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The NBL Dixieland Nationals, held at Lexington BMX in Lexington, South Carolina, May 22-23, drew over 1000 racers and fans to take part in some of the most intense Southern racing action this season. The sixth race of the season for the NBL’s Elite Series, the Dixieland Nationals, featured more than 400 fast Pros and top amateur riders from across the country on the world-class Lexington track. The Saturday evening Pro Spectacular began with R&B and blues from master guitarist and Grammy-nominee, Stacy Mitchhart and the *Stacy Mitchhart Band*. Fun contests and exciting giveaways for fans included more than $2000 in prizes, including an autographed helmet from Olympic Gold Medalist, Maris Strombergs and all the Free Agent/Rockstar riders. 

Name: Alise Post
Age: 19
Hometown: St. Cloud, MN USA
Sponsors: Redline, JBL Audio, GO211, Tangent Products, Oakley, Fly Racing, Tioga, Sun Ringle

Good BMX track: Pineview Park BMX (St. Cloud, MN)
Good BMX company: Redline

Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro team riders Danny Caluag, David Herman, and Arielle Martin are all geared up and ready for the full summer BMX race season to kick in. Danny and David, Intense BMX/Monster Energy team members, are joined by Arielle Martin for the 2010 season. David and Arielle will both compete on the full UCI Supercross circuit for 2010 as well as the majority of the ABA Pro Series National Events with Danny making appearances at all the ABA and NBL Pro Series National Events.

Danny Caluag - Danny has won the ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title for the past 3 years and is looking to make it 4 in a row. Danny, a past ABA #1 AA Pro, is also going after the NBL #1 Elite Men's title in 2010 and currently sits near the top of the points. David Herman - David has been one of the USA's top International riders on the UCI Supercross circuit and looks to add another win in 2010 at the UCI events. David has been one of the few riders to win multiple rounds at the UCI SX Series. David will also attend the ABA Pro Series and contend for

Name: Sarah Walker
Age: 21
Hometown: Kawerau
Sponsors: SPARC, BikeNZ, Beef + Lamb New Zealand, Nike, ABD

Good BMX track: Rotorua (NZL) and Copenhagen SX
Good BMX company: Dans Comp
Good BMX shoes: Nike
Good BMX race announcer: Mike Redman
Good BMX race: Rotorua Flats Meet
Good race result: World Champs 2009, W#1 Elite
Good BMX federation: BMXNZ
Good looking guy on the track: Mike Day
Good looking guy off the track: Maris Strombergs
Good food: Spaghetti Bolognese
Good candy: Home made cookies
Good drink: Banana Smoothie

Sifiso Nhlapo heads up the South Africa team chosen to compete in the 2010 UCI BMX World Championships in late July, but the team is anything but a one-man squad and there is a sprinkling of other riders hoping to collect world titles in their age groups. Nhlapo is without doubt the big name in the national squad and the country's big hope to grab a gold medal in the blue riband Men's Elite category. Skizo, as he is known, proved in 2008 that he had what it takes to compete with the world's best when he enjoyed a superb season, producing some stellar performances in Europe before grabbing the bronze medal at the World Championships and then seventh in the final at the Olympics when a crash robbed him of a medal chance.

While 2008 was the season of dreams for Nhlapo, 2009 was a nightmare when a horrific crash left him sidelined from the action and he is only returning to full time racing this year. At the most recent World Cup event in Copenhagen Skizo claimed a place in the semi-finals to prove that he preparations for World Championships are on course. 

With just over 10 weeks to go, the countdown to the UCI BMX World Championships in Pietermaritzburg has begun and the top riders are working to strict training schedules to make sure they are peaking and ready to challenge for the year’s most important race. The Elite and Junior men’s and women’s World Championship events takes place on the purpose-built track in the Royal Show Grounds on Saturday July 31, but practice for all riders starts on Tuesday July 27 with racing for all the other classes starting on Thursday July 29 and running through to Sunday August 1.

One man who will be desperate to win in Pietermaritzburg is sure to be Sifiso Nhlapo. The South African Olympic finalist suffered a frustrating year in 2009 after a massive crash while training halted his steady rise up through the international ranks. Nhlapo, who finished third in the 2008 World Championships in China and seventh at the Beijing Olympic Games, is back on the track and challenging the big guns. As well as being South Africa’s poster boy for BMX,

Name: Laura Smulders
Age: 16
Hometown: Horssen, NL
Sponsors: Meybo BMX Bikes and sponsors of the Meybo BMX Racing Team. And my mum & dad.

Good BMX track: SX Copenhagen, Worlds Adelaide
Good BMX company: MeyBo
Good BMX shoes: Shimano, Nike 6.0
Good BMX race announcer: Mike Redman, Paul Vakkers.
Good BMX race: BMX Olympics
Good race result: 1st
Good BMX federation: UCI
Good looking guy on the track: Maris Strombergs
Good looking guy off the track: Taylor Lautner
Good food: Chips
Good candy: Redband DropWine Gums

Name: Aneta Hladíková
Age: 25
Hometown: Záboří nad Labem, Czech republic
Sponsors: ONE KENDA bmx racing team - Nike, Bollé, UFO plast, F1 drinks, Best, Shimano, Odi, Thomson, San Marco, TVE sports, THE, SINZ, Crompel sk8 shop
 
Good BMX track: Besancon - France
Good BMX company: ONE Bicycles

Elite Women Results day 1
1 Shanaze Reade
2 Joyce Seesing
3 Laetitia Le Corguille
4 Lieke Klaus
5 Jana Horakova
6 Caroline Buchanan
7 Magalie Pottier