Redline Bicycles News

A New Jersey diary: mud, mechanicals and bad luck

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:01:47 GMT

The USGP in Mercer County, New Jersey, was hard on most Oregonians. Although Ryan Trebon took first and second and Barry Wicks finished in the top 10 both days, Sue Butler, Adam McGrath, Kolben Preble and myself all had mechanical issues or bad luck.

I got to New Jersey a little earlier than everyone else to go check out Princeton. The school is amazing. I was able to talk to the cycling team’s coach about his experience there, because he was working the pits for me at the race. The early arrival also paid off when we discovered my dérailleur hanger had broken in flight. We finally got a replacement hanger fabricated from another after visiting several bike shops. However, that would not be the end of my mechanicals.
The clouds constantly barraged the ground with a light mist throughout the day. It was nothing like the rain we have in Oregon, and neither was the dirt. The mud was thicker and sandier than what we’re used to; riding through it was slow going, with hardly any traction.

Everything went well up into the first 100 meters of the race. I flatted. I first thought my front tire was getting squirrelly on the muddy pavement, but once we hit the grass, it was clearly flat. I pitted in last place on the first half lap. Quickly my mom and mechanic threw on a wheel from Sram, and I pitted every half lap the whole race. My mom and mechanic worked hard and did a great job in the pits. Working my way up from last position, I finished 10th.

On the second day, the sun was shining and the temperature was rising. It was way too hot for November.

In the morning Sunday the sun began to dry the mud, making it thicker and slower. By the time I had to race it was slow, but still wet enough to fly up and stick to the bikes. Today I didn’t flat, and more people entered the race. The off-camber sections on the course were slippery and slow — what a combo. I managed to pull out 10th again.

After my race we talked to Sue Butler, and promised to cheer for her. Cheer I did; being from Northwest I was more in-your-face than the Northeast spectators. Yelling my head off for Sue, I nearly lost my voice. But she ran into some bad luck early in her race. When she came into the section where I was standing she was clearly breathing too hard; she was having an asthma attack. Luckily the EMT’s got right to her along with her husband Tim. We talked to her later, and she said how bummed she was to drop out of the race.

We flew home at god-awful early the next day, so there was much frantic stuffing of clothes and bikes into suitcases and bags. In the airport I was able to read about Molly Cameron losing the Cross Crusade; it’s a spectacular way to lose a race. And on the final flight home I sat next to Adam McGrath, we geeked out about bike racing and life, and how we all hope to do better at the Portland USGP.

You can check the USGP results HERE.

George Goodall Interview - Part 1

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:08:47 GMT

George Goodall is Gorgeous.
No; we're not talking about his suave and debonair looks. "Gorgeous" is his Mike Redman-given nickname from back in the day; a living tribute to the late great Pro wrestler who originally coined himself as "Gorgeous George." (Hey; it beats "Curious"!)

How long have you been Gorgeous?

George: "It really hasn't been that long. Probably about 5 years or so. My mom would say since I was born though. (laughter).”

Any other nicknames you go by?

George: "The Ebony Flash, Skinny G, The Network, Triple G …”

How about "Good Hands" ?

George: "Only by you (laughter).”

As a kid, BMX was in Goodall's blood, and he'd experienced some success as a young amateur growing up in Colorado, racing for co-Patterson. Having turned pro in '83, George moved to Arizona in 1990, and continued tearing up the thriving Arizona BMX scene - winning on a regular basis at Chandler BMX, as well as Black Mountain.

What prompted you to pack up and move from Colorado to Arizona?

George: "I owned a convertible at the time and needed some sunny weather in order to use it."

It probably didn't hurt that the Phoenix area has some of the best BMX tracks in the country, eh?

George: "I had raced at Chandler in the mid 80's during some state series races. I knew Arizona had some class facilities and challenging courses. It was an easy decision to come to AZ to further my BMX career when I got old enough to move.”

After hooking up a nice sponsorship with the Colour Control crew, Goodall took on the single-A-pro class and scored Redline "Gold Cup" Championships (beating the likes of rookie pros Todd Lyons and Brian Foster). He retired from racing in 1996, after his son was born - but the sport had not seen the last of him.

Besides Gold Cup Champ - do you have any other claims-to-fame from your days as a starving BMX pro?

George: " nah, I got GC West in 1990 and GC Central in 1995, both as a single-A pro. I made the cover of the '93 Jan/Feb BMXer ( back when it was a newspaper style ) in tribute to AZ bike shop team Colour Control. I was leading Kevin Gentry, Billy Au and Nico Does. I made a lot of A-pro mains, won a handful, but podiums were fairly rare.”

What made you eventually quit racing BMX?

George: "I was in California at the Fall Nationals at Coal Canyon, and I had a 3month old son back home in Arizona. My wife at the time called and said ‘You're having too much fun and you need to come home.’ I drove home after Fridays practice and retired right then. That was it. Fatherhood called.”

Did you ever have thoughts of reclassing and coming back in the older cruiser ranks?

George: "Nope. I sold all my BMX stuff and got into show cars. I had a shaved and bagged Altima on 20's with carbon fiber, a rag top with a crazy stereo. Started winning a bunch of car shows and picked up some major sponsors. One year, I just barely missed out on getting my car into SEMA.”

Wow. That’s like the ABA Grands of car shows, right?
George: "It is."

George chats it up with Alise Post during the Roseville Nationals.

Redline Catalog Library

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:59:37 GMT

Welcome to the Redline library. Grab one off the shelf below and flip through our current or past year's catalogs.

Morning sesh with Jared Eberwein

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:48:13 GMT

video by Dan Panzone.

Morning sesh with Redline's Jared Eberwein from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

Tennessee Mud Sweat @ Gears Cyclo-cross series update

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:51:35 GMT

Another Brick in "The Wall"
The fourth installment of the 2009 Mud, Sweat and Gears Cyclocross Series was welcomed by warm sunshine and blue skies, which was the complete opposite of the Halloween race which was cold and muddy. Another record crowd for MSG in race # 4, 173 entries and another first for MSG, was playing host to an SEC Collegiate Series Race! This being the first year of an SEC conference series turnout was light but competition was fierce. With local ETSU rider, Gregory Kaufman, winning the Collegiate C race.The much and anticipated Redline run up made it's fourth appearance in the six years that Winged Deer Park has hosted our event. The run up also known as "The Wall" is one of the most feared features of any MSG course feature, at 25' long, 45 degree angle just running up it a few times beats you down, and riding it, nearly impossible! New features included the "Drop" and "Ring Around the Oak Tree". Aside from the three technical features of the course the rest of the course was wide, with sweeping turns that required now braking, just railing through. This should have provided much need recovery however the pace was so high "you had to stay on the gas the whole time"

To encourage riders to attempt to ride the run up, two subscriptions to Cyclocross Magazine, an MSG sponsor, were on the line. At the top of the run up crowds gathered under the Lynskey tent , maned by Lynskey rep Michael Viertal who also one the CX4 race, and behind the Cyclocross Magazine banner to ring bells and yell at riders attempting the challenge. Time after time, MSG DJ Carroll Pleasant, chided rider's for failed attempts as the became "Just another brick in the Wall". Eventually two riders were able to best the Wall and snag the subscriptions,one on single speed! One of the event directors was later seen seeding the run up with dollar bills to tempt riders who failed to pedal to the summit to grab some cash before being caught by pursing riders.

By far the most exiting race of the day was the Masters 35+ race. Soon after the start, a heated battle erupted as a 3 man break left the 27 man Masters field. The run up became the key battle ground of the race as the fastest runner proved to gain the advantage. Soon the break unhinged a rider and it was a man on battle between Bert Hull of Multisport Direct and Jacob McGahey of Industry Nine . The run up being at the beginning of the paved start/finish stretch the battle was going to the wire! The final ascent of the run-up saw Bert Hull with a slight lead as he remounted, Jacobe McGahey launched a blistering attack from behind and rocketed toward the finish line 100m away. He went to soon and Hull was able to grap his wheel and come around him on the incline leading to the finish with enough time for a victory salute. Afterwards Hull said of his opponent " He was really strong out on the long stretches and sweeping turns, he really put it to me on the last lap but a hung on." Knowing he had a good sprint he just had to make it to the top of the run up where his ability to "Drag Race" gave him the victory. Another first for the Masters 35+ race was Hincapie Gary/Fisher pro rider, Chris Harkey finishing 3rd in his first ever cyclocross race.

The pro race saw a respectable sized field of local and regional pro men. From the gun the race pretty much exploded and the field was strung out. The pace was extremely hot and favored power guys who can push a big gear and get through the few technical sections without incident. The race was all in the front again, with Lees McCrae, rider, Eric Thompson (not riding collegiate) running away from the race and successfully riding the Wall on each of the 8 laps in the 60 minute race. The battle for second place was handily won by , MSG founder Eric "The Belgian" Wondergem. The MSG #4 course took inspiration from the Nommay World Cup course and was a complete surprise from the track that was used last season and a change from the tight technical courses preferred by the course designer. After the Pro race, Wondergem commented to the course designer "Why didn't you tell me the course was perfect for me?"

One category that continues to grow at MSG are the Single Speeders. A motley crew of classes and categories, these guys make rolling over one big gear seem easy. Three years ago when we first added SS, there were only 6 riders on the line, 21 riders lined up for SS action Saturday. Next up MSG #5 Bristol, TN with the now legendary spiral dubbed "The Lynskey Helix" this year in honor of Lynskey Performance Design, handmade titanium Bicycles from Chattanooga, Tn.

Tri Cities Road Club
Mud, Sweat and Gears Cyclo-Cross

Redline UK Signs New Elite Rider

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:57:30 GMT

Redline’s UK team manager Jai Kemp has put the finishing touches to a new Redline team for 2010 by signing up Elite rider Tom Palmer. Tom who finished 4th in 2009 replaces long time Elite rider Alan Hill who has retired from Elite racing. Jai said “ Tom is very excited about riding for Redline and looking forward to nexts years race season on his new 2010 Redline Flight XXL.

Tom will be joining a strong team of riders who are Alan Hill, Abi Hill, Kyle Hill, Ayesha McLelland, Jacob Roberts, Valerie Zebrokova, Lochlan Dudley and Travis Wilson.

Redline UK Announces New Team

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:28:24 GMT

Shiner Ltd the Redline UK distributor has announced it’s new Redline Team for 2010. The new team comprises of 9 riders.

Tom Palmer Elite Men
Alan Hill 30-39yr cruisers and 30+ Masters
Abi Hill 25+ Ladies cruiser
Jacob Roberts 16yr boys
Ayesha McLelland Junior Women
Valerie Zebrokova 13-14yr girls
Lochlan Dudley 9yr boys
Travis Wilson 7yr boys
Kyle Hill 6yr boys

Team Manager Jai Kemp said “ we are really looking forward to the 2010 National BMX Race Series and will be looking to take Redline all the way to the top of the podium.

Josh Callan's restored Ducati 650

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:48:18 GMT

We received an email from Redline's Josh Callan:

"Here is the bike i restored for my school project, this project was a very large section of my year 12. Here is a pic of how it was at the start of the year, and how it is now."

Getting Ready for Grands

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:03:23 GMT

Well here we are the last race of the year! The ABA Grands is always a fantastic race and I'm looking forward to it. Everybody is there and going fast so it's always a great event! I had a bit of a rough weekend in Disney, but I put it behind me and I'm getting ready for the grands. Training has been going well even though the weather has been bad haha. Sprints in the rain isn't dialed! I leave next wednesday, so it's time for some last minute preparations then off to the Tulsa Expo centre. Hopefully all goes well :)

All for now,

Ironman Florida - Old School Glen is at it again!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:52:31 GMT

So, Ironman number 9.
I thought I would do one in my new home of Florida and just take a short drive instead of flying, etc. Man, didn't realize how big Florida was until my six hour drive from Groveland to Panama City Beach, FL. Glad I gained an hour due to the time zone change.

ARRIVAL: I checked in last minute and was handed #73. Wow. That is a low number, seeing as it has well over 2,800 people this year. I weigh in at a svelt 204. Thank God I had my keys, cell phone, wallet and skateboarder shoes on or I might've been kicked out of the clydesdale division. I asked the guy weighing me in if I was the winner of the fattest-guy-weigh-in contest. He said, "No, man. There was a guy like 280."
Now that is what I am talking about. Good for him.

So, then I get my timing, chip, blah, blah, blah ...and people are like, "How did you get such a low number? You must be really good." HAHAHAHAHAH. I couldn't lie. "No maam, I guarantee I am a lot of things, but good doesn't come to mind."
I take that back. I am the best at what I do - it's just that no one has to know I am the only one doing it.

Back to the hotel. They make you get to an Ironman 2 days before the race. Crazy! That is not old School. To me, Old School would be show up and race that day.

So, I actually got some sleep. My daughter is back in Groveland, so it was nice and quiet.

Up, bright and early the next day to hit the ocean. HUUUGGGGEEE phoebia about open water. I saw the movie JAWS and believed every second of it. So, I start swimming and the next thing I start seeing is jellyfish everywhere. Started out cute little pink ones and then they started growing until I saw the full fledged "Man of War" tentacle ones. This SUCKS. Man, at that point I wanted to rent a wetsuit. But, I gutted it out for a full lap and scampered onto the sand like a little girl. Man, I am a wimp. But Old School Ironman has an image to uphold. So, I mentally just kept telling myself "Self, there are 2,799 plus more people that can get stung before you." Hopefully the jelly fish will like black wetsuit color than overweight flesh color.

I went back to the hotel to pull out my Redline Flight model BMX bike out of the trunk. This thing is awesome. I love it. I meet up with a friend of mine who is a pro female. I thought she might blow it off due to being embarassed riding with Old School, but she totally redeemed herself by showing up. We rode for 25 miles and she was coasting at 17-18 mph while I was holding on for dear life. I was just pretty psyched that she didn't just leave me in the dust, even though she could have easily.
Now, I figure ... I am ready.

Pounded another gallon of water, and waited until my wife and baby showed up. Ate some dinner and went to bed.

RACE DAY: I slept OK. 5am rolled around quickly and the "what is wrong with me?!" thought starts creeping in my head. Oh well, down to the beach.
Wearing my 100% cotton Redline tee and my cargo shorts, I skip body marking in stealth mode once again. Walk over to the timing mat and give a kiss to the wife and daughter and say "see you in 16 or so." Hours that is. People look at me up and down as usual and I give them the big "Was'up?" I tossed my Redline tee, with Old School B.O. in to the crowd and get ready to rumble.

The gun goes off. Oh no, where are those jellyfish?! I didn't see any Man of War's but was still freaking seeing the little pink buggers. Lap #2, I stroll in at around 1 hour and 48 minutes. Slow, but typical for me. As I walk up the beach I get the usual "You didn't just swim 2.4 miles in cargo shorts, did you?!" look from many in the crowd. "Haven't you ever heard of DRAG, man? I hope you aren't wearing those on the bike."
I give everyone the two thumbs up and get some applause. It is going to be a long day.

I jump on my Redline bike, still dripping with ocean water from the soaked cargo shorts. The crowd goes crazy chanting "Old School! Old School!" - reading my name from the Redline number plate that's zipped to my bars. I start out cruising; a little nervous because I am going over 13 mph, which I need to maintain in order to not get kicked off the course. But I feel OK and the bike is running smooth as silk, thanks to South Lake Bicycles (props to Mark Marshall in Minneola, Florida.)

I cruise by some people, and a lot of people cruise by me. This year, the race officials and bike techs are the ones who seem to love the Redline bike I'm on. They snapped photos, asked for info to get a hold of me after that race. Too funny.
The best comments I got were from some women though: "Love your helmet' I was like "HUH", but the Pryme design really got them going. So, not only is the bike getting attention, but so is the halfshelel Pryme-8 helmet. Flat black. Seems that Old School and Redline are really taking off.

Well, the bike portion of the Iron Man ends and I crash into a couple guys in front of me at the finish. I take a digger. Real smooth, but hey I just rode 112 miles on a Redline BMX! The people loved it. So, I gave them the Pee Wee Herman " I meant to do that."

Gave my wife and daughter another kiss and headed off for the run. 5:30 minutes after or so, the finish line is in sight. I cross the finish at 15:07 .. which is one hour and 30 minutes faster than Ironman Arizona in Tempe.

This bike rocks. Thank you Redline. HERE WE COME IRONMAN LOUISVILLE AUGUST 2010 - raising funds for Kentucky Childrens Health and Fitness Fund.

You can also check out the article on Old School Ironman coming out soon on ironmanlive.com

Time to decompress and get ready for Ironman #10.
--Glen Jusczyk

Seattle's MFG Series winding down - with Redline Domination

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:01:25 GMT

Redlines Kristi Berg and Logan Owen both had great races at the recent MFG series race at Woodlawn Park on Sunday - November 15th.
Kristi raced to another victory; following up her Elite Women's State title from the day before.
Logan wound up in 5th place overall in the Elite Men's category; which will place him in the Top-10 points of the series overall. Pretty amazing for a 14 year old!
The race conditions were true cyclo-cross heaven, with a muddy, hilly course, and a classic rainy Seattle day.

Both Logan and Kristi race on the Redline Conquest Team equipped with Shimano Dura Ace, FSA bar, stem, post, TRP brakes, and Hutchinson tires. No mud clearance problems on the Redline Conquest Team frameset - 15 years of 'Cross racing design knowledge goes into the area around the front and rear tires.

Team Redline victorious at WA.State Championships

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:35 GMT

Redline Cyclo-cross racer Kristi Berg led from start to finish with a commanding performance on Saturday at the Pacific raceways 'cross course in Auburn, Washington.
Kristi got a holeshot start and bolted off the front with a 20 meter lead in the first 500 meters. Riding flawless, she never pitted on the dry, fast and fairly flat course.

Kristi continues to have a great year, as she keeps advancing towards her goal of winning the National championships for masters women in Bend, Oregon this December.

Kristi's Conquest Team is equipt'd with Shimano Dura Ace parts, TRP brakes, FSA cockpit and light weight Shimano wheels.

MFG Series Finals Woodland Park

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:48:34 GMT

How exciting to be able to race at Woodland Park. It was a great venue, and a great course. Our first really wet cross race this year, it rained most of the day so the mud was very slippery and challenging. There were a lot of spectators from the local community there, more then most races so far. I even talked to a guy who didn't even know what cross was and now is thinking about buying a cross bike because it looked like so much fun. That is awesome and what we get from bringing racing into more local and populated area's. Just wish we could convince the city's of that!!

It was really cold and wet yesterday so the first challenge was figuring out what to wear to stay warm enough but not over heat in the race. At the start line I was a little cold but luckily we didn't have to stand to long. Jenni Gaertner came over to finish out the series that she was leading, she is from Id and is a very strong racer. I knew she was going to be my challenge today, going into the race she had 6 points on me for the overall. I wasn't sure of the point system that MFG was using, as it was kinda difficult to find on the website. So I really didn't know if I could take the lead overall or not. So I decided to just try to go for the win and see what happened.

They said go and off we went. The start was a long paved road with an up hill section then onto the course. I got the whole shot but Jenni came by me at the top of the paved hill so I got on her wheel. She was riding strong right off the gun so I knew this one was going to hurt! I stayed on her wheel until we hit a little muddy section where I got by her and she then jumped on my wheel. We went back and forth like this for the first 2 laps, then Jenni attacked me on the hillier sections of the course on the back side. I didn't have enough in my legs with racing the State Champs yesterday to match her so I had to just stay at my pace. She pulled away and got up to a 20 sec gap on me. I thought to myself that I may not be able to get her back but to not give up because with a course like this with all the technical muddy sections anything can happen.
With about 2 laps to go I realized I was starting to pull her back a bit, she was getting a little tired I think. I got within a 10 sec gap to her with one lap to go, and she crashed pretty hard going into the last lap. By the time I got around the turn she was back on her bike, I didn't know that she crashed, but when I saw her I decided it was my chance to attack and I did. I got up everything I had in me and hit it hard. I tried to ride fast but not crash, by the end of the last lap I had gotten a good gap and was able to come through for the win!! I was so proud of myself for not giving up and riding a hard race from the beginning and staying on my bike and not in the mud.
Like I always say, never give up, anything can happen. And this was a perfect example. Lee Smith had a great day and finished out the podium in 3rd.

So it wasn't until I got home last night and started doing some math that I realized that I couldn't take the win overall because of how MFG did the point spread. There is a very tight margin in the points system they use and you only get 2 points on 2nd place by winning. So since I was behind by 6, I would have had to beat her by like 4 or 5 placings to win the series. Oh well, I tried. Congrats to Jenni on a great series!

So it's not final but I should be in 2nd overall. Now it's time to switch focus back to the Seattle series where I am undefeated at this point. I hope to keep up this streak for the last 2 races!!

And my husband Chad had a great race as well, he rode super strong and moved up from around 13th in the first lap to 6th by the end. All his training is paying off now!

Now we move up North again finally to Sedro Wolley this Sunday for a very muddy and power course. I will let you know how it ends up.

Kristi

WA State Chamionships

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 01:58:30 GMT

Today was the big day! WA State Champs. We got up really early (5am) to get the trailer packed up for the weekend. Everything was frozen, and it was really cold but with clear skies. We got to Pacfic Raceways in Kent at around 8am and it was freezin' COLD.
I got out and did a practice lap and right away I knew that this was going to be a fast course, lots of pavement and flat grass sections. There were 3 challenging uphill sections. I was able to ride the first on once in the pratice lap but decided in the race to run it because I felt it was less energy used. The other uphill sections were ridable with a little extra effort.
I raced at 11am, unfortuntaly the turn out for the 1/2 women was pretty poor. Not sure why the State Champ race is always the smallest turnout. It is a bit frustrating, I really would like to see the States be the biggest turnout of all the races. Every category today was about half the normal size.
It was Ann Knapp, Jadine Rolcik and myself on the line for the 1/2 women. So we were all happy knowing we were all on the podium, even before the race began.
The gun went off and I decided to try to give it everything I had on the start so that I could get a gap going into the first technical section. I was successful, and got a small gap on Ann so I kept up the effort. I hit the first run up, and my legs felt so cold. I didn't put enough leg balm on and my skin was stinging. I should have worn knee warms or more leg balm. Lession learned.
I felt good though, so I am happy to be back and feeling strong again. After a couple laps I decided to back it down a little to conserve some energy for tomorrow's MFG race. I settled in and and held my lead to finish in 1st with Ann in 2nd and Jadine in 3rd (who raced 3 races today, crazy women).

My son Holden raced today also and won his category so we both are State Champs. He was so excited to get to stand on top of the podium.
My husband Chad was in a group of 5 or 6 Cat 1/2 Master men, he rode a great race and finished in a strong 5th place. 3 podium finished for the Berg family!! So awesome!!

What a great day, I will write in the update for tomorrow's race when it is over. The series title is on the line so tomorrow is an important day.
--Kristi

Konnichiwa!!!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:05:22 GMT

"Hello - from Japan.
My collarbone is just about fully healed up and I am ready to race again. I've been training 3 hours away from my house where we have one of the best tracks in Japan. My first race back will be next weekend, at the last round for Japan BMX Federation. They have just built a new track by Geoff from Australia last month. I haven't ridden yet after they finished shaping the jumps and everything, so I am looking forward to ride on that track! It looks like a really good track.
After that race I will go to Hong Kong to race East Asian Games; which is the 2nd biggest race in Asia. Hopefully come back to home with Gold medal!

I'd like to post some pics or videos but I don't have my computer with me right now so will post some time later."
--Masa

Old video of Rob Vd Wildenberg hurting his ****!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:57:27 GMT

Geat vid of a younger Vd Wildenberg crunching landing on his junk!

Weer van start met trainingen

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:03:15 GMT

Vandaag ben ik samen met de rest van de Nederlandse Selectie weer begonnen op Papendal. De vakantie is dus officieel voorbij en dat betekent dat ik me 100% ga focussen op trainingen!
Zo hebben we vandaag al flink aan de gewichten gehangen en zijn we lekker nat geworden op de wielrenfiets...

Verder ben ik afgelopen Zondag bij de Maisplakcross in Handel wezen kijken. Eigenlijk zou ik samen met mijn broertje meedoen op de pitbike, maar dat mocht vanwege veiligheidsredenen niet van de organisatie. Beetje raar vind ik, want voorgaande jaren mochten pitbikes gewoon meedoen. Jeffrey en ik (waarschijnlijk nog meer mensen) balen dan ook behoorlijk dat we niet mee mochten doen. We hebben dus langs de zijlijn gestaan om andere bekenden aan te moedigen en te kijken hoe zij het deden.

Zaterdag heb ik training gegeven aan het Aerrow BMX Team op de nieuwe baan in Volkel. Dit was een geslaagde ochtend in mijn ogen, want ik heb iedereen evenveel aandacht kunnen geven en de baan is perfect om mensen wat te bij leren. Voor foto's kunt u kijken op www.aerrowbmx.nl. Hieronder een leuk filmpje:

Update

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:32:51 GMT

Hey guys, my shoulder is going good don't have any pain at all anymore. I am only not aloud to move my arm more then a several degrees in the air/sideways and twisting.. the physio is happy as well, cause the movement is feeling good so everything on my shoulder is going good :). For the rest I already started training again in the gym (only my legs) and doing a bit of cycling on a spinner as well.. Living in papendal (OTC) at the moment which is so much better then traveling everyday back home etc.. We also have 2 new team mates in our team Jellie and Twan..

Mud Sweat @ Gears in Tennessee

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:27:22 GMT

Redline Bicycles working with Piney Flats bicycles and Fitness along with race promoter Dwayne Letterman of MSG (Mud sweat & Gears) Cyclo-cross to promote Cyclo-cross in Tennessee. Dwayne has some of the most beautiful cross course in the world, in park settings all on grass, Winged Dear is especially scenic.
Redline recognizes the growth of the sport of Cyclo-cross in the southern areas of the United States. Redline is working to grow the sport in new areas, and with women and juniors.

Oregon Junior Cyclo-Cross Series Update

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:42:54 GMT

39 juniors braved the howling winds, cold, and rain for round 5 of the Oregon Junior Cyclocross Series that was also the Oregon State Championships.

The well run event was hosted by the Willamette Valley Cross Series and BicycleAttorney.com

The Salem State Fairgrounds, while flat, proved to be a challenging course with high winds, boggy grass sections, a sand pit, and two indoor arenas including a Motocross track.

Kolben Preble has extended his lead in the Boy's 17-18 series with a great race against Andrew Bennett. Andrew just out sprinting Kolben at the line.

Trevor Schauer is holding his series lead but Timothy Jaynes is on an impressive win streak making it close in the boys 15-16. Colin Dunlap has shown consistent results earning his third position in the series.

Michel Stevens pulled out a great race to beat seemingly unbeatable Sam Rosenburg in the Boys 13-14 race. Adam Oliver is right there in 3rd.

Grant McElroy has won two in a row in the Boys 10-12 category, but steady Orion York still has a commanding series lead.

Sierra Reid took advantage of missing Carina Hahn to jump into the series lead in the Girls 17-18 category.

Dana Martel took out here second win in a row to edge a small lead in the very tight Girls 15-16 group with Marisa Reid, Samantha Schauer, and Natalie Fisher all close behind.

Haley Wilson took her 5th win in a row in the Girls 10-12 group. Haley is only undefeated Junior in any of the 8 categories. Ema Rosenburg and Sierra Kelly are right there making Haley earn it.

The last two races in the series are back at Camp Harlow in Eugene. Saturday Nov 21st, and Sunday Nov 29th (Final Awards).

See Oregon Velo for some great photos: http://photos.oregonvelo.com/g/obra_cyclocross_championships

State Champ Andrew Bennett

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:31:16 GMT

Redline's Andrew Bennett out sprinted Kolben Preble (also riding a Redline) to claim the Oregon Junior boys 17-18 year old State champships in Salem, Oregon this weekend. The Championships were held at the Oregon State fairgrounds on a very creative course that included the livestock arenas and the motocross track. The course is basically flat, but two sandy sections and a driving rain storm made this a true test of Cyclo-cross skills. Andrew races on the Redline Conquest Team, with Shimano drivetrain, TRP brakes, Kool stop brake pads, and Hutchinson tires.

SCX #5 Sprinker Park

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:35:17 GMT

Whew what a day yesterday.
We arrived at Sprinker Park around 8:30am and the rain started to fall. I was actually pretty excited for it because we have not had a good rainy race yet other then Starcrossed so I welcomed the rain to get some cross weather.
Sprinker is a great venue, a huge parking lot so you have pavement to set your tents up on and then the course has a lot of grassy corners and some great sand to ride/run through with a long flat pavements section into the finish line.
I got out and did a practice lap and right away knew I needed to run my Bulldogs. They were the perfect tire on that course with those wet corners and little bit of mud. I also had to pump them up just a few more PSI then normal because there are a lot of rocks on that course and I remember last year we had a lot of flats there. So I went with 35psi up front and 40psi in the rear. Pretty high for me but I felt more comfortable in my mind know I wouldn't pinch flat at the PSI.
We lined up on the line and the rain lightened up quite a bit. We had 10 cat 1-2 women at this race. I am always happy when we have more then one call up line!!
They said go and we were off. I got my pedal right away but as soon as I started I knew I wasn't going to have to much in my legs. I just didn't have my normal snap and I felt really tired. So I tried the best I could to keep the whole shot but Jadine Riley with Group Health passed me in the corner going into the barriers. I struggled with getting the legs over the barriers and got back on and Beth Lynn-Griffith from Haggens passed us and got a little gap. I knew I had to jump on or it was over. So I gave it all I had and got on her wheel. I stayed there for 3 laps total then she went down in the sand. I used that to my advantage and took off. I tried to go as hard as I could to get a bigger gap which worked. I knew I didn't have the legs today so once I got about 10sec I just tried to hang on in the lead. I managed to pull enough together and grew my lead to 20sec but had a little brain fart going into the finish stretch which has two gradual turns around these 2 trees and I made the first one fine but thought I had just did the second one so I punched it and realized I still had a turn and ran into the tape. I locked up the breaks and got stopped and back on the course but lost 10sec to finish with the win by 10sec.
Overall a good race, I was up late the night before at our Open House for our new Cycle U location in West Seattle and then didn't sleep to well that night with only 4 hours of good sleep. So I really think that is why I was feeling so tired during the race. Lesson learned, get more sleep, I can't race well on 4 hours only!!
Beth and the other ladies all rode really hard yesterday. They really pushed me and made me hurt. It is so awesome to see our Elite women's group really stepping in up. I love racing here in the Seattle area!!! Nice work ladies.
Next weekend is the State Champs on Sat and the Final race of the MFG on Sunday. I am very excited and plan to get lots of rest this week so I am not tired and ready to rock next weekend.

Wanted to also say Congrats to my Husband Chad, who turned 36 yesterday, got 3rd in the Cat 1-2 Master Men's race. He had a great race on his Birthday and was very happy with his performance!!

And to Holden my son, who finished 4th out of 14 boys in the 10-12 Beginner 1 lap Cat. He is only 8 and is still placing in the top 5, awesome job Holden!! I love those 2 guys so much!!

Kristi

Last day filming in Southern Utah!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:58:44 GMT

Another great day filming in Southern Utah. We wrapped up the shoot last night by going to the loacal trails and having a great time with all the locals. It's been a Jam packed productive roadtrip for sure and so far we talked our way out a huge tresspassing ticket because the Police officer rode BMX when he was younger and Hucker pulling of a clip that was absoulutley insane..Stoked we didn't have to hit up the ER. Gotta thank Redline, SkullCandy and 5050 for making this trip happen! We had a great time and Hucker and I cant wait to see the footage.-fuzz

BITD...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:43:32 GMT

I made it through final exams!!! Now it's time to head out to my clinical portion of the semester. I'm pretty excited to see the physical therapy process in motion, instead of being couped up in a classroom all day.

