, Warwick wins the title. If they both advance to the main, Nelson must beat Stevenson by five places to win the title.
There are three rounds to the final, low points wins.
Email # 2:
Warwick Stevenson wins AA Pro Title! Before the third main, Warwick locked it up statistically.
In other Australian news, Sean Dwight places second at the grands in the Pro Open class, and Grant White finished #3 in cruiser and #10 in AA pro overall.
For more news from the ABA Grand Nationals check out www.bmxmania.com.

22/11 Kamakazi is ABA Rookie of the Year
In some news just in from Grant White at the the ABA Grands. Kamakazi has won the ABA Rookie Pro of the Year Award which was presented at a luncheon "Hall of Fame" induction ceremony in downtown Tulsa, OK. This is going to be one big weekend of racing for the Australian riders just you mark my words.

21/11 John Johnson is Looking for a new ride
John Johnson from Townsville (in far North Queensland) is one of Australia's fastest pro riders. He was sponsored by GT but with their demise, he is without a ride. He's been pretty quiet lately, recovering from an injury.
The extent of the injuries were quite serious he had scaphoid re-broken (L) compressed wrist joint (R) twisted bone in (R) arm and slight dislocation on (R) shoulder. All this happened when he crashed at the Gove, NT a few months ago at the 'Across the Top Challange' in practice on the Saturday night. He was in the rythm section doing a manual to bump jump over a step up step down, clipped the top and went over the bars into the face of a double. Although he kept racing to make the main he pulled out after that to go to hospital. This is his second brake of the same bone and is taking a bit longer than expected to heal. He tells us it's almost back to normal and he's all ready to go again.
John's only current sponsor is Dragin Optics...if you think you can help him out drop us an email and we'll forward it on.

19/11 Warwick Stevenson Signs With Diamondback
The rumours that Warwick Stevenson will be riding in new colours for 2002 have been squashed, he has recently signed a 2 year deal with his current sponsor Diamondback. All eyes will be on Warwick this weekend as the ABA season comes to a conclusion at the Grands, Warwick is sitting in first place, narrowly ahead of Christophe Leveque. If I was a betting man, given that Christophe is on fire right now I would put my safe money on him, but I'm not. Warwick is a great rider and an all round nice guy who deserves to win just as much as Christophe. I'm sorry Christophe, but Warwick is a fellow Aussie and I'm predicting that Warwick will take the ABA crown this year.
Let's not forget that there are a couple of other Australian riders in the mix, Wade Bootes is in 5th and Grant White is coming 9th, good luck guys.

16/11 Hoffman BMX Game News from Activision
MAT "CONDOR" HOFFMAN SOARS ONTO THE DESKTOP WITH THE RELEASE OF ACTIVISION'S MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™
Activision O2 Brings The Popular Action Sports Title To The PC
Sydney, Australia -- November 15, 2001 -- PC gamers can now experience the thrill of catching 20 feet of air while pulling a superman seat grab with Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™. Currently available at retail stores nationwide, the game lets players ride like the 10-time World Vert Champion Mat Hoffman or seven other top-ranked vert, dirt and street BMX pros. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ is rated "G8+" by the Office of Film and Literature Classification and carries suggested retail prices of AU$49.95 (includes GST).

In Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, players can ride with the signature styles of the sport's hottest riders including Cory Nastazio, Simon Tabron, Dennis "DMC" McCoy, Kevin Robinson, Rick Thorne, Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, and Joe "Butcher" Kowalski. The game challenges players to perform hundreds of tricks in a variety of realistic, street, vert and dirt jump courses.

Using an intuitive and solid control scheme, the game features 2-player LAN play with games like H-O-R-S-E, Trick Attack and Graffiti for all three types of courses. Gamers can also play in the Career Mode, moving up the ranks to win the ultimate BMX crown by unlocking new courses and upgrading their bike and rider abilities. The title was developed by LTI Gray Matter, utilising an enhanced version of Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ game engine.

ACTIVISION® SET TO LAUNCH MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX 2 AND KELLY SLATER'S PRO SURFER™ ON NEXT GENERATION CONSOLE AND HAND-HELD SYSTEMS
Sydney, Australia - November 15, 2001 - Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) today confirmed that the company is currently in development on Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2 for the Xbox™ video game system from Microsoft and Game Boy® Advance and Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer™ for Xbox, Nintendo GameCube™ and Game Boy Advance. These highly anticipated titles will leverage the power of the next generation platforms to deliver fully immersive action sports experiences. The games are yet to be classified by the Office of Film & Literature Classification and suggested retail prices are to be advised for Xbox and Nintendo GameCube titles, and for the Game Boy Advance.

The sequel to the popular title Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, which rated 9/10 in Official Australian Playstation magazine, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 lets players test their riding skills as 10-time World Vert Champion Mat "Condor" Hoffman or as one of the 10 other top-ranked BMX pros. Featuring fully interactive environments, the game challenges players to compete in a BMX tour through eight American cities. Gamers perform thousands of tricks as they experience multiple modes of play: Road Trip, Wreak Havoc, HORSE and additional multi-player split screen modes. The Trick Morpher allows gamers to pull manuals, wall rides, tire-taps, grinds, and air tricks that can be "morphed" to create new unique tricks on the fly. Players can also build their own BMX course using the next-generation Course Editor.

Kelly Slater's Pro Surfer delivers an all-out adrenaline rush as players drop down wave faces, pull into barreling tube rides and test their skills with hundreds of insane trick combinations and signature pro moves. The most authentic and exhilarating surfing title ever, the game lets players ride the waves as six-time world champion Kelly Slater and eight of the most accomplished surf pros of all time. Featuring multiple modes of play including "Surf Trip, " players can travel to 13 of the hottest real-world surf breaks including the U.S., Europe, Africa, Australia and the South Pacific in search of the perfect wave.

THE "CONDOR" TAKES A "ROAD TRIP" FOR MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™ 2 VIDEO GAME
Four New BMX Pros Join the Top-Ranked Riders From The Original Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX

Sydney, Australia -- November 15, 2001 -- Mat "Condor" Hoffman, BMX's 10-time World Vert Champion, and 10 other top BMX pros have embarked on a seven city "Road Trip" across America, to capture exclusive vert, street and dirt riding footage for inclusion in Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) upcoming Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2 video game. The game will incorporate live action footage in an entirely new manner that will further immerse gamers into the virtual BMX experience. For the first time ever, players will be able to watch their favourite pros introduce real-world levels, present their level objectives and demonstrate signature moves in cut scenes and reward movies.

Ruben Alcantara, Chad Kagy, Seth Kimbrough, and Nathan Wessel are the newest riders to join the all-star line-up of returning pros, Mat Hoffman, Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, Joe "Butcher" Kowalski, Cory Nastazio, Kevin Robinson, Simon Tabron and Rick Thorne. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 will be available in Australia for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system in Autumn 2002.

The sequel to this year's top-selling Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX title, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ 2 will allow players to perform thousands of tricks as they experience multiple modes of play: Road Trip, Wreak Havoc, HORSE and additional multi-player split screen modes. The new Trick Morpher feature lets gamers pull manuals, wall rides, tire-taps, grinds, and air tricks that can be "morphed" to create new unique tricks on the fly. Players can also build their own BMX course using the next generation Course Editor.

15/11 More Gossip
Just to add to the rumour mill of USA sponsor changes, we hear that Christophe Leveque might be heading over to Mongoose. Sean Dwight might be coming home for good after the ABA Grands, let's hope he can negotiate a deal that will keep him in the US, he has been doing very well in a strong AA pro field this year. We hear that Powerlite will be seperated from GT real soon as the strong bidding battle continues.

14/11 USA Sponsor Rumours
This time of the year there are usually a few riders changing sponsors, this year is very unusual and it seems like nearly half of all AA Pro riders on the US circuit are on the sponsor chase. Rumour has it that Todd Lyons and Chris Sanchez are off Huffy, Kevin Tomko and Andy Contes are off Haro, John Smart has also lost his ride. Throw Dale Holmes, the current UCI world champion, Matt Hadan and the GT/Schwinn team and it's going to be tough on these guys finding rides for 2002. From what I hear they should all be back for the 2002 season, but they will be on bikes that we wouldn't expect so keep an eye out. We even hear that Warwick Stevenson may have a change ahead of him. Don't forget these are only rumours at this stage. If someone could send us some facts that would be appreciated.

13/11 The Christmas Gift Answer
Have you just realised that Christmas is approaching rapidly and you are wondering what type of gift you could give to a BMXer who has everything?
We have the just the solution...Answer forks. Answer have been manufacturing forks for many years now and they are the proven leader in the BMX fork market. They have forks that fit any bike from mini to pro size to cruiser and an assortment of materials including Alloy, cromoly, Magnesium and carbon fibre. You will have trouble finding something from the range that doesn't fit your budget...and you will certainly win the heart of a BMXer that is close to you.
You might be wondering why you would change from the chromoly fork that came stock with a bike? Well, Answer forks are stiffer, stronger and lighter than any fork available for racing today and they have tonnes of track credibility.
If you would like to find out more about Answer click here to check out a review we did a while back on the Answer Mag fork or browse the website at www.answerproducts.com, it has recently been updated.

11/11 Liverpool 2002 Calendar
The Liverpool BMX Club in NSW (that's in Australia for our international readers) have a big year ahead of themselves in 2002. They are hosting the Liverpool Masters in March (one of the major events on the Australian Calendar) and the NSW state championships in October. If you would like to find out more details about the club and the year it has ahead click here to download the pdf (try www.acrobat.com...if you don't know what pdf is, and download the free reader) version of their 2002 calendar.

08/11 Offline available soon
Offline is the first video to come out of BMXUltra.com. In case you were wondering, it's not just another video, actually it's a collection of videos put together on a CDROM. We have had huge feedback about our videos that we have available on the website for download so we thought if we fill up a CDROM with videos we could get better quality and you guys don't have to wait forever for the downloads.

There are interviews with some of BMXUltra.com's team riders including Shane Jenkins, Danny Galea, Leigh Weber, Adam Robb and Luke Chmielewski. There is racing footage from the 2001 Australian Championships, 2001 Bendigo Goldrush, 2001 Cash Dash, 2000 World X-Games Dirt Jump finals and a whole lot more.

The CDROM will be available exclusively through www.bmxbits.com.au, Pedalinn.com's BMX specific mail order website. Ask them about preordering Offline now.

06/11 Norco News
Ironhorse - at the moment Danny Galea is on the team with Adam May, who has left Cassap, and is also now riding for Ironhorse.
Both Adam and Danny will receive support from the teams co sponsors Marzocchi, AXO, 661 and Tangent products.

Norco will be distributing Tangent products throughout Australia in approx. 4 weeks. Look for assorted Pro riders to be using their pads and plates.

Norco will also be distributing a new line of hardcore dirt/street products by U.K. based company PERV. look for a Dirt frame, Street Frame, cranks, stems, saddles, handlebars and other products to be available just before Christmas.

Tony Harvey has signed on to run AXO gloves, race pants and shoes. He has also signed on to run Marzocchi Sinister racing Forks. He now joins Madill, Wallace, Hawkins, Galea, May, Gray, Lim and Wilson in their choice of steering.

Jamie Wallace will no longer race as part of the Norco factory Team, he will still receive support from Norco in the form of a race bike but will now be wearing the Marzocchi Team colors as Marzocchi will now be his main Sponsor. Look for jamie to be muscling his way into the Norco Team tent to put up his Marzocchi banner.

03/11 Gul Adds New Sponsor
"Maniac" Mike Gul has added True Precision to his list of co sponsors which now include; Hyper Bicycles, Dope BMX Products, Spred Clothing, Answer, True Precision, Atomic, Sun/Ringle, Profile, Thomson, Tektro, Tioga, S&M, ODI, and Dragon. Mike will now be using the Stealth cassette hub set in which he has to say this about about running them, "they are the best hubs I've ever used. Perfectly smooth and flawless design." You can check out all the great products by True Precision at www.trueprecision.net
And in other Mike Gul news www.mikegul.com has been updated so be sure to check it out.

01/11 News for Alliant Bicycles
Press Release October 24, 2001-
Alliant Bicycles, is in full force. The God Fathers of BMX Gary Turner (founder of GT bicycles) and Mike Devitt (Formerly of SE Racing) have combined forces, knowledge, and over 30 years experience to create the all new Alliant complete bike line for the 2002 year. With the serious racer in mind, these complete bikes are all designed in the USA. With models ranging from the entry level "Focus 20" though the complete "Xpress" 100% chomoly race line, Alliant is sure to be one of the heavy hitters in the complete bike world. The "Xpress" line will consist of the Mini, JR., Expert, Pro 20", and Pro Cruiser. Each Xpress model will be fitted with Radix components and high performance parts which add up to serious affordable race bikes. The Alliant line will all retail for under $300.00 dollars complete. You wont find these products at Dan's or any other mail order stores. By using traditional IBD values the consumer will have to go to their local dealer in order to buy one. When asked why IBD only the response was "To the back bone of the industry. It's the only place where people can get real service" (Mike Devitt-Alliant Bicycles).

Dirt Master New Product release - 10/12/01
New from Dirt Master, the "Mutant" frame. With smaller diameter 1-1/2 top and ? bottom tubing, a 74* solid machined anti-flaring head tube, ¼" thick 14mm drops, top side mounted 990's for smaller gearing, and with a thicker bottom bracket, make this USA made 4130 Chromoly frame ready for some serious riding. Available in 20 ¼" and 21" top tube lengths and weighs in at about 7lbs.
Available at your local dealer sometime in December.

Radix New Product release - 10/12/01
New from Radix, the "T2 Liquid" stem. This made in the USA CNC machined alloy stem has a sleek Liquid flow design and is perfect for all you serious Bmx Racing, Dirt, Street, and Vert riding monkey's out there. So go out and get one!
Available soon at your local dealer.
For more information check out ALLIANTBICYCLES.COM

31/10 A quick chat with Free Agent's Grant White
Grant White has been a long time friend of ours at BMXUltra.com, during his 98 stint in the US on the pro circuit we ran a regular column that Grant sent in with news and results. We caught up with him to find out whats going on with him at the moment, nearing the end of another successful year on the ABA pro circuit. Here's how it went.
bmxultra.com: What goals had you set yourself this year?
Grant White: Just to come away and race the best in the world again - then to do as well as I could in each and every race......and most importantly to enjoy BMX again! If I can finish the year in the ABA's top-10 in AA Pro then that will be great.
bmxultra.com: You finished 9th in the AA Pro class in the ABA in 98...how are you going at the moment (with only one race left)?
Grant White: I've not seen the points since the ABA Fall Nationals a couple of weeks ago, but I believe I should be in 9th in AA and perhaps 5th in cruiser.
bmxultra.com: Do you plan on coming back to Australia again full time or do you expect to stay on for 2002?
Grant White: It'd be great to continue 2002 as I've spent 2001.......riding for Free Agent / KHS bicycles in the US and working on a contractual arrangement with BMXA. We'll see what happens in the next few weeks / month and see if I can secure a contract or two for the year 2002.
Regardless though I am coming home to Oz for a month or so after the ABA Grands.
bmxultra.com: Are you going to catch any races while you are here over the summer?
Grant White: I may call in on a race or two up at the Gold Coast in January if I am still in Oz.
bmxultra.com: What was it like in the US circuit this year will the ABA and UCI worlds both run on US soil? I am not too sure that it was any different to any other year, although there were a few Aussies who came over for a few months which was great. As one top US AA Pro said in an interview leading up to the 2001 Worlds - all the top foreign riders are in the US anyway, so the Worlds will just be like another US National event.
bmxultra.com: It must have been good to have a few extra Aussies over there like Madill, Kamakazi and Robinson?
Grant White: It was great to see them ripping into the US racing circuit. Hopefully they can come back for a little longer in the near future and stamp their name on the US BMX circuit - they are three of the brightest young Aussie BMX stars........Madill, Kamakazi and Robinson.....three guys with a future ahead of them in BMX - if they wanted to go that way??
bmxultra.com: What's it like to juggle your work with the ABA, driving their truck and working on the tracks and BMX Australia Coaching and training and still be competitive as a AA pro?
Grant White: LOL!......well my riding certainly suffered over the past 9 weeks while I was on the road criss-crossing the US and building US National BMX tracks. During the past 9 weeks it was like everything was in fast-forward.....except my racing on the weekends! lol
You can't race AA pro in the US with no training under your belt........but I am now back home in CA and training once again with Chuck T (ED: That's BMX legend Charles Townsend) so things are good.
I am catching up with my BMX Australia work now that my feet are in the one place......
All in all I am back on top of most things now and looking forward to just one more trip across the US in the ABA truck (Phoenix to Tulsa return), one more BMX track to build and one more BMX race for the year! :-)
bmxultra.com: There's a lot of gossip flying around at the moment with the demise of the GT team and Hadan off Redline, is there anyone/anything that you think the readers should keep an eye on? Are there any secrets you can share with us?
Grant White: I guess there's always rumours floating around in the BMX circles, whether it's in Australia or the USA. Basically though with everything that has taken place over here in the US over the past few months, there could very well be a number of AA Pros riding different frames and wearing different uniforms in 2002. I guess the same sort of thing happens every year - but this year seems to be crazier than ever! Everything should be a lot clearer with the next month or so.
bmxultra.com: Thanks for the chat and good luck for the Grands. Is there anyone you'd like to thank before we finish?
Grant White: Yes it was cool to chat - thanks Shane.
For sure I'd like to thank the people that have made my 2001 racing year as successful as it's been; Free Agent / KHS Bicycles, O'neal, Bombshell, Etnies, THE, Smith Eyeware, AC, Head Lock, Tioga, ODI, Spred Clothing, Champion Nutrition, Crupi and www.bmxpros.com.
Also thanks to my mom and step-dad for all their support in 2001.

30/10 Galea on Iron Horse
We hear from a good source that Danny Galea, Victorian State Champion and good friend of the BMXUltra.com crew, is now in Iron Horse colours.
Over the last 18 months Danny has been on more race teams than we can keep up with including GT, Huffy, and Hoffman. We figure we should run a book on how long it would take until we see him on a new bike again, but we also hear rumours that this might be Danny's last 12 month of racing...only time will tell.

28/10 To the Victorians
If you are unaware the Victorian championships entry forms have been distributed and entries have closed, and if you didn't even receive an entry form then you are not alone, neither myself nor fellow BMXUltra.com team rider Luke Chmielewski received one.

I'm not sure what's going on at BMXVictoria these days, but it's very difficult to find out with their website being out of action. You would think that they have been around long enough to figure there are other ways to communicate with their riders...take BMXUltra.com for example.

With that off my chest, if you haven't received an entry form contact BMXVictoria via phone as soon as possible, leave messages on their answering machine and let them know that you, among many others, have missed out on an entry form and you would like to compete. The phone number is 03 9310 7611.

If there are any clubs out there wondering how they can get their entry forms out to the masses, please email BMXUltra.com at the email address above, we are more than happy to help.

28/10 BMX HERO RECOGNISED
As part of Australia’s Tribute to the Centenary of Federation, Australian’s were invited to nominate someone whom they felt had significantly affected their life, their community and their country.

Nominations had been received from all parts of Australia and from them 500 were selected and the successful nominee’s were sent a life size personal shaped cut to decorate, using whatever methods and materials best signified the personality and achievements of the person they nominated.

The Goondi Primary School’s year 7C students of Innisfail, Australia picked Local and World BMX Star Natarsha Williams. In 2001 Natarsha was named female BMXer of the year at the NEA World Extreme sports awards in Germany. The students felt she was a very positive role model for the young people of Innisfail.

In November as the centenary year draws to a close, the life size figures representing ordinary Australians will stand in rows covering the expansive lawns over and around Parliament house in Canberra.

This will be opened at a live broadcast from the great hall at Parliament house on the 25th November and will be able to be viewed from then until the 4th December.

It will be an opportunity to explore the stories of men and women who have made Australia.

22/10 ANNOUNCING WINNERS OF ACTIVISION 02 SPORTS REVOLUTION 'WIN 1 OF 25 SIGNATURE 'FLASH' HOFFMAN BIKES' PROMOTION

25 Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX PlayStation purchasers score big with their Flash model Hoffman bikes!

Sydney, Australia-- In support of the launch of 'the most anticipated PlayStation launch of the year', Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™, Activision
(Nasdaq: ATVI) offered consumers the chance to win 1 of 25 signature 'Flash model' Hoffman bikes, provided by Hoffman Bikes distributor Trick Bits Pty Limited. The promotion commenced in May this year and the last entries were received on 28 September, 2001. With over 10,000 entries, the promotion was an unprecedented success with more entries received than in any other promotion run by Activision to date.

"The winning fans of Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX were stoked to hear that they had won their very own Hoffman bike. All winners will receive their bikes within the next few weeks and then the airtime really begins!" said Brand Manager, Leigh Glover White.

Winner's names are Shaun Beard, WA; Evan Sindel, NSW; Damon Kearsley, WA; Royce Davies, NSW; Claire Robinson, NSW; Asher Dixon, VIC; Mik Matthews, VIC; Krystian Koralewski, NSW; Matthew Heath, NSW; Darren Mobbs, NSW; Craig Mahnken, TAS; Josh Nash, VIC; Tim Rigby, NSW; Trevor Nicholson, NSW; Peter Hopper, QLD; Chris Wiewiora, NSW; Shayne Cummins, NSW; James Rush, VIC; Wes Hutchison, ACT; Chris Russell, NSW; Bradley Dunne, QLD; James Hobb, NSW; Christopher Gampe, QLD; Matty Esson, QLD; Jason MacDonald, WA. Winner's names were announced in the Australian Newspaper on Friday, 5th October.

Purchasers of Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ were able to catch 20 feet of air while pulling a rocket queen on PlayStation® game console and Game Boy® Color. The game lets players ride like the 10-time World Vert Champion Mat Hoffman or seven other top-ranked vert, dirt and street BMX pros. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ is rated "G8+" by the Office of Film & Literature Classification and carries suggested retail prices of AU$39.95 (inc GST) and AU$49.95 (inc GST) respectively.

"Activision is excited to launch our 02 action sports sub-brand with Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX, an authentic and exhilarating BMX experience," said Larry Goldberg, Executive Vice President, Activision Worldwide Studios. "As the 10-time world vert champion, we feel that Mat Hoffman's style and talent truly captures the unparalleled thrill of action sports."

Using an intuitive and solid control scheme, the game features 2-player H-O-R-S-E, split-screen Trick Attack and Graffiti for all three types of courses. Gamers can also play in the career mode, moving up the ranks to win the ultimate BMX crown by unlocking new courses and upgrading their bike and rider abilities. The title was developed utilizing an enhanced version of Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ game engine.

17/10 Cash Dash Results
The Cash Dash at the South Eastern BMX track, about 20 minutes drive East of Melbourne's CBD, is one of the largest events on the Victorian calendar each year.
Pro riders gather from all over the country to take home their share of the Cash, including the likes of Luke Madill, Michael Robinson, Darren Hawkins and Tony Harvey and then there's the local pros; Danny Galea, Ben Price, Simon Anderson, Jamie Wallace, just to name a few.
The A pro class had enough riders for semi finals, the regulars were there Leigh Weber, Levi Collins, Carl Wilson, Shane Jenkins, Brock Tuckerman, Luke Chmielewski, Jamie Truran, and the interstate rider Michael Fenwick, who took out both days at Bendigo recently.
For the first time in Victoria there was a pro open where riders from all classes could take on the AA pro riders for some big dollars.
The weather wasn't kind to the South Eastern track, rainfalls leading up to the event really dampend the surface and the surrounds, but luckily enough there was no rain throughout the race day and mild winds and a little sunshine slowly but surely dried the track over the course of the day.
In the AA Pro motos the strongest looking riders were Madill, Robinson and Galea, Hawkins looked to be a little off the pace. Jamie Wallace was also looking good given he was suffering from a cold.
The Pro open was very similar, the same strong riders but there were a number of A Pro riders in the mix, the only one of those to progress past the motos was Michael Fenwick.
In single A it was a matter of surviving to the semis, then seeing who would make it through to the main. There were no real surprises about who actually made the semis, but who didn't make it through them was a different story. It was the second semi that was of interest to team BMXUltra.com fans. Both Jenkins and new team member Truran were looking comfortable in the motos, but both had gate problems in lanes 7 and 8. Truran clipped out and Jenkins jumped late. Both riders had to fight with the rest of the field, and fight they did. Both making up a lot of ground in the first half of the track, by the time they got to the last corner Jenkins was all over the guy in the bubble position and attempted a do or die move that didn't quite work out for him or the guy in fourth for that matter, but the crowd loved it. It opened up a spot for the guys behind to come through. Although Truran fought to the line, he narrowly missed out on the main.
The mains were very exciting, but rather than bore you with words, why not check out the videos AA Pro final, A Pro final, and the Pro Open final. Watch for Galea's poor start in the AA Pro and watch as he makes up a hell of a lot of ground to get back into the action...now that's POWER. Oh, sorry we didn't catch the Pro girls results, but Kate Elliot won narrowly over Emma Frankin.
AA Pro Results
1.Luke Madill (Norco)
2.Tony Harvey (S&M/TotalBMX)
3.Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT)
4.Ben Price (Huffy/TotalBMX)
5.Michael Robinson (GT)
6.Richard Barker
7.Danny Galea (Hoffman AUS/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com)
8.Jamie Wallace (Norco)
Pro Open
1.Luke Madill (Norco)
2.Michael Robinson (GT)
3.Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT)
4.Danny Galea (Hoffman AUS/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com)
5.Michael Fenwick
6.Tony Harvey (S&M/TotalBMX)
7.Simon Anderson (Mongoose)
8.Jamie Wallace (Norco)
A Pro Results
1.Michael Fenwick
2.Luke Pretlove (Redline/TotalBMX)
3.Carl Wilson (Norco)
4.Levi Collins (Huffy/TotalBMX)
5.Ken Babington
6.Brendan Ruys
7.James Hollings
8.Leigh Weber (Huffy/TotalBMX/BMXUltra.com)
AA Ladies
1st Kate Eliott
2nd Emma Franklin
3rd Ziggy Callan
4th Sally Thomas
5th Jackie Babington
6th Christine Kelly
7th Ruth Weber
8th Lynette Page

11/10 Jamie Truran joins Team BMXUltra.com
Jamie Truran has been racing BMX for over 10 years, when we first met him he must have been 8 years old, over the past year he has really made an impression. At the Australian championships he finished 5th in the 17 Boys expert class and 2nd in the 17-18 cruiser, and since then he has been performing well in the pro class.
'The team is proud to have Jamie on board' says BMXUltra.com team manager and head honcho Shane Jenkins, 'he is a great competitor, has a friendly nature, is very skillful and serious about his racing...he's going to help out the website with product tests and race reports...adding a new perspective to BMXUltra.com.'
There are 4 riders now on the team; Luke Chmielewski (19+ Expert), Shane Jenkins (30-34 Expert), Wade Worth (12 Expert) and Jamie Truran (17 Expert).
'There are a lot of riders out there who deserve some help in BMX and we'd love to help them all...but 4 riders is our limit and I believe we have a very strong team, it would be nice to add a female rider to the roster, but that's a fair way off yet' says Jenkins about the future of the BMXUltra.com race team.
Since Jamie joined the BMXUltra.com team he has slowly has been receiving product feed, he's proudly wearing Dirt Designs number plates and ATi handle grips. He'll soon be wearing Answer racing clothes, using Troy Lee Designs pads and running Pazzaz parts.

10/10 Kamakazi's Broken Ankle
Factory Redline rider, Australian Senior Elite Mens champion simply known as Kamakazi, has been resting the last few weeks, recovering from a broken ankle which he got while competing on the USA racing circuit.

In his time there he went straight to AA Pro and in less than a month won his first event, which we believe is a record for the least amount of time in AA before a win, he also went on to become a finalist in the Senior Elite Cruiser class at the UCI World Championships.

When Norco's Carl Wilson bumped into Kamakazi limping around the NBL Grand Nationals he told him what went down (this is just what I have been told). Kamakazi was hanging out with Bubba Harris, Redline's #1 amateur rider, doing clinics and training together. Anyways there was a big set of doubles that Kamakazi was unsure of and Bubba was spurring him on, so he had a go and messed up. The picture you see is Kamakazi's broken ankle (his right, which is the one that is all swallen on the left in the photo).
We hear that once he's all set and riding again he'll be heading back to the US to do a full season with Redline. We wish him luck and thanks for sending the photo.

