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Dual World Championship title aims

Talented BMX rider, Caroline Buchanan, who recently took out the National BMX Championships and the National Mountain Bike Four Cross title in January, is now aiming to go one better and claim a world title in both disciplines this year. The 18 year old intends to start her world title chase when she competes in this month’s UCI BMX World Championships in Adelaide. Buchanan then hopes to cap off a stellar year by adding a mountain bike world title to her already impressive list of sporting achievements in four cross on the World Cup circuit. Final team nominations for the World Championships will be announced in August and Buchanan is confident of a spot.

In another world first both cycling World Championships will be held in Australia and for Buchanan the Four Cross world title will be conducted just meters from her home in Canberra.

At the BMX World Championships, Buchanan will line up with the current Olympic silver medalists, Laëtitia le Corguille (FRA). While current World Champion, Shanaze Reade from Britain, is ruled out following injury, her absence will give riders like Buchanan a chance to claim the crown. Likely challengers could be world ranked riders, Eva Ailloud (FRA) and Sarah Walker (NZ), currently first and second respectively. Also in the line up will be Australia’s Olympic finalist, Nicole Callisto from Perth.

Buchanan departs in ten days time to join the BMX National Team’s training camp in Adelaide prior to the championships. Racing in the BMX World Championships gets underway at the Adelaide Showground between the 23 – 26 July.

DEAK BROWN RETURNS TO RACING

Formula Bicycles would like to welcome back Deak Brown after being on the injury list since the race in Reno last year. Deak has gone through major surgery and long hard rehabilitation for his ankle, (as you can see by the picture to the left) and will be making his return to racing at the ABA Summer Nationals in Roseville this weekend. After his long layoff Deak has made the decision to reclassify to A-Pro until he gets his skills and speed back. During his off time Deak has not been idle, Deak has been travelling all over the US and Canada doing race clinics with SuperCamp.

FLY RACING 2010

WEB SITE ONLINE

FLY Racing is happy to announce is new 2010 web site up and online at www.flyracing.com.

Check out the all new 2010 F-16 race wear including the Limited Edition Lime Green color option. Also new is the Kinetic, Kinetic Mesh, Kinetic Girls, Evolution, and Patrol race wear. The new gear looks sweet and you'll be sure to standout at any race wearing the new FLY 2010 race wear.

New helmets are also coming soon for 2010 including the carbon F2 Helmet and Trophy II helmet. We have updated graphics on our top of the line Formula MX helmet. We've also added the new Kinetic "Electric" helmet that is available now!!

In addition to all the new sick race wear we have an all new line of men's, women's, and kids casual wear. All new t-shirts, jackets, hats, hoodies, socks, wallets are coming soon.

And of course to get you to and from the races we have re-worked our luggage line that still includes the popular Tour Bag, Moto Vault, Carry-on Bag, and several more options. All new features and looks on many of these models.

You can expect to see the new gear in your local bike shop or at your favorite mail order in August but don't hesitate to get your favorite gear on order now.

Hope your having a great summer racing! See you at the races.

Northern Indiana local BMX rider Brad Bauters and the founder of 574 Trails, is currently hospitalized with his second relapse of leukemia.

Two local riders, Mike Rines and Chad Newman are hosting a benefit jam to show our support for Brad and could use your help.

The Benefit Jam For Brad will be at the 4910 trails in Fort Wayne, IN on the 25th of July 2009.

Please help us show support for Brad he could use it. For more information, please contact Mike Rines at mikerhines2@hotmail.com .

Formula bicycles would like to congratulate Andre “Mighty Mouse” Norles for making the Varsity Football team at his high school. Due to this latest accomplishment Andre is going to step away from BMX and the Formula Factory team and focus on football. Andre has been riding since he was 5 years old and for Formula for the last three years. He loves to race and travel. Having fun while winning is even better. Andre will continue to race but not at many nationals. Formula wishes Andre the best and leaves an open door for him to return should he decide to ride BMX competitively in the future.

NBL Bring-A-Buddy Program on track for a record recruiting year

- Presque Isle BMX, PA the top recruiting track / Brice Richter of Cleves BMX, OH the top recruiter for April/May -

NBL membership continues grow and the Bring-A-Buddy Program is attracting hundreds of new members each month. With more than $40,000 in prizes to be won, NBL tracks and members have been actively promoting the program and there are many new names, and NBL tracks, at the top of the point standings. Bring-A-Buddy played a key role in boosting the sport’s profile during the Olympic year and the trend continues well into 2009 – That’s good news for the sport and ultimately, for local racing programs around the country.