So Gork has been posting up old school photos all day and I began to think back to my younger days. At the tender age of 5, there was this guy who use to jump over cars, buses and the Grand Canyon. So what do boys do after seeing that??? Grab a cinder block, plywood and ramp over your friends!!! Around 12, I discoverd BMX racing through my best friend and it's taken hold of me ever since.

I remember getting my very first BMX Action magazine. Nothing got my imagination going and doing my fair share of California dreaming than seeing these larger than life characters on the glossed pages of the might BMXA. We would name tricks after all these guys....like a Grub or a Buff... One day, I can remember a heated debate over who got their bars most cranked. Most of us were doing a Patterson (today it's an X-up or turn bar), but one guy would bust out the best Leary (now called a look back.)

While talking with Gork last year at the ABA Grands, I would tell him how he and all the guys in the BMXA made a huge impact on a group of kids in the midwest. I still don't think he fully understands the impact he made not only on our little scene, but the scenes across the United States that weren't in California. We would copy their style...if we went to a national and met a guy from Cali, we'd try to speak the lingo.

So whats the point to this post. To acknowledge the role ol' Gork has played in my life and if you have a dream not to give up on it..... I always wanted to be part of the same scene Gork was in. After 25 years in the sport, it finally came true. So don't ever give up on your dreams, no matter how far out of reach you may think they are!

Southern Utah day two!

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:53:43 GMT

Another great day of filming in Moab..Great crew and great times.

Hucker on the road in Utah

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:23:24 GMT

Great day of filming while we have been Roadtripping down to Southern Utah to shoot some great riding in perfect weather around Utah's mountain bike mecca Moab. Hucker is always a great time and always produces even in a Domino's parking lot! Check out a few more pics over at www.5050bmx.com

Hucker at Deckers

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:56:01 GMT

Fuzzy sent over this shot on his road trip with Hucker:

"Deckers bike shop in Price, Utah was stocked up on Redline bikes. Hucker was testing out the unicycles in the background. Every kid at the local park had a Redline!"

Kai Sakakibara - STATE TITLES

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:10:54 GMT

Race Report NSW State Championships 2009 3,4 October 2009

Name: Kai Sakakibara
Age: 13
Venue: Maitland
Race: NSW state titles 2009
Class: 13 boys
Result: 8th
Weather: Wet and sloppy on the first day, a bit drier on the second day.
Course condition: The track was still pretty fast even with the bad weather

Comment: We got half an hour of warm up and started racing. My age group only had semis, not quarters. In my first moto, I didn’t know if I would slip on the gate, so I had my weight back a bit on the start. I wheelied out a bit, but still was a good start. I lost some speed through the second straight but kept 1st all the way. In my second moto, I got a good start, but didn’t get a good push on the back of the jumps. Tim Kmetyk got them well and came out in front. We were side by side down the first straight but he got me into the first corner. I stayed nice and tight near him around the whole track and finished 2nd. In my third moto, I wheelied out of the gate really bad but came straight into the inside and got the holeshot. It was a nice smooth run all the way through and I finished with a comfortable 2nd. In my fourth moto, I slipped two pedals out of the gate. I came over the first step-up right with Jordan Lecher but didn’t get the good push on the back of it. That put me in 2nd. I caught up to Jordan on the third straight and nearly hit him on the last corner, but still finished 2nd. That concluded day 1.

The track was dryer and faster on day 2. I had a slow gate in my last moto, but got the good push down the first straight and led around the first corner. I stayed nice and smooth around the rest of the track and finished 1st. I had first pick in my semi, so I chose lane 1. I got a great start but Alex Cahill got the better pump on the back of the first step-up. I was in 2nd down the first straight but Alex went sketchy over the double into the first corner, which let me slip into the first spot. Jordan Lecher got the better rail around the first corner and came past through the second straight. Alex passed me through the third straight but I got him back with a high-low. I finished 2nd. In my final, I didn’t come out of the gate very strong and hit elbows with Tim down the first straight. I was in 3rd into the first corner, but caught Alex on the inside and got into 2nd. But while racing it with Alex, Tim was sneaking up the inside of both of us, so I had to go and cover the inside. Alex got past into the second corner and I had to go low under him. Tim, who got the good pedals around the second corner, came up the inside on the third straight. I went for a high-low, but Tim was going low as well, and we crashed together. It was disappointing but I had a good time racing everyone.

Saya Sakakibara - STATE TITLES

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:03:02 GMT

Race Report State Titles 3rd & 4th October

Name: Saya Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles, Precision BMX, Time
Age: 10
Date: Saturday & Sunday 1st & 2nd October 2009
Venue: Maitland-Tenambit
Race: State Championships
Class: 10 GIRLS
Result: 1st
Weather:
Day 1: It was sprinkling at the start but it came worse. (>.<)
Day 2: It was raining all day!
Course condition:
Day 1: The track was perfect on the practice but not on racing.
Day 2: The track was very muddy. :C

Comments:
There were two days of this event. I was waiting for this event! I can jump some jumps out there I can’t wait. But! I didn’t think that it will rain... but still I had a good time racing in the mud.

Day 1:
It was raining a bit and nice to have have some good water to the track, but when it was the second moto it was getting bad. So, on the first moto I had lane 8. I had a great start and came into the middle I jumped the step up and got a bit untidy. So I couldn’t jump the next one (the double) I wanted to jump (I jumped it on my practice) anyway I still led the race and came 1st. The second moto was very muddy. I had lane 3. When I got out of the gate, the first thing I realized was that I can’t jump the first straight. “Oh............” I thought “I can’t jump anything today...” but I kept going. Every muddy spot I went through I get some dots on my face! When I finished I shook hands with 2nd place and she said my face was covered in dots. I came 1st. On the third moto, I had lane 4. This was even muddier. I had my goggles on so I wouldn’t have any more dots on my face. I couldn’t jump anything so I had to pump but I still came 1st. On my fourth moto I had lane 1. This was the last race of the day. There wasn’t anything very special on that race. The only special thing was that I came 1st.

Day 2:
10 Girls only had 8people including me so we only had one moto and another extra moto. On the fifth moto I had lane 6. I had a wobbly start; I went on the lines, the person next to moved over then the person next to her moved over too so it was a funny start. But nobody fell over so that was good. I came 1st. After the quarters and the semis, it was the extra moto. I had lane 7. I had a great start and came in to the first corner first. I accidently went high on the corner but no one came under me I pedalled everywhere I could so I could finish in 1st comfortably.
On the last straight, I went a bit un- tidy but I came first. I had a great race in the mud.

New Red logo pattern T-shirt!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:43:20 GMT

The all over pattern Tee now comes in red with black logos. This shirt is back in limited quantities, so get yours before they're gone! Available at your local Redline dealer or online at Bikethreads.

MFG #5 EVergreen and SCX #5 Maris Farms

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:36:47 GMT

What a weekend! I started out the weekend on Saturday with racing the MFG Series race at Evergreen High School. My husband was working on this one so my mom, son and myself all jumped in the car and drove down to the Lakewood area for this race. It was pouring down rain at my house when I was loading up the bikes. I was pretty excited to get to race in the rain for the first time this year but as we drove south the clouds parted and the sun came out. It was windy so the temps were a little cold but no rain.

The course at Evergreen was great, mostly new compared to the race we did earlier there this season. We used a new section of the park that made for a fun course. It was very fast again, another fast race with not to much technical stuff so I knew I was going to be a bit off on this one. My legs felt heavy from the very beginning and on my warm up lap I knew this one was going to hurt!

Kari Studley was back from racing the USGP races so I knew I was going to have a fast and hard day when I saw her there. But was excited to be racing with her again. We lined up on the start line with only about 6 or 8 of us Cat 1-2 women, a smaller turn out but a strong group of girls for sure!

We started and right away I couldn't get in my pedal. I got a new shim in my new shoes and was having some problems clipping in as the pedal was getting caught on the shim. So I fought that for a bit and then fell into 3rd place on Jenni Gaertner's wheel. I settled in a bit and then made a little move to get around Jenni and tried to stay with Kari, but no luck. She was pulling away from me on the fast sections and there was nothing I could do. So I settled in and once I knew I wasn't going to get Kari I backed down a bit to save something for the legs on Sunday. Like I said my legs were pretty flat on Saturday, I didn't have my normal spunk and top end so it was a long race but overall I managed to hold onto 2nd and have a decent race.

We headed out right after the race to get Holden home to get out and get some candy and do trick or treating. We meet up with some of the cousins and hit the streets. We had a blast, and I am loving all the candy. Not good for me but boy does it taste good!!

Then we got up nice and early (thank goodness for the extra hour of sleep) at 5am to get everything packed up and head down to the firehouse to pick up Chad with the Trailer and head down to Maris Farms in Buckley for the Seattle Series race. When we got there and saw how cool this place was we were very excited. This place is a huge farm with corn mazes and haunted trails and the course was actually outlined by pumpkins. There were animals in the barn for the kids to pet and hold, lots of food. Great family friendly venue. I never saw Holden as he was in the barn holding kittens all day long!!

I got out and did a pre-ride and finally we got some mud!! This really is the first race we have had with good mud so I was excited. I need that technical element of mud and slippery corners to help me. We rode through this peanut butter mud section at the start, super hard on the legs. Then we went into a corn maze and rode through the corn, then we had a run up with a second run up that was ridable for some, then some slippery grass corners. It raced really well, it was very bumpy in the grass, so overall a complete body beating course.

Holden raced first, he was excited to get to ride through the corn maze. He had a blast and finished in 4th. He said he really liked the course.

I was next, this race we had quite a few more girls. We had 2 rows at this one so I was excited. I got a good start, found my pedal right away and got on Kari's wheel right away and we hit the mud. I was able to ride through the mud so I moved into 1st but Kari was a lot stronger on the sections coming out of the mud and caught back up with me and went into first. So I got on her wheel again and stayed there until we hit the run up. I was able to ride the 2nd run up and she ran it so once I got to the top I punched it and got a little gap.

I held it for a bit but she got me again back in the mud. We switched back and forth for another lap and then I managed to get a bigger gap at the top of the run/ride up and I tried to give it everything I had to hold the gap. She brought back a few secs in the mud but I managed to pull ahead a bit every lap on the run up and held on to win by about 25sec. It was a great race, my legs opened up and felt awesome and I really was able to handle my bike through the mud and slippery sections with no crashes and get the gap on the field. I was so excited to get the win, I worked really hard in that race to win and was so proud of myself at the end. What a great race!!

Chad was next and he got a great start like always. And by lap 3 or 4 he was in 3rd place. I was so excited for him, he was having a great race. Unfortunately with a couple laps to go he flatted and fell back a few places but still rode an awesome race and finished 6th. I was so happy for him!

So overall a great weekend for the Berg family!! And it was so nice having the trailer there on Sunday to be able to change inside to get out of the muddy clothes. We headed back down south next weekend to race at Sprinker Park. I like that course a lot also and rain is in the forecast!!

Kristi

Josh Hult Dew Tour Best Trick Crash

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:20:16 GMT

This is why my knee and ankle hurt, I feel extremely lucky now that I have seen this video and didn't actually tear any thing!

Josh Hult Crash from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

Home again

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:29:11 GMT

Just got home from Florida, had a great time with the family but need to catch up on sleep now!

Final Exams and BMX...

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:28:57 GMT

I find myself in the middle of final exams for my physical therapist assistant degree. it's amazing the amount of things we are learning! The leaves are falling in the neck of the woods and I've been riding a little more mountain bike than BMX. I did get to go to Steel Wheels BMX 3 weeks ago and if you ever have the chance to go, do it! Great people and a deep pool of talent at that track. This is the same track that was featured on MTV's Made episode with my favorite bald headed Texan Jason Carnes!

I'm most likely going to end up at the NBL Morristown Thanksgiving National this year. I'm looking forward to mixing it up with the other super x's and double a's that won't make the trek to Tulsa. I'm hoping to Redline dominate the ABA Grands from the Challenge crew along with Denzel, Alise and Jason. Last year was my first time there and ending up making the semi's for my first Vet Pro race. The ROC is insane and it was an honor to be included in the festivities of that!

I just wanted to post up just something to allow my brain to relax for a second. I guess I've done that now and it's back to the books!

Vote for Kerstin Fritscher for cyclist of the year !

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:28:34 GMT

As some person already predicted to me mid october at Bremen, I am one of several kandidates suggested for the election "Sports-Women of the Year 2009" initiated by the regional sports federation of Bremen.

From the past I know that it is, compared to the bigger clubs of other sports (with lots of electing members), a difficult job to assert yourself - no matter what kind of results You have.

That's why I please everybody out there to give me his/ her voice.

>> Voting (until january 31st 2010)

You can elect once a day (again after 24 hours)

Thanks to everybody for supporting me !

Wie mir anläßlich der Ehrung im Oktober in Bremen fast schon prophezeit wurde, bin ich eine der Kandidatinnen, die für die Wahl des Landessportbundes Bremen "Sportlerin des Jahres 2009" vorgeschlagen wurden.
Aus der Vergangenheit weiß ich, dass es verglichen mit den großen Vereinen (und entsprechend vieler wählender Mitglieder) ein schwieriges Unterfangen ist, sich bei dieser Wahl zu behaupten - ganz unabhängig von den sportlichen Ergebnissen.

Daher bitte ich euch alle, mir eure Stimme zu geben.
Hier geht es zum >> Voting (bis 31. Januar 2010)

Ihr könnt jeden Tag einman eure Stimme abgeben (immer wieder nach 24 Stunden)

Danke allen, die mich hierbei unterstützen !

Thoughts from the Sandbox

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:54:34 GMT

As much as I would like to be posting race results after a hard weekend of battling with the Vets of the best sport on the planet riding the finest 2010 on the track, I find myself chillin' in the sandbox after a long day of working on the most advanced aircraft with America's finest next generation of young men and women protecting those in contact with the enemy.
As I think of the BMX family I left behind and after 29 years of racing, the thought of sailing some doubles still gets my pulse racing. If my son's passion for BMX continues, you will see the both of us for decades to come. My bike, the 2010 RL not only looks sweet, it rides straight as an arrow and jumps like a rocket. If you are thinking of getting one, drop everything you are doing and order yours today!

ONLINE VOTING OPENS FOR GOLDEN CRANK AWARDS

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:18:20 GMT

This year, for the first time ever - the Golden Crank Awards will be ONLINE ONLY! No more hassle of mailing in ballots, no more ballot stuffing and you must be an ABA member to vote. Also when you vote, your name will be put in a hat for a chance to win some cool BMX stuff.

Since 1992 BMXer magazine has asked YOU, the racers, to vote for your favorites in the following four categories:

PRO of the YEAR
ROOKIE PRO of the YEAR
BIKE of the YEAR
FACTORY TEAM of the YEAR

And in the past - plenty of REDLINE riders, from John Purse to Bubba Harris to Denzel Stein, have received the honor of hoisting up the illustrious Golden Crank trophy in November. A couple of times, we've even been voted TEAM of the YEAR. But most amazingly - is the sad fact that Redline has never received the award for BIKE of theYEAR. But with the new 2010 being the talk of the BMX circuit - we have a good feeling that THIS could be our year!

Once all the votes are cast they are then tallied up to see who the lucky winners are. The BMXer magazine Golden Crank awards will be awarded to the winners during the Friday Night Pro Spectacular at the Greatest Race on Earth, the ABA GRANDS in Tulsa, OK.

Click here to Vote for your Favorite Redline Riders, Bike and Team choices

Happy Halloween!!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:44:22 GMT

Well, the kiddos spent the night with Nanny and it allowed us to go out and do big boy and big girl stuff! So what to do? Dinner and a movie it was. I've been hearing about this Paranormal Activity movie and all the buzz is that it was supposed to be pretty gnarly. So after a nice dinner at Tumbleweed, we headed to the theater and found the best seats.
So the movie starts off pretty slow. The guy in the movie is a riot! At first I was like, "Is this a comedy or a scary movie?" The movie does ramp up the scary factor a bit and it is a good movie, but this is a movie where you have to use your imagination a little bit; you can't rely on the special effects.

Watched Gorgeous George on Go211 and dominate! Congrats to 3G for riding so well. Good luck to the Redline Team today and tomorrow at the Disney Cup - wish I was there with ya. Everyone going trick-or-treating, be careful and check the candy before you eat it!

2x4

Redline 2009 BMX Video

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:59:28 GMT

Check out the video that was shown during the 2009 Interbike show, featuring highlights from the season:

Redline 2009 BMX Video from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

Filming and edit by OnTheGate Films.

Vote for Tory Nyhaug for Cyclist of the Year!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 23:18:45 GMT

Redline's Canadian Olympic hopeful Tory Nyhaug has been nominated by Cycling BC in 2 catagories!

BMX Cyclist of the Year and for International Cyclist of the Year!

Vote now!

Click the links to vote for Tory For BMX Cyclist of the Year and for International Cyclist of the Year

Good Luck Tory!

Bicycling reviews the 2010 Conquest Team

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:40:00 GMT

Read the review here.

"Another Redline bonus: Unlike with many manufacturers, next year's models come out in July, hit stores in August, and are being raced by September."

ORLANDO SKULLCANDY EDIT

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:29:56 GMT

Peep the new SkullCandy Orlando dew tour edit. Our Boy Brandon Dosch has a few clips from his win that night!

ABA 2010 Race Schedule

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:49:25 GMT

Breaking News: ABA has just unleashed their 2010 race schedule to the public! Here are the dates to mark on your 2010 Calendar.

1/8-10/2010 Silver Dollar Nationals Reno, NV
1/22-24/2010 Sooner Nationals Guthrie, OK
2/5-7/2010 SoCal Nationals Chula Vista, CA
2/19-21/2010 Gator Nationals Oldsmar, FL
3/5-7/2010 Winter Nationals Phoenix, AZ
3/19 & 21/2010 Super Nationals Desoto, TX
March 20, 2010 USA Cycling Natls Desoto, TX
3/26-28/2010 Great Northwest Nats Redmond, OR
4/16-18/2010 Dixieland Nationals Atlanta, GA
4/16-18/2010 Canadian Nationals Chilliwack, BC
4/30-5/2/2010 US Nationals Bakersfield, CA
5/14-16/2010 Wiregrass Nationals Dothan, AL
5/28-30/2010 Spring Nationals Albuquerque, NM
6/4-6/2010 Summer Nationals Roseville, CA
6/11-13/2010 East Coast Nationals Charlotte, NC
6/11-13/2010 Cactus Classic Nationals Kamloops, BC
6/18-20/2010 Midwest Nationals Rockford, IL
7/2-4/2010 Great Salt Lake Nationals West Jordan, UT
7/9-11/2010 New England Nationals Westfield, MA
7/16-18/2010 Star Spangled Nationals Severn, MD
7/16-18/2010 Harbour City Nationals Nanaimo, BC
7/23-25/2010 Badger State Nationals Wisconsin Rapids, WI
8/6-8/2010 Southwest Nationals Tucson, AZ
8/13-15/2010 Quaker State Nationals Clarks Summit, PA
8/13-15/2010 Gateway Nationals Prince George, BC
8/20-22/2010 Cornhusker Nationals Lincoln, NE
9/3-5/2010 Blackjack Nationals Reno, NV
9/17-19/2010 US Open Nationals Chula Vista, CA
9-18, 2010 UCI Supercross Chula Vista, CA
10/1-3/2010 Redline Cup Finals East TBA
10/8-10/2010 Redline Cup Finals Central TBA
10/8-10/2010 Canadian Grand Nationals Chilliwack, BC
10/15-17/2010 Redline Finals West Boulder City, NV
10/22-24/2010 Disney Cup Fall Nationals Orlando, FL
11/25-28/2010 Grand Nationals Tulsa, OK

Redline Historical Artifact

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:54:45 GMT

From the historical archives of Lenny Batycki - a Pedaler's West/Redline membership card from 1977.

Pedaler's West was one of the first BMX specific bike shops, and at the time, were probably the No.1 shop for Redline sales.

Oregon Jr. Cyclo-Cross Series

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:35:15 GMT

Redline Bicycles is proud to be a sponsor of the first ever Cyclo-cross series in Oregon devoted to junior racers. Redline is working with John Wilson and OBRA to help young riders have a great experience racing Cyclo-cross.

Redline Bicycles is the maker of the Redline Conquest 20 for 6 to 10 year old riders, and the Conquest 24 for 10 to 14 year old riders. The fastest growing segment of Cyclo-cross is among women and juniors so it only makes sense that Redline should be a part of the future of the great sport of ‘Cross!

Flyer is here!

Newspaper article on Dakota Senger

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:20:16 GMT

Great profile on Dakota Senger. Read it here!

Today's training ride

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:32:12 GMT

I just got in from a great training ride today. I road out to Arlington with Chad today to run this awesome set of stairs that is 200 wood steps long up this hill side through the woods. We did 5 times and got back on the bike and attacked at the top for another 30sec each time. Holly cow is that hard, and what a great workout!!

Hello and Thanks!!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:08:43 GMT

Hello Redline Fans!!! I would like to take the time and opportunity to introduce myself to you. I've been racing since 1983. I race mostly on the east coast, but from time-to-time, I have the priveledge to race ABA. I guess you would call me a late bloomer, as I didn't see major success until I turned 30. I did win the 1986 NBL Grand National as a 15 novice, where somebody coined the name Tommy "2x4" Board in BMXaction. I turned Vet Pro/Elite Masters in 2003, scoring a #8 plate in the NBL. At the time, I thought my BMX racing was at an end. I was completing a BS in Human and Health Performance and college demanding my full attention and dedication, so I stopped racing until 2006. I reclassed and had great success, missing out on the #1 titles in 2006 and 2007 by 1 point. It was at the end of the 2008 season when I got the nod from Gork to join the Factory Redline Team. As a kid growing up during the BMX Boom, riding for Redline was always a dream! Never in my wildest dreams did I ever think I would ever be wearing the famous red and black that the legends like Stompin' Stu, Greg Grubs, DD Leone, Billy Griggs and Greg Hill, just to name a few have wore. Everytime I stepped into the trailer and see all the #1's in the wall, I have to pinch myself just to make sure I'm not dreaming.

In 2008 after my 3rd consecutive 2nd place finish at the NBL Grands, I felt it was now or never to return to the Vet Pro/Elite Masters class. I trained throughout the winter and actually scored my first pro win at the Indianapolis regional event, racing against two top super x's. I also made some other Elite Open mains, being almost 20 years older than some of the other guys on the gate.

I was ready to see what I could do in the Elite Masters class, but unfortunately suffered a major injury to my left hand, where I had to have 2 pins hold my first metacarpal in place for 6 weeks. Right in the middle of the Elite Series season. The hits kept on coming! After coming back from my broken hand, I got back into the best shape ever, only to come down with an upper respiratory infection a week before the NBL Grands. You can go to Go211 and watch me pass out literally on the last straight and crash.

For 2010, I look forward to riding the new Flight Pro XL! The plan for next year is the same as before, train hard and leave it all on the track. I want to score a top 10 number and be on the podium. I want to take the time out to thank Gork for all the support!!! Thanks to all the people who have taken the time out to write nice things about me over on Vintagebmx.com. I have to thank my wife for all of her support. Most importantly, I have to thank GOD for putting me in this position to make a positive impact on BMX and the young men and women involved!

SCX #4 Steilacoom

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:23:23 GMT

On Sunday morning we heading back down to Fort Steilacoom park for the SCX #4 Series race. This course usually had a very long and steep run up that always makes me hurt, but they took the run up out for this course so I was very happy!! The course was very fast with only one time off the bike for a double barrier, otherwise it was either uphill, downhill or fast flat grass.
We had 10 elite girls on the start line. I got a great start with the whole shot going into the first 90 degree right hand turn. I got a little to cocky and took the corner to fast and to tight and with the grass being wet, I hit the ground hard. I was in front so all the girls had to navigate around me. I jumped back up and realized my front wheel had come loose a bit and my left brake caliper was stuck under my rim. I started to try to fix it and everyone was telling me not to panic and stay calm. That was the best advice, I stayed cool and got everything back working and off I went. I was now about 30 sec behind the last place girl and had a lot of work to do to catch back up. I put my head down and started charging. It took me about 2 full laps to catch back up with the top 5 girls. Once I was there I settled in on 2nd and 3rd's place wheel to catch my breath for a bit.
I could see Ann who was in 1st place just up the road, about 15 sec so I decided I was going to try to attack Jadine and Lea on the flat grass section and try to pull Ann back. I was feeling really good, so I went for it. I managed to get on Ann's wheel by the start/finish area. We had 2 laps to go at this point so I decided to try to get some space. Ann stayed with me through the uphill climb section of the course, she is so strong. When we hit the flat grass again I put the hurt down a bit and pushed myself as hard as I could to get a gap. It worked, I got about a 10 sec gap going into the last lap.
I started catching up with the guys and started using them to help me get a bigger gap. They pushed me to go faster and that gave me the edge to get away a bit. I held my lead and finished about 20sec ahead of Ann who finished in 2nd place.
It was a great race, I am really proud of myself for pushing and not giving up and working my way back up to win the race. Like I always say "never give up, you never know what could happen!"
A great race, we are on to a double weekend this coming weekend with a MFG Series race at Lincoln Park in West Seattle on Sat and a SCX Series race on Sunday at Maris Farms in Buckley.
Kristi

My Blog #1

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 03:24:11 GMT

Hi Everyone,
This is Dakota Senger - Redline's 13 year old amateur from Winston, Oregon.

I have been working hard and looking very forward to the ABA Grands (this November). We have so many fast riders in 13X - it's going to be a tough race, just like it is every year. But I can’t wait. I hope I am able to add my third consecutive NAG No.1 to the door of the Redline trailer - but I realize it's going to be tough to do.

I have also been hunting a lot. My dad and I have been putting on some miles walking in the mountains. He said we are cross training right now. Haven’t got my Buck, Bear or Elk yet! Still working on it though! We are also keeping an eye out for Sasquatch for Gork.

I just received the official invite for the Olympic Training Center Junior Development Camp No.2 in December. Totally Excited! Gonna have to keep training to try and keep up with the others on the invite list. They are all blazing fast and older. Did I mention blazing fast?
Here are the names on the e-mail that I got: Nathan Padilla; Jesse Day; Nick Koehler; Lain VanOgle; Jordan Miranda; Anthony Derosa; Austin Hiatt; Rusty Nesvig.

I'm looking forward to working again with USA Coaches Mike King, Jerry Bradford, Brian Fell and Jeff Glynn. Another plus will be spending time with friends and the food at the OTC is awesome!

"Nord Cup" Final at Bremen

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 00:22:43 GMT

Deutsch

Das letzte Rennen der Saison fand an mir wohlbekannter Stelle in Bremen statt - die Nord Cup-Serie 2009 ging in ihre letzte Runde. Im Vorfeld sorgte viel Regen für ein sehr herbstliches Feeling, doch es war trotzdem richtig viel los auf dem Oeversberg.
Gleich nach dem Training stand der Besuch des Sportsenators Mäurer auf dem Zeitplan, denn es war eine Ehrung für mich vorbereitet. Während es am Samstag-Abend noch im Vereins- und Freundeskreis (je 2 Familien aus Bispingen & Hamburg) gemütlich zuging, wurde der Sonntag sehr offiziell. Neben dem Sportsenator (2.v.r.)ließen sich auch der Kreissportbund Bremen-Nord(2.v.l. & re.) und der Bremer Radsportverband (li.)sowie der Vegesacker BMX-Club nicht lumpen und zeigten ihre Anerkennung für meine Leistungen des Sommers. Vielen Dank für diese Würdigungen !
Nach kurzen Reden und Fotos mit allen Beteiligten stürmten dann sämtliche hamburger Kids mit je einer Sonnenblume auf mich zu, insgesamt 25 !
Eine wirklich liebe Geste - DANKE an euch !

Dann noch ein kurzer Plausch mit Herrn Mäurer, der sogar noch etwas blieb und sich die Rennen anschaute.
Hier ging ich in der Klasse 19+ (15+) an den Start und fuhr mich bis in das Finale. Dort war ich meist mittendrin statt nur dabei, doch die Kerle hatten etwas mehr Kraft auf der Strecke, so dass ich mit Platz 6 durchaus zufrieden war.

English

The last race of the 2009 Season happened at the well-known place at Bremen - the last round of the "Nord Cup" Series was scheduled. The days and weeks before there was a lot of rain causing an autumnally feeling, but nevertheless there were lots of people at the venue called Oeversberg.
Right after practice the visit of the sports senator Mr. Mäurer was expected, because my Club had prepared to give me an honour for this year's achievements. On Saturday evening I got a party in very familiar atmosphere with several club members and some friends (2 families from Bispingen & 2 from Hamburg), while Sunday became kind of official. Beside the sports senator (2nd from right) also the local sportsalliance (2nd from left & on the right), the representive of the Cycling Federation Bremen (left) as well as my club "Vegesacker BMX-Club" had some flowers, a Document and a glass-trophy to show their recognition for my achiements this summer. Many thanks for these Acknowledgments !
After some short speaches and photos with all persons involved, all the kids from the club of Hamburg ran towards me - each of them carrying one sunflower giving it to me - 25 altogether !
What a kind gesture - THANKS to all of YOU !

Afterwards I took the chance and had a short talk to Mr. Mäurer, who even stayed at the venue and watched some of the races.
I competed in the men's class 19 years and over (together with 15-18) and reached the main final. I was in the middle of the action, but the guys had more power on the track, so that I finished satisfied with a 6th place.

Fréjus, finale de la coupe du monde 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:20:10 GMT

Bonjour,

Quelques mots concernant la 4ème manche de la coupe du monde 2009 pour les mettre en ligne sur le site du club et de la DN.
JJG

C'est en France, à Fréjus Roc d'Azur, que se déroulait la dernière manche de la coupe du monde. Nos pilotes de l'équipe DN1 étaient bien présents. Damien était au repos forcé mais a néanmoins regardé évoluer ses équipiers.
Le plateau était relevé et en nombre. Pas moins de 140 pilotes pour les hommes et 36 pour les feminines. Premier objectif : rentrer parmi les 64 meilleurs temps chronométrés afin de pouvoir participer aux huitièmes de finale. Malheureusement, ça ne passe pas pour Lilian qui termine à la 77ème place malgré un bon premier chrono. Christophe se classe 89ème et ne participera pas non plus à la course. Ca passe en revanche pour Julien qui termine 50ème après un premier chrono raté, et pour Blandine qui se classe 18ème. En huitième de finale, Blandine est trop juste et n'ira pas en quart. Idem pour Julien, victime d'une chute assez lourde dans la première manche alors qu'il était bien en course. Il a participé aux 2 manches suivantes sans pouvoir s'exprimer.
C'était une nouvelle occasion pour nos 4 pilotes de continuer à engranger du capital expérience.
Au classement final de la coupe du monde 2009, 134 pilotes sont classés. Damien termine à la 12ème place en n'ayant participé qu'à 2 épreuves. Nul doute que sans sa chute aux USA, une place sur le podium était possible. Julien termine 64ème, Christophe est 123ème. Lilian n'est pas classé. Blandine termine 32ème. Les Femmes sont 37 à être classées.

