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January 2012

BMX Racing news - Tuesday - January 31, 2012

USABMX GATOR NATIONALS ARE COMING!

It's Florida, it's warm winter weather, it's Euro and American BMXers facing each other for the first time of the year, it's new team and rider 'looks', it's the Gator Nationals at Oldsmar BMX in Oldsmar, Florida!

The track is AWESOME, the Elites are flying in for the first big U.S. Pro Race of the year, and if you can't be there to hit it up, we'll be there for all the action, with Elite Men & Women and UCI classes bangin' bars and snappin' gates.

Expect to see some of the best riders in the world, doing battle on one of the best tracks in the country, so it'll be one you won't want to miss, whether you're going to be there yourself or will be checkin' it out on BMX Mania!


 

 

 

BMX Racing news - Monday - January 30, 2012


Morphine Industries adds Hawk Racing to the Family

Morphine Industries is stoked to add Hawk Racing Custom Clothing to our family of Factory Team Sponsors. We had a great 2011 season running the hottest bottom brackets in the land, now we’ll also be the best looking with jerseys made by Hawk Racing Custom Clothing!

Hawk Racing is much more than bottom brackets and wheels. Hawk Racing also designs and produces custom clothing. They have offered custom clothing since 2008, focusing primarily on cycling and triathlon. However, the increased demand for their custom clothing has led them to expand their product line across many other sports, thus creating the new HR Sportswear line.

They produce high quality custom clothing for cycling, triathlon, BMX, motocross, ice hockey, and soccer. All of their products are available in both adult and child sizes. Hawk Racing has the lowest quantity requirements and the BEST pricing within the industry. Best of all, our turn-around time is hard to beat, as it is typically much shorter than in other companies.

Please check out Hawk Racing website at www.hawk-racing.com to find out more about their HR sportwear line and other top products (made by athletes for athletes). Hawk Racing will be producing the Factory Team jersey which will be sure to make a statement on the podium. Be sure to check it out at your next race....but unfortunately when on the track, the other riders will only be able to see the back.

Factory Team Sponsors: HARO BIKES (www.harobikes.com), Fly Racing (www.flyracingbmx.com), Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), DK Bicycles (www.dkbicycles.com), Folmer BMX (www.folmer-bmx.com), Hawk Racing (www.hawk-racing.com), Rennen (www.rennendesigngroup.com), Tioga (www.tiogausa.com/bmx), DNA Energy (www.dnaenergydrink)


J&R For The Gator Nationals!
Heading to Oldsmar FL for the USABMX Gator Nations?
If you are then now is your chance to see USA’s largest BMX store – J&R Bicycles BMX Superstore. A quick 17 mile straight shot from the Oldsmar BMX track (25 minutes) will get you in the door of the “Taj Mahal” of BMX. Come see what 12,000sqft of BMX looks like and take photos for your jealous friends that couldn’t get a ride. J&R is the only place to see a 7ft Profile crank arm with matching 6ft sprocket...it’s the best eye candy for any BMXer.

With well over $1 million in pure BMX inventory between both locations you can bet that we have “Everything for your bike and body”. Click the Google link below for directions:

GOOGLE DIRECTIONS

FROM: Oldsmar BMX, Tampa Road, Oldsmar, FL

TO: J&R Bicycles, 7000 Bryan Dairy Rd. Largo, FL

Stop by the J&R Bicycles track side vending trailer and get directions if needed or call 800-455-9353 for information.

Store Hours: Monday thru Friday: 11am to 7pm ..... Saturday: 10am to 5pm

jrbicycles.com


Hunter Academy Of Sport Rocks At BMX Australia National!

The Bunbury rounds of the BMX Australia National Champbikx Series and Probikx Tour have been run and won over the weekend of the 28th and 29th of January. There was no cyclone alert this year, just 40C (105F) temperatures and gale force winds!!

The Hunter Academy of Sport had three riders competing in Bunbury and all survived the conditions to post the following results.

Round 3 (Saturday) Brock Griffiths – 3rd (14 Boys) Adam Humphris – 13th (16 Boys) Tenae Brooks – 5th (Junior Women)

Round 4 (Sunday) Brock Griffiths – 4th (14 Boys) Adam Humphris – 13th (16 Boys) Tenae Brooks – 6th (Junior Women)

Those riders in the team who did not travel to Bunbury attended a training camp on the NSW Central Coast. The weekend consisted of exercise drills, tracks skills, a beach session and pedal boat race and even a yoga session.

All members of the team were trial testing the new HAS race pants provided by CCN Sport. The youngest rider in the team, Caitlin Booker, described the new race pants as “really comfortable to ride in” and when asked what she thought of the design and colour of the pants she said they were “really nice”.

Next on the agenda for the team is the ACT State Championships in early March.

The Hunter Academy of Sport BMX team sponsors and partners include: Eagleboys Pizza (eagleboys.com.au), BMXNSW (bmxnsw.com.au), Advanced Physiotherapy (newcastle-physiotherapy.com.au), Mind Body Balance, Multisport Solutions (multisportsolutions.com.au) and NIB Health Insurance (nib.com.au).


 

 

 

BMX Racing news - Wednesday/Thursday - January 25/26, 2012

UCI BMX Supercross: 2012 organizers

get together for training seminar

Organisers of all rounds of the 2012 BMX Supercross will exchange ideas during a seminar to be held at the World Cycling Centre on February 6th and 7th.

The UCI is organising this seminar together with Global Supercross Events Inc., GSX with the aim of generating ideas to continue the development and promotion of this young and exciting cycling discipline. The Supercross series is particularly important this year as each event provides an opportunity for athletes to gain points towards the Olympic qualification ranking.

The organisers attending February’s seminar are ABA (Chula Vista), the Norwegian Cycling Federation (Sandnes) and the Organising Connection (Papendal).

The seminar will become an annual event in order to ensure that the series continues to develop and keep abreast of current trends.


Introducing STAY STRONG/BENSINK World Team 2012

Darryn Goodwin/Australia Elite ... Shanaze Reade/UK Elite ... Jordy Van Der Heijden/Holland Elite ... Alfredo Campo/Equador Elite

Adrien Demaria/France Elite ... Rogerio Reis/Brazil Elite ... Kyle Evans/UK Elite ... Leopold Tramier/France Junior Men ... Nicolas Santolini/Argentina Junior

 

Kyle Evans, Stayin' Strong In Manchester

The SS crew kicked off the new year with a new team running custom GT Speed Series Stay Strong frames. Teaming up with Bensink Start Gates supported by Rockstar Energy, Clark and Kent Contractors and www.310proshop.com .

The UK held it’s first SX  race at the newly opened Indoor track in Manchester the weekend before last. An International field lined up in this season opener with some top foreign guys over for the show. Our very own Kyle Evans was on top form in his first Elite race since moving up from Jr. He got amongst the action, riding hard winning moto’s and his semi before finishing 5th in Saturday night’s final.  Kyle is a great addition  and we’re happy to welcome him to the team for 2012. You'll be seeing more of him in edit’s we have planned in the coming month’s.

