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Following the intense race action and some unexpected results at the NBL Gator National, the chase for the NBL War of the Stars Pro series titles is closer than ever. Redline’s Bubba Harris pulled off a comeback win on Day 2 to tighten the Elite Men’s standings led now by Hyper/HP’s Donny Robinson and Raceplace.com’s Stephanie Barragan dominated her main to take over the lead position in Elite women. In Master’s action, Formula’s Tim Dinger clawed his way into 1st overall with a solid 2nd on Day 2 behind Free Agent’s Dale Holmes. Haro’s Logan Collins raced his way into first place overall in Super-Ex with a solid weekend but has Raceplace.com’s Warren McDow with in striking distance.

2008 NBL War-Of-The-Stars Pro Series Points after Gator

Elite Men 

On Tuesday, March 18, exactly 2 months after Mike's accident, he was moved from Cedars Sinai to Rancho Los Amigos, a rehabilitation facility in Downey, CA. We were all nervous that he wasn't ready to be moved, but after seeing Rancho and the care the staff are able to provide, we are confident that the right decision was made. This morning Mike had an EKG and CT scan. There was no swelling or fluid, which is great. However, we also told that Mike's eyesight may be damaged, due to the previous brain swelling.

Another week went by. Here's the news if you missed it:

-The X-games rumours started last week and in this week it has become more clear that there will be no more BMX vert at the X-Games this summer in Los Angeles. Having a British winner pobably isn't good for American TV. Sounds like there will be Super Park and Street but ESPN has not officially made an announcement yet. Flatland (International winners) and Dirt (Australian winner) were already dropped from the progam. Looks like Vert will be next. Will the Super Park course be designed so that Venezualan Daniel Dhers can't repeat? American heroes wanted.

Frame: Mirraco, The Black Pearl
Fork: Official

Bars: unlucky 13
Stem: Colony
Grips: Scotty Cammer's  Duo
Barends: Colony
Headset: Triple Six

Countries are gathering points at all UCi points races to get as many Olympic spots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Here is the latest status on the overall ranking:
Qualified for three riders:
1 USA 590
2 Netherlands 410
3 Australia 407
4 Colombia 376
5 Latvia 358

Qualified for two riders:
6 Argentina 331
7 NZL 319
8 France 300

Qualified for one rider:
9 Ecuador 239

The new Ride is out and it is the photo issue. Niki Croft is this months cover star throwing out his wings above the seaside scuplutre in Brighton while filming for the Brighton Aint Ready DVD... Inside you'll see photographs from most of Ride's photographers including Bancroft, Beddows, Benson, Clauberg, Dolecki, Dye, Fenlon, H Man, Hill Scott, Howell, Jones, JPR, Kosman, Kung, Marshall, Nardi, Newrick, NJ, Pauw, Picard, Pieringer, Roberts, Rogers, Rooftop, Sanz, Simpson, Terra, Wakefield and Ryan Worcester..

In the search getting a job, I keep getting turned away because I did not have any internships on my resume. Companies seem not to offer any internships, but want their new employees to have them. In response to this, I took my 11 years of racing nationals and my two years of working as an athletic director at an university to create my own BMX freestyle series.