Classement Final Hommes :
1. WILLOUGHBY (Aus)
2. VAN DER PUTTEN (NL)
3. ROBINSON (USA)
7. CALEYRON (FRA)
12. GODET D (FRA)
14. PELLUARD (FRA)
17. DAUDET (FRA)
26. HAMON (FRA)
59. DUCHENE (FRA)
64. GODET J (FRA)
68. ANDRE (FRA)
74. QUAEGEBEURG (FRA)
79. DESPEAUX (FRA)
83. LEROY (FRA)
83. GAGNU (FRA)
91. GUTTIEREZ (FRA)
98. RICCARDI R (FRA)
110. FONQUERNIE (FRA)
110. RICCARDI R (FRA)
119. PERRIER (FRA)
123. CORDIER (FRA)
131. MERCIER (FRA)

Classement final Femmes :
1. LE CORGUILLE L (FRA)
2. AILLOUD (FRA)
3. MARTIN (USA)
11. POTTIER (FRA)
21. DESPEAUX (FRA)
22. VALENTINO (FRA)
29. MEYRAND (FRA)
30. THOMAS (FRA)
32. ROUGIE (FRA)
32. COTTEREAU (FRA)
32. CHARPENTIER (FRA)
36. LEROUX (FRA)

Résultats complets sur www.uci.ch

Holland's BMX DreamTeam takes Redline to numerous Wins

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:40:23 GMT

As you might know, the Dutch Redline factory team competition has come to an end over here in Holland. We are still racing the BKZ competition with only one race to come next weekend. Here you find the rankings of our riders in the BKZ competition:

1 Erik peters boys 7 year - ranking 1st place

2 Wessel van dijk boys 8 year - ranking 1st place

3 Ronan lemmens boys 9 year - ranking 1st place

4 Joey ijkelen boys 10 year - ranking 1st place

5 Nick scheepers boys 11 year - ranking 3rd place

6 Koen vd wijst boys 11 year - ranking 2nd place

7 Stijn nouwen boys 13 years - ranking 2nd place

8 Michael van dam boys 15/16 year - ranking 2nd place

9 Jelle vd elzen masters - ranking 1st place

10 Jeffrey vd biezen masters - ranking 3rd place

11 Indy scheepers 7 years - ranking 4th place(girl racing againts boys in this competition)

* 12 Leon walravens - does not race bkz competition

* 13 Godert vd mierden - does not race bkz competition

I checked the last five years of bmx in the Netherlands,and there has never been a factory team that had such positive results in the Redline competition, bkz competition and national championships in one year. We'd like to congratulate our entire team for their impressive racing in 2009 - and thanks to Redline for providing the best race bike in the sport of BMX.

--Jeroen Scheepers
team manager for BMX DreamTeam

British Championships 2009 report

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:26:07 GMT

It's been awhile since we've filled you REDLINE fans in on Redline's UK scene -- so here's an update from our British correspondent and International Man of Mystery; Alan Hill:

"Ayesha Mclelland and I finished the season on a high with wins at the British Championships to go along with our national titles. My wife Abi was happy to score a 2nd at Cheddar - with her broken thumb, from a crash-filled women's cruiser final. This, along with a national number 2 plate capped off a frustrating year for her.

Redline's Lochlan Dudley had some bad luck in his semi to just miss the Brits main but had a consistent year of nationals to earn the UK number 5 plate in his division.
And our mini, mighty munchkin Kyle was looking good for a spot in the 6 and under main at Cheddar but got a little loose on the fast downhill track and crashed out. With a local backyard track to ride on this winter, Kyle will be looking to improve on his national No.9 plate.
Overall, Team Redline finished up with 7th at the Brits and in the national series ... but we will be sure to improve on that next year with the addition of three new riders to the roster.

I just built up my 2010 bikes in time for leaving to Florida. I am really impressed with the new low profile look and colour scheme. The Oh-10 bikes are already creating a buzz in the pits before riders have seen them, so expect demand to be high. Here in England, the Redline Flight bikes are the latest must-have bikes!"

Cheers

--Alan Hill

PS: This was a thread by Kelvin Batey on the UK BMX forum about me racing my last race in the UK Elite class (19+ next year- good for team points!). Some great compliments from my competitors: http://www.bmxtalk.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24939

D-440 Customer Review

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:44:36 GMT

"I recently purchased the D440 from “The Bike Shop” in Shawnee,OK. I would describe myself as a casual fitness, short tour, long time rider.

It is good to see manufacturer’s still making co-mo frames. I love the ride of the 29er D440. It is perfect for my needs, very well built and finished extra nice. All components compliment a well designed machine. I am looking forward to many years of service. I would recommend the D440 to any person having similar needs."

-A pleased Redline D440 Owner,

Mark Dill

Oklahoma

Redline loves to get personal testimonies - send yours in to gork@seattlebikesupply.com

THE REDLINE COLLECTION - from FLICK-TRIX

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:18:02 GMT

Way back at the turn of the millinium, FLICK-TRIX hit the BMX scene with a batch of finger bikes. And now, nearly 10 years later, they are back for more. Only this time, the toy company has added some Retro rides to the collection. And among all of the new and older bike brands, of course, is REDLINE.
Thus, we dug out our old FlickTrix ramps and Redline factory rider, and gave the new models a "spin." The Mini-Me Jackal gives them a big thumbs-up.

After nearly a year in development, FlickTrix have recently shipped out the first models of Redline fingerbikes - which include the modern day Redline 7.1 and 5.1 as well as classic Vintage Redline bikes such as the '76 Squareback and the RL 20-II freestyler from 1985.
Available at most toy stores - including Toys-R-Us, as well as Target and Wal-Mart, you can pick up your Redline-branded fingerbikes right now from $8 to $15. They make a great birthday gift and are predicted to be the hot-ticket gift this year come Christmas time!

The classic Redline Squareback from 1976 -- the bike all of your dad's wanted to own, can now be yours. (Great gift idea for Dad - eh?)

Winner winner chicken dinner in lancaster!

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:28:54 GMT

So the results are already up, and you probably have already heard all about the ABA race in Lancaster, CA that went down this past weekend ...but I'm going to fill you in on it from my perspective.

It was my first road trip without mommy and daddy to a race. Weird. I headed up towards the LA area Friday morning, with a stop at the Oakley factory along the way. That place is pretty cool and I will definitely be hoping to spend some time there on the pump track, in the gym, or just hanging out. Anyways, it was about an hour and a half to Oakley and about 2 hours from Oakley to Lancaster. I got into my hotel and everything just fine with no problems.
( See mom? I’m a big girl now =] )

Went to practice that night, felt terrible and only got about 5 laps in. But when Saturday rolled around, something had lit my fire. After much discussion on how many finals we were going to run and between noises interferring with people’s gate starts (an air compressor noise went off just before the gate dropped and it messed some riders up in our first main), my adrenaline must have been at an all time high as I made it around the track in the front of the pack three times on the extremely long track. I was having strong starts again and it was great to feel in control of the race again; a place where I haven’t been sitting too often in the ABA this year.
Anyways, the success continued on into Sunday as well, even after feeling pretty slow in motos. When the main event rolled around I got a good start and ran with it the rest of the race for another win. (We only ran one main on day two - thank gosh, because my legs were done-for on that long track in that scorching heat!).

After the weekend I also took a trip into Wrightwood, CA (a little mountain town out of LA) to visit Kris Fox’s “cabin”. It was a good night with a little group of people up to check out his place/do sweet stunts on his little half pipe (that, mind you, drops in off his deck - haha). Typical biker. Oh, and also note that there was an intense game of "chubby bunny" played (where you see who can fit the most marshmallows in your mouth and still say "chubby bunny".) And then the boys rode the ramp in their underwear ...not sure why, but they did.

The next day was set aside for homework, and I think I speak for everyone when I say I HATE HOMEWORK!! It stinks sitting there doing homework while everyone else is riding their bikes or doing something fun. It really is hard sometimes to focus.

So, I have been back in SD for a few days now. It’s Parent Weekend this weekend at school but my parents will not be attending, since I will see them next weekend at ABA's Disney Cup race. So I don’t know how I am going to occupy my time while everyone else is having family time. Maybe I can catch up on more homework???
We’ll have to see about that one. Haha
Catch you later.

--Alise

GARA LUCA CORNIA CARPI

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:47:41 GMT

Si è svolta questa domenica il trofeo Luca Cornia a Fossoli - Carpi. La gara è stata svolta in collaborazione con l'Abruzzo e il ricavato della vendita dei DVD della gara è andato in loro aiuto. Un piccolo gesto ma sicuramente un weekend divertente per le decine di ragazzi venuti dalla provincia dell'Aquila per distogliere un po' la mente..
La gara è andata molto bene. La pista era liscia e tenuta perfettamente, e devo dire la verità, molto divertente =)

Ho vinto 4 manches su quattro davanti a Roberto Cristofoli, giunto poi terzo sul podio dietro allo junior Pevarello.

Ringrazio Romano Cornia per l'invito. E' il secondo anno che vado a questa gara e spero di continuare anche in futuro.

SCX #3 Silver Lake

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:22:02 GMT

First off I have to say that this might be my very favorite course so far this season. What Phil Oppenheimer and Dan Norton (and everyone else who helped) did with the layout of this course was amazing. We had just about every element you can have in a cross race minus snow and heavy mud. I loved this course!!

I started the morning out with doing a warm up lap with the Cycle U Team. We rode a lap together so I could show them all the different parts and help them learn to ride everything the best they could. While I was out riding I was getting very excited knowing that this course could not have been better laid out for me. It started into a huge flat sandy beach section that was like 250 feet long or so. The best line through there was in the lake!! Then we went into a lot of up and down little sections and then back into another shorter flat sand section, this was much faster then the other section. Then we went out onto the side of this hill that we basically went up and down with both power climbs and great downhill sections. Then back to the finish. This was a course for someone with great bike handling skills for sure and a lot of power in their legs.

I lined up at the start line with our women 1/2 field. I just knew this was going to be a great day for me, I was feeling good and was so excited to ride the course. So the gun went off and I managed to get the whole shot going into the sand and dove right over to the lake and rode in the water about a foot off of the shoreline. SO much faster, I was able to ride everything until the last 10-15 feet where I had to jump off and run to get out of the deep sand. At that point I already had about a 10sec gap on the rest of the women's field. We then went into this up hill section that I wasn't able to ride because it was to loose, down side was when I turned the corner I was looking at about half of the Master 35+ men's category standing still trying to get up this section. So I decided I was going to have to push my way through a little bit. I didn't want to loose the gap I had. So I went up the left side and just started yelling I was coming and it got everyone moving and all those guys let me by.

I hate having to do that, because I know they are all fighting for position too, but they are all so darn nice and always let me through. Thank you guys!!

I started feeling really good and started using my handling skills to pass a lot of the guys. I spent the first 3 laps passing and trying to see how far I could move up in the guys. At the end I was told that I managed to move up into the top 10 with a 30sec gap at the start. So I was very excited about that, that is always my goal is to make the top ten but I have not done it yet this year.

So I finished in first in the 1/2 Women and around 10th in the Master 35+ Cat 3 men. Overall a great day!!!

Off this weekend back to Steilacoom, not usually a course that favors my riding style. With fast flat sections and a longer uphill run. But I will go there trying to do the best I can!! I will let you all know how it goes.

Kristi

The Brooklyn Banks closing?

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:31:08 GMT

Word has spread the the infamous riding spot, the Brooklyn Banks, is closing down for a bit. Here's what Tyrone Williams in New York had to say about it:

"not the first time, it's happened before...I guess they're doin' constuction on the bridge and that's probably the best place to house the equipment. Either way way, there are mad joints in dah city - people are gonna be forced to look now. We'll see what happens..."

Redline's B. Dosch Wins Orlando!! Ends up Second overall for the Year!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:16:39 GMT

By: Matt Coplon - Dirt prelims on Friday were plagued with heat and humidity. Tonight, however, mother nature threw us a bone, kicked in a cold front and dropped the temperature down to 62 degrees. Fall has finally hit Florida—a perfect atmosphere for Dew Tour Dirt Finals and the fight for the overall Dew Cup. What a Finals it was – every past winner of the Dew Cup was in tonight's event (Guettler, Napolitan, Nyquist, and White), and the field of twelve put on a great show for the Orlando crowd.

And the overall winner is…Ryan Nyquist. The pressure was eased up a little bit for this Dew Tour veteran (and living BMX legend) considering that as long as he didn't dip below sixth place in tonight’s event, he would be leaving Orlando with a Dew Cup. Ending up in fifth tonight did the trick, and Nyquist won another Dew Cup to go with the one he took home in 2007.

Tonight’s Finals hosted a pretty interesting chain of events. Firstly, Brandon Dosch kept bouncing back and forth in the top two slots. With ridiculously consistent runs, he held things together with incredible tail whip and 360 variations. Interestingly enough, his third and final run availed the highest score of the night at 92.87—straight triple whip over the hip, 360 over the second, downside whip 360 over the third, and 360 double whip over the last jump–flawless. It’s not surprising that this run put him on top of the podium this evening and placed him second in overall standings.

Dosch 360 whip

For more on what went down this weekend check out the ALLI for year end finals and the all year end standings

RINGRAZIAMENTI STAGIONE 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:47:19 GMT

La stagione 2009 è appena finita. E' stata una stagione caratterizzata dal ritorno del campionato europeo in Italia, con la prova di Creazzo. Davanti al mio pubblico ho ottenuto un ottimo 4° posto e sono risalito fino al 9° in classifica. La settimana successiva ho ottenuto il miglior tempo in qualifica al supercross di Copenhagen, in Coppa del Mondo! Ero davvero in ottima forma e puntavo alla finale, poi però ho avuto l'infortunio alla mano che mi ha tenuto fuori per tutta la stagione. Adesso sono tornato e mi sto preparando per il 2010.
Vorrei ringraziare innanzitutto la mia famiglia e in particolare mio padre che mi è sempre stato vicino e mi dà un grandissimo aiuto con la squadra! Vorrei ringraziare mia moglie che è il mio fan numero1 (insieme a mio papà).
Vorrei ringraziare la CARRERA JEANS per tutto l'aiuto che mi hanno dato quest'anno, per lo stimolo e per la fiducia. Spero di dare loro ottimi risultati anche nei prossimi anni e magari una medaglia nelle prossime Olimpiadi di Londra.

Vorrei ringraziare poi tutti gli sponsors tecnici:

- REDLINE: per i mezzi e le divise e tutto il supporto durante le gare in America

- THE HELMETS: per il casco e le protezioni

- MAXXIS: per i copertoni più veloci del mondo (DTH)

- SHIMANO: per le scarpe, i pedali, e tutto il completo DXR.

- OAKLEY: per le maschere da gare e tutti gli occhiali da riposo

- PALESTRA INJOY: per il sostegno e l'aiuto nella loro palestra durante tutta la stagione, sia nella preparazione invernale che nel periodo gara estivo. Davvero la miglior palestra di Verona.

- CICLI BERTOLO: è stato davvero un piacere conoscere una persona così disponibile ed esperta. E' iniziata un'ottima collaborazione con la loro officina in centro a Verona e spero di poter continuare con loro fino alle prossime Olimpiadi. Sono davvero precisi e veloci. VOTO 10!

- MEDIAPRINT: Ringrazio davvero di cuore la serigrafia Mediaprint e in particolare Michele Zenati per tutto l'aiuto che mi ha dato in questi anni nella impaginazione e stampa di tutto il mio materiale pubblicitario. Sono sempre all'avanguardia e pieni di fantasia ed è un piacere per me collaborare con loro!

Ci tengo a ringraziare inoltre il mio preparatore DAMIANO SCOLARI di Bussolengo. Sono parecchi anni che lavoriamo insieme (dal 2002) e sono cresciuto grazie ed insieme a lui nella mia carriera! Spero di continuare con lui fino a Londra, sappiamo già su cosa dobbiamo lavorare quest'inverno e a Novembre saremo già all'opera!

Ringrazio infine SQUALLSTAR STUDIO per la realizzazione del mio sito e la collaborazione nelle modifiche durante i vari anni.

ENGLISH:

Season 2009 has just finished. It was the season of the coming back of the European Championship in Italy, in Creazzo (Vicenza). It was a great show and I did 4th in front of my fans. Next week I was first at the time trial in the Supercross in Copenhagen! I was in a very good shape and my goal was the podium. Unfortunately I broke my left hand and that injury kept me out for the rest of the season.
Now I feel good and I'm training very hard for 2010.

I'd like to thank first of all my family and mosto of all my dad. He has always been close to me and he's giving me a huge help with my team! I'd like to thank my wife who is my fan number 1 (together with my dad).
I want to thank CARRERA JEANS, my main sponsor, for all the help they are giving to me, for their trust and the support. I hope to give them satisfaction during next years, good results and a great race at the Olympic Games in London 2012 (my goal is a medal).

Then I want to thank all the technical sponsors:

- REDLINE: my bike since 1999! I want to thank them for all the support during races, for the perfect bikes and the jersey.

- THE HELMETS: for the helmet and protections

- MAXXIS: for the fastest tires of the world in BMX (DTH)

- SHIMANO: for shoes, pedals and DXR.

- OAKLEY: for the googles and all the sun glasses

- INJOY GYM: for the help in their gym during all the season. The best gym in Verona!

- CICLI BERTOLO: It was really a pleasure to meet a person so gentle and expert. We started our collaboration this year. They are a bike shop in Verona and they take care of all my bikes perfectly. They are really fast and precise. Together with them I'm always sure that my bike is perfect!

- MEDIAPRINT: I thank very much Michele Zenati for all the advertisement they printed for me. They are always helpfull and they have really a lot of ideas.

I want then to thank my trainer DAMIANO SCOLARI from Bussolengo Verona. This year unfortunately I had that bad injury but before it I was really in a good shape. We have been working together since 2002 and I grew up together and thanks to him in my carrier! We already know where to work to be ready for London 2012 and since November we will already working on it!!

And finally I thank SQUALLSTAR STUDIO for the building of my wonderfull website and for the collaboration during these years...

Brandon Dosch Orlando triple whip footage

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:35:25 GMT

Congratulations to Brandon on his amazing BMX Dirt Final run at the final Dew Tour stop in Orlando, Florida. The triple tailwhip was bananas! Watch the highlights below and also check out the RIDEBMX video coverage of the event. More info to come....

B. Dosch in Practice

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:56:26 GMT

Orlando Dirt Prelims!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 18:29:48 GMT

Check out the the Latest on Orlando Dew Tour Dirt Prelims over at the ride site!

BMXPlus! reviews the new 2010 MXpert

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:25:02 GMT

In the December 2009 issue of BMXPlus!, the editors had some nice things to say about the new MX Pert.

"The MXpert proved to be so much more than we would have expected. This is the only bike you need to know."
-Editors of BMX Plus

Invités à Besnate (ITALIE ) OPEN INTERNATIONAL

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:26:53 GMT

Une partie de l équipe était invitée pour une course à BESNATE ( italie) , christophe , lilian et notre invité frederick bouvard faisaient partis des 30 pilotes elites invités par le club italien , un gros plateau pour une formule de course très intéressante , time trail , courses en duel , concours de hole shot ,concours de figures sur une piste technique et rapide ...

Au programme : Samedi time trail et remise de plaques sur podium puis l enchaînement de la course .. ,Dimanche course en duel + course classique avec primes de hole shot et concours de figures des riders elites pour cloturer cet evenement ..

Samedi : OPEN

1 MATTISON ARTHURS (LAT)
2 VEIDE RICHARDS (LAT)
3 DUBOIS ARNAUD (BEL)
4 CHRISTOFOLI ROBERTO (ITA )
5 GAGNU FRANCKY(FRA)
6 DELBERT JEAN MATHIEU (FRA )
7 GUITIERREZ PABLO (FRA)
8 JASPERS MARTIJN (NED )

DIMANCHE : COURSE CLASSIQUE

1 VEIDE RICHARDS (LAT)
2 DUBOIS ARNAUD (BEL)
3 GUITIERREZ PABLO (FRA)
4 DELBERT J M ( FRA)
5 GAGNU FRANCKY (FRA)
6 CHRISTOFOLI ROBERTO (ITA)
7 JASPER MARTIJN (NED)
8 MATISSONS ARTHURS (LAT)
9 CORDIER CHRISTOPHE (FRA)
10 SUAREZ JONATHAN MOSQUITO (VEN)
11TEPPERS NIELS (NED)
12 PALUSSO MAURO (ITA)
13 FANTONI GIACOMO (ITA)
14 GOUX LILIAN (FRA)
15 BOUVARD FREDERICK (FRA)

Back to SD for me!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:40:43 GMT

While France was all grand and fun, it's back to San Diego for me. I am currently sitting in my dorm after an incredibly long ride home. I slept the whole way so it should have seemed short, but I think the fact that I didn't want to get back to reality made it seem long. Before I get into that talk though, how about an update on the end of the weekend.

I am sad I have to say it again, but it wasn't quite what I had hoped to get from the weekend. I was riding really well in my opinion, having the hardest qualifier and keeping up with the winner all day long was really setting me up for a good day. My semi was extremely stacked though and not having a perfect gate didn't help. I was in fourth going into the first turn anyway (I pulled brake, hung back, and shot to the inside) but the rider in front of me was already low in the turn...forcing me to be REALLY low in the turn. My front wheel basically latched on to Caroline Buchanan's back wheel, drug, and then a slide from Caroline caused me to basically "tip over". It was extremely upsetting after riding so well to not be in the final, but I guess things happen, and though I didn't get the result, I saw A LOT of improvement at this race. In the time trial results,

I was the 3rd fastest to the kink on the hill, and 2nd fast down the hill which are nice tid bits to keep my confidence up. I also almost beat the french winner of the day in our third round which was really exciting for me. I only had one crash this weekend (the crash numbers have slowly been getting smaller and smaller) that wasn't even my fault really. So yeah, overall I would have to say I am still okay with the weekend.

The awards ceremony that evening was rather...eventful. It was during the afterparty for the race and needless to say, there were some interesting speeches. This was the first ever end of the year awards and they gave out, most improved, rookie of the year, best crash, rider of the year, most stylish, and coach of the year. The videos and what not were cool to watch and it definitely made the night a little more fun.

After that evening it was off to the airport at 4:30am to head back to the US of A. We got home to san diego around 8:30pm and back to the center around 9:30pm. I wanted to catch an early night's sleep seeing as I had to make up a Biology midterm today..but that didn't happen. Sleeping the whole plane ride home and being on French time still, kept me up until 6:30am for 3 hours of sleep...AWESOME! Anyways, I was back off to school from the center this morning and aced that Bio test (NOT!!!!!).

All I can say is tonight I hope to definitely get a lot more rest after I pick Sam up from the airport...

chat at you soon!

Redline D440 29er Testimony

RedlineBicycles.com — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:22:40 GMT

"I recently bought a Redline D440 29er from Iron Cycles in Chicago Illinois. I was bitten by the Mountain Biking Bug recently after thoroughly shredding my Trek 7.1 FX on a trail with logs the size of my torso. Ever since I’ve been in the market for a solid mountain bike that would hold my 280lbs frame and handle the punishment I dealt out.

FIRST RIDE:
On my first ride with the brand new D440 out at Knoch Park, Naperville, Illinois: Nothing broke, I fell in love with the way the bike just rolled over everything in it's path, I thought nothing could ever separate us from that point on.

SECOND RIDE:
Palos Hills, Illinois: A full week after the first ride at Knoch I had been using the D440 as a commuter to work and class and found that it was even better on the road then my newly re-furbished Trek 7.1 fx. Taking the bike to Palos, a friend and I put 25 miles of VERY hard riding into this it and it only begged for more. My only complaint was that the tires (Limestone only generic brand) had flat spots after only 110 miles. Still, balding tires an all, I left my buddies in the dust.

THIRD RIDE:
Saw Wee Kee Forest Preserve, Oswego Illinois: If you are unaware of this part of the country, Saw Wee Kee is the nasty tattooed green haired sibling of Palos. It used to be a strip mine but is now a forest preserve where there is no dirt...only sharp rocks and hills that will make you cry. The 29 inch tires again rolled over everything while I watched my 2 friends I had brought with me fall and cuss in the mud blood and rocks. One broke his chain 1 mile into our 10 mile scheduled ride, the other smashed his from fork beyond recognition after mile 6. I laughed and kept going.

FOURTH RIDE:
We returned to Palos with a few friends of mine. One owns a bike shop, so we had a group of 7 on this ride: 1 pro street rider, his girlfriend, the owner of the shop, 2 mechanics, myself and my buddy.
I was a quarter mile ahead of the pack the entire time with the owner of the bike shop nipping at my heels, everyone else was huffing and puffing and falling and breaking bikes on the trail behind us. I take no credit, I simply thank you, Redline, and My D440 for making me look good in front of my friends and have the time of my life on the trails."

Sincerely,
Dan Martynowicz
proud Redline 440 owner

Redline loves to get personal testimonies - send yours in to gork@seattlebikesupply.com

SCX #2 Beverly Elementary

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:21:25 GMT

SCX #2 Beverly Elementary

Day number 2 of racing this weekend. We woke up in Federal Way in Station 62's parking lot in the True North Trailer, which is just so darn awesome!!The morning started out pretty darn cold, coldest race day yet. It was sunny and a beautiful fall day, great for cross racing!We headed up to South Seattle to Beverly Park Elementary school. What a great venue, the course was small but really overall the lap times were perfect and the course was awesome. It really favored me with all the tight corners and the technical downhill section. I was very excited to race this course knowing that I could use the technical parts to my advantage.

Holden my son raced first and what a great job he did. They had the kids to the run up which they normally don't make them do and Holden did so awesome. His little legs got him up that run up and he looked so darn cute. There are so many junior kids in our series and I think some of them have nicer bikes then I do!! Way to go Holden, you rock!

I was next from our family to race. Kari and Jenni weren't there today. Kari went to OR I think to finish out the Oregon/Washington Clash weekend and Jenni had to get back to ID to race the season opener in Spokane for the East Side Series.We still had a good turn out though, with some strong local girls. Our Series is so great, we really have a very strong field of women and on any day anyone of the girls can win. So we lined up at the start, this start was hard, we rode about 200-300 feet and then right into a barrier and a run up that was really pretty steep. So I knew this was going to hurt really bad. I started a bit slower knowing that, and was 2 at the top of the run up behind Lea Stralka. I got on and caught my breath and then attacked on the back side and got in the lead. Lea and Jadine Rolcik were right on my wheel through the first tight corners sections. I could hear them breathing down my back!! So I held my pace and then tried to attack once we hit the more technical part of the course. I managed to get a 15-20sec gap once we hit the track and through the first lap. I kept that gap for another lap, and then noticed that I didn't see Lea anymore. I later found out her pedal broke so she was out.I kept a pretty good gap over 2nd place, so I decided it was time to see how far I could move up into the Master 3 men 35+. We got into their group pretty fast with only starting 30sec behind them. So I started trying to catch and pass as many guys as I could . I really felt strong, my ankle was still a bit sore on the run up so I had to baby it a bit there, but it was ok every where else.I managed to get up into the top 20 of the men's category overall and won my race so I had a very good day. Much better then Saturday because the course was so much better suited for my strengths. I really enjoyed the course and hope we keep coming back to that place for sure!!

Kristi

MFG #4 Steilacoom

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:20:30 GMT

MFG #4 Steilacoom

What a day, we raced today in WA in the MFG Series #4 race that was also the Oregon/Washington Cross Clash. The idea is that the top 10 places from most of the races throughout the day get points. And at the end of the day the State with the most points wins the Grail, which is this cool keg/creatively decorated trophy. So we want to get as many people from WA in the top 10 to win the Grail. I have not seen the total yet but it looks pretty good that we got it based on the race results today.So the good part is that this race brings up some fast girls from Oregon and I am always happy when we have more women at the races. I knew today was going to be a fast course, almost a road race, and I knew I was going to have a hard time because I run a smaller big ring, and on most courses it is perfect but on this one there was a really long paved downhill and that for me was were I was loosing all my ground today.

I got a good start settling in behind Kari Studley and Jenni Geartner and stayed there for a bit to see how they were riding. We dropped the rest of the field pretty fast and the 3 of us road together for a couple laps. Kari got a little gap on Jenni and I and pulled away to a very big lead. Jenni and I rode together also for another couple laps and then I faded a bit on the uphill and the downhill section of the course. Not having a big enough gear to stay on Jenni's wheel, I fell off the pace. I had a pretty gap over so I could settle in a bit. With 2 laps to go I took a corner pretty fast and skid my rear wheel and when I regained control my rear wheel started making some noise. So I rode it back to the pits and and got my "B" bike and off I went. I guess my rear skewer loosened up a bit so the wheel was not centered. I stayed on the "B" bike and kept on going.Then coming into the barriers I got off my bike and felt something in my ankle give a bit and felt some pain. I got back on and with one lap to go my ankle was hurting pretty bad. I keep it going and held onto 3rd place but had to go ice my ankle as soon as I finished. I was nervous that I had a stress fracture but I think now it is more muscle. So I limped back the truck and trailer and iced it and after some time it started getting better and I was able to walk on it without to much pain.

Now 9 hours later I am thing I can race tomorrow, I will see how it feels in the morning.We have the Seattle Series race tomorrow at Beverly Park in South Seattle. I will write an update on that race and my little injury tomorrow.

And I am writing this from our True North Trailer in the parking lot of Fire Station 62 in Federal Way (South King Fire). These guys are awesome, letting us use there showers and being so hospitable! I tell you being part of the "Fire family" is awesome, everyone really takes care of each other. It really is just one huge extended family.Thank you Station 62, you guys rock!!!Talk with you tomorrow!!

Kristi

FINALE SUPERCROSS 2009 ROC D'AZUR FREJUS

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:52:15 GMT

Ultima gara della stagione. La pista è stata modificata dall'anno scorso ma hanno peggiorato il secondo rettilineo. Il secondo salto, lo step-up, era troppo corto e alla massima velocità gli elite arrivavano sempre lunghi. E' lì che mi sono "mangiato" il primo giro crono. L'ho provato molte durante gli allenamenti del giorno prima e della mattina perchè ho capito che era lì che si faceva la differenza. Purtroppo però il vento è girato di 180° durante il giro crono e non era più contrario ma a favore. L'ho fatto come ero abituato ma sono arrivato lunghissimo e non sono riuscito a continuare il giro! Peccato perchè avevo il 6° tempo intermedio e sarei potuto classificarmi 13° Tutti gli altri elite dopo di me hanno capito che non si poteva arrivare alla massima velocità e rallentavano prima per non arrivare lunghi.
Alla fine mi sono dovuto accontentare del 6° miglior tempo del secondo giro. E' stato più complicato del previsto perchè a metà della seconda manche ha iniziato a piovere e la pista era molto scivolosa e 7 decimi più lenta di media. Sono stato l'unico italiano a qualificarsi per la gara. Peccato per Fantoni che è rimasto escluso di un soffio.
In gara avevo la manche numero 2, la più difficile! Ero in manche con Robinson, Van Gorkhom, Brown, Lapraz e Fox! In prima manche purtroppo ho sbagliato la partenza e mentre stavo cercando di lanciarmi per il recupero in prima curva mi si è sganciato il pedale. Non sono riuscito a fare la pro section e sono arrivato 8°. Gara inziata in salita! Anche nella seconda sono partito arretrato ma sono riuscito ad infilarmi in prima curva nel gruppo grazie ad una caduta e a piazzarmi 3° all'arrivo. Nell'ultima manche ci giocavamo la qualificazione in 5! Il mio obiettivo era battere Fox o Tyler Brown. Sono partito in 3 con Fox in 4. Sono riuscito a chiuderlo e a fare la gara dietro a Lapraz. Qualificato per i quarti.

Purtroppo mi sono qualificato con l'ultimo tempo e sono dovuto partire in 8. E' la mia corsia preferita ma qui con il primo rettilineo corto era davvero svantaggiosa. La manche inoltre era davvero tosta perchè alla mia manche di prima si sono aggiunti Willoughby, Caleyron, Nyhuag e Pelluard. L'unica chance che avevo era infilarmi nel gruppo in prima curva da esterno a interno. Purtroppo però a metà curva non ho trovato lo spazio per scendere. Ho provato allora ad arrivare più veloce nel secondo rettilineo ma il secondo salto ha vanificato tutto. Ho combattuto fino alla fine ma non mi sono qualificato.

La gara alla fine è stata vinta da Willoughby, il campione del mondo junior, che a soli 18 anni ha tenuto testa al campione olimpico Strombergs. E' lui il vincitore della coppa del mondo 2009 e atleta dell'anno!!

La settimana prossima sarò a Carpi per l'ultima gara dell'anno in favore dell'Abruzzo.

