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Indoor BMX is back in Columbus Ohio and the NBL Buckeye National will feature more than just racing. On Friday, NBL will host a Pre-National clinic with NBL head instructor Justin Travis and Elite star, Matt Pohlkamp. The Pre-National clinic will help riders develop their current skills and apply them to the indoor track so they can achieve the best possible results for the weekend. A great chance for extra track time on what promises to be an awesome indoor track at the Ohio State Fairgrounds. Construction begins on Monday, February 9 in the Voinovich Center and doors open Friday morning at 8:30am.

The clinic will focus on first straights, cornering and passing, manualing, pumping, jumping and mental readiness.

Date: Friday, February, 13th.  Times:
11:00 – 11:30am…..Registration and warm up
11:30 – 1:45pm……Clinic
1:45 – 2:00pm……..Question and Answer with Matt Pohlkamp

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. MARIS is excited about the ABA BMX SO. CAL. 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. He's a super nice guy, a great rider, and how often do you get to meet an Olympic GOLD Medalist with his medal in hand?

This is a great opportunity for the fans and a HUGE thanks goes out to Dale Holmes, Free Agent , and MARIS STROMBERGS for coming out this weekend. The ABA hopes to see everyone there!

Following the success of its various junior and U23 programs across other disciplines of competitive cycling, USA Cycling is expanding its efforts to develop America’s extensive pipeline of Bicycle Motocross (BMX) athletes. With a focus on the future, the national governing body announced today plans to roll out a national BMX junior development program in 2009. “Throughout the course of the last two years, our primary attention was focused towards preparing our elite athletes for the Olympic Games and providing them with all of the resources necessary to succeed in Beijing,” remarked Mike King, director of BMX programs for USA Cycling. “But now that the Games are behind us, it’s imperative that we begin focusing more intently on developing up-and-coming athletes. We have an extremely deep talent pool here in America with more kids racing BMX compared to any other county. Now we need to encourage them to think on an international level and prepare them for the opportunity to

The American Bicycle Association hosted the Sooner Nationals this past weekend, January, 23 -25 in Guthrie, OK. This weekend was a momentous occasion in the sport of BMX racing as it marked the first ever UCI Continental BMX event hosted by ABA BMX! If that wasn't enough the Sooner Nationals also launched the kick off of filming for our new NBC Universal Sports Network TV show! The racing at the Sooner National event was second to none! ABA BMX stepped it up in the track department and Billy Allen built

Two-consecutive NAG No.1 title holder DAKOTA SENGER (Oregon) will be highlighted in next weeks’ edition of Sports Illustrated – in their traditional FACES IN THE CROWD section. After having a stellar year in 2007 – with a NAG No.1 title and UCi World Championship, Dakota’s chance to defend it in 2008 blew up when a slip of the pedals while doing sprints busted up his ankle really bad. But he didn’t let it ruin his year, and wound up returning in July to begin a late-year charge back to the top of ABA age group standings. 

AA PRO
1 KYLE BENNETT, FREE AGENT
2 MIKE DAY, GT
3 DONNY ROBINSON, HYPER BICYCLES
4 KHALEN YOUNG, HARO/ROCKSTAR
5 CRISTIAN BECERINE, FREE AGENT
6 JARRETT KOLICH, FACTORY AVENT/BOMBSHELL

ABA Sooner Nationals / UCI BMX North American Continental Round 2 Guthrie, Oklahoma - January 24-25, 2009 Saturday/UCI & ABA Sooner National
Elite Men (33 Riders)
1 Mike Day
2 Kyle Bennett
3 Khalen Young
4 Marc Willers
5 Donny Robinson
6 Nic Long
7 Cristian Becerine
8 Jarrett Kolich

Elite Women (7 Riders)
1 Dominique Daniels
2 Alise Post
3 Stephanie Barragan 

Intense Tyre Systems is proud to announce the arrival of the Super Lightweight Foldable Beaded Micro Knobby BMX Tires. The Micro Knobby has become the most popular tire in BMX and now is available with a foldable Kevlar® Bead and a single ply Ultra Light Weight casing. The weight of each tire had dropped on the average of 50 Grams; making the worlds best tire that much better. Rotational weight is the most crucial weight you can

It all started when veteran BMX rider, Carl Renowitzky, wanted to involve his three sons in his beloved sport of bmx. Little did they know that their father son team would become a worldwide brand, ultimately receiving recognition at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. Arthur Renowitzky, the eldest son, started competing in local and national events at age ten.