09/10 ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals Results
The Dirt/BMXUltra.com designed presentation plate that was used instead of trophies for the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals. It's all over, the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals held at Puckapunyal (100 kms north of Melbourne) over the weekend went down quite well. The event marked 20 years of BMX racing at the Puckapunyal track, and what a celebration it was.
From an organisers point of view there were a few nightmares, the weather was looking gloomy in the week leading up to the event and it was still raining on the morning of the race. Fortunately the track was well prepared and was still quite hard and fast under foot. The other problem was the starting gate...being a long time member I must admit it wouldn't be a true Puckapunyal race if the gate didn't fail in practice, but at least it only happened once, then it was quickly fixed and didn't happen again for the rest of the day.
The track scrubbed up quite well with the Answer banner flying over the start hill and the ATi banner across the third straight. The race meeting seemed to drag some older faces out of the woodworks, Craig Walczuk was competing in the 30+ men class, and he's still doing ETs (that's old school for pedaling while jumping).
There were 19 of the states top AA male riders, Danny Galea (state champion) was looking for blood after having settled for 5th last week at Lalor, and talking about Lalor, Adam Robb (state runners up was there looking to take another win from Galea). Locals Shane Jenkins (who had been a member since its conception 20 years ago and was also celebrating his 31st Birthday) and Luke Chmielewski were both looking to prove themselves on their own track which they have been crafting over the past few years. Jamie Wallace, Leigh Weber, Simon Anderson, Kenneth Burr and Carl Wilson (who was still jet lagged after a long trip in the US, and just trying out clips) are all regulars in the AA field. And there were the youngsters Jamie Truran, Brock Tuckerman and Levi Collins, all of whom are making names for themselves.
The motos were quite interesting, while Danny Galea was stomping his mark on the top qualifying position for the main two other older guys in the field, Simon Anderson and local boy Shane Jenkins were qualifying second and third. Jamie "The Mechanic" Wallace had the misfortune of winning a moto all the way to the last corner when we was struck by Weber and his front wheel fell from his bike, the axel had snapped on both sides. Jamie Truran, Andrew Sexton, Rob Slater, Carl Wilson and Leigh Weber made up the remain positions. Luke Chmielewski missed out by the narrowest of margins, but rode well against a strong field. Also just missing out were Burr, Tuckerman and Collins.
In the break there were a number of giveaways from major sponsor ATi handed out. First every sprocket rider was given a set of ATi grips then stickers, the the stewards were given grips and T-shirts for helping out then the fun began handing out everything else. Once the pack of freeloaders settled down the remainder of the goodies were handed out, but not until the crowd cheered for the major sponsors ATi and Answer. There were also other prizes awarded over the line to riders selected by the stewards. And the raffle for Answer Edge race pants and Answer Speeder shoes.
In the AA main Galea pounced out of the gate early and all the others could do was follow. Both Anderson and Jenkins seemed put off by Galea's start but put in big moves in the first corner where the rest of the field bunched up. By the time the riders got to the huge rhythm section in the third straight the field had settled into single file, Sexton was in second then Anderson, Wilson, Weber, Slater, Truran and Jenkins. But in the last corner an incident (again involving Weber) caused Wilson and Weber to both go down, Wilson went down so hard he shattered his peak and hit his nose, mixing up the riders following.
In the AA women Kate Elliot dominated with her amazing skills, Elisa Folley finished second and Danielle Cutmore finished third.
The riders seemed happy with both the track and the prizes (see the image above; The Dirt/BMXUltra.com designed, Dirt (www.bmxultra.com/dirt) manufactured, presentation plate that was used instead of trophies for the ATi/Answer Midvic Nationals), many riders saying they'd love to return to Pucka.
The Puckapunyal BMX Club would like to take this opportunity to thank the sponsors; ATi, Answer, Seymour Cycles, Dirt Designs and BMXUltra.com and all those that helped make the meeting possible. Also birthday cheers to Carl Wilson, Glenn Suridge, Ruth Weber and the event manager/AA finalist Shane Jenkins.
Full results available soon.
AA Men Results
1. Danny "Thunder" Galea (Hoffman AUS/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com)
2. Andrew "The Second Coming" Sexton
3. Simon "Big Daddy" Anderson (Mongoose)
4. Robb "4X" Slater (Profile/TotalBMX)
5. Jamie "Shorty" Truran (BMXUltra.com)
6. Shane "King Pin" Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
7. Leigh "Juice" Weber (Huffy/TotalBMX/BMXUltra.com)
8. Carl "Captain America" Wilson (Norco)

04/10 ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals Update
The entries are flooding in for the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals, to be held this Sunday October 7th at Puckapunyal, less than an hour drive north of Melbourne's central business district. There are already 17 pro riders entered bringing the total prize pool to nearly $1000 and many amateur riders entered.
We have to let everybody know that if you need to carry photo ID with you if you are going to Puckapunyal, it's Australia's largest Army base and security is quite high given the events on September 11.
Don't forget if you compete at the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals you could go home with ATi handle grips, Answer stickers, pads, race pants, race shoes or Dirt Designs t-shirts, stickers and number plates, over $1500 in giveaways..
Have you downloaded your entry form for the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals or the e-poster?

To download the entry form click here to download it.
You can also click here to download the full colour poster to use as a background for your pc (800x600 jpg format).

The full ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals sponsor listing includes ATi, Answer, Seymour Cycles, Dirt Designs and BMXUltra.com.

Don't forget the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals, on the 7th of October at Puckapunyal and don't miss out on all the give aways at the BMX race event of the year.
And don't forget the closing date for entries is tomorrow October 5th.

02/10 Lalor Race Results
As Victoria's top riders prepare for the fast approaching state championships in November, Lalor's Open meeting was one of the many stops along the way. The track is long overdue for some modifications but you can be sure, by the way the club is lifting the tar surface, that they preparing for major changes.
On the day of the open event the weather was kind, it was a bright overcast day with a little bit of wind.
While the numbers in some of the amateur classes were low there were 2 nearly full gates of pro riders fighting it out for the prize pool. The usual face were there, riders like Danny Galea, Shane Jenkins, Adam Robb, the youngsters Brock Tuckerman and Jamie Truran and some old faces that we haven't seen in a while like Andrew Sexton (who's been away injured for quite some time now) and his travelling buddy Leigh Burchell.
In the motos Sexton was doing so well he qualified first for the main, Galea in second. Anderson was battling with the wind to stay on his bike and in the final moto the wind won. Adam Robb was getting a bit of coaching from the sidelines from Tess Anderson, former AA women racer.
When the gate dropped in the main Galea and Anderson were battling it out for first with Sexton and the rest of the field looking for a way in. Robb who lives only a couple of hundred meters from the track used the track knowledge, and the last minute coaching, to gain momentum through the second last straight and pulled a move underneath both Galea and Anderson while Sexton was running out of steam. When Robb went underneath, he held Galea up high and robbed him of all his speed (no pun intended) he went on to take the win.
You would have to say there is going to be one hell of a battle at this years State Championships. Last years champion Galea will have to do a hell of a lot of work in preparation to defend his title because Anderson, Robb are improving each week, then there's also Ben Price, Jamie Wallace and Leigh Weber who have also been a threat.
AA Pro Results
1. Adam "Vanilla" Robb (Redline/TotalBMX/BMXUltra.com)
2. Simon "Big Daddy" Anderson (Mongoose)
3. Jamie "Shorty" Truran (BMXUltra.com)
4. Brock "Chicken Man" Tuckerman (Huffy/TotalBMX)
5. Danny "The Gladiator" Galea (Hoffman AUS/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com)
6. Shane "Kingpin" Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
7. Andrew Sexton
8. Leigh Burchell

01/10 New Stuff From Troy Lee Designs
Troy Lee Designs are currently at Interbike, the world's biggest bicycle trade show in Las Vegas, displaying their latest offerings.
Just like you we can't make it to Vegas for the bike show, so before they left we asked them for a sneak preview of what will be on display, below are the pictures they sent...and if you haven't worked it out yet they have a new design for the D2 helmet and some new threads. Keep your eye out on the latest catalog from Troy Lee Designs or visit the website at www.troyleedesigns.com.

28/09 ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals Update
With just over a week until the Puckapunyal BMX Club drops the gate to start the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals the entries are rolling in form all over the place. If you noticed the cut off date for entries was October 1, it has actually been extended until October 5, so you should have plenty of time to get those entries in.
If you were not aware, the clinic with Darren Hawkins and Tony Harvey that was planned for the day before racing has been cancelled. Unfortunatly we were not able to raise the prize money that was required to lure the interstate pro riders. If you were planning on going to Puckapunyal a day early for the clinic, you might be able to catch the Seymour Show, which I am sure will have it's highlights.
Victoria's top pro riders will be out in full force using the Puckapunyal as one of the lead up races for the state championships later in November.
The ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals will still be one of the biggest race events for the year and certainly the most amateur orientated event ever put on.
Don't forget if you compete at the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals you could go home with ATi handle grips, Answer stickers, pads, race pants, race shoes or Dirt Designs t-shirts, stickers and number plates, over $1500 in giveaways..
Have you downloaded your entry form for the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals or the e-poster?

To download the entry form click here to download it.
You can also click here to download the full colour poster to use as a background for your pc (800x600 jpg format).

The full ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals sponsor listing is ATi, Answer, Seymour Cycles, Dirt Designs and BMXUltra.com.

Don't forget the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals, on the 7th of October at Puckapunyal and don't miss out on all the give aways at the BMX race event of the year.

25/09 Lilydale Smart Start Spring Cup Results
The track hasn't changed for quite some time now at Lilydale, about 30 minutes drive east of Melbourne. The weather was nearly perfect for racing and the track was quite fast.
The turn up for the AA Pro class was quite a surprise, there were 4 nearly full gates. The deal was they didn't run a A Pro class, so many of the riders opted to join the AA's. There was quite a mixture of riders in the class, the usual suspects like Danny "The Galdiator" Galea, Ben "The Kid" Price, Adam "Vanilla" Robb, Jamie "The Mechanic" Wallace, Leigh "Juice" Webber the fast and upcoming A Pros Levi Collins, Jamie Truran and the older riders like Shane "King Pin" Jenkins, Trevor "The Cross Dresser" Weber and Glen Suridge.
In the motos Galea and Price were unbeatable. There were a bunch of young fella's flying in their motos too that deserve a mention like Brendan Ruys, Brock Tuckerman and Adam Robb. Levi Collins was having a hard time but still made it though to the semis.
In the Semis a number of people were surprised to see the BMXUltra.com boys Jamie Truran (a youngster who's flying at the moment, and just signed with BMXUltra.com) and Shane Jenkins (who has been a bit out of form lately) in second and third a head of the in form Jamie Wallace and Adam Robb.
In the main, when the gate dropped it was all Galea, Ben Price jumped out close behind but caused a number of the riders some grief as he went from one side of the track to the other. Galea has now knotched up 11 wins from 12 races, who will be the first Victorian to beat him this year? Is it even possible? Time will tell.
1. Danny Galea (Hoffman/PedalInn.com/BMXUltra.com)
2. Ben Price (Huffy/TotalBMX)
3. Jamie Wallace (Norco)
4. Levi Collins (Huffy/TotalBMX)
5. Leigh Weber (Huffy/TotalBMX/BMXUltra.com)
6. Jamie Truran (BMXUltra.com)
7. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
8. Paul Morris

24/09 BMX Australia News
World MTB results for BMX'ers
Confirmation today of results from the World Mountain Bike Titles place Australian former Dual World BMXer Katrina Miller as Gold Medalist in the Dual Slalom, whilst crossover BMX/MTB Wade Bootes succefully took out Bronze in the Mens Dual Slalom.
Katrina Miller was a product of the well known Blacktown BMX Club, located in the western suburbs of Sydney, and after a long career in BMX which saw her win 2 World Titles, then moved into MTB to continue her climb to the top. Coincidentally, Wade Bootes was a member of the Castle Hill BMX Club, and lived in a neighboring suburb to Katrina Miller.

UCI-BMX World Challenge Championship to Australia.
The recent 2001 UCI-BMX World Championships in Louisville saw Australia take out the World Challenge Championship with a combined effort from 2 girls and 2 boys. Following on from a 3rd outright at the 2000 World Titles in Argentina, the winning Australian Challenge Team featured Chloe Macpherson, Melissa Mankowski ( both from Queensland) , Leigh Darrell ( Australian Capital Territory and Brian Kirkham ( South Australia).
The Challenge team under the management of Alex Downie and the Coaching Direction of Grant White ended the event with 3 Gold Medals and 1 Silver to cement their result.
All of the riders were involved in the recent Junior Development Camp conducted by BMX Australia Coaching Director Grant White at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra. This was the first intensive camp conducted for a group of selected BMX'ers from around Australia, and included support from over 16 Bio-Mechanical Technicians from the world famous training institute.
Another Junior Development Camp is scheduled for 2002 prior to the World Titles in Brazil.
BMX Australia also advised that this years Team Sponsorship from Sportcover, Events Corporation Western Australia, Delta Europcar, Quality Travel and the Australian Sport Commission will continue to support next years Australian National Team.

21/09 ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals Update
There are only 2 weeks until the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals will be on at Puckapunyal, only 100kms North of Melbourne. This race meeting marks the celebration of 20 years of continuous BMX racing for the Puckapunyal BMX Club, making it one of the oldest tracks in Australia.
There has been a small change in format of the race meeting which will only effect the Pro class riders, there will be no A Pro class. The AA Pro class prize money still stands at $500 plus payback. Entry fee is $25.
Amature classes have an entry fee of only $11, but don't think for a minute that they won't be well rewarded for their efforts on the day. All riders will receive a special commerative presentation plate that would have to be seen to be believed. And there will be a 50% chance of taking additional prizes home (details below).

What else is news from the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals?

After a lot of hard work the entry form is now available for distribution, you can click here to download it.
You can also click here download the full colour poster to use as a background for your pc (800x600 jpg format).
We have a tonne of Answer give aways and prizes, including 2001 Edge Pants and Speeder shoes.
ATi stickers and over 30 sets of ATi handlegrips to give away.
Dirt Designs t-shirts, number plates and stickers to give away.
Various other prizes to be won including bicycle parts and accessories.
The track has been recently upgraded, making it more fun for all competitors and exciting for spectators.

The full ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals sponsor listing is ATi, Answer, Seymour Cycles, Dirt Designs and BMXUltra.com.

Don't forget the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals, on the 7th of October and don't miss out on all the give aways at the BMX race event of the year.

19/09 "PLANET X LIVE" - PERTH TO HOST THE EVOLUTION OF FREESTYLE
Planet X have partnered with games giant Activision 02 and announce that Perth will be the first city in the world to host the latest evolution in freestyle sports events - PLANET X LIVE - to be staged on Friday November 30 at the Burswood Dome.

The very first Planet X Live show will feature a host of top international freestyle sports stars along with new-blood Australian talent in skateboard, inline, freestyle moto x and BMX as part of an action packed show to 14,000 spectators. The cast will total over 40 athletes, breakers and musicians.

Planet X Director and Creator, Damien Bray:
"We've been involved in freestyle sport for more than five years. Over this time we've seen incredible growth with a strong following across a broad audience. It's time for the next step in freestyle. Planet X Live is an event concept with the average punter in mind - it's not elitist or core, just an awesome night out."

One big attraction will undoubtedly be American freestyle moto x legend and daredevil Seth Enslow. Enslow is renowned for his massive moto x jumps, legendary worldwide via the Crusty Demons of Dirt videos, the highest selling action sports videos in the world, with a huge cult following. Seth is currently working up his second assault on a world record distance of 253ft on a dirt bike. His last attempt at this jump, in Las Vegas, landed Seth in hospital with serious head injuries.

The all-star athlete line-up will also include international athletes such as moto x riders Brian Deegan and 'Mad Mike' Jones from the US; Brazilian skateboarder Sandro Dias; UK BMX Vert rider Zach Shaw and BMX Dirt Jumper Cory 'Nasty' Nostazio. Australia will be well represented by moto x riders Luke Urek, Leigh Harriman and Robbie Marshall, skaters Renton Millar and Ben Pappas and BMX riders Matt Fairbairn, Tim Wood and Colin Mackay.

The Planet X Live 'stage' will fill the entire, 4250 square metre, floor area of the Burswood Dome. The stage is a hybrid of extreme sport courses including the world's biggest portable vertical ramp, a multiple dirt jump course for BMX and an extensive freestyle moto x course complete with 80 foot gap dirt jumps. The course is designed to bring out the hottest new tricks and stunts for high impact entertainment.

A team of breakers, graff artists and dancers will add to the counter-culture vibe. Top Aussie DJs will provide the soundtrack with special effects elements including multi-media screens, light, sound and pyrotechnics pumping the riders and crowd.

Planet X Live will be televised via a 1 hour special to a global audience of over 300 million homes.

Tickets on sale from Monday, September 22 through BOCS Tickets - 08-9484-1133.
www.planetx.net.au

18/09 Bendigo Gold Rush Full Results
Sorry about the delay, things are getting out of control around here, we still have photos, videos, news and interviews all backing up and on top of all that I'm helping run the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals at Puckapunyal in just a few weeks. Follow the links to view the full results from Bendigo Gold Rush. Amature classes, Pro Day 1, Pro Day2.

14/09 The ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals Update
Answer BMX have joined the list of sponsors with a deal that gives them shared naming rights to the event now called the ATi/Answer MidVic Nationals. As a part of the deal the club will have Answer pads, sticker packs, grips, and a number plate as give aways. Also 2001 Edge Pants and Speeder Shoes that can be won at the track on the day, this is huge value for competitors, but you have to be at the ATi/Answer Nationals at Puckapunyal on October 7th to have a chance to win any of this gear. This is just a small sample of what Answer have to offer in their extensive range of BMX products, you can see their full range at www.answerproducts.com.
Don't forget we also have a load of giveaways from ATi who are also a mojor sponsor for the event.
Currently prizes for the event include $500+ Payback ($25 entry fee) for AA Men and Payback ($20 entry fee) for A Men, all riders in the amature classes ($11 entry fee) will receive a prize and don't forget the heap of giveaways.
The list of sponsors for the ATI/Answer MidVic Nationals now includes ATi, Answer, Dirt Designs, Seymour Cycles and BMXUltra.com.

11/09 Bendigo Cold Rush Results
As the tradition of Bendigo's Gold Rush continues to grow, so does the tradition of cold, rain and wind, for the openeing event of the racing season. September is usually one of the best months for the Australian ski season so it's not surprising that there was a bit of rain, but the wind was so strong it effected a majority of the riders on day one. As per usual the Bendigo club had put in a lot of time improving their track, and the surface was quite firm given the amount of water that had fallen on it leading up to the event, and throughout day one. The first straight sorted out the field in most classes, the new set of doubles looked easy but even took their toll on crowd favourite Luke Madill who crashed heavily during practice.
Track side saw Glenn Stephens, former Australian Champion, and Jaqulin Wilson former World Champion, Bendigo locals catching up with old friends.
Given the prize money available the turn up of AA Pro riders was disappointing, there was more money at Bendigo than the Nationals. In the AA Class there were 12 riders including Luke Madill, Darren Hawkins, Jamie Gray, Michael Robinson, Danny Galea, Tony Harvey and the likes of Simon Anderson and Ben Price who have been keeping quiet lately.
In the A pro class only few riders really stood out from the 20 strong field. Bendigo local Jamie Truran was dominating the class but a bad start on Saturday's final had him finish 4th, but in Sundays final he placed a strong 2nd. Michael Fenwick took the line honours both days after just getting back from a short trip in the US that allowed him to compete at both the ABA and the UCI world championships.
Day one final of the AA class there were no real surprises except for Simon Anderson's strong effort to finish 4th and Kennith Burr put in an impressive performance until he hooked up with Michael Robinson, a collission which forced Danny Galea to launch off the second last corner in real style.
Day two final, Michael Robinson jumped ahead of Madill and the two that dominated the US only a few weeks before put on an inspiring display that left the others in their dust.
Full results, photos and videos of the pro finals available here soon.
RESULTS
AA Pro Saturday
1. Luke Madill (Norco)
2. Tony Harvey (S&M)
3. Jamie Gray
4. Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT)
5. Simon Anderson (Mongoose)
6. Danny Galea (Hoffman/Pedalinn.com)
7. Michael Robinson (GT)
8. Kennith Burr (Norco)
AA Pro Sunday
1. Michael Robinson (GT)
2. Luke Madill (Norco)
3. Tony Harvey (S&M)
4. Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT)
5. Jamie Gray
6. Danny Galea (Hoffman/Pedalin.com)
7. Simon Anderson (Mongoose)
8. Ben Price (Huffy/Total BMX)

07/09 ATi Sponsor MidVic
In the short time since our last update there has been a lot of fast talking around the Puckapunyal BMX Club in an attempt to secure a major sponsor for the October 7th MidVic Nationals. ATi (www.rideati.com), manufacturer of Number Plates, Padsets and a huge range of great handle grips, have stepped in and provided the club with a deal that includes a truck load of grips and stickers to giveaway and they become the first major sponsor for the event.
Also there is a rumour that former Australian AA Pro champions Darren Hawkins and Tony Harvey will make the trip to Puckapunyal on Saturday to hold a coaching clinic, initial discussions indicate that the clinic would run for about 1 1/2 hours and only cost $10 per rider. With the Puckapunyal track being the most central track in Victoria, less than an hours drive from Bendigo, Shepparton and Melbourne it would be a great opportunity for the riders to pick up some tips from some of Australia's finest Pro riders and get to practice on the recently upgraded track.
Currently prizes for the event include $500+ Payback ($25 entry fee) for AA Men and Payback ($20 entry fee) for A Men, all riders in the amature classes will receive a prize and don't forget the heap of giveaways.
There are also negotiations with another party for sponsorship of the MidVic Nationals and we should know by Monday if they will join ATi, Dirt Designs, Seymour Cycles and BMXUltra.com.

05/09 MidVic Nationals Update
This Friday marks the cut-off for the first round of Entry Forms for the MidVic Nationals, to be held at Puckapunyal (100kms North of Melbourne) on October the 7th. If you planned on joining in on the action and sponsoring the event, you had better be quick. The club will be taking sponsorship after Friday but to maximise exposure you should get your bids in as soon as possible.
At this stage the club will be running a minimum of $500+ payback for the AA Mens class, but with injection of new sponsorship this total will increase and there are still a number of large corporates yet to respond to our fund raising drive.
As of last Saturday the list of sponsors included Dirt Designs (www.bmxultra.com/dirt), Seymour Cycles (www.seymourcycles.com.au) and BMXUltra.com (www.bmxultra.com).
If you would like to help out as an official on the day please drop us an email, all officials will go into a special draw for prizes.
Entry forms will be compiled over the weekend and available here by Friday the 14th of September. Don't forget this event marks the 20th birthday of the Puckapunyal BMX Club and the club are ready to celebrate, there will be plenty of chances to win giveaways from our sponsors and trust us no one will go home empty handed.
To contact the club you can email us at Pucka@bmxultra.com.

03/09 New BMXUltra.com Classifieds
We have been investing a lot of time into finding a good usable classifieds that fits suggestions we have been getting on our feedback page. Obviously we can't do everything that is suggested to us, there are somethings that my flexibility just doesn't allow.
There were three main criteria; 1. Sorting into region to make things easier to find, 2. Make the classifieds easier to use. and 3. It has to be free. It is also important that if it get's used enough we can add functionality like a search mechanism and letting the user add their own pictures.
Well it's al working and although it is still considered the testing phase we are really happy with it and we hope you are too.
To check it out got to our classifieds section, don't forget to let us know what you think.

30/08 Redline News
CLUB REDLINE "D.I.R.T." (drivel, innuendo, rumors & trash)

CHRIS HAM: REDLINE CO-SPO PRO MESSES WITH TEXAS
DeSoto, Texas. The TEXAS STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS were held this past weekend under the infamous million-dollar DeSoto Indoor. And with the exception of one or two Texan Pros, practically every big-namer was there. Like all things Texan, it was a BIG race.

With $500 on the line for the win, the main event lined up with Texas' Fastest: TIM KNIEP, STEVE VELTMAN, BEAU RICHARDS, A.J.ZABNOJNIK, CHAD STREET (ActionBikes/Redline), JUSTIN WHEAT, Aussie/Texas-transplant SEAN DWIGHT and Redline's CHRIS HAM.
Goin' for three mains, the Texas pros put on quite a show, with more pile-ups than you'd find on I-10. Going in to the third main, HAM was tied with STREET with a whopping 9 points. And a win in the Final main of the day gave him the overall victory.

What's gotten in to CHRIS HAM this year?! The guy has really been traning hard and its paying off bigtime.

KAMAKAZI tweaks his ankle
Nanaimo, British Columbia - Canada: Went to Canada last week for the last qualifier in the REDLINE CUP SERIES. And we now have the full scoop on "Kamakazi's Most Excellent Adventure" (perhaps to be made in to a Hollywood movie someday). Unfortunately - rumors were true that Kamakazi busted his ankle while up in Canada; helping Bubba & the gang put on a Supercamp Clinic in Nanaimo.

When you last heard from the Redline-Australia pro, he'd taken 2nds both days in ProCruiser at the Great Northwest National, and tossed his gear in the SuperCamp boxtruck to go with Bubba 'n the gang to do a 3-day BMX Clinic in Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Once in Canada, the Nanaimo BMX track provided an awesome course for teachin' the kids some BMX skills. Their second straight is looooooong, and chock full o' jumps -- a roller, a mid-size double, a big step-up, followed closely by a huge tabletop, and then some giant triples.
So -- on the first day of SuperCamp, Kamakazi (living up to his name and reputation) decided to be the first guy to ever jump from the step-up to tabletop. (A huge gap that any mere mortal wouldn't even dream of.) So he goes for it, and he made it! But because of the wind-factor, his landing wasn't so smooth, and his right foot unclipped and slammed the ground ... soon followed by a "snapping" sound that few could hear.
Upon getting it X-rayed, a Canadian Doctor declared, "It's broke, eh."
And they put on a quick cast, that wouldn't last.

BMX SuperCamp in Nanaimo is always a blast--so there was tons o' fun for everyone to do. And Kamakazi wasn't about to let a broken ankle ruin his week. The next day, he was back on his bike, manualling the rhythm section, and the following day, he was hitting the wake on a lake, innertub'ing behind a boat (with his cast wrapped in plastic). And if the employees at BungeeZone would've let him, he would've been jumping off a 150 foot bridge with the rest of the BMXers.
Needless to say, 'Kazi's cast was looking a bit worn by Saturday.
The good news was that the injury hadn't slowed him down much.
The bad news was that he'd made the break a little bit worse by not taking it easy.
The Canadian Doctor was just shaking his head in amazement. And this time, put on a heavy duty dirt-jumping-type fiberglass version of a cast.
Randy Little and the Nanaimo Crew took real good care of Kamakazi, awarding him a custom pair of flat-black Redline crutches (with Redline pads 'n all). And his Redline cohort-Bubba Harris, gave his cast the Full Factory Redline look.
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ONE WEEK LATER: Bored, with nothing to do this past Sunday, Kamakazi found some clippers in gOrk's garage and decided to remove his custom Redline cast. On Monday, he returned to the hospital to have it checked out again, and have a new cast put on. X-rays showed that it's healing fine and they put him in a soft cast for his long airplane ride home.

brand new REDLINE co-sponsor: MATTEL DM-2 MIXER
So. Cal. REDLINE has just added a new late-in-the-year CoSponsor; the DM2 (Digital Music Mixer) by APZU.
The promotional program is being handled by the REGAN GROUP, who will be demonstrating the DM2 in the Redline Pits - at select REDLINE CUP FINALS, as well as the ABA Fallnationals. That's right--the Redline Rig will be turning in to a BMX rave of sorts; so you'll definitely want to check it out!

The DM2 mixer will be hitting the market in September, just in time for the Holiday shopping season. It hooks right up to your personal computer, and enables the user to mix music just like Moby or Crystal Method.... (well, maybe with a whole lotta practice).

Be sure to stop by the RL pits in Oklahoma, Las Vegas or Del Mar and give the DM2 mixer a try. No longer will you need 2 turntables and a microphone... just a computer and your DM2.

The DM2 will sell in all major stores for right around $100. You might even want to add it to your Christmas list!

For more on the DM2, go to: www.mydm2.com

Redline's CLARENCE PERRY to clip-in?
Everett, WA. Rumor has it that "THE EARTHQUAKE" is making some adjustments. After getting snapped out of the gate by (of ALL people) gOrk [who had just bolted on some clipless pedals that morning] at a local Saturday morning single-pointer, CLARENCE PERRY saw the light and might be converting to clipless.
He stopped by the offices Monday to grab a pair of SHIMANO M-646's.

If that wasn't enough of a change -- Earthquake might also put a 1.75 tire on his front wheel (eeeeek, gasp!!). The Northwestern Legend has got to be one of the last BMXers on earth who still uses a 2.125 Comp-III tire up front and platform pedals.

As if Clarence wasn't fast enough on his Redline before -- just imagine how quick he'll be with all these changes!

REDLINE CUP FINALS locations finalized

Gilbert, Arizona. The ABA has finally announced the location of the REDLINE CUP WEST; it'll be held in PRIMM, at the indoor PRIMM ARENA & CASINO. This is great news--as 'Vegas is always hotter than, well... you know what, at that time of the year.

