Chase BMX/Tioga support USA Cycling BMX Junior Development Camps

Recently, USA Cycling BMX held the most recent edition of the Junior Development Camp Series. Tioga BMX and Chase BMX had joined on earlier this season to support the efforts of both USAC and the next breed of BMX'ers in America. J & R Bicycles also came aboard with supporting the top USA BMX series riders with a scholarship for the camp fee's.

13 riders in total made the trip out for the Camp and it was evident to all in attendance that the progression of future of BMX in America is very bright. Throughout the week, the riders have all been taught many different aspects of BMX racing and training, including Nutrition, Weights, Recovery, Dynamic Warm Ups, timed sprints, and more. The camp is overseen by Coaches Brian Fell and Jerry Bradford. The riders were also enlightened by Dr. Jason Richardson, who presented the riders with a seminar on mental preparedness and developing the brain for success in life and sports. Tyler Brown was on hand to give the riders tips each day as they rode on the Chula Vista Supercross track, as well as having help from resident BMX pros Connor Fields, Nic Long, & Mike Day.

The riders had 4 days with 8 sessions of practice to hone their skills on the SX track. On Friday morning, they took to the time trial format to get timed results of the hard work put in at the camp on the SX track. Sean Gaian had the fastest time for the Men, and Shaelen Reno was the quickest of the Women.

In just a short time period, the USAC Junior Development Camp series has had a huge impact on the improvement for the future of BMXers in the United States and the series looks to continue to push the riders to the best of their abilities for a long time to come.

The Riders at the camp in Jr Men: Sean Gain, Colin Hudson, Gavin Nelson, Walker Finch, Hunter Pelham, Taylor Stevens, Zac Jolicoeur, Caleb Minthorn, Josh Banuelos, Luke Roarty, and Kavin Bradner. Jr Women: Shalen Reno & Kendal Perez

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A Corinne Walder vid from the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships in Birmingham, England!

Corinne Walder interviews New Zealand's, Marc Willers as he's healing up from a pretty violent meeting with the paving bricks in the first turn at UCI SX Norway. The guy's not only tough, but he's in the zone. Don't talk to Marc when you're at the big races, he blocks it all out and let's training take over.

He also has his sites set on a World Championship in Birmingham next month.

Nine named to USA Cycling funded team for BMX SX World Cup #3

HRVfitness Back on TOP OF AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL TITLES!

What a fantastic weekend of racing, the HRVfitness riders were out in force at this year's BMX Australian Titles.

The newest edition to the team Tom Siinmaa was looking strong Thursday night in the final round of the National Chambikx series. But in the final Tom got tangled up in the first straight crashing and hurting his knee, putting him out for the rest of the weekend.

Jaden Rice was out to prove a point after a dominating 2010 and then losing both his World and Australian number 1 titles in 2011. Jaden has been working exceptionally hard this year to claim his title as the fastest 12 year old on the planet. When the gate dropped in the final Jaden was away and didn't look back, the big fella smashed the competition and came away with his second Australian title in 3 years.

With a nick name like "The Freak"� you better have some mad skills! That's exactly what you get when you are talking about Brandon "The Freak"� Te Hiko. Brandon was in fantastic form all day and when the gate hit the floor in the main Brandon turned on the power. The Freako was unstoppable and took out his third Australian number ONE in three years.

Well done to all the HRVfitness crew and the rest of the Victorian state team. A big congratulations goes out to Peter Rice, after a terrible string of bad luck Peter managed to with in both the 50 and over 20 inch and cruiser class. Well done.

E.J. Dorrian has been doing clinics at Pearland BMX in Houston, Texas and all around the state for five years. E.J.'s psyched to be able to help new and even more experienced riders thru his clinics and is also psyched about his new videos that he's making, check it all out here, explore his Facebook page, hit up a clinic and see what the fuss is about.

WWW.PROPHECY-BMX.COM updated!!!

New Frames, new attractive prices and new payment method!

Our Prophecy BMX website (www.prophecy-bmx.com) has just been updated with our new Prophecy BMX carbon frame in white color and 3K carbon finish, available in Pro XL, Pro, Expert XL and Junior sizes.

Many riders were looking forward this moment to be able to pass finally their order online….and we apologies for the delay.

So you should start to order right now if you want to be sure to get one because of limited quantities! The availability of this new frame will be the 24^th of April from our USA stock (but already available from our European stock).

At the same time to celebrate our new color option frame, we have done a new price list in which you could find new attractive prices on all ours frames!!!!

Only 599.95USD for Scud carbon frame Junior and Expert XL sizes black edition (Pro size is at 649.95USD).

Only 699.95USD for the new Scud carbon frame Junior and Expert XL sizes white color edition for the (Pro and ProXL sizes are at 799.95USD). Impossible to find better on the market!

And compare to last year, we have improved and developed our payment method. We propose you a new option for your payment in additional to Paypal with now the possibilities to pay by Credit card safely with security and confidentiality of all your information (Payment solution Mer@net from BNP Paribas: A customer advantage!)