The Euro based crew got off to a good start in Belgium this last weekend with decent results on day 1. Shanaze Reade took home a solid win, back after a recent injury. We are delighted to have Shanaze on board for this year and running our frame and parts right the way through her Olympic campaign .. Leopold Tramier was throwing in some signature style in Jr Men, winning laps and looking comfortable all the way to the main. He got caught up in the first turn in the final and finished 6th on the day but had looked good for a podium and made light work of the track with his trail style.

Jordy Van Der Heijde and Adrien Demaria were repping in Elite men. Adrien crashed out in a pile up in turn one in the 1/8th’s but Jordy was strong and consistent winning some laps before finishing 5th in the main in his first race in SS colours. Jordy has now headed to St. Maxime, France where he’ll be based for the next 2 months as he prepares for the French Cups and Italy leg of the Euro tour.

Meanwhile “Down Under” our Aussie Darryn Goodwin has been racing back to back from Nerrang to the Victorian titles, the Track attack series before hitting up the Pro race this coming weekend over in his home city of Perth. He still had time to hit up some backyard jam action and high air contests along the way! We’re looking forward to Darryn joining us in Europe for a few months from March to hit all the major races on the way to the World’s in Birmingham.

Stay Strong would like to thank our 2012 Sponsors: Bensink BMX Gates (www.bensinkbmxgates.com) : Rockstar Energy (www.rockstar69.com ) : Clark and Kent Contractors (www.clarkkentcontractors.com) : 310proshop.com (www.310proshop.com) GT Bicycles (www.gtbikes.com) : Alienation BMX (www.alienationbmx.com) Profile (www.profileracing.com) Answer BMX (www.answerbmx.com) Elevn (www.elevnracing.com) Oakley (www.oakley.com) THE (www.vsiproducts.com) Cliq (www.harobikes.com) Rennen (www.rennendesigngroup.com) Hot Shoppe (www.hotshoppedesigns.com) ODI (www.odigrips.com)


2012 USA BMX FBN/Hyper Factory Team,
to make debut in Oldsmar, Florida

Bizzarro BMX Inc is proud to announce the 2012 USA BMX FBN/Hyper Factory Team, making their debut in Oldsmar, Florida and focusing on East Coast National events and clinic tours.

FBN offers custom plastic fabrication to a variety of industrial markets.

Some services include machining, cutting, bending, and welding. Owner/president Rick Bell has been involved in BMX since 1982, founding FBN with a fellow BMX rider in 1991.

Rick’s love of BMX has always kept FBN involved in BMX. FBN has sponsored teams and employed a number of amateur and pro riders over the years.

FBN/Hyper’s roster boasts numerous National/NAG champion riders who will help to promote Hyper’s new line of pro sized frames being released in 2012:

Courtney Applewhite (Elite) ... Niles Austin (19-27x-c) ... CJ Fisher (16x-c) ... Layne Gainer (16x-c) Nag 5 ... Emily Krickler NAG #1 (31-35 cru) ... Susie LeVan NBL #1 (36-40cru) ... Spencer Martin World #6 (13x) ... Camron Mason (10x) ... Maddy Mason (7 girls) Nag 6 ... Lance McGuire NAG #1 (28-35x) ... Jim Paiva (46-50 x-c) Nag 7 & 10 ... Anthony White (12x) ... Christopher White NAG #1 (14x-c) ... Rochelle Wooding NBL #1 (16g-c) ... Devon Yeager (11x-c) Nag 7 & 8

This project also marks the return of Bill Zimmerman to active team managing, the 4 time NBL National Team champion will serve as the onsite TM at many East Coast USA BMX National events in 2012.

FBN/Hyper team jerseys were designed by BlackCrown’s graphic guru Rob McAllister, and will be accented by Fly Racing pants, gloves and helmets.

Still actively recruiting top riders, if you think you have what it takes to ride for FBN/Hyper submit your racing resume to bizzarrobmx@comcast.net. Tracks looking to host clinics can contact London Wilmot at the same email address.

Special thanks to our fantastic group of supporters, without them none of this would be possible!

FBN Plastics (www.fbnplastics.com) custom plastic fabricators. Hyper Bicycles (www.hyperbicycles.com) makers of the ultimate Bicycle Motocross racing frames.

Co-Sponsors: Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), BlackCrown Products (www.blackcrownbmx.com), Crit BMX (www.critbmx.com), Delta/Aztec (www.deltacycles.com) Doublecross Hubs (www.doublecrossbikes.com), Finish Line (www.finishlineusa.com), FLY (www.flyracingbmx.com), KMC (www.kmcchain.com), ODI (www.odigrips.com), PowerBar (www.powerbar.com), Safeguard (www.gosafeguard.com), and Thomson (www.lhthomson.com).

FBN/Hyper is a division of Bizzarro BMX, Inc


 

 

 

BMX Racing news - Tuesday - January 24, 2012

J&R Bicycles-Speedco Silver Dollar Nationals Team Report:

USA BMX and the J&R Bicycles-Speedco team are off to a great start this season.  With over 300 motos on day one at the Silver Dollar Nationals and 40+ teams competing in the Factory, Bike Shop, and Trophy categories for the weekend, it was a good chance to pick up some early team and NAG points.  With the team sporting its new Stile Industries jerseys and Troy Lee Design’s GP Speedshop pants, the team was ready to defend its back-to-back team titles for the 2012 season.

Bryce "B.B. King" Batten and Lauren Whisler, picked up their NAG #1 plates and led the team with double-doubles for the weekend.

Bryce “B.B. King” Batten, a perfect weekend in 11x/11 cruiser

In 8 & under cruiser, NAG #4 Kyle Mitchell, edged out his NAG #1 brother Katin Mitchell both days in some close racing.  Newcomer Kamren “Pancho” Larsen and Levi Pope had some solid finishes in 12x, 12 cruiser, and 11-12 open.  Meanwhile, NAG #1 Hunter Pelham, had some good laps but wasn't quite up to par after being in the hospital the week before with a throat infection.  Austin Fowble, Tristan Mitchell, and Leinani Peralta also had some podium finishes to lead the team to score 220 points on Saturday and 217 points on Sunday.

Lauren Whisler - doubles in 16g and mixed open

We have a few riders heading to J&R Bicycles’ back yard to race the Gator Nationals at the revamped Oldsmar, Florida tack in a few weeks, including local Geoffrey Banser who was unable to make the trip the Reno. 

With over half the team calling Lake Perris BMX home, including myself for the past dozen years, hopefully USA BMX and the Fairgrounds can come to an agreement with a new track owner.  It would be a shame to lose another Inland Empire BMX track.  This area has been home to some of the top BMXers and Motocross racers from around the world. 

Our next team race will be at Chula Vista.  Coming off the disabled list will be W1 Ryan Pettigrew after his long stint of rehabbing his broken foot.  Unfortunately, joining the disabled last week is Zack Vankammen, breaking his collar bone.  Hopefully he will be back for Chula Vista.  Michael Weatherford and Rachel Mydock decided to sit Reno and should be back in action for Chula Vista.

