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Double A Marketing Rider News
Want to know what's up with the riders? Want to keep up to date on all the new things going on in BMX? Maybe get some bonus info on other interesting things related to BMX? Well you can check back here daily and we will keep you informed on what's up: Old News from 2003 The ABA Grands was one of the best races in the ABA Grands History. With a great track and some super fast pros, it was also one of the hardest races to do. Highlights of the weekend were Randy Stumpfhauser winning the ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title, Dale Holmes looking super fast and tricked out in his new all white uniform, and the addition of Cristian Becerine to the Double A Marketing team of rider, debuting in his new Crupi team colors. Don't forget to check out his Bio that is posted. We will be getting a full report up from the Grands soon. Today was practice and the ABA Grands track is awesome. With a lot of jumps and a cool Pro section, this is one of the best ABA Grands tracks in years. The ABA did an excellent job. Stumpy and Dale Holmes.com looked fast and will have a great battle for the Pro Cruiser title. We will get some photos tomorrow and update you on the Race of Champions and Pro spectacular. Here is a shot of the half built ABA Grands track. Looks like the ABA has done a great job so far and it should be a great weekend of racing. We will be there tomorrow and be giving you all the info with daily coverage and all the news and scoop.
The ABA Grands are this weekend and all the Double A Marketing riders are getting ready for one of the best races of the year. We will be there, and will be updating on a daily basis, with Photo's, rider quotes, and all the info we can get for you. We will also be announcing the addition of a new rider to the Double A Marketing crew, along with a new factory ride for him for 2003. With just a few weeks before the ABA Grands, things are crazy in the BMX community. Riders are getting sponsorships finalized with other are preparing for the 2004 season. I know that a few of the Double A Marketing riders will have new factory rides for 2004 and it will be the best year ever. We are also working on a few new layout designs for the website and hope to have an entire new look as well for 2004. Here is some quick info to help get you up to date on each of the guys: Dale Holmes took off the Fall Nationals as a summer of BMX and MTB racing took a lot out of him and he needed his rest. IT sounds weird to miss such a big race, but Dale only wants to race to win and knew he needed some time off to come to the ABA Grands and ride his best. Randy Stumpfhauser has had the best season of his BMX Pro career in 2003. With a Win at the UCI Worlds, winning the NBL #1 Pro title, and now on his way to a 3rd ABA PRo cruiser #1 title, his season has been quite impressive. Randy was also in the main at the X-Games, and the UCI Downhill race at Woodward. The UCI Downhill race may have been the only thing to keep him from getting #1 in the ABA, as a hard crash in the main had him skip the next 2 ABA nationals, and making it just impossible to catch Warwick Stevenson in the points. Its ok though, at 26, Randy has a lot of racing left in him. Christophe Leveque is once again sidelined with an injury. This time he broke his foot at a no clips race in France. Christophe had gone back to France to ride and train for the end of the year and to get a good jump on the 2004 season. This minor setback kept him away from the Fall Nationals, but he is getting his cast off this week, and should be good to go at the ABA Grands. You may get to see Christophe in your area in the next few months, as He has a young BMX rider coming to stay with him from France and he will be showing him all over what BMX in the USA is all about. Jamie Staff had a great little stint of BMX racing in the past month, but a crash at Del Mar ended his main making streak. Jamie had won the ABA Gold Cup West Day one Pro National and then placed 2nd, behind Thomas Allier on Day 2. Jamie was at the Falls, but a small crash took him out of racing action. Now Jamie is back home in England for a few weeks, before heading off to Australia to start his Olympic training for the next few months. It will great to see Jamie get a shot at a Olympic medal next summer, and lets all give him a cheer when you seem him on TV! Wade Bootes is relaxing home in Australia after having surgery to have the plates removed from his collar bone, allowing him to make such a fast comeback in the beginning of the season. Those plates sure did a lot, as Wade raced a lot of MTB races, the X-Games, and the UCI BMX and MTB worlds. Wade looks to get some summer time racing in while at home, and we plan a visit to the WadeBootes.com Australian World Headquarters in January. Check out the newest rider spotlight- Dale Holmes. Randy Stumpfhauser won Pro Cruiser both days at the ABA Falls, extending his lead of the ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title points chase. Randy looks to make it 3 in a row, adding another title to his list for 2003 - NBL #1 AA Pro and UCI Elite Cruiser World Champion. Jamie Staff took a bad crash early on on Saturday and was unable to finish the weekend out, injuring his ankle. Nothing too serious, just enough to keep him off the track at 100%. The ABA Fall Nationals are just around the conner, this weekend, and it looks to be a great race. Weather here in California has been great over the past few weeks, with high's in the 80's, so anyone coming from the cold will get a great week of weather. The Double A Marketing riders will be out in full force, as its the last chance to gain some points towards the ABA overall title. Jamie Staff has just won the ABA Gold Cup West Coast Championship AA race on Day 1. Jamie, who has been doing a lot of Velodrome racing this year, and not much BMX at all, wins the AA Pro Class in Mesquite, Nevada on day 1 and places 2nd in AA Pro on day 2. This is Jamie's first BMX win since joining the Hyundai/GT BMX team, and he was super stoked. John Parker is getting ready for a crazy 30 day tour with Tony Hawk on the Boom Boom Huck jam. It was a great show last year, and this year it will be even better and out do itself. Check out the tour dates here at www.boomboomhuckjam.com and see if they will be near your town. You better get tickets early, as they sold out a lot of places last year. Well, Stumpy made the main event and got tangled up in the first turn, crashing and finishing up 8th for the day. Keep your eyes opened for the show on Fox Sports in the next month or so, and we will give you the show dates once we receive them. Its Thursday, and we are here at Woodward. Click here for Woodward updates. This upcoming weekend will be the UCI Downhill race at Woodward, PA. With talks of Hurricane Isabelle on the way, we sure hope that we are not once again sitting in the rain at a BMX race. BMXpros will be there, and we will be giving you daily updates of the race, as Wade Bootes, Randy Stumpfhauser, and Christophe Leveque will all be there to race. The First of the 3 ABA Gold cups were this past weekend, with the first one on the East Coast. Randy Stumpfhauser is closing in on winning the ABA #1 title, as he currently sits in 4th overall, but he added a win on Saturday at the Gold cup, to help him move up in the ranks. Bad new from Europe, The UCI World cup finials were canceled, due to extremely bad weather. That means Wade Bootes and Dale Holmes spent a week in the tiny town of Kaprun for absolutely nothing. The 2003 UCI MTB Worlds were last weekend, and Wade Bootes and Dale Holmes were 2 of the fastest riders there. Both guys made the small final, where Wade won, and Dale placed 3rd. Read the full report here. Randy Stumpfhauser wins the NBL #1 Pro title. Stumpy wins the AA Main and takes home his first NBL #1 AA title. Read the report here. The NBL Grands are this weekend and we are here. Randy Stumpfhauser leads the #1 Pro title chase, and Jamie Staff is making his return to BMX racing this weekend. Click here for the daily updates. What a few busy weeks. First, Dale Holmes is off in England just killing it on the racing scene He won the last 2 rounds of the No Clips series, then was off for the English National Championships for 4X, and took home his first English National Title. Then he was off for some more BMX racing, where he was un beatable again, and now is getting ready for the UCI World Championships next weekend in Lugano, Switzerland. Wade Bootes has been in the USA, racing the X-Games, then off to the Norba Finals. He then got ready for the Jeep King of the Mountain Series final, and he took home the win, as long at the team championship win, where he grabbed $10,000. Wade is now off to Europe for the MTB World Championships as well. Randy Stumpfhauser also took a weekend of ABA racing to help get him ready for the NBL Grands, where he took home a 1st and 2nd in AA Pro in El Paso, TX. Stumpy currently leads the NBL Points chase and looks to grab his first AA Pro title. Jamie Staff is getting ready to make his BMX comeback, as he will be at the NBL Grands, then hit most of the remaining BMX nationals for 2003. JAmie just posted his best time in the Kilo at the 2003 UCI Track Worlds. Christophe Leveque has been training and getting ready to take home some big wins for the remainder of 2003. The X-Games BMX Downhill event was run this past weekend, and Wade Bootes, Randy Stumpfhauser and Christophe Leveque all qualified to race the main event on Sunday. On the biggest and baddest BMX track ever built, since Hell Track, Brandon Meadows won the event from start to finish. Randy Stumpfhauser placed 6th for the day, while Wade and Christophe had injuries hold them back to 31st, and 32nd. Read the ESPN Report here, and we will post our own report in the next day or 2. The ABA held its