1st place.

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:49:07 GMT

So I ended up taking the win in Best Big Color tattoo. If I can find a photo somewhere I will try and post it. But other than that, tomorrow means riding around portland somewhere... I hear good things about this town.. Goods? Sounds great.

tim

October in Ohio

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 19:48:58 GMT

Well, it is fall. It is cold. It is rainy. Thank GOD that i live in cleveland and have four indoor skate parks to choose from! Chenga 2, Chenga 57, Ray's and Avon indoor. If the weather breaks a bit I will try to ride outside but for right now I will take all the warm cozy sessions that I can get!

-Kris

Get through Time Trials...CHECK!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:22:36 GMT

Yesterday was our first day on the track and it went pretty well in my opinion. It was definitely windy, a headwind on the first and third straight, which were the hardest straights for the girls. The first jump is easy (really shallow step up) and the second jump is a triple meant to double into for us. However, when there was no headwind, a bunch of us gals stepped up and jumped the whole thing. Pretty cool to see the girls progress...I think the HUGE Chula jumps might have had an influence on that??? haha I am not sure but it was definitely fun to air out the triple in the time trials. Anyways, the third straight is giving the girls the hardest time, strictly because of the wind though. Come time trials and our second practice today, the girls were definitely making a better showing on that straight. As for the guys, their second straight is probably the hardest with a super short and tall step up in the middle of it. It's kind of just a speed killer because they have to hang up in the air so long but I guess it makes it technical for them.

TIme trials: ALL THE GALS GOT OUT FIRST MOTO..EVEN ME!!! I always seem to have issues making it around the track clean my first time around but today it worked out as I finished 6th in the time trials first round! I had a pretty solid lap besides my 50/50 case on the second straight. I tried to stay too low and it didn't play out how I hoped. However I don't think it damaged my time terribly because I still finished in the top 8 which I was happy about! (the one time I can just relax and make it out in the top 16 first round since we have quarters is the time I decide to qualify in the top 8!!) Arielle followed me up with an 11th, Brooke with 13th, and Amanda 15th. So it was an early day and we got to head back to the hotel and the beach!

The boys did well also, David Herman had a little hang up in the first round of trials but managed his way through the second round. Sam Willoughby impressively came unclipped out of the gate and still managed a 17th in the FIRST round of trials.

That's it for today, wish me luck tomorrow as I am in the hardest quarter, which is to be combined with the second hardest quarter to make hopefully an EXTREMELY stacked semi!

update you later..

Alise

Redline Flight School Videos

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:09:42 GMT

Redline Vet Pro Jason Carne$ organized and taught the Redline Flight School over the Spring/Summer. They are on YouTube, check em out.

BACKSTAGE PASS TO THE INTERBIKE SHOW

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:15:09 GMT

Get your backstage pass to INTERbike and see what new goodies were shown at the Redline Booth:

Video courtesy of U-Ride.tv

Testrider.com reviews the 925

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 18:33:09 GMT

Testrider.com posted a video review of the Redline 925. "Simple commuting with style" is what they had to say about it. Source: testrider.com

USA Cycling is the BEST!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:22:26 GMT

In my previous blog, I forgot to mention how much I appreciate how DIALED USA Cycling is. They brought their team truck from Italy, which has all the amenities a bmxer could ask for. We have road bikes, trainers, a ton of waterbottles (and Jeff Glynn to bring them to us on the track..ALWAYS full), a fridge, a washer/dryer, food, a ton of bike parts, and even a german mechanic, Gregor, to put them on our bikes and clean them up...which also Mike King took part in =]

Another bonus to USA Cycling, is our dialed coaches. Without them, I don't know what I'd do! Mike King sat up on the hill today and encouraged me to do full laps. Paralleling this event, was Jeff Glynn and his awesome videoing. When we got back to the hotel after practice, and even during the time trials, he slow-mo'd and analyzed our laps with us, which is a huge benefit to us riders.

All I have to do now is perform!

Flip through the Redline BMX Catalog

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:02:04 GMT

If you haven't seen the new 60 page 2010 Redline BMX catalog, you can flip through it below.

Portland... here I come.

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 22:45:54 GMT

Hello Everyone in Internet Land...

This is my first post and I'm letting you all know that I am heading out, driving, to Portland in about 1 hour. I'm heading out there for their annual Portland Tattoo Expo. I will be there for a couple days and will be taking my bike to ride while the lady goes out shopping...! Ha. Maybe I will see you there..

tim

Viva la France!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:22:02 GMT

Team USA Cycling has arrived to Frejus, France for the final World Cup in the SX series for 2009. We flew in today in two separate groups, one on United (we got some sweet double miles) and the other on Delta. They had to wait for us for 21/2 hours at the airport but eventually our group made it and we all hopped in the van for a 45 minute drive to frejus from Nice, France.

We did a few things today: checked out the track, there was definitely some new ideas going on with the track so we'll have to see how those play out; also thought we were gonna get to go to Monaco today for a little trip since it's only like 45 minutes...but that didn't happen; and it was also nic's bday so we got a little ice cream.

The jet lag is setting in though so I am gonna have to make this a short update and fill you in more later.

keep posted,

~alise

Redline Bicycles to be a sponsor of the Mud Sweat and Gears series in Tennessee

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:51:33 GMT

For the forth year in a row Redline bicycles has teamed up with Piney Flats bicycles and fitness to promote Cyclo-cross in Tennessee. The MSG series has grown close to 200 participants, and is showing that Cyclo-cross down South is gaining in popularity. Redline is proud to work with Dwayne Letterman of msgcross, and Larry (Trevor) Clark of Piney Flats bicycles and fitness.

Opening weekend story is available here!

ABOUT.com raves about the METRO-DISC

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:08:37 GMT

About.com's Bicycling guru has just posted up his review of the Redline METRO DISC - and they loved it.
Quote: "...the bike is a winner. ... it's apparent Redline has hit a home run in this bike."

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL REVIEW

MFG #3 Lake Samammish

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:19:21 GMT

MFG #3 Lake Sammamish

Well this weekend was just awesome. It started with my son Holden competing in his first swim meet and really doing well and loving the sport and finding his competitive side. He got a 2nd place in the breast stroke so he was so excited. It is always the best feeling the in the world when your child does well in sports, to see their excitement and the joy of being such a proud parent!
Then Holden and I drove down to Sumner RV and picked up our new True North Trailer. What a great group of guys at Sumner RV! They are so very friendly and so very helpful. Thank you guys for all your help.

We loaded up the trailer with all the bikes and headed off to a wedding that my husband was one of the groom’s men in. A good friend of ours, a fellow fireman. What a beautiful wedding in the Sodo area in Seattle.

Then we drove to the Fred Meyer in Issaquah to break in the new trailer. Less than 7 hours after getting it we were setting up the bed and sleeping in it so that we could wake up close to the race site and not have to drive home and back. And boy was it awesome. We just pulled in, did some moving around of bikes and bags and we were sleeping away safe and sound in the trailer.

We woke up early and got some coffee and headed to Lake Sammamish State Park for the MFG race. We got there early so we could get a great spot to show off the trailer. And we did, right at the start line. We got the trailer all set up and boy was it awesome!! We had the tunes going, I was able to make lunch on the stove and had a place to change where I didn’t have to wrap a towel around my waste so no one would see me. I could go right inside the trailer and shut the door!!

This trailer has so many great features, I absolutely love it and it is everything we have always needed at the races. Really a great idea, and it works so great for what we do! So many people came by and checked it out and were so excited about it. I think we handed out like 20 brochures and answered a lot of questions.

Ok so the race, I was there to race even though I really just wanted to hang at the trailer! They did call ups and all the Elite Women got to be called up from the finish and was announced and we all road down to the start, very cool!! It was great to be recognized in front of everyone, great idea MFG!

So we rolled back down and the field was stacked again with all the super fast 1-2 women in our series. The gun went off and I tried to go for the whole shot but Lee Smith from Group Health got the lead and I jumped on her wheel. I passed her in a corner and took over the lead. I stayed in 1st for a couple laps but the super long run in the sand on the beach (so cool) took a bit out of me and Kari Studley was able to get around me. I stayed on her wheel for a couple laps matching her efforts but she pulled away a couple seconds each lap on me after the run. I just couldn’t get my legs to turn for about 100 yards once I got back on the bike out of the sand. So I fell off Kari’s wheel a bit, and couldn’t get it back. So I settled in and finished 2nd, with Ann Knapp coming in 3rd.

Overall a great race. A great course, it really was an awesome and fun course to ride. Very fast but fun.

Then I went over to the lake where there was Limited Hydroplane racing going on. I spent the first 5 years of my life every weekend at Hydroplane races. Both my mom and dad raced limited hydroplanes and my mom set the Guinness Book of world records in an unlimited hydroplane in 1977 for the fastest mile time at 163miles per hour. So I come from a pretty wild and crazy mom and dad that might explain some of my energy!! Anyways I got to see some people at the races that I played with when I was 5 and that I had not seen since then. It was so awesome and so many memories came back being in the pits and hearing the boats roar on the water. It was so cool that both the bike race and the boat races were happening in the park on the same day.
So what a crazy busy weekend but what an awesome weekend!! Chad finished 12th in the Master 1-2 men, a great race for him. Much better than last weekend. And Holden did awesome, doing 2 laps on the kid’s course and just rocking it! He said he could have done 2 more laps and he really liked the course.

Ok take care everyone sorry for the long post, just a lot of into to get out!
Kristi

VERSUS TV TO AIR ABA BMX RACE SERIES

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:28:09 GMT

ABA BMX Series on VERSUS Network!
The American Bicycle Association and VERSUS are proud to announce an agreement to televise the ABA BMX events and the 2009 UCI Continental events.The ABA and it's production crew have been working on these action packed events and shows for most of this season. The ABA is super excited to bring all the action to the fans and households across the USA. The ABA has been experiencing steady growth in membership and will continue growing and building upon the great success of BMX racing's 2008 Olympic debut. The ABA and VERSUS Network will deliver over 10 hours of programming to an audience of over 56 million homes. With BMX racing emerging as the newest Olympic action sport in 2008, and with the American’s claiming three of the first six BMX Olympic medals ever awarded, the ABA is poised for tremendous growth leading up to the 2012 Olympics in London.

The televised race series - featuring the big Jr Elite battle between Redline~Canada's TORY NYHAUG and Redline~USA's DENZEL STEIN, will air on the following dates:

VERSUS - Mon 09/28/2009 4:30 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 10/05/2009 4:30 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 10/12/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 10/19/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 10/26/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 11/02/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 11/09/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 11/16/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 11/23/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

VERSUS - Mon 11/30/2009 5:00 PM -- Eastern

Skull Candy's Re-Session Jam Video

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:00:47 GMT

Skull Candy TV just posted up a great video of Fuzzy's Re-Session Jam featuring Josh Hult. Source: www.skullcandytv.com/

Shimano and Redline team up to provide Cyclo-Cross Neutral Support

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:33:08 GMT

Redline Bicycles and Shimano America have teamed up to provide neutral support to the largest Cyclo-cross series in the world--The Portland Cross Crusade. The neutral support bikes will be available in the pits at all Cross Crusade races this year. Shimano has outfitted the Redline Conquest frames with Shimano drive train and Pro components This neutral support from Shimano and Redline will also apply to Cyclo-Cross Nationals in Bend Oregon on December 10-13th.

Van der Biezen wins final Dutch National of 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:43:50 GMT

The last Dutch National race for 2009 recently took place in Kampen (The Netherlands). All circumstances, like the track, accommodation and the weather were perfect. Fresh off the plane from teh San Diego UCi Supercross, Raymon van der Beizen seemed to have some jetlag, but he came ready to give it his all and to have fun on his custom Dutch Redline Flight bike.
On Saturday the Junior and Elite had to race time-trials. Just before that, they had one hour practice to get used to the track. Raymon seemed to have no problems on the track and put the fastest time on the clock for the third time this year. Fellow Dutch teammates Sander Bisseling took 2^nd and Rob vd Wildenberg clocked in the 3^rdfastest lap of the TT.
On Sunday there was some nice racing going on! Van der Biezen made it quite easy to the finals, after winning 2 of 3 motos and went on to snag first in his semi final as well. During the final, 5 of the eight in the gate were Dutch national teammates. Definitely the toughest of competitors.
Vd Berg took the hole shot, but Raymon flew past him down the second straight. No mistakes from there and van der Biezen crossed the finish line first.
If you like to see the races, visit: www.bmx-videos.com

Overall standings Dutch National races 2009:
1. Roy van den Berg
2. Raymon van der Biezen
3. Martijn Jaspers
4. Martijn Scherpen
5. Rob van den Wildenberg
6. Jelle van Gorkom
7. Ivo van der Putten
8. Niels Tepper

With one UCI World Cup to go in Frejus “France”, Raymon like to say thanks to all his sponsors: NOC*NSF, KNWU, Redline, Rabobank, Shimano, Troy Lee Designs, Bensink, Tioga, Go Fast sports, Oakley, HVM parts, RXR pro minis, Jack Martens Tweewielers, Health Center, Oke Wax.

U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross Review

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 18:53:26 GMT

In the November 2009 issue of VeloNews, the U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross inserted their 2009 guide. Here's what they had to say:

**" A privateer pro with $6500 in hand should not buy the Scott Addict, but instead get two Conquest Teams"**

VitalBMX Video Review of the RL 7.1 from Interbike 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:30:04 GMT

Redline's JQ talks about the RL 7.1 and the new Device Complete to VitalBMX. Source:VitalBMX

Redline - More BMX Videos

Redline Urbis-Interbike 2009 Review

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:15:01 GMT

The guys over at BikeCommuters.com did a review on the Redline Urbis, a new bike in development. For photos check out it out here!

VitalMTB reviews the 2010 Redline Device D-26 Interbike 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 21:19:25 GMT

VitalMTB has a video up of JQ going over the new Device D-26. Just don't mention that he says the word "um" 26 times. Check it out here!

2010 Redline Device 26 - More Mountain Bike Videos

Seattle Series #1 Evergreen High School

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:03:27 GMT

Seattle Series #1 Evergreen High School

The Weather was perfect for Sunday’s race. It was a bit chilly in the early am but the sun was out and overall dry and perfect temps for cross. I raced at 11am, the course was in great shape, very dry but very fast. I was very happy to see that there was a technical element with the downhill section and all the turns on the back side. Finally after last weekend with the UCI races where there really wasn’t any technical element I was back in my comfort zone at Evergreen. With all my experience really coming from years of downhill mountain bike racing and cross country mountain bike racing I really need some sort of technical element to give me the edge over everyone else. And Evergreen had that for sure.

We had a great turn out for the Cat ½ women. I was so excited to see Ann Knapp back out racing. She is a huge idol to me as I have followed her for so many years learning so much from racing with her and she really has been the one that has pushed me to be where I am at today. So I was very happy to see her back out there racing again! We also had Jenni Gaertner from Idaho over here. She is a very strong racer and I was a little nervous when I saw her on the line that it was going to be a tough day. There were about 10-12 women in our field, all very fast and very well respected. So I knew this was going to be tough. They blew the gun and we were off. I shot for the whole shot because my starts have been a bit slow so far this year. And I got it. I tried to go at a good pace but not too hard because we hit the run up pretty fast after the start and I didn’t want to blow up there. I started to make a tiny gap by the run up but Jadine Rolcik flew by me on the run up and moved into first. I got back on my bike and tried to stay with her and managed to pass her on the downhill at the bottom when she had a crash. I made sure she was ok, and then hit it. I was back in first with about 10 secs on 2nd place, Jenni. I knew I was making a little bit of time on her in the turns and the downhill so I tried every lap to attack those sections to make some ground.

We caught into the Cat 3 45 and 55+ guys pretty quickly and spent the first couple laps getting through them and trying to hold onto our positions. I always feel bad passing the guys, I always want to make sure I pass them so it doesn’t affect their race, so hopefully I was successful in that. They are racing also so I hate interfering in their race. But they are always gentleman and let me pass.

So after the 3rd lap everything spread out a bit and I still was in first with about 20sec to 2nd place. I knew I had to hold that gap and with 2 laps to go I tried to hit it hard and give it all I had to increase my lead. I managed to pull the lead to about 26 secs and hold on to first for the win. It really was a great race. Jenni really pushed me and with the level of all the girls in our series you can never make a mistake because there is always someone there. Thank you to everyone who helped me out. I really love our Northwest racers!!

Kristi Berg

THE RACE TO THE USA BORDER IS OVER

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:24:56 GMT

I know it's been a week now, and you've probably read all of the results and seen all the pictures from Chula Vista on BMXMania or Vintage or somewhere, but I would like to let you know how I FELT about the race personally.

The Mexican Border SX race was probably the best racing atmosphere I have been in thus far. It was the first night supercross race, the American fans represented well (10 of which were there just for me and made the jumbotron!...7 from my new college, my parents, and my friend Kelly from Minnesota even made the trek out to SD with my parents to watch=] ). It was a little foggy because of the moisture air at night and the ramp got a little slick, but they blew dry it with leaf blowers and made it alright. I still think this is the best SX track as far as RACING goes, because you go wide open and the track is "easy" enough to race on even if you don't have a perfect lap. Many of the other supercross tracks are awesome in practice, an then come race time it's just a ball up around the track with everyone braking and flying EVERYWHERE. Here there were big jumps and flowy sections like other tracks, but plenty of room to make moves and not have to worry "am I going to make it around the track alive if I'm not in front?" SO I definitely can't wait to be back here next year! Oh and another cool thing for me was having my long time rival Mariana Pajon race with me at her first supercross, she did end up making the podium which I respect but of course wish was me =] next time...

Friday was my first experience of the SX event, since I missed Thursday's practice (thank god I'm a local!) and that was practice/time trial day. I definitely felt a little rusty and didn't have the best time trials seeing as I qualified 15th. In my first time trial I hit the gate (it was falling slower than usual, I don't know why but it was all weekend) and came unclipped. Though I got clipped in quick and thought twice about keeping giong down the hill to jump the first jump, I decided I'd rather live to tell the tale and braked. Funny part/worst part about this was that I "tipped over" anyways on the first jump. I guess I didn't brake early enough and had to much speed to be rolling the first jump and all of my appendages BLEW OFF my bike when I landed hard in the gap of the jump. Thank god for gymnastics though, I rolled right out of it, jammed to my time trial song that I got to hear more of because I fell, and did the rest of the track fine. Of course I didn't qualify in the top 8 so I had a second time trial, but I basically just didn't jump much on the track, played it safe, and just did the bare minimum of what I needed to do to qualify. It was good to see that EVERY AMERICAN GIRL qualified out of time trials though, that's progress!! I was obviously very upset that I didn't show what I'm capable of to the home crowd on that night, but I just decided I had to forget about that night and focus on the new day of racing on Saturday which went a lot better.

Before I move on to chat about the races, I would just like to let everyone know to keep Damien Godet of France in your prayers, I am not sure how his injury turned out, but he was basically pushed down by the wind of a helicopter overhead while jumping the first jump, and crashed EXTREMELY HARD. The other french riders said he had bleeding in the brain and I am not sure of his current status.

As for the races. There was a lot of stiff competition with only two racks of very talented females qualifying to race here in Chula. My first two rounds didn't go amazing, but not terrible either as I came in 4th both laps. GOing into my third qualifying round I was tied with two other gals for the last qualifying positions and knew I had to do well to make it through to the final. Miraculously, the Alise Post first straight decided to come back from vacation and I won my third round and had basically a perfect lap. I even had two of the girls that made the podium in that race, so that was a confidence boost as far as training goes. I think if I would have had that same first straight in the main, I would have had a shot at making the podium for sure. However, that obvoiusly did not happen, and I got messed up in the first turn when an Australian rider crashed right in front of me, and thus had a TERRIBLE lap. I didn't fall over her at least, but with the speed I had left from almost crashing...I mise well have fallen.

So on paper I was only the 7th fastest rider at the Chula Vista World Cup, but I definitely feel like there was a lot more potential that didn't show in that final. But the race is done and over, no use sweating over it, I just gave myself some motivation for the next race up on the list; Frejus, France.

The rest of my weekend was filled with visiting with my foreign friends and family, and just having a relaxing time before it was back to the reality of college. I had three tests this week, and I hope they went well =] I think I have realized I don't want to be a doctor however, because Biology definitely isn't my favorite class...I've got a while to decide though I suppose.

Chat at you later!

Alise

HEY ALISE HOW'D YOU GET THOSE STITCHES IN YOUR HEAD?

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:28:30 GMT

In my last blog entry before Chula (I know it was probably hard to remember I even wrote these blog updates since it's been so long), I said to keep updated, because there were lots of exciting things happening that week. Now's when you get to hear about them.
I finally started getting into the swing of things with school not having to fly out in the middle of the week, but there was still so many things going on that were out of the norm. My parents and friend from home flew in during the week for Chula, there was practice for the race during my classes thursday and friday, I had my own room at Chula for the week and weekend, and I even had to spend some time in the Chula Vista ER.

This sounds worse than it is, but I got stitches in my head last Wednesday evening/Thursday morning before the SX race here. I had gone to the OTC Wednesday night in hopes of waking up, doing practice Thursday morning and heading back to class after. Of course, nothing can be that simple in the life of Alise Post though. Late Wednesday night I remembered I had clothes in the washing machine that needed to be put in the dryer (who wants wet, moldy clothes?). As I was quickly trying to get this task over with, I decided to take a shortcut off the pathway and go under the staircase. Someone training for the Olympics is OBVIOUSLY too out of shape and lazy to walk AROUND the staircase, I mean c'mon right? While taking my shortcut however, I thought it was a good idea to stand up to tall underneath of the staircase and smash my head on the CEMENT staisr. I'm a BMXer so of course I need to inflict more pain upon myself than necessary to prove my toughness. So as I am dancing around, holding my head, wanting to yell naughty words at the pain in my head but instead am trying to laugh it off with Joey, I take my hand off the top of my head and notice that it is COVERED in blood. This was the point when I started getting a little dizzy/loopy. I think I was in shock at how much blood was coming out of my own head. So Joey and I inspected the scene and realized that there were metal beams supporting the cement stairs and that must have been the sharp object I hit. Anyways, Joey called the staff on site around 12:30am to "just make sure I was ok, it doesn't really look that bad though". So the on-call doctor comes in and immedicately tells me we're headed to the hospital for some stitches because I sliced my head up pretty good. The doc (who was actually a physical therapist which is why he couldn't stitch me up on site) and I headed to the hospital and got right in in the emergency room, which is usually unheard of. As one of the doctors is inspecting me he tells me they might have to shave a little of my hair to get it all sewn up. Instantly, my heart rate monitor SKYROCKETED and the doctor laughed. He insured me it wouldn't be noticeable because I had enough hair to cover up the bald spot, so don't stress over it. (I was just thinking, "uhhh noo, mr. doctor guy sir, you don't understand how THIN my hair is and how ridiculous this 2 inch long bald spot with stitches in it is going to look!"). But in the end, he was right and it wasn't very noticable at all. Moving along to another funny part of the hospital trip that proved my "tough BMXer status"... When we got in with the PA actually fixing me up, he tells me he's putting staples in my head instead of stitches. At this point is when I explained to him that I think reagular sutures would be better, because they would be more flexible under my helmet for my BMX race the next day. (NOTE: it was like 3 in the morning then and I had practice at 9am). He then proceeded to tell me that he didn't care what I had going on because I would not be doing anything for the next ten days because there was a possibilty of a concussion when I hit my head, so he would do whatever he thought was in my best intrest for HEALING. I then told him I knew he had to advise me that way, but it really didn't matter because I WOULD be racing that weekend no matter what he told me. I was not about to miss the home track SX race! Anyways, after a little tizzy with the doctor, I finally got 6 stitches (not staples..I WIN! haha) on the back/top left of my head and was out of the hospital around 4am. Needless to say, the physical therapist that brought to the hospital, said if he saw me riding in my 9am practice, he would push me off my bike himself. During the practice then, I went down to the medical staff on site and did a "concussion check", passed with flying colors and was told I could ride the next day. (Good thing I missed those two morning tests for "practice"...at least I got out of a few tests for the day haha =] )

I just got my stitches out on Friday and it healed up nicely the doctor here told me. I shouldn't have too big of a scar in the end from it, it's just a little scabby right now. It's definitely nie to be able to brush and wash my hair without worrying about ripping the sutures out!!

Anyways, that will forever be my dumb scar story to tell my kids and I guess it could have been a lot worse so I will get over it.

Dear reader: my lesson learned and advice to give you is don't do laundry in the middle of the night and don't take shortcuts. love, brilliant alise =]

Another Re-Session BMX Jam Video

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:29:19 GMT

Re-Session BMX Jam at Fuzzy's House from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

Tired of hearing about the recession? Then start focusing on the Re-Session! Fuzzy did an amazing job on his backyard BMX dirt course. Some crazy tricks went down from some of the top pros in BMX - including the whole Redline team. Music by: Lions - "Gimme Riot" www.lionstheband.net - Check them out - they are awesome!

Redline Bicycles to be a sponsor of the Bay Area Super Prestige Cyclo-Cross series.

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:52:44 GMT

Redline Bicycles along with Chris Lane owner of Roaring Mouse &sponsorship coordinator Paule Bates at Sea Otter this year decided to go in together with support for the Bay Area Super Prestige Cyclo-Cross series. Redline Bicycles loves to support Cyclo-cross all over the United States and has history with Northern California ‘Cross. It was in 2002 when Redline sponsored the Redline Cup in Napa California, and the Redline team has raced many times in Nor Cal. Long time bay are promoter Tom Simpson has always done a great job with this series and Redline is happy to be a part of this series.

A Mother Huckin’ Day with Hucker

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:55:48 GMT

A Mother Huckin' Day with Hucker from 8milmediagroup on Vimeo.

StarCrossed and Rad GP race reports

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:05 GMT

Starcrossed and Rad GP

Two more races now under my belt. This weekend was a big weekend of racing with some very fast girls from all over the country and world to pick up UCI points the pace at make some of the fastest racing I have ever done in cross!

Saturday started out with pouring rain while I was getting all my gear organized in the morning and I was actually really excited that it might be muddy for Starcrossed as that would give it a technical edge that would favor my technical skills. But as the day progressed the ski’s opened up and the sun came out and it dried up and was very fast for our race. I had a second row starting position so that was good, but once the gun went off I realized very quickly that I need to work on my starts. I was a little slow off the gun and fell into around 15th place, which I wasn’t too happy with. But I started pushing and got a good rhythm and passed a couple girls. With one lap to go I was with a group of two other girls and I decided I had to attack if I wanted to get ahead of them so I did on the back stretch. I got as much speed as I could and took off and managed to drop the two girls and hold on for a 10th place finish. Overall I was very happy with my race, I felt strong just need to improve my starts so I can get better placement off the gun. As soon as we finished the ski’s decided to dump the rain and the guy’s race was wet and slippery. We really lucked out to not get the rain till the very last lap of our race.

So I didn’t get home and in bed till around midnight on Saturday and having raced at 7pm I was still wired on endorphins so I was restless all night. My family and I awoke at 7am to get ready to head back down south for the Rad Racing GP in Steilacoom. Luckily my husband drove so I took a little nap on the way but was pretty darn tired all day. I managed to get some energy and get out on the course for a warm up before the race. I felt good, tired but the legs were ok from the racing the day before. I knew the run up was going to kill my legs after racing so hard at Starcrossed so I knew I had to make up time everywhere else I could. On the downhills were my best bet since there was a long descent. So I got warmed up and again got a second row start and again was a bit slow on my start and was again back around 17th place. I again was starting to get my rhythm and then I ran off the course on lap two and got caught in some ivy and course tape. Just took the slight corner to fast and started washing out a bit so I had to go off course. I got passed by three or four girls and fell back to the back of the pack again. I got back going and decided I had to try to make up as much time as I could so I gave it all I had and managed to move up to 13th place and tried so hard to get the two girls in front on me on the last lap but they pulled away at the top of the run up and I couldn’t bring it back. So I ended up 13th, which I think is pretty good considering I was at the back of the pack on the second lap.
So it’s time to work on the starts and get my whole shot skills back up and strong so I can get better placement. Another great race weekend in the Northwest. Thank you to Tim and Joe for all the help in the pits, thankfully I didn’t need any help this weekend!!

Kristi Berg

Redline Urbis ….Sneak Peek

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:07:39 GMT

Redline bicycles has a new street model to unveil this Wednesday at the Interbike show in Las Vegas. Calling upon their BMX heritage, the Urbis and is a street/city bike with freestyle capabilities designed into it. Features such as a Redline MTB straight leg chromoly fork, NEW Redline Microline crank with Isis BB spindle, and Redline low rise cruiser bars, make this a lean toward tougher freestyle/street riding. The Urbis stays with a “clean street style” of a stealth grey color with minimal graphics and white deep v-rims. One of the cool features is the140mm front mechanical disc brake with cable routing through the stem so you can spin the bars if you feel the need.

Come check out the new Redline Urbis at the Interbike SBS booth # 4113.

Mike "Hucker" Clark Teaser vid

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:24:31 GMT

Shredordie.com has been filming Hucker for the past 2 months for a wednesday full edit that will drop in a couple weeks. Here's a look at day 4 of filming.

Mike "Hucker" Clark - Teaser. - watch more skate, snow, surf, and moto videos

SUPERCROSS CHULA VISTA: QUARTI DI FINALE NEL REGNO DEGLI AMERICANI

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:05:04 GMT

"Sono molto soddisfatto di come sia andata la gara qui, indipendentemente dal risultato finale.
Tornare dopo un infortunio non è così facile come credevo e il primo giorno in una pista di supercross si fa sentire. Le velocità sono davvero alte!
Il regolamento dei giri crono è nuovamente cambiato e chi non rientra nei primi 32 nel primo giro deve fare il secondo. Però a differenza di Copenhagen dove chi fa il secondo giro può superare i primi 32 (come era successo a me da parte di Cayleron), adesso invece chi fa il secondo giro fa una classifica a parte. Conta solo il secondo giro e i classificati sono in ordine dal 33° al 64° posto. Molti atleti forti sono rimasti fuori dai giochi (Kaylen Young, Becerine, Hamon, Van Der Hejden e tanti altri). C'è da dire che non ritengo affatto corretto il fatto di correre la Coppa del Mondo nella pista in cui si allenano gli americani. Tutti gli atleti di interesse nazionale vivevano qui da 2 mesi, allenandosi tutti i giorni. Il vantaggio che avevano su tutti gli altri che provavano la pista per la prima volta era a dir poco enorme!
Per quanto riguarda me, purtroppo ho sbagliato il primo giro crono dove cercavo di dare il massimo per classificarmi nei primi 8 ed essere testa di serie. Ho dovuto fare il secondo e mi sono classificato 3°, quindi 35° nel globale. L'importante era comunque essere nei primi 64 per poter competere, il giro crono contava solo per la prima manche. Ovviamente non ero soddisfatto ma la gara vera era sabato.

Sabato giravo molto meglio dopo due giorni di prove e mi sentivo anche molto meglio fisicamente. Ero in manche con Strombergs come alle Olimpiadi e su una pista molto simile. Sono partito subito molto forte e mi sono inserito in prima curva secondo a ruota di Maris. Ho fatto tutto il giro attaccato e anche nelle due manche successive lo stesso! Ero davvero soddisfatto della risposta del mio corpo, finalmente tornato in forma!!

