FOX NEWS AT THE OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER

Fox News 5 in San Diego interviewed Intense-Monster Pro Arielle Martin at the Olympic Training Center Supercross track in Chula Vista, CA, in June during the Junior Development Camp. Speed Bicycles riders Jesse Day and Nick Koehler ripped it up behind her. Jesse, on his Speed frame, is the first rider to go. Nick, wearing a red helmet and riding a red and black Speed frame, hit the track a few riders later.

VSI Names Michael Gamstetter as Marketing Manager

CERRITOS, CA, June 16, 2010—VSI Products, Inc., the parent company of Intense, Sinz, THE, Speed, Vigor, ITS, EYE and AVE hired bicycle industry veteran Michael Gamstetter as its new marketing manager. He will be responsible for the creation of ad campaigns, ad placement, web content, management of all sales and marketing collateral as well as sponsorship and event management.
“Michael has a long history in BMX and more than 20 years experience in the bicycle industry and with that he brings a wealth of knowledge to VSI. He’s going to be a great addition to the team,” said Chris Smith, VSI’s chief operating officer.

An avid cyclist with a broad range of interests and abilities, Michael began riding bikes at the age of 3-years-old and never stopped. Since discovering BMX racing in the late-1970s he has continuously been involved in cycling in one way or another—¬as racer, mechanic, retailer, advocate and journalist. While living in Japan, Michael realized his dream of working in the bicycle industry when he took a job with Japan Cycle Press magazine as a translator, editor and art director. He later joined the editorial staff at Bicycle Retailer and Industry News where he worked for 11 years.

After leaving the magazine, Michael managed a retail bicycle shop, earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Design, worked as an industrial designer for Nova Lighting and launched a graphic design and retro number plate company called Forty Four 16 Design.

“Our brands have huge growth potential and Michael’s industry experience as a reporter and editor combined with his interests in cycling, bikes and design fit perfectly with VSI and our long-term goals for the company,” said Toby Henderson, VSI’s CEO.
Besides a degree in industrial design, Michael has a Bachelor’s of Fine Arts Degree; rides and occasionally races road, cross country, BMX and cyclocross and collects vintage BMX bikes.
As marketing manager, Michael will use his editorial, design and promotional experience, as well his many industry contacts to boost the visibility of VSI’s seven BMX and mountain bike brands

Well it was another great race at the 3rd Round of the UCI World Cup at Leogang, Austria.

With most of the team having great results we managed to win the best team of the race again for the 2nd consecutive World Cup and we now are leading the World Cup - so at the next round in Champery, we will have the yellow number plates for the leading team.


The track at Leogang was really demanding on the riders and the bikes as it had very mixed terrain with lots of tight steep corners up at the top section and flat pedalling sections linking up the very technical wooded sections lower down on the course.
The weather played a huge part in the race as it rained most of the week and with all the practice with hundreds of riders the track developed huge holes on fast parts of the track and was constantly changing throughout the weekend. When the riders finally came down for their race runs, the track had changed a lot and caught many riders out.

In the Womens race Claire Buchar managed another great result placing 7th again for the 3rd time and retains her 7th place overall in the womens standings. Claire was struggling with breathing at the race due to getting sick in the week leading up to the race so well done Claire.

In the mens race Julien Camellini and Ruaridh Cunnningham didn't have the best days racing. Both of them fell victim to the tough conditions, Ruaridh crashing hard up on the top section and Julien having a terrible run and going off the course 3 times. Ruaridh ended up 75th position and Julien in a disappointing 48th which has dropped him down to 18th position from 10th in the overall standings. Hopefully they can get back higher in the rankings at the next 3 races.

Chris Kovarik didn't have the best of runs either, making a few big mistakes and not carrying speed in some sections as well as he would of liked - but he placed 18th and these days with the times so tight it was still a good result in the top 20.


Matt Simmonds and Matti Lehikoien had a great weekend. Matti qualifying in 4th position on the Saturday and Matt Simmonds in a career best 6th place with less than 1 second separating them both. They couldn't quite match their qualifying positions but still did amazing with Matti in 9th and Matt Simmonds in 10th. His best ever World Cup result to date. So well done him. Matti had now moved up to 8th in the overall standings and Matt is 11th.

Congratulations to Greg Minnaar and Sabrina Jonnier for winning the mens and womens race.

Men's DH Results
1. Greg Minnaar 4:05.65
2. Gee Atherton 4:06.39
3. Aaron Gwin 4:10.09
4. Sam Blenkinsop 4:11.17
5. Cameron Cole 4:11.77
6. Steve Pete 4:11.82
7. Brendan Fairclough 4:12.61
8. Justin Leov 4:12.93
9.Matti Lehikoinen 4:13.25
10. Matt Simmonds 4:13.82
18. Chris Kovarik 4:18.36
48. Julien Camellini 4:26.65
75. Ruaridh Cunningham 4:48.36
9.Matti Lehikoinen 4:13.25

Womens DH Results
1. Sabrina Jonnier 4:52.70
2. Emmeline Ragot 4:56.27
3. Floriane Pugin 4:58.05
4. Tracey Moseley 5:02.39
5. Myriam Nicole 5:05.48
7. Claire Buchar 5:12.72

Our next big race is the famous Mega Avalanche in a few weeks time which should be great fun and then the 4th round of the World Cup is another few weeks after that.
Thanks once again to all our sponsors for supporting us with the best equipment.

World Cup 4-cross, Leogang

It's always exiting to go to a new place and ride new tracks. For the 4th round of the UCI World Cup we went to Leogang, Austria, the replacement venue for Schladming. The weather predictions for the weekend were not good, and the predictions were right this time.
The whole weekend it rained almost non stop. The 4-cross track was nice, steep, technical and very slippery and muddy on Saturday night. I messed up qualification big time, ended up 3rd which is not bad but I know I could have done a lot better.

Going into this race I was feeling good and hungry for a win. But racing in these conditions means anything can happen. My Quarter and Semi final went without a problem and I went on to the final. I had a great gate in the final and was able to cut to the inside corner and power into first place. The last grass corner was the most tricky one of the whole track and before I knew it Romana Labounkova came on the inside of me, but my Michelins kept me upright, and I was able to get on the pedals quick and took home my first win of the season!!

With this win I am also leading the Overall series! Stoked to be back on the top step of the podium and to be riding in the leader's jersey at the next World Cup.

Womens 4-cross result:
1st Anneke Beerten
2nd Joanna Petterson
3rd Romana Labounkova
4th Fionn Griffiths
5th Anita Molcik

For more info and to stay up to date please check: www.annekebeerten.com
See you all at the races......keep on riding.

News updated June 14th

MTN Bmx rider Sifiso "skizo" Nhlapo returned home for a week before heading off to USA for final preparations leading into the BMX World Championships to be held in Pietermaritzburg South Africa 30th/31st July. The return home coincided perfectly with rounds 4 & 5 of the MTN Bmx Nationals held in Germiston. The local bmx riders where surprised when Skizo pitched up but at the same time all the young riders welcomed their bmx hero.

Skizo had a great day riding with the local Elite riders and didnt drop one lap the whole day showing everyone that he is right on track leading upto World Champs, Skizo commented "I enjoyed racing back at home again and was really surprised as to the turn out both in riders and supporters. There are alot of riders that have really lifted their game leading into World Champs which is great to see as it is at home and we can show off some of the younger talent to SA. This next month for me is crucial with final prep for Worlds so I can get on the podium for the home crowd"

Results for the weekend where 1st Sifiso Nhlapo 2nd Dean Holdstock 3rd Kane Herbert

Sifiso's new schedule till the end of the year will be as follows:

June 18-20th Rockford PRO UCI (USA) July 2-4th Great Salt Lake City PRO UCI (USA) July 30-31st BMX World Champs (South Africa) Sept 3-4th Black Jack National PRO UCI (USA) Sept 17-18th Chula Vista UCI SX (USA) Sept 24-26th MTN SA Grand National (South Africa) Oct 8-9th Frejus UCI SX (France) Oct 22-24 Disney Cup PRO UCI (USA) Nov 25-28 Grand Nationals PRO UCI (USA) Dec Train at Potch Facilities

Milka Wheels of Speed - Willingen, Germany

Most of the team (apart from Ruaridh who competing in a Scottish National back home and placing 2nd) competed in the the Downhill race at the huge bike festival in Willingen, Germany at the weekend. The festival is huge with all of Germanys MTB industry there with stands showing products from bikes to basically everything you can buy related to riding. It is like a massive outdoor bike show.

