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Answer BMX Products Inc is proud to announce the signing of 3X ABA Pro Champion and UCI World Champion Bubba Harris to a multi year sponsorship contract. This is Bubba’s second stint as a racer for Answer Products as he raced for the brand as a pre-teen back in the 90’s before going on to his previous longtime sponsor Redline Bicycles. Bubba will make his Answer BMX pro debut at the ABA Winter Nationals in Phoenix AZ on March 6-8 2009.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Bubba as our Pro for Answer BMX as he continues his comeback from a devastating ankle injury in China and additional injury at the Olympic Trials last summer. 

Over 700 BMX riders will converge on the country’s capital city, Canberra for three days of racing. The program kicks off with round five of the Hog’s Breath Café National Probikx Series on Friday night at the Melba BMX track. Saturday morning riders face another round, the sixth at Tuggeranong BMX track. Both of the rounds are also combined Oceania ranking rounds eight and nine and offer valuable UCI

Free Agent and Kenda are pleased to announce the new Free Agent/Kenda European BMX Race Team for 2009. The team will consist of four riders from England, Norway, Latvia, and Holland, and is looking to expand even more in the future.

“Free Agent has built a great relationship with Kenda over the years. They’ve supported both our Free Agent BMX and our KHS Mountain bike teams,” said Team Manager Dale Holmes. “We decided it only made sense to set up a joint team project in Europe.”

2008 Olympic BMX Gold Medalist will once again be on hand at the ABA BMX Winter Nationals in Phoenix, AZ.. Free Agent's AA PRO, and Latvia's own MARIS STROMBERGS made his ABA BMX debut in Reno, NV. earlier this season and made a great impression with the fans. He's really starting to hit his stride in the USA, having an excellent weekend at the ABA BMX Gator Nationals in Oldsmar, FLA.

MARIS is excited about the ABA BMX Winter Nationals and will be doing a few autograph sessions through the weekend at the Free Agent Team pit area. MARIS will have his actual 2008 Olympic GOLD medal on hand for the fans to see as well! Be sure to stop by the Free Agent Team pit area to say hello to MARIS.

In a further expansion of our World Team of Elite Riders, Supercross BMX has brought the New Zealand Junior Superstar Kurt Pickard into the Supercross BMX Family. For those of you not familiar with the name, be prepared to get used to it as he was previously the10 time New Zealand Champion and now under the wing of BMX Supercoach Ken Cools, Kurt is planning on taking his new Supercross onto the World Stage.

Crupi Parts, Inc is proud to announce the signing of Ernesto Pizarro. Ernesto is part of Argentina's Olympic squad and the current top ranked Junior Elite rider in Argentina. Ernesto has a long history of racing success in Argentina including a World Championship title in 2000. Ernesto will continue living in Argentina and race a full schedule of Latin America races. Crupi continues to build its dominance in Latin America with riders who will not only win races but promote BMX and Crupi with a winning attitude! Please help us in welcoming Ernesto to the Crupi family!

Crupi Parts, Inc is proud to announce the signing of Carlos Oquendo. Carlos is Colombia's top Elite rider if it were not for injury, would have represented Colombia in the Olympics!

South America has such a large and untapped talent pool and we are really excited to continue building our brand in South America and riders like Carlos will certainly help Crupi grow!

Carlos will continue living in Colombia and race a full schedule of Latin America races but there he will visit the states to race at some point this year and of course attend Super Cross races and the World Championships in Australia.

Please help us in welcoming Carlos to the Crupi family!

Greg Swingrover
Crupi BMX

The American Bicycle Association hosted the Gator Nationals this past weekend, February, 20-22 in Oldsmar, FL A. This weekend 's event was excellent to say the least. The sun was out in full force, the weather was perfect, and the track and facility were dialed in better then ever! The riders, families, fans, and industry showed up in full force to an amazing 124 motos! Thanks to the efforts of the Oldsmar BMX crew getting the place dialed. 

On Saturday 9 May the finals of the 2009 World Cup BMX Supercross are off in Copenhagen. The medal winners from the Beijing Olympics and the Danish national team are among the 120 riders on the starting list at the BMX track in Copenhagen, which is said to be one of the world’s best tracks. An afternoon full of action awaits the spectators, who are offered exciting top sport, rock concert, dj, events and various happenings both at the track and in the “spectator city”, established especially for the BMX event.

The national team of Denmark is looking forward to the Copenhagen World Cup, which is the largest Supercross-event in the Northern Europe.

“Of course our team will embrace the strongest Danish riders. The event is given top priority, and it is part of our focused efforts towards the Olympic Games 2012 in London. 

Author & Prokop. Though to separate those two names. The Prague based company and the Prague native rider have worked together ever since 2003. Six years in a row and the successful story will continue in 2009 race season! Never change the winning team! Prokop says… “Even the whole cycling industry gets currently really hard times and many riders had to change team colors, Author was well prepared for that situation and still remains the one of the strongest bicycle producers in Europe. Those guys supported my career a lot for a long time and they also have big plans for the future. They are involved in racing ever since 1994 and understood what a racer needs. I can ride frames made exactly in accordance to what I feel to be the best for me. High-end bikes are available to me no matter what I am going to do, training on the road, flying above trails or working hard on a velodrome. After all that Olympic BMX rush, I am looking forward to be back on a big bike. There are some new but already hell fast kids in the World Cup and it seems that also some more BMXers want to try what