World Championships BMX race this past weekend, and Christophe Leveque was the fastest man in the individual Time Trial. Dale Holmes was on fire, by being in all 3 main events on Sunday at the Worlds, with a 3rd in Pro Open, 5th in AA Pro and 8th in Pro Cruiser. Randy Stumpfhauser wins the ALL Star national in Pro Cruiser. We will have a full report posted later on in the week. This weekend is the X-Games and Wade Bootes, Christophe Leveque, Randy Stumpfhauser, and John Parker will all be there. We will as well, and will keep you updated. The Men's Elite main event at the UCI Worlds just ran, and Randy Stumpfhauser, Christophe Leveque, and Wade Bootes all made the finial. Read the worlds report here. Randy Stumpfhauser wins the 2003 UCI World Championship Cruiser race tonight here in Perth. Check out the Worlds race report section for pictures and more info. Read the worlds report here. The Worlds pre race and Dirt Jumping contest was tonight and we have updated the worlds race report. Wade Bootes and Randy Stumpfhauser both made the finials, Read the worlds report here. After a 19 hour plane trip, We have arrived he in Perth, Australia. It is by far one of the nicest places I have ever been to for a BMX race. The Worlds Pre race kicks off tomorrow, and there are loads of riders here just waiting to see the track the UCI World Championships will be held at. We will get some pictures and have a special Worlds section to keep you up to date on all the activities over here. Read the worlds report here. Summer is really kicking into full steam, as race after race keeps on coming. We are currently getting ready to head of to Australia for the UCI BMX Worlds next weekend, and getting excited about the 20 hour flight. WE will give you updates and reports during the week we are there, and maybe an inside peek at Wade Bootes house, as we may make the trip over there and see his Aussie palace. Randy Stumpfhauser wins day 1 at South Park. Stumpy was by far the fastest guy at the track today, and took home a huge win in AA Pro. This win not only gives Randy some great points towards the NBL title, but it also keeps Randy's win streak going. Read the Full race report. This past weekend was the ABA Rockford BMX National. By far, this was the best BMX race that I have been to in the past few years. Great BMX racing, a great track, great atmosphere, and by far the most fun for a lot of people in a long time. This is a great way for me to start off the Double A Marketing Summer Tour, where I even raced in Rockford. Read the tour story here.
The real action was in the Pro Class, as John Purse of the Hyundai/Mongoose race team just didn't loose a main event all weekend, as he took wins in AA and Pro Open both days. Very Impressive. Christophe Leveque was also out front a lot, with a 4th and 5th in AA, letting every pro know he is back and ready for more. Dale Holmes was at the Rock as well, but a 2nd and 8th in Pro Cruiser don't really let you know how fast he was going. Dale was on his way to a win in Pro Cruiser on Saturday, till a little bump and run put him over turn #2. It was some clean fast racing action, but none the less Dale wasn't impressed with 8th. Right now we are in Tinley Park, Il, near the home of Craig Reynolds. He unfortunately had a bad crash on his track bike last week, breaking his collar bone, keeping him away from race and riding action this week, but we will still be hitting up the local Chi Town Trails today. Here is a shot of 2 of the 3 guys Im hanging out with this week, Ja$on Carnes, ABA's #1 Vet Pro, TL Todd Lyons, everyone's favorite BMX racer/Dirt Jumper, and not shown in Aussie import Kamakazi, Pryme racing's luckiest guy in Vegas. Ill keep you updated, if you really cafe, of what we get up to this weekend.
We are heading out on Summer tour! We will be traveling out to Rockford this weekend for the ABA Mid West Nationals and then make our way over to the NBL Stars and Stripes National in South Park, PA. Should be fun, as we will be hanging out with the Redline crew of Jason Carnes and Kamakazi, as well as Todd Lyons. Ill get a day by day report of what its like to hang with the pros. Dale Holmes wins AA Pro at the ABA Atlanta race on Saturday. Dale was 1st, John Purse 2nd and Warwick Stevenson was 3rd. On Sunday, Dale finished 1st again, this time in Pro Open and 2nd in AA Pro. Read the Full race report here. Wade Bootes Qualifiers first at the Norba National event in West Virginia, but crashes out in the 1/4 round. Wade was knocked out, but he's ok. Read the race report here. We don't try to get the site filled with things for sale, but we have a killer deal for anyone looking to buy a set of 18" Car / SUV rims and tires. Check it out here. If you want to check out some of the racing action from the past few weeks of UCI World Cup action, go to high.tv. There isn't much footage of Wade Bootes or Dale Holmes, but you can see what the races in Europe are like. This weekend in Venice, CA will be the first round of the Core Tour King of Dirt. Check it out at coretour.com Randy Stumpfhauser riders another great weekend, as he places 1st and 2nd in AA Pro and 2nd and 1st in Pro Open at the ABA Mile High Nationals in Colorado. Randy is on top of the AA Pro title chase in the NBL right now, and is moving towards the top in ABA. Christophe Leveque took to the race track again this weekend and rode strong as well. Read the full race report here. Wade Bootes and Dale Holmes both raced the UCI World Cup this past weekend in Scotland, both making the 1/4 finials. What was really amazing, is the fact that Wade just had collar bone surgery 3 weeks ago, and was able to race. He didn't feel anywhere near 100%, but was able to get some much needed points for the overall World Cup title. With another race this weekend, in France, both guys are looking to make it to the finial 4 riders and bring home a medal. Read the full report here. With a weekend off, we got some time to change a few things on the site, as well as update the race results for the guys. We are looking to change a few other things in the next few days, so let us know what you'd like to see different on the site. Stumpy does it again! This time its a double in Lancaster at the ABA Spring Nationals. Randy, along with Jamie Staff, Christophe Leveque, and Dale Holmes were all in the house to race. Read the full report here. The ABA is in Lancaster, CA this weekend, about 1 hour north of LA, and it looks like it is going to be a great racing weekend. The Weather will be nice and warm, the track looks to be gre3at with a Pro section, and a lot of riders will be here for the race. GT's Jamie Staff and Christophe Leveque, among the others will be out with Stumpy, and Daleholmes.com We of course will be there and we will try to keep you updated each night with what went on and maybe a few pictures as well. The ABA Lone Star Nationals are all over and Stumpy, Holmes, and Leveque were all there, in the AA Pro mains. It was a great weekend for the guys, as Stumpy placed 2nd in AA, Holmes won Pro Open, and Leveque made his return to the ABA Pro Race series, and in both mains on Sunday. Read the full report here. Christophe Leveque and Randy Stumpfhauser have been busy the past 2 days, doing photo shoots with Fox for a new catalog. It was pretty cool from what we hear, as they got to do it at a motocross track here is So Cal, got to ride moto, and had Bubba Stewart and Ricky Carmichael there with them. Some sad news reported from Australia, as Wade Bootes had a bad crash on the Velodrome and has broke his collar bone. HE will miss some of the first few MTB races, but will be back in time for all the BMX races on his schedule and the World Championships. Randy Stumpfhauser once again tears it up, this time in Prunedale with 2 2nds in AA Pro. Randy Extends his lead in the NBL Pro #1 Title chase. Read the full report here. Jamie
Staff wins in the UK National Harwouth on Sunday, May 4, 2003. Jamie
is getting ready for the ABA Lancaster race, in a few weeks, but
he is first flying off to Sydney for some more track racing. Dale
Holmes was also at the race, and let us know that JAmie was flying,
but Dale was right up there with him. The NBL will hold its West Coast National this weekend in Prunedale, CA. Randy Stumpfhauser has a strong lead in the NBL Pro Points, and if he can continue his winning ways from last week, he will add the much needed points toward the NBL #1 Pro Plate. Jamie Staff and Dale Holmes just wrapped up a full day of Photo shoots and interviews, as they will be featured in a English magazine about their success outside of BMX. Jamie Staff was named the in the top 2 of the British Cycling riders for the 2002 year, just behind World Cup Downhill Champ Steve Peat. What a great weekend of racing. A good track, great weather and Randy Stumpfhauser winning 3 out of 4 Pro main events for the weekend, gave Double A Marketing something to cheer about. Also over in England Jamie Staff and Dale Holmes took some wins on their BMX and MTB bikes, as the UK BIke show held some great indoor race action. Read the race report from Hanford here. This weekend in the ABA US Nationals in Hanford, California. Word from Randy Stumpfhauser, is the track is good and the weather should be typical for central California. Windy, Chance of rain, and overcast. Oh well. We will have updates from this weekends race daily. Dale Holmes and Wade Bootes both did international BMX races this past weekend, along with Randy Stumpfhauser who raced right here in the good old USA in Orlando, Florida. Dale did the first British BMX national and a special no clips race and Wade raced the 3rd round on the UCI BMX race series in Australia. Read the race report on Dales race here, and look for Wade race report later on today. The NBL Pro Spectacular race was awesome. With the a special Race set up, it was great to see the Pros showcased. Read the full report here!
