The website of the European Championship Indoor BMX in Douai is online. Also check out the 3D track layout on your right. Nice work!

The website of the BMX Worlds 2008 is online.

The BMX Track is build at the beautiful bank of Fenhe River, which is the first in China. The Track Field consists of three parts of race tracks, comprehensive hall and racing facilities. The field is 330 meters long from south to north, 70 meters wide from east to west, with the total area of 23,000 square meters. The length of the race track is 360 meters in length and 10 meters in width, taking a shape of an open ring, with 3 curves and 32 slopes and jumps at various levels. The start platform is 4 meters in height. The tracks are built according to the superior highway standards; and the start gates are globally advanced made in USA, as recommended by UCI. More info at bmxworlds2008.com

Here are the results of the European Championship Indoor round 1 and 2 in St. Etienne.

Results Round 1
Elite Men : 1. Sifiso NHLAPO (RSA), 2. Yvan LAPRAZ (SWI), 3. Roy VAN DEN BERG (NED), 4. Ivo LAKUCS (LAT), 5. Arturs MATISONS (LAT), 6. Maris STROMBERGS (LAT), 7. Damien GODET (FRA), 8. Martijn SCHERPEN (NED)
Elite Women : 1. Shanaze READ (ENG), 2. Cyrielle CONVERT (FRA), 3. Aurélia DON (FRA), 4. Anne Caroline CHAUSSON (FRA), 5. Aneta HLADIKOVA (CZE), 6. Romana LABOUNKOVA (CZE), 7. Laetitia LE CORGUILLE (FRA), 8. Samantha COOLS (CAN)
Junior Men : 1. Tom SKUJINS (LAT), 2. Jordan LAJMI (FRA) , 3. Vincent PELLUARD (FRA), 4. Jelle VAN GORKOM (NED), 5. Jan SVUB (CZE), 6. Kenny SMULDERS (NED), 7. Gabor ROZSENICH (HUN), 8. Mike KALTOF (DEN)
Junior Women : 1. Eva AILLOUD (FRA), 2. Manon VALENTINO (FRA), 3. Gaël CHARPENTIER (FRA), 4. Elke VANHOFF (BEL), 5. Joyce SEESING (NED), 6. Betina HISSINGBY (NOR), 7. Dana SPRENGERS (NED), 8. Magalie ARNOUX (FRA)

Results Round 2
Elite Men : 1. Maris STROMBERGS (LAT), 2. Sifiso NHLAPO (RSA), 3. Arturs MATISONS (LAT), 4. Jordy VAN DER HEIJDEN (NED), 5. Pablo GUTIERREZ (FRA), 6. Yvan LAPRAZ (SWI), 7. Thomas HAMON (FRA), 8. Moana MOO CAILLE (FRA)
Elite Women : 1. Laetitia LE CORGUILLE (FRA), 2. Anne Caroline CHAUSSON (FRA), 3. Magalie POTTIER (FRA), 4. Blandine COTTEREAU (FRA), 5. Cyrielle CONVERT (FRA), 5. Aneta HLADIKOVA (CZE), 6. Cécile LAZZAROTTO (FRA), 7. Shanaze READ (ENG)
Junior Men : 1. Jelle VAN GORKOM (NED), 2. Joris DAUDET (FRA), 3. Tom SKUJINS (LAT), 4. Renaud BLANC (SWI), 5. Vincent PELLUARD (FRA), 6. Nicolas ABOUDAI (FRA), 7. Gabor ROZSENICH (HUN), 8. Florian DUHAMEL (FRA)
Junior Women : 1. Eva AILLOUD (FRA), 2. Manon VALENTINO (FRA), 3. Elke VANHOFF (BEL), 4. Gaël CHARPENTIER (FRA), 5. Joyce SEESING (NED), 6. Cassandre BROUSSE (FRA), 7. Magalie ARNOUX (FRA), 8. Armonie SAILLY (FRA)

(source: bmx2day.com)

Today I came across a neat feature in the BMX section of the UCI(International Cycling Union) website, I somehow missed this in the past. The feature is the “BMX Track Building Guide”, it's a real cool looking interface made in flash to explain you how to build a successful BMX track. It has 8 main categories; a jumps catalog, track sample, construction of a bmx track which is devided in 5 subcategories, track content, track shapes, budget, uci rule book and choosing a site to build the track on.

Jumps Catalog
This is a bit obvious, it's a catalog containing all sorts of bmx jumps. From the roller to the pro double, there's even an example of a rhythm section. A side each jump there is a short explanation provided.

Budget
This category contains information about the finance of a bmx track. If you consider building a bmx track I suggest you take a look at this first.

UCI BMX Rule book
As it says "All international BMX tracks must meet the specification set forth in Section VIII in the UCI BMX Rule book, and it's recommended to view the specific rules before constructing a BMX track."

There is also a print feature which comes in handy...

The guide can be found here: BMX Track Building Guide

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Check out this bmx frame, this is some high quality material. Double butted chromoly tubing with a really neat polished finish, the brake axels pointed downwards for more comfortable riding and a cnc machined headset for an integrated threadless headset... oh yeah, there seems to be a girl attached to the bike.

Here's the nr 1 result on google if you type bmx wallpaper. It's a wallpaper of the game Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 with of course Matt Hoffman in the picture. Click on the thumbnail to get a large size of it.

Discovery Channel is doing an online viewer's poll for the show Last One Standing and Jason's got 25% of the vote... but he needs more. Show your support by voting for him.

GT Bicycles is a large American manufacturer of road, mountain, and BMX bicycles. The company was founded in 1979 by Gary Turner, a welding engineer and Richard Long, a bike shop owner. The company merged with Schwinn in 1998, but the conglomerate went bankrupt in 2001, and was acquired by Pacific Cycle. Dorel Industries acquired Pacific Cycle in 2004. Early BMX frames were easily identifiable as the top tube seemed to dissect the seat tube and protrude beyond it by approximately an inch-and-a-half towards the rear of the frame. This innovative idea actually provided no structural performance, but did seem to be aesthetically pleasing to the overall design. Later versions would actually have the customary "GT" letters stamped on the end of the protruding tube. The company has equipped many successful athletes, including: Thomas Allier, Robert Dewilde, Randy Stumpfhauser,...

The new Ultrabox still has the same frame as the previous years.

Pro: Pretty cheap for a quality bike Light weight bike

Contra: The fork bents easily from what we have heared

Nice bmx video of Chad, he does some hang 5's and sliders.