Ai quarti è successo qualcosa di strano. Nelle 2 manches precedenti alla mia molti atleti si sono "schiantati" sul cancello. Credevo avessero sbagliato loro ma anche a me è successo lo stesso! Sono partito forte dalla mia corsia preferita, la 8, ma ho toccato in pieno il cancello! Lì ho provato il tutto per tutto per recuperare perchè mi meritavo davvero almeno la semifinale e mentre stavo rinvenendo sul gruppo ho provato il terzo salto in maniera diversa per recuperare qualche metro ulteriore. Purtroppo ho sbagliato e non sono riuscito a recuperare la posizione. Sono caduto.
La gara purtroppo è finita lì ma sono molto soddisfatto perchè l'incubo è finito. Sono tornato Manuel De Vecchi e sono andato davvero molto forte =)
Conferma che il cancello aveva dei problemi l'ho avuta in semifinale dove Robinson si è schiantato, e in finale dove è rimasto bloccato Mike Day! Considerando che loro si allenano in questa pista da 2 anni e hanno sbagliato entrambi la partenza credo che sia sintomo che il cancello fosse un po' più lento.

La gara alla fine è stata vinta da Strombergs. C'è da sottolineare che Maris è davvero un gradino sopra gli altri per l'accelerazione sul primo rettilineo e la perfezione nel giro. Mai un errore in tutte e 6 le manches! Secondo il vincitore di Sud Africa Willoughby e terzo il 16enne campione del mondo della Free Agent, davvero impressionante per la tecnica nel giro e la sua caparbietà.
Ancora una volta il migliore in pista era comunque Mike Day. Mezzo secondo più veloce di tutti in ogni giro!!

Cose positive: il pubblico molto presente e la spettacolarità di una gara in notturna. Davvero un incredibile show!

Cose negative: un elicottero per le riprese televisive passava spesso sopra la pista durante le prove e una volta è passato sopra il primo salto mentre i riders stavano saltando. Ovviamente l'aria spinta verso il basso stava creando una caduta generale, ma l'unico che si è fatto veramente male è stato Damien Godet. E' caduto molto male in mezzo al primo salto e ha sbattuto violentemente la testa. Ha perso i sensi e l'hanno portato di urgenza in ospedale. Si è rotto il polso e qualche costola, ha un ematoma in testa e sembra una lesione alla 2a vertebra. Non è ancora niente di sicuro perchè non ci sono ancora le informazioni ufficiali da parte dell'ospedale. Speriamo tutti comunque che non sia niente di grave!! Lui comunque ha ripreso i sensi, parla e si muove!
E' stato davvero una delle cose più stupide che abbia visto (un elicottero sopra una persona che salta 12 metri!) e adesso il mio compagno di squadra in redline è in ospedale. D'accordo lo spettacolo è importante ma fino a dove dobbiamo arrivare?

Questo è tutto da Chula Vista California. Ci vediamo alla finale della coppa del mondo al Frejus =). Mi dispiace davvero tanto di non essere presente alle prossime due gare in Italia, la finale del circuito a Perugia e il fast cross di Besnate, ma parto oggi per la mia luna di miele!! =))"

Re-Session Jam Video by RideBMX

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:49:11 GMT

Got to thank everyone for coming out last night for the 1st annual Re-Session jam! Great times and great friends and I didn’t even have to go to Jail! Check out the great photo’s and web edit that Keith and Fat put together over at Ride!-fuzz

Reviews of the 2010 Conquest Team

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:41:11 GMT

Check out what CX Magazine had to say about the 2010 Redline Cross Bikes.

http://www.cxmagazine.com/new-product-spotlight-redlines-2010-lineup

Bike World News is blogging about it as well.

www.bikeworldnews.com/index.php/2009/07/31/redline-starts-to-roll-out-2010-cyclocrossline/

RLC WITH NO BIG D?

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:38:37 GMT

My heading refers to Denzel Stein not being able to race the Redline Cup because of his back today, it was just a little too sore to handle I guess and there was no big d racing the rlc. below you will find him spectating.

moving right along though...

Just as I suspected after seeing the track...I got a whole bunch of seconds this weekend. Of course staying positive is the key to winning any race, but I really don't think there was much realistic-ness in thinking I was going to pull someone almost twice my size (hence twice as strong) around that flat of a track. It was very much so a pedal..pump....pedallllllll....pump.............peeedddddaaallllll..... and so on. Every lap got better and better, closer and closer this weekend but just never quite cut it. Stephanie Barragan pulled out the third both days with Kayla Gaddis finishing up in fourth.

As for the boys...they dropped a few racers throughtout the weekend. Started out with semis, down to two groups by sunday for the AA's, and two racks down to one rack for everybody else. (except the girls who always only had one group.) Yesterday Maris slid out in the first turn, leaving stumpy, khlaen, and nic long to round out the podium. Day two was more to Maris's likings, getting lane 1 in the main inside stumpy, and basically just controlling the race from start to finish with ky khalen young and randy stumpfhauser in tow. Tyler Faoro won both saturday and sunday in single A, and not sure who ended up winning in vet. Saw a few crashes...

I don't know if it's just me or if everyone notices how appreciative the east coast kids are to have the pros around. They don't get to see us race as much and it shows. Little kids came up to me left and right asking for stuff this weekend. Mostly photos and autographs, not just free stuff. It's so nice to see that you're making a kids day just by chatting with them, or just having them come up and sincerely say good job, now will you cheer for me too? I think it's so adorable. And of course I make a bunch of little friends out of it. The little boy pictured is one of my little boyfriends, except this one is special. He even asked me on a date to the prestigious chucke cheese restaurant =] ..biiiiiigggg spender haha. I also made a little gal pal at the get together the Applewhite family hosted saturday night. There was a tramp there I decided to do a few ever-so-missed- flips on, and the little girl (pictured)decided she wanted to learn some gymnastics too. So I got to "coach" her a little which was fun. Gosh I miss gymnastics.

Anyways, its back to SD for me to get ready for Chula next weekend. Lots of exciting stuff happening this week so keep updated with me =]

alise

CIRCUITO ITALIANO CREMONA: IL GRANDE RITORNO DI DE VECCHI!!!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:14:00 GMT

SONO TORNATO!!

Finalmente, dopo 4 mesi dall'infortunio di Copenhagen, sono tornato il Manuel De Vecchi di prima!!

Qui a Cremona ho vinto la gara Elite con autorevolezza e ho fatto il miglior tempo anche nelle prove cronometrate di sabato!

Mi sono davvero divertito nella tecnica pista di Cremona. E' stata una gara davvero interessante. Ho vinto tutte le manche di qualifica davanti a Paiusco Mauro (leader di classifica) e sono arrivato in finale come prima testa di serie. Ho scelto una corsia centrale per entrare in prima curva largo e puntare alla massima velocità di percorrenza.

Dopo una scenica presentazione di tutti i riders finalisti attraverso una nuvola di fumo, SI PARTE! Sono uscito molto bene dal cancello e sapevo che il mio concorrente principale sarebbe stato Fantoni Giacomo (junior italiano in ottima crescita). Al secondo salto eravamo appaiati, ero davanti solo di qualche ruota e mi giocavo tutto in prima curva perchè la pista poi si stringe e sarebbe diventato difficile un sorpasso. Dall'esterno ho fatto un'ottima manovra e mi sono buttato in curva alla massima velocità. Per il Jack non c'è stato nulla da fare, sono uscito primo e ho mantenuto il distacco fino al traguardo. Secondo Paiusco, terzo Fantoni. Solo quarto il campione italiano in carica Cristofoli che si è fatto passare dallo junior del Team Bmx Verona sulla linea d'arrivo.

E' una soddisfazione riprovare il piacere di andare in BMX e guidare senza problemi alla mano. Sono molto contento anche di ritrovare in Fantoni un ottimo rivale per l'anno prossimo, sarà finalmente una stagione competitiva.

Alle premiazioni poi ho lanciato anche qualche gadget della CARRERA, della MAXXIS e della SHIMANO per la folla di ragazzi accorsa a vedere!! =)

Adesso mi sento pronto per il supercross di Chula Vista. Sono in partenza domani! Purtroppo non sarò presente alla finale del Circuito Italiano di Perugia ma ci sarò alla finale del supercross a Frejus.

RLC EAST RACE IN NC

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:35:36 GMT

As always, I have so much to update you on...but the internet in my hotel STINKS!! So, for right now, I will just tell you about my trip to the redline cup east this weekend.

I had class this week, got loaded up on homework, and once again jetted away from campus. That's 2/2 weekends away from school for me. Most people probably think I have a home sick problem when I pack up the suitcase and trudge off campus every weekend, but the close buddies I've made just bring me to the airport and watch my races on go211...They know what's up =]

Anyways, I had class until thursday night, and somehow had to get to across the country to North Carolina by friday afternoon...wasn't happening with a friday morning flight. So I headed to the airport thursday night for a 1030pm departure and pulled an allnight flight. Probably wasn't the best idea coming into a three day race weekend, but I managed a 4 hour nap when I got here so I was feeling OK when we headed to the track tonight. But then I basically missed practice because who knew that garner, nc would have heavy traffic for the 4 mile drive we took to the track. It took a half an hour!! Ridiculous. But anyways, I got to the track took about 3 laps (probably all you need on this incredibly flat track, but hey I still wanted practice on getting my leg speed going for the long straights here!), racing was about to start, and only then realized that the girl pros didn't even have a class!! Not enough girls showed up tonight to even race! ughhhhhh. So needless to say, I watched on the sidelines as Maris Stromberg won the Elite men (17 riders total only), Tyler Faoro won A pro (straight to mains), and I feel bad but I forgot who won vet pro. After the 45 moto pre-race was over, I went to Logan's Roadhouse to grab a steak with some DELICIOUS rolls (I had THREE!! Definitely working on that freshmen 15 people speak of haha) with the Redline crew. Now I am just going to do some good ole calculus, along with some biology and head off to bed..cross your fingers for a race tomorrow!

and by the way, shout out to all the troops and everyone involved with 9/11.

peace out

alise

DES NOUVELLES DE DAMIEN GODET

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:36:22 GMT

Bonjour à tous,

Damien a été victime d'un accident avant le début des courses de la 3ème manche de la coupe du Monde aux USA. Il s'en sort avec un traumatisme crânien et une fracture de la tête du radius. Il est rentré en France vendredi dernier. Bien entendu, il est fatigué et marqué par cet accident, mais son moral est bon et il s'occupe à mettre en place le suivi médical . Il a été opéré du radius à San Diego.
Les causes de l'accident sont à peine croyables. Damien était sur la butte de départ et s'élancait pour ses derniers tours d'essai quand l'hélicoptère de la production d'images de l'UCI s'est approché de manière inconsidérée de la piste. Il a provoqué des turbulences énormes. Damien a senti le danger et a voulu s'arreter avant la première bosse qui mesurait 10 mètres de sommet à sommet. Malheureusement, au moment où il s'est retrouvé sur l'appel de l'obstacle, il a été éjecté et propulsé en l'air et s'est écrasé sur l'appel de la réception. En PJ, une photo du survol de l'hélicoptère au moment de l'incident.
Pour l'instant, l'heure est à la récupération. Deux nouvelles opérations sont prévues. Viendra alors le temps de la rééducation.

Nous lui souhaitons tous un prompt rétablissement.
Carmine Falco
Coach de l'équipe Redline Lyon Dardilly

Fuzz on Redline in 84?

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:25:59 GMT

Went to my Dad's birthday party last night and he dug up this old gem of a pic! This is one of my favorite bikes that I have ever built up.. a Redline ML-20. It's was shot around 84 racing the local pro/open class. Love it!

Urban Velo shows some love for the 2010 Conquest Classic

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:11:07 GMT

Check it out

http://www.urbanvelo.org/cyclocross-bikes-for-commuting/

BMX Family Needed for reality TV show

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:46:55 GMT

Here at REDLINE, we get all sorts of E-mails from all sorts of people. And it seems that after JASON CARNE$’ great episode last year on M-TV’s “MADE” - there has been huge interest lately about BMX from producer’s of Reality TV shows.

In fact, we just got this request from a casting producer for ABC Television’s hit primetime reality show, WIFE SWAP.
Right now they are trying to cast families in which at least one person in the immediate family is heavily involved with the BMX world (either in racing or freestyle). And they gave us permission to get the word out to find the perfect ‘hardcore BMX family” that would be willing to air their BMX lives to the world and “swap moms” with most likely an opposite or anti-Action-Sports Mom.

For those unfamiliar with the show WIFE SWAP, the premise is to take two different families and have the Mom’s switch place to experience how another family lives. Half of the week, Mom lives the life of the family she is staying with. Then she introduces a “rule change” where she implements rules and activities that her family has, for the remainder of the week. It’s a positive experience for people to not only learn but teach about other families and other ways of life.

WIFE SWAP airs on Disney-owned ABC television on Fridays at 8pm - the family hour!

Requirements: Wife Swap is now accepting families with at least one child between 7 and 17 and should reside in the continental U.S. (There may be other children living in the home who are older or younger than the required age… as long as one child is in the required age range - and active in BMX racing or BMX freestyle.)

This is a very unique experience that can be life changing for everyone. Families featured on the show will receive a financial honorarium for lost wages, time and commitment.
For BMX families who are interested in getting their 15 minutes of TV fame and having some fun - please contact Greg DeLucia at: greg.delucia@castingrdf.com

Help Athlete Recovery Fund by watching this Vid!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:22:06 GMT

Check out the latest with what’s going on with the A.R.F. and raise some money for the fund just by clicking on this video! Big Thanks goes out to Ball Park for donating one dollar for every view!

Alise wins day 1 at the NBL Grands; Winds up No.2 for the season

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:26:42 GMT

ELITE WOMEN (FRIDAY):
1st Alise Post
2nd Dominique Daniels
3rd Amanda Geving

Team Redline had ALISE POST, ROBERT DeWILDE, TOMMY BOARD andJASON CARNE$ in Louisville, KY for the Labor Day tradition - the NBL Grand finale. And to kick things off on Friday, Alise showed everybody what her new 2010 Flight bike could do …scoring the victory with ease on the alwasy fun and fast L-ville track. But try as she might, she wouldn’t have the points needed to pull off the upset and take the NBL title - and wound up No.2 for the year in the NBL.

Labor Day and MFG #1 Race reports

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:00:30 GMT

Labor Day Cross race and the first MFG Series race are now under my belt. Two races down and so far a bit of bad luck at both races.

At the Labor Day race I was really excited to be back racing cross again after a long summer. I have been teaching Cross Bootcamp at Cycle U and really was feeling nice and strong and ready for a great race. I lined up on the line and was a bit nervous because it was the first cross race of the season, needed to work all the bugs out with my body and my bike. The gun went off and I got a great start, right into my pedal and off I went. Unfortunately about 100 yards into the start I hit a rock very hard and flatted my front tire. Luckily I was able to still ride, a bit slower, and I got to the pits for a fast bike exchange, thank you Gino! I had fallen back to about the middle of the field and started to kick it in to make a comeback. I got a little too confident and had a little crash in a turn so I told myself to relax a bit and regain control of my bike. So I did and everything started going great. I managed to come back and finish in the 4th spot with 3rd only 10 sec ahead of me. So overall a good day. It was fun just trying to see how far I could get back up into the field.

MFG Series #1 Finn Hill Park. This race was a lot better. Still some bad luck overall better. I started on the line with a huge Cat 1-2 Women’s field, great to see, and again I got my pedal right away and was off. I fell into 2nd off the start and stayed there for the first lap. The girl in 1st had a mechanical so I passed her and went into 1st. Another girl passed me on the 2nd lap and I went back into 2nd, but hung on. That girl got a flat tire so again I was in 1st. I started to really get a good gap on the 2nd place girl but with 2 laps to go I hit a big rock in this dip into single track section and got a rear flat tire. Again I was able to keep riding, a lot slower, and I made it back to the pits. Unfortunately I got passed again while I was entering the pits, I had a fast wheel change, thank you Gino again, and was back on the course. Unfortunately I couldn’t make the gap back up and held onto 2nd place. So the moral of all of this is to never give up. No matter what always keep on trying and do everything you can to finish, because you never know what can happen!!

Kristi Berg

NO WINNER WINNER CHICKEN DINNER TODAY =[

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:31:20 GMT

From my title...you can probably see that I didn't win. I didn't get second either. or even third...I actually got 4th, even after lots of energy drinks and sugar filled snacks to wake me up. There really isn't much to say about the day other than the tired week caught up with me and I had NO energy left today...my batteries were completely flat. I still rode good, just not fast. I am going to try to rest up this week and hit it hard again in North Carlina next weekend for the ABA Redline cup east though. A long three day race weekend with no time for "tiredness".

I still got the NBL overall 2nd for the end of the year title which is cool. Dominique had the overall locked when she made it out of our semis..yes i repeat, ELITE WOMEN HAD SEMIS!

Maris Strombergs didn't win today either, crashed I think, but still won the overall title. Stumpy won for the day and Becerine got second.

Dale Holmes won the overall in masters, but John purse won for the day, and in superex Josh Meyers won the overall while Matt Kelty took today's 1st place earnings.

Its back to San Diego tomorrow for me..back to reality. At least I get Labor Day off Monday though before I dive into college classes and homework..thank gosh!

catch up later,

alise

FEELIN LUCKY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:28:10 GMT

So. I got back form south africa, drove to california, moved in to college, did a bunch of orientation stuff, was supposed to start class but left for the nbl grands, and somehow managed a good day out of it. I am not going to lie, I felt pretty tired and whipped out of shape coming into this race, heck my dad had to tell me to put the college stuff down when we got out of the car and to focus on racing..that's a good start..NOT. But anyways, I think my tiredness showed in the first two motos. I hit the incredibly slow gate first moto and came unclipped and got 5th, got pulled down the first straight but managed a second in the second round...but then something clicked in the third round and i decided to have a good first straight, and then the main went as perfect as it gets. I came out with a win today in the NBL grands pre race and it felt really good. All the competition is here, it was a clean race, and it's really just a big confidence booster. I know even if I pull out another good day tomorrow I probably won't get the nbl overall title since i am so many points behind dominique daniels, but hey, i can try and make a statement that I'm still here right?? haha i am only joking. But of course I would love to go for another win just by having some smooth clean laps like today's main.

As for the boys, Maris killed it. Bob DeWilde had a nice spill that took Jeffrey Upshaw out of the mix as well. In Superex Tyler Faoro took the win with a good lap...and masters was...hmm good question. I was actually focused on the gate at that moment so i didn't see. (actually i was busy falling over in the gate before the cadence start..and i am not kidding. I had to fully unclip not to fall over, and then get resituated while being laughed at by the otehr pros. i guess it happens to the best of us)

anyways, that was day one. The grands are tomorrow night in a "show: format so it'll be quick racing. Wish me luck and I will update you and give you some pics tomorrow!

alise

Re-Session BMX Jam

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:23:54 GMT

Fuzzy is hosting RE-SESSION, a BMX Jam at the newly redesigned backyard trails at his house in Kaysville, Utah.

Win a day with the Pro’s!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:37:22 GMT

BMX Plus, Vans & Redline giving away one of a kind Device bike

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:13:13 GMT

Tyrone William on BMX Plus brakeless Giveaway Bike

Watch the video of the BMX Plus! photo shoot with Redline’s Tyrone Willams, aboard a one of a kind brakeless DEVICE bike - with matching VANS shoes!

OFFICIALLY A SAN DIEGAN =]

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:25:27 GMT

Last night around 11pm we arrived at our destination in San Diego...FINALLY! The car ride actually didn't seem too bad but me and my parents had some funny times in the car. You can tell when people are getting bored...especially Cheryl Post. She started saying all kinds of off the wall things that me and my dad were just rolling in laughter at. She gets in these moods where everyone swears she's highly intoxicated...but really she hasn't had a sip of anything. I don't know what to think, she's just a crazy cat that mom of mine =] but i love her. My dad's got a few quirks of his own as well, as anyone who knows him will say. But once again, makes me laugh all the time. I guess nothing seems too bad as long as you're in good company.

NOTE: Fill up on gas right before crossing the colorado/utah border. There isn't a road sign, exit, any services, NOTHING for a whole tank of alise post's sweet '99 buick regal's gas. I swear the light came on that we were about to run out of gas and we still had 20 some miles to go before salinas. i guess that SUPERCHARGER in the buick hogs some gas..haha.

Today has been a layed back day at the Olympic Training center since I don't move in until tomorrow. I figured I would show my dad around a little, and he ended up building my new bike =] yessss.

There were a lot of people here today. The Canadians and a bunch of Americans just getting ready for Chula Vista SX in a few weeks. I am getting really excited for it, and I think everyone else is too. That is going to be a top notch race I think.

I move in to school tomorrow morning and then craziness begins with all of the orientation stuff and what not...and then days later leaving for the NBL Grands and missing my first day of class (haha typical bmxer). But I should be able to keep you well updated on the "NEW LIFE OF ALISE POST".

peace out, wish me luck in my new adventures, and check for pics tomorrow

alise

ROAD TRIP

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:24:24 GMT

After I got home from South Africa, I had an evening of family and friend get togethers to say "buh-bye" as I left for college. I started the road trip yesterday around 6 in the morning from Minnesota and we made it in to Denver last night. (Nebraska stinks....it REALLY slowed us down with all the construction and stuff) But anyways, I just wanted to quick update you all that I am currently on the road to San Diego...got Denver to San Diego to go (I think it's lie 17 hours left) So we might stop in Vegas tonight and finish out the drive Friday morning. But either way, I gotta hit the road right now so we don't hit traffic...I still have to put pics up from South Africa and what not, and don't worry, I will the next time I stop and get some internet!!

update you later

alise

SOUTH AFRICA TIME TRIALS AND RACE DAY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:23:15 GMT

We went out to eat last night so we never got internet connection...sorry about that. Anyways, time trials went well for everybody in the US of A. All the boys made it in the top 32 and the girls top 13 (except arielle who was rolling the track to get some points).

So today we rolled up to the track, everybody feeling pretty good. The boys practice went well and the girls followed with a pretty solid 30 minute warm up. The races got going then, and of course like every other time...there were mixed results coming in. (probably due to the amount of luck involved with avoiding crashes in bmx haha). Fortunately, no american was "motofill". Everybody moved on to the next round of qualifying. As the day went on though, America didn't have the best results. Only myself, Nic Long, and Donny Robinson got all the way to the final. I crashed in my main and ended up with a 7th, Donny got 2nd to Sam Willoughby, and Nic Long followed them in for a solid 6th and is stoked about that.

On the girls side of things, we looked really good in practice, but it didn't all show in the races. Each of us had our moments (Brooke rode a really good lap in the third round and Taylor stayed on two wheels that same round). I on the other hand did not have a good third round. I SLAMMED the gate, was sitting in 7th into the first turn, decided to dive bomb to roll the second straight and managed to make the final with it.) In the main I didn't do so well. First off, I almost missed the race, so I got up on the gate all hurried. Then I got cut off down the hill for a solid 7th place first straight. I had somewhat of an opening though when the french girls balled eachother up coming out of the first turn, so I took it and tried to get through the second straight clean. I almost made it until the girl I was trying to pass up for 4th decided to brake in front of me, then I hit her a little and basically got out of control as I was jumping. But I made the final for the first time so there is a positive to pull out of the race.

For the boys, David Herman hit the gate in the quarters and was followed by everybody but Nic and Donny for a non quallifying position.

We are on our way out tomorrow afternoon to head back home. I will update you guys on the busy week of heading out to college soon!!

alise

Redline dominates S. Africa time trials; scores an Elite Men’s podium

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:08:47 GMT

South Africa: From the beginning of the Time Trials, we here at REDLINEwere feeling good for our Global team’s chances of complete domination. To kick things off in South Africa, France/REDLINE’s DAMIEN GODET took the hottest lap during the time trials – again emphasizing that when it comes to one man –vs- track, the Flying Frenchman will always be one of the quickest. In South Africa, he WAS the fastest.

Of the Top-7 in Time Trials – FIVE if them were aboard Redline Flight bikes! … much thanks to Dutch National team members Ray van der BIEZEN (2^nd fastest), Ivo van der PUTTEN (4^th fastest), Martijn SCHERPEN and Rob van den WILDENBERG (6^th and 7^th quickest). After dropping a few Redline riders in qualifying and semis, the Elite Men’s main was decided – and, again – Redline bikes were outnumbering all other brands in the big show, thanks to the Dutch National team. With three of the illustrious “Orange Crush” in contention for the podium, Redline fans all over the World were hoping to see another repeat of Denmark (where they took 3 of the top-5 spots). In the end, it was Rob van den WILDENBERG putting Redline and The Netherlands on the podium, after holding off the pack for a third place overall.

In the Elite Womens main, Redline/USA’s ALISE POST was the sole representative for the United States in the 8-girl final. Just making it to the final was extremely tough – and she was hoping to do as well as her Australian boyfriend (who won the Elite Mens main). With two Redline riders in the final – having Dutch gal Merle van Benthem joining Post in the gate, they fought hard to get up front but on this day nobody could beat the new reigning World Champ – Sarah Walker. Merle nabbed a 5^th, while Alise crossed the line in 7^th. Here are the final results:

Elite Men’s Finals:

Sam Willoughby (AUS)
Donny Robinson (USA)
Rob van den Wildenberg (Redline/Netherlands)
Quentin Caleyron (FRA)
Raymond van der Biezen (Redline/Netherlands)
Nic Long (USA)
Ramiro Marino (ARG)
Martijn Scherpen (Redline/Netherlands)

Elite Women's Finals:

Sarah Walker (NZL)
Gabriela Diaz (ARG)
Eva Ailloud (FRA)
Magalie Pottier (FRA)
Merle van Benthem (Redline/Netherlands)
Rachel Brackens (AUS)
Alise Post (Redline/USA)
Jana Horakova (CZE)

All photos courtesy of MARK SQUIRE; official Agent of the BMX Stars.

SOUTH AFRICA DAY ONE PRACTICE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:17:57 GMT

We FINALLY got to ride the track today. It was a bit sketch during the girls practice…3 of the top riders crashed REALLY hard: Arielle Martin, Sammy Cools, and Lauren Reynolds. Sammy crashed the hardest in my opinion She is currently in the hospital due to a SEVERE loopout on the third straight. Never seen someone crash so fast and hard. Arielle Martin has a hairline fracture in her hand from her fast lap overclear on the second straight, and Lauren has some shoulder stuff going on due to her crash on the first jump. So as you can see, all these crashes happened on different parts of the track and it’s no specific part of the track messing with people. I think the track is just built so that there’s no “easy” part to warm up on. It’s just hit it and go. And not only do you have to go for one jump at a time, you have to go for whole sections because it’s all bout flow.

The first jump was EASY after riding chula’s all last week, so me and brooke pinned it down the hill first together and hit the first straight smoothe. Then I went for the triple on the first straight (after a pretty messed up run down the hill and over the first jump) and cased pretty hard, hence I crashed. Haha, but taylor tried it and cased just as hard but stayed up so I guess it just depends where you land. I think tomorrow when we don’t have the head/tail wind going for us the girls won’t be able to hit the triple or some of the lines tried on the third straight. As for myself though, I felt good today overall, and have some confidence going into this race compared to past supercross races.

The American boys rode well, as well as Sam Willoughby so I think the racing is going to shape up to be pretty good. The men’s rider count dropped from 80 something to 54, and the girls is slowly dwindling as well, so let hope we keep enough to race. Time trials are tomorrow, so wish us luck!!

alise

THE LOONGGG TRIP OVER...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:14:47 GMT

The trip over was just over 30 hours from the Training Center doors to the Hotel here in South Africa. It seems unbearable to be on the same plane for over 16 hours….but it actually wasn’t too bad. Atleast for me because I slept almost the WHOLE way haha. I slept the whole flight from San Diego to Washington DC, and then again from Washington over to Senegal and to Johannessburg South Africa. We did have one more little flight into Durban and a crowded hour drive to Pietermaritzburg from Durban. (which by the way I had to sit passenger seat up front with the driver while everyone else was in the back hidden from me by bags. But I made small talk with the driver…couldn’t understand a word he said but we talked haha.

NOTE: I sat passenger because Mike King the team manager was not along for the ride anymore as he got left in Washington DC. Haha the Flight crew wouldn’t let him fly because he didn’t have enough pages in his passport for the visa they stamp in there when you arrive in south Africa..so he joined us 24hours later on the next flight. Haha sounds pretty funny that a bunch of teenagers went to south Africa on their own though huh?? Lol. But we got picked up right away by Ken Whelpdale so it was no big deal.

Anyways. When you think of Africa, you think of dirty, scary, dangerous, wild animals…that sort of thing. And while there’s some of that here, it’s actually not too bad. Our hotel is really nice, it’s like a cottage actually, and we have a chef (which we eat dinner at her house and she cooks lunch at our cottage) and we have maids that clean everything up, and its just really nice. It feels real “teamy”. Me and Brooke are in one room, Arielle and Taylor in another, and the staff take up the rest of the main cabin while the boys are down in their own little cabin. Everyone is hanging out in ours the majority of the time though because it’s bigger and its where we eat and everything.

We also checked out the track the first day we got here, it looks like it will be pretty good as long as you get the flow down. (and it’s not ridiculously windy and cold like it’s been). The first jump looks tiny to us all after Chula’s new jump…it’s the 2nd and third straights that look tough.

The jet lag is only now starting to hit some of the boys….the rest of us seem to be doing ok. Hopefully it stays that way as we head into the race!!

Update you on tomorrow when we got on our African Safari for real!!

alise

Redline Team at S. Africa Supercross

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:50:36 GMT

Many Redline Global Team riders are currently in So.Africa for the UCi’s second SX race of 2009. Amongst them are the USA Cycling funded riders - ALISE POST andDENZEL STEIN, and their new 2010 Flight bikes.
Other Redline riders to keep an eye on are the Dutch National squad - which includes European National ChampionMARTIJN SCHERPEN and Dutch National Champion IVO van der PUTTON - who won the very first SX race earlier this year, in Denmark.

I GOT TO GO ON MY OWN AFRICAN SAFARI TODAY..

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:11:56 GMT

Today we got to go on a SAFARI!!!

And yes it was exactly what you think a safari is…the Jeep, the wild, and all the African animals. We got to see hippos, zebras, lions, impalas, wildabeasts, monkeys…everything but giraffes (somehow the 18ft tall things hid from us) and lions (because they would eat everything else in the reserve haha). I took a few pics for ya so check ‘em out.

We have practice tomorrow afternoon (and another massage for the week…we’ve had a therapist come in and do those this week and its been awesome!) But yeah the fun is over tomorrow…in a way…so wish us luck on the track and I’ll fill ya in on how it goes!!

alise

WHAT'S BEEN GOING ON..

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:09:07 GMT

Top photo: Joey Bradford's FINGERnail painting...quite the artist.

middle photo: Donny Robinson's look of the OTC week...minus the mustache he had at the start of the week.

bottom photo: me and Joey looking real sophistocated in the otc cafe.

So the past few weeks have been ridiculously busy. When I got home from Australia, I had a few days to get packed for college and my trip to the OTC and South Africa. I did eventually get all that packed in bins ready to go for when I drive out to California the day after I get home from South Africa.

But before that happens…I’ll fill you in on the great trip to the Chula Vista Training Center. I got out there Monday August 10 and stayed there until the 16th when we left for South Africa SX World Cup. I felt good out at the center. They put a new HUGE first jump in and the girls were a little scared at the start. It’s around 40ft rumor has it, but no big deal because the gals were getting it =] It’s been a good week not only with riding but just relaxing. Brooke and Taylor have joined me and Arielle on the SX Team and it’s been a blast. I think we could see some good results from the 4 of us this weekend in South Africa. We really push eachother to try things and are positive about everything. I like it a lot. haha and on a side note...the week was just with a fun group of ppl in general because peole like Donny, and Barry make basketball awesome. Donny had a stache all week while Barry dressed up with a combover as a ref for our bball game. haha just times like that make the center a little bit more entertaining.

Besides the actual OTC though…I accomplished some other things during the week. (I will add pics when I get back from South Africa..internet takes to long here) I got to look at my ACTUAL dorm room at the college I will be going to in a few weeks, and pick out some bedding and what not from the IKEA store. Pretty exciting =] . I also got my Shimano clip shoes ccustom fitted (definitely recommend it..the shoes feel awesome!!) and just had a good productive week.

