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Global SX Events Inc. is pleased to announce professional BMX racer Mike Day as the new part owner of GSX Events Inc. Mike Day is one of the most well-known BMX athletes in the world, being the silver Olympic medalist at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, a Red Bull athlete and a constant front-runner at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup. Apart from being a dedicated BMX racer, Mike is a strong advocate and spokesperson for BMX with a genuine passion for the sport. “When I first heard about GSX my interest was immediately peaked.

Freestyle BMX riders battling each other at full speed on a race track, and racers flying over the final jump with insane tricks: that’s Red Bull R.Evolution at Berlin’s Mellowpark on August 24, 2012! With this innovative competition at Germany’s capital, Red Bull presents an all-new SX event concept for international and German BMXers integrating numerous freestyle elements into a race track with absolute flow. The idea behind the event: to get away from rules and strict regulations, back to the origins of BMX and pure riding pleasure – a welcome diversion for the international top riders after their stressful season. The race track will be erected at Berlin’s Mellowpark especially for the event, and will be maintained thereafter. This makes Mellowpark the biggest and most varied training facility in Germany, which is good news for the country’s BMXers, especially with regard to major BMX events in the future. For further information, please visit www.redbull.de/revolution

With the Olympic Games coming up in a few weeks, Redline team manager Jason Carnes brought a small but talented squad to do battle at the Midwest National in hot and humid Rockford, IL this past weekend. In Elite Men’s racing, Saturday saw co-sponsor riders Kyle Bennett of ORP/Redline get on the podium with an impressive third place finish while Stile Industries/Redline rider Elliot McGrath took a 5th place. In Sundays racing it was current USA BMX fourth ranked rider Denzel Stein doing the heavy lifting for Redline.

Elite Men:
1  MARC WILLERS, BOX/PROMAX/DK, MURRIETA, CA
2  DENZEL STEIN, REDLINE FACTORY, DESOTO, TX
3  TYLER FAORO, PROFILE / ON, CORAL SPRINGS, FL
4  BARRY NOBLES, DK BICYCLES, WETUMPKA, AL
5  KORY COOK, SPEEDCO BICYCLES, TUSTIN, CA
6  DONNY ROBINSON, HYPER BICYCLES, NAPA, CA
7  THOMAS ZULA, DK BICYCLES/KENDA, HUBER HEIGHTS, OH
8  KYLE BENNETT, ORP/REDLINE/SHARKIES, CONROE, TX

Elite Women:
1  DOMINIQUE DANIELS, DOUBLECROSS, GILBERT, AZ
2  ALAINA HENDERSON, FELT/SC ACTIONSP, RUBY, NY
3  KEELY KORTMAN, DIAMONDBACK/KENDA/ALIUS, MI
4  AMELIA WALSH, YESS/FLY/CLIFF BAR, AYR, ON CAN
5  AFTON SCHRIMPF, VSI/SPEEDCO/PROFILE/NEMA, HB, CA
6  TAYLOR WOLCOTT, TANGENT, ROSEVILLE, CA
7  BAYLIE KORTMAN, DIAMONDBACK/KENDA/ALIAS, MI
8  SABRINA MILLMAN, STAATS/2PD/ELITE TRAIN, CALGARY, AB CAN