Brice Richter of Cleves BMX, Ohio is the top recruiter for April/May with 1,600 points and if he continues on this pace, he could earn his way to the top of the rewards chart – And a chance to choose between a Supercross Bolt LT frame or an Intense Podium frame, each worth 3,800 pts. Kyle Crawford of CNY BMX in New York is close behind with 1,400 and Jacob Culligan of G. Mason Burdette BMX in Illinois is third with 1,300.

NBL tracks are also a key part of the program and the top recruiting tracks for each reward period win sponsor products. Leading the charge this year is Presque Isle BMX from Erie, PA in the Northeast region who came out on top with the most new ‘Buddies’ from April 15 to May 31. The top recruiting track from each region receives a free Supercross complete bike and recognition in BMX Today Magazine for their efforts. Presque Isle BMX is in good company – two of the top recruiting tracks from the other three regions are past regional Bring-A-Buddy champions. “We are excited to see the program growing and it’s promising to see a few new names in the standings” said Ken Masters, NBL President. “We are proud of their ongoing commitment to grow the sport at the grass roots level”. Here are the regional winners:

Top Recruiting Tracks by Region for April/May

· Midwest – G. Mason Burdette BMX, IN

· Northeast – Presque Isle BMX, PA

· Southeast - Cape Coral BMX, FL

· West – Manzanita Park BMX, CA

Visit the NBL website at www.nbl.org for more details and click on the Bring A Buddy banner to view full standings and the rewards catalog.

The 2009 NBL Bring-A-Buddy Program is proudly sponsored by Intense BMX (www.intensebmx.com), Supercross BMX (www.supercrossbmx.com), Kenda Tires (www.kendausa.com), UGP (www.undergroundproducts.com) Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), THE Industries (www.bmxthe.com), and Camp Woodward (www.campwoodward.com) in association with BMXWORLD, BMX Plus! and BMX Today magazines.

About NBL Bring-A-Buddy

The program is simple and offers an exciting, points-driven, incentive platform that rewards NBL members for their efforts. In the April and May issues of BMX Today magazine, members received a full sheet of ‘Buddy’ cards and were tasked to distribute them to any ‘buddies’ who might be interested in trying BMX for the first time. When any ‘Buddy’ redeems a card at a local NBL BMX track, both the recruiter and the ‘Buddy’ win a free ‘limited-edition’ NBL sticker kit. Recruiters receive 100 points for every ‘Buddy’ who redeems a card and when the ’Buddy’ joins as a full NBL member, the recruiter pockets an additional 300 bonus points. To further support super-active recruiters, additional cards and supplies are available at local NBL tracks.

This year, recruiters can even redeem their points for a limited number of custom, autographed pro jerseys from riders like Randy Stumpfhauser, Stephanie Barragan, Maris Strombergs, Kris Fox and other top riders. A new ‘NBL Grands Package’ and ‘UGP Combo pack’ have also been added to the mix.

Morphine Industries signs 19-27X, Olijuwon Davis

Morphine Industries is stoked to have Olijuwon “Nugget” Davis as it's newest member to the Factory Team. O.D. has been on fire this season, racking up 3 wins and 4 second place finishes in his last eight races! Not only does he tear it up on the track but he's one of BMX's good guys...always helping the little groms and always has a smile on his face.

With his impressive finishes and off track personality, we knew Olijuwon would be a perfect fit on the team and prove to be a great representative for Morphine Industries and our co-sponsors.

Look for O.D. to debut the Morphine colors at the ABA's Land O' Lakes nationals in July, then join the entire factory team in North Carolina at the East Coast Nationals in August.

Morphine Industries would like to thank its Factory Team Sponsors; Staats Motocross Bicycles (www.staatsbikes.com), Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), Fly Racing (www.flyracingbmx.com), Lost Energy Drink (www.lostenterprises.com), Tioga (www.tiogausa.com/bmx), Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), Rennen (www.rennendesigngroup.com)

Formula/Europe's, Rihards Veide: 2 x 2 in Cheddar, UK !!!

During last weekends European Championships rounds 13&14 in Cheddar (UL), Formula Europe’s Rihards Veide proved to be back in full shape after his injury earlier this season.

Rihards took 2nd place in Junior Men in both rounds.

Also Niklas Laustsen is back after his injury and made it the semis both days.

In the Elite Men category, Edzus Treimanis is riding consistently making finals.

He took a 6th on Saturday. Edzus is now in ranked 6th and with 2 more rounds to go, he’s eager to move up into the top 5.

Nico van Dartel made another main on Saturday in the Men 30+ taking 7th place.