The team receiving its #1 Bike Shop Team Trophy

Back (L to R) Austin Fowble, Levi Pope, Scott Angus, Hunter Pelham, Lauren Whisler, and Bryce Batten

Front (L to R) Kamren Larsen, Katin Mitchell, Tristan Mitchell, Leinani Peralta, and Kyle Mitchell 

The team would like to thank all of its returning sponsors, including J&R Bicycles (www.jrbicycles.com), Speedco Bicycles (www.speed-bicycles.com), Troy Lee Designs (www.troyleedesigns.com), Sinz (sinz-bmx.com), THE (the-industries.com), Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), and ODI (odigrips.com)


ODI FACTORY RACE REPORT FROM USABMX RENO!

Reno, NV. January 13-15, hosted the 2012 USA BMX season opener.

 

While it was down right cold outside, in the Reno-Sparks Event Center the race action was off the hook smoking HOT! 300+ motos, racers sporting new rides/sponsors and manufacturers showing off all the latest and greatest race products this was truly BMX at its best!

 

Not to disappoint ODI/Diamondback/Speedline/ACS Factory Ace Korban Corbett, better know as "Vader" or "B.I.T." rolled his Diamondback Reactor Pro 20" to a 3rd place podium finish on Sunday in the super competitive 19-27X class.

 

Korban immediately followed that up with two 2nd place podium spots on his Diamondback Reactor Pro 24" in the 26-30 Cruiser mains Saturday and Sunday.

 

Congrats Korban!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Saturday 26-30 Cruiser 1 Brandon Panuccio 2 Korban Corbett/ODI Factory 3 Nick Valencia 4 Jonas Harmon

 

Sunday 26-30 Cruiser 1 Brandon Panuccio 2 Korban Corbett/ODI Factory 3 Nick Valencia 4 Jonas Harmon

 

Sunday 19-27 Expert 1 Robbie Patterson 2 Kyle Bastin 3 Korban Corbett/ODI Factory 4 Daniel Patterson

 

The ODI Factory Team is proudly supported by:
Diamondback Bicycles (www.diamondbackbmx.com) Speedline Components (www.speedlineparts.com) ACS BMX (www.acsbmx.com) Roadhouse BMX (www.roadhousebmx.com)

ODI ... 1850-c Massachusetts Ave ... Riverside, CA ... 92507 - www.odigrips.com


 

 

 

BMX Racing news - WEEKEND UPDATE - January 20-23, 2012

USA Cycling partners with Chase BMX to support junior development efforts

Colorado Springs, Colo. (Jan. 19, 2012) – USA Cycling is pleased to introduce Chase BMX, a division of the Bicycle Racing Group (BRG), as an official sponsor of its BMX Junior Development Program (JDP).

The two-year sponsorship, which began this month and ends in December of 2013, will see Chase supply BMX frames, as well as other BRG products, to USA Cycling’s JDP camps.

The JDP camps, which are held at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., provide opportunities for top 15- and 16-year-old racers to receive high performance training on the Supercross World Cup BMX track.

"Chase BMX is proud to work with USA Cycling and the future of the sport of BMX, the Junior Development Program,” said BRG Strategic Partner Pete Dylewski. “We at Chase BMX will demonstrate the brand’s commitment to not only support athlete growth, but also to work with the sport’s youth to help develop and bring new products into the race market, with direct development from riders of all ages.”

“We are delighted to have Chase BMX partner with our Junior Development Program for the next two years,” said Mike King, USA Cycling’s BMX Program Director. “We believe Chase BMX is the ideal sponsor for the Junior Development Program because they are a hands-on company who supports our youth at all levels. They will receive unique feedback from our riders during camps and it also provides Chase BMX with an opportunity to observe future talent up close on an Olympic style BMX track. The next Connor Fields could be found in that Junior Development Program.”

USA Cycling holds four JDP camps each year. The camp dates for 2012 are scheduled for April 2-7, June 18-23, Aug. 13-18, and Oct. 15-20.

Riders qualify to attend the camps with results during one of four qualification periods in USA Cycling’s BMX Junior Development Series. To learn more about the series, the camps, or how to qualify, please visit USA Cycling’s BMX Junior Development Program webpage.


Chase BMX RSP 1.0 frames

Chase BMX RSP 1.0 frames were created to bring the BMX racing world a new standard for the Elite level of BMX racing frames. No gimmicks, just straightforward technological advancements to offer you the lightest and stiffest frames. These advantages allow you to get all the human generated power to the ground, and give you the biggest advantage offered from any current BMX frame - The winning advantage.

The frame was developed and designed by BMX World Champion Christophe Leveque. Christophe was very meticulous about what frames he raced on during his career. He had the privilege to work with some of the world’s top companies and helped develop and refine the BMX frames, as he won multiple World & national championships. When Christophe decided to create his own line of frames, he used his knowledge and his eye for design to make the ultimate BMX frame.

Chase frames leverages the best of modern technology with 7005 T4/T6 Heat treated Alloy, Hydro formed, tapered, oval and swedged tubing, double butted and triple butted tubes, CNC 3D 7mm dropouts, CNC intergraded head tubes, and lastly beautiful and detailed graphics.

Chase frames feature a double butted top tube, triple butted down tube, the chain stays and seat stays both utilize a special process known as muscle forming to give them both a unique look and give added strength and stiffness to round out and create one of the lightest and stiffest BMX frames available. Chase is able to add these incredible features while remaining true to the traditional look of BMX racing while adding Chase BMX’s cutting edge racing performance.

The Hydro formed or tear drop shaped tubing that is on the RSP Frames are custom designed, radically shaped, and drawn aluminum alloy for weight savings and stiffness that help give optimal strength and rigidity to the Chase BMX frame. Hydro formed tubes have two main advantages. First, the narrow axis is a flatter surface, which can mean a lot more surface area to carry the load, like an I-beam with a wide flange, so it will be stiffer and stronger across the minor axis. Secondly, the deeper axis will be stiffer since the stiffness varies to the cube of the diameter, stronger to the square. When using an oval shaped tube on a typical BMX frame it helps reduce flex but only in one direction, but on the Chase BMX frame the tubes are oval in both directions in the main flex areas and these tubes help reduce flex in both main directions.

Chase BMX frames are offered in eleven different sizes - 10 different 20” frames- Mini, Junior, Expert, Expert XL, Pro, Pro +, Pro XL, Pro XL+, Pro XXL, and Pro XXL+: and 2 options in 24” frames – Pro or Pro XL Cruiser.

The entire offering of Chase BMX frames is available in two colors - Brilliant Black or Winning White. Chase BMX Frames utilizes a distinctive and detailed graphics design that enhances the Chase BMX proprietary tubing which further improve the details and bring you not only the best riding, but also the looking frame in BMX.

The Chase frame was designed to be the highest standard for BMX racing. We know not everyone needs this much performance in a BMX frame and the price may not be for everyone, but neither is winning.

Anyone who wants to win should join the Chase!


Bellflower BMX To Host Free Agent Clinic!

