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The 2008 NBL Grand National of BMX begins only 8 days following the sport’s thrilling debut at the Olympic Games in Beijing, China and once again, the highly-coveted NBL Pro titles will be decided on Labor Day weekend. Kicking off this year’s program on Friday, August 29, the pros will duke it out during the War of the Stars/UGP Open Championship to earn one last valuable national score. 24 hours later they will race their way into the history books at the 2nd Annual NBL Pro Spectacular on Saturday evening. A growing number of

This one will be the big one. Even OZ has been playing behind the camera to be ready to shoot pictures of all you great racers again hanging out! Lots of the great name racers in BMX have already committed to showing. Brackens, Hill, Stu, Sewell, King, Scott Clark and just about everyone that made the AZ BBQ.

UK/Redline’s SHANAZE READE is all set to be a part of BMX Racing’s big long-awaited Olympic debut, after British Cycling finished assembly her custom-painted Redline Flight bike. So, here are your first peaks at what all of Great Britain, and everyone at Redline, hopes will be the GOLD MEDAL winning Redline in Elite Women – on August 21st.

The Olympic BMX race is coming up and the athletes are getting ready for it. They've trained hard to get where they are and on the way there they are meeting some interesting people. Donny Robinson met Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger with Team USA at Jose State University where athletes stopped off for Team Processing en route to Beijing for the Olympics that begin Friday, 8.8.08. Governor Schwarzenegger also made a stop at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista last week, where he met with athletes

This "Special" helmet is the THE One Limited ABA BMX Nag #1 edition. This helmet will be awarded to each and every 2008 ABA BMX NAG #1 Champion for all their hard work in the 2008 ABA BMX season. This THE ONE helmet will be the icing on the cake as a reward for your years worth of great racing finishes and finishing at the top of your class. Made from our Composite THE ONE Helmet, the ABA BMX NAG#1 Edition shows THE’s commitment to excellence. The THE ONE Helmet is not only a thing of beauty but the most thought out and technically advanced CSPC and CE Certified

Each year, the AMERICAN BICYCLE ASSOCIATION inducts two legendary BMX racers from the past, along with one influential Industry person in to the Official BMX Hall of Fame. Inductees are voted in by the BMX community, BMX press and past inductees from a nominee ballot. The ABA`s Special Recognition inductees are selected by the Hall of Fame committee. The Hall of Fame induction ceremonies take place each year in November, at a special dinner prior to the ABA Grands.

The 2008 Bring-A-Buddy Recruiting Program is in full swing and more Recruiters have been active this year than ever before. Aiden Holt of Estrella Mtn. BMX in Goodyear, Arizona is leading the pace and his home track is the top recruiting track in the West. Random Buddy Winners for June - Prizes have been shipped!
1. OWEN NILES, 4 - Kingston Point BMX, NY
2. NASH CLAYCAMP, 9 - Looped Out BMX, CA

With EIGHT Redline riders from five different countries packing their bags for BMX's big day in Beijing, their custom REDLINE Olympic bikes are getting built up for what will no doubt one of the most important BMX races in the 40 year history of this "young" action sport. REDLINE has just released some sneak peaks of the 

Roger Rinderknecht received his final go to attempt the BMX race competition of the Olympic Games today. The Swiss silver medalist of the 2008 mountain bike 4X World Championships can’t wait to make his way to China. In its final selection round, the Swiss Olympic committee chose Roger Rinderknecht to take part in the BMX competition. Roger is just relieved and happy right now: “I’ve been thinking of this particular race every day for the last three years. Now the reward for thousands of training-hours has come.