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USA Cycling announced today the eight athletes who will compete in the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials for BMX on June 16 at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. With the overall winner of the event earning an automatic nomination to the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team, the competitors include: Connor Fields (Henderson, Nev./Chase BMX), Nic Long (Lakeside, Calif./Haro Bikes), Mike Day (San Diego, Calif./GT Bicycles), Barry Nobles (Menifee, Calif./DK Bicycles), Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles), Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif./Hyper Bicycles), Joey Bradford (Monterey, Calif./Prophecy BMX) and Josh Meyers (Treasure Island, Fla./Ssquared-Answer).

Following the 2012 UCI BMX World Championships last weekend, David Herman (Wheat Ridge, Colo./Free Agent-Rockstar) has also been nominated to the Long Team, but will not compete at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Team Trials as he has already secured an automatic nomination to the Olympic Team as the overall leader of the 2012 USA Cycling BMX Power Rankings.

Students from Rio Rancho High School (Rio Rancho, NM) claimed top prize on Wednesday, May 30, 2011 at the Vans Custom Culture Art & Design Showcase at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Rio Rancho’s four Vans shoe designs were initially chosen from nearly 900 submissions across all 50 states and with the top honor, Rio Rancho High School receives a $50,000 grant towards the school’s art programs. Rio Rancho High School was also honored by Journeys with a $5,000 contribution for winning the “Local Attitude” award for creating the shoes that best represented their home turf.

Creativity and innovation dominated the students’ shoe designs, transforming four themes - art, music, action sports, and local attitude- into four striking pieces of original art. The judges panel included skate legend Tony Alva, musician Jordan Buckley of Every Time I Die, tattoo artist Oliver Peck (Spike TV’s Ink Master), actress AnnaLynne McCord (The CW’s 90210), and designer, television host and author Whitney Port. 

Name: Marcel Profittlich
Age: 24
Hometown: Kiel Germany
Hook-ups/Sponsors: FÄDDclothing, schwerelosigKITE, crymble, marlin blue, T400energy, suicycle

The favorite list:

-Spot to ride: Park and Street
-BMX video: etnies grounded
-Website: freedombmx, fatbmx, vitalbmx, ride on bmx
-Web video: well-made web videos
-Food: Döner
-Travel destination: USA
-Riders to ride with: Mattis Hansen, Leif Burmeister, Chris Clausen, Tim Güntner and all bmxer of the world
-Car: Van
-Movie: Spider man
-Colour: black

etnies proudly brings the cream of the crop of BMX to the Mediterranean see area for the etnies club med BMX tour. Join etnies rippers Nathan Williams, Aaron Ross, Corey Martinez, Ben Lewis, Luc Legrande and Sergio Layos on the demo’s and signing sessions in the south of Europe this June. Barcelona in Spain and Avignon and Montpellier in French are the cities that will welcome the etnies team from 5 till 11 June. Come see the etnies BMX team tear apart the French and Spanish parks and streets spots.

Visit etnies.com for all the latest info and photos on the etnies bmx team and the Club med bmx tour. Every tour stop has a Facebook event page where you can find all information:

French
Montpellier
Avignon