That’s it for the OTC…I will update you on our trip over next time.

Alise

SOUTH AFRICA

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:06:03 GMT

i will update more tomorrow ran out of internet time...don't give up on me yet!! haha i have some sweet pics for ya tomorrow!

alise

B.Dosch and Hult Having a great weekend in Portland

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:30:46 GMT

Redline’s Brandon Dosch and Josh Hult had an amazing night of dirt finals friday night in Portland at the second stop of the Dew tour. Brandon ending up 4th in one of the most entertaining dirt finals ever with a run that included a triple tailwhip over the first jump, then a 360 downside tailwhip over the second set, and finishing off with a big 360 double tailwhip! Josh also was riding amazing but put some added pressure on himself when he had to throw away a run. I’m sure Josh will be planning to get some of those year end points back at the 3rd stop in Salt lake City next month. I am digging on this photo of Josh blasting the first set with this crazy whip in front of a packed house!

B.Dosch makes todays park finals!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:28:34 GMT

After a crazy day of qualifying in yesterdays park prelims Brandon made it into todays park finals even with a tie with Jeremiah Smith. Here is a list of results from park prelim results. Some heavy hitters in there for sure!

2009 Portland Dew Tour Park Prelims Results
(Top 9 Ride In Finals)
1. Daniel Dhers - 92.00
2. Brett Banasiewicz - 91.25
3. Ryan Nyquist - 91.00
4. Mark Webb - 90.88
5. Drew Bezanson - 89.88
6. Dennis Enarson - 89.88

7. Craig Mast - 89.63
8. Steven McCann - 89.25
9. Brandon Dosch - 89.13
——
10. Jeremiah Smith - 89.13
11. Ryan Guettler - 88.63
12. Rob Darden - 88.38
13. Dave Dillewaard - 87.88
14. Alessandro Barbero - 87.13
15. Allan Cooke - 87.00
16. Andrew Buckworth - 86.63
17. Austin Coleman - 86.63
18. Alistair Whitton - 86.50
19. Morgan Wade - 86.25
20. Kevin Kiraly - 85.75
21. Brian Hunt - 85.13
22. Joshua Perry - 84.50

Flight School Photos

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 16:15:08 GMT

All of the Redline Flight School photos can be viewed and downloaded at our Flickr photostream here. Thanks to everyone for coming out and making our Flight School clinics so successful this year!

DEW TOUR Hi-lights of Josh Hult and B.Dosch

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:32:26 GMT

Check the Hi-lights of Redlines Josh Hult and B. Dosch at the first stop of the dew tour in Chicago.

Best of Big air in Bavaria!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:33:48 GMT

Checkout the Hi-lights from Big air in Bavaria. Some great stuff of team Redline Including B.Dosch and his winning run with some crazy shots of Josh Hult’s superwhips.

Singletracks.com Reviews the 2009 D 660

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:56:23 GMT

"Having trained and raced on this bike I’d say the geometry strikes a nice balance between comfort and aggressiveness - it won’t leave you sore after 50 miles of riding but it’s also nicely responsive when you mash the pedals."

From Singletracks.com

AFTER THE WORLDS...

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:38:11 GMT

Well there have been results posted up everywhere along with the videos of the races..so i am sure you probably already know that I got 7th. I made it to the main this year which was good but I wish some technical difficulties wouldn't have held me back from a podium finish... i guess that just means next year. At least sam willoughby won in front of his home crowd and made it a good evening with something to celebrate!

its now a few days after the worlds and i have just been hanging out in adelaide australia. My parents leave in the morning and i don't for a few days yet. Today I went to check out some animals.... all of which are of COURSE sam's pets... =] check out the pics

ps-sorry about the lack of updating this month...it's been ridiculously hectic with all the traveling and getting ready for college..i will get back on top of that STAT!

alise

Team Redline on their way to Orange County

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:29:53 GMT

If your around Southern California this weekend go check Team Redline’s Hucker, Hult and Dosch Competing in the ASA Finals this weekend in Costa Mesa,CA. Gonna be a good time!

Watch the UCI Worlds

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:46:55 GMT

Couldn’t make it to Australia?! Well … no worries, mate. Check out all of the hot semi and main event action on the Redline-sponsored site: BMX-videos.com

Don’t wanna miss races: 14 Boys main - Dakota Senger holeshots but bails in turn one after a lil’ bump ‘n run with a Dutch rider * See Redline’s amazing German gal, Kerstein Fritscher, whup up on both 17 & Over Women and 35-39 Womens Cruiser * Check out Alise Post and Merle vanBretham in Jr Elite Womens main. * Cringe in the Jr Elite semi, when Denzel fumbles in the rhythm section and loses his ticket to the finale. * Keep an eye on Canada’s Tory Nyhaug in the Jr Elite main - cruisin’ in for a 4th place finish. * And more!

WATCH NOW!

Brandon Dosch Wins In Germany!

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 23:40:52 GMT

Stoked for Team Redline! Brandon,Hucker and Josh Hult all finished in the top ten over in Germany this weekend including Redline’s Brandon Dosch with a 10,000 win including this great antler trophy..Wonder how he got that thing home?-Cheers boys-fuzz

Munich, Germany, July 27th 2009 – Brandon Dosch really seems to deserve the title of the BMX shooting star 2009. The 20 year old from Lake Orion, Michigan won the 2009 BIG IN BAVARIA dirt jump competition - which was held inconjunction with the BIKE EXPO trade show in Munich, Germany. Dosch earned himself the victory with a big bag of stunning tricks and lots of consistency - and took home $9,500.00 US dollars. Ca$h.

The weather conditions on Saturday didn’t make it easy for the riders: lots of heavy rain showers and only a few dry sections with many gusts of wind made long training sessions impossible. But the big names in BMX business proved that they are pros for a reason and coped with this quite difficult situation very well.

Brandon Dosch, sponsored by Redline and riding their Device frame and equipment, landed his 720s, opposite 360s, 360 double tailwhips, barspin to tailwhips and various combinations in his final runs perfectly. No question, the Redline team rider deserved the BIG IN BAVARIA title. 2nd place finisher TJ Ellis showed his backflips with X-up one foots and superman variations, fancy cannonballs as well as huge frontflips at the last double: second place for ruler from the Vans team. German rookie Simon Moratz from Freising, Germany went off with his 360s, frontflips and no-handed backflips - to take third place.
The other riders also rocked the huge dirt line featuring seven jumps. Redline’s Mike “Hucker” Clark (4th/USA) was the only one throwing down backflips at the step down. There was only one more rider doing a pretty technical trick on this drop: Darren Berrecloth (5th/CAN) - a former BMX rider and now primary known as mountain bike freeride icon. DB is used to bigger gaps and had the balls to show 360s at the step down. GT rider Dave Dillewaard (6th/AUS) just ruled the line with his unique style and tricks like 360 tailwhips to tabletop, what gave him big props from the audience. Redline’s Dew Tour Chicago winner Josh Hult (8th/USA) showed nice decades and huge superman tailwhips at the first and biggest double. James Foster (11th/USA) used the same booster to pull even bigger 360 tailwhips.

The crowd was yelling and screaming for the riders until the very last runs in the early sunset to determined the final results:

RANK NAME (Nation/Team)
1 Brandon Dosch (USA/REDLINE)
2 TJ Ellis (USA/VANS)
3 Simon Moratz (GER/FELT)
4 Mike “HUCKER” Clark (USA/REDLINE)
5 Darren Berrecloth (CAN/SPECIALIZED)
6 Dave Dillewaard (AUS/GT)
7 Alejandro Caro (COL/WETHEPEOPLE)
8 Josh Hult (USA/REDLINE)
9 Josh Stead (AUS)
10 Ricardo Laguna (USA/DANS COMP)

Afterwards, all of the participants partied hard - German-style, at the Munich P1 club. With lots of free drinks and hot girls, there were more than a few riders that made their way to the hotel just in time to grab their stuff, take the VW shuttle to the airport and finally get a decent sleep while flying home.
In short: the pros just went big in Bavaria in every way!
Most of them made sure that their place on the rider’s list of the BIG IN BAVARIA in 2010 is safe. So you can already look forward to next year’s, probably bigger version of the BIG IN BAVARIA.

But you don’t have to plan that far to get first class BMX action. If you haven’t seen the live stream onwww.soulbmx.com, watch out for the BIG IN BAVARIA highlight clip coming soon.

A*TOWN, AUSSIE LAND

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 22:02:29 GMT

I got in to Australia Monday. I was here last year so it's kind of weird to be in the same surroundings at another BIG race. This time however, I am staying with Sam's family so I am getting more of a feel of the "living life" here rather than the hotel city life.

It's really nice here. The weather is yes a little cold since it's winter, but hey, i am from minnesota and I have been in a lot worse than 60 degrees!! haha. anyways the first day i was here I basically just spent recovering from the flight and trying not to fall asleep. (i couldn't really sleep on the whole plane trip over either so i was coming off of a "few days" no sleep) so i was pretty tired monday night to say the least. Haha, I even woke up at noon Tuesday!!!

Tuesday I did a little ride and got to go over to "the cove", one of sam's local tracks, and check that out. It was pretty nice actually. The surface is different on the tracks here, it's all clay and this gravel type stuff over the top. It looks really slick but it's not. anyways, here's a few photos of the local track i rode.

Stompin’ Stu documentary

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:06:24 GMT

The word is out on ESPN'S blog page about the long awaited documentary of STU Thomsen. Stu had a major influence on the Industry and many riders of the 70’s 80’s even 90’s and is still riding/racing to this day. The teaser is great along with some famous names and classic footy of some of the craziest BMX tracks that looked nuts and are still being talked about to this day! I know that I had every picture that I could get of Stu on my wall when I was 9 years old and is so cool to see this classic footage of what was really going on behind the scenes in his life at that time! -Gotta thank Mark Eaton for making this great film come to life and can’t wait to see the final cut! -fuzz

Redline congratulates MARTIJN SCHERPEN on taking the overall Euro title for 2009!

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:32:31 GMT

It's been ten years since a Dutch rider has earned the No.1 European title. Back in 1999, the No.1 Euro plate was held by a young, moppy-headed BMXer named ROBERT deWILDE. And now, exactly one decade later, a rider from Holland has brought home the No.1 European Championship title to their country.

The ten year drought for a Dutch-owned No.1 Euro title was ended recently at the Euro Championship finals, held on a tight indoor track in Denmark. And with pure consistency for the final two points races of the series, Scherpen did exactly what was needed:

"Coming into this event," Scherpen explained, "I was leading by just a mere 3 points in front of Belguim's Arnoud Dubois. On Saturday I won all my motos and so did he. We both didn't lose a point until the final. In the main event, I had a pretty bad gate and got shut down by Hamon straight out of the gate, but I managed to finish in 5th while Arnoud finished 3rd." The way the Euro point system works, this tied the two titles contenders going in to Sunday's final race.

"Again on Sunday, we both didn't lose a point" states the main webmaster for MartijnScherpen.com, "And in the main, I picked lane 1 - with Arnoud in 2. The pressure was on! But I got the best gate start for me of the entire weekend and snapped hard. I had a little bit of trouble coming over the 2nd jump and slipped a little in the first turn, which messed up my momentum for the 2nd straight. I didn't see Arnoud in front of me, so I thought he must be somewhere close. But he wasn't. In the last turn I saw that he crashed on the first straightaway. My Dutch teammate Roy van den Berg won the main again, but I wound up with the most points and overall title. Now I finally can call myself the 2009 European Champion!"

With the Dutch National Team and their Redline Flight bikes dominating the entire Euro Champ series all through 2009; outnumbering all others in practically every single main event - and now a No.1 European title, REDLINE bikes couldn't be more pleased. We congratulate Martijn, as well as the entire "Orange Crush" for an incredible season of racing!

Top 3 in the overall ranking foor 2009 Euro Champ Series:

Martijn Scherpen ~ NETHERLANDS/REDLINE
Arnoud Dubois BEL
Roy van den Berg ~ NETHERLANDS/REDLINE

Jason Carne$ Interview

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:56:14 GMT

Jason talks about his Redline Flight Pro XXL.

Hucker Bike Check

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:42:43 GMT

Hucker is currently on the East coast Destroying the trails for a video part for Ride mag! Check out Huckers latest Bike Check over at Ride!

Local 2 year old BMX rider

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 18:31:26 GMT

Avery proves that you’re never too young to start riding BMX. The 2 year old was interviewed by Q13 Fox news at SeaTac BMX track while riding his Redline MX12.

Def Paul Video

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:49:35 GMT

Redline team rider Def Paul hitting some local spots in Seattle, Washington.

Video Credit: Brian Chace
chaceproductions.com

SARAH HARVEY - WORLDS 2009

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:21:35 GMT

WORLD 20" TITLE

This is what we had been training for ‚Äì The 2009 UCI BMX World Championships.
The track was prepared very well and was smooth. (World class) With only 8 laps of practice on the track, I was the first girl in Australia to jump the first double. In the first moto I came 2nd. I was racing USA #1, who is really fast and was the only girl in my age that could jump the second double. In the second moto on the second straight I was coming 2nd but I unclipped which pushed me back to 3rd. In the third race, I was coming 2nd but a girl held me up on the first berm and we hit bars and she crashed, but the girl who was coming 4th went underneath me and I got 3rd.
In my semi, I had a pretty good race and I got 3rd which gave me a finals position. I got lane three in the final but then had a shocking start and got stuck in the pack with no openings to get through and I finished in 7th place.

Once again our Redline bikes performed perfectly. I would like to thank all my sponsors, friends and family for their support leading up to the worlds and helping me achieve these fantastic results. I hope I can do them and Australia proud at the Trans Tasman Test in New Zealand in October!
Sarah Harvey

WORLD CRUISER TITLE
I was very excited to race my cruiser as now I had been on the track for 14 laps. My heat races were again, against the current USA #1. I placed 2nd, 3rd, and 3rd in my heats, which put me into the Semi. I got 2nd in the semi which put me through to the final. I started out of lane eight and got a great start, but cased the first double which slowed me a little & left me on the outside on the first corner. The rest of the race I had to make up ground & finished happily in 5th place.

SOUTH PARK DAY 2..CABIN

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:59:08 GMT

All I have to say about south park, PA is that i am glad it is over!!!
The second day of racing brought me even worse luck than the first day. The gate was dropping slow earlier in the day (due to a different piston) so i kept hitting the gate, and then in the main I came unclipped and got 7th with a near death experience down the second straight. Well okay, I didn't even crash it was just super scary!

I hopped on an early flight home with my mom and got the heck out of there ASAP so i could get home and get ready to go to my cabin for a few days. The cabin was probably the best thing for me to just relax and get my mind off the races over the weekend. I was EXTREMELY upset after sunday's racing and not thinking about it for two days allowed me to look at my bike again without being mad. Sounds dumb, but it's true.

You'd think it was the sunshine and awesome-ness of the lake that made my cabin so fun, but that's not true. It was the CRAPPIEST weather out, in the 60's to be precise, cold and windy, but we still managed to go out and wakeboard/ski for a bit...CRAZY KIDS!! but yeah, besides that we just four wheeled, played cards, had a fire (s'mores are amazing), drove the gold cart around, and just hung out. It was just nice for me not to have a SCHEDULE for once!!

I'm home now though...so it's back to reality. ugh. haha, but atleast I got my new Redline frame today, I'll explain more about that later!

Here's some pics from the cabin!

Behind the scenes at the DC shoot with Hucker

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:34:35 GMT

Hucker interviewed on FuelTV

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:57:16 GMT

Chris Pastras interviews BMX dirt jumper Mike "Hucker" Clark during the Chicago Dew Tour.

Josh Hult interview on Alli

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:25:49 GMT

After a great weekend for team Redline with Josh Hult winning Dirt finals along with team mate Brandon Dosch ending up second along with a top 5 finish in park you can jump over to Alli to check out what Josh had to say about his crazy weekend in Chicago!

Hult, Dosch take DEW TOUR dirt

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:05:37 GMT

Here's some footage from Fuel TV showcasing Dosch and Hult dominating the first stop on the Dew Tour. You can read the full story here.

DAY ONE OF RACING IN SOUTH PARK

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:56:43 GMT

No storms today. Sunny, blue skies, and HUMID!

I felt pretty good riding today...i hit this big triple step up that some of the guys were even having trouble with so i was proud of myself for making it over that. however that gave me some trouble in the main. somehow I got gate 7 first round, then gate 7 again, then gate 6...and then hoping for an inside gate in the main...i somehow wind up with lane 8. real random huh?? haha. but yeah as far as the main went i wasn't a very happy camper (to say the least) today. I haven't been as angry and frustrated as i was today in a long time. i didn't understand how i could come up THIRD....yes third....on a track that suited my style so well. I just got swopped in the first turn being on the outside, and hung in third to the second turn where i hesitated to see where the riders leading went, and that hesitation cost me the chance at winning the race. When i hesitated, i didn't keep up enough speed for the huge triple step up, and ended up nose casing it, coming unclipped from my pedals, and almost going over the bars...somehow i managed to save it though and keep up with the leaders to stay in third. I was pretty upset but i guess there's nothing i can do about it now except race hard tomorrow and try to get in front of amanda geving and dominique daniels rather then behind them!

the masters class had probably one of the squirreliest races i have ever seen haha. they were all over the place today with dougie fresh coming up with the win. (poor tim dinger...almost got struck by lightning yesterday, knocked himself out in practice today, as well as got pushed up in the second turn to go from 2nd to 4th....and i though i had it rough??) OH AND PLEASE NOTE: though jason carnes did not make the main...HE was HITTING JUMPS AGAIN!!! not small ones either....a big step forward since his injury!

superex was dominated by josh meyers all day....that's really all there is to say.

elite men was crazy...i believe 4 guys crashed in the first turn. However, stumpy who rode good all day, came up with a well deserved win.

haha right now i am sitting in the lobby of the hotel...i thought i would use this computer because it would be faster (that's definitely not the case)...and as i am sitting here typing, a 50 yr old guy comes up to me and starts rambling on about he was one of the originals of mountain biking or something, and then somehow wound up talking about he was one of the best climbers in the world doing climbs no one else has ever done. He called his daughter to come down to meet me to talk about competition (apparently she's a musician), but when she got there..i really have no idea what he said, and i don't thikn she did either haha. the guy was either drunk or crazy because i could not follow want he was trying to tell me. i guess i did get his main piece of advice though. he told me "to be real, is to be real. don't let anyone tell ya any differently." seems like it could be a good saying...just trying to figure out how to interpret it haha. oh, and he said watch out for broken bones as he missed his fifth elevator ride talking to me about his younger years an dhow everyone hates him now and i am kind for listening to him hahahaha. I guess you never know what you'll come across in Pennsylvania....especially bridgeville.

SOUTH PARK...A DAY IN PENN STATE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:54:13 GMT

Today was a WILD day. definitely not like every other.
It atleast started out normal. I slept in, ate breakfast, laid around the hotel, ate lunch at a local cafe (where my mother was having personal bubble issues with my feet..i like to stretch out while i eat, and aren't you allowed to set them on your mothers legs?? lol), and headed towards the track. I went in time for the pro practice instead of the 15 and over because it was so nice out and i figured i'd have plenty of time to practice when it was a little cooler. (it's ridiculously humid here for another weekend of racing...and i practiced thursday night as well).

I get to the track, go to the bathroom, it starts to drizzle. dang it. I rush to put my race gear on to get a few laps in on the first straight, but in that short time it starts to POUR. practice is delayed and a bunch of people are piling under the redline tent...and eventually the trailer to get out of the slanted rain.

While we're all sitting in the hot trailer...at least jason carnes is there to entertain us. He has this HUGE bike bag he starts rummaging through, looks to christian becerine and says "when will i see you next?". They start going through a list of races and they can't figure out a race coming up soon so eventually they both settle on the worlds. Anyways, jason keeps rummaging and makes it seem like he's got something big and important for christian to see...next thing you know, jason whips out an AB ROLLER!!!! HAHA. While pointing to his abs and flexing he says, "next time you see me, these are gonna be sooooo chizzled!!" haha, we all just looked at him and started laughing, but he was dead serious. It was pretty funny. jason's next entertaining move had to do with the entertainment of the night...

As we're all sitting under the tent...the skies are clearing...the storm seems to be over...jason walks out of the trailer to check it out...and the INSTANT he steps out onto the ground from the trailer, a huge CRACK comes from lightning in the sky. It was so loud and close it scared everyone. jason's first reaction was to crouch, run into the trailer, and hold on to one of the guys legs though. haha i tried to put a video up of it but it's only a video of lenny's video he got of jason doing this...so it might not be that clear, but defintely worth checking out.

Also to check out: my home made video fo the after math of this lightning bolt that scared jason. it actually HIT a tree right behind the J&R tent. It split a tree, a good 15-20 ft up and wood flew everywhere. I also came to find out that Tim Dinger was walking his bike about 10 ft away from this tree when it happened!! (he is ok though) Apparently he was going from under a tent to a van to be picked up on the street....as the van door opened up for him to run and jump in....the lightning hit and split the tree, pieces flying into the van and denting it. Pretty crazy stuff. Also, Justin travis and two other boys were holding on to the metal on the easy-up that tim had just come from under...they, along with tim were shocked a little. It's not everyday you get struck by lightning...so i guess tim's got a story!

When we got back to the hotel, i watched some tv on michael jackson's death...also another crazy happening, and then went to dinner. I had some amazing lasagna with my mom...who again was complaining about me invading her bubble. haha, gotta love her.

anyways, it's late and i need to hit the hay, but i will update you more tomorrow on the racing action!!

Josh Hult Wins Dew Tour!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:29:19 GMT

Big congrats to Redline’s Josh Hult and Brandon Dosch who went 1st and 2nd this weekend in DIRT, at Chicago’s 1st stop of the Dew Tour! This is the first-time on a Dew Tour podium for Hult, Dosch and their sponsor REDLINE Bicycles. Amazing dirt final!

For the full story & photos, CLICK HERE.

BMX DIRT FINALS
1	Josh Hult - REDLINE	92.50
2	Brandon Dosch - REDLINE	92.31
3	Ryan Nyquist	91.38
4	Corey Bohan	91.31
5	Dennis Enarson	91.31
6	Rob Darden	90.37
7	Cory Nastazio	89.12
8	TJ Ellis	88.94
9	Chris Doyle	88.94
10	Jaie Toohey	88.37
11	Cameron White	87.81
12	Luke Parslow	87.19

Dosch qualifies 2nd at Dew Tour

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:30:32 GMT

With 56 riders each filling up two 60-second runs while competing for 13 spots, you can bet that a ton of amazing riding went down at the Dew Tour season opener. Even with a few rain showers slowing things down, new tricks were pulled and everyone went off .. especially Redline’s new pickup BRANDON DOSCH.
Check out RideBMX.com for some video highlights.

Park Open Qualifying Results - Top 10 (of 13)
1. Josh Harrington - 90.00
2. Brandon Dosch / Redline - 89.25
3. Will Thompson - 89.13
4. Josh Perry - 88.63
5. Brett Bansiewicz - 88.50
6. Mark Webb - 87.75
7. Andrew Buckworth - 86.00
8. Harry Main - 84.75
9. Dave Dillewaard - 84.63
10. Pat “Big Daddy” Laughlin - 84.638

Redline-Lyon-Dardilly in Marseille

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:57:16 GMT

Redline-Lyon-Dardilly in Marseille.

Redline Ruling in Rockford

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:35:03 GMT

What could be better than scoring a win on Sunday in Womens Pro? If you’re Alise Post, having your boyfriend win AA-pro made it an unbelievable weekend. One by one, Post is gaining on the current points leader in ABA and NBL, and it’s no doubt going to be a race down to the Grands for both No.1 titles.

With wins both days in cruiser, Arizona’s “Gorgeous George” Goodall will likely maintain his lead in ABA National Cruiser points. We’ll find out in November if he can hold on to it.

This guy helped put Redline on the Map. ABA’s very first No.1 Pro (CIRCA 1979) has still got it — winning 51-55 Cruiser on day two.

Stompin’ Stu was the honored guest at this years’ VintageBMX.com’s show. The 10th Annual Vintage show was awesome as always — bringing out the most beautifully restored retro machines in the country.

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ROCKFORD ABA DAY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:50:08 GMT

I WON!!! enough said??
haha enough about me at least.

felt good on the track and got a win...what's funny is so did my boy sam willoughby. For some reason, since he travels with us, he must have decided he has to be the same as me. he gets second the day i do, and a win the same day i do...kinda funny.

i guess all i can say is: its going to be an enjoyable ride home to Minnesota!!! =]

pics soon...video is uploading right now, gotta wait.

ROCKFORD UCI DAY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:46:11 GMT

There definitely wasn't rain today...it was HOT. mostly humid but sunny as well. The day was also really long because they ran the cancelled friday night race before the other races today.

My racing went OK. I got another second. Overall I think I was riding pretty good for just coming back from an injury...my first straights were feeling fast. I did take a hard crash (OTB-Over the bars) in the second moto though. I came unclipped at fulled charge and that did feel good! but i came back in the third round and still qualified for the main. Then in the main I had a really good first two straights and was looking to go for the pass down the third straight...but ended up bonking EVERYTHING..so that didn't work out too well. Tomorrow is an ABA day though so I REALLY hope to do well tomorrow and get a win.

JR MEN RESULTS- Denzel Stein 1st. Sam Willoughby 2nd. and Tommy Zula 3rd. Jordan Seward was riding good on his home track but crashed in the main in the first turn.

Elite men results- Kyle Bennett does it again! ....and dR donny robinson had a good 4th to 2nd move in the second turn and ended up with the second.

Tomorrow should be a good day...a lot quicker and cooler hopefully since it's earlier in the day.

wish me luck!

THE ROCK

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:44:24 GMT

One of my favorite trips EVERY YEAR. Rockford, Illinois was my first race out of minnesota, and I have been going there every year since =]

We drove from minnesota this morning and got here around noon. We hung out around the hotel and what not since it was so humid and didn't feel like sitting at the track all day before practice. There was rain when we drove in but it got sunny in the afternoon...only to be followed AGAIN by POURING rain right after the pro practice. The humidity definitely made it a sweaty practice but at least we got out of there before the hurricane came in haha. We were trying to find a place to eat but cars were like underwater in parking lots so we decided to order in to the hotel tonight haha. I guess Olive Garden wil have to wait until tomorrow...

The pre-race tonight was cancelled, and rumor has it that it will be run before the national tomorrow...it's gonna be a long day.

I will be adding photos and updates so keep checking in!

OH AND DON"T FORGET I AM THE Q&A THIS WEEK SO FEEL FREE TO CHECK THAT OUT AS WELL!!!

ALISE

NEW YORK CITY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:41:32 GMT

So after Deleware I went and stayed at the DeRosa's house for a visit. As always their house was super fun..it has a sweet pool and hot tub and just I love that place. But anyways, the coolest part of the trip for me was finally getting to go to New York. I have never been there before and have always wanted to so bad.
The day started off with the drive into the city, about an hour and half long, and then we just started walking the streets when we got there. First famous sight scene was Times Square. I have seen that place on tv when the ball drops, in movies, and just everywhere so it was cool to finally SEE it and how busy it is. Next stop was the Rockfeller Center, and the famous christmas tree place and ice skating rink in every movie. And then there was 5th Ave. Good thing the stores were too pricy for me or I would've been spending a lot of money haha. We also saw central park, and last but not least wasGround Zero. That was probably my favorite part. Even though I didn't know anyone involved with 9/11, it was still very emotional to see the site in person. We also saw the empire state building and St. Patrick's church, which was super cool inside.

Basically, it was a very busy day trying to fit a New York trip into a day visit. The only thing I didn't physically go out and touch/see was the Statue of Liberty. We decided if we wanted to see everything else we weren't going to have time for that boat ride and tour out there...so i guess i will just have to go back and see that sometime =] (but I have seen the original statue of liberty in paris. france so does that count?? haha)

Anyways, all of this day was followed by a hectic drive home...don't EVER take a wrong exit in New Jersey...there's NO WHERE to turn around, and you have to repay the tolls 45098973405834095 times!!! haha anyways, we made it back to the DeRosa's to take off at 3am for the Philly airport.

FIRST STATE NATIONALS...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:38:13 GMT

I went to practice yesterday and felt fine. I took it slow and built up to full speeds and my quad seemed to be OK. I never really got to practicing much after the first straight though...which was the hard part of the track. This area has been hit with rain for the past three weeks straight and it is definitely showing on the track. There are loose spots everywhere, the entire track is somewhat soft (feels like you're on the brakes the whole time), and its RIDICULOUSLY long. So basically, it's the most perfect conditions for a injured leg ever....NOT.

So today I practiced again, felt OK, and did my first moto. Actually racing made me realize the conditions of the track and my leg... My leg started pulsing after that round and I knew i needed to listen to my body. So I did something I have NEVER done in the history of my BMX racing career...I PULLED OUT OF THE RACE!! I got a t shirt and shorts on and headed to the announcer's tower to watch the rest of the pro motos. It was definitely weird sitting up there and I would have rather been racing any day of the week, but I am hoping by taking today and tomorrow which I already pulled out of) off, I will be able to come back full force next week.

Towards the end of watchin the races, I was somewhat glad I didn't race. People were blowing up EVERYWHERE! Not because the track was hard or anything, but just because they'd hit a soft spot and flip the bars, or their tire would stick trying to manual, or they'd go down on the crowded asphalt turns. Whatever crash I was watching, I was just glad it wasn't me. People don't seem to really pull away on this track either....it's somewhat of an equalizer which would have made the racing tough. Dominique almost got passed by Alaina Henderson today which you never would have guessed. Sam Willoughby also got passed by Tommy Zula...unexpected. Donny Robinson BLEW himself up just going through the rhythm...odd. All kind of stuff like that was happening and I think it will only be worse tomorrow. It supposed to rain more and this is way to long of a track, with asphalt turns, to be racing a mud race. So anyways, the point is...I am good with my decision even though it seems like a waste to be out here.

As for other results...Kyle Bennett won the elite men class, dominique won the women's class, Tommy Zula won jr men, and I believe john purse won vet pro. PS=Jason carnes MADE IT into the main today!!! first time in a while for this injured man...well healing now =]

time to hit the hay now though. I will be at the track tomorrow, and i will probably take a few pics to put up on here so keep your eyes open.

IN DELAWARE...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:37:09 GMT

So I flew into Philly last night....on a VERY delayed flight. After like a half hour/hour delay INSIDE the airport, there was another 1 1/2 or two hour delay ON THE RUNWAY. Felt like the longest flight ever except we weren't even moving, much less in the air! But anyways, good thing we flew in Thursday and not today I guess or we would have missed practice.

It's SUPER humid out here in Delaware with gray skies looking like rain. The dense fog we flew into yesterday was actually why we were delayed so long they told us. But, I guess we'll be able to measure how humid it is by how much we sweat in practice today without any sun. haha. That is...if I GET to practice =[ I have to see how my leg feels today and then decide how hard to push it. I've got too busy of a summer ahead to be dealing with an injury the whole time, So i'm going to make sure it's feeling good and not try to push my luck too much more than I already have. The push through-it-philosohy hasn't worked too well yet so I am actually gonna have to make sure this one's healed.

Anyways, I will either update this blog more or make a new one probably with pics tonight to let you know how it goes.

Oh and I guess I might be the next Q &A session on here so keep your eyes open for that!