Lucie Meerholz, Bastien Merle and Max Ganser were not present in the UK and are all preparing
for the EC final rounds in Fredericia (Denmark) and the World Championships in Adeleide (Australia).

Formula Europe is supported by Formula Bicycle Company, Shimano, Ufoplast, Formco, EuroBmx, Swatch, SixSixOne, AlienationBmx and Navada.net

Keep on checking www.formulabmx.eu for more Formula Europe Team News.

Morphine Industries Hits Street Scene Signing Addison Sasso

Photos courtesy of Fat Tony

Coral Springs, Florida, June 26, 2009 - Morphine Industries signs Addison Sasso to Street/Park/Dirt Crew. Addison got our attention through Morphine Industries’ Guru and Crew T.M., Marlowe Buelvas. “I have been riding with Addison for a while and have watched him shred everything in site. He needed to get hooked up with a company that would get behind his riding and help him blow-up”, tells Buelvas. “Addison has always been riding busted up bikes/parts due to his “go-for” it approach, like his 17 step bar-spin bomb drop, so I though he would be a great fit with Morphine Industries.”

“We are stoked to work with Addison on new parts as we make a big push into the Street/Park/Dirt market. He is a great rider with a fearless style of riding that is evident from his recent exposure in Ride, Props 72, Banned 3 and Sunshine Sports Channel.” continues Buelvas.

“The Morphine Industries’ guys have been great and I’m juiced to be riding their parts and look forward to repping them in the streets”, adds Sasso.

“Addison is a great plus to the Morphine Industries family. We have a lot of badass riders that kill it on the dirt track and we are now lucky to have Addison that kills it in the street.” remarks Reeves, Morphine Industries founder.

Addison is from Miami but currently riding out of the Ocala/Orlando area.

Addison will also get support and products from our other great team sponsors such as Alienation rims, hubs, grips, seat and seatpost, Tioga tires, Rennen gears, and Lost Energy Drink.

Check us out on the web at: www.morphineindustries.com

Elite Men - 1 Arnaud Dubois/BEL 2 Marcus Bloomfield/ENG 3 Martijn Scherpen/NED 4 Jordy van der Heijden/NED

5 Thomas Hamon/FRA 6 Stepan Tumpach/CZE 7 Liam Phillips/ENG 8 Ivo van der Putten/NED

Elite Women - 1 Willy Kanis/NED 2 Eva Ailloud/FRA 3 Manon Valentino/FRA 4 Jana Horakova/CZE

Junior Men - 1 Jelle van Gorkum/NED 2 Rihards Veide/LAT 3 Glenn van de Wetering/NED 4 Twan van Gendt/NED

5 Renaud Blanc/SUI 6 Matthijs Blok/NED 7 Lorin Martinez/FRA 8 Andre Fossa Aguiluz/NOR

Junior Women - 1 Maartje Hereijgers/NED 2 Elke Vanhoof/BEL 3 Sandra Aleksejeva/LAT 4 Esther Leroy/FRA

5 Camille Meyran/FRA 6 Shannie Camilla/DEN 7 Mette Jepsen/DEN 8 Daria Torrero Velasco/ESP

Elite Men - 1 Roy van den Berg/NED 2 Thomas Hamon/FRA 3 Arnaud Dubois/BEL 4 Jordy van der Heijden/NED

5 Liam Phillips/ENG 6 Edzus Treimanis/LAT 7 Romain Riccardi/FRA 8 Toms Skujins/LAT

Elite Women - 1 Jana Horakova/CZE 2 Eva Ailloud/FRA 3 Willy Kanis/NED 4 Manon Valentino/FRA

Junior Men - 1 Jelle Van Gorkum/NED 2 Rihards Veide/LAT 3 Renaud Blanc/SUI 4 Glenn van de Wetering/NED

5 Lorin Martinez/FRA 6 Nicholas Britt/ENG 7 Twan Van Gendt/NED 8 Aleksander Birkeland/NOR

Junior Women - 1 Ekle Vanhoof/NED 2 Maartje Hereijgers/NED 3 Sandra Aleksejeva/LAT 4 Esther Leroy/FRA

5 Camille Meyran/FRA 6 Mette Jepsen/DEN 7 Shannie Camilla Hee/DEN 8 Daria Torrero Velasco/ESP

Elite Men - 1 Martijn Scherpen/NED 2 Arnaud Dubois/BEL 3 Raymon van der Biezen/NED 4 Roy van den Berg/NED 5 Ivo van der Putten/NED

6 Edzus Tremanis/LAT 7 Sifiso Nhalapo/RSA 8 Thomas Hamon/FRA 9 Jordy van der Heijden 10 Rob van den Wildenberg/NED

Elite Women - 1 Eva Ailloud/FRA 2 Manon Valentino/FRA 3 Laëtitia Le Corguille/FRA 4 Jana Horakova/CZE 5 Aneta Hladikova/CZE

