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Name: Ryan Nyquist
Age: 29 1/12
Hometown: Greenville, NC
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Adelaide will add to its list of international Cycling events when it hosts a round of the UCI BMX World Cup Supercross this weekend. Despite being one of the last major international races before the sport debuts at the Beijing Olympics a few of the international riders are notably absent. The French’s decision to leave their women’s team at home this weekend has surprised event organizers and officials. According to UCI BMX Sports coordinator, Johan Lindstrom, “The French team is sitting comfortably in the lead of the nations ranking, but it’s still surprising that they are not taking this opportunity to race on a BMX Supercross track. There are only two more races remaining for the women leading up to the Games.”

With 18 countries and racing this weekend the French women’s team must be confident they have secured ample points to send the maximum number of riders to the Beijing 2008 Olympics which for the women are two riders. The French men are attending and are currently ranked in eight place.

Yo dirt monster! We've got 2 X 2 tickets for the Extreme Playground Dirt Session to give away. Instead of giving them to the first two people to send us an e-mail, we're going to make a little contest out of it. Here's the question: Who won the first T-Mobile Extreme Playground contest in 2007 in Herten, Germany?
a) Ryan Nyquist
b) No one
c) Tobias Wicke
d) Ben Hennon

2008 Round 1 Pro Class KOG results
Rank Name Points
1 Sam Foakes 1000
2 Justin Miller 939
3 Yoshiki Uchino 897
4 Akira Okamura 865
5 Moto Sasaki 840
6 Shinichi Kiba 817
7 York Uno 796
8 Hiroya Morizaki 778
9 Kotaro Arai 761
10 Yoshihiro Shinde 745
11 Shinichiro Hara 728
12 Ryoji Yamamoto 712
13 Hirokazu Miura 696
14 Keisuke Tanigawa 681
15 Keisuke Matsumoto 665 

KHE Bikes is giving out some info about a future product of KHEbikes: At the moment they are testing a new kind of BB-cup which features the „patent pending” AFFIX® bush system and the proven quality of igus® bush bearings.

These bush bearings, named iglidur® are principally used in the industry, primarily on permanently running applications at high temperatures. Each of them sustain more than 3 tons.

After three amazing years in Whistler, Canada, Elevation 4 is moving to the Parque Metropolitano in Guadalajara, Mexico on May 10-11, 2008. Red Bull Elevation skyrocketed onto the BMX scene in 2005. It revolutionized dirt-jumping by delivering the most progressive course ever built. For the first time, the world’s best riders we’re able to show off all that they had on an awe-inspiring course designed by BMX icon Jay Miron. It was an unbelievable sight to see. 

ESPN has decided to continue its 13-year tradition of vert competitions at this year's X Games. Over the past month ESPN has engaged in many conversations with the X Games BMX and Skateboard vert athletes in an attempt to transition the Vert discipline into one featuring a skatepark course design. While many athletes were initially receptive to the idea, the majority of them have indicated to ESPN that they would prefer to compete on a halfpipe. ESPN will also continue its plans to hold SuperPark as a new discipline for skateboarding and BMX at the X Games while working with the athletes to better define exactly how the SuperPark course will be designed. 

"The X Games has always had a commitment to the athletes and our consistent communication with them has allowed us to collectively grow this event to where it is today," said Chris Stiepock, General Manager, X Games. "In this particular case the communication took many turns but a consensus by the athletes has emerged that

It´s pak´d - Eastpak is stoked to announce the 08/09 bmx rider line up! Yet again riders with a focus and sense for a certain lifestyle and character are the main essence to represent the image of the Eastpak brand.

TM Andy Zeiss: "I am super stoked on our team - It´s hard to say team because it´s more of a family anyway. Some of the riders have been with us for a while now and I am very happy even to add some more fresh names with that certain attitude - That´s what Eastpak is about and looks out for. All of the guys are super individual and have a unique view on bmx – but all of them connect to each other perfectly. And of course needless to say that they are kick ass riders too, hahaha.” “Even the names you might miss from this year on are not “off” the team – we are still connected and they still remain in the family” 

Going out to ride or going to a contest isn't as easy as it was 15 years ago now that I have a family and two kids it just makes it harder to get things organized. With the wife in France on a school trip, daughter Veerle at her Grandparents it was time for Philip and I to head down to Cologne for the Rookie Jam. Nephew Timo climbed on board too so this was going to be our family trip for the day. You see, the Rookie jam is an event for the kids, the old dogs and everything in between who don't really have the contest experience yet. For most riders in the Rookie class it was their first event. Same for Philip. Philip is 4 years old and has been riding that Z12 for a while. When I showed him a movie of the park he said he wanted to enter the contest. It's nice when they say that at home but being in the actual hall with 130 other riders can be a bit intimidating. But Philip and I started making laps from the bank, over the jump, and back to the bank. I was getting tired of all the riding but Philip wasn't. He was like the energizer bunny and kept going, and going, and going......