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Elite Men
1 Maris Strombergs/LAT
2 Kyle Bennett/USA
3 Christian Becerine/ARG
4 Randy Stumpfhauser/ USA
5 Steven Cisar/USA
6 Matt Pohlkamp/USA
7 Mike Day/USA
8 Donny Robinson/USA

Elite Women
1 Samantha Cools/CAN
2 Amanda Geving/USA
3 Kim Hayashi/USA
4 Rachel Smith/USA
5 Arielle Martin/USA
6 Erika Short/USA 

Results Elite Men
1 Cristian Becerine
2 Arturs Matisons
3 Jason Rogers
4 Donny Robinson
5 Randy Stumpfhauser
6 Maris Strombergs
7 Kyle Bennett
8 Javier Columbo

Results Elite Women
1 Samantha Cools
2 Amanda Geving
3 Regula Runge
4 Arielle Martin
5 Rachel Smith
6 Kim Hayashi

BAWLS Guarana today announced the signing of a multi-year deal with VSI Products to form the Intense BMX/BAWLS Guarana Factory Pro Team. Featuring some of the sport’s top talent, the collaboration of these official sponsors of both BMX racing sanctions will bring plenty of BOUNCE to the 2008 and 2009 seasons! Through the new partnership, the American Bicycle League (ABA) #1 AA Pro and #1 Pro Cruiser racer Danny Caluag  will hit the track in all-new

BMX Racing is a dangerous sport. As with the majority of professional sports, the money earned is all-too-often not enough to make ends meet, let alone pay for something as expensive as medical bills. Professional BMX racer Joey Bradford has seen far too many fellow riders and industry professionals become engulfed in insurmountable medical bills stemming from injury or illness. For this reason, in early 2007, the then 17-year old racer took it upon himself to do something about it. With help from his family and key industry veterans, Bradford conceptualized and developed the Joey Bradford Disability Fund.

WHAT IT IS. The Foundation, a federally recognized and regulated non-profit organization, aims to ease the burden of medical bills, either by injury or illness, for BMX professionals as well as BMX industry professionals, those whose primary income comes from the BMX industry itself. “Getting injured is the worst thing that can

Intense BMX is proud to announce the addition to the Intense BMX Pro Factory Team. 2007 ABA Rookie Pro of the year David Herman will be joining the Pro Team and his past teammate, 2007 ABA #1 AA Pro and Pro Cruiser rider Danny Caluag. David has signed a 2 year agreement to become part of the Intense BMX Pro team. David will fill the spot left open by Brandon Meadows. Brandon recently announced his retirement from BMX racing after 2 major injuries 

The European 2007-2008 season has already kicked off and this is how the Crupi-Fly Europe lineup looks for the 2007-2008 season:

Liam Phillips - England elite men
Marcus Bloomfield - England elite men
Kevin Sprengers - Netherlands elite men
Jelle van Gorkom - Netherlands junior men
Dana Sprengers - Netherlands junior women
Jay Schippers - Netherlands boys 12
Jordi Schippers - Netherlands boys 13
Abbie Taylor - England girls 15
Nick Schippers - Netherlands boys 15
Merle van Benthem - Netherlands girls 16
Lorin Martinez - France boys 16
Pic: CrupiBMX

The National Bicycle League (NBL) is proud to announce the re-opening of the Whittier Narrows BMX Track in South El Monte, California. As part of an ongoing effort to promote NBL racing in the west, the new Southern California track will be a welcome addition to the NBL Golden State program and will be running local races and practices in early January. The track is located inside the Whittier Narrows Recreation area and easily accessible to every county in the Los Angeles area.

Lake Perris BMX will host the 2008 So Cal Nationals February 15-17th located at the Lake Perris Fairgrounds in Perris California. The Lake Perris Fair Grounds is a spectacular venue, which also features Star West motocross track, Perris Auto Speedway and The Compound, the World's largest skate park. The So Cal Nationals have a long and storied tradition as one of ABA's best events. 

BAWLS Guarana, the Official Energy Drink of the National Bicycle League, today re-signed sponsorship deals with NBL Elite riders Matt “Ruckus” Pohlkamp and Rachel “Thunder” Smith for the 2008 season!  “Sponsoring Matt and Rachel for the 2007 season has been an incredible asset to our support of BMX racing,” said BAWLS Guarana Marketing Director Sabrina Gonzales. “2008 promises to be an even bigger year for BAWLS, as well as for Matt and Rachel and we’re proud to join them for the ride!” 

UCI BMX RANKING
The latest ranking has been published, and with the Olympics just around the corner it’s getting more intense than ever. All continents have already held their initial ranking events. With the North American continent slightly ahead in the schedule, Mike Day (USA) and Kyle Bennett (USA) have catapulted to the front in the Elite Men ranking. The ever consistent Sarah Walker (USA) has a slight advantage over Sam Cools (CAN) in the Elite Women Ranking.