Archive for July, 2009
The 2009 UCI BMX World Championships in Adelaide, Australia rolled into day three with the Elite classes. Saturday saw Donny Robinson as the only American who scored a win for the USA (with Mike Day on the two-step). Arielle Martin brought home a third in Elite Women for USA, as the only other podium finish for USA in the Elite classes (USA has 12 wins out of 26 Challenge classes thus far, with Cruiser left to run on Sunday). Other Elite Class showings for team USA included Dominque Daniels (5th in Jr. Women), Alise Post (7th in Jr. Women), Corben...
By Brad Cloutier The brand new SW Racing/SteelWheelsBMX.com racing team made the trek east to the Empire State Nationals this past weekend. We brought nine riders to see if we could pull out a win in the trophy division, and were able to do just that both days, with scores over 150 points. All of our riders rode with a lot of team pride and determination. Team mom Jackie Altizer showed why she is sporting the NAG #2 plate with wins both days in 46 and over Girls Cruiser. Also on Cruiser, “Smiley” Maslanka rode her way to a third...
No national action for us this weekend, so give a look at the 140 photos we brought home from the Farmer City NBL State Qualifier. Though not an “official” 2009 BMXNOW tour stop, I heard about it last weekend in Nashville, and looked forward to taking the lil lad down for a rumble with the rookies....