As most of the internet knows, Karl Poynter is now riding for Eastern Bikes. We are excited to have such an original rider and a cool guy on the team. He’s going to add to the already strong team that Eastern has and contribute a part to the new Eastern full-length team video.

I asked Karl what he liked in a company and he had this to say; “The ingredients for a growing BMX company would be quality products of course, a solid fun lovin' team, and a good staff/family running the brand, which I believe Eastern has it all.” And to be more specific I asked him what it was he liked about Eastern. “The people who operate and run the brand, the quality and design of the products, and definitely the team are what makes Eastern a perfect fit for me”, was his response. “I'm really close to the majority of the team already and can't wait to hangout and ride with the members that I don't know as much as the others. The team is definitely a good mix of guy's with diverse personalities who are always having fun”, Karl said about the team.

Adam Banton added this about Karl; “No brakes and freecoaster was Karl’s set up before it was trendy. Dialed riding, clean style and approachable personality is what makes him a young influence. He adds value to Eastern’s strong brand and more smiles and laughs on team trips for the future. Welcome hot Karl!” So with that I just want to welcome Karl to the team and just keep watching for big things to come.

Seven Dutchman and a Czech meet in Amsterdam and head out looking for a mountain...! After plenty of bike kilometres, Sunday morning saw what initially had seemed a futile mission in the notoriously flat Netherlands end with eight of the worlds best downhill mountain bikers meeting for a completely unique and insane downstairs-race in a ramshackle eleven-story building in the heart of Amsterdam.

AMSTERDAM (NED). Not far from the aptly named Amsterdam Central Station, the eight mountain bike Olympians found what they had been looking for. Led by Dutchman Rob van den Wildenberg, fifth at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, the troupe of world-class bikers stormed the former POST CS mail distribution centre to help with the demolition of the ramshackle building much to the surprise of some labourers still working on the site!

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Bastien Merle finalist French Cup Round 1 This weekend Round 1 of the French Cup Series was held in Perrelatte. On Saturday, under extreme weather conditions, Formula Europe’s Bastien Merle, member of the SC SCO Dijon, fought his way into the Cadet Cruiser category. In the last turn, Bastien crashed while he was in position for a clean podium finish, giving him the 8th position for the day. Sunday the 20 inch categories were held under the best weather conditions. Despite a pain full back from Saturay’s crash, Bastien managed to finish on the podium, grabbing 3rd place in the strong Cadet category.

Formula Europe added a new sponsor to their support list. SixSixOne will equip the Formula Europe Team with the Evolution Legend helmet. The Formula Europe Team is supported by: Formula, Shimano, UFOplast, EuroBMX, Formco, Swatch, AlienationBMX, SixSixOne and Navada.Net.

Keith's Salton Sea slideshow from the pages of Ride BMX.

Daniel Dhers, Corey Martinez, Corey Bohan, and Talem Cowart make up this week's selection of desktop wallpapers. More at RideBMX...

Crupi Parts, Inc is proud to announce the signing of Carlos Oquendo. Carlos is Colombia's top Elite rider if it were not for injury, would have represented Colombia in the Olympics!

South America has such a large and untapped talent pool and we are really excited to continue building our brand in South America and riders like Carlos will certainly help Crupi grow!

Carlos will continue living in Colombia and race a full schedule of Latin America races but there he will visit the states to race at some point this year and of course attend Super Cross races and the World Championships in Australia.

Please help us in welcoming Carlos to the Crupi family!
Greg Swingrover - Crupi BMX

We are very pleased to invite you to Dessel - Belgium for round 9 & 10 off the 2009 BMX European championship for junior and elite riders. The event takes place 30th and 31st of May 2009, considering it will be the 9th & 10th round means the BMX riders will be in great shape. This in combination with a highly technical track such as BMX2000 Dessel, guarantees a spectacular BMX race event.

The city of Dessel is located in the north of Belgium, just 10 min. from the border with The Netherlands. Dessel has a population of 9.000 people. You can find lots of woods, lakes and is known for the crossing off two water canals and the clearest white sand for making al kinds of glass. Dessel has also lots of supermarkets, bakeries, pubs, restaurants etc.

Dessel is the hometown of the world famous hardrock music festival “Graspop Metal Meeting” and former 5 time world champion motocrosser Joël Smets who is a proud board member of the organizing club “Off-Road Club BMX 2000 DESSEL”.

More information on the EC in Dessel can be found at these sources:
Invitation EC BMX 2009 Dessel Belgium Round 9 & 10
www.bmx2000.be

On Saturday 9 May the finals of the 2009 World Cup BMX Supercross are off in Copenhagen. The medal winners from the Beijing Olympics and the Danish national team are among the 120 riders on the starting list at the BMX track in Copenhagen, which is said to be one of the world’s best tracks.

An afternoon full of action awaits the spectators, who are offered exciting top sport, rock concert, dj, events and various happenings both at the track and in the “spectator city”, established especially for the BMX event.

The national team of Denmark is looking forward to the Copenhagen World Cup, which is the largest Supercross-event in the Northern Europe.

“Of course our team will embrace the strongest Danish riders. The event is given top priority, and it is part of our focused efforts towards the Olympic Games 2012 in London. The World Cup event is, indeed, contributing to the development of the sport in Denmark, and I do think that our top riders stand a good chance of winning important World Cup points. If the spectators are as enthusiastic as in 2008 a ranking in the final is within reach,” says Christian Poulsen, Head Coach of the Danish team.