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Camp Ramps are currently under construction for a new skate park in Ratingen (Germany). Camp Ramps has realized a Design which will attract, because of the open style and the versatility, all people who ride Skateboard as well as BMX. The Setup includes a Bowl landscape with various transitions, curbs and a street course with a small rail, a pyramid and diverse gimmicks. Best you check out for yourself grab your skateboard or bike and rock the spot.

The opening round of the UCI Supercross BMX World Cup as well as the USA Cycling BMX National Championships will kick start the BMX Olympic year in Chula Vista, Calif. March 30 – April 1. The UCI BMX Supercross World Cup series will bring 200 of the world’s best BMX racers to southern California, Friday and Saturday, for the first of three world cup events leading into this summer’s Olympic Games. The USA Cycling BMX National Championships will cap off the weekend at the U.S. Olympic Training Center with nearly 500 of the top Americans in every age category vying for the right to wear the coveted Stars-and-Stripes national championship jersey.

For elite athletes, the weekend has a lot on the line. The Supercross World Cup counts toward the 2011-2012 UCI BMX Nations Rankings which will determine each nation’s number of start spots for BMX at the Olympic Games. Additionally, both the national championships and the world cup count toward the

In the early 1980’s, The Haro BMX Freestyle team was in high demand. Ron Wilkerson, Brian Blyther, Dave Nourie and Mike Dominguez were living the dream, travelling to the four corners of the world demonstrating the progression of a sport that was fast becoming an international phenomenon. Over an action packed ten year period, and a blur of intense progression, they took the slams, broke the bones, bent the steel and destroyed the vehicles on a campaign of ground breaking energy that covered almost every civilised and uncivilised country on earth.

The opportunity to reform the team and follow up on the success of the 2009 reunion show was discussed with a wider group of stakeholders, including Haro Bikes Chief Operating Officer; Joe Hawk, who commented... “When Dom and Stephan approached me with the idea in Vista, the timing was perfect. At Haro, we truly recognise the value and efforts of the Old School BMX community and were keen to pledge our support and resources towards a great and exciting project”.