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It's on! BMX in RIO starts today with the Time Trials. See the order of appearance. Watch today at 18:30hr CET
The Olympic Games for BMX officially start today with the Time Trials. At 18:30hr CET Germany's Nadja Pries has the honour to kick it off with her lap against the clock that will determine her spot in the motos the next day and her spot behind the gate. Getting on the inside is always an advantage so setting a fast time today in the Time Trials will help, at least in the first moto. The girls have a day off tomorrow as they go straight into the semi-finals on Friday. The boys will race quarters on Thursday and Semis and final on Friday just like the girls.
The Happy Anniversary Issue of BMX Rider magazine is out now. #25?! dropped on the mat earlier this month and once again it's a full on BMX magazine which are hard to find these days. Making it to the 25th issue deserves respect considering they've now filled 2500 pages with BMX freestyle for you to check out. Don't underestimate what a magazine does to the scene. It shows where the events are, how they were, what new products are out there made by the BMX companies, you can learn tricks from the How-To pages and also you get to learn riders better from the interviews they're publishing. The new issue is here. Make sure to get your copy.
-Interview: Tom Schorb-Mergenthaler aka Slayer aka Slaytanic Tom...
-Roadtrip: Just another Gypsyroad to fish & chips...
Advanced Sports International (ASI) creates a new U.S. company called Advanced Sports Enterprises (ASE) to acquire the business of Performance Bicycle (PB). ASE will oversee the brand development, wholesale, and retail operations of both ASI and PB. ASI and PB will remain as separate divisions of the newly formed company. ASI will continue to manage its brand development and wholesale business out of Philadelphia while PB will maintain its retail home of ce in North Carolina. ASI President and CEO, Patrick J. Cunnane will continue to lead the brand development and wholesale division under the ASI banner while PB CEO David Pruitt will continue to lead the retail division under Performance Bicycle. Cunnane becomes the CEO of Advanced Sports Enterprises.
“This move capitalizes on continuing changes in the bicycle industry,” said Cunnane. “ASI has seen remarkable growth over the last decade and, like so many of our customers, Performance has been an instrumental partner each step of the way. As our
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.