6 Magalie Pottier/FRA 7 Lieke Klaus/NED 8 Willy Kanis/NED 9 Amelie Despeaux/FRA 10 Sarah Walker/NZL

Junior Men - 1 Jelle Van Gorkum/NED 2 Andre Aguiluz/NOR 3 Renaud Blanc/SUI 4 Sylvain Andre/FRA 5 Twan Van Gendt/NED

6 Glenn Van De Wetering/NED 7 Lorin Martinez/FRA 8 Aleksander Birkeland/NOR 9 Giacomo Fantoni/ITL 10 Luis Brethauer/GER

Junior Women - 1 Maartje Hereijgers/NED 2 Merle Van Benthem/NED 3 Elke Vanhoof/BEL 4 Sandra Aleksejeva/LAT 5 Camilla Meyran/FRA

6 Cassandre Brousse/FRA 7 Mette Jepsen/DEN 8 Tessa Meerholz/NED 9 Shannie Camilla Hee/DEN 10 Olga Andrianova/RUS

The popular 1990's protective company, Xtrskn is heading back to the BMX Track to make another run.

Sab Designs Factory Rider, Trey Clark and Rodney Morgan, have taken steps to purchase "XTRSKN- cheaper than stitches".

Xtrskn was the 90's brainchild of popular Pro Racer, Bill Madden and was seen on lots of dirt jumpers and racers 'way back when'.

sunday at south park!!!!!

Stumpy, Dominique & Meyers Double

Opincar takes Masters Win!

complete results on the bmx mania race report page!

Stumpy, Dominique, Doug-E-Fresh & Meyers Take Big South Park Wins!

Complete pro results on the BMX mania race report page!

FRIDAY PRACTICE PHOTOS POSTED!!!!!

CHECK EM OUT ON THE BMX MANIA RACE REPORT PAGE!!!!!!

CLICK HERE!!!!!!

GHP Factory Battles In Rockford!

GHP factory riders Randy Stumpfhauser, John Purse, Robert Harris and Ted “Pedro” Brown headed out for the ABA’s Midwest Nationals in Rockford IL.

The competition was stacked in all classes, especially the Elite and AA pro class. Randy has been training hard and it’s really showing in his first straight pull. Both days he ran hard up front and finished just off the box in 4^th place.

Vet Pro had both factory riders in the main. Robert Harris and “The Jackal” John Purse made mains on Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was hard on both riders with JP sliding out in the second turn and Robert getting caught up in the carnage. Sunday John would finish on the podium in second, Harris in 7^th.

In who can only be described as one of the most improved riders of the year Ted “Pedro” Brown has been on a rampage through the National circuit. Ted put his Factory cruiser on top the podium both days in 31-35 cruiser.

Look for Hill and the gang in California at the ABA Summer Nationals July 3^rd – 5^th.

GHP would like to thank their sponsors. Troy Lee Designs, ODI, HRP Designs, Capital Contractors, INC. and Rhythm.

Morphine Industries Hits Rockford For the ABA Midwest Nationals

After laying down 23+ hours on the road, we rolled into Rockford, IL on Wednesday night to race, represent and have a great weekend at one of the best races in BMX.

The end of the week brought some nasty weather with winds gusting over 70 miles an hour and rain that flooded the track and infield with over 2 feet of water. However, the Rockford crew got the track up and running for Saturday.

A Pro-Tyler Faoro, started the weekend stepping up to Elite men in UCI. Holding his own in stacked motos, he missed the main event. Sunday racing went back to ABA classes and Tyler soared to the main. Battling with Josh Meyers into turn 2, Josh slide out and took Tyler and the whole main event gate with him to the asphalt. Unfortunately being in front meant being at the bottom of the pile and a 5^th place finish.

A Pro-Jason LaRev, took Saturday off and showed up Sunday with a mission for the main. He transferred to main with ease and finished with a 3^rd place podium spot. Congrats to JRev for 3 for 3 podiums in his last three national races. Yeah Boy!

28-35/31-35Cr-Doran Bradshaw, had to deal with some of the biggest classes of the weekend with Quarters on 20”. Saturday brought about some bar banging and turn pimping on both bikes. He got slammed in turn 1 in his semi to miss the transfer to the main, but came back on his cruiser to battle with “Pedro” for the win. Making a text book move in turn 3 to take the lead but unable to hold on finishing with a deuce. Sunday brought about the same exciting racing for Doran and the same results.

