Redline Australia sensation Kai Sakakibara just returned from Oz's Regional Round #1 in the Blue Mountains and provided this report:
 

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time, Champion System
Age: 13
Date: 21 February 2010
Venue: Blue Mountains
Race : Regional Round 1
Class: 14 boys
Result:  1st
Weather:  Sunny and nice
Course condition:  Very good. Nice and smooth. Fast

Comment/Summary:   "It was a good day at Blue Mountains. We got some warm up laps and got straight into racing.
In my first moto, I got a good start out of the inside and got the hole-shot. I got through the second and third straight clean and lead around the third corner. I cased the manual on the fourth straight and went sketchy, then slid out on the second last corner. I nearly went off the track but stayed on. Jarrod Chittick had a go at me on the last corner but I managed to keep my line through and win the race.
In my second moto, I got out well and came across from the outside but couldn’t quite get in front of Jordan Lecher who was on the inside. I was in 2nd around the first corner and all the way to the end. It was quite a smooth lap.
I wheelied out a bit in my last moto and let Alex Cahill get up the inside on the first straight. I was in second coming out of the first corner. I got the second, third and fourth straight really smooth and caught up to Alex on the second last straight and went for a dive on the last corner, but couldn’t do it. I finished 2nd.
In my final, I had third pick and I chose lane 1, which was what I wanted. I got a great start and came across into the middle of the track to stry and stop people getting past me, I was in1st around the first corner. I got a bit sketchy on the second straight but got the third and fourth straight smooth and lead around the second last corner. I got the second last straight good and lead all the way to the line. I finished 1st.
I was happy with the result and also had a good time racing there."
--Kai