So if you want to be like Joey Bradford or Moana Moo-Caille riding an exclusive high-technology carbon frame, go online to book it right now!

Order online directly on: www.prophecy-bmx.com

Need a reason to just go ride your bike? After you watch this awesome video from French BMX Pro, Vincent Pelluard, that's exactly what you'll want to do! One of the best BMX Race videos EVER!!!!!

Bubba Harris To Look For New Sponsor!

From, The Man, The Myth, The Legend, himself.....Bad Bubba! Check it out sports fans!

I just wanted to let the BMX community know that Supercross BMX and I have decided to part ways.

I would like to extend my gratitude to the Supercross Team and family for giving me a great home for the past few years.

Supercross BMX has some of the best and most technologically advanced products out there and being able to race and ride them has been amazing.

I have no plans as of yet and have no idea where the future will take me. I do know that I feel better on my bike than I have in years and plan on adding to my list of accomplishments.

Again, I would like to thank Bill Ryan and my former teammates for all the support they have shown me.

My career is not even close to being finished and I look forward to my next race. See you in Phoenix. - Bubba Harris

MANIA'S GOT JET LAG!

Can you say.......Jet Lag?????? Well, we can here in Maniaville! Mania hit the sack, EARLY Sunday evening and got up LATE Monday morning, speaking in languages that have no meaning and feeling like Maris Strongbad manualled across my head on his way to pick up his morning Starbucks! So, we're kinda light on the news Monday, but don't worry, we'll be back at it this week in full force! In the meantime, check out this slick little video piece below from Sarah Walker96, with some great GoPro video of the UCI Norway track. Good job, Sarah, you rockn' BMX video chick, you!

RESULTS AND PHOTOS COMING TO THE BMX MANIA RACE REPORT PAGE LATE TONIGHT! CLICK ABOVE TO CHECK IT OUT!

Track Photos From Wednesday are being posted to the bmx mania, uci SX norway race report page!

Track Photos From Wednesday are now being posted on the BMX Mania, UCI SX Norway Race Report Page! click on the photo above to head on over!

BMX MANIA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL ALERT!

Hey! Lookout, Norway, Jerry Mania's On The Road! Yeppers....It's UCI Supercross BMX World Cup Time in Norway and BMX Mania is on the plane headin' that way.

Keep it here over the next couple of days and in to this weekend for some photos, some words and some Red Hot BMX Race Action from the UCI SX Races! See you there!!!!! - Jmania

Chase BMX's, Connor Fields Turns In HUGE Weekend In Chula Vista!

Connor Fields had the weekend dreams are made of in Chula Vista for Round #1 of the UCI BMX Supercross series, where he won everything there was to win.

uci sx Time Trial.....As Connor is currently ranked #1 in the World, he would be the last rider to go off in the Time Trial. He started off by winning the time trial event with over 150 riders going for the top 64 to qualify for the race and the SuperFinal. Not only did Connor take the top spot in the Time Trials, but he set a new track record for the Chula Course when he crossed the line. The SuperFinal is the top 16 riders of the days time trail. Connor once again was the last one to go and the result was the same, as he was the fastest rider on course and took the win!

UCI SX Race Day.....On Saturday, race day, Connor would go on to win just about every lap on his way to the final, and would meet up with the 7 fastest riders in the World when it came time for the gate to drop, Marris Strombergs (latvia – Free Agent/RockStar) would grab the early lead going into the first turn, but Connor dove under him in the turn coming out with the lead and didn’t look back for the rest of the lap. This marks Connors 2nd win the on the UCI SX circuit, a feat accomplished by only a few riders on this world tour.

USA Cycling National Championships.....On Sunday, it was time for the best of the USA Elite riders to go head to head for the USA Cycling National Championships. Once again, Connor was the stand out of the day, winning every lap on the track but one on the way to the final. As the final racked up in the gate, Connor was looking to take this lap from start to finish, and he did just that when the Pro Gate dropped. Connor took the win, with Nic Long (Haro/TLD) and David Herman (Free Agent/Rock Star) finishing 3rd. This was Connors first attempt at the Elite National Championship.

Connor will now get ready for Round #2 of the UCI SX Series that kicks off on April 13th in Norway.

Thanks to all the people who support Connor and the Chase BMX team including Fly Racing, Shimano, Tioga, Elevn Racing, Excess Wheels, ODI, Thomson, Kicker, USA Cycling, Mike King, & Sean Dwight.

Photos by Craig “Stikman” Glaspell

Help Arielle Martin-Verhaaren Battle Breast Cancer!

The BMX Crazies over at J&R have some hot specials goin' on this week for ya. The Olympics are right around the corner, make sure you and your bike are ready for the celebration!

Jelle Van Gorkom, #37, crashed hard at the recent Supercross race in Chula Vista, suffering a concussion, broken ribs and bruised lungs.

