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REDLINE BICYCLES is pleased to announce the addition of Minnesota’s ALISE POST; the 2-time ABA National No.1 Pro Women title holder and a 2012 U.S. Olympic hopeful. Hailing from St. Cloud, Minnesota, the soon-to-be 18 year old completes the “new generation” Team Redline – joining Texan DENZEL STEIN as their one-two punch in the ABA Pro ranks. Both riders will be joining 6-time Vet Pro Champion JASON CARNES, and given full support to chase down the No.1 titles as needed.

A racer since the young age of 8, Alise holds a total of six ABA National Championships - 4 as an Amateur and two as a Professional. She is also the only female to ever receive BMXer magazine’s Golden Crank trophy for “Rookie Pro of the Year” (2007).

As an amateur, Post tallied up numerous No.1 plates in the ABA and UCi - including ten NAG (Age Group) No.1’s and seven ABA World Championships. Without a doubt, she will add a few more No.1’s to Redline “Door of Fame” on their race trailer.

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Aaron Fotheringham set a Guinness World Record for most consecutive backflips…in a wheelchair.  There’s actually video of him pulling off this trick from about two years ago, so the news here is the world record in October, and that he was just given $20,000 on Fox’s “Secret Millionaire” television reality show.

In an Las Vegas Sun article, Fotheringham said he plans to use the money to start Hardcore Sitting Company, a business idea to help others in wheelchairs realize their athletic potential. 

Andrew Jackson, a California rider comes from a motocross and trail background, and this video shows some pretty sweet hops and tricks.  I’m not a huge BMX freak, but I think some of his moves are pretty novel…I haven’t seen them before.  Worth taking a break to watch.

Only three events in the 2009 USA Cycling National Championship events calendar have yet to name a location:

• March 21: USA Cycling BMX National Championships – Desoto, Texas
• May 8-10: USA Cycling Collegiate Road National Championships – Fort Collins, Colo.
• June 28 – July 4: USA Cycling Masters Road National Championships – Louisville, Ky.
• July 2-5: USA Cycling Junior Track National Championships – Carson, Calif.
• July 4: USA Cycling Mountain Bike Marathon National Championships – Breckenridge, Colo.
• July 8-12: USA Cycling Junior, U23 & Elite Road National Championships – Location TBD
• July 10: USA Cycling Tandem Sprint Championships – Trexlertown, Pa.
• July 16-19: USA Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships – Granby, Colo.
• Aug. 15-16: USA Cycling Elite & Professional Criterium National Championships – Downers Grove, Ill.
• Aug. 18-23: USA Cycling Masters Track National Championships – Indianapolis, Ind.
• Aug. 29-30: USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships – Greenville, S.C.
• Sept. 19-20: USA Cycling 24 Hour Mountain Bike National Championships – Payson, Ariz.
• Sept. 30 – Oct. 4: USA Cycling Elite Track National Championships – Carson, Calif.
• Dec. 10-13: USA Cycling Cyclo-cross National Championships – Bend, Ore.
• Date TBD: USA Cycling Collegiate Track National Championships – Location TBD
• Date TBD: USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships – Location TBD
• Date TBD: USA Cycling International Omnium National Championships – Location TBD

The Olympics generated a lot of interest in BMX, but compared to this course, it was a sprint.  The only thing the record size track built for the ABA BMX Grand Nationals lacked was the dizzyingly high start gate.  This gives you some idea of the scope of the track.  There are a lot more pics of the construction here.

To watch video, check out go211.com’s coverage.  It’s crazy how fast these guys and girls cover the 1200+ feet of track.

2010 TOUR DE FRANCE START: Cyclists will ride in a nine-kilometer time trial through the streets and across three bridges in Rotterdam for the opening stage of the 2010 Tour de France.  The start of cycling’s premier event returns to Holland for the fifth time and the first time since 1996, race chief Christian Prudhomme said.