Fridays practice looked good as the Pros got a chance to ride the Orlando track. A long, sandy clay track awaits tonight Pro Spectacular that destines to be even better than last weekends. Practice standouts include Randy Stumpfhauser, Kyle Bennit, and Thomas Allier. We will have to wait and see who the big winner will be tonight. In case you didn't hear, the Pros race a special format, where its just the pros and 16 and over open racing under the lights and special opening ceremony for the race. After last nights practice, a bunch of Pro riders went out for the Spring Break Put Put Championships. Todd Lyons, Randy Stumpfhauser, John Purse, Jason Carnes, Carl Lein, and Pete Dylewski were in the first round, with Jason and Pete being the big winner of the overall and the cash. A 2nd Round was played, and a few new faces jumped in, Thomas Allier, Robert De Wilde, and Christian Becerine joined to see Stumpy take the win over Thomas. Look for a full report of the Pro race later on tonight, as the race doesn't start till 8pm est, but we will have the report up. We just got into Orlando and it seems like this is going to be another great weekend of NBL racing. Last weeks race has all the Pros still talking how cool it was, and it seems like this weekends race will even be better. We will be at the race and give you all the scoops that we can get for you. Lots of Racing action this past weekend. First off, on the NBL circuit, Randy Stumpfhauser took to Tampa, Florida to place 2nd at the Pro Series event on Saturday night, under the lights and a great race atmosphere. Hats off to the NBL and Brian Fell for a great show. Read the race report here. Dale Holmes was in DeSoto, Texas for the ABA Super Nationals and he was on fire with a 2nd and 3rd in AA over the weekend. Read the race report here. Wade Bootes kicked off his 2003 MTB race season up in Monterey, California at the Sea Otter Classic, where he finished 4th in the Mountain Cross race, and finally, Jamie Staff took to the Velodrome is South Africa to once again stand atop the Podium with a team Sprint win and a 2nd placed World Cup finish in the Match Sprint. We are working on all the reports and will have them up soon. This upcoming weekend, we will be in Orlando, Florida to witness the NBL Easter Classic Pro Series race, and we will have live updates through out the weekend for you. Randy Stumpfhauser currently leads the NBL Pro Title Points Chase and looks to add some more points to it. The ABA Held its latest round of the 2003 Race series in Washington State and Randy Stumpfhauser and Dale Holmes were both there for the race action. Read the full report here. Sorry for the delays in updates, as our computers caught a bug while we were moving the offices, but it looks to all be worked out and we will be back in business. Yesterday was a busy day at the Double A Marketing headquarters. First off Wade Bootes toped by, as he is in the USA now for a few weeks and picked up his new BMX race bike. Then Jamie Staff headed over to go on a road ride, and he needed to borrow a road bike. So it was kinda funny when Wade, who has been doing a lot of riding other than BMX left with his new BMX bike to go to Sheep hills, and Jamie left on his road bike. We are officially moving into our new office on Saturday. Wow, what a great weekend. 300 moto's of ABA BMX in the hot Arizona sun. Flat pedals in Vegas. UCI Points in Australia. The Double A Marketing guys were split, as Stumpy was in Vegas, Staff, Leveque, and Holmes were in Arizona, and Bootes was in Australia. We will get race reports on each guy real soon, but Double A Marketing is moving this week into a larger office, and we will be a bit busy, but you can read the full ABA Phoenix report here. and the NBL Las Vegas race Report here. Here
is a picture of the new Hyundai GT edition that was in the infield
at the ABA Winter Nationals. GT Bicycles is back in a big way. The ABA will be giving the 2003 #1 AA Pro a Brand new Hyundai Santa Fe or Tiburon for the year end award. Looks like Pro racing just keeps getting better and better. The ABA National in Phoenix is heating up to be a great race. I just heard the track is better than ever. We will be there with coverage from the weekend.
Sponsorship news- Dale Holmes signs with a few new companies this week. Fox Racing Forks for his Mountain Bike, Profile, Sun Ringle, and Bombshell Forks for BMX. Jamie Staff signs with GT Bicycles, Oakley eyewear, Tioga tires, along with Alpine Stars for Pants and Gloves. Christophe Leveque signs with Tioga tires, along with Tangent Number plates. Looks like BMX will be in full swing next weekend with 2 west coast BMX nationals, The ABA heads to one of the best tracks they have to offer, Phoenix, AZ. The NBL will go back to one of their favorites as well, Nellis, NV. With 2 races the Pro class will be split, but it will make for great race action in both places. Jamie Staff signs on with the GT / Hyundai team. Jamie will do a selected amount of BMX races this year, along with a few MTB races, as he is training for the 2004 Olympic games in track Cycling.Look for Jamie to be in Phoenix aboard his new GT Ultra Box, along side of Christophe Leveque and Andre Ellison. By the way, Hyundai stepped up its sponsorship program, with not only Sponsoring Mongoose and GT, but with the ABA as well, giving away 2 cars through out the year. Next time your looking for a new car, be sure to check out the new line of Hyundai automobiles, They are some awesome cars, and help support out sport! This past weekend was the ABA National in Guthrie, Oklahoma. Randy Stumpfhauser was there and on the Podium. Read the full race report. Dale Holmes was scheduled to go, but the crash he took a few weeks ago in Tennessee was still bugging him and he skipped it. February 11 is Christophe Leveque's Birthday. Send him a Happy Birthday e-mail here! Dale Holmes had a bad crash at the Volunteer Nationals, but he's ok. Read his weekend report here. Jamie Staff has been hard at work in Australia getting ready for rte Track World Cups and Olympics, but he has not forget his BMX roots. Jamie Will be at the ABA National in Phoenix, AZ in the Begriming of March. Jamie will be riding for a new team, and we will announce it in the next week or so. Dale Holmes just let us know that the ABA is coming by his house to do a Cribs article for the BMXer. Dale has been very good with his money through out his BMX career, and has a great house in Huntington Beach. Christophe Leveque just did an interview with Transworld BMX, Look for it in he next issues. John Parker has just re-signed for the Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam for 2003. This was one of the biggest tour last year and one of the most exciting events to attend if you are interested in BMX, Skateboarding, or Moto X. Randy Stumpfhauser has been hard at work and his race results are showing it. Look for Stumpy to race more than ever this year and have a shot at both the ABA and NBL #1 Pro titles. Stephane Roncada has been fighting off a virus, but you would not have know it last night as he finished 5th at the AMA Supercross in Anaheim, CA. Stephane currently sits 9th over all after the first 5 races. Check out Ron Ron's updated web bio The ABA will be rolling into Witicha, Kansas this weekend. You can go see Dale Holmes hope to repeat his wins there from last year. Look for Dale to be running Kenda tires to a win! Read the report here The supercross has been the last few weekends out here in California and while cruising the pits, we got to see what the superstars of the Supercross ride when they aren't on their motocross bikes, Sebastian Tortelli riders Mongoose Bikes, so does his Suzuki teammate Stephane Roncada and Yamaha's Tim Ferry. Ezra Lusk rides GT's. Seems like all the guys finishing up in the top of the ranks rider BMX and MTB to train. Wade Bootes has been a busy guy over in Australia. First off he won the first weekend of National and UCI series BMX races a few weeks back, now he is getting ready to do a Track race in Russia in Feb, In between all of that, he has been on line as 2003 Worlds International Ambassador - BMX Australia has announced the release of the new UCI-BMX 2003 World Championships website that has been created by Eurocam specifically for the event. As part of the overall marketing plan, Wade Bootes, well known Australian AA Pro and UCI Mountain Bike World Cup champion , was flown to Perth to attend the State Government Media launch of the 2003 Events Corp WA Tourism campaign. Bootes is featured in the Gallery section of the new site , and can be seen at a variety of well known Perth tourist venues. The new site also features details on the venue, the track, merchandise and a link to Quality Travel for flight and accommodation bookings. The
magnificent Burswood Casino and Convention Center is adjacent to
the Burswood Superdome, the venue for the week of racing, and has
already been inundated by international teams who are taking advantage
of the favorable low currency exchange rates of the Australian dollar.