The Western Redline Cup Finals will be near the stateline - 30 minutes or so from Las Vegas, NV. Previously, the NBL has held nationals at Primm, and everyone reported that it's an excellent indoor facility (with plenty of "things" for the parents to do, as well as tons of fun for the under-21 kids - including rollar coasters and a big outdoor theme park).
Racing will take place from Friday thru Sunday, while the annual Interbike tradeshow begins Sunday and goes 'til Wednesday. This will be a great opportunity for early-arriving Bike Dealers to see some of the country's best BMX action!
It's almost enough for LasVegas to declare that week "National Bike Week" in Nevada!
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64 QUALIFIERS DONE - IT'S FINALS TIME:
If you haven't qualified to be invited to the Redline Cup Finals; you're now too late. All 64 regional REDLINE CUP QUALIFIERS have been ran, and the "invitees" have been decided. If you made your main event at any RLC Qualifier, the ABA will be sending you an invitation to race in one of the three REDLINE CUP FINALS.
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Depending on where you live--you'll get to attend the East, Central or West Finals.

Locations for the REDLINE CUP FINALS are:
REDLINE CUP FINALS EAST.....Sept.14-16......Bensalem, Pennsylvania - Bensalem BMX (outdoor)
REDLINE CUP FINALS CENTRAL..Sept.21-23......Gutherie, Oklahoma - Lazy-E (Indoor) Arena
REDLINE CUP FINALS WEST....Sept.28-30......Las Vegas, Nevada - Primm Arena/Casino (Indoor)
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By winning the main event at one of these REDLINE CUP Finals, the winner receives a REDLINE CUP NO.1 plate (made by Tangent and to be run throughout the next 12 months), a big ol' 1st place trophy, and gets his picture taken - to be printed with the results in BMXer magazine. The distinct yellow-background No.1 plates are awarded to every class, in every age and division.

Redline/Australia's 6-time World Champ;MELISSA MANKOWSKI

Australia. July of 2001 was a busy month for Melissa Mankowski. The 13 year old Australian girl continued her dmonance at the UCI Worlds in Louisville, and didn't stop there. Here's Melissa's report on what she's been up to:

"World Championships Kentucky USA- 1ST 13 girls

The weekend that we arrived home I raced at Gladstone 2 day and got 3rd in A Ladies pretty ordinary, I think I was jet lagged. >From then I have been in 2 local papers, 1 Sydney paper and I have been interviewed for junior sport star award on channel 7 Mackay.
I have been on fox sport – which I did last year at Tamworth and it has just been aired on pay T.V. this was a 1 hour TV show.

Australia BMX was contacted about someone doing a documentary on “wheels in motion” --and guess who they picked? Yeah, me! ABC Australia want to do a 1-hour documentary on me which means they will follow me around a race meet and tape everything I do from preparing for my race to racing.

I have also appeared in a Chicago Newspaper with Rafal the only Polish competitor at the Worlds. July was hectic! Thank goodness it’s August."

ILLINOIS STATE CHAMPIONS on REDLINE's

JUSTIN HERBERT, riding on our Spin Doctors/Redline co-spo team became the 6 year old ILLINOIS STATE CHAMP, along with plenty of other Redliners on the Fox-River squad. KATIE SHEDIVY sent us a full report on the State Champ Finals at Rockford:

"I won both my class annd cruiser state championships again in Rockford yesterday. Johnny Cady and Derik Leary also left with championships. I got bumped up and had to race Jody England in 14-15 Girl Cruiser in the make-up race from Saturday's rain out. Jody beat me by about three inches...I think. It was one of my best races. I'm starting to jump now!"
"First day of school today. So, guess who already has homework?"
--Kwik Katie Shedivy

Thanks for the update, Katie... now get back to the books!

WHAT'S NEXT:

JASON CARNES has been happily relaxing (and training) back in texas, with 3 weeks off. He fires up the Redline Rig this week and will head for Louisville, Kentucky for the NBL GRANDS. He'll be joined at the last race of NBL's 2001 season by KIM HAYASHI, who pretty much has her repeat of a No.1 Title wrapped up.

Right after Oregon's GNW National, MATT HADAN went in for hernia surgery, and is recup'ing at home. He's hoping to be ready to race this weekend--if so; he'll be heading to Reno for the BLACK JACK NATIONALS.

School also started this week for BUBBA HARRIS as he returned home after being on the road pretty much non-stop for 3 months. He too, will be in Reno for the Black Jack's.

After doing the "couch tour" for 10 days, Aussie pro "KAMAKAZI" hobbles on a plane to Louisville, where he will be forced to sit on the sidelines and watch the NBL No.1 Pro title come down to the wire. After it's over, he'll board a plane bound for down unda', loaded with a 2002 Proline and Titanium frame to test out.
For those who have already become Kamakazi fans; don't worry.... in the infamous words of Arnold, he's told us: "I'll be back."

REDLINE's team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME clothing, NINTENDO POWER magazine, LIZARDSKINS products, FLICK TRIX finger bikes, and DM2 mixer.

28/08 Spred Clothing News
Wildman And Maniac T-shirts from spred clothing Have you seen the new Spred Clothing "Maniac" Mike Gul and "Wildman" Todd Lyons signiture T-Shirts?

Spred Clothing has been super busy as of late. First, the new Dave Mirra 2 video game coming out will feature Spred sponsored rider Todd "Wildman" Lyons. And if that wasn't cool enough you will be upgrade your rider on the video game with Spred Clothing!

Next Spred has just released some new clothing designs including signiture T-Shirts for Todd "Wildman" Lyons and "Maniac" Mike Gul. Both shirts are available now and you can check them out at www.spredclothing.com.

26/08 Dope BMX Products News
Dope BMX Products owner,Mike Antes, crashed while on a MTB ride on Tuesday. Mike suffered some major injuries including; 67 stitches in the inside of mouth, 27 stitches on the outside of mouth, broken nose, separated shoulder, and of course some major road rash. Mike will be OK and will be this years Inter Bike Trade Show in October.
In other Dope BMX Products news. Dope will be showing there new number plates, pad sets, and clothes at the trade show. And for those of you that can't get in to the show. You can expect to see everything at the ABA Fall Nationals or check out the dope website at www.dopebmxproducts.com.

22/08 X-Games Dirt Jump Results
Norco's Carl Wilson has reported in on the Dirt Jump results from the X-Games, this is what he had to say;

"Steven Murray landed a double flip in practise and then in his second run - nuts!! Ryan needed to have a great last run to pass Murray and almost looked like it was going to happen until he crashed a 720 on the third jump. He got up and then proceeded to pull a flip 360 on the last.
Stevie had the chance to win if he threw a double also but couldn't manage to get the speed and did a flip no hander to finish. Everyone was awesome and it was a nuts comp. Vert is on over the next few days and a lot of people have already left."

Results:
1. Steven Murray - NIRVE
2. Ryan Nyquist - Haro
3. T.J. Lavin - Specialized
4. Alan Cooke
5. Stevie McCann
6. Mikey Aikin
7. Mike Parenti
8. Chris Doyle
9. Colin Mackay
10. Todd Walkoviak
Carl tells us "The top 5 results are correct - the other 5 could be a little different..."

21/08 GPV's Get Serious
Gravity Biking began over 30 years ago it was made up of many BMX racing hall of Fame inductees. For example, Tommy Brackens, Eddie King, Greg Hill, and Scot Breithaupt. The Guinness Book of World record holder Dwight Garland (USA) is in the Number one position right now, and Tommy Brackens (USA) took the Gold at the San Francisco summer Extreme Games.

GVP Action Gravity Biking is huge in the United States right now! That is why there is a united effort by as select and dedicated group of Australian riders to see the sport introduced to the every increasing base of x, y and g generation extreme sports fanatics in Australia through events such as The Planet X 2001 Summer Games and export of our riders overseas.

The X Games (USA) was the first to bring the sport of Gravity Speed Bikes into the limelight, debuting at the 2000 Extreme Games in San Francisco California. Bicyclists in motorcycle racing suits and helmets, hurtle down steep roads in excess of 120 kph, kneeling and laying on 3/4 fairing 20" BMX bicycles with no cranks or pedals

³The Planet X Summer Games has developed to be the biggest and most successful event of its kind in the southern hemisphere. There are only two other annual events like this in the world. The festival attracts over 400 competitors from around the globe including Europe, USA, Canada, Japan, South America, Australia, SE Asia and New Zealand. The event includes many of the worlds best extreme sports stars competing for serious prize money, creating true worldwide representation and the spirit of global participation.

The games receives significant national and International media coverage and over 50,000 spectators are expected to attend this years event...The 2001 Planet X Summer Games will be seen in over 300 million homes worldwide.

In the United States the average major race attendance is approximately 20,000, there is major television coverage for the sport with ESPN X Games (USA), ESPN2 (USA) and ABC (USA) reaching over 65million household viewers. 235,290 people came through the gates at the X Games 1999 (USA).

If you would be interested in finding out more about the sport email brett@3deep.com.au.

19/08 X-Games Street Results
Norco's Carl Wilson is in the US hanging out then going to to Grands to compete. At the moment he's at the X-Games, here's what he had to report back to us.
"Street has just finished and these are the top three places;
1. Bruce Christman
2. Alister Whitman
3. Jay Miron

Mirra crashed a double flip in his first run and ended up around 5th.
Nyquist crashed also and ended up about 6th I think.

Aussie super hero Stevie McCann didn't qualify for street, but he came so close to landing a double flip - he slid out on the landing. Dirt prelims are about to happen in a couple of hours and finals are tomorrow."

Apparently Carl ran into Victorian based BMX fiends Dave Scott and Spalding that's a long way to go to bump into some old friends.

More information as it comes to hand.

16/08 Redline Press Release
CLUB REDLINE "D.I.R.T." (drivel, innuendo, rumors & trash)

1st, 2nd, 3rd in ProCruiser: ALL-REDLINE PRO PODIUM MAKES NEW RECORD!
Eugene, Oregon. For the second weekend in a row, TEAM REDLINE wrote their names in another chapter of the ABA BMX Record Books. This time, it was for being the first Factory Team to completely fill a Pro Podium. Redline pros took 1st, 2nd and 3rd; dominating the Great Northwest Natioanls--held in Eugene, OR.

If you recall--in Minnesota, Aussie Import "Kamakazi" set a new ABA record for "Shortest time in America before winning a AA-pro main event."

Then--this past weekend, for the GNW nationals, Redline pros MATT HADAN, KAMAKAZI and JASON CARNES set a new benchmark for BMX teams by filling an entire pro podium with the same jerseys. Something that, to the best of our memory, has never-ever been acheived by any BMX team.
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Sunday's Pro Cruiser main was locked and loaded in the gate. On the inside, in lane 1, was Matt Hadan. On the outside, in lane 8, was Kamakazi. And in the middle--was "The Horny Toad" - Jason Carnes.
As soon as the gate slammed, all three Redline pros and their Proline 24's powered straight to the front, throwing elbows to the first turn. The buzz of Redline's AM/FM cassette hubs filled the air! The announcers began to freak out, as out of the first turn it was Redline, Redline and Redline. Hadan had the lead, but Kamakazi was reeling him in quick. Grant White was putting the pressure on Carnes for the third spot, but Jason held off the threat in the rhythm. From there on, "Diesel" had the race won, and a new BMX Record had been inked in to the Books.
That was definitely a highlight of the GNW Nationals--one of many good races Team Redline was involved in.

BUBBA: Amateur racer BUBBA HARRIS--fresh off of his 16th birthday, was also dominant on his cruiser--whupping up on the 16cru class both days.
In 16x, Bubba was without a doubt the fastest, but encountered his fair share of bad luck. In Saturday's semi, Bubba bobbled in the rhythm section just enough to send him sideways, detouring in to the soft stuff in the infield. Disappointedly, he'd be watching the 16x's this time.
And while watching the 16x main from the sidelines, I'd say it was a blessing that Bubb'ster wasn't in the main--as the domino theory was proven before the first jump. Not just 3--but SIX riders colloded, crashed and skidded on the paved asphalt starting hill, before the first jump.
Obiously--it's a restart.
Even after seeing some of his best friends like Mikey Day and Derrick Martin all scrapped-up from the 6-man pileup, Bubba told us; "I wish I was in that crash!"

On Sunday, Bub' was out to redeem himself on his 20 inch, and there was no way he was going to miss out on the 16x main this day. Harris was haulin' buns, in motos, semis and the main.
He was goin' so fast in to turn two, he got a two-wheel drift going, enabling Alliant's Aaron Johnson to gain some ground and pull up alongside him. Going thru the thrid straightaway rhythm section, it was Bubba and Johnson side by side. In the last turn, Johnson dove low and got an elbow in front of our Redline hero. This was pure BMX racing; as Bubba tried putting the lean on Johnson, while Johnson tried taking Bubba up high in the berm. Kinda reminded us of the Grands main event last year, with Bubba and Nichols. Just good ol' racing, between two guys, totally going for it.
End result was Bubba lost this battle of the 'bows, and crashed in flames. Definitely, one of the best races of the day.

DIESEL: Matt Hadan was still hurtin' from his Louisville slugout with the ground. He said his wrist hadn't bothered him too much in Minnesota because the track had small jumps. But this weekend, Eugene's track featured big doubles and a national-caliber rhythm section.
But just like Rocky Balboa, Hadan's a tough guy; taped-up his wrist and was ready to come out swingin' at the bell. (insert "Eye of the Tiger" theme right here)
With family members in attendance, Matt never let-up on how much pain he was actually in, and deserves the title of "Tough Guy of the Weekend"--for making all of his mains.
In the Double-A mains both days, Hadan had some great races. And then, unfortunately, he also had some gnarly spills. In Sunday's first main of Double-A, an already hurting Hadan hit a pothole in the first turn and was run over by half the class. Now add a pizza-arm to his sprained wrist. Pepperoni and sausage all up and down his oozing, pussing forearm. It was enough to make a normal man quit, or drop out for the rest of the day. But Hadan's not a normal guy--and he still had 4 mains to run.
Matt bit the bullet and remained in the thick of things for the next 2 double-A mains, wound up winning Pro Cruiser (the story we started off with), and diced it out in ProOpen.
If there's ever a Rocky 6, Hadan deserves a role. Just goes to prove--you've got to be a tough guy, to ride a tough bike like a Redline.

KAMAKAZI: Coming off of his Minnesota win, Kamkazi was determined to continue the streak. And for two of the three mains on Saturday, he looked as if he might just do it.
First main--it was Kamakazi and Hadan, 1 and 2. GOOD!
Second main--Hadan and Kamakazi got stuck to the back of the pack. Bad.
Third main--Points were pretty much tied across the board, with 4 pros having 7 pts, and 1 pro with 8. It was as if the first two mains canceled eachother out, basically bringing it down to a 1-lap final.
Kamakazi had the holeshot and the lead out of turn one, and was going so crazy fast over the next two sets of doubles that he overcleared most of them. Kazi was carrying a little bit too much speed in to the tight second turn and his lil' 1.5 tires couldn't hold traction. BLAMMO! Once again--Kamakazi lived up to his nickname.
Gathering himself up and dusting himself off, he finished off the lap in usual fashion--360'ing the last set o' doubles before the finishline.
Sunday's Pro Open main was pretty much a encore of Saturday's 3rd main--out front, going fast, going down in a blaze of glory, and finishing off with a X-up 360 at the finishline.
For being in America for such a short time, Kamakazi has already built a huge following of fans--between his name, his incredible speed and power, his terrific crashes while leading races, winning races when he isn't crashing, and 360'ing / styling off of jumps during a race... it's no wonder why America already loves the guy.

EARTHQUAKE: Since becoming a dad, REDLINE's CLARENCE PERRY has been staying at home enjoying his newfound family life. And we definintely encouraged him to do so -- knowing that it wouldn't be long before he hears the BMX track calling his name. So far this year--Clarence had only hit two nationals (Reno and Phoenix). But he showed up in Eugene to prove to all his competition that he is still alive and kickin' butt.
On Saturday, The "Earthquake" looked as if he'd been on his bike all year, and opened up a can on the 36-40 cruiser class. He had a bit of competition from Enigma welder Woody Woodruff, but began to pull away once he cleared the first set of doubles. The win was all his.
Sunday was a different story, as one of Clarence's arch rivals from Portland was applying pressure like a chiropractor, coming through turn one. not many people could see it--but there was some heavy clashing going on in the turn, and Clarence missed a coupla cones. Down the jump-infested second straight, Earthquake wasn't as smooth and couldn't make up ground. Chalk him up for a hard-earned 2nd place.
... but wait! There's a whining cruiser guy protesting that Clarence missed the cones. he thinks he should be DQ'ed.
After some serious discussion with officials and riders, it was finalized that Clarence was forced off the track and didn't do it on his own. His 2nd place stood.
ahhhhhhhh... just wait until next time. Just like the rest of the Redline squad, Clarence HATES losing!

Redline Cruisers - 4 Consecutive Wins
Eugene, OR. As everyone has now come to expect--Redline bikes were RULING at the GNW's. It'd be impossible to keep track of how many main events were won on a Redline -- but we were able to keep score on a few notes. On Saturday, during the cruiser finals--BUBBA's 16cruiser win began a 5-main winning streak. Minnesota's ADAM WELTER followed it up with a 17-20 cruiser victory, which was followed by Eugene local JASON MOSLEY winning 21-25, who was then followed by one of the most exciting cruiser mains of the day--MITCH RAICH going from 3rd to 1st aboard his Redline.
Unfortunately, Todd Parry won the next main, putting a abrupt stop to the streak--which Clarence Perry got going again in the next main.

On Sunday, I noticed a full Redline podium in the hottest of the Girls mains--15 GIRLS.
Eugene local and Redline co-spo'd rider NINA BROWN held off the hard charging ASHLEY RECKLAU, who is now riding aboard a new XLR8R. And rounding out the third spot was Washington's very own CASSIE BUSHNELL, sporting the full Redline colors of "Team Earthquake" (Clarence's hand-picked 2-person team).

1 NINA "RACER" BROWN, HERDA'S/REDLINE
2 ASHLEY RECKLAU, WILD CHILD
3 CASSIE BUSHNELL, REDLINE

Way to go!
Redline's here, Redline's there... Redline's are everywhere!

Redline Co-Spo'd Coloradian KASEY GREB
Eugene, Oregon. Kasey Grebb hails from Colorado, and rides for Cascade Bicycles (one of our Colorado Redline dealers) under Redline's grass-roots program. Kasey and his family made the trek from Colorado to attend the GREAT NORTHWEST NATIONALS, and from Friday night on, he was constantly spotted out front! So much so that he had people doing double-takes, thinking he was Bubba Harris. (It doesn't hurt when you have the same helmet, bike and uniform as The Bubb'ster.)

Grebb took home another two national wins and tripled on Friday -- winning 13inter class, 13 Cruiser and 13-14 mixed open. Not bad for a kid from Colorado (or anywhere, for that matter).

Kasey currently runs a ROC #1 plate and is planning on going for the title again, before he moves up to Expert. He'll turn 14 in October--and should make one heck'uva fast 14x come November. So keep on an eye on this kid--he's a ripper!

Redline congratulates Kasey and Cascade Bicycles on a job well done in Eugene!

Rumor has it...
In Oregon, Clarence and Bubba were both sporting the first two samples of the new REDLINE pants. Final approval by both riders was given and the pants have been ordered. The new leathers are so good that Bubba now only wants to wear the new version.

WHAT'S NEXT:
After being on the road since mid-May, JASON CARNES is breaking land speed records back to Texas. When he gets there, it will have been 15 weeks on the road. For some odd reason, he was real anxious to see his girlfriend Stacy.

MATT HADAN has two weeks to rest up, heal up, and change lotsa diapers of his new baby girl. Hadan will most likely be going to ABA's Black Jack Nationals in Reno, NV. instead of the NBL Grands.

BUBBA HARRIS has talked KAMAKAZI in to joining up with the wild and wacky SuperCamp Clinic crew -- and will be teaching Canooks how to go fast, at the Nanaimo BMX track on Vancouver Island.
Friday will be "Bungee Jump with Bubba" Day in Nanaimo; so if you're in the area--be sure to stop by the Bungee Zone!

ADAM STRIEBY... where are you?! Last we heard, Adam was in Woodward, watching his brother compete in the downhill X-Games BMX race. Next stop--Philly? We'll let you know if he gets the last minute "in" for the X-Games as soon as we find out.

11/08 Exciting news from Trik Clothing
(Western Australia)...With the rapid expansion of Trik Clothing they are thrilled to announce the addition of four new and very talented riders.
South Australian's Ben Chambers, Matthew Stapleton, Brad Pascoe and Luke Londema join existing member Sharon Watson and hardworking team manager Val Watson to represent Trik Clothing at local and interstate competitions.
With other news from over east Jamie Truran, Arron Wood, Anthony Robinson, Tracey Popko, Ben Carlos and Brad Ross in Victoria is also joining Trik as sponsored riders with more talent to add to the already extensive pool.
Trik Clothing is now online. Check out their new and very exciting website at www.trikclothing.com. Added features including rider profiles and order forms will be available in the near future, check their website for further updates.

09/08 New Hyper Boxter
Hyper have released the new 2002 Hyper Boxter and we finally got our hands on the pictures, thanks to Hyper's own pro Mike Gul.
Now with a brand new design we sould just about see Hyper make another attempt at getting their products in to Australia.
Geometry: The top tube is 21 inchs. Rear end is 13 3/4-16 inch's. Head tube is 74 degrees.
Colours: Yellow, black, blue, red, and polished.

They will be out the end of this month, if you don't want to wait for Australian distribution you can have Hyper products posted to your door step by contacting Dan's Competition (www.danscomp.com). For more information on the 2002 Hyper Boxter go to www.hyperbicycles.com.

08/08 Kamakazi Kaos
Australian Pro rider Kamakazi has been having a dream year this year. He's won both the Elite classes at the Australian National championships. Went to the US to compete and jumped straight into AA Pro class, a bold move indeed. A couple of weeks later qualified amongst the best riders in the world to make the Elite mens cruiser final at the UCI world championships where he finished 7th and only a week after that he has taken his first AA Pro win on US soil at the ABA Land 'O Lakes Nationals in Brainerd, MN.

I say bring on the Grands, lets see what the Aussie boy can do there. Dare to be different Kamakazi.

Results from Brainerd, MN (more info from bmxpros.com)
AA Pro Saturday
1st- Christophe Leveque (Specialized/Mountian Dew)
2nd- Danny Nelson (Hot Wheels/GT)
3rd- Matt Hadan (Redline)
4th-Warwick Stevenson (Diamondback)
5th- Christen Becerene (Nirve)
6th- Kamakazi (Redline)
7th- Robert MacPherson (Diamondback/O'Neal/Too Fitness)
8th- Charles Townsend (Kona/Rocket Cash)

AA Pro Sunday
1st- Kamakazi (Redline)
2nd-Warwick Stevenson (Diamondback)
3rd- Kevin Tomko (Haro/Lee Pipes)
4th- Matt Hadan (Redline)
5th- Christophe Leveque (Specialized/Mountian Dew)
6th- Christen Becerene (Nirve)
7th- Danny Nelson (Hot Wheels/GT)
8th- Dale Holmes (Nirve)

03/08 Big Bucks at Bendigo
The annual event in Bendigo is becoming one of the richest race meetings in the Australian national calendar. This year there is $5,000 for AA Men, that's $2,500 each day. The AA Women have $800 per day and A Men have 300+ per day. And they call their race meeting the Gold Rush...Gold Rush? I think these guys robbed a bank!
Traditionally the Bendigo Gold Rush has drawn the best riders from around Australia, I have a feeling this year will be the biggest yet.
Mark this one down in your calendars, the 8th and 9th of September, for one great weekend of racing.
Click here to download the entry form...it's in a PDF format. If you don't know what that means then click here to download the software you will need to read it..it's called adobe acrobat reader.
See you there.

01/08 Redline Press Release
REDLINE’S QUEST FOR TOTAL WORLD DOMINATION
Louisville, KY. With 32 different countries represented--everywhere from Argentina to Latvia, Equador to Australia... UCI’s WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS was definitely a World Class BMX race.
Surprisingly, there are a lot of fast racers from these foreign lands.
Not so surprisingly; there were a ton of REDLINE bikes in the mains and on top of the podiums.
FRIDAY NIGHT - CRUISER MAINS: In the 16 Cruiser main, it was the showdown everyone had been talking about--BUBBA HARRIS, finally up against NBL's top dawg... C.J.McGuire, along with Argentina's finest, Manuel Lopez.
Earlier in the semi, Bub' had already proven he could beat C.J., in their first ever match-up. But for the past two years, Lopez the Argentinian has always got the best of Bubba.
This year, history was about to change!
All three contenders popped out of the gate and barreled to the first set of doubles. Lopez squeezed over on Bubba and they both collided in the air. Luckily, Bubba was able to survive it with a midair hip-check, which threw Lopez off just enough for our Redline Ripper to nab the lead. Suddenly, the Florida Gangsta' pulled up alongside Bubba, and they went thru the first turn elbow-to-elbow. By now, the crowd was on its feet and screams filled the arena. Side by side approaching the rhythm section, Bubb'ster stepped on the gas and pulled away just slightly. Through the rhythm section, he smoothly stretched his lead even more. By the last turn, the UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP title was his!
[1 down, 1 to go!]
Redline Factory Pros MATT HADAN and JASON CARNES, along with their newfound sidekick KAMAKAZI, were all flying in the three qualifying rounds. And then came Semi's--where one little bobble cost Diesel and Carnes a qualifying spot. Meanwhile, Kamakazi continued to rip and found himself in the one-lap Elite Pro Cruiser final.
The gate slammed and our Aussie hero got squeezed like a bottle of Nutella by the two French fryers--Allier and Leveque. Trying to make up ground Kamakazi was pullin' hard when suddenly he heard a strange rubbing noise coming from his front tire. It was his Headlock system. Not only broke, but now scraping the top of his front tire! It's amazing he didn't bail, and it was slowing his front wheel in midair over each big set of doubles. This "mechanical" dropped him back to 7th.
SATURDAY - AMATEUR DAY: Allow me to brag for a paragraph--Redline bikes won plenty of World Championship's this year! ALYSSA KIMURA--who hails from our cosponsored AJ's/Redline squad (based in Temecula, California) kicked things off in the mains with a huge win on her Proline Mini.
One of the Australian girls--MELISSA MANKOWSKI; supported by BMX International's FACTORY REDLINE (Oz-chapter) proceeded to stomp her comp for the fourth straight year. Melissa scored a great victory for all of those Redline fans down unda'.
Then came KIM HAYASHI's main. Again--up against her good friend and arch rival Samantha Cools (from Canada). As expected, the two were visor-to-visor entering turn one, with Cools having the inside advantage. Hayashi, using her Redline geometry for all it's worth, went wide and high to build momentum, and dove to the inside with the mach-speed she's known for. Unfortunately, two other girls snuck directly in to her line and it became a Redline sandwich. Kim crashed... and slowly got back up to a standing ovation from the crowd. She was goin' for it; no doubt about it.
The second to last main of Amateur night was 16-Boys (no--Bubba's not 16 yet, but UCI rules go by the year you were born instead of month and day). Lined up with his arch nemesis of the past two years--Manuel Lopez from Argentina, the entire crowd was on its feet before the gate even dropped; as if they all knew they were about to witness one of the all-time greatest races in BMX History!
Gate slammed and Bubba's Proline gave him a powerful snap. Lopez was on Harris were side by side, as if someone had heli-arced their elbows together; they were that tight. Bubba would gain one foot on a jump, and then Lopez retaliated and took a one foot lead on the next obstacle. Every person in the place was screamin' for their favorite. Lopez took the lead in the 2nd-to-last turn, but Bubba struck back with an inside swoop to regain it by the last turn. With maybe half a bike lead, Redline's Superstar had three rollers left before becoming a 2-time World Champ. But suddenly; the unthinkable happened... he bobbled over the last two rollers. It was just enough for Lopez to catch up and it was a side-by-side dash to the line. By an inch... maybe even half an inch, Lopez stole the win from Bubba.
Bummer!
For most BMXers, one World Championship and a 2nd place would be the best weekend of their life. But for a competitive guy like Bubba, he was devastated.
I suppose that's what makes him so good.
SUNDAY - PRO ELITE DAY: Once the Redline Pros of Hadan, Carnes and Kamakazi attacked the track, getting thru the motos was a breeze. Quarters & semi's, though, were tough. Carnes hit the gate early in his and couldn't make up ground. Hadan was leading his quarter until the second monster-set of doubles got ‘up and bit him. Icing his wrist, America lost one of their few good chances of a USA World Champ.
Semi time came quick and Kamakazi was still in the hunt and looking really strong. The wild 19 year old Aussie was feeling good about going all the way. The gate fell and Mr.Kazi (Kama to his close friends) didn't get the best start of his life, and was balled up by a few riders. Down the back stretch he poured on his amazing power. When you watch him ride, it's as if he has reserve NitrusOxide system in his calves--this dude JAMS! Unfortunately, he couldn't make up any ground on the 4th place transfer spot, and his quest for World Domination ended there.
Despite not making the top-8 cut--Kamakazi has definitely opened some eyes in America, and his good nature, wild appearance and cool name has already made him a fan favorite in the States.
In the typical French tradition of Leveque and Allier, Sunex’s (our French Distributor) Redline-sponsored JEREMY COTTE remained strong and steady all day, and found his spot on the JUNIOR ELITE podium; snagging a very impressive third place.
To sum up the past 2 weekends -- Team Redline (America) took 3 World Championships (two in ABA, one in the NBL). Not a bad showing, for sure. And Redline bikes and Factory Redline riders (Foreign) took home their fair share of World Champ titles at both events.
Total World Domination?
You decide.
REDLINE's team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME clothing, NINTENDO POWER magazine, LIZARDSKINS products, and FLICK TRIX finger bikes.
For more information in SBS, Redline, Pryme and any of our sponsored riders, please feel free to contact "gOrk" at 425-251-1516 or e-mail gork@redlinebicycles.com

30/07 Holmes World Champion Again
The word is out Dale Holmes is World BMX Champion again. Aussie riders Warwick Stevenson and Luke Madill did a great job getting to the final of the star studded field, their day is near. Natarsha Williams finished 8th, but we're sure she'll be back for more next year.
Snr Elite Men
1 Dale Holmes
2 Ivo Lakuch
3 Stumphauser Randy
4 Jason Richardson
5 Warwick Stevenson - Australia
6 Brandon Meadows
7 Nathan Berkheimer
8 Luke Madill - Australia

29/07 Leveque is World Champion
Double A Marketing BMX Press Release UCI World Championship Louisville, KY

The UCI World Championship kicked off on Friday night in Louisville, in Freedom hall, an awesome indoor facility. Due to bad weather in the area the past few weeks, the dirt brought in was soft on race day, but the UCI and NBL officials did a great job getting it as good as possible for the main events.
With over 25 countries represented, the 2001 UCI World Championship was one of the biggest ever. With 2 titles up for grabs on Friday night, Jr. Elite and Sr Elite Cruiser, there were over 200 riders fighting out to make it to the 16 spots for the main events. In the Sr Elite Cruiser class, the Double A Marketing riders fought it out for the elite 8 spots, and it was some great racing action. Here are how the Double A Marketing riders who made the main event finished up:

Christophe Leveque was looking faster than anyone down the first straitaway, and was a huge favorite to win the cruiser race, even though he only races cruiser one a year. Christophe eased his way throughout the moto's, 1/8's, 1/4's, and semi's and had Gate 8 for the main event. As the gate dropped, Leveque was out front, and was drag racing with Allier, until the pro jump, where Leveque pulled away. Leveque slightly over jumped the 2nd pro Jump and Dale Holmes pulled up next to him. Leveque waited till the next strait away,
and passed by Holmes, on his way to the World Championship Victory!
Christophe looks to add the 20" tittle on Sunday! Christophe's sponsors include Specialized, Mountain Dew, Fox Racing, Sinister/Marzocchi Steering Systems, Vans, Sun Ringle, ATI, Smith Eye wear, Marwi Spokes, BMXpros.com, Revenge, Champion Nutrition, Head Lock, Troy Lee Designs, Profile, and Specialized Leveque Tires.

