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GT Bicycles, Redline and Intense are the big winners of the 2008 Golden Crank Awards,  a prestigious award with a lot of BMX racing history.
And the winners are:
-Rookie Pro – Denzel Stein (Redline)
-Pro of the year – Mike Day (GT Bicycles)
-Bike of the year – Intense
-Team of the year – Intense / Phantom / Ontrac

BAWLS Guarana today announced their sponsorship of the #1-ranked NBL Elite Woman Stephanie Barragan for the 2009 BMX racing season! "I'm so excited to be a part of the 2009 BAWLS Team," said Stephanie. "I am looking forward to Bouncing with BAWLS on top of the podium at next year's national races!"

Stephanie, a native of Montclair, CA, began racing at 7 years old at her hometown track - Riverside BMX. Now a seasoned rider, Stephanie is the NBL Elite Women's Champion after winning the title the 2008 NBL Grand Nationals in Louisville, KY!

As a BAWLS-sponsored rider, Stephanie will take on 2009 ABA and NBL national races in a one-of-a-kind BAWLS-branded helmet while enjoying an endless supply of BAWLS Guarana drinks, including her favorite flavor - G33K B33R! 

When Supercross BMX released it's line of Race Ready Completes, the Icon Series earlier this year, it was available immediately in the U.S.A through it's Authorized Dealer Network, and through J&R Bicycles for mailorder.
But it was tough for BMXers outside of the USA to get their hands on one of the Supercross Icon completes, well after 6 months of working with an international Distributor network, they are now available on almost every Continent World Wide. 

The United States Olympic Committee announced BMX cyclisDonny Robinson (Napa, Cailf.) as its male Athlete of the Month for October. Robinson won the overall 2008 UCI Supercross BMX World Cup title in October. After finishing second in the final round of the World Cup in France on Oct.11, Robinson secured the top spot in the final World Cup standings. Another BMX cyclist, Arielle Martin (Pleasant Grove, Utah), finished third in the women's voting after

NBL membership is on the rise and this year’s Bring-A-Buddy Program played a significant role in the increase. The new incentive-based prizing structure and more track support combined to make this year’s program the most successful to date with a record 10% increase in both Recruiters and Buddies. In addition to more than $40,000 in prizes, 13 lucky recruiters made the 2,000 point club and they will be recognized in BMX Today Magazine as the year’s top recruiters. Their efforts helped make this year’s program a huge success.

To reward outstanding efforts, Camp Woodward will present the Top Recruiter from each region with a free week’s pass in 2009 -

With France being one of most important BMX countries in Europe, Formula and EuroBmx -Super Smart racing- are proud to announce the collaboration with Custom's BMX to promote the Formula brand in France. The Custom's BMX team will rock the French tracks on their Formula bikes. On the Customs Bmx site will be all the hot news about the Formula Euro Trade Team as well.

The Awards will be presented at a gala celebration being staged at the Grand Hyatt Melbourne Hotel on Sunday 23 November. The night will culminate with the presentation of the Sir Hubert 'Oppy' Opperman Medal and Trophy to the 2008 Australian Cyclist of the Year. "I congratulate all the nominees who have been and will continue to be outstanding ambassadors for cycling 

VWP have two BMX racing helmets in the works that will become available in January 2009. We've all heard about too many head injuries lately so protect your head as good as you can. Even flatland is dangerous and can be near fatal as Alexis Desolneux experienced. We don't expect flatland riders to be wearing full face

Tens of millions of Olympic fans watched BMX racing make its debut this year as a Medal sport. And of those 48 men and women who made the cut, eight of them were members of the REDLINE GLOBAL force. And this coming Thanksgiving weekend, four of the infamous Redline OIlympians will be making their way to the U.S.A., to race at what all BMXers know as "The Greatest Race on Earth;" The ABA Grands. The four Olympians heading to Tulsa

The Side-hack Challenge- Come one, come all. If you've never seen the hacks race, it’s a site to behold. It’s a no holds bar crash and bash fest and the fans love it! Last year we added them to the Friday Night excitement and it went over really well. With a few more it should even be better. Roseville still holds the record of 17 hacks thus far, but things look good for the Friday Night event to break all records. If you've got a hack bring it on down. Didn't make the NAG 5 cut?? Well, this is YOUR