2009 GIRO, LANCE’S FIRST, STARTS WITH TEAM TIME TRIAL:  Lance Armstrong will race the Giro for the first time in his career in ‘09.  The race, celebrating its 100th year, will start with a team time trial, covers five mountain stages, and ends with an individual time trial, playing to Lance’s former strengths.  Read more here.

USA CYCLING ANNOUNCES 2009 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP EVENTS: USA Cycling announced today dates and locations for the majority of its 2009 National Championship events. Next year, a total of 17 events will provide amateur and professional cyclists with an opportunity to claim a coveted Stars-and-Stripes national champion’s jersey in road, track, mountain bike, BMX and cyclo-cross racing. Read more here.

2008 USA CYCLING CYCLOCROSS NATIONALS PRO/ELITE RACE SUNDAY: Get the full schedule here and better coverage from CXMagazine.com, including video.

Nike 6.0 released these “lightning bolt” series BMX plates with unique artwork from a different artist on each.  They’re being auctioned off to benefit the Athlete Recovery Fund.  Check the auction site to see all the pieces, there are some pretty cool ones.  Auction ends on Dec. 15.

Watch the BMX Vert Final from Orlando’s Dew Tour Playstation Pro.  This is about a 52 minute video, so in case you can’t make it to the end (spoiler alert), Jamie Bestwick wins.

Just a quick update, the site’s main link appears to be working now…the “Writing on the Wall” video premieres in about 12 hours.

http://www.nike.com/nke6/v4/writingonthewall/

Nike’s new 6.0 BMX video “Writing on the Wall” will be available as a free download on November 24.  In the meantime, keep your sagging-off-the-but pants on and watch this teaser.  Mark your calendars, then head to www.nike6.com later this month.  Like all of Nike’s cycling stuff, finding it on their website is near impossible, so I’m guessing this is the link.

RideBMX has this link listed, but the page doesn’t fully load at the moment.

Eagle Mountain, UT, is in the process of building a new mountain bike park that’ll have cross country trails, a downhill trail, dirt jump area and pump track.  The trails are being built on four acres of city-owned land by volunteers.  If you’re in the area and want to volunteer, head out there pretty much any Saturday.

More info is available here and here.

Brodie has updated its extensive line of XC, DH/FR/AM, dirt jump, cyclocross, commuter, city and cruiser bikes for 2009, including the following changes:

• Marathon line (Knack, Mettle and new Ethos) get increased travel and a lighter, reworked suspension design.
• New Heritage line of Chromoly steel bikes made of triple butted Tange Infinity and Tange Prestige tubesets.
• Lightning line of hardtails with 4″ travel forks gets spec updates.
• Speed line of city/commuter bikes gets refined frame updates, including new dropouts and disc brake mounts and some models now come with racks and fenders.
• The Journey line of cruiser-style bikes get some of the same dropout/brake tab updates and minor commuter-friendly updates.
• The Rat line of dirt jump (DJ) bikes gets a little BMX flavor with new spec.
• Descension line of downhill/freeride bikes gets a complete frame makeover, making it stronger, lighter, stiffer and with better standover and geometry.
• The Hardass line of freeride hardtails get improved spec, including Avid Juicy’s and a 120mm Marzocchi DJ fork on the Hellion.

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Kona had a wide variety of bikes inside the show, from road to urban to commuter to full on nasty downhill bikes.  Shown above is the 2009 Kona Haole, their Italian steel road bike built with Dedaccia Zero Replica shaped steel tubing.  It sports a Dedaccia Black Fin carbon fork and a Shimano Ultegra/105 blended drivetrain with FSA compact cranks and BB.

We’ve got HD video from inside their booth on this post, and more pics of their urban bmx bike, Stinky downhill bikes and a range of XC, trail, singlespeed and 29er bikes when you read “more“…

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The 2008 Red Bull Trick or Treat went down with some of the biggest BMX action up in Rochester, NY, last weekend.  Here’s the video recap showing some of the top names in BMX ripping up the ramps and jumping over Halloween themed obstacles.