NEWS FLASH!!!!!! - New Free Agent Factory Pro, David Herman has just signed on to teach at the Bellflower Clinic! AWESOME!


2024 Issue 6 - Out NOW!!!!

Its January, and that means its the start of the BMX National Series in the UK. It also means that Issue 6 of 2024 BMX magazine is on sale!!

Some folk see January as the time to slim down and get smaller, For 2024 its time to up the calorie count and get bigger! In the new issue we’ve got plenty to chew on, the usual starters in the form of ‘Trackside’ news and gossip, the Area24 test zone and all your up to date information.

Its the selection of main courses that’ll make your mouth water; Dale Holmes gives us all the scoop from the States. In fact, if there was any more ‘scoop’ he’d be auditioning for a part on ‘Bob the Builder’!! Racing from St Etienne provides a warm croissant with Nutella to start us off.

The Chula Vista Supercross gives us sun, sea, BMX and an ice cream cornet with a flake and sprinkles. A look at the Pure Bicycle Company gives us British beef at its finest whilst the ABA Grands puts some mustard on that burger. A chat with ABA Number One Pro Marc Willers is the after dinner coffee... smooth. And if you fancy a pint of cider, the British Champoinships at Cheddar will wet your whistle.

Joey Gough gives us the skinny on her return to racing although it can be summed in the words ‘She’s radder than you.’ Shanaze Reade’s GT Stay Strong whip gets a coat of looking at and Australia’s finest Caroline Buchanan gets a truly awesome cover shot that just screams ‘radabonzical!’

2024 Bicycle Motocross Magazine is out now. Don’t forget to dodge that salad!

Available direct from 2024. Order yours through Paypal by sending your payment to: ttfourmag@yahoo.co.uk

Issue 6 posted within the UK - £6.00

Issue 6 posted to Europe - £8.00

Issue 6 posted to USA & Rest Of The World - £10.00


ELEVN BarLok Stems, Hit The Street.....SSSSSSSMOKN' HOT!

Elevn Racing is proud to introduce a new line of hi-end CNC’d Stems – The Barlok. Our new 6061 CNC’d BarLok BMX stem has an ultra light overall weight and is offered in 9 different sizes to help get you the perfect reach and set up on your bike.

Designed with detail to attention in mind, the Elevn BarLok stem features smooth rounded edges and beveled sides, a 2 piece weight saving top cap mounting system, 6mm Allen bolts, laser etched graphics and adjustment gauges.

All this adds up to not only make it the cleanest & best looking stem on the market, but it adds up to become the ultimate BMX stem available today!

9 Sizes offered: 1” 35mm, 38mm, 40mm, 45mm 1 1/8th 45mm, 50mm, 53mm, 57mm, 60mm

Light, Too!: 35mm 1’ 5.4 Ounces/153 Grams ... 38mm 1’ 5.6 Ounces/160 Grams ... 40mm 1’ 5.8 Ounces/165 Grams ... 45mm 1’ 6.2 Ounces/177 Grams ... 45mm 1-1/8 8.6 Ounces/244 Grams ... 50mm 1-1/8 9.2 Ounces/260 Grams ... 53mm 1-1/8 9.3 Ounces/265 Grams ... 57mm 1-1/8 9.4 Ounces/270 Grams ... 60mm 1-1/8 9.9 Ounces/281 Grams

Colors?: All 9 sizes are offered in the following Colors: White, Black, Polish, Red, & Blue

Elevn BMX is a division of the BMX Racing Group


ROCKN' REDLINE CUP QUALIFIER THIS WEEKEND IN PUNTA GORDA!

With temps near 80 and NO rain anywhere in sight, what better place can you imagine being than Charlotte BMX in Punta Gorda, Florida for a USABMX Redline Cup Qualifier.

The race action runs both Saturday and Sunday and you can get all the details right here or at www.charlottebmx.net .


Crupi launches hot new web site!

Bad To The Bone BMX blasts out of your web browser when you hit up the new Crupi BMX Factory Web Site.

Check out the awesome product line, hit up their team page and find out all about the Factory Team PLUS all of their wide ranging lineup of international teams from South Africa to Venezuela, learn all about the company from history to what's happenin' now in the News Section.

It's a new address, check it out, it's the Top Of The Speed Chain!


New team building momentum

for the 2012 season

USA BMX Nationals Racing, aka “The Nationals”

Do you want to join a local & Nationwide BMX Team? We are currently looking for riders and teams of all ages and classes Nationwide.

Introducing a new BMX Team for 2012, USA BMX Nationals Racing, aka “The Nationals”. Please contact us if you would like to be part of the team for the year or a National event. There is no commitment or cost involved with being on the team. Uniforms and other items will be made available for purchase. We are centrally headquartered out of Chicago, IL and already have teammates in SD, WY, AZ, GA, PA, KS, MI, NY, NV, IN, & IL  and are open to any possibilities including regional team leaders, racers, families, sponsors/co-sponsors that want to step up and get involved. All rider levels welcome. We are currently accepting solicitations and proposals.

Team Application/Waiver:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nwdE3jzD6cFF2mr2Q5NiZqSkItyMaaFrgtyubaq3bOQ/edit?hl=en_US

This team program is for everyone, not just the best riders but for all riders who are looking to be part of a BMX Team and a chance to be seen by the rest of the BMX world via our top ranking website and expert social media methodology. By becoming a member of our team, you may be eligible for team perks that we and our sponsors/co-sponsors may offer in the future. We are also looking for teams who are looking for a change!

Are you a “Free Agent”? Want to ride on our team at a USABMX National Event you are planning to attend? Simply contact me

This team project started in late September 2011 so check back soon for more details as we are currently seeking sponsors and co-sponsors for the team. Please bare with us as we get our bearings set and we continue to build our website, team and network with the best companies in the bmx community.

Heading to a National Event? Please consider becoming a guest reporter for us! Let me know if you have any questions.

Here are some of the team requirements (may change before 2012, suggestions welcome):
-You must be a licensed rider to participate (USABMX, ABA, NBL or UCI etc…)
-You must race a minimum of 12 local & state races per year to support local tracks.
-You will give us notice of any Nationals you plan to attend so that we can rally the team and complete in the National Team Standings.
-If still in school, you must maintain a GPA of 2.0.
-Your number plate must have a team sticker (we’ll provide) on it or race a custom team plate which will be made available soon.
-You must be willing to hang banners (when available) under your tent if you decide to use one.
-You must list our team name / sponsor when registering for a race.  Please note, you can have your own co-sponsors but they must be approved. Email as needed.
-You will be representing your team and sponsors/co-sponsors so you must please be polite and helpful to anyone who approaches you.
-Unsportsmanlike conduct of any sort by a rider or his/her parent may be subject to immediate dismissal. This includes verbal or physical misconduct. There will be no arguing, fighting or ‘bad mouthing’ your sponsor, fellow racers or track officials.

USA BMX Nationals Racing is hoping to have team representatives at as many National events as possible in order to complete National team standings.