~alise

TRACK SEASON'S OVER...TIME TO FOCUS

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:36:19 GMT

The state track meet was Friday June 5, and Saturday June 7. That was the end of high school sports for me. It's kind of weird to think about actually. To be so involved with gymnastics, and track, and just school functions in general...and then in a few weeks, it's all DONE. But like I said before, I guess now it's just time for me to FINALLY focus on bmx and see where it takes me =]

As for the track meet though...I didn't compete friday because of my leg. The day before the meet, and the day of, I went to the Edina office an hour 1/2 from my house for treatment). I was definitely doing everything I could to heal, but my leg definitely wasn't even 80%. But anyways, there was the 4x200m relay friday, but i gave up my spot in that relay to the alternate (and my friend) because I knew my quad couldn't handle two days in a row (if even one..) That relay didn't quite make it to finals anyway so it was a smart choice not to run in it. Saturday morning howver I had pole vault at 9am and my leg was KILLING me. I immediatly told my coach I wouldn't be able to run the 4x400m relay later that day because I wasn't even sure i was going to make it through pole vault. However, I pushed through and ended up 7th in the state for pole vault with a decent vault (highest of the season for me so far!). However, i was a little disappointed since I hadn't really practiced much the past two years due to injuries, and I know I could've done really well had I been able to. So after that, I watched my 4x400 relay run their way to a 4th place finish in the state which was awesome. I was definitely proud of them but sad i wasn't out there. 9except for the fact that it was realllly cold and rainy while pole vault was inside...so wasn't too bummed about that haha).

Afterward i went to lunch/dinner with my team, and then track was over. I handed in my jersey and everything today, got my actual diploma, and that was that chapter of my life closed. I think it's starting to hit me and it's kind of sad....but I filled out my housing for University of San Diego and am also very excited to start this new chapter of my life.

Anyways, enough sappy stuff. I leave thursday for deleware, I still have a bum leg from running/vaulting with it, and I am just crossing my fingers I will be able to race WELL this weekend. It's important for me to do well in all of the races this summer so I don't wanna rush this injury and be screwed for the next 5 races in a row. I guess we'll just have to see how it feels. I am having a craving to ride though..it's been so long because of this leg! i have been at the track to teach community ed classes and all kinds of stuff this year but haven't been able to reALLY ride...it's killing me. Hopefully tomorrow after treatment I will be feeling better, if not I will wait until the weekend to check it out.

I gotta get going though so I will update you later...make sure you check out the highlights from fresno on here..pretty sweet.

oh and Here's some pictures from the track meet...check it out.

SINCE FRESNO..

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:33:39 GMT

so much has happened since my california race but i have had NO TIME to get on here and tell you about it... first things first. I had to get caught up in school after missing a bunch for denmark, cali and fresno, sam came back to america, compete in the CLC track championships, and there was a scholarship awards ceremony at school, and I had my graduation party.

When i got back from fresno, i only had a couple days left of school...8 to be exact. but before that 8 was up, grades were due in like 4. So in four days, i had to get caught up from all the days missed for my races at the end of the year...typical.

on top of that, sam flew back. however, the night he flew in, i had an awards ceremony at school. Here they recognized people who had been awarded scholarships for college. It was a great evening, especially since a lot of my friends were recieving the awards and it was nice hearing about all their future plans and previous accomplishments. I recieved the HealthPartners Healthcare Scholarship for going into health care...(which is what i THINK i am doing..haha) after that I went straight home to get ready for my AP Calculus test the next morning. Luckily, my parents went and got sam that night.

So the next day, as i said, I took my AP Calc test..which let's just say I should've stuidied for a little bit more. Would have helped if i would have done math since before i went out to denmark....i had a little bit of short term memory going on during that test haha. but i guess we'll see the results in july!

After my test, I headed out to the Conference Championships in track and field. Because my quad was, and still is, so messed up, I decided not to run in my three sprint relays and just pole vaulted. Somehow I pulled off being an All Conference Athlete for pole vault that day...but let me tell you, during and after that, my leg HURT!!

And last but not least, I had my graduation party over memorial weekend. i decided to have it a the weekend before i actually graduated because i knew how hectic it would be after. I had a perfect, sunny summer day with lots of friends, family, and good food to celebrate with! It was a great day and really go tme in the mood for graduation which happened friday may 29.

HIGH SCHOOLS OVER....

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:28:39 GMT

Well...I GRADUATED!!! graduation date was friday, may 29, 2009. It's crazy to think all those k-12 years was for that little diploma (which i dno't get until track season is over and i turn my uniform in lol). I never thought I'd see the day when i wore the cap and gown...I graduated with honors as well, so i also got to wear the orange and black cords which was cool. And I didn't even trip or anything when i had to walk to get my diploma in heels...amazing huh?? lol

It was a fun/mixed emotions evening spent with all my friends!! After graduation we had our senior all night party where no one can leave the school until 5am which was super fun...except that the track team had to leave at 2am because we had sections the next morning...but i will get to that later. Anyways, the grady party had a casino, carnival games, tons of food, massages, handwriting analysis, coffee shack, wii and guitar hero, lounge areas, arcade games, bingo rooms, a giant blow up obstacle course, caricatures, and of course....a dj and dance floor =] it was a super fun night and I was definitely sad I had to miss out on some of the later prizes and the hypnotist, which rumor has was very funny. however I did win a half hour massage to an actual place, as well as time in the cash machine (but that was at 3am so i didn't get to do it). oh well, it was worth it in the end because....

We're going to state in track!! my "voodoo" guy worked wonders again and got my quad into DECENT enough shape, gave me an amazing tape job, and i got to run! I won the pole vault to get to state, we won our 4x200 relay to get to state, WERE SO CLOSE In our 4x100 relay..and most excitingly, we're in in our 4x400 relay. And i say this was the most exciting because it came down to the wire. Another team was leading us the whole race by a pretty good distance that I, the last runner, didn't know if i could make up. However rounding the final curve and headed down the last straight, I passed the girl and we are headed to state. That wil take next weekend and because I ran so hard this weekend, it's going to take a miracle for me to be at 100% or even running condition for it...hopefully voodoo man will work his magic again =]

Anyways, that's it for now...i'll update you on state and what not later this week!

Hucker top three at Warriors of Wood

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:34:16 GMT

Check the Ride Link for all the latest from Ryan Nyquist’s Warriors of Wood contest that went down this weekend. Welcome back Hucker!

Covergirl: Alise on NBL's BMXToday

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:31:29 GMT

I FINALLY got my own, solo bmx magazine cover!!! It's a picture of me jumping the triples in nellis so make sure to check it out...

Jared Eberwein garage edit

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:47:01 GMT

After a long winter of healing up his broken wrist, Jared got together with Larry Alvarado to make this cool garage edit! Welcome back Jared!-fuzz

Jared Eberwein Redline Web Video from Redline Bicycles on Vimeo.

BACK HOME FROM JBDOTCOM'S HOUSE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 21:24:55 GMT

So after Fresno I left the races with my mom, and Joey Bradford's parents. I went and stayed at their house for the evening to hang out with my other family for a bit. Joey, unfortunately, was in Japan, but it was still nice seeing Jerry and Sheryl (his parents) because their like parents to me too.

Moneterey is a cool little city and it was fun to refresh my memory of it ( I haven't been to Joey's since I was like 11!!) At night we jsut hung out at their house but then on Monday before our afternoon flight, we hung out in the bay area.

Though it was fun and all, I am definitely glad to be home. This week is going to be hectic for me. I went back to school today to try and get caught up (only two tests to go and I am caught up after missing SOOOOO much school lately). i tried to run track practice after school today but my quad wasn't holding up to the workout to well and is definietly hurting again so I am probably going to have to take it easy at our conference championship this thursday...which is a bummer =[ but I'd rather have my leg for the end of the season than thursday. So anyways, after track I had a pretty chill night. I check out some Oakley stuff (getting hooked up with them as a new sponsor!!!) and just caught up with some friends. I watched dancing with the stars and saw that my fellow gymnast Shawn Johnson won the show which is sweet because I was definitely voting for her. Now tomorrow I have to go to school early and make up a test, then go to school all day, then go to track practice, then try to ride my bike, then go to my friends and get ready for an awards/scholarships ceremony at my school, and then leave right from there to the airport to pick up Sam Willoughby from the airport at like 10:30pm. Then finally I come home around midnight to sleep and get ready for my AP Calculus test that starts at 8am. That will go until around 1pm which is when I leave for my track meet, and then I have that all night Thursday. Then Friday and the weekend is rolling around and I have to get everything ready for my graduation party on saturday!! After that, next week brings me school (should seem pretty easy), 2 sections state qualifying track meets I will update you on, and finally....MY GRADUATION FROM HIGH SCHOOL!! So basically that's my next two weeks in a jiffy, pretty crazy and you can see why I am glad to be home and get the ball rolling on all of this stuff.

After that hectic update on my life, now check out my pics from RELAXING monterey, CA! =]

Alise Post's up double wins in Fresno

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:39:39 GMT

Fresno, CA: At the most recent NBL shindig, REDLINE pros ALISE POST, JASON CARNE$and SHAWN “SWIFTY” O’GORMAN were present and accounted for on the podium.

In another great Pro Women battle, Alise and Dom Daniels continued their heated chase for the win, points and end of year Championship. With her focus now solely on BMX, Post and her Flight Expert XL scored the victory on both days. This is definitely going to be a race for the No.1 plate that comes down to the Grands … in both sanctions!

In a very positive sign that his rehab is near complete, former NBL No.1 Master JASON CARNE$ took the 2-spot on Saturday, buzzin’ on the back knobbies of Dale Holmes, followed in by “Swifty” Shawn O’Gorman in the 3. In fact, O’Gorman liked that spot on the podium so well that he took it again on Sunday.

FRESNO RACING

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:29:49 GMT

Saturday- As far as the racing goes, I had an awesome day. Found out that my line on the "guy side" of the second straight was WAYYY faster and was definitely giving me an advantage. First round I tried it out and the inside line almost caused me to crash into Dominique, but I just braked and let her go..no need to crash first round! (except i did anyway on the third straight...dumb loop out AGAIN!!!) The next two rounds, that straight gave me the inside swoop line and it worked out awesome. Once mains rolled around though, that wasn't what got me in the lead. I actually got a great gate and holeshotted and got in the lead in the first turn. The second straight then extended my lead a little, but I didn't go through the third straight and people caught up a bit. I took it all the way to the line for a WIN though and was a happy camper! Dominique got second and Ashley Verhagen got third. Brooke Crain took a HARD digger into the second turn, but got up like a champ. On the men's side, Randy Stumpfhauser took in a win for his home crowd. He is definitely looking fast. During the races Donny and I did another GO211 Army Strong signing and also did some interview stuff for the highlight video that's coming soon. After the races I got a bite to eat and then got cleaned up after the BLAZING HOT sun all day and did an extended interview deal with GO211 that will beup on here soon as well. After that I headed to Hooters with the JBDotcom team and hung out with all the kids and Bradford's there for a bit. I just want to say that it is the best feeling in the world when you make a little kid's face just light up. This little girl I met on the JB team during the day won, and i went up to her and said good job and after the races gave her my big check for winning...her face just lit up from ear to ear and it's just awesome to be able to make other people happy like that...sometimes you forget the impact you have on others.

SUNDAY-Today went by pretty fast! we were done by about 11:30 I believe. It kind of crazy to think there were only around 70 motos at a national at one of the best tracks in the NATION! More people outta come ride this track. But anyways, today went well again. In motos I took it easy and then when main time rolled around I got a great gate, was winning into the first turn again and just took it from there. Brooke Crain actually rode a pretty good lap behind me..She unclipped in the first turn and while still unclipped...JUMPED the "guy side" second straight!! that's pretty sweet. She ended up with a third today behind me and dom. Maris Stromberg's took the win for the men, with DR and Mike Day following for second and third. After the races I packed up, and me and my mom hopped in with the Bradford's and I am currently at their house enjoying monterey. I fly out tomorrow but it's nice to catch up with my second family!! =] (except for the fact that Joey is in Japan...but oh well, moms and dads will do lol)

I've got a hectic schedule ahead of me between school and graduation, track, and riding the new amazing St. Cloud, MN Pineview park BMX track. I'll try to keep everybody updated on the life of Alise Post as best I can, but until then....check ya later

~alise

Welcome To Fresno

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:41:00 GMT

When the millions of people (oh, okay … maybe thousands) fly in to Fresno, here is one of the first things they see as they step off the plane:

…greeting all of those coming in to town this weekend for the NBL’s big Fresno BMX fiesta.

NBL FRESNO PRACTICE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:23:57 GMT

The first thing I saw getting off the plane in the Fresno airport was a REDLINE bike and FLY helmet in a display case. I said hey check it out mom and we went to look at this display only to find out the NBL put a "welcome to the NBL All American Nationals' display out. It was pretty cool to see my sponsors in an airport display to start my weekend off...hopefully cool stuff keeps happening all weekend =]
speaking of cool...this track is SIIIIIIIIIIIIICCKKKK!!!!! It starts off with a decent sized steep starting hill and then just gets fast. The whole track is down hill and there are asphalt turns. it's smoothe as butter and the jumps are almost too small for how fast you're going. It's waaay fun to ride though. There's two straight of decision makers, well one decision maker and one pro section, and both sides are pretty do-able, but the third straight is questionable for a girl. depending on the wind it could be possible. I plan on doing the second straight tomorrow though. It not that big and you're going super fast to it so i think i should be fine...especially since i was just in denmark racing that SX race.

Besides the track, there are lots of other things to do on a bike in the Fresno Park. There's some super sweet looking trails that a few of the guys were hitting up after the races. There's also a few pump tracks, mountain bike courses, and a set of 39 table tops in a row that get bigger as you go. Pretty interesting. I want to go ride this stuff but don't want to have a pre-race blow out so I refrained lol.

As for the weather...RIDICULOUSLY hot. Coming from Minnesota it's a big temperature change. Today it was in the 90's and It could hit the 100's this weekend. The wind felt good today but come tomorrow I would rather deal with the heat so i can ride the track with no worries.

I will update you on how the weekend is going..check back!

~alise

Minnesota Senator will be biking to work on his Redline

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:15:04 GMT

By now, you should all know that MAY is the designated BIKE to WORK month; and this week is the Nationally celebrated “Bike to Work” Day. Most States declare it for Friday, while others celebrate it on Thursday. And among all of those projected millions of American workers who will be biking in to work is Redline Bicycles’ good friend, State Senator from Minnesota’s 48th district - Mike Jungbauer.

And he tells us he’ll be joing Minnesota’s masses this week aboard his RedlineConquest Pro.

“The Conquest has been one of the best bikes I have ever riden,” states Senator Jungbauer. “It is my rough-trail bike in the summer and my decent weather ride for the winter. I keep it at my Senate office much of the year. I will ride my Redline to work on Thursday for our Minnesota Bike to Work Day. It is 39 miles by car and probably 42 or more by bike routes. It will be fun!”

Jungbauer, who became a fan of Redline during his BMX days as Team RiteChoice’s manger, has continued to lead by example when pushing for exercise and health initiatives in his state. “I ran 1,379 miles last year and rode about 1,700 miles - most of them on my Redline. I will be well beyond that this year; shooting for 2,000 miles running and riding about 3,000 miles. I will keep on advocating for bicycles and complete streets.”

You could say that he is one elected official who never stopped “running” after getting elected.

We hope you, your company and your fellow employees will join us this week - on Thursday or Friday (or BOTH!) for BIKE to WORK DAY.

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK SX RACE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:21:03 GMT

The American team flew a long ways and spent a lot of money.....for no results. =[ Sadly, as the guys went through quarters and the girls approached third round of semis, I was the only shot left to qualify to final for the USA team....and I didn't. i was sitting on the bubble spot going into the race but was feeling confident. I had my strategy set up and everything, but a BIG BALL up in the first turn didn't quite let me run the race I wanted to. I was hanging out away from everybody but then going up to the second straight (where I had been making up ground throughout all the races) girls went every which direction and skidded to no jump in front of me..and basically, I just had to look out in order not to go down. Ended up not riding a very good lap, and not quite making it out of the semis. I was pretty bummed considering I had a good chance of making it even though I had a STACKED moto. (Shanaze Reade, Sarah Walker, Sammy Cools, Amelia Despaux, Manon Valentino, "i don't know how to spell the dutch riders name", and rachel bracken). It would have been my first super cross final and would have boosted my confidence a lot, but it's okay i guess. I do feel a lot more confident going into the next SX races, seeing as a made it through without crashing in races with the fastest girls out there. So there's hope =]

As for the others. Arielle crashed in the first round of semis, took an 8th in the second round, and was pretty much done in the third already having two SNOWMAN's. David Herman hit the gate in quarters. Vance Weisendanger got swooped in the second turn, and was balled up by a crash in his quarter (after sitting third). Denzel crashed HARD in his second moto, was out for the rest of the day. Joey bradford got taken out by a frenchie who bailed out in the quarter. Nic didn't make it out of motos. Barry wrecked himself and tore his ACL, while winning his last moto...so obviously was out for the day. Corben Sharrah rode well but didn't make it out of the quarter. And that pretty much does it.

Lots of great riders from other countries went out due to crashes as well...the euros + sifiso made up the men's final, while a lot of frenchies made the girls main. Tough day for all, but more to look forward to!

We fly out in the morning and then I am off to fresno next weekend. So I will chat at you later..oh and happy birthday david herman!! (tough birthday..)

~alise

Sea Otter Cross Country Race

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:16:26 GMT

Redline’s Gian Dalle finishes 44th out of 150 starters in a brutal Sea Otter event. Gian loved the new Redline D660 29′r and all went well with the tubeless Shimano XTR wheels and parts.

Mr. MTB Redline

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:18:58 GMT

Redlines Gian Dalle won his first race on his new Redline D660 with full Shimano XTR, and Hutchinson tubeless tires. Gian was preparing for the upcoming Sea Otter Pro Mountain bike race and came ready to go from his victory in the mornings Brad Lewis criterium in Ballard. Gian crushed the field in a very muddy race at North SeaTac, the first race of the Northwest Indie series mountain bike series. Gian is getting to like his D660 29’r and showed it by putting 9 minutes on his nearest competitor.

Redline bicycles is proud to have Gian show what a 29’r can do out on the race course. Go see your local dealer today and see for yourself how great the Redline 29’rs ride and race!

QUICK UPDATE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:17:33 GMT

I just wanted to update you on my bakersfield results;

TWO WINS!!!! =] =] =] I am very excited about this since i haven't won an ABA race since September last year...it's been tough but this weekend was a big confidence booster!

anyways, i am off to bed because I have to get up early to leave for the denmark SX race...wish me luck!!

i'll keep ya posted in denmark~

ALISE

Redline-Challenge Crew takes factory team wins in Oregon

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:19:16 GMT

It didn’t take the newly formed REDLINE-CHALLENGE Team long to show their strength; after recently winning the Factory Team trophy both days at ABA’s Great Northwest nationals in Redmond, Oregon.

Now in their 21st year of existence, the CHALLENGE TEAM, based out of Northern California, has joined together with REDLINE Bicycles for 2009 and beyond. This new Factory combo combines thee longest lasting “privateer/family” teams with the original BMX brand - which is bound to make it a force to be rekoned with.
Up against tenacious teams such as Redman~Rockstar and Tangent~Bawls, the REDLINE-CHALLENGE team scored their first two Factory wins of the season. And with Bakerfield coming up, we expect them to give the Phanton-OnTrac guys a run for their 200+ team score.

At the GNW Natls, everything came togther for the Am squad - who for the first time this year was able to utilize cross-over Factory Redline rider DAKOTA “The Robot” SENGER, on their sheet. His finishes, combined with Challenge’s ALEX “The Axeman” JONES, made for some real Redline domination in 13x and 13 cruiser. On Saturday, everybody had a hard time keeping up with the Jones. The Axeman scored an impressive win with a nice move in the first turn, while Senger rounded out the podium with a 3-spot. On day two, Senger put it all together in 13cruiser, taking the victory and backing it up with a 2nd in class, while Jones remained in the hunt and ended a good weekend with a 4th.

DAKOTA “The Iceman” ISENBERG was also on the jammy in his new 17-18 Expert ranks, and seems to have adjusted to the bigger/older 18x’s with 4th place scores both days. In 28-35x, it was all RASHEEN HICKS - aka “The Machine,” with wire-to-wire wins both days ahead of NW legend and X-up King Pee Wee Lee. We guess you could say his competition was raging against the Machine.

And up in 36-40x, CHRIS WESTBROOK found himself in the mains both days and up against some tough comp.
Meanwhile, even though he’s not rostered with Redline~Challenge, TORY NYHAUG was looking incredibly quick in 16x and X-Open, scoring three wins out of four mains; and one impromtu detour to the backside of the first berm.
All in all, Redline riders and 2009 FLIGHT bikes were seen out front often, proving that it is still the lightest and most affordable bike on the BMX race scene.

GREAT NORTHWEST NATIONALS - Day 1
Finish/Team Name/Points
1 REDLINE~CHALLENGE / 214
2 REDMAN ROCKSTAR / 207
3 LINDER STAATS / 176
4 TANGENT / BAWLS / 154
5 BELAIR FACTORY/MONSTER/FLY /133

GREAT NORTHWEST NATIONALS - Day 2
Finish/Team Name/Points
1 REDLINE~CHALLENGE / 199
2 REDMAN ROCKSTAR / 196
3 TANGENT / BAWLS / 159
4 LINDER STAATS / 152
5 BELAIR FACTORY/MONSTER/FLY / 87

Redline is Proudly Sponsored by:
SHIMANO, SUN RIMS, KOOLSTOP brakeshoes, TIOGA tires and SKULL CANDY headphones.

Challenge is Proudly supported by:
H2-ULTRA WATER, PRO CLEAN II, TANGENT, FLY, FSA, LDC and HOT SHOPPE

The REDLINE~CHALLENGE team consists of: SHELBY WREN, DUSTY HAMMOND, RASHEEN HICKS, MICKENZIE KIBBE, ALEX JONES, DAKOTAH ISENBERG, CHRIS WESTBROOK, TOMMY BELEW, HEATHER ALRED, MELVIN SHAD RICK, DUSTIN MILES, DENYAN DIAKUM ~ together with FACTORY REDLINE crossover ams DAKOTA SENGER & GEORGE GOODALL.

Ryan Nyquist Contest info

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:42:46 GMT

Ryan Nyquist has some big plans for this contest and looks like we are in for a good time!

Dah Shop is 1 year old!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:40:25 GMT

Big Congrats out to Tyrone Williams and his 1 year anniversary of his shop in New York! To celebrate Rone has put together a contest scheduled for this weekend here’s the flyer.

USA Cycling Announces Funded team named for Denmark SX Event

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:44:30 GMT

With the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Copenhagen, Denmark taking place on May 8-9, USA Cycling’s funded team has been named. And among them are REDLINE’s dynamic duo. Among the four men and two women who have also been named to compete in Copenhagen on USA Cycling’s funded squad are DeSoto’s DENZEL STEIN and St.Cloud’s ALISE POST.

Joining the two FLIGHT bike-mounted factory riders on the USA Cycling squad are Nic Long, Joey Bradford, David Herman and Arielle Martin. For more on the qualification procedures surrounding USA Cycling’s BMX Supercross World Cup funded teams, click here. To view the latest USA Cycling BMX rankings, click here.

OTC CAMP DAY FOUR

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:16:24 GMT

Today we did some time trials. Not so good..at least for me haha. I guess I just choked up because I warmed everything up perfect but then when I went to actually do a timed lap, I bailed off my bike on the second double in one, and then the next lap I didn't even go for it. Pretty sketchy so I have a lot of work to do there but that'll come with time. None of us girls had perfect laps so it's whatever.

The guys had a little bit of a rough time as well but made it through ok. Jared Garcia actually put up a pretty quick lap time, I don't know if Denzel ended up beating it or not but it was quick.

After that I packed up my stuff, took a group photo, ate lunch, and now am sitting in the airport waiting to head to florida for an nbl race. The rest of the people there are stayin for the weekend I am pretty sure, but me, steph, and dom will all be in florida. (and rumor has it mariana pajon will be there and I haven't seen her since the worlds so that will be exciting and as always, i am sure it will be an awesome race.) anyways, i will fill ya in on the weekend, i wont get in to florida until late tonight so chat at ya later...

~alise

Flight School Grad Photos from Tampa

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:24:55 GMT

Coach Jason Carne$ and his trusty Floridian assistant Jeff Ssengoba - with the very first graduating class of Redline’s 2009 Flight School. For photos of all FLIGHT SCHOOL grads from Tampa BMX, with their coach – 6-time No.1 Vet Pro and star-trainer of M-TV’s “MADE” BMX episode - JASON CARNE$, click here on REDLINE’s FLICKR SITE

The next two free FLIGHT SCHOOL clinics are:
Monday, April 13 in Gretna BMX Raceway Gretna, LA - from 6-9pm
Saturday, April 25 in Capital City BMX Austin, TX - from 10am-1pm

Also bought to you by our loyal co-sponsors:
SHIMANO * SUN RIMS * TIOGA - Home of the new Powerblock tire! * KOOLSTOPbrakeshoes * PRYME Safety Gear * SKULL CANDY headphones

OTC DAY CAMP DAY THREE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:10:47 GMT

OCT CCAMP DAY TWO

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:07:24 GMT

Today was a little bit slower of a day. We did start a little earlier, around 830 with some group warm up stuff and then began riding the track. before anybody started doing the ramp we were all working the second and third straights. Everything looked to be good, the riding mood was good and Taylor and Brooke started to make attempts at the guys third straight. And then so did Ashley....
Ashley took a hard spill today...got hauled away in an ambulance and everything. She came up short on the mens third straight and just got bucked right over the bars into the next lip. It was pretty scary from my angle because I could see her head and neck and just everything collapse. She was down for a quite a while obviously and it just kinda killed the riding mood. But everybody got back to it eventually and we had another good sesh. We then ate lunch and hit the gym. It was fun training as a group and doing all the plyos and what not...(it's amazing how much better girls are than guys at some of the stuff that takes body coordination and what not..haha jk guys. =] ) but anyways, after that a bunch of the guys and me and brooke took an ice bath to try and get ready for the night ride but by the time we got back out to the track all suited up...we realized we were really tired and it was REALLY windy. So we didn't really ride tonight.

Ashley did come back to camp tonight to be my roomie again tonight =] and she is OKAY!! She has a few stitches in her finger and a few other scratches but no concussions or anything serious like that. Thank GOD.

check in tomorrow! ~alise

Hucker on Fuel Tv’s Daily Habit Show this week

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:53:28 GMT

Hucker recently went down to Fuel Tv’s Daily Habit show and caught up with show host Pat Parnell. Mike “Hucker” Clark and musical guest The Ringers – Thursday 4.09.09

He’s known for throwing down more double back-flips than Nastia Liukin, pro BMX rider Mike “Hucker” Clark is on The Habit. Plus, the fierce punk rockers known as The Ringers tear up the Snickers Sound Stage. Surf icon Andy Irons skydive onto Tavarua Island. Mike Clark’s sponsors include: DC shoes, Redline Bikes, Ogio, Skullcandy, Epic Ride Shop and Team Soil.

2009 EURO SERIES kicks off with Dutch Redline riders on top

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:44:32 GMT

Redline’s Global team faired well at the first rounds of the Euro Champ Series in Zwolle, The Netherlands. The Redline-equipped Dutch dominators were in full force and made their presence known from the first round of practice.
When it was all said and done, Raymond Van der Biezen won the Mr.Consistent award, taking 2nds both days in the mains - while his fellow teammate, Martijn Scherpen, scored the victory on Sunday (bettering his 8th from Saturday).
Redline-France’s Damien Godet; leader of the Lyon~Dardilly DN-1 team, nabbed a fourth on Sunday to make it THREE Redline Flight bikes in the top-4 of the final … falling one short of a full podium sweep.
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With his two 2’s, Van der Biezen kicks off the 2009 Euro series on top of both UCI Euro and UEC Championship rankings.

OTC CAMP DAY ONE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:03:30 GMT

Today was the first day of the Junior Elite training camp. me, Dom, and Ashley are the juniors but just to add to the slew of us Steph Barragan, Brooke Crain, and Taylor Wolcott are riding with us here as well. it was a good first day. Started riding the track at 9am and everybody went down the hill. I personally didn't use the case pads for the first straight but it seemed to really help people out with going down the hill. I cleared the first straight pretty good and so did ashley by the end of the session. taylor and brooke got there a little late but were jumping the first straight with the case pads, and dom was going down the hill and workin on gettin over the first one.
the guys did well also. the 42 ft triple step up seems to be a hit...it's definitely intimidating for the guys but by the end of our SECOND session of the day in the evening i think all of them had hit it. (corben, denzel, jordan, riley, and jared are the juniors...but obviously there's always a few other guys out here as well.) only one crash today with riley over the men's pro set but he's alright so WE ALL GOT THROUGH DAY ONE !! =]

the girls also did a power test today with the new G COG...we got a presentation on it and it seems REALLY cool for training.

anyways, we start at 830 am tomorrow...gonna shred =]

Jason Carne$ New Redline Rig

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:26:37 GMT

Always the trend setter, REDLINE’s Jason Carne$ has traded in the keys to the Chevy Dually and Redline trailer for a more hip race-rig — the new flashy Redline Van; customized by the guys at Japanese Import Vans, Inc - of Waco, Texas.

“I can’t wait to hit the road in this beast,” said Vanilla Thunder. “The aerodynamics of the rear wings will definitely help with gas mileage, and no matter what town I roll in to, this Van will be the definite babe magnet.”

ITALY’S BMX SEASON KICKS OFF WITH A DeVECCHI WIN

RedlineBicycles.com — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 16:57:28 GMT

The first race of the 2009 Italian Cup took place in Creazzo (Vicenza), on the same track that will host the 5th and 6th rounds of the European Championship in a few months. Along with the best Italian racers, the Latvian National team and two German riders showed up to test the competition and try out the track.

REDLINE sponsored Manuel De Vecchi - one of last years’ Olympic-8, kicked off the new season with his new team BMX ITALIANO OLIMPICO. And by the results, it looks like his off-season training is going to pay off well this year.
DeVecchi won all the motos and the main.

” I’m very satisfied of my race. For me was very important to win at home in front of the Latvians because this race was like a trial of the European rounds and a test of my condition the week before the first race of the European Championship in Zwolle,” said DeVecchi. ”Unfortunately I had to fight not only against strong riders but also against the weather. It rained since saturday afternoon without break. We couldn’t do the 2 pro-sections of the track but the ‘challenge straights’ were quite good.”

“This race was very hard because the Latvians National team trained on this track for 10 days and they were very fast on all straights,” Manuel continued. “But I made no mistakes. I had a very good start and I did a perfect first straight. To enter first in the first corner was very important because the next straights are smaller and I could run away. That’s what I did and I won the race!”

Treimanis took 2nd and Skujins (Junior European Champion from 2008) placed third.
Unfortunately, DeVecchi couldn’t compete with well known Latvian Artursa Matisons, due to Arturs getting injuried earlier in the week while training on the pro section of the second straightaway. Mattisons may be out for up to 3 weeks, and will stay in Italy for one month to train with Devecchi to help prepare for the Klatovy found of the Euro Champ series.

Classic Redline Moments Revisited: Mr. Bill at 1986 NBL Grands

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:04:19 GMT

In REDLINE’s 35 years of existence, there have been many great moments - and throughout this year, we’d like to take you back in time to experience that all-time classic BMX race:

Ex-Redline racer Billy Griggs forwarded us this video of one of the burliest 16 & Over Open mains ever. Back in the mid-80’s, this was THEE class to watch. On the gate was the Future Pro Class of the early 90’s - many who were named in that years’ BMXA “Terrible Ten” and many with Hall of Fame potential.
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At the time, Mista Bill was one half of the Factory Redline 2-man team (Greg Hill being the other half), and he was racing aboard a bonestock Redline 800a frame. Yes - with the 5 inch headtube and all.
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Earlier in the week, BMX Action magazine put up $100 to the first Pro who jumped the gigantic doubles toward the end of the track; to which they were dubbed ”The Hundred Dollar Humps.” Even though he was an amateur, Billy Griggs was one of a few racers who went for ‘em in a race. (FYI: Todd Slavik was the first Pro to cash in on the $100.). Doin’ the doubles had set Griggs up perfectly for the last turn to get the inside of the dogleg, enabling him to go from third to first - nipping Murray rider Todd Corbitt right at the line in a 3-way sprint.