He was air lifted from the track and has been recovering in the hospital in San Diego this week.

Jelle is an important member of the Redline family and employees from the company put together and signed this jumbo ‘Get Well Soon’ card for him to show how much we appreciate his hard work and dedication.

We hope Jelle will be back on the track soon.

Redline ‘Girl Power’ leads the way in Chula Vista

Well, the guys did pretty well also. But it was Magalie Pottier of France and Alise Post of the US who stood atop the winner’s podium for Redline and their respective countries following Saturday and Sunday’s main events. Saturday's Supercross event saw nearly 50 of the top women riders from around the world line up for the season opener. Magalie won all of her opening rounds and Alise led most of her early heats as well. But in the final, it was Magalie who fought off multiple charges from the competition to win her first World Cup victory. Alise finished fourth in the final as the second highest placed US rider. 

Sunday’s racing stayed on the big track for the USA Cycling National Championships. Featuring only the best US riders, it was each Olympic Team prospect’s chance to show their stuff in true head to head competition. Like Saturday, reigning 2011 National Champion Alise Post was dominant in the early rounds, but at the end of the day she rode away from the field to win the final in a commanding fashion.  

In Friday’s time trial event, both girls rode well but just missed the podium. Magalie Pottier missed third place by 4/100^th  of a second and after qualifying in second, Alise Post finished in 6^th place approximately 8/10^th  of a second off of winner Caroline Buchanan’s time.

 In the men’s time trial it was Canada’s Tory Nyhaug who led the charge for Redline finishing in fourth place just missing the podium by just over 1/10^th of a second. Australian Sam Willoughby finished a strong sixth place just 4/100^th of a second behind Tory.  

As with the women, Saturday was the main event for the approximately 150 riders who travelled from around the globe to earn World Cup points and spots on their respective Olympic teams. There were no easy groupings or motos all day long. Each heat was raced all the way to the finish line with multiple photo finishes throughout the day. The level of competition is simply through the roof. Despite the fact that Redline stars like Denzel Stein and Ramon Van der Beizen were eliminated in the semi’s, Redline had three of its riders in the final including Sam Willoughby, Tory Nyhaug and Hollands Twan Van Gent. The final was a great race with race fans both holding their breath as well as cheering at the top of their lungs. In the end our man Sam took a close 2^nd  place, Tory Nyhaug took 5^th and Twan Van Gent took 6^th . A super-fantastic start to a most important Supercross season for our Redline riders.

To round out the weekend, Denzel Stein turned in a rock solid performance in the USA Cycling Championships. Denzel consistently finished in 2^nd and 3^rd place in the opening rounds and at the end of the day took a well deserved 6^th place in the final.

To wrap up the Elite riders, a special shout-out goes out to Redline Rider Jelle Van Gorkam of Holland who went down hard in the Semi’s and had to be airlifted to the hospital. Jelle suffered a punctured lung as well as some other internal injuries. All of his Redline family wish him a speedy recovery and hope to see him back on the track soon.

One hundred yards away from the Supercross track, the BMX world was busy and at work with the So Cal Nationals and USA Cycling Collegiate Nationals. As usual, Redline had a strong contingent of riders competing including AM#1 Josh Klatman, A-Pro Elliot McGrath as well as Redline Regional Development Team riders from Florida based Redline/M1, Texas based ORP, and California based Redline/Bike Alley and Redline/Challenge.

Friday’s racing got off to a great start with AM#1 Josh Klatman winning the Mens 19-27 Expert race and Stile Industries/Redline rider Elliott McGrath winning the A-Pro race. Zaithyel Soakandar of Redline/M1 also started the weekend off right with a 2^nd in class and a 1^st in Open in the 14 expert class.

Saturday was USA Cycling BMX Championships where Redline/Bike Alley rider Jordan Nopens took a silver medal in 15 girls while Redline Challenge rider Dahvin Childs took a bronze medal in 11 Expert class.

Sunday was the final day of the So Cal National and saw Zaithyel Soakandar of Redline/M1 win both the class and open events in 14 Expert as well as AJ Saldivar of Redline Challenge winning the 10 Expert class.

And no Redline race report would be complete without at least one paragraph about the ‘tip of the Redline spear’ Jason Carnes. As always the Redline compound was stocked with food and drinks for the riders, trainers for their warm-ups and all the gear our riders could ever require. Race fans had the chance to see all of the latest Redline race bikes on display and ask questions and get autographs. And in-between Jason keeping all that going, he was out doing us proud on the race track winning yet another USA Cycling National Champions jersey.

Redline riders are now off to their next events – Jason Carnes is in full Redline Flight School mode doing a number of clinics in California and the Western US, our Elite riders are off to Randaberg, Norway, for the next UCI Supercross, and we hope to see many of you at Redmond, Oregon, or Phoenix, Arizona later this month.

Text – Redline

Photos – Gork, Jerry Landrum

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