The Downhill race is held on the track that used to hold a World Cup DH and 4X race on and it is always very competitive with a lot of the top world cup pro racers showing up because of the track with its big jumps and also the great prize money which is a ton more than a World Cup! I wonder why UCI can't provide as good prize money at the biggest races in the world?

The racing is always super tight and a great spectacle for the people watching with times only differing between hundredths of seconds. All the team did exceptionally well with Claire Buchar narrowly missing out on the win by the fastest DH woman in the world - Rachael Atherton by less than a 1/4 of a second. Matt, Chris and Matti where all in the top 10 and so close to the podium in times.

Thanks to the organizers at Willingen for having the team at there great event once again. See you next year. Also a huge thank you to Kathy Sessler from the Santa Cruz Syndicate team for her photos.

Final Results

Aaron Gwin 1:50.06
Greg Minnaar 1:50.26
Andrew Neethling: 1:50.99
Dan Atherton 1:51.69
filip Polc 1:52.03
Matt simmonds 1:52.03
Chris Kovarik 1:52.19
Steve Smith 1:52.55
Matti Lehikoinen 1:52.96
Florent Payet 1:52.99

Rachelo Atherton 2:06.15
Claire Buchar 2:06.39
Antje Kramer 2:13.82

The team now heads over to Leogang in Austria for the 3rd round of the UCI World Cup this coming weekend.

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FORT WILLIAM, Scotland June 6th

Team Kenda-Playbiker had its best weekend of the 2010 season so far at the second downhill mountain bike World Cup in Fort William, Scotland. Sean O'Connor (AUS) rode to a career best 8th place finish on one of the roughest and fastest tracks on the circuit. Nathan Rankin (NZL) was only 52nd , which is below his potential but mainly due to the effects of the crash he suffered in Maribor, while Wyn Masters (NZL) was 40th after an interesting 26th in qualifies.

In 4x, Edo Franco (ITA) rode well, making it to the 1/8th finals, putting him in 28th place. "I need to work on my gates," the young italian said, "I'm always struggling down the first straight."

This year's downhill track had a variety of new sections in it, as well as a few very rough section where they had scraped it down to the bedrock, making for lots of long nights for the mechanics rebuilding wheels.

O'Connor was incredibly pleased with his performance in the downhill. "I hit all of my lines up top, and all of my training has paid off allowing me to put down a lot of hard pedaling at the bottom of the track on the motorway." O'Connor's performance now puts him in 22nd place in the overall World Cup ranking, 3 points out of a protected slot. When combined with the rest of the team's results, Kenda-Playbiker has now rejoined the top 20 trade teams on the World Cup standing, with an interesting 12th at the Scottish round.

Some of the team is now headed to the home resort Pila, Italy for a week of training and relaxation, while others have headed to local races to get some more race time in on their bikes.

The team will rejoin each other next weekend in Leogang, Austria, for the next round of the 2010 Downhill Mountain Bike World Cup.

WORLD CUP 4-CROSS, FORT-WILLIAM

It's always a pleasure to travel up to Fort William in Scotland. The scenery is just breathtaking, everything is green and the drive up from the airport in Edinburgh was really nice. This year we had great weather, normally it rains a lot here, but the whole week the sun was out and the track was dry and dusty.

There were no changes made to the 4-cross track, it was the same as last year. It's a simple track with not a lot of challenges to it. On a track like this it is difficult to make a difference to the rest of the riders. I was feeling good on my bike all weekend and was able to qualify first.... It's been awhile since I had the fastest qualifying time so it was nice to be riding with that number one plate on my bike again.

On Saturday afternoon the race area was already packed with people and at night when racing started there was the great "Fort William" atmosphere, people blowing horns and sending out a great vibe! The adrenaline was pumping and I was feeling confident, I made it trough the quarter and semi final without a problem and made it to another world cup final. I had a good gate in the final but then I just got powered out by the Jana Horokova who was next to me. I had a hard time on this "power first straight" and was unable to take in the lead. On the second straight I tried to make a move for 2nd place, but that did not go as planned and even bumped me back ending up 4th.

On Sunday I had a blast doing the Downhill commentating for Freecaster.tv together with Rob Warner. Scotland rules and I had a great weekend!

Next stop: European Championships in Willingen, Germany next weekend!

Womens 4-cross result:
1st Jana Horakova
2nd Anita Molcik
3rd Romana Labounkova
4th Anneke Beerten
5th Lucia Oetjen

For more info and to stay up to date please check: www.annekebeerten.com

Chain Reaction Cycles.com / Intense - No.1 Team at Fort William World Cup

Team Chain Reaction Cycles / Intense had a fantastic weekend at Fort William. The race, weather and whole event was amazing. As you can see we took top honors for the weekend winning the best team award. It was great having the while team up on the podium in front of the cheering race fans.

The great UK crowd was there in full effect which made for a sensational atmosphere. Lesley, Mike and the crew put on another fantastic World Cup event and the course builders had done an amazing job on the DH track making a great race.

We had some great results over the weekend with everyone making it through to the Sunday finals and Matti Lehikoinen placing 5th in the semi final was great.

Claire Buchar had another great run equaling her 7th place from Maribor at round 1 and is 7th overall in the Womens standings.

Julien Camellini got back up to speed placing 7th in the men's category which was really a good result for him and the team so early on in the season after 1 year out with injury. Matti Lehikoinen also had a brilliant run and placed 10th for the day which should boost his confidence for the rest of the season. Matt Simmonds had another great ride finishing 20th so 2 top 20s for Matt in the first 2 world cups is great. Ruaridh Cunningham had a good run in the final but not quite able to equal his semi final placing of 19th. He ended the day in 37th but only 3 seconds off his goal of a top 20. On a 4.30 minute plus track this shows Ruaridh is riding really good and hopefully his results will come with a little more time.

The only real disappointment we had for the weekend was Chris Kovarik. He was riding great all weekend placing 9th in the semi final even after a jammed chain from landing on a big rock halfway down the course we were sure he was on for a podium spot at least. But it didn't go Chris way after clocking the 4th fastest 1st split time only 0.3 of a second behind eventual winner Gee Atherton Chris got a front puncture ending his and the teams high hopes. It was a real shame as Chris put in so much effort this weekend wowing the crowd with his exceptional riding skills doing probably the most runs of anyone all weekend.

But 3 riders in the top 10 and 4 in the top 20 was fantastic for the team and this will give us a good confidence boost heading into the 3rd round of the World Cup in 2 weeks time.

Congratulations to the race winners Gee Atherton winning in front of the home crowd and Sabrina Jonnier from France winning the womens race. Also well done to New Zealand's Cam Cole in 2nd place in the men's race and the whole team would like to pass on their best wishes to last years World Cup winner Sam Hill who sustained a bad shoulder injury in Fridays practice - we hope to see him back on the bike soon and racing asap

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Rennen/Intense Team Report

Rennen/Intense started the NBL Keystone National weekend out with a bang by conducting a 30+ rider pre-national clinic on Friday afternoon. From there things never slowed down till the drive home on Sunday. With a top notch track, and hot weather, fun times were on tap for the Memorial Day holiday weekend in Southeastern Pennsylvania. Pottstown was the last of a busy three NBL national weekend schedule in the month of May, and as the saying goes "the best was saved for last". Already having picked up two NBL team wins in the month of May, Rennen/Intense kept on rolling with two more big point total wins that not only earned us the win each day but extended our "overall" National Team category point lead an additional 7 points.

Our team pros represented well as Allen Currier made the trip and not only assisted with the clinic but pulled a podium finish in the Super X pro class on Day 1. Will Murray was all “Deuces” for the weekend in the big extra money Masters pro class, as the Texas Roadhouse Café threw in an extra $2000 to the pot on Day 1.
Pat Parker scored on big time day 1 with a win in the 26-34 expert class, and followed that up with a solid 2nd on day 2. Davey Maltezos represented the R/I colors in 26-34 also and scored a third on Day 2. Max Egdorf was on fire with a pair of wins in the 19-25 expert class, and Austin Loebe had a perfect weekend in 17-18 expert, never losing a lap. Both of these guys were a huge asset to the Friday clinic also! Rochelle Wooding (14 girls/cru) and Justin Knapper (13x/cru) both had perfect weekends, never losing a lap in either class or cruiser. Randy Bitinaitis, who now should only be referred to as “The Butcher”, spent day 1 knocking off the rust and then came up big time on day 2 with a double in 40-44 cru and 41+X classes. Meanwhile his daughter Nikki was in the 11 girls class mains both days. Ross Wooding handled the 19-24 cruiser class with main event wins both days, and Susie Levan picked up a win the ladies cruiser class on Day 1. Victor Behm powered his way to a 16 expert main event win on day 2.