Randy Stumpfhauser was also flying all day, and was a lot of the other pro riders pick to win the main event. Randy won every race he enter until the main, where he was had one of the bumpy gate positions. Out of the gate, Randy looked strong, but Leveque and Allier were just a bit faster. Randy was then held back a bit by Allier's crash, but stayed up front to finish 3rd
overall. Randy's sponsors include Huffy, Smith Eye Wear, AC components, Revenge Sport, Champion Nutrition, Headlock, Fox, Marwi Spokes, CTI 2 Knee Braces, Powerbar, Shimano, Craftsman tools, and BMXpros.com.

Thomas Allier looked to be the guy to give Leveque the biggest battle from the moment the gate dropped, but once the riders got to the Pro Jump, Allier misjudged the jump, causing him to crash, giving him 8th overall. Look for Thomas to be a top contender on Sunday's Pro Elite main event. Thomas' sponsors include GT/Chevy Tracker, THE, Oakley, Sun Ringle, Redsand Clothing, Marwi Spokes, Headlock, Revenge, Champion Nutrition, WD-40, Sinister Steering system, Hot Wheels, IRC Tires, Shimano, ACS Claws, Troy Lee Designs, and BMXpros.com.

UCI Worlds 19+ Elite men Cruiser Results
1st- Christophe Leveque - Specialized/Mountain Dew
2nd- Dale Holmes - Nirve
3rd- Randy Stumpfhauser - Huffy
4th- Sebastien Paradis (France)
5th- Neal Wood - S&M
6th- Thierry Fouilleul (France)
7th- Kamikaze (Australia)
8th- Thomas Allier - GT/Chevy Tracker

Double Marketing proudly represents Thomas Allier, Wade Bootes, Florent Boutte, Jason Donnell, Matt Hadan, Christophe Leveque, Robert MacPherson, Darrin Mitchell, John Parker, Jamie Staff, Warwick Stevenson, and Randy Stumpfhauser. For more information please visit www.DoubleAMarketing.com or email pdylewski@doubleamarketing.com.

27/07 NEA World Xtreme Sports Awards
Australian BMX rider Natarsha Williams has been recognised as one of the world’s leading xtreme sports athletes.
Williams 25, was voted the female BMX category winner along with Dave Mirra the male winner, at the NEA awards night in Germany on Monday the 23rd July.
Natarsha was unable to attend in person due to commitments at the World Championships in Kentucky USA this weekend .
The awards encompassed 11 xtreme sports, including such sports as inlineskating, surfing, MotoX, mountainbiking, windsurfing and snowboarding.
Nominations for these awards came in from 126 special interest magazines in 16 nations across five continents
Natarsha said she was extremely thrilled to win these awards and it is great to know that you do have the support, she would like to thank all those who voted for her.

25/07 BMX race for Australian TV
It has been some time since commercial television has shown any interest in BMX racing in Australia, but the time has come. BMXUltra is proposing a modified racing format for television which may lead to downhill BMX racing in Australia, Vans Triple Crown style, in the very near future.
What do we mean by modified racing format? We are talking extreme games style, that means big tracks and big jumps and loosening up the rules so riders can cut loose (something that hasn't really happened in Australia since the 98 World Championships), making the sport more exciting for the crowds and more fun for the riders.
This event would be based around pro classes, something in the lines of A Pro and AA Pro with maybe even a Vet Pro class.
Such an event would help raise the profile in BMX in Australia.
If you are interested, I need to get some riders together for the proposal, as soon as possible. What I need is a little bit of information about the rider including age, where you come from, a return email address and a profile including current rankings (a photo may also help), email them to shane@bmxultra.com.
For more information on the up coming event, keep your eyes posted here.

23/07 Huffy/Total BMX team
You may have noticed from our results that there are a large number of riders racing for Huffy in Victoria...well I noticed it and thought I'd get to the bottom of it.
When I started digging I literally opened up a can of worms, there were twice as many riders than what I had first thought.
The riders are on the Huffy/Total BMX team and were seen in full force at the National Championships in Adelaide over Easter (minus AA Pro rider Ben Price).
Here's the full list of riders; Ethan Murray (5 Boys), Jack Murray (7 Boys), Tom Siinmaa (11Boys), Jonnne Kelly (14 Girls), Nathan May (14 Boys), Brenadan Siinmaa (15 Boys), Levi Collins (16 Boys), Brock Tuckerman (16 Boys), Adam Bensch (17 Boys), Adam Westra (17 Boys), Mathew Kelly (18 Boys), Leigh Weber (19+Men A+AA Pro), Tom Smith (Junior Elite Men), Ben Price (Elite Men), Lynette Page (16 Girls), Darren May (35-39 Men) and finally Greg Siinmaa (40-44 Men).
Team Huffy/TotalBMX
With a team like that you could say they have the sport pretty much covered, let's hope they don't breed.

17/07 Lalor Park Results
It's been a while now since the Lalor track hosted the UCI World Cup way back in 1998. The track hasn't changed since, and it just doesn't draw the riders like it used to. The weather wasn't too bad, but there was a bit of patchy rain throughout the day keeping the tar surface nice and slippery, and making some of the riders very nervous.
The BMXUltra crew made the appearance at Lalor making up nearly half of the 2 gates of pro, and there was even a Pro Cruiser event but only 4 riders in that. With the event so small those guys were suffering with very little break between their two classes, but still put on a show regardless.
In the AA Men motos Danny Galea (Hoffman Australia/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com), Adam Robb (Redline/BMXUltra.com), Leigh Weber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com) and youngster Jamie Truran were dominating. BMXUltra riders Shane Jenkins qualified but Luke Chmielewski just missed, he'll be back for more.
In the AA main Galea got out to a good start followed by Truran while Weber and Robb were battling it out for third, Jenkins and Burr were also going hard at it fighting for fifth until the second straight where Burr, clipped in completely looped out and flip his bike down the back side of the large step up. At the last corner it looked all Galea and Truran was getting comfortable in the second until Weber made an undercut that held Truran up high and allowed Robb to get through as well. Weber and Robb raced to the line, but Weber took second place by a matter of inches. Jamie Truran finished forth and Jenkins in 5th. All in all not a bad day for the BMXUltra.com boys.
AA Pro cruiser
1. Leigh "Juice" Weber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com)
2. Adam "Vanilla" Robb (Redline/BMXUltra.com)
3. Ken Babbington
4. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)

AA Pro men
1. Danny "Spunkster" Galea (Hoffman Aus/Pedalinn.com/BMXUltra.com)
2. Leigh "Juice" Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com)
3. Adam "Vanilla" Robb (Redline/BMXUltra.com)
4. Jamie Truran
5. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
6. Ken Babbington
7. ???
8. Kennith Burr (Norco)

16/07 Upcoming Victorian BMX Racing Events
As we near the start of the BMX racing peak season there are a lot of rumours going around regarding what events are coming up in Victoria. Here's what we have heard so far, you will need to contact the clubs for confirmation of details and entry forms.
29th July - The Echuca BMX Club announced that there would be a minimum of $1,200 for AA-Pro, but I can't get any confirmation of the fact even this close to the event, word is they needed to spend that money on their track.
8/9th September - Apparently there is going to be $2,500.00 per day up at the Bendigo Gold Rush meeting this year. Entry will be $60 for the two days. There will also be $200 plus 50% pay back per day for A pro. Also the AA ladies will be riding for $300 plus 50% pay back.
7th October - The Puckapunyal MidVic Nationals, the race meeting is to celebrate the club's 20th year of BMX. They are yet to finalise sponsorship but are aiming for prize pool of $1,500. At this stage there should be AA-Pro, A-Pro and Pro cruiser classes. Keep an eye out on www.bmxultra.com/pucka for details. Apparently the club are going to make the short drive out of the city very worth while for all who attend.
21st October - The South Eastern Cash Dash will be putting up a little bit of money as per usual, but I heard they will be dropping the idea of a pro cruiser and will have A-Pro, AA-Pro and Pro Open.
We also hear that the Track Attack series should be on again next year in February, with around $4,500 in prize money.

16/07 PLANET X SUMMER GAMES QUALIFYING EVENTS
ONLY ONE TO GO IN VICTORIA...
Planet X & 'Sprite' are proud to present the 2001 SPRITE PLANET X TRIALS national qualifying series for the Planet X Summer Games (Xtreme Games). A Sprite Planet X Trials qualifier is coming to a skate park near you, with only four events remaining in NSW before the Summer Games in December...
The Sprite Planet X Trials is a series of 26 skateboard, inline and BMX events held in metropolitan and regional areas in each state and territory. It is Australia's National Qualifying Series for the biggest freestyle sport event of the year, the 2001 Planet X Summer Games, December 8 & 9, Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay.
BMX riding, Skateboarding & Inline Skating are hugely popular sports amongst youth in Australia. Already the Sprite Planet X Trials has given away over $16,000 and 74 athletes have qualified for the Planet X Summer Games. With the number of spots dwindling after each event, the competition to nab one of the places to get to the Eliminator is becoming even more fierce.
Now is the last chance for Victorians to qualify, unless they want to travel interstate. The final Victorian event will take place at the following:
August 18 Wodonga Skate Park, Willow Park, Wodonga.
inline skating 9 - 11.30am, BMX 12 - 12.30pm, skateboarding 3 - 5.30pm.

ONLY TWO TO GO IN QUEENSLAND...
There are only two qualifying events left in Queensland, with the Sprite Planet X Trials appearing at the following places on the following dates:
September 2 Beenleigh Skatepark, Gold Coast (BMX Dirt event)
10am - 2pm approx.
September 15 Bundaberg Skate Park, Walla St, Bundaberg (street event)
inline skating 9 - 11.30am, BMX 12 - 12.30pm, skateboarding 3 - 5.30pm.

ONLY FOUR TO GO IN NSW...
There are only four qualifying events left in NSW, with the Sprite Planet X
Trials appearing at the following places on the following dates:
August 11 Hollylea Park, Campbelltown (street event)
(inline skating: 9 - 11.30am, BMX: 12 - 2.30pm, skateboarding: 3 - 5.30pm)
September 9 Kitchener Park, Mona Vale (vert event)
(inline skating 10am - 1pm, skateboarding 1 - 4pm)
September 29 Taren Point Skate Pit, Taren Point (street event)
(inline skating: 9 - 11.30am, BMX: 12 - 2.30pm, skateboarding: 3 - 5.30pm)
October 21 Bicycling Australia Show, Rosehill Gardens (Dirt event)

More information and online entry available at www.planetx.net.au.

2001 PLANET X SUMMER GAMES
December 8 & 9 Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush Bay
Australia's largest freestyle sports and lifestyle festival, featuring over 500 top Aussie and international athletes competing in freestyle BMX, moto x, mountain bike trials, skateboard, inline skate, wakeboard, street luge and skysurf. Plus the huge Freestyle Festival with free-to-ride street course, National Breakdance Battle, DJs, live bands and retail expo featuring the latest sports and lifestyle gear.
Tickets are on sale NOW through Ticketek and more information is available at www.planetx.net.au.

15/07BMX Australia Press Release

Australian BMX Team members have early hit out in States
Several of the Australian National BMX Team members have already made the trip to the US and have featured in
a number of events. Top Australian AA riders Michael Robinson(GT) ,Luke Madill(Norco) and Kamakazi
(Redline) are now getting acclimatised as a lead up to the UCI Worlds at the end of July .
Madill has had 3 wins out of 6 starts whilst Robinson hit town with a first up win in the Saturday A Pro at
South Park. Kamakazi will be working with the Redline team and getting in some early training.
The US based members of the Australian Team are Warwick Stevenson and Natarsha Williams. Support
for their efforts has come from Australian "Supercoach" Grant White who is now back in the States with
his own racing program.
White will not race at the UCI BMX Worlds, but will be present in Louisville as part of his committment with
the Australian squad

Aussie Ex Pat Riders get together in Louisville
A number of Australian Pro riders currently competing in America will have the chance to get together
to ride in the Australian Green and Gold colours at the World Titles in Louisville. Entries have been received
from US based Travis Turresson,John Smart,Sean Dwight and Canada based Brendan Arnold.
These riders, along with Warwick Stevenson and Natarsha Williams will bring a huge amount of experience
to the overall Australian Squad.
A majority of the Australian riders in Louisville have been brought up under the skills training regime that is
now proving to be a powerhouse of talent. The closer involvment with the Australian Institute of Sport has
also seen increased results in the critical 12 to 16 year old age groups.
A spokesman for BMX Australia noted that it was unfortunate that well known Aussie rider Wade Bootes was
elsewhere committed, because his presence would have brought all the talent together under the one roof
at one time.

Wade Bootes.com to hit the road in December
BMX Australia has announced its support of the forthcoming Wade Bootes Tour of Australia in December 2001.
Wade's recent rebuilding of a Tour Bus is now complete, and BMX Australia will be assisting his efforts by
circularising all Australian Clubs with a request for Open race dates in December, January and February that can
be utilised to co-ordinate a National Coaching Tour.
Apart from Wade's previous links in Australia as a top AA rider, he also acheived the double in 2000 of being
Cycling Australia's BMX Cyclist of the Year and Mountain Bike Cyclist of the Year. Whilst Wade's Tour will be
privately promoted, BMX Australia is happy to provide support where possible to publicise the exercise.
Additional support will come from JBL Audio and Cahnnel Ten, whilst most BMX media will provide excellent
coverage.
Although a well kept secret, BMX Australia National Coaching Director Grant White is the Trainer for Wade Bootes,
Robert Mcpherson and a host of other top AA riders, and a large part of Wade's recent race successes can be
attributed to the efforts of the Aussie " Supercoach".

14/07 Puckapunyal Press Release
The Puckapunyal BMX Club, located 100 kms North of Melbourne, are celebrating their 20th year of consecutive BMX racing. The club has already done numerous things to mark the 20th year, including printing a limited edition t-shirt/sweater, running a regional event and modifying the track in a big way.
The MidVic Nationals
But the celebrations are yet to begin...the big event is the MidVic Nationals, to be held on the 7th of October. The club is chasing up a Pro prize pool of over $1,500.
Limited Sponsorship Opportunities
If you would like to get in on the action at Puckapunyal there are limited sponsorship opportunities still available, including naming rights to the event, for sponsorship benefits please download the PDF document from the news section of the Puckapunyal BMX Club website at www.bmxultra.com/pucka.

14/07 Adam Robb signs with BMXUltra.com
Redline's Adam Robb, currently the #2 AA-Pro rider in Victoria, has signed with BMXUltra.com and will be adding us to his list of co-sponsors.
Adam joins BMXUltra.com team riders Shane Jenkins, Luke Chmielewski, Wade Worth, Danny Galea (Hoffman Australia) and Leigh Weber (Huffy).
The team at BMXUltra.com welcomes Adam and we are very happy to have him flying the BMXUltra.com flag with us.

12/07 University of BMX
www.univofbmx.com is a unique site. You'll find articles on the HISTORY of BMX (mainly European but also worldwide developments in the early days), EUROPEAN BMX HALL of FAME and a section with TRAINING ADVICES and such.
Also tell your friends to check out the University of BMX website as they would like to know your personal opinion (Riders Forum) about it. Especially from you riders and others inducted into the Hall of Fame, they would like to have "mug shot" and an "action picture" to be placed with your name on my site. Please send by e-mail or sent by post, details are on the website.

In the near future they hope to organize an International European REUNION in Eindhoven, Holland where ALL European Old Skool Riders will be invited as well as all members of the UNIVERSITY OF BMX "EUROPEAN BMX HALL of FAME". Plaquettes will be presented to the HALL of FAME inductees during a "diner - presentation" kind of setting. They are working on special guests from other sports to present these plaquettes to the members of the EUROPEAN BMX HALL of FAME. More details later.

PLEASE DO PASS THIS INFORMATION ON TO RIDERS YOU KNOW FROM THE EARLY DAYS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO GET AS MANY REACTIONS AS POSSIBLE FROM EUROPEAN BMX RIDERS.

Enjoy the UNIVERSITY of BMX web-site and let them know what a great job they are doing..

11/07 Redline Cup Finals East, Central and West
Locations for the REDLINE CUP FINALS (formerly known as the Gold Cup Series) have been announced.
REDLINE CUP FINALS EAST............Sept.14-16......Bensalem, Pennsylvania
REDLINE CUP FINALS CENTRAL.....Sept.21-23......Gutherie, Oklahoma - Lazy-E Indoor Arena
REDLINE CUP FINALS WEST...........Sept.28-30......Las Vegas, Nevada - NEW location!
This will be the first year for the new name--the REDLINE CUP Series; and is also the first time in ABA History that a bike manufacturer has tied their name on a Championship Series.

Redline's Marketing Director, "gOrk" explains the significance; "It's definitely a big step for the sport of BMX, and it should help attract even more sponsors to the sport. I like to compare Redline and ABA's relationship to that of Winston and NASCAR--with their Winston Cup Series, or to what EA Sports and the AMA have done with the EA Sport Supercross Series."
"For over 6 years, Redline has sponsored ABA's Gold Cup Series, and we watched it grow from a regional series in to the second largest, second-most sought-after No.1 title in BMX. Redline has committed their sponsorship to this ABA series, and we're really pleased that we were able to change the title of the event to ours."
"What stokes me, is that amazingly, GT never did this in the past, with all of the sponsorship dollars they put in to BMX for two decades. Now that Redline has stepped it up, I'll bet we see more "title" sponsorship of national series, in both the ABA and NBL."

For 2001, the REDLINE CUP SERIES involves 64 local multi-point "Qualifier" races, held all around the country. Riders must race at a Redline Cup Qualifier and make their main event, in order to be invited to the Finals. (A rider can qualify at any Redline Cup race, anywhere in the United States, and there are 26 RL Cup Qualifiers left, to be ran during July and August.)
Then; ABA has divided the U.S. in to 3 parts, and depending on where the rider lives--he will be invited to compete at one of the three REDLINE CUP CHAMPIONSHIPS -- be it East, Central or West.
By winning the main event at one of these REDLINE CUP Finals, the racer receives a REDLINE CUP NO.1 plate (to be run throughout the next 12 months), a big ol' 1st place trophy, and gets his picture taken; to be printed with the results in BMXer magazine. The distinct yellow-background No.1 plates are awarded to every class, in every age and division.

The locations for the first year of the newly-re-named REDLINE CUP Finals are excellent:
* For the East, BenSalem has hosted many ABA nationals in the past, and is known for its high speeds and big jumps.
* In the middle of the U.S., ABA will be taking the Redline Cup Central to a brand new site; the Lazy E Arena. After being home for the AMA Arenacross Finals, this will be the first time ever non-motorized MX'ers have been inside this large, plush indoor facility. For more on the site--go to http://www.lazye.com/arena/.[Plus--thanks to the Arenacross track, you can expect an abundance of good dirt, to build an incredibly awesome track!]
* And in a timely manner and location for those Interbike attendees, the Western Redline Cup Finals has been slated for one of ABA's newest tracks; in Las Vegas, NV. Racing will take place from Friday thru Sunday, while the annual Interbike tradeshow begins Sunday and goes 'til Wednesday. This will be a great opportunity for early-arriving Bike Dealers to see some of the country's best BMX action!
It's almost enough for LasVegas to declare that week "National Bike Week" in Nevada!

There are still 26 of the REDLINE CUP qualifiers left. In case you haven't yet qualified to be invited, be sure to hit one of the following REDLINE CUP events:
EAST:

JULY 15	LEBANON CRANKERS BMX	LEBANON, PA
JULY 15	HORNET'S NEST BMX	CHARLOTTE, NC
JULY 28	XTREME BMX OF IONIA	IONIA, MI
AUG 5	IMAGINATION GLEN BMX	PORTAGE, IN
AUG 12	WHITE MARSH BMX	WHITE MARSH, MD

CENTRAL:

JULY 7	HEARTLAND BMX	TOPEKA, KS
JULY 8	WINNEBAGOLAND BMX	OSHKOSH, WI
JULY 14	ABERDEEN EXCHANGE BMX	ABERDEEN, SD
JULY 15	ST. PETERS BMX	ST. PETERS, MO
JULY 28	ROCKET BMX	CONVERSE, TX
JULY 29	WEST FARGO BMX	WEST FARGO, ND
JULY 29	THE HILL BMX	ELGIN, IL
AUG 12	PINEVIEW PARK BMX	ST. CLOUD, MN
AUG 12	SAND SPRINGS BMX	SAND SPRINGS, OK
AUG 19	HILLTOP BMX	GRAND JUNCTION, CO
AUG 19	BLACK HILLS BMX	RAPID CITY, SD

WEST:

JULY 8	ALPENROSE BMX	PORTLAND, OR
JULY 15	MIKE SEDAR BMX	CASPER, WY
JULY 15	TULARE BMX	TULARE, CA
JULY 29	MCCOLLUM PARK BMX	EVERETTE, WA
JULY 29	NOR CAL BOOMTOWN	REDDING, CA
JULY 29	HESPERIA BMX	HESPERIA, CA
AUGUST 5	SNAKE RIVER BMX	IDAHO FALLS, ID
AUGUST 5	BLACK CANYON CITY BMX	BLACK CANYON, AZ
AUGUST 5	RIVER CITY BMX	GRANTS PASS, OR
AUGUST 19	NANAIMO BMX	NANAIMO, B.C., CANADA

For more information on the REDLINE CUP Series -- go to www.ababmx.com

11/07 UCI Backs down
If you haven't already heard, the UCI were taking legal action against the ABA because they were running their World championsips the weekend before the UCI world championships which clashes with the UCI pre championships meeting.
Here is the latest.
In a Press Release today from the UCI, their legal department announced:
"Dear Sir,
The UCI declares as follow:
The riders who participate in the ABA World Championships event the week before the UCI World Event will not be fined or penalized should such riders desire to participate in both events.
Yours sincerely,
Christian Varin
Legal Department"
For information on the ABA world championships go to www.ababmx.com.

09/07 Puckapunyal Results
The Puckapunyal BMX Track, now over 20 years old, is the most central track in Victoria located a 1 hour drive north of Melbourne and less than an hour from rural cities Shepparton and Bendigo, making it the ideal location for BMX racers Victoria wide to battle it out.
The newly modified track held up well to heavy rainfall in the days leading up to the regional event held on Sunday the 8th of July.
The Puckapunyal BMX Club have done a great job in preparation for their sanctioned race event to be held on the 7th of October. Using the regional event as a measuring stick for the track work done so far, some of the best riders in the state put the track through it's paces and word is they have done an outstanding job. Sure there were a few small things to do, but the track would have to rate highly amongst some of the best in the state.
While most of the track appeared unaffected by the rainfall, the new section of the track started off a little sticky, but the blue skies and warm sun soon dried it out. You couldn't have asked for better weather.
There were two gates of the AA men's class. Stand out riders in the motos were Huffy's Leigh Weber who qualified first for the main, Redline's Adam Robb who qualified second, and Huffy's Levi Collins who qualified third. Other riders doing well in the motos were Norco/AXO's Carl Wilson, who hasn't raced in a while, and local riders BMXUltra.com's Shane Jenkins and Luke Chmielewski. Shane and Luke were mostly responsible for the track changes at Puckapunyal and were expected to do well with the local knowledge, and while Shane qualified through Luke fell in the last moto putting him out, but he'll bounce back in the weeks to come.
When the gate dropped in the AA main a wall of riders battled out for the lead and as they found out 5 riders side by side don't fit well into one corner, Jenkins who was on the outside ran out of track and locked up the brakes. Weber put himself in front with Collins in second and Robb in a close third, Wilson was in 4th and Jenkins in 5th until he went wide in the second corner and lost two more positions. That's how they finished.
Once again the Northern Rivers Region did a brilliant job in getting the racing over and done with in a very short time, racing was over by 1:30pm.
The Puckapunyal BMX Club would like to thank all the volunteers who made the event possible including the St John's Ambulance, the canteen staff and the officials.
If the regional race was any indication, the sanctioned race on the 7th of October, which is rumored to be called the MidVic nationals is going to be one to remember.
AA Final Results
1. Leigh Weber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com)
2. Levi Collins (Huffy)
3. Adam Robb (Redline)
4. Carl Wilson (Norco)
5. Nathan Barker
6. Nathan May (Huffy)
7. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
8. Nick Mitas

Click here for full results from the event.

05/07 Planet X News
PLANET X TV - Episode 3 (to air Sunday, July 15 @ 1pm)
This week (15/7/01) Planet X heads to Wollongong, NSW for some Sprite Planet
X Trials action from the Fairy Meadow skate park. One of the most popular
Planet X Trials events to date, held at Guest Park Skate Facility, a loud
crowd of over 400 people showed their appreciation for the talent on
display.
Paul McGreal took out the inline section, making the most of the hits, berms
and step banks and rails. The weather held out for Mike Daly to take out the
BMX competition, who lay down an impressive performance for your viewing
pleasure. By the final event of the day, the crowd was amped and ready as
skateboarder Akasha Adams led and won with a big kick flip over the pyramid
in his final run.
Later in the show, check out gnarly windsurfing vision from the icy waters
of Europe, take a ride with Carey 'Backflip' Hart and Earache hears out US
metal band Stained.
A full Planet X TV Guide is available at http://www.planetx.net.au
Planet X TV - special time of 1pm, Sunday, Network Ten

2001 Planet X Summer Games
Tickets are on sale NOW for the 2001 Planet X Summer Games, Australia's
largest freestyle sports and lifestyle festival. The event will be held at
the Sydney SuperDome and Stadium Australia at Sydney Olympic Park, Homebush
Bay on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9, December.
Tickets start from just $20 plus booking fees and are available through
Ticketek (www.ticketek.com.au). Click on the link below to view the site...
http://www.ticketek.com.au/r.asp?NT=PLANETXS01&SC=PLANETXS01

Sprite Planet X Trials Update
Just less than four weeks to go until the Sprite Planet X Trials series get
back into the swing of things. With 12 stops remaining in every other state
in Australia, each competition is bigger than the last as we get closer to
the 2001 Planet X Summer Games in December.
Kuraby, Brisbane, emerged as a hot spot for BMX bikers with a full field
going for broke in their quest to make the final cut. A score count back
found Mykel Perkins emerge as the final winner, with Ryan Gueltier following
him to Sydney in December.
South of the border in Queanbeyan, near the ACT border, the standard of
competition proved that BMX dirt jumping is alive and well. However, some
broken limbs in the practice session, put two competitors out of contention
a little prematurely.
The series reached the halfway mark in Geelong on the 23rd of June. Brad
Watson followed his Inline Vert win in Vermont, VIC in May with an Inline
Street victory, so he's heading to the Summer Games to compete in both.
For up to date information hit <http://www.planetx.net.au/> and head to the
Planet X Trials section.

