To kick off the season in style, UCI BMX Supercross presented by Swatch returns to Denmark’s capital city, Copenhagen, at their beautiful world-class BMX Supercross track - An amazing permanent facility near the center of Europe’s largest festival city. Copenhagen is also well-known for it’s passion for cycling and the UCI BMX Supercross has the honour of being one of only six major events featured in Bike City Copenhagen - a showcase series of major cycling events leading up to the 2012 Olympics. USA’s Donny Robinson, who won the event last year, will hope for the same result to kick off his quest for a 2nd Supercross title. Freecaster.tv will broadcast the semi-finals and finals LIVE on Saturday May 9th at 14:45 CEST.

Gagnon and Mayer are One and Two Again and Ellis wins the Big Air BMX Triples at the ASA Action Sports World Tour. Chicago turns out to support Hometown Hero Koji Kraft.

CHICAGO (May 1, 2009) - Action sports fans in the Windy City of Chicago were blown away by the tight competition at the ASA Action World Sports Tour stop at the Sears Centre Arena Friday night where the top seeded athletes ultimately won both the Skateboard Vert and the Big Air BMX Triples but not before some heart-pounding moments where upsets seemed totally in reach. Skateboarder Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada) had to come from behind in the penultimate round in order to beat out Danny Mayer (Omaha, Nebraska) and extend his win streak to seven straight ASA majors, and BMX champ T.J. Ellis (Moreno Valley, Calif.) made it to the final round only by virtue of a split decision over James Foster (Redlands, Calif). But what really had fans screaming at the filled arena was the fact that hometown hero Koji Kraft made it to the Big Air Finals and landed on the podium for the first time at an ASA event since 2005.

Lucie Meerholz dominates in Czech Republic!! For the second race weekend of the European Championships, the Formula Team headed to Klatovy in the Czech Republic. The weekend was full of racing action on a brand new BMX Track and under a sunny sky.

Lucie Meerholz was dominating the Girl 13+14 Category taking a solid win on both days. Rookie Junior Max Ganser was riding strong both days taking top spots in his motos. Both days he finished in 5th place in the quarters just missing the transfer spot. After 4 rounds out of 10, Max is now ranked 12th.

Starting Saturday, May 2nd GO211 is webcasting The ABA US Nationals LIVE from METRO BMX in Bakersfield, California. Tomorrow, the racing action starts at 1:00 pm (est) and continues again on Sunday, May 3rd, at 11:00 am (est). Tune in to the LIVE webcast to watch your favorite BMX racers, including GO211 Team members Donny Robinson, Khalen Young and Danny Caluag. Plus, fans can interact with others in our live chat while enjoying the races.

Tune in May 2nd and 3rd and watch the LIVE racing action!
www.go211.com/u/abausnationals2009

BMX Supercross World Cup: Copenhagen welcomes the world’s best BMX-riders. World Champions and Olympic Games medal winners are among the prominent participants when the international BMX Supercross World Cup season starts 8-9 May in Copenhagen. The day of finals offers the spectators exciting BMX top sport, rock concert with some of Denmark’s best rock names, dj, competitions and “have-a-try” for the youngsters. Entrance for both days DKK 75 (10 Euro), children under 12 years free.

The Olympic Games gold medal winner (men), Maris Strombergs from Latvia, and the World Champion 2008 (women), Shanaze Reade from Great Britain, are among the favourites to go all the way at the BMX-track in Copenhagen. A track, which is regarded as one of the best in the world.

More than 120 riders are on the starting list in Copenhagen, all fighting for World Cup points within this spectacular upcoming sport, full of action, endurance and technique. Among these, five Danish riders, who must perform to their limit to qualify for the final heats.

“Two or three of our riders have the potential to go far in Copenhagen, even all the way to the final. However, both their mental and physical capacity must be top-tuned. We are training intensively these days and, no doubt, the World Cup is an important step on our way to our ultimate aim; the Olympic Games 2012 in London. We trust that the spectators, as in 2008, will give us their full support”, says Christian Poulsen, the national BMX team manager.

Jason Carnes & Redline offer free flight schools/BMX clinics. In a concerted effort to help pump up the sport of BMX and its newest members, and further promote the REDLINE brand of bikes and products, 6-time ABA No.1 Vet Pro JASON CARNE$ will be stopping off at the following tracks throughout this summer to put on a Free Flight School (BMX Clinic).

These Clinics will be targeting BRAND NEW BMX racers - newbies, novice and intermediates. Each Flight School will be limited to the first 40 riders - with 1st choice spots going to Brand New Members. Experts may fill the final spots - if or when available. And you read it right - the cost is FREE. Each student of the Redline Flight School will be taught the basics by 6-consecutive No.1 Vet Pro champion Jason Carne$. For those who caught him on the episode of M-TV's "MADE" last year, you'll not only learn a lot but also have a whole lot of fun.

The second round is over and it looks like the Benelux riders took a strong start this season.

Elite men results:
1. Martijn Scherpen NED
2. Raymon van der Biezen NED
3. Edzus Treimanis LAT
4. Damien Godet FRA
5. Arnoud Dubois BEL
6. Simon Duchene FRA
7. Thomas Hamon FRA
8. Toon Jacobs BEL

The first round of the european championships is ridden and the results are in.

Elite men results:
1. Arnoud Dubois BEL
2. Raymon van der Biezen NED
3. Edzus Treimanis LAT
4. Jullien Perrier FRA
5. Axel Keller SUI
6. Simon Duchene FRA
7. Henrik Baltersen DAN
8. Martijn Scherpen NED

European Championship Zwolle - Elite Men Final Video

Camp-Ramps just finished the skatepark in Jena Paradies. The set-up has big wallrides, huge jumps and transfers and a general arrangement of ramps, that makes the park special. For the street-orientated riders we installed a pyramid with diverse ledges, a londen-gab and an ollibox. We think the result is quite good. Take a look yourself!

The local scene brought a lot of energy and motivation into the extension of the park and was a big help for us during the building. Thanks for that! We also want to thank JG Stadtmitte Jena for their friendly help.

Accordingly we highly recommend you to come to the Opening-Jam at the 04.04.09. There are two good reasons: A big skatepark that guarantees huge fun and an extremely cool and open-minded scene to make you feel good! For further information check our homepage www.camp-ramps.com.

We hope to see you on Saturday in Jena!