Justin Knapper (13x)

We now head into a tough stretch of seven National event team competitions over a seven weekend span in June/July. Starting off with back-to-back ABA nationals in Charlotte, NC and Rockford, IL, then it’s the NBL’s classic South Park national. July 4th weekend we take a break, then get right back into it by fielding teams in both Nashville, TN (NBL), and Westfield, MA (ABA). July 17/18 will find us in the fine state of Maryland for an ABA National, with our 7th annual week long Bethel, CT Summer Camp kicking off on July 19th. We end this massive stretch in Trumbull, CT for the NBL’s Constitution Classic National event.

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Intense BMX / Monster Energy Pro Team Race Report
ABA Spring Nationals: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Round #6 of the 2010 ABA Pro BMX Race Series was held May 28-30. With 1003 Amateurs and 28 of the world’s top Pro riders in attendance this was one exciting weekend of racing. The covered arena houses 81,000 square feet of one of the best BMX tracks anywhere and with over 200 motos of racing each day it showcased the best in BMX racing over the Memorial Day weekend.

This weekend, Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro Team riders Danny Caluag and David Herman made the trip to Albuquerque.

Danny Caluag has had a great 2010 season so far and his Spring National efforts show he is continuing his winning ways. On Saturday Danny rode well all day in both the Elite Men’s and Elite Cruiser Class. Danny missed out making the Elite Men’s class, but came back with a vengeance in Elite Cruiser and went from start to finish in the lead, taking the win. On Sunday, Danny made his way into both main events. In Elite Men he finished 4th, and in Elite Cruiser a battle for the win ended up in disappointment, as Danny crashed and finished 8th for the day.

David Herman has put in a lot of effort to regain top form after his early season injury and this weekend he let everyone in attendance know his hard work is paying off. His results of 8th place in the Elite Main event each day do not reflect how well he rode overall this weekend. On each day David made it through the qualifiers on his way to the main event where he was near the front of the pack going into the first turn on both days. Unfortunately, crashes on both days kept David off the podium, but his overall performance demonstrated he is headed in the right direction with his training.

Both David and Danny, as well as, Arielle Martin will head off to round #7 of the ABA Pro Tour, June 5th & 6th in Sacramento, CA for the ABA Summer Nationals.

The Intense BMX / Monster Energy Pro Team is proudly supported by THE Products, SINZ Elite, Fly Racing, Shimano, ITS, Skull Candy, and Group D Designs.

Intense BMX Europe Dutch National Championships Kampen 30-05-2010

Last weekend the national championships were held in Kampen. The track always looks good here and this time was no exception. During Saturday nights practice there was wind and a little rain but noting major and all Dutch Intense riders were looking good. The weather forecast for Sunday was not looking very good and they were right for a change.

It rained most of Saturday night until about 8:00 Sunday morning. During practice for block 1 (all cruisers and 20” until 14 years old) the track was drying up a little and racing started at 11:00. Jordi Schippers (15/16 cruiser) and Jeffrey Hoogland (17/24 cruiser) were racing cruiser in block 1 while Roy Bax raced his 20” in 13 boys which is an age group up then normal to get more and better competition and racing experience.They all transferred out of the moto’s into there main or semi final. After the moto’s of block 1 finished practice for block 2 started (20” junior, elite, 15/16, 17/24, 24+). When the moto’s got underway the rain started to pour down and it was on and of until the semi’s which made it very slippery on the gate. In block 2 Jordi Schippers (15/16 boys), Jeffrey Hoogland (Juniormen) and Maartje Hereijgers (Junior/Elite women) all were looking good in there moto’s and transferred out easy onto there main, semi or quarter final.
Because the weather was bad it caused a lot of riders to spin out of the gate and the quarter and semi finals saw some upsets and surprises. All Intense riders made it to there main event with no problem except Jeffrey Hoogland who spun out on the gate and had to make a pass on the last straight to make it into the main in cruiser.

The main’s started with the cruiser classes and Jordi Schippers spun out on the gate and had to come from behind he gave it a good try but could not get a spot on the podium a 4th place was all he could make of it. Jeffrey Hoogland had to come from the outside because of his little spin in the semi, He snapped out of the gate and led the race from start to finish and had a solid run crossing the finish with more then a bike length on the rider in second.
After the cruisers it was time for the 20” classes to see who would become national champion. Roy Bax was spinning out on the gate and tried all he could but the time he lost at the gate was too big to make up and he finished 8th. Still not bad considering he is racing an age group up and making the main at the national championships.

After Roy it was time for Jordi Schippers to see how he could do. No major problem at the gate but he got squeezed on the hill but kept on going anyway and was able to make up for it in the first turn. Over the doubles on the second straight he made an unplanned one footer but managed to stay on and keep his 3rd place all the way to the finish.
In Junior men it was Jeffrey Hoogland who really wanted to double and bring home both titles. This time from an inside line he had another good gate and lead again from start to finish making no mistakes making it 2 out of 2.
Maartje Hereijgers was in the Junior/Elite women main with an outside gate position she had to make up ground to make it to the front of the pack she had a good first straight and managed to come out of the first turn in 3rd and maintained this position until the finish.

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Trek World Racing Own US Open, Neethling and Moseley Win Again: 31.5.2010

Andrew Neethling (RSA) and Tracy Moseley (GBR) backed up their wins from the previous week at the Pro Gravity DH #2, with impressive wins at the even more prestigious US Open that saw many World Cup stars attending. In winning the Men's race, Andrew relegated 2008 World Champion Gee Atherton (GBR) to 2nd, and pre-race favorite Sam Hill (AUS) to 5th.

The US Open is also notable for paying a pro rider purse worthy of professional downhill racing, making it a popular stop for the top riders every May. In all, the 3 Trek World Raving riders took home $13,000 in prize money following their 4 podium results, and ensuring that this is an event that TWR will visit again.

The weather was ideal for the week, but the rocky sections of the course were often tough on tires. A few big names punctured in qualifying (Marc Beaumont, Kyle Strait and Bryn Atkinson), so without a protection system for these world ranked riders they were out for the finals. Our riders ran Maxxis Minions all week on their Session 88's and never had an issue, except for a big crash in training for Justin that left him with a corked leg that was promptly iced before qualifying.

In qualifying for the Women's race, Tracy finished 2nd. This was her first visit to the US Open and was sure she could find time in the final against fastest qualifier Melissa Buhl (USA) and Jill Kintner (USA) who crashed on the line in qualifying yet was OK to race the final. Andrew was third behind Mick Hannah (AUS) and Gee, and Justin was in 6th. Both guys knew they had more in the tank.

For the finals all 3 riders stepped it up and in a repeat of last weekend's results, finished with two wins and a 3rd. Back to back wins for Andrew and Tracy are a huge boost for confidence, and moral. Andrew said: "After qualifying I knew I had a chance at the win today and my goal was to go for it. For sure I was a bit nervous at the start, but that's normal against such a world class field. My game plan was to be smooth and keep the flow exiting the woods because after practice in the morning I realized that being too aggressive in the rock section wasn't going to pay off. I punched hard to the finish in the open section, and to be honest, I am absolutely over the moon."

Justin said: "I'm happy with the aggression I showed in my riding here, I pushed really hard. I just made a couple of mistakes that I need to eliminate for the future. Again, I'm happy with the podium and am stoked for Andrew. The team is on a natural high right now!"

A big thanks again to Neko Mulally and his grandmother Rosaline who fed the team likeroyalty for the past 10 days and no doubt was the fuel behind the victories!

The downhillers board a plane today and head directly to Fort William for World Cup Round #2 this weekend.Men:

1. Andrew Neethling (Trek World Racing) 2m 19.55secs 2. Gee Atherton (USA) 2m 20.09secs 3. Justin Leov (Trek World Racing) 2m 20.36secs 4. Steve Smith (CAN) 2m 21.00secs 5. Sam Hill (AUS) 2m 21.52secs

The team had great success at various races over the weekend. As the riders where in different parts of the world (some of them) got to go home for a few weeks between world cups everyone got to do different events.