2001 Planet X Winter Games
Just over a month to go until Planet X Winter Games takes the stage at
Perisher Blue, from September 3 to 6. This will be the third time this
event takes off in Australia and it promises to once again be the major
event on the snow sports calendar.
Freeskiers and snowboarders will be competing in the freestyle events
including Big Air, Slopestyle and Halfpipe. For the speed hungry there's
the Skier X and Boarder X. Snow Mountain bikers will be adding studs to
their tires to take on the Mass Downhill course and ,to add some madness to
the general mayhem, they will also compete in the Mountain Bike Big Air.
In case that is not enough action for you; don't miss the Moto X demo
opening party, as well as the closing Blizzard dance party presented by
Planet X.
Check out <http://www.planetx.net.au> for the latest rider news, sport
updates and parties planned during the event.

Planet X Street Teams
The Planet X Street Team is out cruising the streets in the black X Vito
Van. The decked out van comes complete with its out-there graphics, a
pumping sound system, PlayStation 2 and wide screen TV so you can play the
latest in Activision O2 Games, including Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Mat
Hoffman's Pro BMX.
The crew has already ambushed the central coast, northern and metro Sydney
areas. Next weekend, Saturday July 21 they will visit Leumeah, Parramatta,
Liverpool and Flemington Markets. On Sunday July 22 they hit the road again
to tour skate parks in Padstow, Engadine, Sutherland, Menai and Taren Point.
For more details of the X Vito Van schedule, check out www.planetx.net.au.

Planet X Win Stuff
More free stuff, for Planet X members to win with the least possible effort
and this week (wc 15/07/01) is no exception.
* Win one of two Philips Xenium 9@9 mobile phones worth over $500
each.
* $500 worth of Realm Streetwear including awesome long sleeve T, an
authentic The Realm flexifit cap, beanie and a top shelf, high tech, snow
shell jacket.
* Heaps of Arnette gear including a pair of goggles, a pair of
sunglasses, a beanie and a hooded sweat.
* 20 CDs from Shock Records
Check out Win Stuff at Planet X Online - http://www.planetx.net.au

04/07 Puckapunyal Race this weekend:
If you're an Australian and haven't raced at Puckapunyal yet you are missing out on a lot of history...many of Australia's greatest riders battled it out at Puckapunyal through the 80's and 90's. Names like "Howie" Waye, Leigh Egan, Glenn Rawson, Jamie Hales, Wayne Macintosh, Dean Crisp and so many more.
You can make up for lost time this weekend, and if you can't make it then you can still be a part of the 20th year celebrations as the Puckapunyal club will be hosting a santioned event on the 7th of October and promising AA-pro, A-pro and Pro cruiser classes, and the amatures will be well looked after too, it will be a race that all other events will be measured by.
This weekend the track and it's new modifications will be put through their paces as riders fight for points in the Nothern Rivers region championships. Once we see how the riders take to the new technical sections, modelled after the worlds most popular tack South Park (USA), we will find out what we will need to tweak for the meeting in October.
There is still quite a bit of work to do but riders can be assured that the track is safe and smooth and holding up very well to the rain.
If you would like to get deatils of our race in October you can email Pucka@bmxultra.com.
It's not too late to be a part of history and head to Puckapunyal for the 8th of July, entry forms are available form the BMXVictoria website at http://www.victoria.bmx.org.au/2001northern.htm.
The website has been updated www.bmxultra.com/pucka and there will be pictures of this weekends racing available soon.

02/07 Team Standard Canada Report:
Well on the 23rd and 24th of June the NBL hosted the Maple Leaf National in Milton , Ontario . Awesome weather greeted all in attendance and especially the Canadian Standard team . All riders on the team qualified for the main events and some excellent performances were had over the 2 days . Sue Lyons rode strong to finish 2nd in a tough 25- 34 ladies cruiser and also finishing 2nd was little pocket rocket Jacob Sproul in the 7 year class. Also in Pro Open Brendan Arnold finished 4th and in 16x Bradie Johnson was unlucky to not be on the podium after coming unclipped in the first turn . Other Team riders in attendance were - Kyle Pearson 9x , Josh Sproul 13x and Alex Brancier in the 16 year old class.
The team would like to thank the continued support from Standard , AME , Bolle , Richey Designs , Profile , Airwalk and Demon Claws.Keep an eye out for the team At Evansville , Indiana in July.

28/06 Team Redline Report:
ABA MidWest Nationals - Rockford, IL.
A new BMX term was invented this past weeked at the Rockford national, while stuttering over the race results. It's a little something called the "Bub'ble-Double." What's a "Bub'ble-Double" you ask?!

That's when REDLINE's amateur superstar BUBBA HARRIS goes to Rockford, Illinois, enters both 15cruiser and 15expert and proceeds to open up a can of Whoop on all of his competition; winning every race he enters.

The REDLINE Factory Squad of Hadan, Carnes and Harris were in beautiful Rockford, IL. this past weekend for one the biggest MID-WEST National in ABA history. And you guessed it; Redline ruled the race.

With all of the Mid-West REDLINE copsonored teams in attendance, from Indiana's Dexter's Bike Shop, to Illinois' Fox-River squad, to Minnesota's Team RiteChoice, there were Redline's aplenty in practically every main event. In some cases, we counted 5 out of 8 bikes in the main event were Redline!
Of course, the weekend highlight in racing would have to be the Factory Gang doing what they do best--winning! 15x BUBBA HARRIS not only won every moto, every quarter and every semi he was in, but he also went 4-for-4 in the his mains.
REDLINE's AA-pro MATT HADAN also had a good weekend, with Pro Cruiser main events both days, as well as making Pro Open on Saturday and Double-A on Sunday. The "Diesel" remained consistent in all, and kept the Redline colors up toward the front of the pack. His final results were a 2nd and a 3rd in ProCruiser, 4th in ProOpen and 5th in AA.
Although he got in his street clothes a little sooner than he wanted, JASON CARNES was wreaking havoc on his 24"er. He and his partner in Redline--(Hadan), wound up sandwiching their friend Craig Reynolds on the Pro Cruiser podium--with a 3rd to go along with Matt's 2nd place.
Congrats also go out to all of the Redline co-spo kids who were representing the red, white and black in true RL tradition... out front! Stellar performances were put in by Rite Choice's ADAM WELTER, Fox-River's KATIE SHEDIVY and way too many others to mention. Way to go!
NATARSHA WILLIAMS and her XLR8R scored the Pro Girls win on Saturday, and after a 1st-Main crash on Sunday, came back for a 3rd overall for day-two.
One last highlight of Rockford was the 2nd Annual gathering of the OldSchool BMX Museum (presented by REDLINE and brought to you by retro websites OldSchoolBMX.com and RoostBMX.com). Personally, our favorite bike on display was Shinglehead's cherry 1976 Redline, and the award for "Best of Show" in the Cruiser category went to Ben Jerry's mint condition Torker 26". Jim Melton of JMC-fame also made an appearance, and Redline's STU THOMSEN was honored as the "All-Time Greatest Racer"-- voted on thru the Internet.
Overall, it was such a big hit, that the next "Vintage Chromoly" gathering will be in Eugene, OR. at the Redline-sponsored Great Northwest Nationals.

meanwhile...
On the wild 'n crazy west coast shores of Venice Beach. CA., the Panasonic Shockwave KING of DIRT was taking place, and REDLINE's ADAM STRIEBY was going off in front of a huge crowd of body builders, bikini-clad babes and typical So.Cal. rollerbladers.
From what we hear, Adam was sitting good in the Finals, when he encountered a problem with his prototype 2002 Supa-X frame. He's been riding, bashing and abusing the custom 2-of-a-kind frame (which has been completely revised for next year), and he finally found its threashold. Unfortunately, a "mechanical" error cost him a 3rd place finish. ...just wait until he's aboard the final production models of the new & improved X-Series bikes!

NEXT STOPS: This week--the REDLINE RIG, on it's way to New York, made a breif stop at the World Famous STRIEBY COMPOUND. >From what we hear--JASON CARNES rode Strieby's trails nonstop, and got his "pump" on at the gym with Adam. Word also has it that Strieby was going to debut a brand new jump variation for the very first time, but decided to do it when there were more camera's (print and video) around.
Matt Hadan & Carne$ will be in New York this upcoming weekend, for the ABA Empire Nationals at Horseheads Park.
Kim Hayashi is currently in Marquette, MI. as the official Girls Coach for the annual CAMP ABA. Her next race will be Southpark.
Adam Strieby will be in StateCollege, PA. at the infamous WOODWARD CAMP, for the third and Final Round of the CFB Series. Will he unleash his latest trick on a unsuspecting crowd? Tune in next week to find out.
The World is also anticipating the arrival of Australian wonder-pro KAMAKAZI--who lands on U.S. soil next week -- just in time for NBL's Southpark weekend; and then it will be on to the back-to-back ABA and NBL World Championships.

REDLINE's team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME clothing, NINTENDO POWER magazine, and FLICK TRIX finger bikes.
For more information in SBS, Redline, Pryme and any of our sponsored riders, please feel free to contact "gOrk" at 425-251-1516 or e-mail gork@redlinebicycles.com
If you wish to be removed from this media-mailing list--hit "reply" and type in "Delete me, dude."

27/06 Puckapunyal News
The Puckapunyal BMX Club has been working flat out to prepare their track for the upcoming round of the Northern Rivers Regional round on the 8th of July.
While there have been some major jump changes, there has also been a lot of resurfacing and widening of the track.
There are only a dedicated few who work on the track and with the limited resources and time the track has come a long way since this time last year.
There will need to be a lot more work required to finish it off before the major event in October, but riders should expect the track to be very clean, very fast and a lot of fun. "We'll be ready to go on the 8th of July, and we're sure there will be a lot of riders looking forward to coming back in October, once they have seen the work done around here." says Shane Jenkins (club president) "We have modeled our third straight from what we saw at South Park last year and believe that the riders will love it, from the sprocket rockets to the old fellas. It will be great for the riders and the spectators."
Join in on the club's 20th Birthday celebrations and head to Puckapunyal for the 8th of July, entry forms are available form the BMXVictoria website at http://www.victoria.bmx.org.au/2001northern.htm.

27/06 Full Sunbury results
We finally have the full results from the Sunbury race on the 17th of June. Click here to check them out.

26/06 Norco News: Madill Madness
Photo by www.bmxmania.com Luke wins at Rockford:
Norco's Star Pro racer Luke Madill attended his first ABA National as a Pro
at Rockford Illinois on the weekend and showed the Americans what he's made
of. Luke came 3rd in A-Pro and 5th in Pro-Open on Saturday, then scored the
big win on Sunday with 1st in A-Pro and a 6th in Pro-Open also. Luke turned
plenty of heads in Pro Open making the final amongst the best in the world
including Christophe Leveque and Robert Macpherson.

Luke's Norco signature frame:
Hot on heels of Luke Madill's A-Pro victory at Rockford, Illinois comes a
spy photo of Luke's signature edition Norco Frame. This frame will be available as a complete bike in October and will feature some of the best components available. Including parts from Marzocchi, Kore and Hayes.

The frame itself features genuine Easton RAD tubing (Square to round) on the top and down tubes and 7005 series Aluminum elsewhere, Square chain stays, 21 1/4 top tube, 74 Degree head tube and a 70 Degree Seat tube.

Look for Luke to continue winning aboard his new frame over the next few weeks.

23/06 GRAVITY GAMES ™ AND AIRWALK® TEAM UP
TO PRESENT GRAVITY GAMES AIRWALK AMATEUR CHALLENGE

(GOLDEN, CO) The Gravity Games™ and Airwalk® recently announced that they have teamed up to present the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge (GGAAC), a five-city tour taking place in skateparks across the U.S. throughout July and August 2001. The GGAAC series promises to be the premiere amateur event of the summer, giving qualifying amateur athletes in the skateboard and bike categories an opportunity to gain recognition and win a trip to appear in the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge exhibition event to take place at the 2001 Gravity Games in Providence, Rhode Island. As title sponsor of GGAAC, airwalk invites amateur athletes, who are not monetarily compensated by industry sponsors, to register in the skateboarding and bike categories for the weekly competition which will include non-stop competition, music, demos and autograph sessions by airwalk pro team athletes, food, giveaways and more!

The GGAAC will feature up to 150 amateur athletes in skateboarding and up to 50 amateurs in the bike category in the novice and open divisions in each market. Each stop will feature qualifying rounds on Saturday, with final rounds and awards following on Sunday. Top novice competitors in both skateboarding and bike will receive an airwalk prize package, while the top competitors in the open category will win a trip to compete in the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge exhibition event to take place at the 2001 Gravity Games, Sunday, September 9, 2001!

"As one of the original skate shoe companies and producer of the first bike shoe ever, airwalk has supported action sports since the beginning," said Linda Nielander, vice president of marketing for TARE7 and airwalk. "By creating community events like the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge across the U.S., airwalk continues to show its grassroots support of action sports by supporting the athletes who make the industry what it is."

"The Amateur Challenge is a perfect extension for the Gravity Games, as it encourages the growth and development of action sports and its participants across the country," said Sharyn Taymor, vice president of business development for EMAP USA.

Sites and dates for the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge are as follows:

Saturday, July 7 & Sunday, July 8 - Central Skatepark, Clearwater, Florida
Saturday, July 14 & Sunday, July 15 - Chehelem Skatepark, Newberg, Oregon
Saturday, July 21 & Sunday, July 22 - Boulder Valley YMCA Skatepark, Boulder, Colorado
Saturday, July 28 & Sunday, July 29 - Palace Park Gravity Games Skatepark, Irvine, California
Saturday, August 4 & Sunday, August 5 - Mission Valley YMCA Skatepark, San Diego, California
*Sunday, September 9 - GGAAC Exhibition Event Finals - Providence, Rhode Island

REGISTRATION, CONTACT INFORMATION AND EVENT DETAILS:

· Information and registration forms can be obtained:
- On the Web www.gravitygames.com and www.airwalk.com
- By phone at (877)-7-GRAVTY
· All pre-event registration forms must be submitted by MAIL to:

GRAVITY GAMES AIRWALK AMATEUR CHALLENGE
65 WEYBOSSET ST. SUITE 60
PROVIDENCE, RI, 02903

· Entry fees are $25.00 Pre-event (Prior to June 27, 2001), and $30.00 on site.
· All pre-event entries must be post marked no later than June 27, 2001 to avoid late fees.
· Early registration is recommended.
· Registration entry forms, waivers and entry fees must be received by the Gravity Games Airwalk Amateur Challenge office to be considered registered. If under 18, a parent must sign a waiver form.
· Novice and Open Bike category is limited to the first 30 registrants each.
· Novice and Open Skateboard category is limited to the first 75 registrants each.

The Gravity Games was created by EMAP USA's Action Sports Group, which reaches more than 14 million monthly readers through magazines such as Bike, Skateboarder and Surfer. A leading multimedia marketing solutions and brand development company, EMAP USA is a division of emap plc, one of the largest consumer and trade magazine publishers in the world. The company is one of the world's foremost media companies with more than 600 magazine titles and multimedia products including television, radio, trade shows, internet, databases, licensing, and consumer events.

TARE7, the company previously known as Airwalk International LLC, has a vision to lead, inspire and define the action sports industry through its airwalk®, geneticÔ and ripzoneÔ brands. Founded in 1986 as the leader in marketing, sales and manufacturing of action sports and youth lifestyle products, the company's airwalk brand remains recognized as the industry original. The TARE7 brands are recognized globally by the 12- to- 24-year-old active consumer through a host of premiere products including snowboarding, skate and BMX shoes, apparel and accessories as well as lifestyle shoes and accessories. TARE7 sponsors a high profile team of some of the world's top professional riders in snow, skate and BMX categories. airwalk® is a registered mark of TARE7. All rights reserved ©2001.

21/06 Mike Gul's New Hyper Frame
Next time you see Hyper Bicycle's Pro "Maniac" MikeGul.com be sure to check out
his new PROTOTYPE 2002 Hyper Boxster frame!
This frame is even more trick than the last one, which has been selling like hot cakes. It hae a Euro Bottom Bracket, solid yoke, and stiffer rear end, just to name a few of the new features.
You can bet that this bike will be awesome. Both Mike and Hypers Pro Girl Alice Jung will be at the ABA Mid West National this weekend in Rockford, IL. So if you're going to be sure to check 'em out. Otherwise keep your eye on Mike's new website at www.mikegul.com.

19/06 Sunbury Race Results
The Sunbury track (about a half an hour drive from the center of Melbourne, Australia) held up quite well considering the amount of rain dumped on in it in the week leading up to their regional round. But the surrounds didn't you couldn't get around the track without being in about 2 inches of mud. The club has made a few small modifications building a new set of doubles and building up their first corner.
There were 2 gates of AA Pro class riders, those looking strong in the motos were Leigh Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com), Levi Collins (Huffy), Nick Mitas and BMXUltra.com's own Shane Jenkins.
When the gate dropped in the main Leigh Webber and Levi Collins headed the charge with Nathan Barker, Shane Jenkins and Nick Mitas close behind. Coming out of the first corner Jenkins hit someone and appeared to have stopped Nick Mitas passed him on the outside and he too ran into trouble as the tail enders over took them both. Webber and Collins fought it out to the line, Webber taking the checkered flag, Collins in second and Nathan Barker finished third.
Once again the Northern Rivers Region deserves a big pat on the back for running the event so efficiently and getting everyone home nice and early.
The next round of the Northern Rivers Championships Series is at Puckapunyal on the 8th of May, be there to see the new track changes and join in on the 20th Birthday celebrations. Entry forms are available form the BMXVictoria website at http://www.victoria.bmx.org.au/2001northern.htm.
Full results from Sunbury available soon.
AA Pro class
1. Leigh Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com)
2. Levi Collins (Huffy)
3. Nathan Barker
4. Nathan May (Huffy)
5. Nathan "Lil Bow Wow" Bowes
6. Nick Mitas
7. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
8. Warren Stoll

18/06 International race in Singapore
For many Australians Singapore is a great place to stop over while on the way to or from many major international destinations. It might be the shopping, the culture, the food or the great customised clothing, but there is usually something for everyone.
There is quite a BMX scene in Singapore and they are now starting to talk about running an international event that will include riders from the Asia-Pacific area with countries like Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The idea is to bring focus to their sport by putting on a large pro series, show casing the pro riders and the sport. If they can pull of the event it will be covered by ESPN.
There will be a lot of work ahead of these guys, and the event just may be a twinkle in their eyes at this stage, but please if you are interested show a bit of support and drop them an email. The head honcho is John Tan and you can email him through john@osbmx.com. If you would like to see what's going on in the Singapore scene then check out their website at www.osbmx.com.

14/06 BMXUltra.com Cross Pollination
BMXUltra.com is going to step it up a knotch with it's promotion and this is how we are going to do it.
Step 1. If you have registered for the mailing list on the front page of our site you would have seen the first step, we have brought back the newletter, it's now called The Thunder...as in the Thunder from down under. It will be regular but not so much so that it will drive you nuts...to start off it should be either monthly or bi-monthly but we'll work that out as we go along.
Step 2. We will be making more videos free for download for people to email each other and freely distribute with the bmxultra.com signature proudly displayed.
Step 3. We will be making more photos available in a 800X600 so you can use them for desktop/background images...we'll have a seperate page for that in the pictures section available in the next week or two.
Step 4. For race teams willing to participate in our "cross pollination" scheme, we will be organising iron-on "bmxultra.com" patches for race jerseys and stickers for bikes, number-plates, hire cars, etc.. In exchange we will offer press releases, plenty of props, etc and we are open for negotiation. (This is a free service for interested teams.) If you are interested email webmaster@bmxultra.com.
Let us know if we are falling behind on these promises, it's because we have so much already going on, be sure to come back and check it all out. Right here! Soon! If you don't see it be sure to let us know you are waiting.

12/06 Pazzaz 2002 Preview
Taiwanese manufacturer Pazzaz have sent us a sneak preview of a new stem, the MX276, that will feature in their 2002 range. It's made of 6061 Aluminium, rounded corners to protect the rider, and has huge hex bolts (dia 13mm). The MX276 is a flipable design, which means it can be used to raise or lower your bars, it offers maximum bar torque, and is light but still strong.
Check out the pazzaz website, at www.pazzaz.com, for their full range of products.

11/06 The Redline"Baby Race"
The race has been on for 9 months now.
When you're in the bike industry, and employees are "expecting" at around the same time--it turns in to the equivalent of a Grands main event.

So, who was lined up in the gate, for the Redline "baby" race?

First--there was Redline's Art Director of 9 years--EVAN MOSS, and his wife JOANN.
In lane No.2 was Factory REDLINE racer CLARENCE PERRY and his wife MARGARET; better known as Mr. & Mrs. Earthquake.
And way over in lane 8 (because he was a few weeks behind the two SBS guys), is REDLINE's AA-pro MATT HADAN and his 2nd grade school teaching wife TRACEY.

The month of June was showtime for this allstar SBS lineup; with Clarence Perry staying home from the Springnationals in hopes to inspire his baby to arrive first. But, as they rounded the first turn of June, it was the Moss family putting in 60 hours of labor to take over the lead for good.
EVAN, who is responsible for creating Redline ads, catalogs and designing all Redline graphics & decals, wins!Wife JOANN had a baby girl (8+ lb'er) on Monday, June 4th. Her name is SADE ABBOTT MOSS, and it's their first child.
Crossing the fatherhood-line in 2nd was the EARTHQUAKE family; with another baby girl. It's their first child as well, and her name is MADISON ROSE. She was born Thursday, June 7th @ 11:45.
And still out there on the track, approaching the rhythm section, awaiting the arrival of their second kid are the HADAN's, who are due in about 2 weeks... right around Utah's Great Salt Lake National.

REDLINE's "baby race" sponsors are: ALEX diapers, KOOL STOP walking baby strollers, TIOGA cribs, ATI teething biscuits, SHIMANO pacifiers, KORE baby toys, PRYME baby clothing, NINTENDO POWER mobiles, and FLICK TRIX rattles.

[ * Meanwhile, for any IRS agents reading this--Asst. Art Director NATHAN BLADES, wins the $29 "baby pool." ]

08/06 Greg Romero's New Video
Now independant AA Pro Greg Romero from the US has put together a BMXing video NorCal style...he took a few minutes to have a chat with us about it.

What's it all about -

BMXUltra: What's the video called?
Greg: "I Ain't Mad At Cha" ( Nor Cal ballers movie)
BMXUltra: Where did you film it?
Greg: I did most of the filming here in the Bay Area (Nor Cal) and my racing was obviously everywhere in the USA.
BMXUltra: Where in NorCal are you based?
Greg: I right in the heart of silicon valley
BMXUltra: What's the scene like there?
Greg: It's high pace cell phone check me out type shite
BMXUltra: What about the riding/racing scene?
Greg: It's boomin..our track is good...trails are great...we got these trails that are world class
Greg: Tripple Crown type training!
BMXUltra: Sounds cool, did you capture that on the vid?
Greg: I edit this video called Redneck Battletruck for DAN K HARVIST...WHITE BOY RAPPER WHO RIPS
Greg: JUST WANTED TOO SAY THAT ABOUT DAN K!
Greg: Yeah those trails are on there!
BMXUltra: Who is in it?
Greg: It features BMX cycling legend Cecil Johns, Dave Latimer..and then your new school BMX thrashers Chad Kagy, Rob Darden, Ryan O'connell as well as some interviews with top AA pros Christophe Leveque and Wade Bootes
Greg: It's a very entertaining video.

Background stuff -

BMXUltra: Is it your first film?
Greg: It's my first to go on the market...I have done a couple of little videos (5 to 10 minutes) for various clients...This video is 1 hour long!
BMXUltra: Clients?
Greg: I did "sponsor me" videos for Charles Townsend, Jason Richardson and myself...
BMXUltra: Are you a professional film maker?
Greg: No...But it is definitly a hobby that I enjoy
Greg: I have been teaching myself in my spare time...since 98
BMXUltra: What equipment do you use?
Greg: The basic stuff that is available for consumers...Apple g3...Adobe Premiere...Sony trv 900 Cam
BMXUltra: How much filming does it take to make a 1 hour video?
Greg: Alot!!!!
Greg: I've used film dating back to 1996-1997!!
BMXUltra: How many hours of video doesn't make the cut?
Greg: Alot!!! I have got well over 40 tapes in the archives
BMXUltra: how do you decide what makes it and what doesn't?
Greg: I don't know...I usually try to figure out what I want to convey..then take the images that will portey that visual
BMXUltra: Do you think anyone who has the equipment can make a movie?
Greg: Well...the programs are pretty self intuitive...However it took me over a year to master the programs..meaning I don't have to refer to manuals and stuff
Greg: But,Sure..it's easy and alot of fun..It's definaetly an art form!
BMXUltra: what about when you are filming how hard it it to work out what you should be filming and how close you get to the subject etc.?
Greg: Really it just comes down to intution to percieve what it takes to preserve the visuals.
Greg: There are alot of teqniques that I still don't know yet ,though.
BMXUltra: What is the soundtrack like?
Greg: The soundtrack is boomin! hip hop and some good vibes!
BMXUltra: Who are the groups?
Greg: DMX...Mos Def...Dr.Dre...Gangstar...Lavish Green and I have DAN K HARVIST rapping to his own riding!!! Check him out at hellacrazy.com
BMXUltra: Do you use any special effects?
Greg: Not many..that stuff seems to water down the video and give it a gay effect
Greg: I only use them when it's appropriate
BMXUltra: Did you have anyone help fund the project?
Greg: Well...When I was making good $$$ with GT...I saved my $$$ to buy equipment...Equipment is needed to even get started!
Greg: I funded it indirectly with gym work and sprints!!!!!!!

Purchasing information -

BMXUltra: How can people buy the video? Where can they get it from?
Greg: I am having a website built right now so people can get in contact with me directly for purchases at www.premoproductions.com.
Greg: The video is awesome entertainment!!! I have another one on my mind that I want to have out for SEPT.
BMXUltra: there are a lot of videos out there what makes yours different?
Greg: It's a gangster bmx video!
Greg: I mean it's got a wide variety of riding..
Greg: And it's got some people going off on the norcal socal rivalry!!
BMXUltra: How much is it?
Greg: It will be $18 amercian and the Pal format versions will be $20.

Greg is looking for Australian distribution, if you are interested drop us an email and we'll hook you up with the details.

Be sure to look out for the review on BMXUltra.com soon!!!

06/06 Norco Team Update
Luke Madill Doubles at Penrith
At the recent race at Penrith Panthers Track in NSW, Luke Madill dominated the AA Pro class to take home the victory in both AA Pro and Pro Open. He was up against the best in the country including Kamakazi, Darren Hawkins, Jamie Grey, Tony Harvey, Troy Fisher and Adam May. A big thanks go out to Blackman Cycles for sponsoring this race and their continued support of the sport.

Luke is currently getting ready to head off to the USA to stay with Sean Dwight and hit a few U.S. Nationals before heading to the World Titles in Kentucky.

Khalen Young has made the move across Australia to stay in Melbourne, expect to see Khalen popping up at races along the East coast over the next six months. Khalen also recently qualified through to the X-Games in both BMX Dirt and Street, so look out for him to be flipping out in Sydney at the X-Games later this year.

Jamie Wallace is back on the bike again after separating his shoulder at Knox over the first straight doubles, his first race back will be at the Vic vs.SA race at Mount Gambier on Queens B'Day weekend.

WIN A NORCO Speed Metal Team frame at www.pedalinn.com, go there now and answer an easy question to have a chance to win!!!

06/06 Web watch: Brian Strieby.com
Bulldog A Pro/Dirt Jumper Brian Strieby has joined the likes of many AA Pros and now has his own website www.brianstrieby.com.
Brian lives in a quite town in Indiana (Amish country) with his family and there are plenty of photos of the famous jumps surrounding the Strieby household.
You can check out Brian's bikes, some history, photos and a whole lot more at www.brianstrieby.com.