The new website is: www.bmxaustralia.com.au/2003worlds. The ABA Race in Reno was great. Read here to see how the Double A Marketing guys did. Wondering what Jamie Staff has been up to since the ABA Grands? Well wonder no more and read it here strait from Mr Staff.
All riders be warned. Christophe Leveque is back and will be in Reno. After a few months of injury, Christophe is back on his bike, more than ever looking to get back to top form and win a #1 Pro Title. Did you know, that Christophe has won a Pro title every year he has raced since 1998? Leveque has also been working on some trails on 3 archers of property he has bought in So Cal. Look for an even smoother Leveque. And look for Christophe on an all new 03 Ultra Box GT Race Frame!
Wade Bootes wins his first 2 BMX nationals of 2003, One being a UCI Pro races and the other the Gold Coast Nationals in Australia. Going for the Overall UCI World #1, Wade Bootes did the first of 6 races in Australia that will not only qualify him for the overall #1 World Ranking number in BMX, but as well as a special invitational race held the week before the BMX worlds with a prize of $6000! UCI
LAUNCHES NEW BMX RACE SERIES : The UCI BMX SUPERCROSS series will be held on specially designed BMX tracks, made only for the very top-level athletes of BMX racing. These downhill BMX tracks will feature obstacles, jumps and high speed that will bring BMX racing to another level. The pilot event will be held at Camp Woodward (Pennsylvania) USA, 19th to 20th September 2003. Camp Woodward is the premier BMX Freestyle facility in the world and the UCI BMX SUPERCROSS will be held on their very well known and respected downhill BMX track. The event will be open for Elite Men and Junior Men (17 years and older). With a prize purse of over 20.000 Swiss Franc and the fact that the race will count for UCI International ranking points as well as AA-Pro points in the NBL National Series, the UCI BMX SUPERCROSS will be one of the most important races on the 2003 International BMX calendar. A major TV production and distribution has been secured. The first event will be produced by Insider TV, UK (event production arm of Chilli) with an already guaranteed viewing in many countries such as USA, Australia, Great Britain, France, Japan, Netherlands to name a few. Furthermore, news satellite uplinks and highlights will be made available rights-free to global news stations, agencies and sports magazine shows. UCI have together with the National Bicycle League (NBL), reached an agreement with Camp Woodward to host this event at the Woodward track in Pennsylvania for the next three years. The
UCI BMX SUPERCROSS series will be extended in 2004 with an event
on the European continent and in 2005 the series will be held
on three different locations around the world. At the NBL Christmas Classic, Randy Stumpfhauser and Dale Holmes have a great weekend of AA Pro Racing.Read the Full Report here. Check out Wade Bootes in a short Film by Trek Japan. Click Here. The 2003 NBL season kicks off in a few days with one of the best races of the year, the Christmas Classic in Columbus, Ohio. With a lot of the pros going, it will for sure be a fun race, as well as a great track, as the NBL keeps out doing itself with such works of art from Billy AU. After a fun filled X-Mas day, may BMXers and their family's will be traveling to Ohio to break out the new BMX bikes and parts they got for X-mas and try to get some national points. Look for Dale Holmes, Randy Stumpfhauser, Thomas Allier and a few other of the Double A Marketing riders to be there. We will be posting a 2003 race schedule up soon, but they aren't complete at this time from the ABA. Robert MacPherson retires from BMX racing. After 5 years in the AA pro Class, winning a #1 ABA Pro title and having 3 other outstanding years, Big MAc is hanging it up so he can spend more time with his Daughter that was born last January. Robert leaved behind some great accomplishments in BMX and we wish him good luck with his life after BMX. ABA Grands Day 3- Randy Stumpfhauser wins the ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title! Jamie Staff wins Pro Open. On the last day of the ABA Grands, Randy take home the cruiser title after placing 2nd in the Cruiser main. Stumpy was battling it out with Dale Holmes, but after an incredible start, Randy was out front up through the Pro section, where a slight bobble cost him the win, but was still enough to win the Overall ABA #1 Pro Cruiser title. Jamie Staff blasted out of the Gate in Pro Open and didn't look back, as he went from wire to wire for a huge ABA Grands win. Dale Holmes was also in the main event, and placed 3rd. It was also a great day for Danny Nelson, who took home the win in AA Pro and the Overall ABA #1 Pro title. Danny Has been one of the best pros on the circuit for the past 6 years and we here at Double A Marketing send out huge congratulations to him and all of his hard work! Read the full race report on the Double A Marketing riders here. ABA Grands Day 2- The moto's ran off today and it was a good day for the Double A Marketing riders. Christophe Leveque was at the Grands, showing off the new 2003 GT Ultra Box frameset. With the race filled with fans, it was a great place to unveil the bike. Randy Stumpfhauser was flying around the track, easily sitting in qualifying spots after the first 2 rounds. Tomorrow will be a big day for him, as Dale and Randy will battle it out for #1 Pro Cruiser. Jamie Staff also was flying, showing off his new Haro frame. Thomas Allier has been looking fast, as well as his teammate, Danny Nelson, who has a shot at the ABA #1 Pro title. Tomorrow will be an exciting day at the race, and we will update you on what's going down. ABA Grands- Friday Pro Spectacular and Greg Romero 4 man Race. After day 1 at the ABA Grands, there was a lot of action today. During the day, the Greg Romero 4 man race was held. It was a great success with 40 Pro riders in attendance, grabbing over $5000 in Cash. Matt Pohlkamp was the big winner, with Dale Holmes taking 2nd for his new sponsor Free Agent. Greg did a great job with the race and all who attended had fun and helped pave the way of a new type of race for the pros. After the race, we headed back over to the ABA Grands track for the Pro Spectacular. This is one of the best ABA tracks in a long time and the pro riders were excited about that. The track, with a M shape, has a great pro section down the 3rd strait away, and it was giving some of the top name guys trouble today. Jamie Staff made the main event, proving on how good of an all around rider he is. The big race starts tomorrow, so we will keep you updated on who did what after the race tomorrow. Well I still haven't put up the Huck Jam Report, but it will be up soon. The Grands are going to be great, and we will be there from Tuesday on to give you updates and reports.
