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The second stop on the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup circuit concluded on Saturday with the men’s and women’s finals. Arielle Martin (Spanaway, Wash./Intense BMX), the only American to advance to the final, grabbed the top finish for the U.S. with a sixth-place effort in the women’s main event. Top American men Corben Sharrah (Tucson, Ariz./GT Bicycles), Mike Day (Santa Clarita, calif./GT-Red Bill), and Donny Robinson (Napa, Calif./Hyper Bicycles) advanced as far as the semi-finals but did not qualify for the eight-man main.

The men’s event was won by Marc Willers (NZL) while the women’s event was won by Sarah Walker (NZL).

The second round of the UCI SX World Cup series in Papendal was one to remember. Specifically because the track that was built for it was at the limit of what was humanly possible on a BMX bike. Had there be no wind it might have been a different story already but then still, the gaps were big and the container was too high to get on top of. This resulted in different racing where anything could happen. The rhythm sections were also part of the track where passing

Injury is something that Professional BMX riders have to deal with, it comes with the territory. However what happened to Niki Croft at the London Cycle Show on the 10th of October 2010 was something else entirely. The third entry in the Relentless Energy Short Stories 2011 short film competition, Good Morning Gravity, has been directed by BMX videographer Richard Forne, and tells the story of Niki’s recovery after an accident that nearly cost him his life,

The Canadian Concrete 2011 Jam dates are officially announced:
-June 26th Kirkstone Park in North Vancouver BC
-July 31st Lafarge Park in Coquitlam BC
-August 28th Brookswood Park in Langley BC

This is now the 6th year in a row for the Canadian Concrete , and we’ve been fortunate to have Etnies present the jams, every year since the beginning! This year we’re proud to have on board Colony, LRG, Norco, Dragon, Haro, Premium, and 3ride bmx shop as the sponsors.

It’s free to enter for all of the ams, and only $10 for the pro class. There will be an insane amount of prizing given out at every park to the top ams in each class, as well as a free t-shirt for all the entries.

Canadian Concrete BMX is organized and managed by killemall

Dutch BMX riders Jelle van Gorkom (picture) and Raymon van der Biezen were first and second at today’s time Superfinal time trial. The fastest 64 riders qualified out of 134 Elite men for the finals on Saturday, 32 Elite women riders progress into the finals out of 42 women. Today’s time trials are part of the first official UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series sponsored by Swatch on the brand new Supercross track at Papendal. The track is a near replica of the Olympic track in London. 

Leading BMX racing promoter Global SX Events, Inc. (GSX Events) and sports and entertainment marketing leader Octagon today announced a joint partnership to develop a global marketing strategy for the International Cycling Union’s (UCI) BMX Supercross World Cup Series as well as collaborate on a U.S.-based BMX Supercross Series. GSX Events has partnered with Octagon to help identify new sponsorship, TV and digital opportunities for the