41+-Jonathan Reeves, battled with a group of locals for the wins on both days. Although he transferring out in the first moto both days, Jonathan settled for 4ths in both the mains.

12X/12Cr-Noah Reeves, killed it all weekend in both classes, banging bars with Alden Volle and Walker Finch. When the dust cleared Noah settled for deuces on Cruiser and tres on 20 for both days.

10X-Richie Dey, wowed the crowd as usual. Unfortunately getting sick over the weekend hampered his normally sky high antics. Richie finished with a 5^th and 4^th on the weekend in class and 2^nd and 3^rd in Open.

We rolled into town with 6 riders and we left with 7 riders. Check out the next press release to fill in the blanks.

Thanks to everyone in Rockford for a great race. Thanks BMX Billy Maule for hanging with us and being security over the weekend – you the man.

The Morphine Rig is going to chill in south Florida for a bit while a few of us get ready for Adelaide. However, we have sent our A GAME to the Midwest , Tyler Faoro. He will be hitting South Park, Pontiac, Nashville, Trumbull, Prunedale and who knows where else over the next few weeks/months – Beware.

Thanks fro Jerry Landrum/BMXmania.com for the great pics.

Morphine Industries would like to thank its Factory Team Sponsors; Staats Motocross Bicycles (www.staatsbikes.com), Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), Fly Racing (www.flyracingbmx.com), Lost Energy Drink (www.lostenterprises.com), Tioga (www.tiogausa.com/bmx), Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), Rennen (www.rennendesigngroup.com)

Hold on to your seats, ladies and gentlemen! The NBL Travellin' Road Show is pullin' in to South Park this weekend and we'll be there for ya!

Check in every evening for updates and Tons of BMX Race Action Photos from the gnarliest track around!

What better way to spend your Summer Vacation, 'on holiday' with a REAL LIFE BMX Legend! Thomas Allier, one of the greatest riders of all time has just retired from BMX after making the French Olympic Team and competing in the first ever BMX Olympics, and now he's ready to take YOUR skills to a higher level with some FUN and EXCITING BMX Training.

Don't miss your chance to improve your BMX racing level during this 5 day BMX camp in Southwest France at the Pau BMX Club. Pau is located in the beautiful Pyrenees area of the Southwest of France and is noted for it's athletic excellence including Championship Basketball, Euro Champion Rugby Team, hosting one of the MAJOR stops on the Tour de France, the French Chess Championship AND the Grand Prix de Pau, an annual major Grand Prix Auto Race. Now Pau is set to host YOU at the Thomas Allier Summer BMX Camp, so get set to make BMX history!

Only twelve (12) campers will be accepted each week so do NOT delay, enroll TODAY, cuz, it's going to be AWESOME!

There will be a lot of activities in the program and be sure to get a room in a modern sport center located only 400m away from the BMX track!

The two training camp dates will be comin' up on July 13th-18th and July 20th-25th 2009!!!

Camp activities will include Race Instruction, Trails, and super cool afternoon fun stuff like Karting, Swimming, 'Accro-Branches'/Ropes Course and River Rafting.

For more information, feel free to send an e-mail to contact@thomasallier.com or call by phone at (+33)678974991 / (+33)686512551 English speaking campers accepted, EVERYONE's welcome!

Dirty Souls BMX

Carl Lein, one of the 'Main Men About BMX" in Texas and the U.S. BMX National Circuit for many years has cranked up a new Team and Sponsorship effort. After wearing many hats including the well known national team/Big Knobby Squad, the nationally published monthly BMX magazine/Moto Mag, the Pryme BMX Factory Team and FactoryBMX.com Carl is taking a new direction with his BMX effortts. Straight from The Man Hiz Self.....

"......After riding for various teams or running my own team for the past 20 years I decided to do something a little different.

I'm at a place where I don't need a sponsor, so I thought I would represent the One who makes all this cool BMX possible.

I want to combine my two loves; Jesus Christ and BMX, so I created Dirty Souls.

Dirty Souls is just my way of giving credit where credit is due.

I have a simple website with God's simple message of salvation and I'll be doing my best to represent him at BMX tracks around the world."

"A couple of companies have graciously sponsored me; so thank you to Supercross BMX, Fly, Alienation, and Hot Shoppe.

I'm also representing C28, and exciting contemporary Christian apparel retailer." - Carl Lein/Dirty Souls BMX

The South Australia BMX Association is conducting two BMX events on the weekend prior to the UCI BMX World Championships in Adelaide, South Australia in July this year.

The dates are Saturday 18th and Sunday 19th July 2009. Every rider who is in Adelaide on these dates is invited to register for these fun events.

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