After rerunning from the Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam, I'm still in awe from what I experienced. I am writing a full report with tons of pictures and it should be up later in the week Here is a picture of Tony Hawk and John Parker from the tour. With the ABA Grands next week, tension is mounting in the AA class. Its reported that the Track at the ABA Grands will be the best one ever We hope that's true, but I've heard the same in the past. I do know they will also have a jumping contest going on, as well as all of the racing action. In video game news, ATV Fury 2, is out, and already its one of the best games ever made. Many BMXers' and MTBer's play this game non stop when they have some free time and with the online option, you too can play against one of your favorite BMX pros. Thanks Stephane Roncada for all the cool tracks in the game. We will be at this weekends last 2 stops of the Boom Boom Huck jam and will post a report and some behind the scenes pictures when we get back next week. Wade Bootes just reported in From Japan, where he was filing a movie, full of BMX and MTB riding. Wade is making his way back to the US next week to get ready for some photo Shoots and the ABA Grands. Check out his website, www.wadebootes.com for more info on his trip. The
ABA Grands is just around the conner and it will be a Hopefully Randy wont do this again. 2003 Rider Info- We will have some sponsorship news for you later on in the week, as a few riders will be getting some new bikes and jerseys in the Double A Marketing family.
John
Parker has been busy on the Tony Hawk Get more info here on the Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam.
2002 ABA Fall Nationals Read the full Race Report from the ABA Fall Nationals Here ABA Falls Day 2- Stumpy wins Pro Cruiser Again and Thomas Allier and Randy make the AA Pro Mains. ABA Falls Quick Day 1 update- Warwick Stevenson wins AA Pro and Randy Stumpfhauser wins Pro Cruiser at Day 1 of the ABA Fall NAtionals. With one of the best tracks in recent memory, the Pros had a great time with a huge Pro section, helped to be built by Jamie Staff. We will have a full report up tomorrow night. The ABA Fall Nationals are coming up this weekend in Del Mar, Ca and we will be there all weekend to ge the full scoop, as well as updated photo's of the guys and their new 2003 bikes. Jamie Staff will be looking to add some more points towards the year end title, while Warwick Stevenson holds a slight lead over Danny Nelson. There is a lot of things going on in the BMX world and in the next few weeks, things as we know it with racing may change a lot We cant talk about it yet, but it could make BMX even bigger than ever. We will also be visiting with John Parker while he is riding at the Tony Hawk Boom Boom Huck Jam here is the Southern California area. He is also helping put on the US Championship of Freestyle BMX in Los Angeles , that is going on all weekend, as well. We will be with John and all the superstars, Tony Hawk, Dave Mirra, Mat Hoffman, tomorrow to get the full rundown of the Huck Jam and the contest. Wow, we have been so busy we forgot to update this area of the site. So Sorry. 1st off, Jamie Staff tore up the ABA Gator Nationals in Florida this past weekend with 2 huge AA wins. Read the story here Just before that, we were at the Interbike show, and saw all kinds of new cool BMX stuff for 2003. A lot of new bikes and frames, so it will be a great year to buy a new BMX race Bike. We also got to see Greg Romero and get more info on his Pro Race during the ROC at the ABA Grands. It seems like it will be a great event covered by a lot of magazines, so if your not racing the ROC, come on out to check it out. Next, Christophe Leveque was in France this past weekend at a big MTB race, watching and getting ready to race some good old BMX real soon. Wade Bootes is getting ready to do a film in Japan, right after the Fall Nationals, so be on the look out for that. We also got to go see the US Open on Supercross last weekend in Vegas, and it was rad to see Mike Laracco to win it all and the $100,000 prize! We will be adding some new stuff to the site, as well as a cool contest with great prizes from JBL in the next few days, so get ready. I know what you are thinking..why is a Lycra wearing group of guys and a Track Bike on the front page? Well Jamie Staff just gave BMX a huge nod with winning the UCI Track World Championship Team sprint event. Jamie has shown just what a BMX guy can do on a bike. Read the full report here! Jamie Staff just reported in from the Gold Cup Central to let us know that he was the winner of the AA pro class today. He placed 3rd yesterday, giving him a little points lead in 3rd overall in the ABA Standings right now. Read the full report here. Look for Christophe Leveque in the new Transworld BMX magazine in the double sided GT BMX poster. Christophe has been injured for most of the season, but he will be back on the track very soon. Well the NBL season is over, with Stumpy finishing up 2nd overall. It was a great weekend of racing, with Randy almost taking the title and the win for the day, but things went a little different in the last main. Randy is still super stoked to get #2 in the NBL title chase and we want to congratulate Kyle Bennit for winning his first #1 title. Riders are getting ready to finish off the ABA season, with the Gold Cups coming up. Wade Bootes is back in Australia for a few weeks, but he will be back for the remained of the ABA Nationals. Check out his website, Wadebootes.com to get a sneak peek of his new backyard in the Australian Gold Coast. Thomas Allier is currently visiting his family in France, and got to stop by the UCI headquarters to ride the new BMX track they just built. To see a mini interview with him, check out BMXmania.com Stephane Roncada just signed with the Suzuki team for 2003, so we will have new photo's of him up soon. Look for him to be out from at the US Open of Supercross in early Oct in Las Vegas at the MGM. Christophe Leveque is getting ready to make his return to racing, after having back surgery. He has had problems with his back over the past 4 years, and this time it was time to go under the knife and have it all repaired. With this surgery, Christophe can now race pain free for the next 5 years, as that's what his plans are! But his back is fixed for life! Should be interesting to see him without any problems during the season. Dale Holmes just got back fro Germany, where he dominated a 4-cross race . It was once race over 2 days, with four different main events. Dale swept the race, winning $5000. He's coming back to battle it out with Jamie Staff for #3 in the ABA pro ranks, John Parker just signed with Hyper bikes and will have Yoo Hoo and Hot Wheels as Co-Sponsors for 2003. He is also running a contest along with the ASA in October in the LA Area, The US Championships of Freestyle BMX. It will be in the Los Angeles area. We will keep you informed on the event. Sorry for the delay in updates, but sometimes its real hard to get online in Europe, where we currently are. Last week saw Randy Stumpfhauser almost win the NBL Grands, but a last main slip up of hitting the gate held him back to 3rd overall for the day and #2 NBL Pro of the year. It has been a great year for Randy, with 2nd at the Worlds in AA, 1st at the Worlds in Cruiser, and making the final at the X-Games. He now looks to better his #9 spot in the overall ABA points in AA and #2 in Cruiser. On the other side, Warwick Stevenson kept up his winning ways at the ABA Black Jack Nationals wining AA one day and Pro Open both days. He currently leads the ABA points chase. Jamie Staff who sits in 3rd overall in the ABA points chase was there too, riding a new Haro frame. It looks pretty sweet and we promised not to show it till after we get back to the USA next week. At the UCI MTB Worlds, it looked as if both Wade Bootes and Thomas Allier were going to make the finals, but a broken chain kept Thomas in the consi race with a 8th and one slip of a pedal cost Wade a shot at his 2nd MTB World Championship, instead taking 7th overall. Dale Holmes also looked super fast, but getting shove off the course in the 1/4 final didn't help him any. Read the report here. This weekend is the UCI World Cup Finals, here in Les Gets France, and all 3 of the guys are here again looking for a top spot on the Podium. The Title chase is up for grabs between Brian Lopes, Eric Carter, Cedric Gracia, and Wade, so we will keep you up to date as it goes down tomorrow night. The NBL Grands and the UCI Mountain Bike world Championships are being held this weekend. Randy Stumpfhauser is looking to gain his 1st AA Pro title at the event, adding to his 2 Pro Cruiser titles from 2001. Meanwhile, Wade Bootes, Thomas Allier, and Dale Holmes are over in Austria for the MTB World Championships in Mountain Cross. Qualifying was last night, and Bootes was 4th, Allier 7th, and Holmes in 17th. The finals will be run tonight and the World Champion will be crowned. We will have live updates from Austria as well as the NBL Grands as the mains go down on Sunday. The Norba finals were held this past weekend and Wade Bootes was in contention for the overall Mountain Cross title. It came down to the semi, where he got cut off out of the start and his day was done. But he finishes 2nd overall for the year, so its been a great season, with 3rd at the BMX World Championships, 4th at the X-Games and winning the Norba Dual Slalom title. Wade heads off to the UCI World Championships this next week looking to win his 2nd World Championship. Read the full report here. Day 3 at the X Games and the moto's were set with the top 32 qualifiers. It was a star filled field and it was tough racing. Wade Bootes, Jamie Staff and Randy Stumpfhauser all made it into the toughest main event of the season, along with Robbie Miranda, Robert De wilde, Kyle Bennitt, Bubba Harris, and Matt Pohlkamp. When the gate dropped, Staff had the lead for a bit, but a crash took some speed away from him and Robbie Miranda took the lead. Bootes was in 4th trying to get a top 3, but he was held off. Miranda won, with Bennitt in 2nd and De wilde in 3rd. Bootes placed 4th, Staff 6th and Stumpy 8th. The race was awesome and will be on TV next Saturday and Sunday on ABC TV from 4 - 6pm. Make sure you watch it and read the full report here. Day 2 here at the X-Games, and the Qualifying went down. Robbie Miranda was the fastest guy, with Thomas Allier in 3rd, Wade Bootes in 5th, Randy Stumpfhauser in 6th, with Jamie Staff and Warwick Stevenson not far behind. The top 32 guys will go into brackets tomorrow and the races will go down. We will report after the races.