04/06 BMX Australia News
Supercoach arrives back for Australian National BMX Team Camp

Grant White , BMX Australia National Coaching Director has arrived back in Australia from his current US racing committments to undertake the organisation of the annual Australian National Team Camp. The camp will be held at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra during the period June 12 to 17th.
Sports Scientists from the Institute have indicated a willingness to extend the previous training regime to include such issues as SRM Crank power data during simulated competition, biomechanical filming, laboratory ergometer sprinting and a number of unspecified programs that have been developed over the last 2 years.
A representative from the Institute noted that "the data from the last camp evaluation was a great success and proved that both scientists and athletes can learn from a well designed camp that still allows athletes to train".
Grant White has combined his BMXA Coaching duties with a heavy campaign of BMX racing in the United States that sees him currently in the top 10 riders in the ABA Points Series. He is also involved as the trainer for Wade Bootes, Australian BMX / Mountain Biker who is currently leading the ABA Points Series.

Record number of Australian Elite Men enter to contest 2001 Worlds

A total of 10 Australian Elite Men have entered to compete at the 2001 UCI-BMX World Titles in Louisville Kentucky.
The Australian squad will feature riders currently competing overseas as well as the cream of Australian Elite.
The 6 Australian based Elite riders are Kamakazi ( full name),Luke Madill, Michael Robinson, John Johnson,
Simon Grigg,and Christopher Page , and they will be joined by 4 International based riders, Warwick Stevenson ( US based) Sean Dwight( US based) Travis Turresson ( US based) and Brendan Arnold ( Canada based).
A spokesman for BMXA noted that this was the strongest Australian Elite Mens squad at an International Worlds, but that in contrast the Elite Womens squad would consist of only 2 riders. These are Natarsha Williams ( US based ) who is the current World No 1 and Australian based Tanya Bailey who is the current Australia No1. Quality will certainly prevail over quantity in this Womens class.
The Junior Elite Mens will feature only 3 riders in the class, with current Australian No1 Shane Aglawatta and former World No1 Ronnie Dugdell being joined by Gavin Turner. Australia's hopes in the Junior Womens class will pivot on Brigitte Pink.
The balance of the Australian Squad is made up of Challenge riders, with special note of appearances by current and former World No 1s in Leigh Darrell, Tamika Hymers,Brian Kirkham, Chloe MacPherson and Melissa Mankowski.
Having achieved the 3rd Team placing in both the Challenge and the Championship classes at the 2000 Worlds in Argentina, the Australian Team Management are hopeful of improving their placing. Team Manager Alex Downie is aware of the strong competition within the US, along with the probability of a highly technical race track configuration, but is also confident that the BMX Australia Coaching processes now in place will give the riders the edge that they need.

01/06 TEAM REDLINE REPORT: ABA Springnationals - Stockton, CA.
Matt Hadan, Bubba, Jason Carne$ and Kim Hayashi made their presence known at ABA's recent SPRINGNATIONALS; held in sunny Stockton, CA. during Memorial Day weekend. The race highlight this time goes to the DIESEL for winning Pro Cruiser; putting himself high in the points for the No.1 Pro Cruiser title. We also give props to KIM HAYASHI, for winning every main she was in!

The Stockton Fairgrounds has seen its share of Springnationals. No one will ever forget the year it poured down rain all weekend and they wound up putting straw on the track (disenabling riders from actually riding their bikes, and forcing them to run the entire track length on foot, dragging their bikes).
Compared to all past Spring Nat's in Stockton; this one will most likely rank as the best one yet! With over 340 motos, a huge Factory Row and tons of Redline riders leading their races--the 2001 Springnationals will long be remembered for its intense, neck-to-neck, elbow-banging and bar-clanging action.
And as you'd expect, TEAM REDLINE played a big part in the excitement. AA-pro MATT HADAN was 'Da Man in Pro Cruiser, scoring a victory on day one and backing it up with a 2nd place score on Sunday. If he keeps up this pace, you can add his name to ABA's National Champions banner for 2001.
15 year old BUBBA HARRIS was also on the jammie all weekend, with his "highlight" reel being Day 2's 15x finale. It was Bub' and his arch nemsis Brandon Nichols duking it out all around the track. Bub was out front until after turn two, when Nichols squeezed by. Bub'ster then got back on the leg-powered throttle and pulled up alongside Nichols, to set up for an inside swoop in the last turn. Down the last straightaway, it was a race of horsepower, as Harris and Nichols dueled axlebolt to axlebolt toward the finishline. Yet another close one, the win went to.... not Bubba.
To Bub', he was disappointed with his 2nd place score. To us and the thousands of spectators on their feet, we were stoked and in awe, having just watched the best main of the weekend.
Speaking of amazing... KIM HAYASHI continued to amaze everyone in attendance with her speed and jumping skills. The best compliment you can give to a girl is "You ride like a boy"... and Kim has been hearing that a lot lately. (Heck, WE have been hearing that a lot lately!) Kim proved why she is the premiere factory sponsored girl in the sport of BMX by jumping everything as smooth as butta' and racking up 4 wins out of 4 mains. (By many bike lengths, none the less). In fact, I don't think she even lost a moto all weekend!
And last but surely not least--let us introduce you to REDLINE's newest recruit; RUSTY DIAL. As a Texan pro, racing in the Vet-Pro ranks, Dial has been tearing it up on the track and hanging out in the Redline pits between motos. He's also been the first guy in quite some time to give multiple No.1 Masters Champion Eric Rupe a run for the money. So... we figured; "Why not get the guy in a Redline jersey?!"
Rusty Dial made his co-factory Redline debut in Stockton and was found out front more often than not. On Saturday, after winning Main #1, it looked as if victory would be his. But some handlebar banging action wound up putting him back to 3rd overall. "Lonestar", as he is called, definitely made a name for himself in Stockton, and gave us a good sign of things to come. Count on Dial's name to be toward the top of Vet Pro points come November, and don't be surprised when they call his name up to accept the prestigious silver cup!
Congrats also go out to the Marzocchi~Redline team, for scoring some hefty wins, to Proline mounted JAMIE LILLY for 1st place finishes in WomensPro, and to all of our co-sponsored Redline riders--like Jason Mosley, the Brown Sisters, Robby's Bike team, and The Bike Shop squad, who represented Redline well!
As motos and mains flew by, it was pretty common to see 2 or 3 Redline's in every race... thus proving why REDLINE is the "Fastest Name in BMX" right now.

NEXT STOPS: This weekend--Jason Carnes & Kim Hayashi will be trading in their BMX bikes for bigger wheeled machines with a bunch of gears and suspension; watch for them in Dual Slalom and Downhill in BigBear, CA. - May 31-June 3.
Matt Hadan & the Redline Gang will all be in Utah--for the Great Salt Lake Natls, June 15-17.
Bubba Harris heads to Calgary, Canada - for a SuperCamp Clinic this weekend, and begins riding a Proline TEAM (XL) for the very first time. (Man, he's getting big!)
Adam Strieby has just returned from Moscow, Russia (see the Redline website for a full report on their trip) and is recovering from jet lag in his Indiana cabin.
...and Clarence Perry is currently a nervous wreck--pacing the floor, awaiting the arrival of his first child. Due date is possibly next Weds., and we wish he and his wife Margaret the best of luck.

30/05/01 ACTIVISION'S MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™ SOARS TO #1
BEST-SELLING PLAYSTATION® GAME CONSOLE TITLE FOR WEEK OF MAY 13 - 19 ACCORDING TO USA TRSTS DATA
Sydney, Australia -- May 30, 2001 -- After only four days in limited distribution, Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ tops U.S. retail charts as the #1 best-selling PlayStation® game console title by dollars for the week of May 13 - 19, 2001, according to NPD's TRSTS Data. Delivering an authentic cutting edge BMX experience, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ allows gamers to ride like 10-time world vert champion, Mat Hoffman, or seven other top pros as they perform hundreds of tricks in a variety of realistic courses.

"The success of Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX further solidifies Activision's position as the leader in the action sports genre," states Ron Doornink, President and COO, Activision, Inc. "The first title to ship under the newly launched Activision O2 sub-brand, Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX exemplifies the authentic adrenaline-pumping gameplay and roster of legendary pro athletes that have become signature trademarks for Activision's action sports games."

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX features Hoffman, Cory Nastazio, Simon Tabron, Dennis "DMC" McCoy, Kevin Robinson, Rick Thorne, Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, and Joe "Butcher" Kowalski. The game challenges players to perform hundreds of tricks and signature moves in a variety of realistic street, vert and dirt jump courses, featuring 2-player H-O-R-S-E, split-screen Trick Attack and Graffiti. Gamers can also play in the career mode, moving up the ranks to win the ultimate BMX crown by unlocking new courses and upgrading their bike and rider abilities. The title was developed utilizing an enhanced version of Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ game engine and carries an G8+ rating by the Office of Film & Literature Classification.

28/05/01 Mt Beauty Results
Mt Beauty is based at the foot of some of Australia's best mountain range for both mountain biking and snow skiing, and about this time of year (only 2 weeks until the start of our ski season) you have to expect a little bit of (or should that be bitter) cold and a little bit of rain.
And rain it did, on Sunday, pretty much up to the time racing started. The track holds up well in the rain which was just as well for the many people who travelled the 4 hours from Melbourne. As per usual the club from Mt Beauty and the Northern Rivers started on time and the races were run through very quickly.
To start with start gate was very slippery and brought quite a few riders unstuck, but as the day progressed the weather improved, the rain stopped and the sun made an appearance.
There were 2 gates of AA-pro, not too bad a turn up for a country track so far from everything and during the "off season". During the motos local hero Nick Mitas was looking very confident, he's improved a lot in the last 12 months, with progress like that I will predict that this guy is going to be someone to look out for in the very near future. Leigh Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com) showed up just as practice ended but still finished top qualifier in the motos. Youngster Levi Collins (Huffy) performed well and qualified second for the main. BMXUltra.com's own Shane Jenkins struggled with the gate and did it the hardway making up for lost ground down the first straight and comfortably qualifying for the main.
As the gate was about to drop Nick Mitas lost balance and appeared to put a couple of riders off, but not Levi and Leigh, it was on for young and old there was a wall of five riders fighting for the first corner, but Collins got their first and while Jenkins started slowly he pulled from 6th to 2nd in one foul swoop, bumping into Webber and washing off a little speed. It was enough to keep him in 3rd spot. While Webber and Collins fought it out for first, it was a drag race which came right down to the line with Webber winning by a narrow margin over Collins and Jenkins in for 3rd.
It was a successful outing for the boys flying the BMXUltra.com flag and a most enjoyable weekend. From Mt Beauty and Victoria's Northen Region expect nothing less than an excellently run meeting and a great track.
Other news from the Northen Region are the changes to the tracks. Sunbury have built up their second corner and modified some jumps. Puckapunyal have rebuilt their third straight and started work on resurfacing, the new jumps are said to be a big change. Bendigo have also modified jumps in preparation for their big event in September.
19+ Expert Class
1. Robert Slatter
2. Adam Robb
3. Dane Pangallo
4. Darren May
5. Kate Elliot
6. Tim Dingwall
AA-Open
1. Leigh Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra.com)
2. Levi Collins (Huffy)
3. Shane Jenkins (BMXUltra.com)
4. Dean Miller
5. Adam Robb (Redline)
6. Nick Mitas
7. Brock Tuckerman (Huffy)
8. Nathan May (Huffy)

25/05/01 Web Watch: Boul
If you are looking for something totally different on the web that's BMX related, then you need to check out the Crazy World of Boul www.boul.fr.fm.

Frenchman, Christophe Boul, is an established designer with a passion for extreme sports, particularly BMX. He has a huge collection of cartoons, many BMX based and all done in flash (for those of you who don't know that means cool animations). If you are going to check out his site you will need to make sure you have the flash plug-in on your browser.

Boul is a big fan of BMXUltra and has been linking to our site for a long time, we are also a big fan of his work. So if you are bored reading the same old press releases and reading the stats on the latest model gravel axe, the check out the Crazy World of Boul www.boul.fr.fm.

23/05/01 Pedalinn.com have gone insane
Those guys, "Crazy" Dave and "Mad" Mark, down at Pedalinn.com (located just south of Melbourne, Australia) have gone completely nuts. What am I talking about? Well...Just imagine the worst TV commerical you have seen for a used car sales yard and multiply it by about 5 and you'll get the general idea of just how crazy I'm talking...it's pathetic.

I don't know how they are doing it, but they are cutting the cost of BMX equipment like you would not believe, and it looks like the low prices are here to stay. We are talking about discounts that are around the 20% mark in some cases.

They stock everything BMX from Profile cranks to complete GT bicycles, Hoffman handlebars to Tioga Comp III tyres, Troy Lee gloves to...well you get the picture.

So if you want to join in on the savings all you need to do is join their VIP club and they will send out a price list every Monday via email.

Do yourself a favour and save a few bucks while you are at it, click here to visit www.pedalinn.com.

22/05/01 Vans Triple Crown of BMX 2001
MOUNTAIN DEW NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP OF BMX KICKS OFF IN SALT LAKE CITY

Vans Triple Crown Series Teams with NBC Sports and Fox Sports Net To Provide Coverage

Santa Fe Springs, CA (May 17, 2001)-The Vans Triple Crown of BMX arrives at Salt Lake City's Rad Canyon for three days of intense BMX competition, June 15-17. This year's event, the Mountain Dew National Championship of BMX, will also be broadcast on NBC Sports on August 4 at 3:00 p.m. EST as part of NBC's ongoing coverage of the Vans Triple Crown Series. Fox Sports Net will provide the cable compliment.

Last year, the first Vans Triple Crown of BMX was introduced at Camp Woodward in Woodward, PA, and downhill BMX racing was the only form of competition. This year, the competition has expanded to include street, dirt and vert competitions, as well as an American Bicycle Association (ABA) sanctioned racing format.

Also expanding is the prize purse, set at an unprecedented $270,000. Vans will also offer a $10,000 "Off The Wall" award at the end of the year to the overall best routine by a rider in any of the four categories.

Some of the sport's best athletes, including Christophe Leveque, Scott Yoquedet, Dennis McCoy, Rick Thorne and Fuzzy Hall will be featured alongside last year's Vans Triple Crown Winner Chris Sanchez and current ABA Champion Wade Bootes.

"Vans is excited to bring the Mountain Dew National Championship of BMX to Salt Lake City," stated Jay E. Wilson, vice president of global marketing for Vans. "Our partnerships with NBC Sports and Fox Sports Net will take the event to an even higher level by generating national exposure for the sport and for the athletes."

The following Vans Triple Crown of BMX events are tentatively scheduled to air on NBC Sports:

Saturday, August 4, 2001 Mountain Dew National Championship of BMX
NBC Sports 3:00 p.m. EST --Salt Lake City, UT

Saturday, September 8, 2001 BMX World Championships
NBC Sports 3:00 p.m. EST --Louisville, KY

TBA Vans Championships
Fox Sports Net --Oceanside, CA

The Vans Triple Crown of BMX is made possible through the proud support of Vans, Mountain Dew, PlayStation, Ford Ranger, Right Guard Xtreme Sport, Rolling Stone, NBC Sports, G-Shock, Transworld BMX and Fox Sports Net. The Vans Triple Crown ™ Series features the world's top athletes participating in premiere venues throughout North America for the top prize purse in each of seven Core Sports™ disciplines: Skateboarding, Wakeboarding, BMX, Freestyle Motocross, Surfing, Snowboarding and Supercross.
Vans (Nasdaq: VANS) is a leading worldwide brand for Core Sports äspecializing in performance and lifestyle footwear, apparel, snowboard boots and bindings. Its contributions to Core Sports ™ also include the operation of six mega Vans Skateparks, the High Cascade Snowboard Camp ™ and continued sponsorship of the Vans Warped Tour ™ and the VANS World Amateur Skateboarding Championships ™. Vans collections are sold in the United States through company owned stores and factory outlets as well as a network of independent retailers. Vans also distributes to 90 countries internationally through distributors, sales agents and its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil and Argentina.
For more information on Vans and the Vans Triple Crown ™ Series, please visit www.vans.com.

21/05/01 Hot News from Acclaim Max Sports

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum Remix is an enhanced version of the highly successful Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX. Acclaim Max Sports has packed Remix to the max to deliver all of the additional features you asked for.

Pre-Order now from the Acclaim Online Store for only $39.99! http://www.digitalriver.com/acclaim/37631

Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum Remix includes:
*The entire original Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX game
*10-time World Champion and 11-time X Games medalist Dave Mirra. Play as Dave himself or nine other superstar pros including: Ryan Nyquist, Kenan Harkin, Chad Kagy, Leigh Ramsdell, Troy McMurray, Mike Laird, Joey Garcia, Shaun Butler and Tim Mirra. Two new secret characters round out the roster of athletes.
*8 new free-roaming environments including Jiffy Market, High School and Freeway Off Ramp
*New challenges in the original 12 levels means a full 20 levels of fresh gameplay.
*1,300+ tricks and the new "Wall Ride" ability blow away what other BMX and skateboarding titles offer
*New "Expert Difficulty Mode" for seriously tough BMXing
*New record tracking for biggest combos, biggest spins and longest nose wheelie
*Dope soundtrack includes Social Distortion, Cypress Hill, Rancid, Pennywise and more plus new additions: Millencolin, Vision, the Deviates, and Death By Stereo

As if that weren't enough, the game also packs in a free bonus music CD featuring the in-game music plus some of Epitaph's sickest up-and-coming new bands.

So add it all up! Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX: Maximum Remix includes: 20 levels, 1,300+ tricks, 14 riders, 4 modes, a slew of fresh challenges and a bonus music CD. All that game is heading your way in late May.

Pre-Order now from the Acclaim Online Store for only $39.99! http://www.digitalriver.com/acclaim/37631

For more info about Maximum Remix, log onto http://www.acclaimmaxsports.com.

18/05/01 Introducing JR Products
JR Products is a new Australian company specializing in BMX Racing components.

Front sprockets are now available:- * prices start from $70 gst included plus postage and handling.

More products will be realeased in the near future.

Michael Fenwick (Specialized/JT), Richard Barker (Free Agent) and Sharon Watson (Trik Racing) are currently running JR front sprockets.

JR's front sprockets are made from 6061 - T6 aluminium. They are totally CNC machined billet and are a tuff 7mm thick. Each sprocket has precise CNC machined teeth, resulting in more drive, minimum chain play, and less friction.

Available polished in sizes 36T - 46T. Other sizes and thickness available on order.

Enquiries: email - jrproducts_sa@yahoo.com.au

Jeff 0413 993975 or Graham 0417872686

16/05/01 BMX Museum Planned for ABA Mid-West Nationals
Redline Bicycles and OldSchoolBMX.com are jointly organizing a BMX museum and swap meet in conjunction with the ABA’s Midwest National in Rockford, Illinois in June.

The museum is planned to open at 9:00 a.m. Saturday, June 23, during Midwest National #1. The exhibit will remain open until the conclusion of Saturday’s racing. Admission to the museum, which will be located adjacent to the Redline Bicycles pit area, is FREE.

Redline Bicycles marketing manager, gOrk said, “We’re excited about the opportunity to host this museum event. Redline Bicycles has been a BMX industry leader since the early days of the sport which was evident by the number of Redline Squarebacks, Pro-Lines and MX-II’s being displayed at last years gathering.”

OldSchoolBMX.com co-founder, Bill Curtin said Rockford was a natural location for holding the event. “Rockford BMX is one of the longest continually run BMX tracks in the U.S. It’s centrally located, and the track is in a city park. You really can’t ask for much more than that.”

“There is definitely a sub-culture of bike collectors who are all about BMX. Most of the collectors are either former or current racers who have refurbished old rides, built up replicas or just put together what they really wanted but didn’t get as a kid,” Curtin said.

“The majority of bikes on display will be at least 15 years old,” Curtin continued. “People can expect to see restored bikes from companies like Hutch, Yamaha, DG, CYC, DeCoster, Jag, Race Inc., Cook Bros., Thruster, RRS, GJS, JMC, Schwinn, Mongoose, Patterson. Many of these companies are long out of business, so these bikes are almost like historical artifacts.”

Curtin said the museum is open to all old school BMX collectors who wish to display their bikes. However, exhibitors are required to sign up in advance at www.oldschoolbmx.com/rockford/museum.html.

* Rumor even has it that the legendary BMX Hall of Famer JIM MELTON, of JMC fame, might even make an appearance!

15/05/01 MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™ Release Date
High Octane BMX Biking Game for PlayStation® Game Console and Game Boy® Color to Launch Nationwide on May 30, 2001

Sydney, Australia-- May 14, 2001 -- Beginning on May 30, 2001, gamers can catch 20 feet of air while pulling a rocket queen when Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) launches Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ for the PlayStation® game console and Game Boy® Color. The game lets players ride like the 10-time World Vert Champion Mat Hoffman or seven other top-ranked vert, dirt and street BMX pros. Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ is rated "G8+" by the Office of Film & Literature Classification and carries suggested retail prices of AU$79.95 (inc GST) and AU$49.95 (inc GST) respectively.

14/05/01 UFO's have landed
24" Mini cruiser UFO Bicycles (of Lancaster, CAL, USA) are manufacturers of 6061 T6 Aluminum BMX Frames Rectangular Tube Design !!!
All frames are Made in America and Custom Powdercoating over 10,000 colors available !!! (2 and 3 tones also.)

They are announcing their Summer Special !!!
Micro and Mini UFO BMX Frames

Suggested Retail $339.00
Summer Special $290.00 (Price is for 1 color, more colors extra change)

Available in 20" 24" and also a New Mono Tube Design !!!

Contact Info:
UFO Bicycles
42541 N. 6th St. East
Suite#17
Lancaster, CA 93535-5201
(661) 948-6563
Fax (603) 297-6756

www.ufobmx.com

11/05/01 VOTE 1 NATARSHA WILLIAMS
Natarsha Williams is one of five females nominated in the NEA Extreme Sports Awards for the Best Female BMXer.
She is the only Australian nominee for this category.
One hundred and twenty six Extreme Sports magazines from 16 different nations have been nominating the best athletes in 12 categories of extreme sports.
The awards will be held on July 23rd 2001 during the Worlds biggest sports trade show ISOP in Munich, Germany
These awards are the 'Oscars ' of the extreme sports as the worlds best athletes, international TV,music and movie stars are appearing on the red carpet in Munich.
It is the public and fans that decide who the winner is going to be .
So get behind our Aussie BMXer by voting for Natarsha on www.nea-awards.com
Each email address has only one vote per category allowed.

09/05/01 Galea on Hoffman/Pedalinn.com
Victoria's AAPro Danny "Thunder" Galea has signed with Hoffman Bikes (Australia) and Pedalinn.com. With a co-sponsorship with Profile, and will be rolling out all the new gear at this Sunday's race meeting at Bellarine. After a disappointing Aussie titles be on the look out for a leaner meaner Galea on the new Hoffman race bikes.

While the subject Pedalinn.com they tell us they have a red hot Hoffman sale on now!!!!

Check out the Hot Deals for yourself: Dirty-1-30's Star Series for NOT $949, Not $849 but only $799. Gee get in quick on these they won't last long!!!

There are a limited number of profile cranks left at $299.00, you will need to get in fast for this one....

Also pedalinn.com have been having trouble with their email and forms submissions but should have it fixed real
soon....if you need or want something you can email them on info@pedalinn.com or try the forms.

More great deals to come this month, check out the site at www.pedalinn.com to keep up to date with the latest news and deals from Pedalinn.com!!!

08/05/01 Puckapunyal BMX Club on the move
The Puckapunyal BMX Club (an Australian BMX club positioned 100kms north of Melbourne), are making 2001 a big year, celebrating their 20th birthday this year. They are making sure their club members are going to have plenty of fond memories.
One of the current projects is the Autumn Series, the riders compete over 4 meetings and at the end of the series each competitor receives a special commemorative long sleeve t-shirt (design as seen below), designed by BMXUltra.com webmaster, Shane Jenkins.
If you are interested in having your logo included on the t-shirt you will need to work fast. The design will be finalised this Wednesday, any queries should be emailed to pucka@bmxultra.com.
design for back of t-shirt Design for front of t-shirt
Also the club are about to dump another 12 tonne of dirt on the track, rearranging a number of the jumps, while also spending time on resurfacing the corners.
On the 8th of July the club will be hosting a round of the Northern Rivers Regional Championships, a test event for the track and the changes before the sanctioned event on the 7th of October.
The club are promising that thier sanctioned event is going to be something special, the club will be announcing major sponsors and prize pool over the coming months. Anyone interested in sponsoring the event should email pucka@bmxultra.com.
For more information on upcoming events at Puckapunyal keep your eyes peeled on BMXUltra.com or check out www.bmxultra.com/pucka.

07/05/01 BMXPros.com in Japan
UCI Pan Pacific Championship Joetsu, Japan May 3-4

The 2001 UCI Pan Pacific championships were held this past week in beautiful Joetsu, Japan. Riders were hand selected to come over and participate in Japan's biggest race of the year. The Japanese association always puts on a great event and this race was no exception. The track was excellent, as it had big jumps and a technical rhythm section which saw many riders crash through the weekend. There were six gates of 19+ Elite Men, giving the UCI equivalent class of AA Pro, quarters and semis both days. This made the main events very tough to make and very prestigious to be a part of. The weather was excellent for racing as was the crowd. The huge amount of non-bmxers who came out to watch was incredible. The Japanese put on a great show! Here is
how the Double A Marketing Riders who made the main events finished up:

Grant White has had a great 2001 BMX season with a slew of great ABA results and now he can add the UCI Pan Pacific Title to his list. Traveling over to work with Team Australia, Grant was able to compete in the event as well and take a 2nd and 1st place finish. Grant showcased all of his skills and training techniques as he was victorious in the UCI event! Grants Sponsors include Free Agent, O'Neal, Bombshell, AC, Smith, THE, Tioga, ODI, BMXtrainer.com, Powerbar, Revenge/Champion Nutrition, BMXpros.com, ACS, Marwi, Headlock, Sun Ringle, and SDG.

Matt Hadan has been flying all year in the USA, so it was no surprise that he continued his ways in Japan. The Japanese Assassin, as he is affectionately called, was flooded with thousands of fans in Japan, but took time out from signing autographs to place 3rd and 4th at the event. Matt is a superstar in Japan, and after this great showing, he will be idolized even more! Matt's sponsors include Redline, Troy Lee Designs, Tangent, Smith, Flick Trix, Tioga, Alex Rims, Nintendo Power, Head Lock, ATI, Kore, TSG, Kool Stop, BMXpros.com, Flight Cranks, Powerbar, Rush, and Revenge Sport/Champion Nutrition.

UCI Pan Pacific Pre Race
1. Matt Polkhamp USA
2. Grant White - Free Agent/O'Neal--AUS
3. Matt Hadan - Redline--USA
4. Luke Madill - AUS
5. Eric Abadessa USA
6. Craig Reynolds USA
7. Michael Robinson AUS (GT Australia)
8. Travis Turreson - AUS

UCI Pan Pacific Championships
1. Grant White Free Agent/O'Neal--AUST
2. Matt Polkhamp USA
3. Eric Abadessa USA
4. Matt Hadan Redline--USA
5. Brian Schmith USA
6. Clint Gower USA
7. Luke Madill AUS
8. Michael Robinson AUS

Double Marketing proudly represents Thomas Allier, Wade Bootes, Florent Boutte, Jason Donnell, Matt Hadan, Christophe Leveque, Robert MacPherson, Darrin Mitchell, John Parker, Jamie Staff, Warwick Stevenson, Randy Stumpfhauser, and Grant White.
For more information please visit Double A Marketing.com or email pdylewski@doubleamarketing.com

06/05/01 White wins 2001 Pan Pacifics in Japan
With only sketchy reports available, early information is that Australian
"supercoach" Grant White took out first outright in the 2001 Pan Pacific titles held in Japan. Other riders to place from the Australian AA squad included Michael (Tiger) Robinson in 3rd and Luke Madill (Norco) in 7th.
Other riders from the Australian squad who did not make the final were Jamie Gray and Darren Hawkins. A strong team of US riders was present for the event, and further details will be distributed when available.
Grant White will now return to the US to continue his racing, and will return to Australia to conduct the A ustralian team clinic in june prior to the uci-bmx worlds in louisville.

06/05/01 2002 Australian Nationals track in good shape
Utilising a new track designed by Australian national coaching director, Grant White, the venue for the 2002 Australian nationals will be at Berridale in Tasmania.
Located within the suburbs of the state capital, Hobart, the new track is now well advanced in construction.
Prior to leaving for Japan, White carried out an inspection of the venue and acclaimed it to be the most technical track ever designed for the nationals.
A strong support group from Tasmanian BMX have put in some serious effort to obtain funding from the Tasmanian state government to assist their activities.

03/05/01 Clayborn news
American Independant manufacturer, Clayborn, have told us there will be a restructure of the company to allow for greater growth and production.
What does this mean to the team? Absolutly nothing, they will continue on their winning ways as per usual.
So what will it mean to the general public? Mostly it will mean that we will see more Clayborn bikes about.
Don't forget these high quality, and very slick looking, frames are made 100% in the USA.
The change could see Clayborn finally exporting to countries, like Australia, on a large scale.
You can keep an eye on what's going on at Clayborn by checking out their site at www.claybornbikes.com. While you are there take a close look at the frames, I want one.

