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Last name: Van Gendt, Twan (Netherlands)

Last race your raced: SX Chula Vista

Last holeshot you got: Quarter final Chula Vista

Last package you received from a sponsor: a package of stickers from my sponsor

Last race you won: Probably a race in junior. But it’s too long ago!

Last time you went to the gym: This morning at Papendal

Last advice you got from your coach: just do what you are doing all day!

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Liam Phillips at the indoor Manchester, first turn.

Last movie you saw: American pie the reunion

Last name: OQUENDO, ZABALA (Colombia)

Last race your raced: SX CHULA VISTA

Last holeshot you got: March, Bello vista (Colombia)

Last package you received from a sponsor: Oakley Goggles, Troy Lee helmet, Safety smart wear Colombian Jersey, Gw new frame, actimax sport nutrition.

Last time you hit up the trails: February, Los balsos, Medellin.

Last movie you saw: the worst movie (Drive)

Jelle Van Gorkom, #37, crashed hard at the recent Supercross race in Chula Vista, suffering a concussion, broken ribs and bruised lungs. He was air lifted from the track and has been recovering in the hospital in San Diego this week. Jelle is an important member of the Redline family and employees from the company put together and signed this jumbo ‘Get Well Soon’ card for him to show how much we appreciate his hard work and dedication. We hope Jelle will be back on the track soon.

The latest on Jelle can be found on Facebook or Twitter if you're following his coach Bas de Bever who is at his side in San Diego at least until his dad arrives this weekend.

"Bedside @jellevangorkom .....he's tired but in good spirits. Ventilator got turned down again, he pretty much is breathing on his own again." and we like the latest update:

Last name: Pottier, Magalie (France)

Last race your raced: SX Chula Vista March 2012

Last race you won: SX Chula Vista 2012

Last package you received from a sponsor: Oakley goggles, Troy Lee Design Helmet and Isostar sport nutrition.

Last advice you got from your coach: "you can do it"

Last name: Pelluard, Vincent (France)

Last race your raced: Chula Vista World Cup 2012 #1

Last holeshot you got: Desoto Texas day 1 moto 2

Last package you received from a sponsor: Front Excess Hub from Usprobikes

Last time you hit up the trails: 24th March, SheepHills

Last race you won: Redline Cup Whittier, CA February 2012

Last time you went to the gym: 22th March, legs workout

Last advice you got from your coach: To be more "aggressive" on the track

Last rider who cut you off or made you crash: Moana Moo Caille ;)

Straight from the doormat under the scanner. Issue 7 of 2024BMX arrived today. It's one of the few, BMX race only magazines out there so if you're into racing and don't care too much about a stylish lay-out and hi-quality pics, you should pick one up. For 5 Euros it's yours. It's just harder to make everything look good when it's not sunny out every day. This being the winter issue, or at least winter being the period that things were collected, makes it tough. Especially in the UK. Add to that a limited budget to hire all pro photographers and you can see the reason why. But the mag is made with love and it's all about racing, printed on quality paper with a glossy cover. It's got a poster (David Herman) and plenty of race reports (o.a. Manchester Open, Velofollies, Caen, Oldsmar Nationals). Dale Holmes and Marcus Bloomfield have got their columns, Jelle van Gorkom gets an interview as does Benji Armitage showing that you don't need to be an elite rider to get some coverage in 2024. Rider rep Roger Rinderknecht and John Ssawyer also get some attention in the March/April issue.

I’m not too happy about the way I was racing last weekend, but I did what I needed to do to get my Olympic Nomination… During my stay in California last week, my body felt recovered from all the training/ traveling activities the last few months and my wrist was okay, so I was looking forward to race the first UCI BMX Supercross of the season in Chula Vista, USA.

Our first practice on the SX track was Thursday. To be honest, I felt kind a slow on the track and wasn’t a big fan of the side wind that was pretty strong that day. Practice on Friday went way better, because most things went very smooth. Unfortunately I missed some track speed and that’s very important during time trial.

No big mistakes during time-trial, but because of the track speed that I’m missing I got the 24th fastest time out of 160 guys. I was not happy at all about that, because this time-trial was way slower than last year when I got 3rd place. It’s not weird that my time was slower, but I expected to be faster.