If you meet all of the requirements to be part of our team, then the first step is to download and print the sign up and release forms and the mini bio. Have your parents or existing team manager (for team moves) help you with them if you need.

Team Application/Waiver:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nwdE3jzD6cFF2mr2Q5NiZqSkItyMaaFrgtyubaq3bOQ/edit?hl=en_US

Once you send back the paperwork (snail mail, fax or emailed attachment is fine), the team will contact you to let you know if you have been accepted into the program and then give instructions on what to do next. We reserve the right to reject any applicant for any reason. Best of luck and we look forward to hearing from you!

Thanks, Brian Nygard / brian@usabmx.net ... USA BMX Nationals Racing, aka “The Nationals” ... Team Organizer ...773-217-8002  (Cell / Text / Google Voice) ... http://usabmx.net/ ... Facebook

Please note we are not the ABA, NBL or USA BMX Association. We are an independent USA BMX news and resource website that also has a 2012 BMX racing team called “The Nationals”.

 

 

BMX Racing news - Tuesday - January 17, 2012

BMXULTRA.COM / GOLDCROSS CYCLES BSX 2012

The big day is now done and dusted, a massive thank you to everyone for coming along and supporting the event.

2012 saw the biggest BSX ever with 62 riders in the Open Men, 9 in the Open Women and 18 in the 30+ Open wheel class. We'll get more into detail in a report later, but for now here's the finals results.

Open Women ... 1. Prue Harvey ... 2. Iesha Anderson ... 3. Isabella Penglase ... 4. Mikayla Rose

30+ Open Wheel ... 1. Simon Anderson ... 2. Jade McPherson ... 3. Richard McLachlan
4. Paul Tomkinson

Open Men ... 1. Matty Juster ... 2. Tom Siinmaa ... 3. Bruce Hocking ... 4. Matthew White

Additional Auctions
Given the long day with the massive number of riders on the day and the fact that some of the prizes hadn't arrived in time for the event haven't finished with our auctions. We are going to look at the best way to do this. Keep an eye out for online auctions and the possibility of maybe running auctions at a Track Attack round this weekend.

The Goldcross Cycles BSX is presented by bmxultra.com and proudly supported by 

Platinum Partners ... Goldcross Cycles (www.goldcross.com.au)

Gold Partners ... Dirt Designs (www.bmxultra.com/dirt) ... Airsho ... A-Team Distrobution (a_team_distro@yahoo.com.au) ... Answer BMX (www.answerbmx.com) ... Contour Australia (meecosales.com.au)

Silver Partners ... BMXMAD (www.bmxmad.com.au) ... Troy Lee Designs (www.troyleedesigns.com) ... All Terrain Cycles (www.allterraincycles.com.au) ... GT Bicycles Australia (www.cyclingsportsgroup.com.au) ... Anarchy BMX (www.anarchybikeco.com) ... Speedline Parts (www.speedlineparts.com)

Bronze Partners ... Supercross BMX Australia (www.supercrossbmx.com.au) ... Custom Vehicle Painting ... Connections BMX (www.connectionsbmx.com) ... Poison City Records (www.poisoncityrecords.com)

BSX2012 was covered by BMXPress Magazine and sanctioned by BMX Australia

About BSX ... BSX (Bicycle Supercross) is one-on-one sprint trails style racing on a backyard track built specifically to test a rider's skills. The short straights, lofty jumps and tight corners are very intense under race conditions but also fun for competitors and create quite a lot of entertainment for spectators. The event provides a unique experience for the local Victorian riders, as well as the interstate and international visitors during an off day of the Track Attack series. The events primary function is to raise money for the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation. In just five years the event has raised approximately $24,700 which has provided the hospital with new equipment. Funds have been raised through gate takings, raffles, auctions and donations.

About the Royal Children's Hospital ... 'The Royal Children's Hospital is the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and provides a full range of clinical services and health promotion and prevention programs for infants through to adolescents. Each year the Royal Children's Hospital treats tens of thousands of children through our Emergency Department, inpatient admissions and outpatient visits. The Royal Children's Hospital Foundation plays a vital role in providing additional funding to support important research projects and purchase state of the art medical equipment to ensure that every child receives the very best treatment now and into the future.


 

 

BMX Racing news - Monday - January 16, 2012

2012 Factory Intense Pro roster

Cerritos, California –VSI Products Inc., is pleased to announce their 2012 Factory Intense Pro roster

Flying under the Intense Factory flag will be:

Brian Kirkham – AA Pro/ Elite Men – Brian an Australian native is incredibly fast and smooth and had an amazing year in 2011.

Brian is eager to come to the states and race the USABMX National Series as well as UCI and Olympic events. Its a sure bet that he will be winning more often than not.

A few words from Brian “I’m really happy to have VSI's support for a busy upcoming season and I can’t wait to represent Intense all around the world. I have been using VSI products for the past 3 years and I can honestly say its the best bike and equipment I have ever ridden. I’m really looking forward to the year ahead”.

VSI's COO Gregorio de Haro noted “We are so pleased to have Brian join forces with Intense BMX for the 2012 season. He has an amazing race record to date and has great ambition that will no doubt keep him winning”.

Arielle Martin will continue her Elite Women’s domination racing for Intense during the new 2012 season. Her primary goal is to earn the USA Olympic spot for the Elite Women and we are pleased to have Arielle sign on for another year and continue to support us as she strives to make the Olympic team.

Arielle stated “2011 was an awesome year with team Intense, landing my first SX WC victory on home turf followed by a Silver at the PanAmerican Games was an amazing experience and I couldn't have done it without the great support from the guys at VSI. I am thrilled to be staying with the company for 2012 as I make my run for the Olympics in August and chase down some domestic wins here in the states. A little forced time off to let a nagging injury in my hand heal after PanAms has me feeling fresh, re-charged, and ready for the season to start. My Intense rides have been the sexiest and fastest bikes I have ever owned and I'm looking forward to another great year on them”.

VSI's COO Gregorio de Haro added “We are incredibly fortunate to have an athlete like Arielle representing Intense BMX. In addition to the interest she generates on and off the track, she is a wonderful person to work with and a valuable partner in our product development process.”


ELEVN 4Thrust 4 Bolt Chain Rings

Elevn 4Thrust 4 bolt chain rings offers the perfect combo of strength and weight from a fully CNC’d sprocket.

Elevn 4Thrust chain rims come in3 Brilliant colors and 10 sizes. Features include: 6061-T6 Full CNC with laser etching 4.4mm Thickness, BCD 104mm Sprocket Chain Rings are CNC’d then painted or anodized, then CNC’d & Laser etched. Size info: 36-45 Colors: White, Black,& Polished.

 

Elevn BMX is a division of the BMX Racing Group


 

 

BMX Racing news - Weekend Update - January 13-15, 2012

Caroline Buchanan, Kickin' It In Gear For 2012!

Check out Caroline's complete rockin' race report, here!


BMX World Champs 2012: Contender - Jelle van Gorkom #37
 

Introducing the first in a packed series of video features focusing on the riders to look out for at this year's 2012 BMX World Championships in Birmingham.