27/04/01 Australian Championships Results
Click here to check 'em out.

26/04/01 Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX Soundtrack
ACTIVISION ANNOUNCES ECLECTIC SOUNDTRACK FOR
MAT HOFFMAN'S PRO BMX™ FOR PLAYSTATION® GAME CONSOLE

Sydney, Australia -- From funky hip-hop beats to old-school punk and remixed electronica, the high-energy tracks featured in Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX™ will take gamers' virtual BMX experience to new heights. The game will be available for the PlayStation® game console and Nintendo Game Boy® Color early June and will feature the following artists and tracks:
Outkast - "Bombs Over Baghdad"
B52's - "52 Girls"
Pennywise - "Wouldn't It Be Nice"
Jurassic 5 - "Great Expectations"
Face to Face - "Icons"
Static X and Dead Presidents - "Hip Hop"
Stone Roses (Grooverider Mix) - "Fool's Gold"
Agent Orange - "Everything Turns Gray"
Ten Foot Pole - "Racer X"
Paris - "Break the Grip of Shame"
Bad Brains - "Banned in DC"
Fluke (Mighty Dub Katz Mix) - "Absurd"
Newcleus - "Computer Age"
20 Minute Crash - "The CFB Song"
Pailhead - "I Will Refuse"
Fila Brazillia - "Bugs Bite Back"
Deltron 3030 - "Positive Contact"
Apocalypse Hoboken - "Congested"

The game challenges players to perform hundreds of tricks and signature moves in a variety of realistic, street, vert and dirt jump courses.

Using an intuitive and solid control scheme, the game features 2-player H-O-R-S-E, split-screen Demolition Derby and Graffiti for all three types of courses. Gamers can also play in the career mode, moving up the ranks to win the ultimate BMX crown by unlocking new courses and upgrading their bike and rider abilities. The title is being developed utilizing an enhanced version of Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ game engine.

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted revenues of $572 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.

Activision maintains operations in the US, Canada, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Japan, Australia, and the Netherlands. More information about Activision and its products can be found on the company's World Wide Web site, which is located at http://www.activision.com.

25/04/01 Khalen Young joins NORCO
Khalen Young has just signed on to join the NORCO Factory team, Khalen of
course is the rider who backflipped the big doubles after crashing in his
Junior Elite final at the Australian titles over Easter. (Click here to check out the flip on video)
Khalen will be moving to Melbourne in the next few months to allow him to
compete along the Eastcoast in both racing
and Dirt Jumping. Khalen joins existing Norco team riders Luke Madill,
Jamie Wallace, Ken "Bang-Bang" Burr and Carl Wilson. The team has also
obtained co-sponsor support from Elite Cycles in the form of S&M, DK,
Profile and Atomic products.

Norco's Star Pro rider Luke Madill recentley showed the Australian Mountain
bike scene what he's all about by blazing through to the final of the Dual
Eliminator at the Mountain Bike Nationals held in Canberra. When the dust
settled Luke ended up number 2 in Australia .Congratulations to Luke from
everyone at NORCO.

24/04/01 BMX According to Australian Champion Shane Agalawatta
My name is Shane Agalawatta and I am a BMX rider. I have been racing BMX since the age of four and I am currently 17 years old. Through BMX I have had the opportunity to travel and compete around Australia and ride in many state and Australian championships.
Just recently I competed in the BMX Australian Championships held in Happy Valley Adelaide on the 14th and 15th of April. I competed in two classes 17-18 junior elite 20" and 17-18 junior elite cruiser (24"), and I was lucky enough to win both of them making me no. 1 in both classes in Australia. This has been an exciting journey for me, the whole thirteen years I have been riding has in many ways built up to this and I hope to travel to Louisville, Kentucky in America at the end of June for the World Titles.
The Australian championships that took place in Happy Valley hosted over 2000 spectators and riders. It is the biggest race meeting of the year and people came from all over the continent to race it, all hoping to place in the finals and maybe go home the champ. The classes ranged from 5 and under sprockets to 45 and over cruisers in both male and female categories, which saw a range of age and gender competitors at the race. The weather through out the weekend was what most had hoped for, with sun all the time and little wind it made a great race. The track was a little rough in some spots and the layout didn't seem to be a favorite due to long straights and lack of jumps. But all managed to adapt and have a good race.
BMX is becoming more popular day by day, with all the skateparks and racetracks popping up, BMX racing and riding in general is growing. It can be a competitive sport or just one to push personal boundaries, I think it is one of the best sports to get involved with and the more people who get involved the brighter the future will be for BMX.

Shane Agalawatta
2001 B.M.X National Junior Champion
From SA - Deepika Weerakoon

Below is an extract from a newspaper that Shane sent us.

On 14th & 15th April the National BMX Championship Titles were held at Happy Valley in South Australia and we are proud to say we have produced a Dual National Champion. from the Sri Lankan community.
Shane Agalawatta from Adelaide has brought home the gold in 20 inch & 24inch Cruiser for the second time having won the same titles in Perth in 1999 in the 16 year Boys group, this year winning in the Junior Elite Classes.
Speaking to Shane he has given this insight as to his aspirations in BMX for the future.

Shane, you have been racing since you were 4 years old, how do you think the sport has changed over the years?
It has changed a lot, people have come and gone, so have major companies. But the basics have stayed the same, like we still have two wheels and stuff, although the bikes have become more technical now, they still do the same thing. The main difference is that people can actually make a living doing what they love, on and of the race track, which is riding BMX.
What do you feel has contributed to your successful ability to finish 1st in both classes, twice?
I don't think it is anything in particular, probably just the fact I enjoy riding so much and I ride a lot which could be training I guess, thus constantly keeping me in tune with my bike and being able to ride it properly.
What is next for you in BMX? Will you be representing Australia in the World Titles to be held in the USA later this year?
I hope to represent Australia at the worlds, but due to funding it might be hard, but it's definitely a goal.
What can we do within our community to help you get to this event?
I don't want to steal people's money, but if anyone could help out and give a few dollars it would be greatly appreciated, because I don't have enough money at present to travel and compete. So yeah, anything to help with funds would be great.
Is there a lot of training involved as it is a sprint sport and obviously requires a lot of dedication?
Dedication isn't a problem I am unconditionally dedicated to riding, it's the actually specific training that is hard, not so much to do but hard to be motivated. Because I ride a lot at skateparks and jumps so when I have to sprint in a straight line over and over it can get a bit monotonous, but then you just have to ask yourself how bad do you want to go good. It's like any sport I guess.
Do you follow specific diet leading up to major racing events?
Being vegetarian I find it easy to eat good foods that promote health and strength, so I just eat what I usually eat but probably more.
Do you currently have any private sponsors?
On the track I am currently sponsored by a company called Powerlite, which is American, they help me out with my bike and gear. And off the track I have a friend who helps me out with frames and stuff so I can ride all the time, his company is Stowaway distribution and clothing, there both a big help.
What would you say to any one hoping to get into this sport?
Do it, it's a great sport, you can be competitive, or just push yourself to achieve personal goals, or both. You will meet plenty of cool people and have great times, so do it!
Is there anything else you would like to add any people you would like to thank for getting you where you are today?
I would like to thank my parents for looking after me all of them, my grand parents for supporting me,
Jamie at stowaway, and all off my friends who help me to see what it is that makes riding a bike so fun, and last but not least everyone who has ridden with me or helped me out with anything, and thanks this paper and you for reading it, cheers.

23/04/01 Buy Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX and Win a Hoffman Bike
Sydney, Australia - April 19, 2001 - Activision, Inc.'s (Nasdaq: ATVI) bring you Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX for the PlayStation® game console and Nintendo Game Boy® Color early June. When gamer's purchase the most anticipated release of 2001 they will be offered a chance to win one of twenty-five signature Hoffman bikes (each valued at AU$700rrp). On-pack stickers show the competition details and the entry form enclosed contains a complete outline of promotion terms and conditions.

The Promotion commences at 9am on Tuesday 15th May 2001 and closes at 5pm on Friday 28th September, 2001 (EST). The first 25 entries drawn in the prize-draw correctly containing the product bar code, receipt and the requested customer details will receive a signature Hoffman Bike (each bike is valued at $700 including GST.) Total retail value of prizes is AU$17,500 including GST.

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX features Hoffman and seven of the sport's hottest riders including Cory Nastazio, Simon Tabron, Dennis "DMC" McCoy, Kevin Robinson, Rick Thorne, Mike "Rooftop" Escamilla, and Joe "Butcher" Kowalski. The game challenges players to perform hundreds of tricks and signature moves in a variety of realistic, street, vert and dirt jump courses. Using an intuitive and solid control scheme, the game features 2-player H-O-R-S-E, split-screen Demolition Derby and Graffiti for all three types of courses. Gamers can also play in the career mode, moving up the ranks to win the ultimate BMX crown by unlocking new courses and upgrading their bike and rider abilities. The title is being developed utilizing an enhanced version of Activision's Tony Hawk's Pro Skater™ game engine.

The Promoter is Activision Asia-Pacific, Level 1, 41 Rawson Street, Epping, NSW, 2121. Approved Trade Promotion Lottery Numbers: NSW Permit No: TC 01/3237, VIC Permit No: TC 01/1123, NT01/5811

Headquartered in Santa Monica, California, Activision, Inc. is a leading worldwide developer, publisher and distributor of interactive entertainment and leisure products. Founded in 1979, Activision posted revenues of $572 million for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2000.

21/04/01 Team BMXUltra.com at the Aussie Championships
Adelaide was the host city of this years Australian National Championships. The weather over the Easter weekend was perfect and the Happy Valley track was quite good, it was suited most to the "all rounders" power or skill alone wouldn't win you a race.

The BMXUltra team were in full force this year.

11 Year old Expert Wade Worth made his third appearance at a National Championships event and although he mixed it with the riders in his class he failed to qualify through to the finals. He's hungry for another crack at the titles next year.
19+ Expert Luke Chmielewski (That's pronounced Shimil-eski) was competing at only his second national championships. He was looking to have a lot of fun in practice, trying to overcome the huge doubles that no one else in his class cleared all weekend. When it came to racing he settled with the easier route and rolled through them. Luke had an up and down meeting with a couple of top 3 finishes he was looking to make the main and it came right down to the wire for him, in his last moto he had to have a good finish and was in a comfortable second until the second corner where he was swamped by the field, and forced to wait another year to knotch up his first national championship final.
30-34 Cruiser and Expert class rider Shane Jenkins was flying the BMXUltra flag very high all weekend.
In Shane's 20 inch class competition was tough with the likes of Damon Bevan ('94 25-29 Mens National Champion), Brian Kelly ('97 25-29 Men & '98 30-34 Men National Champion) and Brad Farrant ('99 & '00 30-34 Men National Champion). The final was no disappointment for the crowd. Damon Bevan lead the charge and the bunch followed, Jenkins and Kelly emerged fighting for second from the from the first corner as Farrant washed out. Kelly and Jenkins raced neck and neck to the line for second BMXUltra's Shane Jenkins took the second spot.
In the 30-34 cruiser class it was Jenkins and Farrant again with former Australian champion Tony Hancox in the mix. When the gate dropped BMXUltra's Jenkins took to the front of the field but left the second corner wide open for Farrant to take the lead they battled to the last corner but Farrant was the stronger and took the first place with Jenkins finishing in second.

Riders co-sponsored by BMXUltra 19+ Elite rider Danny Galea (AXO/ATi/BMXUltra) and 25-29 Expert Leigh Webber (Huffy/BMXUltra) also did well.

Danny Galea has had better races, there is no doubt about that, there is also no doubt that Danny is finals material, but it took Danny a while to get out of first gear on Day one. On Day two it was a whole new ball game, Danny was really tearing up the track and his competition, although he didn't make the mains he didn't miss out by much. You can be your last dollar Danny will come back next year for another attempt at the BMX Australia's mother of all titles the 19+ Elite crown.
Leigh Webber was flying, but in the final he missed the gate, and had to make up a lot of ground. He took his new Huffy to a third behind Simon Anderson who doubled on the weekend in the 25-29 classes.

We won't be giving you the low down this year on the elite class, but we will be making video of the finals of the title races available for download. Watch this space. Or check out the pictures section, there will also be some photos.

The BMXUltra team is sponsored by Answer BMX, Troy Lee Designs, ATi, Tektro, Dirt Designs, Sun Ringle, Pazzaz and PedalInn.com.

20/04/01 2003 Australian Nationals go Indoor
In a joint statement released by Joan Hall, South Australian Minister for Tourism and Graham Arnold, President of BMX Australia, it was announced that the 2003, 2004 and 2005 Australian Nationals will be held in Adelaide.
This is a result of the signing of a 3 year contract that will see the event being held indoors at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre.
Negotiations have resulted in the faciltiy being booked and configured to hold a total of 7,300 spectators. Financial support through the Australian Major Events promotional arm of the South Australian Government has underwritten the 3 year deal.
The 2003 Nationals will be held only 3 months before the 2003 World Titles which will be at the Burswood Superdome in Perth, Western Australia. Huge numbers of Australian riders are expected to attend the 2003 Nationals as they compete to make the cut with only 600 maximum riders allowed to compete for Australia at the Worlds.
Early estimates have indicated that the 3 year contract will see a conservative $15 million dollars being injected by riders, supporters and spectators into the South Australian economy as a result of the Nationals.

18/04/01 BMXAustralia PR: Kamakazi Cleans up Australian Nationals
Riding for Redline, Kamakazi took out the Elite Final at the recent Australian National Championships held over Easter at the Happy Valley ( South Australia) complex. With over 1300 riders present for the 2 day event, competition was tough.
Prizemoney totalled $11,000 over the 2 days and was almost 50% up on last year.

Kamakazi ( that's his full name) hails from Queensland and has been knocking on the door at the top level for several years. Other top rides in the Elite class saw wins to Luke Madill ( Norco),Darren Hawkins(Cassap), John Johnson(GT),Michael(Tiger) Robinson(GT) and Jamie Gray, but it was Kamakazi who showed a strong controlled domination of the Finals to take the prizemoney.
Junior Mens Elite went to Shane Aglawatta( Powerlite) whilst Womens Elite went to Tanya Bailey ( Cassap).

Australian "Supercoach" Grant White made a lightening return from the US after his recent success at the ABA Lone Star event in Conroe to be part of the BMXA Selection panel for the Australian 2001 World Team.
A small number of riders will attend a Train On Squad camp at the world famous Australian Institute of Sport in June, prior to the final squad selection.
White and Australian Team Manager Alex Downie will have a tough job to pick from the big pool of talent currently available. The key team riders will receive support funding from the Australian Sports Commission.

17/04/01 ABA Lone Star National
Grant White trained riders sweep the top Pro positions at ABA Lone Star National! - Conroe Texas was a happy hunting ground for a few of the Grant White trained AA Pros. How about filling the three podium positions in AA Pro both days! Saturday's AA Results were;
1. Wade Bootes (Trek / VW)
2. Grant White (Free Agent / Oneal)
3. Robert MacPherson (Diamond Back / Oneal / Too-Fit Health Foods)
Saturday also saw "Big Mac" Robert MacPherson take the Pro Open win.

Sunday's AA results went down as such;
1. Wade Bootes (Trek / VW)
2. Robert MacPherson (Diamond Back / Oneal / Too-Fit Health Foods)
3. Grant White (Free Agent / Oneal)
"Big Mac" took the Pro Open win again on Sunday, while Grant White took the Pro Cruiser win for a clean sweep Sunday of the Pro Classes!!

Stay tuned for details of Aussie Trainer - Grant White's soon to be released expanded program..........and how you to can sign-up for your very own individualised training program!

07/04/01 BMXUltra Team to hit the Australian Championships
Luke (left) and Shane (right) in preparation for the 2000 National Championships Wade Worth (11 Expert), Luke Chmielewski (19+ Expert) and Shane Jenkins (30-34 Expert) make up the three man BMXUltra.com team, Australian BMX's answer to the Blue Man Group...except maybe a little less musical...and...well...we won't go down that track...let's just say they wear blue.
This will be the first time the team has attended the championships since it was put together early in 2000, nearly 18 months ago.
For Wade it will be his third appearance at a National Championship, for Luke it's only his second, but for Shane it's a milestone 15th National championships since he started back in 1981. There have been many riders awarded for 10 years at National championships, but Shane has never been a recipient, because the awards only go to those who compete at 10 consecutive title events...you can be assured that Shane will be out to prove something over the Easter Weekend.
The trio will be wearing 2001 answer race gear and will be hard to miss with BMXUltra written on their backs, if you see them don't forget to ask for a BMXUltra sticker.
The BMXUltra team is sponsored by Answer BMX, Troy Lee Designs, ATi, Tektro, Dirt Designs, Sun Ringle, Pazzaz and PedalInn.com.

06/04/01 2000 ABA Grand Nationals to air
The 2000 ABA Grand Nationals will air on the Outdoor Life Network this Saturday, April 7, 2001. The show will air at 3:00 P.M. EST. You may have had first hand experience with the “Greatest Race on Earth,” now experience it with the rest of the country, as it comes to you through your television.
Once again, that's Outdoor Life Network this Saturday, April 7, 2001 at 3:00 P.M. EST (which for those like me who can't figure it out--12noon for those of us on the West Coast).

03/04/01 Redline's Adam Strieby Pulls off the Whip-Flip.
TO WIN OLD TUCSON CONTEST
Tucson,AZ: The who’s-who of the dirt jumping world gathered in the Old West setting of Old Tucson Studios, and it appropriately turned out to be a southwestern showdown of the best jumpers in the business... Nastazio, Lavin... you name ‘em, they were there.
Once the dust cleared and the tumbleweeds blew by, it was REDLINE’s ADAM STRIEBY riding off in to the sunset with the $1,500 first place prize money, and his name permanently inked in to the Trick List record books. On his very last run, on one of the last jumps of the day, Strieby decided it was time to unleash his hottest trick upon the dirt jumping world. "I went there wanting to do it, but then I thought about saving it for the next big comp," Adam told us Monday morning. "On my last run, I just decided to go for it. Seriously, this is a trick you could pull off and win the contest with, or not pull off and die on. It’s crazy!"
Adam’s contest-winning trick? Let’s call it the Strieby Whip-Flip; a downside tailwhipping backflip.
To go along with his first place finish, Adam etched his name with a list of firsts: this was the first time it’s ever been pulled on dirt, and the first time it’s ever been pulled in a contest.
For quite some time, Strieby has told us he’s been working on a new trick, but that’s as much as we’ve gotten out of him. He hasn’t told anybody. He’s been acting like a secret agent, not revealing any hints about what trick he’d pull out of his sleeve. Now; the entire dirt jumping world has something new to learn ... to catch up with Adam and the "Strieby Whip-Flip."
Jumpers Beware: Right now, right this minute--Redline’s Adam Strieby is one-up on everybody.
REDLINE's team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME clothing, NINTENDO POWER magazine, and FLICK TRIX finger bikes.
For more information in SBS, Redline, Pryme and any of our sponsored riders, please feel free to contact "gOrk" at 425-251-1516 or e-mail gork@redlinebicycles.com

03/04/01 2001 Australian GT Masters Results.
The GT Masters have been run and won, we don't have a blurb, we were lucky to get the results, with much thanks to Darren Hawkins.
You will notice if you look closely that Brett Scruse is back on Huffy.

AA Pro
1st Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT BMX)
2nd John Johnson (GT BMX)
3rd Brett Scruse (Huffy)
4th Michael Robinson (GT BMX)
5th Luke Madill (Norco)
6th Kamakazi (Redline)
7th Adam May (Cassap)
8th Stuart Curr (Free Agent)
AA Women
1st Brigette Pink (GT BMX)
2nd Kara Buckley
3rd Tanya Williams
4th Mariana Bork
5th Donna Head
6th Lauren Rose
7th Kate Eliot
8th Heidi Rauchenberger
A Pro
1st Mark Shawyer
2nd Mark Mothersole
3rd Gavin Jedrzejczyk
4th Thomas Twentyman
5th Jonathon Kilborn
6th Anthony Borg
7th Adam Robb
8th Ty Halliday
Cassap Pro Open
1st Luke Madill (Norco)
2nd Brett Scruse (Huffy)
3rd Michael Robinson (GT BMX)
4th John Johnson (GT BMX)
5th Kamakazi (Redline)
6th Adam May (Cassap)
7th Peter Trenwith (Cassap)
8th Darren Hawkins (Cassap/GT BMX)

02/04/01 2002 Australian National Championships.
BMX Australia Event Management Director, John Leary announced that the 2002 event will be held at the Berridale BMX track in Hobart Tasmania. The official announcement of the Championships being hosted by Australia's Island State will be carried out by the Tasmanian Premier on April 9th at a specially convened Press Launch.
A number of initiatives have been finalised. These include :
- A $40,000 Tasmanian Government Administration grant
- A purpose built Nationals track designed by Australian Coaching Director Grant White
- A contract with Tasmania Temptation Holidays to design specifically tailored travel packages that will provide considerable cost savings for the BMX fraternity
- The recent confirmation of discount air tickets by Impulse Airlines which will encourage more riders to attend.
- An information stand at the 2001 Australian Nationals in Adelaide during Easter 2001.
- A link from the BMX Australia website - www.bmxaustralia.com.au through to Tasmania's Temptation Holidays and up to date information on the titles.
The 2002 BMX National Championships is strongly supported by the Tasmanian Department of State Development as part of a program to attract major events to the State and encourage interstate participation which in turn provides an economic return to Tasmania.

30/03/01 John Purse is OFF Redline
One of our spys tells us John had told him that Redline has terminated his contract as of March 2001. There is a clause in his contract that states that if John does not race for 3 months in a row Redline have the right to terminate his contract. They acted on that and terminated it immediately. Redline have offered John a contingency plan and he has given that offer the thumbs down and has taken on Troy Lee Designs as his main sponsor. He will be riding the Profile XL Frame, and he says it rides great. he has about 10 other co sponsors including Vans.

28/03/01 Darren Hawkins signs with Oakley
Oakley products has joined forces with top Australian AA Pro Darren Hawkins as a co-sponsor. Oakley will supply Darren with their complete range of products for the 2001 season.
Next time you see Darren at the track be sure to check out his new Oakley gear and ask for some stickers.
Darren's other sponsors include Cassap Racing, GT Bicycles, AXO Products and Standish Cycles.

27/03/01 Alice Jung on Hyper
Hyper Bicycles have picked up the 2000 ABA #2 girl pro, Alice Jung. Alice can now be seen riding her new Hyper Boxster frame. In additon to Hyper Bicycles, Alice has also added Dope BMX Products to be her offical number plate/pad set and she will also be wearing Spred Clothing.
Alice made her Hyper debut a good one this past weekend at the ABA Winter Nationals. Coming off a broken ankle and only being able to ride for 2 weeks prior to the big race. Alice was not only able to make the girl pro main both days. But she was able to get 3rd for both Saturday and Sunday. You can bet that Alice will once again be in the Hunt for the ABA #1 pro girl title.

23/03/01 Redline's rig pays tribute to Mario
The freshly-revamped Redline trailer hit the road late Monday, heading toward Phoenix, AZ for this weekend's ABA WINTERNATIONALS. The new modifications to last years' co-sponsorship with NINTENDO POWER magazine, include enhanced N-64 game systems and a gigantic Super Mario that will be seen from anywhere in the pit area.
With the release today of the new GameBoy Advance in Japan, you can expect that Redline's "Nintendo Power Pitstop" will be one of the first places for American kids to get an advance look at the 'Advance. Later in the year, they also plan to join the premiere of the much anticipated Nintendo GameCube.
"With so much happening, this is going to be a great year for Redline and Nintendo," commented RL's marketing director--gOrk. "We're excited to have them on board for another year; especially at a time when the company has some really incredible, state-of-the-art equipment coming out."

REDLINE's team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME clothing, NINTENDO POWER magazine, and FLICK TRIX finger bikes.
For more information in SBS, Redline, Pryme and any of their sponsored riders, please feel free to contact "gOrk" at 425-251-1516 or e-mail gork@redlinebicycles.com

21/03/01 Pedalinn.com Profile Crank Sale
You aren't going to believe this. The Australian dollar dropping only means that Profile cranks are going to increase in price soon. But not at Pedalinn.com.
Heres the deal.
Pedalinn.com had the profile BMX crank set for not $399.00, not even $339.00 but for $299.00 (plus postage). That's all!.
The available sizes are 170mm, 175mm, 180mm.
To get your hands on a great deal phone toll free on 1800 632 157 or visit www.pedalinn.com.
But wait there's more...what's a new set of cranks without a new chain wheel to go with it?
You would normally pay around $85 for a Profile Whippet Chain-wheel but with the deal mentioned above you can pay an additional $40.00 and receive a Whippet Chain wheel with your order of cranks.
That's a whopping 50% off!
Profile Whippet $40.00 with order of Profile Cranks !!!
If you don't want the cranks but need a Profile Whippet chain Wheel? You can still get on now for only $65.00!!! Most sizes available.
To order now Phone Pedalinn.com toll free on 1800 632 157 or check out the website at www.pedalinn.com.

21/03/01 BMX Victoria Autumn Supernationals
Victoria's best riders were using the Supernationals as a measuring stick as they gear up for the Australian Championships to be held in Adelaide over the Easter Weekend.
The Eastfield track hasn't changed for a number of years so there we no real surprises there, but the rainfall over the couple of days preceeding the event added a new dimension to the track.
There were 3 very strong gates of AA Men, including the likes of GT's Danny Galea, Huffy's Ben Price, DK's Luke Turner and Redline's Adam Robb.
One big surprise was that Danny Galea (long time advocate of the platform pedal) turned up with clips on his bike. He explained to us that it was an attempt to keep his feet firmly on his pedals and avoid a repeat of the heavy fall he suffered at the ACT Titles when his platform pedals rolled out from under his feet.
The motos were interesting to say the least, while the mud was effecting everyone in one way or another, a number of the AA riders were physically sick. More than a handfull of them had pulled out by the last round of motos. Funny thing was that the older riders like Galea and BMXUltra.com's own Shane Jenkins, were looking quite fit.
Galea won all his motos easily, Redline's Simon Grigg was also doing well in the motos as was Leigh Webber, who is now on Huffy.
BMXUltra.com's only team representative for the day, Shane Jenkins, had a little trouble with the gate and the mud and failed to qualify, but had a couple of good motos.
During the break Norco's Jamie Wallace was seen walking around with his arm in a sling, it looks like he's out for 3 months after falling heavily trying to jump the big doubles at Knox on thursday night.
Jamie Truran has come a long way since his break, the youngster took the win in open cruiser. Older brother Ben has also had a long break and came back to win the State Championships late last year, he's also doing well. Mongoose's Simon Anderson looks like he's back in form and hungry for a win at the nationals after taking some time off to start his new family.
In the main, Galea dominated from the start and Grigg tucked in behind coming out of the first corner Webber pulled into third. Although Grigg tried he didn't have the power to match Galea on the flat Eastfield track.
1. Danny Galea (GT/ATi/BMXUltra.com)
2. Simon Grigg (Redline)
3. Leigh Webber (Huffy)

15/03/01 BMX Australia Press Release
Coach ecstatic about Junior Development Camp
Recently arrived back from the US for a 2 week break, BMX Australia National Coaching Director Grant White is quoted that the results from the Camp were "Excellent, the best thing that has happened in BMX in Australia"
Featuring some 20 of Australia's finest BMX Athletes between 14 and 17 year of age, the 4 day Development camp was held at the world famous Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
Working closely with a variety of Athlete Specialists, the riders, who included a number of current World and National No 1's were able to utilise 2 local BMX tracks, as well as the full Bio Mechanical and Testing resources of the Institute.
A large amount of data was gathered on the individual athletes performance, and the AIS experts were staggered at the performance shown by some of the riders. In particular the explosive ability of a majority of the riders was closely noted for future inclusion in the current Australian Road and Track testing procedures.
Another Hi Performance camp will be run in June by White at the AIS for the Australian National Elite team that will travel to Louisville to contest the 2001 UCI-BMX World Titles.
"Supercoach" White will spend another week in Australia in debriefing with BMX Australia before returning to the States to resume his 2001 race campaign.