X-Games Starting Gate The ESPN X-Games BMX Downhill event kicked off today with practice. The course is a little different from last year, with bigger jumps, its a lot smoother, and the gate is totally changed. The riders only get about 1 and 1/2 cranks out of the gate, and then it drops 4 feet down. The course is semi flat on the top half then goes into a steep downhill race. Riders have to use their brakes more than pedaling, as the speed gets so fast, guys were seen over jumping stuff. Alan Foster over jumped the last jump so far, he had 2 flats after rolling away from a near crash at flat ground. Tomorrow is the qualifying round and we will let you know what goes down. Word from the ABA race in Humble was that Randy Stumpfhauser, the 2002 UCI World Champion, won Pro Cruiser both days, as well as a 2nd and 4th in AA Pro. Warwick Stevenson, 2001 ABA #1 Pro, won Pro Open Both days as well as a 4th and 3rd in AA Pro. Check out the full report. Wade Bootes finished up 2nd place in the Mountain Cross finials in Durango, CO last night. Read the entire race report here. This puts him in 2nd overall in the title chase, with just one race left. Wade has already won the 2002 Norba Dual Slalom national title. Wade heads off to the X-Games next weekend for the downhill BMX competition. The Gravity Games Vert Finals went off last night, and it was a crash fest. John Parker had a great 2nd run going, but a crash held him back to 9th place overall for the night. GT's Jamie Bestwick was looking to have the run of his life, trying for his 2nd Gravity Games Gold in a row, but a crash that separated his shoulder ended his night early. Next Dave Mirra crashed out on his first run, of the 2 run format, putting a lot of pressure on himself for a clean 2nd run. He would need to go big, as Mongoose's Simon Tabron pulled off a 900 in his run for the highest score of the night. Dave rode well, but just missed out on the gold. Other highlights of the day were Travis Pastrana and Mike Metzger pulling backflips in the Moto -X jumping contest qualifiers. It was Crazy! John Parker just called in to lets us know that he qualified for the Vert Final to be run tonight at the Gravity Games. You can watch it live, as it will be show on in demand pay per view. Jamie Staff is currently competing at the Commonwealth Games in England. He has already done a great job just qualifying for the event, and now seems to be a natural, as he has medal in one of his events. Get more details here and Here. Also check out a recent interview with Jamie on the Haro International website. Dale Holmes Joins the Double A Marketing group! We are proud to represent the 2001 UCI World Champion of BMX. Take a look at Dales bio page, as well as his website. All the riders Photo Galleries have been updated today, so check out the photos. The ESPN X-Games are next week, and Wade Bootes, Christophe Leveque, Jamie Staff, Randy Stumpfhauser, and Thomas Allier are all getting ready for it. We will be there with full reports and photo's each day. On Sunday, at the ABA World Championship's, Thomas Allier was the man in AA pro, pulling off the huge win! Look for a full report soon. The men's elite main just went off and team USA Kyle Bennitt was the winner, with Randy Stumpfhauser in 2nd and Wade Bootes in 3rd. Here is the complete results- Elite Men 1-Kyle Bennett (USA) 2-Randy Stumpfhauser (USA) 3-Wade Bootes (Australia) 4-Jonathan Suarez (Venezuela) 5-Cristian Becerine (Argentina) 6-Jason Richardson (USA) 7-Greg Romero (USA) 8-Jean-Christo Tricard (France) Read the entire report UCI Worlds Update! We just got word that both Wade Bootes and Randy Stumpfhauser are in the men's final at the world Championships in Brazil, Jerry from BMXmania.com is covering the race, so if you want the full scoop, check out his website, BMXmania.com or the UCI.ch website, as he is writing the reports on their as well. The info just trickled in from Brazil, and Randy Stumpfhauser wins the UCI World Championships in Cruiser! Congratulations to him! Read the race report! Word from the ABA World Championship pre race was Danny Nelson taking the AA win, With Thomas Allier in 2nd and Warwick Stevenson in 3rd. Look for the full report on Sunday night! Look for Robert MacPherson on this weeks ABA TV show, Pump, as he filmed his brofile yesterday. The show airs on Monday at 4:30pm on Fox Sports. Look for Christophe Leveque to be sporting the new GT BMX jersey this weekend, with new team sponsors Pizza Hut and Speed Stick. The ABA World Championship is going down this weekend. We were out in Ontario last night to check out the track, and its better than ever. Asphalt turns will make the super fast track even faster, and we expect some great pro racing. We will keep you updates through out the weekend. Wade Bootes and Randy Stumpfhauser are down in Brazil, and its been hard to keep in touch, but we hope to be able to report on what's going on down there as the race starts. This is one of the first off weekends for BMXers, but its not a resting one, as guys like Wade Bootes and Randy Stumpfhauser are getting ready to fly off for Brazil for the BMX world Championships, while other guys like Christophe Leveque, Thomas Allier, Warwick Stevenson, Robert MacPherson, and Jamie Staff are getting ready fro the ABA Worlds in Ontario, CA. Randy Stumpfhauser wins the last NBL Pro National of the season before the Grands at the world famous Southpark track! This puts Stumpy in a close 2nd overall in the NBL Pro title points chase. Read the report! The past few weeks have been crazy. BMX, MTB and Free Style events have kept us so busy we have been slacking on updating the website, but we are going to fix all that this week. With NBL Southpark and ABA Colorado going on this weekend, we will get you reports from both on Sunday night and also keep you posted on the results from the past few weeks where Jamie Staff and Warwick Stevenson have ruled the ABA. Thomas Allier has been doing well on the MTB circuit with Wade Bootes too, and Christophe Leveque is back in the USA and is going to be racing from here on out, so look for some great racing action this summer from him. We will be going to the UCI Worlds and X-Games, so we will have live updates from each event. We would like to say hello to our newest Athlete, Stephane Roncada. Never heard of him racing BMX? Well its because he races 250 Supercross and Motocross for Chevy Trucks/Kawasaki. Check out his profile and his website and then cheer him on at the next motocross race! What a weekend of Racing. First off, Randy Stumpfhauser wins AA Pro both days at the NBL National in East Moline, IL. This puts stumpy very close to being #1 in points in the NBL. Then over at the ABA National in Salt Lake City, UT, Jamie Staff wins day one and Warwick Stevenson wins day #2 in AA Pro. Warwick currently leads the ABA title chase, and Staff just keeps all kinds of great results in both BMX and Track cycling. Finally over at the MTB race, Wade Bootes places 12th in the Downhill and 2nd in the Mountain cross race. This was a awesome result for him in both classes. Thomas Allier had a breakthrough weekend, as he was in the Mountain cross final, and placed 4th due to a crash. He beat a lot of the top MTB stars, and now will go to the remainder of MTB events. Read the reports! The UCI just canceled round #4 of the Downhill and 4 cross race series due to snow conditions up in Canada. Read the official release from the UCI here. We are updating most the riders bio pages with new pictures, so be sure to take a look. We are also working on new interviews for the riders, so if you have a question for your favorite pro, please e-mail us and let us know what you want asked. Also let us know of any ideas or things you'd like to see on the site. The
Mervin's Beach Bash is going off this weekend in Hermosa Beach,
CA John Parker will be competing and we will be there to see the
action. Here is the schedule -Friday Practice 1:30-3pm Levi’s®
Fly Bowl Saturday Qualifying 10:30-11:30am Sunday Final 11-12pm
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Bash 2002 The X-Games invites went out this week so we now know for sure that Downhill BMX will be involved once again. It will happen at Woodward once again, and we will be there to report all about it in August (9th-11th) On Sunday, Jamie Staff lead the British Track team to a Gold Medal in the team sprint event in Moscou, Russia at the 3rd UCI Track World Cup. This is a huge accomplishment for Jamie, as he is looking to be picked for Great Britain's Olympic team for 2004, and it looks with a great result like this, he may have just done so. Read the full report! Wade Bootes just called in to let us know that he placed 2nd at the UCI World Cup 4up opener in Scotland. 