Matt Simmonds and Ruaridh Cunningham raced the iXS cup Downhill round at Innerleithen, Scotland. It was a pretty stacked field with some international riders as well as the usual fast UK guys and Matt continued with his great form finishing 3rd and Ruaridh also had a good result finishing close behind in 6th place. Here is a report from Matt.

"Arriving in Innerleithen late on the Thursday evening I was expecting to walk the same old courses that have been used for a few years now, but instead was greeted with pretty much a whole new track which looked amazing. The guys that put all the hard work in have done a great job.
It was the first time that Ruaridh and myself have raced an IXS Cup and we both really enjoyed it. Something new to us was the format they use. We had Friday practice from 2pm-6pm, Saturday practice and seeding then Sunday finals which made practice a lot more relaxed with loads of time to check out lines and the big wooden hucks.
Come Sunday and the great weather that we’ve been having couldn’t quite hold off, with drizzly showers throughout the day it made the finish field interesting but the rest of the track stayed the same with dust and loose rocks everywhere.
Ben Cathro and Ruaridh missed seeding due to MTB Cut’s Stu Thomson’s wedding, so the pair were down early on. Ben clocked a cracking time of 2.57, which would later give him the win, and Ruaridh would eventually go into sixth with a 2.59. It was then a long wait waiting for the faster guys to come down later on with myself not managing to better Bens time but slotting into third with a 2.58 and Lewis Buchanan in second.
All in all a great weekend’s riding. A big shout out to Dale McMullan who won masters for ChainReactionCycles.com." Matt Simmonds

Chris Kovarik went over to Chester, while he and his wife Claire Buchar are in the UK, to race the NPS 4X round at Hart Hill for a change from Downhill racing. It has been a while since Chris has raced 4X and with a lot of the top World Cup guys over for the European 4X round on the Sunday it was another stacked field. Chris was also one of the only pro riders using flat pedals which is pretty rare in 4X these days but this didn't seem to slow him down. He made the final and finished 2nd behind top world cup 4X rider Joost Wichman. Chris' cornering skills and passing moves where a talk of the crowd and he made the racing really exciting.

Julien Camellini raced a downhill in Italy for a bit of training and finished 2nd so well done mate. Here are some words from Julien.

"This week end took place in Scopello the first round of the Italian National Cup. I was surprised by the wonderful track we've had there. 4 minutes long, with some fast open sections where you're top speed was around 85km h, some technical rooty and rocky woods, the perfect track for training before a world cup.
Training went pretty good for me, I'm getting used to the M9 and riding in the mud. We've had rain on and off the two days of practice, raining at the top and sunny at the bottom. Race day the weather decided to be more sunny.
I made a few mistakes in my run, especially in a long off camber, but I managed to take the second place behind the kiwi matthew Scoles. Third was another kiwi George Branningan.
Back home, my head is now at Fort William for the second round of the World cup. I'm looking forward to join the rest of the CRC troops to pin it at Fort Bill." Julien

Matti Lehikoinen was back home in Finland and he raced at a "Troy Lee Designs DH Cup" Finnish National where he took the Win, nice work Matti. I am sure the Finnish races were stoked to have you there and be able to compete against you. Matti told me that he always feels a lot of pressure racing back home as everyone expects him to win and with the tracks being really short over in Finland there is not much room for error. So well done mate

SPEED M Series Frames Are in Stock now at VSI!

VSI Products is proud to announce the arrival of SPEED M Series BMX Frames. The revolutionary SPEED M Series frames are designed to be the most technologically advanced BMX race machines available at any price.

SPEED BICYCLES, a division of VSI Products, is the definitive BMX Bicycle Race leader and we are inviting you to be an important member of our winning team.

The SPEED M Series frame leverages the best of modern technology and design while remaining true to the traditions of BMX racing to create cutting edge performance.

SPEED frames are constructed from custom designed, hydroformed, triple butted 6061 aluminum alloy tubing, with an integrated head tube. They come complete with a headset and are available in seven sizes. Distinctive design and breathtaking graphics complete the SPEED package. Lightweight, strong and beautiful, SPEED frames are the perfect blend of performance and killer good looks.

Speed Bicycles has already got things moving marketing wise, to help make the Speed Frames in demand and a fast sell:
1- Speed Bicycles has joined as a sponsor of the ABA BMX National Series
2- Speed has a full page each month in the ABA BMX'er Magazine
3- Speed has some of the country's top riders on the frames already. Each rider was hand picked from the current crop of top amateurs in BMX.
Nick Koehler, Shelby Stacy, and Jessie Day are all already on the frames, with new additions Mariana Pajon and Logan Collins joining the list of supported athletes.

Frames arrived today, so be the first out of the gate and call your VSI Sales Rep to reserve your SPEED frames today

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The 2010 Intense BMX / Monster Pro Race Team

Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro team riders Danny Caluag, David Herman, and Arielle Martin are all geared up and ready for the full summer BMX race season to kick in.

Danny and David, Intense BMX/Monster Energy team members, are joined by Arielle Martin for the 2010 season. David and Arielle will both compete on the full UCI Supercross circuit for 2010 as well as the majority of the ABA Pro Series National Events with Danny making appearances at all the ABA and NBL Pro Series National Events.

Danny Caluag - Danny has won the ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title for the past 3 years and is looking to make it 4 in a row. Danny, a past ABA #1 AA Pro, is also going after the NBL #1 Elite Men's title in 2010 and currently sits near the top of the points.

David Herman - David has been one of the USA's top International riders on the UCI Supercross circuit and looks to add another win in 2010 at the UCI events. David has been one of the few riders to win multiple rounds at the UCI SX Series. David will also attend the ABA Pro Series and contend for another top 3 year end overall position.

Arielle Martin - A Bronze medallist at the 2009 UCI World Championships and past overall Elite Women's champion at the UCI Supercross series joins the team for 2010. Arielle will focus on the UCI Supercross series and UCI World Championships for 2010, with some ABA National events thrown in.

Also for 2010, Intense BMX has put together an international support program for our international markets and have been able to sponsor some of the best riders from around the world, including: The Intense BMX Europe Factory Team based out of the Netherlands, Sifiso Nhlapo from South Africa, Brian Kirkham, Lauren Reynolds, and Rachel Bracken from Australia, Emilio Falla from Ecuador, and Yvan Lapraz from Switzerland.

Intense BMX has been awarded the ABA Bike of the year honors for the past 5 years. Our full line of High Performance race frames, the Podium Series, and our line up of complete BMX bikes make top of the line performance available to everyone. Please visit IntenseBMX.com to view all our complete bicycles and frames.

The Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro Team is proudly supported by THE Products, SINZ Elite, Fly Racing, Shimano, ITS, Skull Candy, and Group D Designs.

Our Euro Team Manager Jan Schippers send in some photos of there Intense BMX Euro Support Vehicle and some rider shots from over the weekend.

Rennen/Intense was up to the challenge this past weekend at the NBL’s Dixieland Nationals in Lexington, SC. Lexington may be new, but it’s now one of the East Coast’s most technical tracks. While the track itself was “hot” the weather was keeping right up with it as temps soared into the mid nineties. With only a small team effort on hand we were still able to pull off the Day1 National Team win with a usable score of 88, adding two pints to our year end total that is now 891 and well in front of any other team more then half way through the season.

Austin Loebe (#862) on his way to a day 1 victory. Photo by: Patrick Nugent

Cam Moore dominated the 12x class all weekend, as did Shayne Robinson in the 40 + women’s cruiser class, both scored a weekend double.
On day 1 Max Egdorf (19-25x) and Austin Loebe (17-18x) both handled they’re respective class main events. Allen Currier took the challenge of the Super EX class and came up just shy of the main event both days. Will Murray rocked the Vet Pro classes with a 2nd podium finish on day 1, and followed that up with a 4th on day 2. Chris Meaker took on the 36-40 expert class and picked up a pair of deuces for the weekend. Rob McAllister handled the TM position and raced the 40-44 cruiser class on day 1, taking a hard far and a possible broken wrist, we wish him a speedy recovery.

Next up for the team is a National Team competition at the NBL's crown jewel in Pottstown, PA, Trilogy Park. We will also be conducting a Friday afternoon Pre-national clinic at Pottstown. Please join as Austin Loebe, Max Egdorf, London Wilmot and many others will conduct this two hour instructional seminar.

Once again I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you ALL for your continued support!

Rennen Design Group (www.rennendesigngroup.com) makers of the finest gears, chain rings, cogs, and the ultimate training tool “G-Cog”!
Intense BMX (www.intensebmx.com) makers of the ultimate racing frames and tires.