At just 21 years-old, Dutch pinner Jelle van Gorkom has achieved a lot in his relatively short career as a pro BMX racer. With numerous European and World titles already under his belt the competition stepped up for Jelle at junior level, but with an Olympic replica track in his backyard and a few years on the pro circuit he has all he needs to be in with a shot of World Champ glory and that coveted rainbow jersey.

For UCI Worlds tickets and info go to: http://bmxworldchamps.co.uk

For more on Jelle check out http://www.jellevangorkom.nl

A Corinne Walder Vid!


 

 

BMX Racing news - Tuesday/Wednesday, January 10/11, 2012

Dan's Comp Factory Team 2011 Report

The Dan’s Comp trailer and team rolled into Tulsa with high hopes to end this amazing year with a few more titles and to let the BMX world know that Dan’s Comp has everything for every BMXer. 

This was the first time Dan’s has been at a national in many years, and with a new trailer and all kinds of deals, the boys from Dan’s didn’t rest all weekend.  Look for the guys to be at a national near you in 2012 and check out the best deals on line at danscomp.com.

The Friday ROC started off with a big win for Matt Pohlkamp as he and Javier put on a great show as always.   Alden Volle continued his consistent winning ways with podiums in Jr Devo and the ultra tough 15x class.

The Pro Spectacular on Saturday night featured the Matt & Javier show again in Vet Pro with Matt winning one main and Javier the other 2 for the overall win on Saturday.   Matt’s second place finish was enough to capture the 2011 Vet Pro Title. Congrats to Matt!  Every race in this class is always so much fun to watch and the competition is fierce with so many talented guys.

Besides the excitement of determining all of the Pro titles, the bragging rights for the Amateurs in the NAG 5 challenge is one of the most anticipated races of the weekend.   Justin Posey had his sights set on winning this race since early in the year.   Congratulations Justin, you worked hard for that one. 

Not to be outdone by his older teammates, Alden Volle came up the big winner in the pit bike race and had all of the riders wondering how he was still pedaling as that was one long track!

Sunday’s races, as always, lived up to the hype with the most amazing and competitive racing at the Greatest Race on Earth.  When the day was over Dan’s had 2 more titles to add to their amazing year as Scott Moreland won the 41 and over expert main and the title and Justin Posey had to settle for a 2 behind his good friend & ultra tough competitor Jared Garcia, but had the points to win the 17-18X title. 

Alden was on fire all weekend but had tough luck in his semi for class but rode solidly in the 15-16 open.  Alden has been spending a lot of time racing motorcycles with great success and still manages to be a tough competitor in the talented 15x class.

Weston Pope was still on the injured list from his spleen injury at the Disney race, but he helped out the team as coach, water boy and overall supporter of Dan’s Competition and his racing buddies.  Weston was having a great year with solid performances in London & Chula SX races until he was injured.  Look for big things to come from him.

The boys in green would like to send out a HUGE thanks to Dan’s Competition for all of the support and great times in 2011. It was great to share our big weekend with all of the guys.  Be sure and check them out for all of your BMX needs @ danscomp.com. 

We would also like to thank our sponsors for all of the help and confidence in us. Fly racing, Diamondback,  Supercross, GHP, Ssquared,  Answer BMX, Alienation, Tangent, Speedline, and Maxxis .


John Purse.....Movin' On To New Sponsorship

John Purse leaves Dance Factory Racing for 2012

I would like to thank everyone involved with Dance Factory Racing for all of their support during the DFR sponsorship in 2011.

We were able to accomplish a great deal with the further creation of a strong BMX team and most recently the formation of the new Powerlite brand of bicycle frames.

I wish Chris Chudzik & family, the DFR family and Powerlite the very best in the years to come. - Best Regards, John Purse



BICYCLE MOTOCROSS SUMMIT TO BE HELD IN LOUISVILLE!

For the first time in the history of BMX - track operators, volunteers, officials and riders alike from both the ABA and NBL will gather to celebrate the unification of the sport and combine the amazing experience of both organizations into one incredible educational event to be held in Louisville, Kentucky at the Marriott Downtown.

The USA BMX 2012 Bicycle Motocross Summit gathers anyone interested in the great sport of BMX to learn more about USA BMX and how to run an exciting and successful BMX program.

Participants are treated to outstanding educational seminars and learn how to run USA BMX races, big and small, as well as learn all the ins and outs of BMX racing. The general sessions and the break out seminars will tackle beneficial and highly effective subjects like: marketing and promotions, capitalizing on the 2012 Olympics, officiating, USA BMX ranking programs, computer registration and more!

You will also find out the latest technology on how to maintain and keep your track in good condition without as much physical work. The Summit is the place to interact and share ideas with fellow passionate track operators, officials, volunteers and BMXers from tracks across North America.

There will be knowledgeable speakers on hand, the USA BMX staff as well as special guest speakers that are sure to motivate all. Additionally, attendees will be treated to a welcome reception Thursday evening, lunch on Friday and Saturday, and wrap things up with an exciting closing party at Louisville’s 4th Street Live, walking distance from the host hotel. You do not want to miss this history making event!

WHO CAN ATTEND? Anyone who loves the sport of BMX and wants to learn more about the programs of USA BMX and how to successfully run a BMX program, support their local track, officiate, etc. If you are already involved with your local track or just thinking about getting involved you will want to attend this very important event.

To learn more about this awesome event and to sign up to attend, you can get more info, HERE!


DaleHolmes.com, Talkin' And Rockin' with SpeedCo's, Danny Caluag!

BMX Media Honcho, Free Agent BMX Team Manager, Two Time UCI Elite Men's World Champion, Expectant Father and all round "BMX Involved Guy", Dale Holmes, whipped out his trusty GoPro video cam at the Bellflower track recently and hit up SpeedCo's, Danny Caluag.

The results are some rockn' riding times and some words to catch up with what Danny C has goin' on this year for his Pro BMX efforts.


Maris Strombergs Is Back From Latvia And Wants To Talk With You!

Free Agent/Rockstars', Maris Strombergs has been across the ocean in Latvia, hangin' out with family & friends and gettin' his 'train' on with SuperCoach, Ivo Lakucs and his Latvian National Team Mates. Now he back home in Southern California and he's ready to rock some BMX and.....Oh yeah.....Get ready for the Olympics. Check it all out here, on DaleVision!


 

 

BMX Racing news - weekend update, January 6-8, 2012

Morphine Industries End of Year Wrap

Photos courtesy of Jerry Landrum / BMXmania.com and Mike Carruth / BMXnews.com

Ok, First things first. Everybody raise their hand that did not get sicker than a dog after the Grands. Raise them high. Not a hand to be seen.

The anticipation of the Grands and what affect the consolidation of the sanction might have definitely throw a new twist on the event. It proved to be a positive twist by making this race the biggest on record with 603 motos.