The people's champ wins the UCI round in DeSoto

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 01:28:53 GMT

In front of his hometown crowd, hometrack hero DENZEL STEIN took yet another crystal cup home - winning his second straight Jr. Elite UCi race. This win meant a lot to Redline’s pro superstar, since it was on his hometrack and in front of his family and fans.

Also in the main was Denzel’s Canadian teammate - Tory Nyhaug, who has consistently been on podiums and battling Stein for the points lead. Tory fought hard and found himself in the 4-spot as they crossed the line, making for a International field in the Top-4: USA, Australia, Netherlands and Canada. This was the first time this year that Nyhaug has been off of the 3-teired podium.

UCi Junior Men results:
1 Denzel Stein - Redline Bikes / DeSoto, TX
2 Sam Willoughby - Australia
3 Jelle Van Gorkom - The Netherlands
4 Tory Nyhaug - Redline Bikes / BC, Canada
5 Jordan Seward - Rockford, IL
6 Colby Landin
7 Tommy Zula
8 Corben Sharrah - Tucson, AZ

Saya Sakakibara Race report - Southern Region Round 2, Castle hill

RedlineBicycles.com — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:04:04 GMT

Name: Saya Sakakibara
Sponsors: Redline, Skins, Blackman Bicycles
Age: 9
Date: 22 March 2009
Venue: Castle hill
Race: Castle hill round 2 regional
Class: 10 Boys
Result: 3rd
Weather: It was really cold in the morning then it got really hot.
Course condition: No bumpy bits anywhere.
Comment
Last time I was here racing; I did not jump the double on the third straight. But I jumped it this time, it was great! It felt really nice and fast. It was much faster than pumping it.

On my first race, I had a bad start and went around the first berm in fourth. In front of me were Justin, Jiye and Kyle. I was very serious about getting into third. I tried hard on the third straight especially. I caught up but I nearly went off the track. I tried right to the end, it was so close, I was about ten centimetres away from Kyle.......but I came fourth on that race.

The next race, I got a great start. But I came around the first berm in second place, I stayed in second for the rest of the race. Of course I jumped the double on the third straight.

On the third race, I came through the second straight in third place. When I was just about to go around the second berm, Brett went under me. Oh no! I thought, I can’t jump the double! I wouldn’t have enough speed! But I was lucky that I was in the inside of him so I swept him back on the next berm.

On the FINAL, I got a pretty good start but Kyle went under me and I was coming third on the second straight. Another lucky inside, I swept past him on the second berm. I was so scared that he was going to get past me! So I tried to the very end! I felt safe after I got past the finish line.

IT WAS SO FUN JUMPING THE DOUBLE!!!! It was FUN!

FRIDAY IN DESOTO

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:56:39 GMT

Today was pretty hectic!!! There was some awesome races comes quarters, semis, and especially mains. Everybody just seemed to be going for it, and although crashes aren't good, the agressive racing was exciting!

I ended up with a second again tonight...pretty fun race though. I probably would have won if i wouldn't have had one little bonk on the last straight. The whole track I was pulling and that right at that criticial moment I CHOKED! haha nah but it's coming...i was the only girl boostin the second straight and although it wasn't the prettiest thing, i still gained a lot by doing it and it looked pretty cool i think. =] haha.

for the guys side, denzel stein won junior with sam willoughby for the second and jelle from the netherlands in third. Corben sharrah was in the mix but Sam rode agressive and got the second spot. In elite, Joey Bradford had a pretty good pop but David Herman (after two HARD OTB's) had the inside and also had a good first straight...joey was in third going into the second turn but was charging and going WAYYYYY fast but hit a soft spot and his front tire washed out. So then Kalen Young got second.

Connor Fields got a little sketchy in the junior men's semi and was trying to pass through the rhythm for the fourth qualifying spot when him and nick lucas BLEW UP. Nick Lucas is alright but connor unfortunately lacerated his spleen and is in immediate surgery tonight.

Neither Mike Day or Kyle Bennett made it out of semis either...so as you can see, ONE HECTIC DAY! we race again tomorrow at 11 so check it out on the live feed and i will update ya later!

~alise

DESOTO,TX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:57:42 GMT

We flew into Dallas wednesday morning already for a pretty chill day. We picked up Joey Bradford and Masa Sampeii from the airport a litte later in the day and then went and checked out the track and did an evening practice that night. As always the facility is awesome and the track looks well groomed. It's kinda bumpy but the track is still fast since the dirt is hard as a rock. The first straight is like the 100m dash which is making for a pretty fast track. It's kind of nice that the first straight is long though because it actually allows time for people to get over and not get screwed by having lane 8. The rest of the track also had a makeover, everything is a little taller, bigger, and deeper. It's definitely a lot more technical than it ever has been which should make for a good weekend. The second jump is eating a lot of people up though. Phil Delizia actually broke his collar bone first try at it yesterday, and pretty much everyone else has had some sort of scare over it.

Personally, I am having a few difficulties with the second straight. The jumps are so tall its hard to maintain speed jumping (if i even CLEAR it that is) and then it's pretty deep so it's also really hard to manual. Hopefully during today's practice I will get it all dialed in for the races tonight. We race at 3 today, have practice and then race again around 11 or 11:30 tomorrow, and then race again at 8 i believe sunday. Saturday is the US National Championships so it should be an exciting weekend...I will keep ya posted =]

B. Dosch top 5 at Toronto Jam!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:06:38 GMT

Toronto Jam is always a great contest and this year’s didn’t let anyone down check the Ride vid and article of and some of crazy stuff that went down in yesterdays finals including Redline’s Brandon Dosch pulling an opposite 360 double whip on the first box and nearly pulled a 360 double downside whip on the second box right after. He also did a double whip off the big wall, but blew a foot off but still ended up top 5 in this years stacked finals! Congrats Brandon! Jump over to the Ride Site to get more info and watch some of pro qualifying.-fuzz

Pro Final Results:

1. Brian Hunt - 93.56
2. Drew Bezanson - 93
3. Garrett Reynolds - 90.67
4. Charlie Bowers - 90.56
5. Brandon Dosch - 89.11
6. Steven Moxley - 85.11
7. Harry Main - 84
8. Chris Childs - 83.78
9. Jeremiah Smith - 83.67
10. Charlie Crumlish - 82.3
11. Andre Postell - 82.11
12. Charles Deschamps - 81.89
13. Zak Early - 80.89
14. Mike Meister - 78.11
15. Will Fisher - 76.44
16. Augie Simoncini - 74.78
17. Nick DiGeroloma - 72.78
18. Chijioke Okafo - 70.78
19. Bob Meade - 68.89
20. Pierre Gauthier - 67.33
21. Chris Silva - 67.33
22. Kyle LeValley - 66.78
23. Malcom Forbes - 64.44
24. Jamie Burke - 60

SUNDAY RACING IN VEGAS...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:53:53 GMT

No win today. =[

All day i was getting kind of sketchy around the track but i was hoping come main time i would be well warmed up and hitting the jumps cleaner. I did feel better after the pro warm up before mains but then I bonked the first jump out of lane 8 in the main and it's hard to beat someone out of lane one to the first turn when you do that on the outside. But either way, I still felt like I had a fast first straight and could maybe pick it up on the second straight, but then Ashley was just on the inside of me and put me up in the first turn and we both lost some speed and ground on Dom. I then decided to CHARGE the second straight to try to catch up and I overshot the first double hard core and the whole race from there on out was just a gamble to stay on two wheels. Overall I ended up in the second spot though, so I guess it wasn't too shabby of a day.

I was consistently getting stronger to the first jump which is a good sign and hopefully everything else just comes with time and I will get better and better as I keep focusing on racing.

Now I am headed back home for just a few days and then it's off to Desoto for the National Championships....big weekend so gotta get rested up this week =]

~Alise

SATURDAY RACES...

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:51:40 GMT

A WINNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!! =] =] how exciting!

I felt really good in practice yesterday and it paid off today. The track is actually pretty technical with a triple on the first straight that you HAVE to jump, and a pretty flowy second straight as well. My first few rounds didn't go so well, little mistakes here and there, but come main time I finally put it all together. This is my first win of the season and I am really excited for it. It's quite motivating to be riding so much better only two weeks after gymnastics ended. I am looking forward to tomorrow and hopefully can put it all together again!

Tonight I had an amazing experience though....Cirque Du Soleil Mystere at the Treasure Island hotel was AMAZING!!! Hands down the best show I've ever seen and it was well worth the money. So, that was my entertainment for the night but i'm off to bed now to get ready for tomorrow so wish me luck!! =]

alise

VEGAS ADVENTURES!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:50:35 GMT

We drove to Vegas from Phoenix yesterday and got in somewhat late but decided to walk the strip anyways. it was a good time but ended up being quite a late night...oh well though, it's vegas right?? lol. The cool news though, is that I got to go to TJ Lavin's house today. Nate Berkheimer used to be on my racing team when I was a little girl and is still a good friend today. He is now more into the dirt jumping side of things than racing which is actually why I got to check out TJ's place. We went over there for a little while and watched them SHRED. The jumps and lines were just crazy. The drop in was just like a 13 ft drop from wood to a cement landing! It was crazy but really cool. Anyways, that and shopping were of course the highlight of my day. We have practice tomorrow now and i will update ya on the NBL races this weekend!!

Alise

ABA PHOENIX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:49:03 GMT

Sunday was the ABA round of the race and i think it went better than Saturday even. Every lap I ride I feel like I am getting better and better on my bike. In my first main I shot out pretty good and had the hole shot but then i decided to try to jump-manual a step triple.....and let's say i am glad i stayed up on two wheels! lol. Second main I got another second, but come third main I won a lap!! It was a big confidence booster even though I still got second overall for the day.

Today we had a photo shoot in Chandler, AZ for Redline and that was a lot of fun as well. Afterwards we went and checked out the ABA headquarters and it was kind of cool to see where this whole deal comes from. The Hall of Fame was pretty cool as well as all the old bmxer magazines and pics of tracks...it was just cool to see the history.

Now we are staying in AZ another day or two, maybe hit up the zoo and ride some tracks or do something before we head to Vegas for the race in Nellis, and then I will spend about a half week there before I head home again. Should be good fun. i'll keep ya posted =]

~alise

UCI PHOENIX

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:48:06 GMT

We had our jr womens class today along with a decent sized elite womens race which means we'll probably have semis tomorrow!! it's been a while since that!

Anywho, I ended up with a second to Dominique Daniels today. I couldn't really EXPECT to win since I hadn't been on my bike...but of course i still don't like losing. So hopefully tomorrow's aba race pans out better for me. i did take a hard digger the first lap...like i said i am not ready for gymnastics to be done so i decided to do a front flip into the second turn haha. Not a good idea lol. My whole back is scratched up and stings but i guess it could've ended a lot worse. Each lap got better for me so I am getting more and more confident.

As for the otehr races:

Jr Men-Denzel Stein won and Sam Willoughby got second.

Elite Women-Steph Barragan won and Amanda Geving got second. ( Arielle Martin was not here due to breaking BOTH OF HER HEELS rock climbing at her local gym....buuuuummmmeer =[)

Elite men-Stromberg's won and Mike day got second.

PHOENIX PRACTICE

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:46:34 GMT

Today was practice and it went pretty good for me. I got used to my new smaller size redline real quick...after only two days of riding it this week =/....i have good reason for that though! Since Guthrie I have been heavily focused on my gymnastics. Our team ended up getting second in state and I did well individually also. I placed 3rd on vault (by a tie breaker), 2nd on bars (judge said I would have won if I had stuck the landing better), and would have won floor if i had qualified out of my section meet for it..(i messed up at the state qualifying meet on floor but still competed it for the all around and had the highest score at state =[....oh well though, i told my coach i dont need a medal to prove that i had the best floor routine of my life to end my gymnastics career) anyways, as for the beam... this event probably cost me the all around championship. I made it all the way through my beam routine pretty clean (probably good enough to place top three) and then some freakish fluke happened and i missed my feet on my DISMOUNT!! I ended up faceplanting and just having a HUGE deduction because of all the requirement my dismount gets me. But I surprisingly ended up 4th in the all around anyway and really didn't have much to complain about. Gymnastics is now over, probably for good for me since I am a senior and will probably not do it in college, and it's pretty saddening for me. The bright side is that I will get to focus on racing for the first time in my life though!! haha, I have track season coming up but it's not nearly the same commitment as gymnastics for me and that will give me the chance to finally put all my efforts toward bmx and give it everything I got. I am excited for that.

Back to practice though. I felt good on the track, hit every part of it pretty smoothe and it feels good to be outdoors again. I am excited for the uci event tomorrow...we should actually have a jr elite class for once so we'll have to see how that pans out.

Gotta hit the hay though, I'll update ya tomorrow!

~alise

NYHAUG sticks to podium; Holds off Denzel

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:43:07 GMT

Photo by Mike Carruth / Courtesy of BMXnow.com

Redline~Canada’s TORY NYHAUG took over the UCi Jr. Elite points with his recent third place finish at the ABA Oldsmar race in Florida. In the one-lap main, Tory and Denzel found themselves fighting for the third tier of the podium. Going in to the last turn, Denzel was about to give the guy in front of him a “little” elbow, but then said ”I realized it was Tory and quickly thought it might not look too good if I took out my teammate.”
Right now, Denzel and Tory are sitting in the top-2 slots of UCi and USAC points - and will likely be declared the KINGS of JR.ELITE.

Hucker and Redline’s First RIDE COVER!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:18:54 GMT

It’s probably one of best feelings to get your first cover shot plastered all over the world doing something that you love! I got a text today from Hucker asking me if I had seen the new issue of RIDE yet. I said “No, I haven’t got it yet,” thinking that he was analyzing some picture of a rider and giving him props (which Hucker does all the time because he is that kinda dude that looks up to just about everyone that rides a BMX bike). Then he didn’t tell me why he wanted me to see it because he is such a humble dude! He let me find out by myself a few hours after our conversation.
I couldn’t believe it: Hucker got his first magazine cover! RIDEbmx, Issue #154.

Brandon Dosch on Vital!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:31:41 GMT

Brandon Dosch is riding great right now and we are stoked to have him onboard! Check out the latest and greatest edit of Brandon D. over at Vital!
–fuzz

brandon dosch bmx from mskraps on Vimeo.

Hucker in Vienna!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:17:16 GMT

Hucker and TJ Ellis just had a blast over in Vienna this last weekend at the annual Master of Dirt series and from what I’m gathering was one of the craziest events Vienna has ever seen! From the looks of these pictures I can only imagine the night that Hucker ant TJ Ellis had after this event! I guess Hucker and TJ Ellis even thru down some double flips just for “Fire Woman”(pictured below) Some of these photo’s I don’t know what the hell is going on? Just stoked Hucktown and TJ made it out of there alive. -fuzz

Georgeous George leads ABA National Cruiser Points

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:10:23 GMT

With the first three races of 2009 in the history books, the ABA just posted up the first points check of the season. And we’d just like to proudly point out that the first leader of the year in NATIONAL CRUISERstandings is none other than Redline’s very ownGeorge “Good Hands”Goodall.

ABA NATIONAL CRUISERPTS:

1 GEORGE GOODALL IV (REDLINE)      1425 MESA
2 DOUGIE BUTCHER          1252 SCOTTSDALE
3 JERRY PRICER    1176 FAIR OAKS
4 VINCE THOMAS  1104 GLENDALE
5 JUSTIN HENDLEY 1077 CHANDLER
6 KORY COOK ORANGE
7 JOEL REINOEHL 016 HENDERSON
8 KYLE STAN 1007 VALENCIA
9 LAIN VAN OGLE  999 AUBURN
10 NICK TUTTLE 998 PERRIS

As if that wasn’t “goodall” enough - over in AMATEUR points, George and his Pro XXL Flight bike are sittin’ pretty in 20 inch standings, as well:

ABA AMATUER POINTS:
1 WALKER FINCH                     1491 FORT COLLINS
2 GEORGE GOODALL IV 1452 MESA
3 SEAN GAIAN 1433 SANTEE
4 JACOB PEEBLES CHICO
5 WYATT BELL 1421 BERTHOUD
6 CONNOR FIELDS HENDERSON
7 RUSTY NESVIG   351 SAN DIEGO
8 SHAYNE LEWIS   1342 CHULA VISTA
9 ETHAN WOLTHERS   1324 STEVENSON RANCH
10 JERRY PRICER     1311 FAIR OAKS

As you can see, if George remains GOODALL the time the remainder of this year - he should be in the hunt for both National No.1 titles. [We've been dying to use that pun!]

Redline Conquest Sport chosen as Seattle Major Taylor Bike

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:21:46 GMT

Redline bicycles has become a partner in the Major Taylor Project in Seattle, Washington. The Major Taylor Project is dedicated to creating a multicultural community where teenagers have equal opportunity to spend time outdoors and on a bicycle. The Redline Conquest Sport was chosen by project assistant Ed Ewing for its great design, value and reputation as a well built machine. Working through the Cascade Bicycle club, the Major Taylor project honors the memory of the first African American world champion in cycling, Marshall “Major” Taylor. The project kickoff and logo unveiling will take place February 25th at 6:30pm at theLangston Hughes Performing Arts Center in Seattle, WA.

Links:
http://www.majortaylorassociation.org/who.htm
http://www.cascade.org/Home/

How “Redline saved my life” Testimonial

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 20:23:20 GMT

Everybody loves a great success story — and we were stoked when this testimony came thru our E-mail:

“I am writing to you tell of my success story. I am a 36 year old male from San Jose, CA. As most kids in the 80s I lived on my bike. I had a redline an old squareback. As I got older life changes and like most people, you give up riding with the start of a family, etc. I am 6′ 2″ and my whole life I was a svelt 180 lbs. Well, as time went by, I got as large as 360 lbs. I knew I needed to lose weight, but I was too big to run because it would kill my knees and back. So I set out to buy a bike. I bought a used Redline Proline 24 inch cruiser and 6 months later I have lost an incredible 116 lbs - just from riding and eating properly; seeing a Dr. who is a nutritionalist.

Redline has saved my life.

The doctor I am seeing is going to do some advertising for her company and wants me to take pictures of me with my bike. Redline has been such an instrumental part in my finding my love for riding again and helping me lose all this weight. I would even be willing to do help out your advertising with my success story if you feel it was worthy. I know there are a lot of guys out there like me, and I made the difference to do something about it, maybe it will motivate others to do the same. Anyways thanks for your time to read my letter.”

–Mark Gardner

San Jose, CA.

Cyclo-Cross Worlds Webcast this Sunday Feb 1st

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:45:30 GMT

Hello Cyclo-Cross lovers everywhere!

It’s time again for the Elite Cyclo-Cross World Championships.

Can American Katie Compton beat the best European women? Will Sven Nys finally have a great day at Worlds?

Tune in this weekend to watch this live.

Here’s the details from Universal Sports Heather Brown:

“My name is Heather Brown and I work for Universal Sports a website and channel partnered with NBC that highlights Olympic Sports all year long. We are going to be broadcasting the Cyclo-Cross World Championships this Sunday. The broadcast will be free and we are really just trying to reach out to all the true cycling fans to let them know where they can come to watch these major events. If there is any way that you can help us spread the word to fans whether it be posting up links or banners on your website, or sending out an e-mail blast they would all be greatly appreciated. We will have our banner and media alert finalized tomorrow and I can send those items to you then. I have useful links below to access the broadcast.

It will be a webcast, and we are broadcasting it VOD (video on demand). It is not live and since they send us the feed as soon as its over we have to depend on their timing so we can’t tell people a specific time that it starts. But it is usually always a couple hours after the event, so it should still be broadcasts sometime in the morning. Sorry that we can’t be more specific usually we are able to get the feed live so we don’t run into these problems but we weren’t able to for this one. The broadcast will be free, and if you have any other questions don’t hesitate to ask.
CLICK HERE for a schedule with Video Links ( the video links will come up as soon as they are available the day of the event): or CLICK HERE for the Cycling Channel Page.

Dakota Senger to get Sports Illustrated spotlight

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:35:18 GMT

Two-consecutive NAG No.1 title holderDAKOTA SENGER(Oregon) will be highlighted in next weeks’ edition ofSports Illustrated – in their traditional FACES IN THE CROWD section. After having a stellar year in 2007 – with a NAG No.1 title and UCi World Championship, Dakota’s chance to defend it in 2008 blew up when a slip of the pedals while doing sprints busted up his ankle really bad. But he didn’t let it ruin his year, and wound up returning in July to begin a late-year charge back to the top of ABA age group standings.

Thanks to a whole lot of consistency and a Grands victory in 12x, Dakota was able to defend his No.1 plate and end the year on a high note.

To catch a sneak peak at Dakota’s SPORTS ILLUSTRATED Faces in the Crowd feature – click here:

GUTHRIE UCI DAY

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:40:43 GMT

Today was an alright day. I was riding a lot better than Reno..i was a lot more used to my bike so that was good. It was the UCI day so I raced Jr elite technically but me and Dominique didn't make a class so we got bumped up to elite. It was a good final, I was winning until we came out of turn two and then Dom pumped passed me in the rhythm...close but hopefully tomorrow i stay out front!! haha. wish me luck...gotta go to bed

oh and Denzel won jr men after Connor Fields tried to make a move in the last turn and crashed...and Mike Day won elite =]

night~alise

FRIDAY GUTHRIE, OK

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:36:18 GMT

After a thursday night gymnastics meet (that went pretty well since I stayed on the beam finally!! haha), into a 3am wake up call to catch my flight friday morning...I made it to Guthrie for the first UCI race of the year...and an ABA National on sunday.

Yesterday we had practice and the track was pretty technical. I like that, but it was definitely not easy to get used to you. The gate is a 13 degree angle, which makes it FLAT as can be, but then the hill is kind of long so you get going OK. Then the first straight jumps are pretty lippy so, I just gotta get that dialed in. The Second straight made for some great practice yesterday. There is a pro section (me and brooke were tempted to try the first one but decided it was in our best interest not to lol) and a pretty good AM side that's fun to jump through as well. The rhythm isn't the fastest and is definitely hard to get through but if you make it through that you're good because all that's on the last straight is a table. It's a long track which should make for some good racing action!!

We have another practice today and then the UCI race starts at 11:30. After the first round of Jr's and Elites in the UCI, we will run every 45 minutes regardless of where the ABA motos are at. So tune in on GO211 and check it all out!! (or NBC Universal i am told is the new big deal with these TELEVISED uci races!!)

I will try to get some pics up today for people to check everything out.

wish me luck!!

~alise

Brandon Dosch Bike Check at Ride BMX

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:37:35 GMT

Coryn Rivera So Cal Prestige Series ‘Cross Champ

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:40:55 GMT

Redline’s Super Junior Coryn Rivera can now add to her impressive collection of jerseys and titles this season. Coryn ended up capturing the Southern California Prestige Series title this year along with her 2008 National Championship ‘Cross title. Coryn races on the Redline Conquest Team fully equipt with Shimano Dura-Ace, FSA bar, stem and post, Hutchinson tires, and Kool Stop brake pads.

BIRTHDAYS AND FISHIN WITH CHUCK =]

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:33:55 GMT

Sunday was pretty busy and fun. I went to the track basically all day with Jeromy and then by the time I got home it was time to go hang out with friends for birthdays!! So I wuick got ready and went over to a friends with a bunch of people there for the majority of the night.

I left somewhat earlier than normal (like 11:30) because I wanted to go home and sleep because I had a meet today. However, on the way home I called Jeromy to see what he was up to for the night, because I had heard he was going to go ice fishing. Yes, ice fishing. You know where you drive out on the 19 inch thick ice and put a fish house up and drill holes through the ice?? crazy I know. I hadn't been fishing since I was a little girl, so when Jeromy told me they were at a lake about 15 minutes from my house, I HAD TO GO CHECK IT OUT!!

So I went out to the lake to fish with Jeromy, Brandon and Chuck (Chuck is a volunteer at my local track whose funny as heck and gives me, and everyone else crap all the time...and he's always fun to be around =]). Anyways, I went out there, but really didn't get much of the fishing experience, because they really weren't catchin any fish! haha. So we just talked and watched som eold transit videos and what not for a while, and then I headed home for the night.

It was a good night followed by a pretty decent gymnastics meet the next day in Alexandria. I probably would have had my highest all around score ever, but on our last event (beam) I decided to choke and fall twice!! GRRRRRR!!!!! But, I still got my event record on floor with a 9.8, so that was exciting. However, after a decent meet, our team still had a lot of falls (just like the meet on Saturday, and the one before that had) so we got a little beam punishment today at practice. To make a long story short, I did so many back flips on that beam that my callus on the ball of my foot, right where my second biggest toe and foot join, ripped open... So that was no fun. Then later in practice I somehow managed to murder my ankle bone and now that's a little bit swollen up, but not too bad. To say the least, I got beat up today at gymnastics practice and then still had to go down to the track an hour away to ride my bike before Guthrie, Oklahoma this weekend.

Oh, and I had school again today for the first time in a while...haha we kind of got a mini spring break this weekend with those cold days off..

So, pretty hectic couple of days, but hey, when isn't my life hectic?? haha.

check ya later

~ALISE

I'M 18!!!! =]

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:29:28 GMT

Saturday, January 17, 2009 I officially became an adult (riiiiiight lol). it probably wasn't my most exciting birthday because most of my day was filled with a HUGE gymnastics meet, but luckily I landed my double backflip on floor and won, which made for a good birthday!! haha. After the meet my friend Tab and I were supposed to go to the casino and waste some money at the penny slots (that's about all we can afford lol) but being the smart cookie she is, she forgot her license....so that killed that plan. However, some of my racing friends came and watched my meet, so afterwards i just hung out with them which is always a good time =]. But anyways, just wanted to let everybody know how cool I am now that i'm a big bad adult!! check back for the update tomorrow after I hang out with school friends for birthday stuff!!! =]

~alise

Josh Hults Web edit at 5050

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:43:21 GMT

Check out Josh’s latest roadtrip edit over at the 5050 blog and while your there check out the new 5050 RV getting ready to hit the road this season!

Josh Hult Redline Teaser from Colton Satterfield on Vimeo.

BRRRR!!!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:23:21 GMT

Just to give you a hint of how cold it is up here in the great north of Minnesota...it's been -41 degrees outside...AND OUR SCHOOL GOT CANCELLED TODAY DUE TO THE COLD WEATHER!!! when does that EVER happen??? the only other day I have had cancelled in my high school career is 2 years ago when we got so much snow in white night they couldn't clear the roads for the buses the next day...so it must be pretty cold out.

As exciting as it is to get an extra day out of school, I am a little bummed we didn't just have a 2 hhour late start because we were supposed to have a gymnastics meet today and obviously now that it's cancelled we're going to have to make it up...and our january schedule for competitions was already pretty full so this is gonna get hectic!!

Oh and HAPPY 18TH to one of my best buds Tabitha!! (I'll be following ya in two days =])

anyways, just thought I would let you know how sweet minnesota is...check ya later.

Reno!

RedlineBicycles.com — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:20:28 GMT

Well, I am sure by now you might have seen the results from the weekend...and for me, they weren't so hot. I got a 4th and a 5th overall which is definitely not upto par, especially with how much more i have been riding and what not. I'd have to say though, the weekend wasn't a total wash. When I got there I found out my new Redline felt a little bit different than it did on the small indoor track in minnesota, so I had to try and work out the tweaks there, which I STILL have some parts to swap out. But anyways, I tried to get used to the bike as much as possible, just didn't quite find my balance point for maualing on a consistent basis so I was bonking the jumps a lot this weekend. Other than that, I came unclipped and crashed once, hit the gate and crashed in the first turn one lap, came unclipped out of the gate one lap, got second in two laps with a bunch of bonks, and rounded out the weekend with my only good lap...which I won and is up on here if you look at the Silver Dollar nationals Girl Pro Main 3 Day 2...I got a good start and had the inside so I took the inside line to the front of the pack, then got pulled and passed by Dominique Daniels on the third straight but in the final turn I had the inside again and pulled a clean move that ended up with her over the corner...it was a really exciting race and everyone was okay so that's good. The reason I said the weekend wasn't a complete wash is because i got more used to my new bike, team, the whole deal. I could definitely use some better results at the next race in guthrie, oklahoma though so I will be training!!

check ya later,

Alise

Please welcome Alise Post to Redline!

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 22:47:45 GMT

REDLINE BICYCLES is pleased to announce the addition of Minnesota’s ALISE POST; the 2-time ABA National No.1 Pro Women title holder and a 2012 U.S. Olympic hopeful. Hailing from St. Cloud, Minnesota, the soon-to-be 18 year old completes the “new generation” Team Redline – joining Texan DENZEL STEIN as their one-two punch in the ABA Pro ranks. Both riders will be joining 6-time Vet Pro Champion JASON CARNE$, and given full support to chase down the No.1 titles as needed.

Having raced since the young age of six, Alise holds a total of six ABA National Championships - 4 as an Amateur and two as a Professional. She is also the only female to ever receive BMXer magazine’s Golden Crank trophy for “Rookie Pro of the Year” (2007).
As an amateur, Post tallied up numerous No.1 plates in the ABA and UCi - including ten NAG (Age Group) No.1’s and seven ABA World Championships. Without a doubt, she will add a few more No.1’s to Redline “Door of Fame” on their race trailer.

Whether on a BMX bike, off a gymnastics vault, or with a pole vault – Alise has no fear of catchin’ air and hittin’ high speeds. When not dominating the BMX scene, she can be found doing the same in gymanastics (she is a 3-time MSHSL State Champion in Vault, 7-time MSHSL All State Athlete, 2-time MSHSL Top Five Elite Gymnast Award Recipient and 7-time USAG State Champion), or ruling in track ‘n field (where she is 6-time All State Athlete and 12-time All-Conference Athlete).

Even more amazing is the fact that she’s balanced these three sports while still maintaining a 4.0 GPA. In 2009, she will be graduating high school and has recently been checking out Universities in Minnesota and California.

After flirting with the Post family for nearly a year, REDLINE was pleased to hand her a contract at the ABA Grands in November – where she signed the 2-year agreement on Sunday night following the main events.

“We are psyched to get Alise Post on a Redline Flight bike,” commented Redline marketing manager Craig “gOrk” Barrette.“For years, she has looked up to Redline rider Kim Hayashi as a role model; so it’s almost destiny that she now replaces Lil’ Kim on our Redline roster. We’ll ensure that she gets to all of the ABA, NBL and UCi events in order to be in every title-contention, and I firmly believe she’ll have a good shot at the*Triple Crown.”

Alise will be making her REDLINE debut at the ABA Silver Dollar Nationals in Reno, NV on January 9-11.

Redline Sponsored Kringle Kross a big hit

RedlineBicycles.com — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:43:36 GMT

Redline Bicyces was a pround sponsor of the Kringle Kross race at Camp Kory in Carnation Washington on December 14th. Camp Kory is a Paul Newman foundation camp for children with chronic or life threatening illnesses.
Redline donated a Conquest Sport Cyclo-Cross bike and other cool Redline and Pryme swag items as race prizes. The donated Redline helped raise over $600.00 to the Camp Korey foundation. The promoter of the race -David James, did a super job of transforming a dairy farm into a Cyclo-Cross course.
Redline bicycles is proud to be able to work with promoters like David, and the fine people at Camp Korey.
Happy Holidays from Redline Bicycles!

Classic Redline Moments Revisited: Hucker truck jump

RedlineBicycles.com — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:55:17 GMT

For our 35th anniversary, Redline Bicycles recreated the Porsche 930 Turbo car jump Stu Thomsen did back in 1983. But instead of Porsche's we stepped it up with 3 tall Toyota Tacoma trucks. Redline team rider Mike "Hucker" Clark made it look easy.

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