Name: Niels Bensink
Sponsors: Meybo Bikes, Vee Tire Co, Renthal, SD Components, HT Components, Enjoy the Ride, Bensink BMX Gates, TVE Sports, Oegema Transport, Eurol, Esteq, PumptrackNL & Oakley
Mechanic: Thijs Kroon & Dylan Schuurman
How does it feel to build up a 2021 model in June of 2020?
Niels Bensink:
Due to the current circumstances the whole bike industry got to a hold, also Meybo. This is why the
Eddy Clerte bike build.
Name: Renato Rezende
Sponsors: GT Bicycles, Nissan, Penks, Shimano, Oakley and Monreale Hotels.
Mechanic: Myself
How long have you been riding for GT now?
Renato Rezende: 5 years
What do you think of BMX race bikes getting longer and longer?
Renato Rezende: I'm enjoying my bike longer, it is a little harder to do some technique things, but a lot faster on the big tracks.
Name: Quillan Isidore
Sponsors: Pure Bicycles / Clark & Kent contractors / Tangent Products / Pro-Green / Tioga / Shimano / alienation / Izumi / Fasthouse / Zulu
Mechanic: Al Williams
Do you get excited every year when you get to build up a new bike before the start of the season?
Quillan Isidore: Yes I love it! Two new complete set ups will make any adult feel like a kid at Christmas!
Do you get to choose the parts for your Pure bike?
Name: Amanda Carr
Sponsors: Bombshell & Under Amour Thailand
Mechanic: Me :) My dad raised me to understand tools!
How long have you been riding the frame that you are currently on?
Amanda Carr: September 2019
How was your switch to carbon?
Amanda Carr: I switched a long time ago and I can’t remember hahahah!
Do you know the geometry and length of your frame?
Amanda Carr: No clue
Do you experiment much with sizes of your frame, stem, bars to find the right set-up?
Amanda Carr: I did this ages ago when I was with USA Cycling and once I found what I liked, I just stuck to it.
Do you have something customized to make your bike more personal and perfect for you?
Name: Corey Frieswyk
Sponsors: DK bicycles, BOX BMX, Unit clothing, LUX BMX, Michramm industries.
Mechanic: Myself, LUX BMX
Can you explain the number 551 that you've been running?
Corey Frieswyk: I used to run 55 growing up and that was taken when I reached elite so chose the closest number to it.
Do they need to change the colour of the transponder in order to match your bike?
Corey Frieswyk: No
When someone says influencer, today many think of social media and the individuals that promote products, lifestyles, and health and fitness. However there are other influencers, the ones that helped your growth, ones that have helped you become the person that you are today.
Pro Open results Sunday 21 June 2020
1 JEREMY SMITH, STAY STRONG/CORSA RACEWEAR, DAYTON, OH
2 ANDERSON SOUZA, J&R/SPEEDCO/AVIAN/PROFILE, OCOEE, FL
3 KAMREN LARSEN, SUPERCROSS, BAKERSFIELD, CA
4 TYLER KLUMPER, CORSACREW, TARPON SPRINGS, FL
5 NICKY DAWSON, NO XCUSES/SSQUARED, PITTSBURGH, PA
6 BOBBY DELLERT, INDIANAPOLIS, IN
7 BRAYDEN KEMPEL, ALPHA, RAMSEY, MN
8 CAMERON MOORE, YESS BMX, CHAPEL HILL, NC
USA BMX to Host Winner Take All Pro Championship Finals at 2020 Grands
With communities and tracks across America slowly reopening, USA BMX is working hard to confirm our originally scheduled events for 2020. As you can imagine, this is no easy task. We continue to work daily to assist local tracks in reopening, and currently less than a third are operating at some capacity. We are also rescheduling postponed national series events while navigating ever evolving guidelines. In some cases we are going to the extreme measure of finding tracks not previously on the schedule that can host an event. With that being said, we know your questions center around the return of the pro series. Unfortunately, restarting the pro series at this time is an impossible task considering these unprecedented circumstances.
Here are the challenges:
-Host sites are slow to confirm their ability to host races as originally planned. So while we'd love to say the pro series events on the schedule will happen, we just don't know.
-International travel bans limit some of our usual pro participants.
-The financial commitment to offer standard pro purses runs counter to our current focus of bringing back our employees who remain furloughed.
-Our Pro Series sponsor GoPro has canceled their sponsorship for 2020 due to the COVID-19 crisis. This not only eliminates the GoPro Cup Series but negatively impacts our sponsorship forecast for 2020.
In an effort to provide USA BMX women pro riders more options to compete, we have implemented a
Name: Beth Shriever
Sponsors: Prophecy BMX/Crucial BMX/Renthal/Madison Cycles
Mechanic: Al
How long have youbeen riding your current frame now?
Bethany Shriever: I’ve been riding my current Prophecy frame for 4 months now!
How do you like the feel and look of your bike?
Bethany Shriever: I love the feel of the Prophecy, it’s super stiff and has clearly been thought about! It’s a unique looking frame and I love how it looks with the glossy pink shine!
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.