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RESULTS SILVER DOLLAR PRERACE, RENO NEVADA.
 
A PRO
1  NIC LONG, HARO, LAKESIDE, CA
2  JIM BROWN, , AIRDRIE, AB CAN
3  JACOB  PEEBLES, , CHICO, CA
4  DOUGLAS KING, VICTORVILLE CYCLES, APPLE VALLEY, CA
5  TYLER BROWN, GT, CHULA VISTA, CA
6  MATTHEW BAISLEY, , MERIDIAN, ID
7  AUSTIN LOEBE, , DOVER, DE
8  PAUL "WORLD WIDE" WASSENAAR, BELLFLOWER BICYCLES/HARO, BELLFLOWER, CA
   
USAC JR DEV BOYS
1  GAVIN NELSON, , CHICO, CA
2  MICHAEL BOYLE, , BOISE, ID
3  MICHAEL (SUPER NEWG) NEWGEN, , EAGLE, ID

Name: Yvan Lapraz
Hometown: Cortaillod, Switzerland currently living in Chula Vista California.
Occupation: Pro BMX Racer/Royalty BMX owner.

What made you decide to start making frames? 

USA Cycling has announced that Mike King will no longer hold the position of BMX program director. Those responsibilities will be assumed by Jamie Staff, a former BMX world champion, within his recently-appointed position of high performance director of sprint programs. James Herrera will continue as USA Cycling's national BMX coach. "I would like to thank Mike for his contributions to USA Cycling and the USA Cycling BMX program," said Vice President of Athletics Jim Miller. "Mike's involvement in developing and launching the USA Cycling BMX 

Nerang InterNationals round three (Australia).
Elite Men results:
1: Mattew Juster
2: Corey Frieswick
3: Alex Cameron
4: Dirk Winter
5: Joel Clark
6: Brian Kirkham
7: Anthony Dean

ELITE MEN:
1: Anthony Dean
2: Joshua Callan
3: Brian Kirkham
4: Thomas Hubert
5: Alex Cameron
6: Joel Clark
7: Daniel Franck
8: Matthew Cameron

ELITE WOMEN:

I wanted to let everyone know I am no longer employed at USA Cycling as the BMX Program Director. After seven rewarding years at the helm, I would like to extend my gratitude to the USA Cycling organization for giving me the opportunity to lead a highly successful BMX program. I witnessed many great achievements which included three Olympic medals, four Pan American medals, five World Championship titles, and fourteen Supercross World Cup wins. I was also pleased to influence our partners to build the very first BMX Supercross track in North America followed by a second Supercross facility in 2012.

DK is proud to announce the newest team member to our race program. Yes, the rumors are true: Caroline Buchanan will be sporting black & green colors for 2013. Going official 1/1/2013, Olympic BMX contender, Caroline Buchanan is now on the Elite DK factory team. After nearly 10 years without a girl on the DK race team, Nina Buitrago has been the only female on the team.

Caroline is from Canberra, Australia. She started racing in 1995 when she was 5 years old. With a huge list of accomplishments since then, she’s claimed over 12 national Australian titles, 2 World Champ 4 cross titles, 5th place at the 2012 Olympic games with a 1st in the time trial, 7 time Australian Cyclist of the year.

“We’re extremely proud to have Caroline be a part of the DK family. She’s an excellent representative of her brands, and bmx. A true professional athlete on and off the track. I think she’s a great fit for DK.” –Trevor Gay, Marketing & Team Manager, DK Bicycles

2012 FATBMX REVIEW: JOHAN LINDSTROM INTERVIEW. BMX needed a kick in the butt. The Olympics brought professionalism, BMX Supercross races brought excitement, but Johan Lindstrom isn't done yet. Read what's on his mind for the future to come.

One of the goals for GSX is to bring BMX Supercross to a bigger audience. Do you think 2012 was a good season for that?
Johan: 2012 was definitely a year where BMX got more recognition than ever before.Obviously because of the Olympic Games in London, but also that this time around (compared to Beijing 2008) much more effort was made to "educate" the general public about BMX prior to the Games. GSX obviously pushed hard getting images and broadcasts out there, but also Federations, National Olympic Committees and sponsors did a good job "building" the story leading up to London. It's interesting to also see the social media aspects and the growth… In 2008 not much of that was around.