Co-sponsored by: Alienation (www.alienationbmx.com), Black Crown designs (www.blackcrownbmx.com), Finish Line (www.finishlineusa.com), FLY (www.flyracingbmx.com), Johnson BMX Plates (www.johnsonbmx.com), KMC (www.kmcchain.com), Morphine Industries (www.morphineindustries.com), ODI (www.odigrips.com), PowerBar (www.powerbar.com), Profile (www.profileracing.com), SINZ (www.sinz-racing.com), THE (www.the-industries.com), and Thomson (www.lhthomson.com).

Rennen/Intense is a division of Bizzarro BMX, Inc.

MTB News -CRC Race Team

In preparation for the new season…the team made the trip over to Ireland to visit the team headquarters of Chain Reaction Cycles, easily said, but the Icelandic volcano was really causing some difficulty in getting the numerous team members on their planes and in the air. But after a week delay they finally made it over to CRC and were united with their new Intense M9 prototypes. After an initial build and set up they headed down to the South of Ireland to compete in a very wet and muddy Irish NPS round to get a feel for their new weapons. Everyone rode well and adapted quickly to the new bikes despite the conditions, with Chris, Claire and Matt taking to the podiums in their respective categories.

”I have never ridden anything so much like peanut butter mixed with Nutella in my life! It was crazy. By the time I got down each run, it looked like I was running 4.0 Gazzaloddi’s! All balled up with no grip and we were running full spikes! It was rad though” Claire Buchar

The next day gave the riders a break from their bikes and allowed them to switch off a bit as they met up with the CRC advertising team for a day long photo shoot in the studio and around different locations in the CRC HQ. At one stage managing to coax a smile out of Chris, which he denies and claims was a merely show of teeth. “its a tough life having to pose and smile and not smile on cue” Chris Kovarik

Once fed and given a full nights rest they packed up the vans and headed out to a forest and popular DH track on the north of Ireland called Rostrevor. This was their base camp for the next two days as they spent their time setting up their bikes, fixing snags and generally getting them all sussed out and ready to go for the first race of the season. They were joined on the trip by MTB cut videographer Stu Thompson who spend the days filming and documenting the 2 days riding. As well as one of the resident CRC photographers who photographed the riding as the team took turns tearing apart and shutting down the various lines throughout the forest. A video of the training event in Rostrevor Forest can be found here

Transition Factory Racing: 2nd and 3rd in Plattekill PRO GRT rd #2

The Transition Factory team finished out the weekend with solid results, with two of three riders on the podium.

Bryn took the 2nd spot against 68 competitors in the men's field, while Jill took 3rd in womens. Lars placed 18th while achieving his goal for the weekend being to successfully complete the event on a recently repaired thumb. All three riders were pushed this weekend by their peers, and are setting their sights on a successful US Open next weekend.

Bryn had this to say: "Racing went well yesterday, I qualified in 1st, then finished 2nd, not exactly the ideal way to do it. But Andrew Neethling was riding really well, and he pushed just a little bit harder this weekend. Everything went pretty smooth for me, bike was dialed, weather was good, Nice to have Lars back at it too, he was only 2 seconds off top 10, not bad for his first race back! Unfortunately Jill hit a tree in her run and finished 3rd, but she is still doing great and taking her time getting used to the change in discipline".

Jill commented: "Tracy Mosley has so much experience and was able to take 7 seconds off her qualifying run which was a ridiculous 3.00. Her time was competitive with a lot of the men’s times. Buhly and I were battling it out for the #2 position, and I had a lot of fun giving it my best. I’m not sure how much time I lost hitting a tree, but I got beat, and this experience and learning from every run has been pretty exciting, so I’m happy with that. Just pinning it and letting off the brakes is not something you can just do safely, it takes time to build speed".

Lars said: "I'm really proud of these guys, they've wasted no time getting setteled into their new digs. And I'm pretty happy with my weekend. I really just wanted to come here and give the thumb a good test before the US Open. Yesterday in timed practice I ran a 2m 44secs run, which would have been good for a 3rd today. Conditions were much drier and faster yesterday, but I know now exactly what I did differently today than what was necessary for a podium. I'm really satisfied with my physical condtion, and am looking forward to getting back up to speed over the next couple races. Thanks to everyone here at Plattekill for the hospitality, and for putting on a fantastic event".

The Transition Team will spend the week training in the North East, and will head to Vernon NJ next weekend for the US Open of Mountainbiking.

Keep up to date with the Transition Factory Race team via twitter: www.twitter.com/TransitionRace

Transition Racing is supported by FOX Racing Shox, Crankbrothers, Dakine, KORE, Maxxis, Shimano, THE Products Helmets, ODI, 5.10, e.13, Jetlites, Cadenceworks, Jagwire, Cane Creek, Kinetic, Feedback Sports, Contour HD, and Lezyne.

Transition Bikes is a bicycle company located in Ferndale Washington and is focused on creating trail and gravity oriented mountain bikes. Our philosophy is simple, Rider Owned for Life since 2001. It is not a slick marketing slogan but something that defines who we are as a company. Connecting with our dealers and customers from a rider standpoint is our number one concern. Through outstanding and responsive customer service, and unique niche product design, we create and build relationships with our customers that are important to everyday riders and forgotten by larger companies. When you buy a Transition product you can be assured it has been tested in real world conditions by the same people that design them. We don't believe in using Catalog designs; everything is designed in house by us. Our goal is not to become a huge corporate brand but rather a company the average rider can believe in. Our customers are our family and we get immense joy from seeing them progress their riding to new levels right beside us.

TRANSITION BIKES
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MTB News - Wyn Masters video from World Cup #1

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Team Kenda Playbiker - World Cup 2010 #1 - Maribor

BMX News - FLY Racing video from photo/Video shoot with new 2010 Gear.

Intense BMX/Monster Energy Elite Woman Pro Arielle Martin

Arielle Martin reports in from a good weekend of training in Utah

THE & SINZ BMX News - Cool Video of THE Products and SINZ Sponsored rider Maliek Byndloss

MTB News - Great weekend for THE Riders over at the Pro GRT Downhill Stop #2 in Plattekill, NY.

Pro Mens Results:

1. Andrew Neethling 2:43:48 - THE Supported Rider
2. Bryn Atkinson 2:44:47 - THE Supported Rider
3. Justin Leov 2:45:20
4. Duncan Riffle 2:47:44
5. Kieran Bennett 2:47:99 - THE Supported Rider

Pro Womens Results:

1. Tracy Moseley 3:00:49
2. Melissa Buhl 3:05:47
3. Jill Kintner 3:09:14 - THE Supported Rider

Head over to Pink bike for photos

THE Sponsorted Pro Bryn Atkinson scores a 12th in Maribor

The first round of the UCI World Cup DHI series presented the competitors a challenging opener. With rain each day of the event but the first day of practice, the course was as nasty as it gets. The course has seen it's fair amount of traffic over the years and has become more difficult each passing year, and this weekend was no exception. With precipitation in the forecast throughout the weekend the racers had no choice but to look forward to a continually deteriorating course

Bryn charged hard through practice, getting his lines dialed whilst looking for areas to conserve. With so much mud the bikes could gain as much as 10 pounds by the bottom of a practice run. Behind the scene's Transition Racing's World Cup mechanic Jason Marsh worked hard keeping Bryn's TR-450 running flawlessly throughout the weekend. This weekend also marked the first event of the season the two will work together. With Jason's help Bryn earned a respectable 16th place qualifying position, no easy feat given how much the competition has raised the bar once again. In the finals Bryn set the 5th fastest first split time, but due to a couple minor mistakes in the lower part of the course lost valuable seconds. He was able to recover enough in the end to place a strong 12th place.

Bryn had this to say about his performance: "I'm pretty stoked aye. I felt really good up top and knew I nailed it. I was able to stay focused until entering the skinny traverse with one foot unclipped. I did my best to maintain my momentum until I could clip in again, but got a little balled up. When I crossed the line I was dissapointed and figured I was back in the pack. So this weekend I'm happy with 12th, I know exactly where I lost it." Next weekend Bryn meet's back up with the rest of the Transition Racing team in the States to ettend the PRO GRT in Plattekill NY, and then the US Open.