The Morphine Crew saddled up from all corners – Ft Lauderdale, Atlanta, Rockford, Dayton, Pittsburgh and Charlotte and headed to the land of BMX greatness. After many hours of beef jerky, energy drinks, coffee, pork rinds and many unexpected mouthfuls of dark brown rubber, we all arrived in Tulsa. Thank God…

When the dust cleared , bikes packed and bellies where full of pressed turkey loaf and dehydrated mash potatoes, the ABA results for Morphine went like this!

Olijuwon Davis: National #4 – A PRO ... Charlie Hunt: N.A.G. #1 - 26-30 Cruiser & N.A.G. #4 - 28-35X ... Doran Bradshaw: N.A.G. #2 - 35-40 Cruiser & N.A.G. #4 - 36-40X ... Brandon McCoy: N.A.G. #3 - 19-27X ... Jared Johnson: N.A.G. #7 - 16X

It was a great year of racing for Morphine Industries. We had many road trips which have become legendary. It’s all about killing it on the track and have a epic good time doing it, haha.

We have stellar family of sponsors that have keep our riders rolling in style and we have had a great time promoting on and off the track. Our helmets are off to you and we thank you for your generous support.

Factory Team Sponsors; HARO BIKES (harobikes.com), Fly Racing (www.flyracingbmx.com), Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), DK Bicycles (dkbicycles.com), Folmer BMX (folmer-bmx.com), Sinz Racing (www.sinz-racing.com), Rennen (www.rennendesigngroup.com), Tioga (www.tiogausa.com/bmx), Black Crown (BlackCrownBmx.com).


BIKE ALLEY / REDLINE / ROCKSTAR YEAR END TEAM REPORT

The Bike Alley/Redline/Rockstar bike shop team ended another great season with a strong finish at the ABA Grand Nationals in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and earned the #2 Bike Shop team for the year.

Congratulations to J&R/Speed for taking the title this year.

Also, we would like to send a shout out to former Bike Alley Riders, Dani George & Josh Klatman for taking the ABA National #1 Amateur Titles for the year!!!!

This season was a great success because of many people involved.

First and foremost, the parents for all the hard work in getting their kids to practices and races.

Second, for the hard work each team rider did to prepare for all of the races.

Lastly, the season could not have happened without support from all our sponsors, including Bike Alley, Redline Bicycles, Rockstar Energy Drink, QSI, Chism Commercial, ODI, S&M Bikes and FLY Racing.

As far as the Grands Results are concerned, it was another team effort. We had some great performances throughout the year...Taylor Cornelius(NAG #3), Jordan Nopens(NAG #2), Patrick Coo(NAG #2 USAC National #1) A.J. Saldivar(USAC National #1), Wyatt Hubbard (NAG #9), Kyle Bastin (ROC #1) as well as Micayla Gaskey, Parker McClanahan, Megan Chism, Chad Cornelius, Daniel Johnson, Chrystian McClanahan, Matt Chism, Beau Gregorios and Ryan Weber made contributions during the season as well as the newest member of the team Connor Defrain who won the ROC and Grands to take NAG #1 for 7 year olds.

In preparation for the 2012 season, which will be Bike Alley's 32nd Anniversary, we will continue with the best bikes in BMX Redline Bicycles with team riders on board the 2012 flights frames.

We look forward to competing as a Bike Shop team once again against some of the great teams we competed with this past year.

A special thanks to Ruben Sanchez at Bike Alley and our other great sponsors...Redline Bicycles, Rockstar Energy Drink, Fly Racing, ODI, S&M, CHISM Commercial, and a couple others we are still working on for this coming year.

Happy New Year & See You in Reno! - Efriam Miranda, TM


YESS BMX ANNOUNCES BIG TEAM EFFORT FOR 2012 BMX RACE SEASON!

Surrey, BC, Canada - Yess Products is proud to announce the finalized roster of their 2012 Factory Race Team. Coming out mid-way through the 2011 season YessBMX has already gained momentum and popularity from their eye-turning design and race proven geometry. Known for their attention to detail craftsmanship along with their ground breaking MTO technology developed for Maximum pedaling efficiency, you will see more of these frames out on the track! The factory team includes:

Ryan Tougas (10x) ... Alex Tougas (13x) ... Drew Mechielsen (14g,14cr girls) ... Jared Oberndorf (14x) ... James Palmer (17x, Jr. Elite) ... Paige Zarazun (Jr. Elite Girls) ... Ryan Murphy (17x, Jr. Elite) ... Laurie Harding (36-40 Cruiser Girls) ... Trevor Brown (41-45 Cruiser) ... Georges Kreuzkamp (46-50 Cruiser)

Our current Junior Elite members will be teaming up with Canadian Elites: Amelia Walsh (Elite Girls) & Jim Brown (Elite Mens)

US Factory members: Justin Hailey (11x, 11Cr) ... Kyle Gress (16x, 16Cr, Jr. Elite) ... Paul Caldwell (Vet Pro) - Supported by Stay Strong & Rockstar Energy Drinks

A Special Thanks to all our Sponsors: Black Spire Components (www.blackspire.com) ... Crit Number Plates (www.critbmx.com) ... Fly Racing (www.fly-racing.com) ... Hawk Racing (www.hawk-racing.com) ... Kwegco Chains (www.kwegco.com) ... Leatt (www.leatt.com) ... LDC Bmx (www.ldcbmx.com) ... Lizard Skins (www.lizardskins.com) ... Ogio (www.ogio.ca) ... Shimano (www.shimano.com) ... Tioga (www.tioga.com) ... Time Sports (www.time-sport.com)

Supporting our team, YessBMX have joined forces with All-Tow Wrecking Crew with the help of Renato Pistolesi and his group of talented and hardworking athletes we will make our mark


Redline Flight Carbon Bike Check

YEAHHHHHHH! Check it OUT!

Redline Flight Carbon Bike Check from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.


11th Annual

Midwest Oldschool

Show & Swap

DATE : Saturday February 11th 2012

PLACE : Weitendorf Agricultural Education Center 17840 Laraway Road Joliet, IL 60433

$45.00 Pre-Registration Includes : 1 Banquet Food Ticket ... 1 Show T-shirt ... 10 Raffle tickets.

Banquet Food Tickets the day of show is $25.00

I am working on HOG HEAVEN again for the banquet.

I am also working on our guest speaker who is a well known Illinois rider who had his own bike line to be the speaker.

MORE INFO SOON ! HOTEL INFORMATION : Comfort Inn, South (approximately 9 miles) 135 South Larkin Avenue Joliet, IL 60436 Phone: (815) 744-1770

Have A Great Day! ..... Ed Nowdomski

Sports Plus Bikes and Boards 13134 Lake Shore Drive Cedar Lake , IN. 46303 219-374-5722

Freedom BMX 17105 Cline Ave. Lowell IN ... 219-381-5135 ... www.freedombmx.net


 

 

BMX Racing news - Wednesday, January 4, 2012

Kelty's Got A New Ride!

AA PRO/ Elite Men and 2011 NBL PRO #1 - MATT KELTY has joined the Doublecross Bikes Factory Race Team.

Look for Matt on his Pearl White Doublecross at the UCI Pro events in 2012.

We are very excited to have another Pro join the team.

