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This issue is ACTION-PACKED -- 6 RACES, from Norway to Arizona, Chula Vista to Oregon! It include the USA BMX SoCal Natls, Grteat Northwest Nats and Winter Nationals, as well as the USA Cycling National Championships, and UCi Supercross races - Round 1 in Chula, and Round 2 in Norway. Also inside is a feature story on the Most Factory team in BMX - Redman~Rockstar! And of course, on the cover is PULL's tribute to the mighty BMXA, starring 8 of the fastest Redman~Rockstar riders crammed in to their new Factory Smart car, recreating the August 1978 issue of Bicycle Motocross Action.

The UCI BMX World Championships & Challenge are set to begin this Thursday, May 24 with competition running through Sunday, May 27. Twenty five of America’s top elite BMX racers will contest this final qualifying event before the U.S. Olympic Team Trials. “The BMX World Championships in Birmingham are key in confirming our top male and female athletes for the London Olympic Games,” said USA Cycling BMX Programs Director Mike King. “We have a strong men’s program and our women’s program is quickly progressing. We believe we have more than a few athletes who can obtain a podium and even better. Winning the World Championships ten weeks before the Olympic Games will boost anyone’s confidence.”

Elite racing action, which has even more than an illustrious world championship on the line, will begin with qualifying time trials on Friday and culminate with the main event on Saturday. The world championships are the final race to count toward the 2011-12 USA Cycling BMX Power Rankings, 

Many BMX fans showed up at Papendal a week ago and I’m happy with my semi final result compared to an ankle injury… First of all I want to say sorry for the delay on this race report, because in the meantime I've been to London to test the Olympic BMX track which is in a better condition than last year’s test event. Many top riders from all over the World tested the Olympic track for a few hours. The track builders made some jump changes at the first and second straight, the boxjump is out and they put a new toplayer on. In my opinion they need to

Do you remember being a four of five year old at Christmas? The level of excitement that used to permeate your very being in the two weeks leading up to the big day? When you thought could actually explode if you caught a glimpse of Santa or heard the sweet sound of sleigh bells? Well, that's how we are right now over at 2024 HQ, with the release of the all new issue 8 of the World's premier BMX racing magazine!

We are literally like kids at Christmas as the new issue drops in time for the World Championships in Birmingham, metaphorically running downstairs in our BMX dressing gowns at 5.30am to dive into all the shiny new gifts that the big dude in red has brought for us;

There's lots of racing from across the globe including sunny Chula Vista and indoors in Manchester and Randaberg, Norway. We go back outdoors for the Birmingham nationals as a starter 

Last name: Evans, Kyle (Great Britain)

Last movie you saw: Harry Potter- deathly hallows part 2

Last beer you drank: been so long, but I think it was Stella.

Last time you freaked out: I never freak out ;)

Last race you raced: Papendal SX world cup

Last holeshot you got: Birmingham National

Last package you received from a sponsor: Custom white World StayStrong Kit :)

Last time you hit up the trails: it's been so long I can't remember.

Last race you won: Redditch National- elite men.

Last time you went to the gym: Monday

Consistency, Podiums, Tactical, Physical and Mental.. have been the areas I have been working on and 2012 I couldn't be more happy…I am feeling on track to achieving all my goals. Wade Bootes, Sam Willoughby, Khalen Young and I arrived early in Europe from the USA to train on a supercross track in Lumbres, France.

Last name: Lapraz, Yvan (Switzerland)

Last race your raced: Papendal SX

Last holeshot you got: Papendal SX practice

Last package you received from a sponsor: Some Goggles from Spy

Last time you hit up the trails: A few days before the Chula SX

Last stupid idea you had: I have a lot of these, I'm not a very smart dude.

Last race you won: Too long ago.

Last injury: Surgery on my shoulder in August last year.

Last advice you got from your coach: Cut them off!