Keep up to date with the Transition Factory Race team via twitter: www.twitter.com/TransitionRace. Transition Racing is supported by FOX Racing Shox, Crankbrothers, Dakine, KORE, Maxxis, Shimano, THE Products, ODI, 5.10, e.13, Jetlites, Cadenceworks, Jagwire, Cane Creek, Kinetic, Feedback Sports, Contour HD, and Lezyne

Follow the adventure of the team, as they make there way across the USA for the MTB tour. Check out the Video from the Sea otter

WORLD CUP 4-CROSS, MARIBOR

Maribor, Slovenia was host of the second World Cup 4-cross and the first World Cup Downhill of this season. I've been to Maribor a couple of times, but this time we had the worst weather ever! Since my arrival on Tuesday it did not stop raining! The 4-cross course had some new features in it, but because of the changes the dirt was even more soft and almost unrideable in some spots.

I've always liked this track and I was getting on quite well in practice. My qualifying run went not well at all, I made a lot of mistakes and I had a hard time getting trough the mud and ended up in 4th. World Champion Caroline Buchanan had the fastest qualifying time.

On race day the weather even got worse, it rained all day and when racing started it only got worse. I knew I just had to go for it and try to ride aggressive! I won my quarter- and semi final, which were pretty stacked with good bmx riders, and was happy to made it trough to the final. I had a great first straight in the final and was able to lead going in to the first corner. In the second corner Caroline Buchanan tried to make an inside move on me, but crashed in front of me... Fionn Griffiths road around it and took the win. I ended up in 3rd.

Now it is back to training for the next 2 weeks before we fly out to Fort William, Schotland for round #3.
Watch my interview with Freecaster.tv

Women's 4-cross result:
1st Fionn Griffiths
2nd Sarsha Huntington
3rd Anneke Beerten
4th Caroline Buchanan

For more info and to stay up to date please check: www.annekebeerten.com
See you all at the races......keep on riding.
Thanks,
Anneke

The race in Maribor was a total mud fest but with surprisingly very close times. With all the rain the track turned into peanut butter for the riders with huge holes and very slippy rocks and roots making it one of the most physical World Cup races in a long time.

In the Mens race Matt Simmonds had a great ride placing 14th in the end, less than 3 seconds off the podium and on the same second as 8th. This result equaled Matt's best World Cup finish to date and continues his great form this year. He has put in the work over the winter and it is definitely paying off. We are all proud of you on the team Matt, well done and we know you can improve on this even more as the year unfolds

New signing this year Matti Lehikoinen had a descent run finishing just behind Matt in 18th less than 1 second back. This was not what Matti was hoping for but it shows he has the speed early in the season and has given him the confidence to take to the next World Cup in Fort William. Julien finished 21st only half a second back from Matti.

Again, this was a good start for Julien especially after not racing a World Cup for about 1 year now due to his injury last season. Julien was hoping for a better result after finishing 3rd and 2nd the last 2 times he has raced here - but in the Mens field which is getting closer and more competitive every year, Julien has proved he has the speed to contend with the fastest riders.

Ruaridh and Chris didn't have the best of days, both crashing and having big problems in their runs. Ruaridh ended up 47th and Chris 71st. Hopefully after last weeks great results in Fort William they can do a lot better in the next World Cup.

Greg Minnaar took the win narrowly beating Gee Atherton and Brendan Fairclough.

Claire Buchar had a great run finishing in 7th and only 1.6 seconds of the podium. Congratulations Claire - Well done. Rachael Atherton amazingly took the win in the Womens field with a broken finger.

In the team standings we are 3rd overall and we will be looking to stay in the top 3 and try for that overall no.1 team in the World. Thanks to all our sponsors for their support and the best products available.

Cory Coffey send in some photos from her riding at Woodward West this past weekend. She is getting ready for some shows in Jamaica next week.

In Now ! Contact your local dealer to order the Limited USA Edition Factory Bike

Intense BMX and Monster Energy are proud to announce their partnership to create the Intense BMX /Monster Energy Pro Team. With both companies sharing a huge passion for racing, it makes for a perfect partnership and strengthens Monster Energy’s commitment to BMX Racing.

Pete Dylewski, Director of Marketing for VSI Products, parent company for Intense BMX, views the partnership as a perfect fit. “Monster Energy is the ideal partner for Intense BMX, as we are both leaders in our respective industries as well as leaders in support and racing achievements. Working with Monster Energy strengthens both brands’ commitment to BMX racing. Monster Energy understands racing and the importance of giving back to the fans, so we see it as a perfect fit for Intense BMX and our vision of the sport.”

Christopher Stumbles of Monster Energy added, “Monster is stoked to be partnering with Intense BMX and looking forward to an exciting season of racing”.

The Intense BMX / Monster Energy Pro team riders Danny Caluag, David Herman, and Arielle Martin will sport a new custom THE Products Carbon Fiber Monster Energy Edition Helmet, as well as have Monster Energy Drinks and Monster Hitman Energy Shooters on hand at select events.

Monster Energy gives you the opportunity of support through the MonsterArmy.com. Visit the Monster Army site for more info on how to become part of the Monster community of supported riders.

Intense BMX has been awarded the ABA Bike of the year honors for the past 5 years. Our full line of High Performance race frames, the Podium Series, and our line up of complete BMX bikes make top line performance available to everyone. Please visit IntenseBMX.com to view all of our complete bicycles and frames.

The Intense BMX / Monster Energy Pro Team is proudly supported by THE Products, SINZ Elite, Fly Racing, Shimano, ITS, and Group D.

Sifiso Nhlapo Coppenhagen SX

Going into this weekend Skizo was relaxed and ready to improve from his last supercross result and he knew the pressure was going to be on. Copenhagen has been a favourite for Nhlapo as the track is really fun to ride and fast at the same time.

The track was really good and held out in the cold conditions 6 degrees on Thursday practice with loads of wind. On Friday time trials got under way after a lot of rain, top 64 out of the 140 transfer to race on the weekend. Skizo had a good run and qualified 19th after the first lap and was ready for racing the next day. If you outside the top 32 you do a second run to qualify in the top 64 for racing.

Race day came and the field was really stacked and the top 64 to transfer to race where the TOP 64 that weekend so it was going to be tough all round but Sifiso was well prepared and ready for it. In his motos Skizo rode smart, the first moto saw the young South African have a little trouble with his clip where he unclipped out the gate and finished 7th. Not to worried about the first race Nhlapo regrouped for the next two motos. In his next moto Skizo finished 2nd from lane 7 and the following moto managed a 4th place, this was enough to transfer out of his moto’s with 13 points.

Quarter finals were the next round of qualifying and Skizo came out of lane 7 again and managed a 3rd place transferring into the semi. In the Semi final Skizo was again in an outside lane, but with a strong gate start going into the first turn Skizo found himself in 3rd place. Being on the outside of the turn he got forced wide with a whole lot of riders swooping through on the inside and that’s where his race day ended.

With mixed emotion Skizo commented,”I felt really good all day and was in the position to be in the main.Over all I am happy with the progress I have see over the past couple of weeks. The main thing was to get some points for 2012 and I did just that making it to the semi. I am putting a lot of hard work in and will be ready fro the BIG ONE in South Africa in July this year.”

Although the young South African MTN BMX rider did not manage to make the main, there were only four other countries that had transferred from the quarter finals to the semi and main so his results are BIG points for the Olympics. As it stands after the first round of qualifying South Africa would have two spots for the 2012 Olympics. Dean Holdstock was also out there on the weekend and just missed qualifying to race, he is getting closer every race and we sure he will be up there soon helping Skizo out

Random Photos

Team Intense BMX / Monster Energy Pro Team Rider Arielle Martin at the USA Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA 5/12/2010

Wynn Masters - DH Testing

Planai Bike Park DH Pass - Munich, Germany

Rennen/Intense has been hard at it over the past month and we thought we'd send out a report with some of those great highlights from the Eastern United States. Again in 2010 we appear to be the ONLY National/Factory level team that will complete the scores needed for BOTH the ABA and NBL team title series.

Apr 17/18 Howell, NJ: Team took a rare Regional national team victory. London Wilmot (36+ x), Max Egdorf (19-25x), Justin Knapper (13x), and Rochelle Wooding (14 girls) all picked up perfect national scores. Max also placed on the podium in the ultra intense Pro Am class to pocket a couple hundred dollars for his efforts. With semis in many expert older classes, 6 racks of Pro Am and a moto count nearing the century mark, this race proved there is plenty of life in the NBL's regional series. Well, at least in the Northeast there is...