4 Up is like Mountain cross and is a new format for the UCI, as 4 riders go down a course at the same time, very much like a BMX race. The course was very BMX and the final had some drama, but Wade came out 2nd overall. Read the full report. If you want to see what's its like in the life of a world Champion Mountain Biker, check in with Wade @ Wade Bootes.com, as he is on his first European World Cup Trip and has been updating his website almost daily. Get the behind the scene look at his life. Wade Bootes headed off to Scotland for the first UCI MTB World Cup and Jamie Staff headed off to Russia for the UCI Velodrome World Cup. The rest of the BMX'ers have the weekend off, but will be busy resting up for the long trail of races coming up. The ABA Race was hot and big, and we had a chance to get a lot of new photo's. We will be updating the site all week, so look for new shots in each riders bio page, bike page, ect. We will also add a photo gallery from Sacramento, so be on the look out for that too! Sunday is over. Warwick Stevenson won all 3 pro mains, he was flat out hauling butt. Jamie Staff was once again going fast as well with a 2nd overall. Read the full race report here. Well the race went off pretty good today. There were around 340 moto's, so it was a huge race, and there was a lot of pros. The track didn't get any better than it was yesterday, mostly worse, as the ruts built up like a motocross track in some spots, but the ABA staff did the best they could to keep it in safe conditions. In AA, it was a sweep of the Double A Marketing riders, as Thomas Allier was the winner, with Randy Stumpfhauser in 2nd and Warwick Stevenson 3rd overall. Pro Open saw Warwick Stevenson win, with Jamie Staff in 2nd. The ABA did a great job of running the race fast, and had it all finished up by 8pm. We will keep you posted on what happens tomorrow with a full report after the race. We are here at the ABA Spring Nationals and its going to be a great race. The track is in one of the best locations that the ABA has had in a while, in a really nice Expo center. Nice seating, but there is one problem. It had rained up here last week, so the dirt to use the track was still under water till Wednesday or so, that made for a soft track when it was built, and as of last nights pro practice, it still has soft spots. It can make for some dangerous conditions for the heavy riders, like the pros, so we will keep you posted to what its like after toady's (Saturdays) race. The Grind Series Hits The Beach! - "The Jackal", John Purse has hit pay dirt with his Grind Series, the super popular dual BMX Trails racing format event that premiered recently at Lake Perris, California. Randy Stumpfhauser was the big winner at the event. Today, the Grind Series folks announced that they have inked a deal with the Core Tour to run a Grind Series race at the Huntington Beach Pier stop on the Core Tour.
The date is Sept 6-8, In case you don't know the format of the Core Tour, it's a CRAZY venue, with the world's best BMX Dirt Jumpers, and other alternative athletes performing on the beach, in front of THOUSANDS of Southern California's craziest fans, and big time TV exposure.
Congratulations go out from all of us at Double A Marketing to
John Purse and the Grind Series for all his hard work and determination
to bring BMX racing to the next level! Here is a quick note we got from John Parker- "Parker here. I just got back from the EXPN Invitational in Atlanta. Not bad. I got 3rd behind Bestwick and Mirra. The qualified me for the X-Games. I just did some nice pretty dialed runs. Nothing too crazy, as I just wanted to make the X.- Games! I'm flying out to KY today and then I'll be in Cincinnati for a few days at TheStuntmasters MSS contest. Later!" This weekend, the ABA Spring Nationals are being held in Sacramento, CA. We will be there, so look for site updates next week including new photo's, new featured riders, and more! Wade Bootes has been doing a lot of filming lately, as well as getting ready for the MTB season. Keep up to date with what he has going on at his website, www.WadeBootes.com CHARLOTTE, NC (May 12, 2002) – The Right Guard Xtreme Sport World Championships of BMX, the first leg of the Vans Triple Crown of BMX finished up this past weekend and John Parker placed 5th in the Pro Vert Class. It will be on NBC sports, but not until August 3, 2002 Vert Final Results 1.
Jaime Bestwick - GT Bicycles The ABA Held One of the TV races this past weekend in DeSoto Texas. Friend of BMXpros.com, Danny Nelson won AA both days, with Warwick Stevenson and Randy Stumpfhauser trading 2nd and 3rd both days. Randy Also won Pro Cruiser on Saturday with Dale Holmes winning on Sunday. Warwick also won open on Saturday, with Jamie Staff winning on Sunday. Read the full race report on the ABA Super National race. Speaking of Dale, Check out his website, DaleHolmes.com, as its very cool and entertaining. We added a link for your convenience on the links page. We keep getting e-mail's from someone at a website called BMXNews.com. There is nothing up yet except the front page, but he tells me its going to be a cool site. Only time will tell, and maybe this will get him to stop sending me e-mail till its finished. Wade Bootes kicked butt this weekend at Big Bear, Ca, winning the Dual Slalom event at the first round of the Norba National Mountain Bike series. Thomas Allier also showed up and was very impressive. Read the full race report. Talk about an action filled BMX weekend. In California, Prundale to be exact, The NBL held stop number 5 for the Pros. Randy Stumpfhauser cleaned up, as he won AA Pro both days, as well as Pro Open on Saturday. Thomas Allier kept stumpy honest, as he placed 2nd both days in AA. Over on the east coast, The ABA had a national in Massachusetts and Warwick Stevenson was the top dog there, winning AA both days as well. Read the full report on both races. Congratulations to Ricky Carmichael for winning his 2nd AMA Supercross title. Also props to Stephane Roncada or finishing 5th overall for the 2002 season. This
weekend will be the AMA Supercross finials in Las Vegas. Ricky Carmichael
has already wrapped up the 250 title, but it will be a battle for
the next few sports overall. If you want to listen to the event
live on the Internet, if your not going, or getting the pay per
view for the race, check out below to get the info on how. Event
Starts - 7:00 PM Pacific on Saturday Night, May 4th 250cc
EA SPORTS Supercross Season Points Standings Read the full race report from Tulare. The ABA US Nationals were held this past weekend in Tulare, CA and here are some quick results: Warwick Stevenson Was the man, as he won 3 out of the 4 Pro classes he entered. 1st in AA and Pro Open on Sunday, 1st in Pro Open and 2nd in AA on Saturday. Randy Stumpfhauser was going fast as well with a 1st in Pro Open and 3rd in AA on Sunday, and a 2nd in both Pro Open and Cru on Saturday. Thomas Allier was in AA both days as well placing 7th on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday Wade Bootes had a great weekend at the BMX races in Tulare as he placed 4th in AA pro on Saturday. Look for the full report later on today. Jamie Staff is on his way to Mexico, To race a World Cup. BMX..no, MTB..no, he is racing on the Velodrome with the English National Team, as he has secured himself a spot on the Team for the Goodwill Games. The Good Will Games are a qualifier for the Olympics ,and it looks like he may just get there. GT/Fox/s Brian Lopes will also be at the race and it is possible that they will race each other sometime during the event. BMX Rules! The ABA rolls into Tulare, CA this weekend and we will be there. Maybe we wont slack as much and get a lot of pictures this time. The ABA Held round 7 of the pro tour this past weekend in Phoenix, AZ. Warwick Stevenson tore it up . Read here for the full story. The NBL rolled into Sarasota, Florida and then onto St. Cloud Florida., And we were there to get the full race scoop. The NBL Spring break tour is always a lot of fun, and this years races were great with some hot racing action. Read here for the race reports. Christophe Leveque, Wade Bootes, and Jason Donnell filmed a spot for the new Pump TV show on Tuesday at Sheep Hills. This is the new ABA TV show that will start to air in April. There was some great riding and some funny moments with Dale Holmes and Todd Lyons, so be sure to check it out. The Sea Otter Classic was this past weekend, and Wade Bootes, Christophe Leveque and Randy Stumpfhauser all made the trip up to Monterey, CA to compete. Wade, who rides full time for the Trek MTB team did great, with a 2nd in the Mountain Cross event, which is a lot like the BMX X-Games BMX race event, but with 4 riders at a time all on mountain bikes. He also placed 8th in the Downhill. Very Impressive. Christophe will ride for GT at all the MTB races he wants to this year, and his first was a great learning experience for him. Randy got his bike just a few days before the race, so it was time to work out the bugs,m but he was still very impressive in the Mountain Cross event. For the full story, read here. The ABA held the Great Northwest Nationals in Pasco, Washington and Warwick Stevenson was victorious in AA pro. Robert MacPherson made his return to AA racing and was in the man on Saturday. Read here for the full report.. This past weekend, the ABA held the Southwest Nationals in Las Cruces, New Mexico. Thomas Allier and Christophe Leveque were winners each day. Take a look at the full report here. We will be at this weekends ABA National in New Mexico and will have a ton of Photos to update the site with next week. We will also give you the first look at the new GT BMX uniforms, as well as the riders 2002 race bikes. The ABA Held Round #4 this past weekend in Oklahoma. Not only was it one of the best tracks in a long time, It was filmed for a future ABA TV show. The big news was that ABA has hooked up with FOX SPORTS TV, and Sundays pro action was being filmed for their new afternoon show, called PUSH TV. Beginning Monday April 1st, the show will air every Monday in the 4:30 PM timeslot. Check out the report here. Jamie Staff and Martin Murray Launch Applied Training Systems (ATS) How often have you dreamt of winning that race, winning that championship title, getting your own personal interview in a magazine or getting your own signature frame? Well, they say that dreams precede reality. Here at Applied Training Systems we can help make your dreams a reality.