BMX Australia announces sponsors for National Team
BMX Australia has announced that Sportcover Insurance, a long time supporter of BMX, will be included as a sponsor of the Australian National Team to attend the 2001 UCI-BMX World Titles in Louisville,Kentucky.
Peter Nash, Managing Director of Sportcover was keen to provided support for the large team, and each rider will be provided with a specially designed Polo Shirt so that they can maintain their national identity both on and off the track. Sportcover has been a traditional supporter in the past of Australian Road Cycling, and has recently taken out major sponsorship on a Group A Supercar contesting the Australian Supercar Series. Additional sponsorship has also been obtained from Events Corp Western Australia, who will also provide funding to support their promotion of the 2003 UCI-BMX World Titles in Perth.
Their logo and sponsorship will result in additional merchandise being made available to all the Australian riders entered . Mike Rees, for Events Corp WA commented that they have a long term promotional plan that will see a strong presence at Louisville in 2001 and Brazil in 2002.
The funding will also allow key Australian Event Management Team members to attend the event. BMX Australia President, Graham Arnold, also emphasised that the sponsorship did not just cover the Elite National Team, but included every Australian rider that would enter for Louisville. He commented that " the similarity between the Louisville facility and the 2003 venue ( Burswood Superdome) meant that the BMX Australia officials could get in some fine tuning, as well as utilise the kind assistance of the US organising committee in allowing the Australians to go behind the scenes and see the inner workings of the structure."

14/03/01 SPRITE PLANET X TRIALS PATH TO GLORY FOR AUSSIE FREESTYLE TALENT
OnLine Sports Marketing (OSM), creator of the Xtreme Games, has formed an alliance with long-time freestyle sport supporter Sprite and is proud to announce the 2001 SPRITE PLANET X TRIALS.
In 2000, OSM launched Xtreme Xposed, Australia's first national qualifying series for the Planet X Summer Xtreme Games. Events were held across the country successfully uncovering new skateboard, aggressive inline and freestyle BMX talent. Winners had the chance to compete alongside the best in the world at the Planet X Xtreme Games in Melbourne, December 2000.
This year, Xtreme Xposed becomes the Sprite Planet X Trials, a national series of 27 events held in metropolitan and regional areas in each state and territory (schedule of events attached). Skateboard, inline skate and BMX - the three most popular freestyle or 'extreme' sports - are featured. Events will focus on a particular discipline such as Street (skate, inline, BMX), Vert Ramp/Halfpipe (skate, inline) or Dirt (BMX). First and second place getters at each Sprite Planet X Trials event score a place in the Eliminator round at the Planet X Summer Games in December, 2001 (dates & venue released soon). In addition, first place winners receive $500 towards their travel and accommodation for the Games.
"These freestyle sports just keep getting bigger with more people involved - whether it's in competition, skating with mates or watching them on TV and reading the mags. We're really looking forward to another big year with the series and expect to see some impressive new talent competing at the Planet X Summer Games" says Damien Bray, OSM Director.
Sprite Brand Manager, Shane Grant says, " We're excited to be supporting the Sprite Planet X Trials. For Sprite, it is about being involved at the grass-roots with freestyle sport and boarding culture - uncovering new talent and getting out there on the street".
The call for Sprite Planet X Trials entries commences Monday, March 11. Interested competitors can check out event locations and enter online at www.planetx.net.au. Entries are open to all, on a first-come first-served basis.
With only 30 entries per discipline per event, it is expected that places will fill up quickly.
Information, images, interviews and vision contact: Christie Poulos / Planet X p: 02-8966-8310 e: ChristieP@onlinesports.com.au
OnLine Sports Marketing & Planet X: OSM is a youth and freestyle sport television, events and marketing company based in Sydney, Australia and is the creator of Planet X. Planet X products include the annual Australian Planet X Summer & Winter Games, the Planet X World Games (London, 2001) the Planet X TV series (11am, Sundays, Network Ten) and Planet X Online (www.planetx.net.au). Click here to download the schedule.

08/03/01 Darren Hawkins signs with AXO
Just before Darren Hawkins left to go to the USA to race (a few weeks back), he got in touch with Norco Australia in regards to AXO products. They quickly got him set up with products and he is now using the latest gear from AXO and SIXSIXONE, they will be looking after Darren's needs with Race Pants, Gloves, SPD Shoes and the awesome Six Six One "Full Bravo" Full Face Helmet. AXO join Darren's long time main sponsor CASSAP in helping him reach the podium for the 2001/2002 season. We hear they are also interested in other national "TOP TEN" Calibre PRO CLASS riders to do some sponsorship with products, all interested parties please contact julianm@norcoaus.com.au

05/03/01 Hot new gear from Troy Lee Designs
Troy Lee Designs have a new catalog due out very soon, if you have been wondering what new BMX offerings TLD have for us, wonder no more, it's the new Hot Wheels replica gear!
To get a good look at this slick new outfit click on the Matt Hadan image (to the left).
It's pretty dope.
Other than that, the latest gossip is that Troy Lee are working on an all new BMX specific pant, new graphics for the D2 helmet, new pad sets and number plates.
All this is to be released at Interbike 2001!
Sounds to me like the TLD crew have really got their heads down and bums up. If their past gear is anything to go by Interbike will be worth going to just to visit the Troy Lee stand.
Don't forget to go to your local TLD distributor and ask for the latest catalog. Do it now!

02/03/01 Hyper Canada at Toronto Bike Show
Hyper's Lucas Porzio is taking a ride to the Great White North!
Factory Hyper dirt jump superstar, Lucas Porzio, will be joining the Canadian Hyper Bicycles crew at this weekend's Toronto International Bicycle Show.
The show starts this Friday and runs through Sunday at the National Trade Centre. Lucas will be going off in the show's dirt jump contest and kickin' back in the Hyper booth, signing autographs and taking pics with beautiful ladies.
Hyper is giving away their new Dirt King bicycle at the show, so make sure you stop by and fill out a ballot.
While you're there, make sure you check out the 2001 line of Hyper Bicycles and pick up some swag!

28/02/01 Grant White signs with Free Agent Bicycles
Grant White, Australia's top pro BMX rider and National training coach, entered into an agreement today, February 27, 2001, to exclusively race Free Agent Frames.
Grant, who placed 7th in AA pro at last weeks ABA So Cal Nationals, was excited about the agreement. "I am very happy to be working with Free Agent, and they have already brought me in and treated me like family."
Free Agent tops the list of others who are giving great support to the promising top AA racer. Oneal, Bombshell, AC, Smith, ODI, Etnies, Answer, BMXtrainer.com, Tioga, Revenge/Champion Nutrition, Headlock, Powerbar and Azonic are Grant's other current cosponsors. Grant will race under the listing of Free Agent/Oneal.
Grant White raced the ABA pro tour back in 1998 with no major support throughout the year and wound up ABA #9 AA pro. He then turned his focus to BMX training. Grant had great success as he became the Australian National BMX coach and in 1999, began working with Wade Bootes, current ABA #1 AA Pro and UCI world Dual Champion, and Robert MacPherson, ABA #4 AA pro. Free Agent has produced some of the highest quality BMX frames for over 20 years.
For more information on Free Agent, visit www.freeagentbmx.com For more information on Grant, Please contact Pete Dylewski @ pdylewski@doubleamarketing.com

27/02/01 State Jerseys at Nationals - A reader writes
Is anybody interested in the opinions of those who make up our sport?
Firstly I must make it clear that this is written from a personal point of view,not a club or state perspective. We are losing top riders from this country to the USA. Why?? Competition and earning potential.
Rewards that go beyond prize money to the chance of recognition and eventual endorsement by a major company. These endorsements become their main source of income and the deal becomes a two way street. Use and promotion of sponsors merchandise is an integral part of this deal. The National titles provides all the colour and spectacle to make a marketable TV presentation where those companies who have in the past and will continue into the future to support our sport may experience some small exposure as recompense for their loyalty. It is difficult enough for Australian riders to procure any financial assistance without taking away their only bargaining power. We cannot go cap in hand to manufacturers to ask for help when we have nothing to offer and a small square on the side of a jersey is not an offer. Whilst the riders provide the spectacle, the sponsors provide the means, the removal of this reciprocal relationship will only serve to keep BMX in an amatuer status within Australia. Why dont some "big name" factory riders attend the worlds....because, if they are not permitted to wear their sponsors jerseys, the sponsor will not pay for the rider to attend...Must we follow the UCI just because... When the pied piper led the first rat to its death the others blindly followed. Surely we must take ideas on their merit and not merely follow for the sake of conformity. A major component of any large company is research and development, with the emphasis on research. Research involves consultation with the market. This decision was made without any consultation with the market involved. Removing choice is a backward step in any society. Wearing state tops for the march past helps induce patriotism and provides a united an coherent display. Within our sport however, riders are not chosen to represent their state, any one may enter if they pay the appropriate fee. This is as opposed to cycling and many other sports where participants are selected through a strict criteria and do in fact represent their state. In BMX, competitors are racing for the glory of being ranked amongst the top in their sport. When any rider or club for that matter manages to obtain a little help through sponsorship the attitude from the association should be to support and encourage not hamper and destroy.

23/02/01 www.pedalinn.com Update
Pedalinn bicycles Australia are having a huge sale on BMX bikes, grips, pad sets, Crank Sets and more.
The catalogue has been posted at www.pedalinn.com/product_catologue.htm, check out the special web prices. "We won't be beated on price!" says David Comport. Apparently they have some cheap 2001 Hoffmans left...you better be quick to snap one of those up.
There are special deals for BMX bike purchases over the Internet. That's right Pedalinn will reward the first ten BMX bike buyers. What's the deal you ask? Well you'll get another $50 dollars of the already great price! (Excluding Specials). Yes you read that correctly another $50 off their already low web prices. Hurray only the first ten get this deal!!!!!.
MTB Bike Specials
Norco Pinnacle RRP $359 Now $269 21 Speed shimano Gears, Alloy rims, Alloy V-Brakes Quick release front wheel
Norco Mountaineer RRP $399 Now $329 Suspension Fork, 21 speed shimano revo shifters, Alloy V-Brakes and Wheels
Norco Katmnadu RRP$449 Now $389 Suspension RST 156 Fork Shimano gears, Alloy V-Brakes and Alloy wheels.
Call 1 800 632 157 to order !!!! These won't last !!!!
That's all for now...don't forget to keep visiting www.pedalinn.com to catch a great bargain. You can also email info@pedalinn.com or call toll free 1 800 632 157.

22/02/01 PRYME press release
PRYME GEAR has just signed the next hottest boy band in the land; OUTTA SYNC, to exclusively wear their new clothing line. "These new dark blue hooded sweatshirts rewl!" says N'nN--the tenor of the group. Bass vocalist NateDawg was psyched to get such a cool clothing sponsor; claiming: "With so many chix chasin' us... yo. Ripping off our shirts 'n all. Dis' Pryme hoodie should stand up better than my wife-beater tee." Lil' N the soprano, loves the Pryme skull logo. "Syd the Skull is p-h-a-t," he exclaimed in his squeeky voice that drives the girls nuts. "In fact, 'dat just might be my next tat... whoa, I made a rhyme!" Look for OUTTA SYNC, on tour this summer, at most State and County Fairs.
And don't forget; next time you go to your local bike shop to scope out the new Pryme clothing, do just like their new hit single says--"Buy,Buy,Buy."
For more info--check out www.prymegear.com

20/02/01 Luke Madill Joins Norco
Norco Performance Bicycles is pleased to announce that after negotiations with what is most possibly considered the hottest rider in Australia at the moment, that Luke Madill has signed on to ride for Norco.
Luke leaves long time sponsor Powerlite and is extremely excited about the move to Norco. After the succesfull year in sales that Norco has had with it's BMX range, they are now looking at expanding their range and the level of representation out on the track.
Luke's deal includes a full factory ride for him to be able to race BMX as well as Downhill and Dual Slalom Mountain bikes. Look for Luke to be at selected Mountain Bike races and aboard his 250cc Dual bike and his VPS Team DH Downhill bike.
Of course Luke won't be letting that interfere with his number one focus of BMX, and everyone can look forward to seeing Luke fully decked out in Norco/AXO gear on his Speed Metal Team bike racing and running clinics across Australia.
Norco has begun development work on a new 2002 BMX race frame that will be manufactured out of American made Easton "RAD" tubing, a frame that will be offered in a complete bike format that will feature Marzoocchi's new Sinister forks.

20/02/01 New Spred Teamsters
Todd "The Wildman" Lyons has signed on to rock Spred Clothing (http://www.spredclothing.com) this year. You will seeing Todd wearing Spred at his Jumping Contests, and NBL and ABA Nationals as well as other x-treme events.
John Smart of Systems West~Profile will also be sporting Spred Clothing, look for John at his clinics with free Spred goodies... Todd and John join Hyper Pro "Maniac" Mike Gul, Charles Townsend, Action Bikes A pro Ryan Whitesides and 17x Mike Bonanni of Style Racing in Las Vegas on the Spred Special Forces.

20/02/01 Grant White reports from the US
Wichita, KS - Feb 10 / 11th The third stop on the ABA BMX Pro circuit saw riders stopping off for an indoor national in Wichita, KS. It seems that every day now there's more and more Aussie BMX'ers joining onto the circuit. This race saw four aussies in attendance, defending ABA National Number 1 Pro - Wade Bootes, Warwick Stevenson, Grant White and Darren Hawkins.
Wade Bootes raced his first race since the ABA Grands and some time off in Australia. However Wade got right back to his 2000 winning ways, with a 1st in AA Pro on Saturday - then Sunday a bad first main kept him to 3rd overall in AA. Not a bad first weekend back indead.
Warwick Stevenson recently cleaned up in Australia during the January races - and Wichita was no different. Warwick placed 3rd in AA on Saturday and took the win in Pro Open. Come Sunday Warwick took it up another notch taking the win in both AA Pro and Pro Open!!! Congratulations Warwick!
Grant White raced his second race back in the US for 2001 and is starting to get back into the groove of US racing. Grant placed 5th in both AA Pro and Pro Open on Saturday, and then 4th in AA Pro and 3rd in Pro Open on Sunday.
Darren Hawkins recently arrived in CA for some good old US racing action. Darren raced A Pro for his first race out and ended up 4th in A Pro and 7th in Pro Open on Saturday; then Sunday Darren placed 6th in both A Pro and Pro Open. Bad gates kept Darren from the podium in single A - but he's been working on this since Wichita.
The Aussie BMX'ers will be out in force again next weekend at the ABA So. Cal Nationals. This time there'll be a couple of extra riders in John Smart and Travis Turresson flying the Aussie flag also.

15/02/01 Dope BMX Products Press Release
Dope BMX Products is ready for the 2001 race season. This rider owned company with have their newly designed M&M made jerseys at the ABA So Cal Nationals in Ontario, CA. Also, be sure to stop by the factory tent and check out the hot products that Dope offers from number plates, pad set's, t shirts, hats, shin guards, and more.
Dopes Factory 2001 team is; Kris Park rookie A pro, Joey May 28X, Michael Antes owner of Dope and 31-35 cruiser, Derrick Peterson 15X, Karl Hudson 14X, Travis Healey 13X, Danita Ritter 31-35 cruiser.
Dope also Co Sponsors; Factory Redman, Factory Hyper, AA Pro John Smart (Systems West/Profile), AA Pro Warrick Stevenson (Diamond Back), A Pro Mike Gul (Hyper Bicycles), Pro Girl Alice Jung.

05/02/01 Coca-Cola Aussie Heatwave
The summer has been hot in Australia, the guys from the Coca-cola heatwave have been working hard, doing demos out in the Aussie sun right across Australia.
You have seen the ads on TV, but if you check out the website at http://www.cokeheatwave.com.au you will get the latest info and might even be able to catch a show near you, all the schedules are available on the site.
From what we hear this is the only year the heatwave will be run, don't miss it.

05/02/01 Grant White Clinics
Australian AA Pro champion and coach for the stars, Grant White will be holding a couple of clinics at the Liverpool BMX track in March.
If you need more details then click here to download the information sheet.

05/02/01 Liverpool GT Masters
More in Aussie news, the Liverpool GT Masters is on again in 2001, and there's $1500 up for grabs.
The date for this big event is the 1st of April, just a few weeks before the national championships, what a way to check your racing progress.
For more details click here to download the entry form.

02/02/01 Australian Titles Entries Closing
The Australian Championships entries are coming to a close, if you don't pay today, and you still can, the entry fees will be doubled, and only accepted for the next 2 weeks (until Feb 15).
To make sure your last minute entry is accepted at the normal fee you will need to go to the BMX Australia website at www.bmxaustralia.com.au, download the entry form (I think it's under the nationals section). It's in pdf format, if that means nothing to you, make sure you have an Adobe Acrobat Reader, you can download it for free from www.adobe.com. You will need a credit card number and a fax but you will save a heap of dollars, don't be late.
The one thing that always bugs me about the Australian Championships is that the entries are due so long before the actual event, the National Championships are not until Easter, in April. They should take a look at the NBL or the ABA who can accept entries on the day for events that are infintly larger than the Australian Championships with a whole lot less people running the show.
Well you got your warning, make sure you get those entries in.

30/01/01 Track Attack Ends
The dust has settled over Melbourne and most of our visitors are safely at home. What promised to be the biggest thing to happen to BMX in Melbourne since the 1998 World Championships didn't quite live up to expectations.
It did however give the local talent a chance to mix it with Australia's best riders and leave them plenty of preparation time for the National Championships over the Easter weekend.
Sean Dwight and Warwick Stevenson both showed the rest of Australia why they are competitive in the AA Pro class in America. Local Victorian's Tony Harvey and Danny Galea both did extremely well in a world class field, both making it to the top 8 overall.
Former world champion Rachell Marshall's return to racing the AA Pro Ladies class really pushed Bridgett Pink and Tania Bailey to their limits, until Rachell injured herself putting her out of the series.
The full results (below) were made avaliable by BMX Victoria.
South Eastern
Park Orchards
Frankston (cancelled)
Knox
Lilydale
Eastfield (not available)

29/01/01 RAW Clothing
The new RAW Clothing site is almost complete. RAW clothing is a specific BMX and SKATEBOARDING manufacturer. They have tons of NEW products coming out like shirts, new hats, stickers, beenies, and alot more awsome products. Also they have a sponsorship program going on so if you are interested email them at rawclothing@hotmail.com.
Check it out for yourself RAW clothing

23/01/01 PRYME: "TAT-2" grips
The short little guy dressed in white hears a noise and frantically runs outside and looks up to the sky. Sure enough, he spots a wide ‘n round cylinder with big flanges. And it's coming in for a landing.
In his squeeky accented voice, he yells out...
"Zee GRIPS! Zee GRIPS!"
That’s right--it’s the long awaited "TAT-2" grips from PRYME, and they're landing at a dealer near you.
If your fantasy is to have a dual-ply rubber grip, with a cool tattoo’ish non-blistering palm pattern... Pryme can make it come true. The hot new "Tat-2" grips from Pryme have just arrived. Length wise, they’re of "Pro XL" size, and they come equiped with sturdy easy to install bar-end plugs. Best of all --they’re available at your local bike shop as we speak!
On the other hand--if your fantasy is a date with Sarah Michelle Gellar...
...you’re on the wrong press release.
Pryme TAT-2 grips come in four color combos: black/grey, black/blue, black/red and black/black.
MSRP: * $US8.99 (* actual retail price may vary depending on bike shop markup)
For more info on Pryme products, be sure to stop by: www.prymegear.com

23/01/01 Systems West have a new Truck
Systems West Sports now has the most stylin' tow vehicle in BMX. It's big, bad and black. A 2001 black Ford F350 crew cab 7.3 Diesel. It has a pro comp 4" lift, dual shocks on the front, 36x14.5x16.5 Mickey Thompson Baja tires with 16.5x12 weld racing wheels, grill guard, 2 pro comp 130w lights, spray-in bed liner, chrome diff covers, tinted windows, leather interior and a VCR with TV screens built into the back of each head rest. Check it out with the Systems West/Profile Racing Trailer at the next race.
While you are checking out the truck make sure you tell John Smart that BMXUltra.com says G'day.
For more information on Systems West check out their website at www.systemswestsports.com

22/01/01 Track Attack begins
What sounds like the title from a b-grade movie production of a BMXing horror flick, the Track Attack has been successful in attracting riders from all over Australia to Melbourne.
On day one at South Eastern's track the pro classes were huge, 4 gates of A-pro, 2 gates of AA-pro and 2 gates of AA-women, but the Amature classes were a little lacking in numbers.
Redline's John Purse is on a promotional tour, resting an injury, and could be seen soaking up the sun on the sidelines. Aussie boys fresh back from the US, Warwick Stevenson and Sean Dwight were competing with Australia's finest, Danny Galea, Tony Harvey, Kamakasi, Brett Scruse, Michael Robinson, John Johnston, just to name a few.
Former two time World Champion Rachel Marshall was back on the track and racing for the first time in nearly 2 years.
In the womens final Rachel Marshall lead all the way to the last corner where she left a huge opening for Cassap's Tanya Bailey to take advantage, Tanya took it to the line and Rachel settled for second.
In the A-pro there was plenty of action as riders fought for a mains birth. When it came to the final though 2 riders pulled away from the field, DK's Luke Turner and Norco's Carl Wilson, as they were in the final few meters of the track both riders went down and we didn't catch who won, sorry.
GT's Danny Galea was looking in the best condition we had seen him in in years, and he was making sure he was going to get to the main. In the AA-pro main Diamondback's Warwick Stevenson got an early lead while the others were following close behind. GT's Michael Robinson was right up there until he ran out of track on the last corner which caused a huge mix up. Warwick took first Sean Dwight finished second and John Johnston finished third.

21/01/01 Mario Soto Memorial Movie
We've put together a short vid of Mario winning last years UCI World Cup at South Park, PA, USA.
It's a 3.5 Mb Mpg movie and well worth the download, show it to your friends or distribute it freely, so memories like this will last forever.
Click here to download the movie. Also don't forget to check out the great memorial that is being kept at BMXMania.com

18/01/01 Powerlite Press Release: Mario Soto Passes Away
January 17, 2001
It is with the greatest sympathy and deepest regret that we inform you of the death of Powerlite Industries star AA Pro Mario Soto. Mario was killed in a motorcycle accident in his hometown of Bogota, Columbia on January 16, 2001.
At just 22 years of age, Mario was one of the fastest and most promising stars that BMX has ever seen. He recently finished off his first professional season by winning the ABA’s Golden Crank Award for Rookie Pro of the Year, and captured the UCI’s World Championship title for Elite Men’s Cruiser. It was just weeks ago that Mario returned to the United States to score two second place finishes at the NBL’s Christmas Classic National in Columbus, Ohio. Mario is the current points leader in the NBL’s AA Pro class.
We at Powerlite Industries and GT Bicycles send our most heart felt and sincere prayers to his family and friends.

Editor's note: During mid 2000 I had the pleasure to witness one of the greatest riders to ever grace a BMX track. Something I will never forget is watching Mario cross the line and finish World Cup champion at South Park.
The only thing that blew me away more than watching him race was hearing about his unfortunate passing.
When I first heard about Mario's accident I thought it was just a rumour, and when I saw the press release from Powerlite it was difficult to come to terms with, he will be sadly missed.

16/01/01 Melbourne's Track Attack
Melbourne's week of racing, dubbed the "Track Attack", commences this Saturday January 20th. There are 6 races on 6 tracks held over 8 days, and well over $20,000 in prizes.
Originally we heard rumours of a large international contingency, but with John Purse on the injured list (it's believed he will be making appearances but not competing) and others failing to raise the money for the long journey to the land of Oz it may not be the case.
However it should still be a large series showcasing some of Australia's finest BMXers and a huge start to the 2001 calendar.
BMXUltra.com will be reporting and taking photos from a couple of the races, maybe we'll see you there.
The big question is will the Track Attack be an annual event? Only time will tell.

15/01/01 Clayborn in Australia
Richard Clayborn, owner of Clayborn Bicycles, is committed to have his bikes in the Australian BMX scene.
So much so Clayborn are already going to co-sponsor an Australian rider, before their bikes are even available in the country.
Although there are currently no importers of Clayborn Bicycles in Australia, Clayborn are planning to make a big impact on the market.
The idea is to make their product available to everyone; calling any Australian BMX importers or shop owners looking for something new and fresh for the Australian BMX market.
If your in the market for a new frame, or even if you aren't, check out the latest in the Clayborn range on their website at www.claybornbicycles.com.
We personally recommend you check them out, these bikes are extremely popular in America, oh yeah and take a close look at the frame design.

12/01/01 PRYME "MORTAL" halfshell thrasher helmet
They’ve arrived! The wait is over!
Pryme Gear, one of the largest and best-known helmet makers for BMX, is proud to announce the debut of their brand NEW "Mortal" halfshell jumping helmet. No matter what your poison be; whether it’s ramps, street or big sets of doubles, the Pryme Mortal was designed with your mind specifically in mind.
The Pryme "Mortal" features an all-new shell design, with improved ventilation, stealth "skull" logos (including Pryme Skull rivets), and flared edgings. One of the coolest design features of the Mortal is that the ever popular Pryme "Skull" logo has been recessed in to the shell’s forehead. Strap it on your head and you’ll discover a snugger fit, with clipable straps and better ear protection.
Pryme Mortal’s are available right now, at a bike shop near you!
MSRP: $US39.99
Pryme helmets & Safety Gear are exclusively distributed by Seattle Bike Supply
For more info on Pryme products, be sure to stop by www.prymegear.com

12/01/01 2001 BMX SEASON KICKS OFF IN RENO; AND REDLINE RULES!
Reno, NV: The 2001 ABA season kicked off this past weekend in Reno, with their traditional opener; the Silver Dollar Nationals.
And as all of us have come to expect, Redline Amateurs were out front, taking names and winning mains. BUBBA HARRIS wound up with wins in 15x both days; which should help him start his annual tradition of being the early leader for No.1 Amateur points. In 15-16 Open, Bubba was buzzin’ the back knobbies of ABA’s newly crowned No.1 Amateur Ian Stoffel... definitely a good sign of what shape Bub’ is in for this year.
In the girls class, KIM HAYASHI was snappin’ hard, jumping everything in sight and scoring some hefty wins in class and cruiser. This was the first time Hayashi has ran the ABA National No.1 plate on her cruiser, and by all means, it looks like she intends to keep it!
CLARENCE PERRY picked up his NAG No.1 plate on Saturday morning and went on to win 36-40 cruiser both days in usual fashion. After placing 2nd at the Grands to Crazy J.J., Clarence was out to set the record straight in Reno. "These were the hardest races I’ve ever had," reported The Earthquake. "Behind the gate, Jerry was talkin’ trash as usual, so I just told him I didn’t want to hear it. Once the gate dropped, I shut him up."
Pro-wise, JOHN PURSE and MATT HADAN made a great showing and were both looking ultra fast... that is, until the track took it's toll on the two. Jackal and Diesel were both sidelined after some really spectacular crashes. John was awarded the "Crash of the Day" when he smacked face-first in to a set of doubles and was K.O.’ed for about 5 minutes. Word from John Monday morning is that he’s alright and will be back for more in Wichita, KS.. By all reports, our AA’s looked as if they’re been training hard during December, and despite crashing, were off to a good start.
In other REDLINE news; many new co-sponsored riders were present and accounted for. Current ABA No.1 Pro Girl JAMIE LILLY will be aboard a Redline in 2001, and went on to win her class both days; which included an incredible come-from-behind sprint. Jamie is sponsored by SYSTEMS-WEB out of Utah.
HARRY LEARY and his Marzocchi team will also racing on Redline’s this year. Harry’s weekend was full of heated rivalries and longtime battles. Little KYLE LOPEZ, our new co-sponsored 9expert, was also rippin’ it up and made a great debut in Redline colors.
REDLINE's official team sponsors are: ALEX rims, KOOL STOP brakeshoes, TIOGA components, ATI grips, SHIMANO parts, KORE seatposts, PRYME gear, NINTENDO POWER magazine, and FLICK TRIX finger bikes.
For more information in SBS, Redline, Torker and any of our sponsored riders, please feel free to contact "gOrk" at 425-251-1516

08/01/01 Top 100 Upgraded
Over the past few weeks we moved our focus to upgrading the BMXUltra/DansComp.com Top 100 BMX Sites.
The top 100 has been running for 2 years, making it the oldest of the BMX topsites competitions, and because it has been running so long it's also the largest.
With help from the Top 100 sponsor, Dan's Competition (www.danscomp.com) the worlds largest BMX mail order company, we were able to purchase the software upgrade which allows the 870 plus websites to administer their own accounts.
Now with the Top 100 fully automated we can finally devote our time to the BMXUltra website.
Don't forget to vote for any of your favourite websites, or you can vote for BMXUltra from the front page of our site.

06/01/01 Puckapunyal BMX Club Reborn
On the eve of the clubs 20th birthday celebrations the Puckapunyal BMX Club is proud to announce they will be hosting a sanctioned event, for the first time in 8 years, on the 7th of October.
The members of the Puckapunyal club have been working hard over the past couple of years to bring the track back up to standard and have done a great job so far.
By the middle of the year we should see new surfacing on the tar corners and some more technical changes made with the inclusion of new jumps, the plans are being kept under wraps for now.
"This will be an event not to be missed...we will be putting on something people will be remembering for the next 20 years...the Puckapunyal BMX Club will be reborn in the eyes of bmxers Australia wide" says Club President Shane Jenkins.
To find out more about the Puckapunyal BMX Club check out their website at www.bmxultra.com/pucka/.

Last updated: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 9:23 PM