Apr 17/18 Atlanta, GA: Team took a pair of seconds in a fierce factory team competition battle at the ABA Dixieland Nationals. Austin Loebe (17-18x) and Pat Parker (28-35x) each picked up a weekend double.

May 8/9 Woodbridge: Team took a first on day 1 and a second on day 2, and increased our NBL National Team point total by 18 and remain in control of the overall team title chase. Max Egdorf (19-25x), Cameron Moore(12x), Pat Parker (26-34x), and Justin Knapper (13x) all had perfect weekends...never losing a lap.

Next up for the team is a National Team competition at the NBL's jewel in Pottstown, PA, Trilogy Park. We will also be conducting a Friday afternoon Pre-national clinic at Pottstown.

Once again I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you ALL for your continued support!

Rennen Design Group makers of the finest gears, chain rings, cogs, and the ultimate training tool “G-Cog”! Intense BMX (www.intensebmx.com) makers of the ultimate racing frames and tires.

Co-sponsored by: Alienation, Black Crown designs , Finish Line, FLY , Johnson BMX Plates , KMC , Morphine Industries, ODI , PowerBar, Profile, SINZ (www.sinz-racing.com), THE (www.the-industries.com), and Thomson. Rennen/Intense is a division of Bizzarro BMX, Inc

Race Report form Chain Reaction Cycles - Well the first race of the year on a proper track with the whole team and the new bikes couldn't have gone much better!

After a week over at ChainReactionCycles.com in Ireland, getting the bikes dialed in, doing team photos, filming with Stu from MTBcut.com and basically having a fantastic time getting the royal treatment by everyone at CRC. Frank also took it upon himself to scare the pants of us all by taking us for a 'leisurely spin' in his DB9!! We finally headed over and up to Fort William for the 2nd round of the Halo BDS National Race for a proper test of our new bikes in preparation for the first World Cup in Maribor - then back to Fort William for the second World Cup in 4 weeks time.

The course builders had done some massive work on the track putting in some new sections and making the track even longer and more demanding - this really was a great test before the World Cups start. With practice on Saturday - great weather - and then seeding and final runs on Sunday the weekend went close to perfection!

With our new bikes and a top of the range pit set up thanks to CRC all the riders were stoked to be there and racing - this reflected in our results with Chris taking the win in Elite men by over 3 seconds and Matti Lehikoinen and Matt Simmonds also making the podium. Julien and Ruaridh also did great times without perfect runs finishing 6th and 10th respectively. Claire had a great solid run finishing 2nd to Rachel Atherton but posting another very good time. I even managed to put in a rare race run in and managed to take first place in the highly competitive Masters category!!

We are off to Maribor tomorrow for the first round of the UCI World Cup this coming weekend so we are hoping to carry forward the whole teams good form.

Wish us luck and thanks very much to all our sponsors for your support. Please keep up to date on the team at www.crcintense.com

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8 2 Gee ATHERTONCommencal gbr19850226 418697 5:09.974
9 14 Danny HEART Giant World Team gbr19910920 424959 5:10.355
10 17 Ruaridh CUNNINGHAM Chainreactioncyales.Com/Int gbr19890215 5:11.004

Race 9 Elite Women Nema Clothing
1 90 Rachel ATHERTON Commencal GBR19871206 418696 5:44.471
2 75 Claire BUCHAR Chainreactioncycles.Com/Int CAN19780426 6:00.883
3 76 Jess STONE Trek/Gravity Girls Team GBR19900914 462 6:28.404
4 77 Helen GASKELL Intense/Fox Racing GBR19830116 403409 6:29.392
5 93 Emily HORRIDGE GBR19800602 428091 6:31.219
6 80 Aimee DIX Mojo Suspension GBR19880620 447776 6:36.942
7 79 Sarah NEWMAN Fixonline GBR19850121 458089 6:36.990
8 78 Katy CURD 2Stage Factory GBR19890427 707400 6:38.626
9 82 Harriet LATCHEM Propain And Sixpack GBR19830511 461639 6:43.893
10 81 Emma WAREHAM Leisurelakesbikes GBR19830307 710166 7:09.504

Elite BMX Brian Kirkham reports in from Australia-

I just finished up racing the national titles on the weekend here in Aussie. Things started off good for me, as I won the double points race on thursday and took the overall win in our national series for the 2nd year in a row.

On saturday was the 1 day national titles race, and unfortunately, I got shut down out the gate, I was able to work myself back up to 3rd overall. Not too bad, seeing i have only been on the bike 2 weeks after my broken shoulder and hand.

Also, the HRV Fitness/Intense team did some damage.In the history of BMX there has never been a team like this; 4 X #1 Australian titles in 4 different classes.

Olivier Hoarau started the week off on Thursday with the final round of the National Champbikx/Probikx series. Olivier was looking strong as he led the field in the semi final, but put the bike down through the technical pro section and ended up breaking his wrist, putting him out for the weekend.

The next rider to step up to the plate was 10 year old Jaden Rice. Rice looked good in qualifying and when it came to the final, the little guy put the peddle to the metal and stormed home to take the win. But he wasn’t done there; he then came back on Sunday to take the win in the 8-10 boys cruiser. Two classes, two wins.. Not a bad day at the office for Jaden.

Brandon Te Hiko was in devastating form all weekend and showed no signs of slowing down in the final. Brandon smashed the field from start to finish and came away with his first Australian Title.

HRV took up the challenge in the 30+ Masters class, with plenty of competition from former world champions, this was going to be an action packed final. The gate dropped and HRV was spat out the back but managed to find some space down the first straight and slotted into third out of the first turn. Then with some crazy cornering he set up a run into the third straight and managed to take the lead as he headed into the final stretch. HRV took out his first Australian Title in 10 years.

HRVfitness would like to thank all their supporters and sponsors.
Intense BMX, Skin Industries, Strictly BMX, BMXPress magazine, DNAnutrition.com.au, Altegra and Phire Bird

Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro Team Race Report
Weekend of May 7-9

UCI BMX Supercross World Cup – Copenhagen, Denmark May 7-8

Round 2 of the 2010 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Series was held May 7-8 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
For the third time the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup presented by Swatch was hosted in Copenhagen. The Supercross race series keeps getting larger in rider turnout and this was another record weekend with over 180 of the worlds Elite Athletes meeting up in Copenhagen. The riders were not only looking to try to make their way to the main event, but this was the first event that starts the 2 year long collection of valuable Olympic points for both riders and Country qualifying.

Arielle Martin was selected as part of Team USA for this SX event and was riding her limited Team USA edition Podium bike. Arielle has had huge success in the past on the UCI Supercross tour and she was looking for another impressive result. Things didn’t start off smooth for her, crashing in the first round of qualifying and needing to play catch up in the remaining 2 races. She made that look easy, as she went onto transfer from the qualifiers and semi final, making her way to the main event. Arielle was looking for a top 3 finish, as she always can be found contending for a win, but unfortunately a crash in the first straightaway would leave her down, but not hurt, finishing up 8th for the day.

NBL Freedom Nationals – May 7-9

Danny Caluag headed over to Woodbridge, Virginia for the 5th stop on the 2010 NBL Pro Series. Danny has had a good season so far in the NBL and was looking to add to the year’s early success. Danny would be in the main event each day, placing 2nd on Saturday and 4th on Sunday. Danny now leads the Pro Title chase in the NBL and will look to add that title to his previous 3 ABA #1 Pro titles.

The Team will now get ready for the next event, May 28-30th in Albuquerque, New Mexico for the ABA Spring Nationals.

Monster Energy, THE Products, Fly Racing, SINZ Racing, Shimano, Intense Tyre Systems, Skull Candy, and Group D Designs all proudly sponsor the Intense BMX/Monster Energy Pro Team.

To keep up to the minute with info, follow Intense BMX on twitter @IntenseBMX or on Facebook.com/IntenseBMXBikes. Follow Team Riders on Twitter -Danny Caluag @DannyCaluag87, David Herman @ZHermanator, and Arielle Martin @AMV15

Intense Phantom-Ontrac rolled into windy Bakersfield last weekend for the ABA US Nationals. After all the rain early in the year it was nice to have an outdoor race that everyone could enjoy in the sun. The US nationals always draw some of the fastest riders from all over the country, intensifying the pressure for the title contenders. However, for the IPOT team it was business as usual, picking up two big team scores. On Saturday the team rode to a second place finish with a 212 score. Sunday the team also finished on the podium with a 192.