Applied Training Systems aims to provide specific training programs for you the BMX racer. Our training programs are designed to enhance your areas of weakness, improve your strengths and develop new skills to help you go on and achieve your goals, how ever high they may be.
Right now we are in the final stages of designing and operating a website to enable us (Jamie Staff and Martin Murray) to reach the consumers (BMX racers of any age and any level, World Wide) and offer them a Personal Trainer service over the Internet. The website contains information on the training services we are able to offer (Weight training, Road bike, Sprint, Plyometric, and Interval programs.) And allows the consumer the opportunity to obtain a program in whatever area of physical training they need.
From analysis of the athletes needs, a training program can be developed to cater to that individual. As there is going to be a wide variety of training needs they will be charged according to the information they are requiring. Programs right now start at $50/ month up to $130/ month depending upon what programs they would like to obtain, Plus package deals for prepaying for months ahead. Training programs will be e-mailed on a monthly basis to the athlete. Each program contains weekly cycles and each element of training is explained in great detail so the athlete is educated on what is being done and why.
All programs are designed by Jamie Staff (former UK Champion, European Champion, World Champion and NBL Pro Champion 2001) and Martin Murray (former UK Pro Champion, BSC (Honors) 2:1 Sports Science). With almost 40 years of competitive experience between the two, the partnership brings together the combination of scientific knowledge and proven success to provide you with the best possible BMX specific training programs.
We hope to have the Website up and running in the next couple of months (April/May) and will be accepting clients at that time. We are offering the service in the USA and UK to begin with but hope to branch out to other countries in the near future. Anyone interested or wishing to obtain further information can contact us at: atsbmx@aol.com The ABA Held round 3 of the race season this past weekend in Shelbyville, TN. Read here to see how the Double A Marketing pros finished up. Robert MacPherson became a proud father on February the 5th around 1:30 am. Robert and his wife Tatiana, gave birth to a 8 LB baby girl, Gabriella MacPherson. NBL Stop #2, Mesquite, Nevada was a few weekends ago, but here is the race report to check out the results. Randy Stumpfhauser and Jamie Staff have a great weekend at the NBL National in Nevada Look for the report later on today. Robert MacPherson signs with Free Agent to ride their bikes for 2002. Wade Bootes returns to the USA today, getting ready to begin his 2002 US BMX season, after winning a whole lot of races down under. Its official, Christophe Leveque will ride for GT Bicycles in 2002-2005. Christophe signed up with the new GT program and there is already a major cosponsor joining in, Speed Stick, along with another sponsor looking to sign in the next few days. Christophe will Join Jamie Bestwick and Brian Lopes as the 3 will create the most powerful team on the circuit with just 3 riders. Look for Christophe to be aboard a box series bike in Reno, NV this weekend for the ABA's first race of the season. We visited with Thomas Allier today and he is recovering from his bad crash at the Christmas Classic where he sustained a slight concussion and hurt his shoulder and chest. He went to sheep hills yesterday to try and ride, but he wont be traveling up to Reno for the race, as he is still too sore to compete. His new sponsorship with Giant Bicycles will make him and Leveque, arguably the 2 best riders in the sport in new uniforms this season, but it wont take long to get used to them, as they will be out front a lot. The Supercross was last night and it was quite exciting. In 125, the new hot guy, James Bubba Steward, just couldn't keep it on the track, as he crashed 2 times, got squirely a few more but still placed 2nd. If he didn't crash, he for sure would have won by a lot. In 250, the first turn took out a lot of the big guns, like McGrath and Roncada. Then the whoops that were giving guys trouble all night took there toll on Ricky Carmichael, and he crashed out for the night, along with Pastrana. French rider David Vilamin won the race with Oneal Team Guy Mike Laracco taking 2nd. Roncada placed 9th and McGrath placed 13th or so. The next 4 races are either in San Diego or back in Anaheim, so it will be exciting. Yesterday, it was Pro Practice for Round #1 of the AMA Supercross series, as well as the crossover challenge event. There were a few BMX guys racing, including Robbie Miranda, Aaron Cook, Adam Booth, and MTB Star/BMX Star/10k Star, ect...Brian Lopes of GT. Brian finished an amazing 3rd overall with Jetski'er Victor Sheldon winning. The best part of the race is when Brian Passed Vanilla Ice on the last lap of the race to make it to the podium. Tonight is the real Supercross and it will be a good time to see all the BMXpros.com riders out there cheering on the MX'ers. Wade Bootes won the Gold Coast BMX Nationals in Australia last week and also placed 1st in his first ever crit race. Looks like his winter training is paying off. The NBL Held its season opener last week, and Thomas Allier and Randy Stumpfhauser both made great appearances with main event appearances. Look for a full race report soon. Check out new website sponsors, Kenda's line of BMX and MTB tires, at www.kendausa.com. You can win 2 sets of BMX tires and tubes in this months contest, so take a shot! Jamie Staff may be racing Wade Bootes in the 2002 Common Wealth Games or the 2004 Olympics. What? Read more on his Velodrome and track bike trials in England last Week.
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one. Dale Holmes and Randy Stumpfhauser are going head to head for
the AA Pro Cruiser title and it will be decided in the main event.
Greg Romero will hold the first 4 man race at his BMX compound,
and we will be there to cover the event as well. Of course we will
be there with daily updates from the race, as well as pictures.
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Boom Boom Huck Jam. John has been performing non-stop for the last
month to sold out shows all over the country and there is just a
few shows left on the east coast. If your in Atlanta of Florida,
make sure you make your way onto one of the best sports shows ever!
John is featured on a lot of the Tony Hawk specials about the huck
Jam, including a piece on AOL.com, where you can see John have a
really nice crash on the Jam Ramp. In all the time of the Huck Jam,
John found time to place 2nd at the BMX World Championships a few
weeks back behind Dave Mirra in the Pro Vert Contest. As long as
John has a cell phone, he can be on the road. John also has updated
his website, 
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