The 2012 Doublecross Factory team is now finalized.

Join me in welcoming Matt to the Doublecross Family.


 

 

 

 

 

 

*BMX Racing news - Tuesday, January 3, 2012*

Get Your Clinic On With Amanda Geving!

If this upcoming clinic with MCS BMX Superwoman, Amanda Geving is as cool as her ad for the clinic, then it's going to be THE COOLEST! C'mon, girls, don't miss this one. If you're within striking distance of this clinic, GET TO TAMPA BMX AND GET WITH IT!


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMX Racing News, New Year's 2011 Weekend Update

HAPPY BMXN'NEW YEAR
FROM C. BOUL & BMX MANIA!
Christophe Boul, French BMX Mania Factory rider, sends out some Happy New Year greetings in this BMX Olympic New Year of 2012 to all Rad BMXers out there!

The BMX Mania Interview
 Javier Colombo

Alejandro Garcia sits down with BMX Legend, Javier Colombo for a wide ranging interview regarding his career, his wins, his up's and his down's.

Check it out, here, or click on Mr. Colombo, hiz self, above!


Start The New Year Right With Randy Stumpfhauser!
It's the DaleHolmes.Com Podcast with The Man, The Myth, The Legend, "Stump Dawg" Randy Stumpfhauser. Randy is one of the greatest BMXers of

Caroline Picks Up Some Sweet Riding From Mitsubishi

Caroline Buchanan recently signed a sponsorship deal with Mitsubishi Motors for 2012 ..... AWESOME!

She recently picked up her new Mitsubishi Outlander from Commonwealth Motors / Mitsubishi in Canberra.

Automatic climate control, Wireless smart key, Blue tooth, 2wd/4wd, Reversing camera, Auto & manual with paddle shift....Soo many gadgets to get used to! Love "MY" Car!

Looking forward to a great year ahead.

Thank you Mitsubishi Motors and my awesome manager, Robert Joske Management.


Supercross BMX Builds
Factory SX Playground!

Supercross BMX owner, Bill Ryan is kickin' 2012 in to gear in a BIG way with the building of  a Supercross / Olympic format track at their California World Headquarters, literally as we speak!

According to Bill, "There are really no "SUPERCROSS" style tracks for our riders to get on to on a regular basis for training" so he decided to build one for them!

Of course, in California, there is the BMX SX track at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, but it does have limited availability to just drop by and practice on.

Also, if someone wants to work on a section or feature at their own pace, the options for SX style race training is limited, so the SX team decided that maybe it'd be cool to practice whatever they needed for an upcoming event, it'd be great to be able to design their own obstacles, jumps, turns as needed.

Bill continues......"So when we were looking for our new building, Land was an issue as we wanted to make sure we could build a track for our riders to practice on all they wanted, and if we wanted to change something, we can do it."

With riders like Bubba Harris, Dani George, Jeremy Rommel and Nate Padilla all on the roster and all doing the Supercross events, we knew this was something we had to do for the benefit of our riders.

Not to mention it is a great test facility.

Well after a year of dirt falling through and tractor issues, the time has finally come. So far we have had over 120 loads of Clay dropped off and have more coming.

So with dirt in hand, we sat down to decide what we wanted the Supercross Track to be. The end result is a 6 straight, 4 turn monster!

Now you are probably going, 6 straights? 4 Turns? What the heck, well the second straight and the 3rd straight are dual straights, and it is not Men's/Women's straights, it is the Gnarly Straight and the Super Gnarly straight and there are 2 second turns, 1 for the Gnarly straight that the Super narly straight jumps over into it's second turn. So the course itself is a typical 4 straight 3 turn track, but with options. At at an estimated 1400 ft it is going to be the perfect size for training.

So with the plan in mind, Austin Hiatt took everyone's comments and notes and put it to paper, then he used a cad program to lay it all out. Once that was done we hired ourselves up a tractor operator, Danny Purdue, who has helped us with our Apple Valley BMX track and has also built Motocross tracks for the Alessi's, so Danny knows his way around a dirt pile or two.

So with that, Jeremy and I set out to the lot and started marking off the ground with contractors paint, 42ft double here, 38 ft triple step here, 28ft doubles here, 28ft Bonzai jump, a 35ft berm jump, yeah it is going to have a few fun obstacles.

And of course as the building was going, we modified a few things, like the addition of the berm jump, that wasn't in the original plans, but it just seems to fit the flow of the track, and the Bonzai that drops you 4ft underground out of the first turn, yeah that wasn't in the original plans either, but just seemed to fit the flow of it all.

So far we have the first 3 straights in, and the last three are going in on New Years Day, then the grooming begins and we will be riding soon.

All of the above mentioned riders, plus Kenth Fallen and Austin Hiatt had input on the track design.

Stay tuned for more from the Supercross BMX Company Compound as we put together one awesome Supercross Practice Track!


Start A Riot With Anarchy!

Once upon a time, there was a pretty slick lookn' deal goin' on with a company called Anarchy BMX. One thing lead to another and it was no more.

What's that? "Look, there at the Start Line, linin' up on the gate, it's a new "reborn" Anarchy BMX!" The revolution has started!


A LITTLE 'HAPPY NEW YEAR' VIDEO EDIT FROM DALEHOLMES.COM
DaleHolmes.com was rockn' it at the Bellflower track in Sunny Socal for a little New Year's Eve BMXn' and sends out some Happy BMXn' New Years Greetings from DH, Cristian Becerine, Javier Colombo, Afro Bob and AA Pete...BMX Mania Happy New Year's go out to DaleHolmes.com!

Barry Nobles.....Leavin' SE Racing.....Moving On!

To Be Continued..........


Identiti Factory BMX Takes on England, Europe & The World!

Following on from the release of the Identiti Krisis MX frame, which has been designed in-house with pro rider input, Identiti bikes are proud to announce their Factory and Development BMX teams for 2012. They will be racing at National, International and Worlds in 2012. The line ups are: 

Factory BMX Team ..... Martin Ogden (Masters and 35-39 Cruiser) ..... Jake Power (Male 15) ..... Michael Cummins (Junior Men) ..... Joey Gough (Championship Women) 

Development BMX Team ..... Jordan Lunn ..... Pete Power ..... Josh Matthews 

They will be riding the Identiti Krisis MX 20” and Cruiser with parts from co-sponsors Halo, Gusset, ODI, TSG, Renthal, Time, Foxhead Europe, Drift Innovation, Answer, Dia Compe, Maxxis, One Ind, 661 and Monster Energy. 

The Identiti Krisis MX has been designed around the racing pedigree and success that Identiti has become known for in the 4X market.

It has undergone a year of r&d at National level racing and is now available as a frame (with an Answer carbon forks option). 

Identiti BMX Team Manager, Dave Franciosy, has this to say: “The 2012 season is going to be very exciting for Identiti and we are extremely pleased to have secured the services of such a great group of riders. We are also very grateful to all of the co-sponsors who are supporting this new venture”. 

Follow our progress during 2012 at: www.identitibikes.com and www.facebook.com/identitibmxraceteam