The little “monster” Maddy Martinez didn’t lose a lap all weekend as she won the 9-10 mixed open, 9 girls, and 10 & Under Girls Cruiser classes both days. Maddy didn’t have it easy though. Her teammate, friend, and competitor Sumi Yuki was challenging her all weekend. Sumi took home two 2nd place finishes in the 9 girls class along with a 2nd in the mixed open. These little girls are having an incredible season so far. Kristen Long had a rough weekend in the 13 girls class but proved to the boys that she’s no joke, taking home a 1st and 4th in the 13-14 mixed open class.

Whenever the team goes somewhere they make sure the “Sheriff” Wyatt Bell is always there. And it was a good thing as he destroyed the 7 expert class. Wyatt finished the weekend with a double in class and a 3rd and 4th in 7-8 open. Ethan “E-Dog” Wolthers was also in attendance this weekend and rode well in the 8 expert class. He took home a 3rd on Saturday and a 4th on Sunday. These little guys once again showed why they are always atop the NAG standings.

There were also a few veterans in the house this weekend. Mr. Consistent, Sean Gain, doubled in the 13-14 open and took home a 1st and 4th in the 14-expert class. Look for Sean to continue with these results the rest of the season. The “Razzleberry” was in attendance and as always didn’t disappoint. He says he has been adding some gym work into his training and it was apparent with his first straight pull. Rusty Nesvig took home two firsts in the 16-expert class and a 1st and 2nd in the stacked Jr. Development class. If this kid can get some good rider counts look for him to win the Amateur title. Another Amateur contender, Josh Study, came to Bakersfield hoping for a decent rider count. He got that, but, didn’t get his normal first place finishes. On Saturday he finished 1st in the open and 3rd in 19-27-expert. Sunday was a rough day with a 4th in open and a crash in class. Look for Josh to be atop the podium in Albuquerque.

Intense Phantom-Ontrac’s next stop will be the Spring Nationals in Albuquerque. Look for the team to regain dominance and pick up two 1st place finishes there.

The team's exceptional efforts couldn't be done without the constant and considerable support supplied by our great sponsors who include Intense BMX (intensebmx.com) On-Trac Garage Doors (ontracdoors.com), SINZ Racing (sinz-racing.com), THE Products (www.the- industries.com), Intense Tire Systems (intensetires.com), Fly Racing (flyracing.com), Phantom BMX Products, FSA products (fullspeedahead.com), and BMX Jerseys (groupdmfg.com).

Speed Bicycle engineers took up the daunting challenge of designing and producing a BMX race frame to take on the best in the world and they have surpassed their expectation's. There are unmistakable characteristics that define a Speed Bike: a distinctively designed frame tube set, transfer of pedal power, and overall riding performance. It is the combination of these characteristics that makes Speed so unique.

The Speed M Series frames are constructed from custom drawn, 6061 Alloy, triple butted, Hydroformed embossed and debossed top tubes, tapered and debossed chain stays, tapered and debossed seat stays, and an integrated head tube. Lightweight and strong, Speed frames offer the perfect design for BMX racing more info www.speed-bicycles.com

Transition Factory Racing: Bryn takes PRO GRT win and Jill 3rd in women's, both with THE Helmets!

Following Jill's huge win in the Dual Slalom at the Sea Otter Classic, the Transition Racing program followed up with two huge podium's at the season openening round of the Pro GRT in Port Angeles, Wa. The GRT series is shaping up to be the premiere domestic race series, with the largest turnout of Factory teams and riders seen in ages. The competition was fierce, and the conditions were perfect. Attending teams included Transition Factory Racing, Commencal, Yeti/Fox, Giant, Santa Cruz Syndicate, Evil Bikes, Dirt/Norco, and a plethora of regional teams.

Bryn and Jill quickly marked their territory with First and Third place qualifying positions on Saturday evening. With many World Cup athletes and champions in both the men's and women's fields such as , the team knew they were fgoing to have to step it up for the finals come Sunday. The Transition TR-450's equipped with FOX Racing Shox suspension, Shimano Saint brakes and drivetrain, KORE bars stems and saddles, Crankbrothers wheels and pedals, Maxxis tires and tubes, ODI grips, e.thirteen chain device, Cane Creek headset, and Cadenceworks titanium hardwarewere functioning flawlessly.

Come Sunday morning, the skies were partly cloudy, the dirt was perfect, and the team was ready. In the end Jill followed up with her third place qualifier with another solid third place in the finals behind Tracey Mosely and Rachel Atherton, and Bryn stormed through the finish to take the Pro men's win ahead of Justin Leov and Luke Strobel.

Bryn says "I'm stoked I could put together 2 solid runs and come out on top! This is a great warm up for the first World Cup round in Maribor in a few weeks. I really had to push it in both the Qualifiers and Finals to make sure I could take it. There were so many fast guys here No one really knew how it would end up. Looking forward to continuing this into Maribor aye!"

Jill says "Anyway, I can’t tell you how rad it was in the Pro Women’s class to have Top World Cup riders; Rachel Atherton, Tracy Mosley, Mellissa Buhl, ect., in attendance. 16 Women in all, which is a really good turnout. I couldn't see any of the other girls’ run,,, but my run was pretty good, couple stalls, but decent. Can’t expect perfection in Downhill. I had so much fun riding the track it didn’t matter. Anyway, Tracy is riding strong on a rough track like this and took the big W with a 2:50, Rachel had a 2:53 with a bruised up hand, and I was pretty close with a 2:56. Not bad…I was really excited to get to race these girls, I respect them a lot. Good to know I’m somewhat in the mix for DH:)."

Emmeline Ragot, Word MTB Champion chooses THE Helmets

EYE Bike Rider on the cover of BMX Plus!

Just before getting his new EYE - Q Frame and hook up, Danny Sandoval 360 Flips for the cover of BMX Plus!

Introducing EYE Q FREESTYLE BMX FRAMES from VSI

Part Number - MODEL --TT -WEIGHT
EFRM0-2125C--Q-- 21.25 4lb 9oz
EFRM0-21C- -n Q ------21 4lb 7oz
EFRM0-205C--- Q - - 20.5 4lb 5oz

EYE Q frame, made in Los Angeles from heat-treated 4130

Animal Pivotal Post included. You must run a wedge style post with this frame. Animal, Stolen, etc...

All brake studs, tabs, and gyro tabs are removable - for that clean brakeless look .035 - .049 tubing throughout, with a butted areas throughout to add lightness 14mm CNC'd, 3d laser cut drop outs, Internal, Campy style headtube & Mid BB. Clear Coated to let those beautiful welds shine, while preventing rust.

Danny Caluag races in Korea

New THE Products ad in MBA

Intense BMX and VSI continue to support USA Cycling

VSI Products is once again proud to be a major sponsor of USA Cycling and the USAC Junior Development Program training camps. VSI provides support for each of the Jr Development Camps, sending the Intense BMX Team trailer, products from THE, SINZ, ITS, Intense BMX, and staff to be on site. VSI has always supported BMX racing and is helping to develop the future stars of BMX racing. The Junior Development Camps are open for riders ages 14-17 to come to the USA Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA to receive personalized training on and off the bike, and ride on the only permanent Supercross style BMX track in the United States. The riders earn a spot for the Camp by competing in the ABA Jr Devo Race series or by earning coaches’ pick, sending the top 20 junior riders in the country to the camps. There are 4 camps per year; the first camp of 2010 year was held April 5-11th and the next camp will be held in early June. Riders are handpicked from the Jr Devo Camps and, once of age, come back for the Junior Elite Camps and can participate in future UCI Supercross events. VSI Products is proud to support this program and USA Cycling.

Intense BMX is releasing a limited edition Factory Series Race Bike to support USA Cycling www.USAcycling.org. A portion of the sale from each bike will be donated to USAC to help fund the USA Cycling BMX Program.

USAC BMX Program Director, Mike King, comments "The Intense USAC BMX bike provides that 'cool' factor when riders want bikes designed like those of USAC National Team members David Herman, Nic Long and Arielle Martin. We feel this type of support identifies Intense BMX as the premier brand in the BMX racing world". Mike continues, "The USAC National Team jersey compliments the USAC bike so riders can have that factory look at the BMX World Championships or at the local BMX track".

The bikes are available in six sizes ranging from the Mini XL to Pro Cruiser. Parts spec and pricing are the same as the Intense Factory bikes. We expect these limited edition bikes to be in our warehouse by May 10th so reserve yours today
and support USAC BMX

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