The official race dates are released by the UEC/Euro BMX Commission.

Zwolle, Holland 1st and 2nd Round 4th and 5th of April 2009
Klatovy, Czech Rep. 3rd and 4th Round 25th and 26th of April 2009
Creazzo, Italy 5th and 6th Round 2nd and 3rd of May 2009
Sopron, Hungary 7th and 8th Round 16th and 17th of May 2009
Dessel, Belgium 9th and 10th Round 30th and 31st of May 2009
Sandnes, Norway 11th and 12th Round 13th any 14th of June 2009
Cheddar, England 13th and 14th Round 27th and 28th of June 2009
Fredericia, Denmark Finals 15th and 16th Round 10th-12th of July

More information can be found in these pdf files:

Elite and Junior European Championship BMX 2009 Competition Rules
Challenge and Cruiser European Championship BMX 2009 Competition Rules

X Games pros and The Used in concert during the ASA Action Sports World Tour’s return to Chicago

LOS ANGELES (February 24, 2009) – ASA Entertainment (ASA) is excited to announce that the ASA Action Sports World Tour, one of the industry’s oldest and most elite action sports competition circuits, will return to Chicago for the first time in over a decade. On May 1st the ASA Action Sports World Tour will visit the Sears Centre Arena with a one-day competition featuring the world’s top X Games pros in Skateboard, BMX and Freestyle Motocross (FMX). As the third stop on the 2009 Tour, this event offers a chance for the competing athletes to gain the valuable ranking points necessary for qualification into the season-ending Action Sports World Championships and for fans in the Windy City to see these amazing aerial artists live for the first time after a 12-year absence.

For three hours, fans will witness intense competitive action between the sport’s top pros such as 2008 X Games and LG Skateboard Vert World Champion Pierre-Luc Gagnon (Montreal, Canada), X Games Skateboard Vert Champion Bucky Lasek (Baltimore, Maryland), former Skateboard World Champion Sandro Dias (Sao Paulo, Brazil), BMX star Mike Spinner (Oceanside, New York), X Games BMX Gold Medalist Daniel Dhers (Caracas, VZ), and Chicago’s own star, Koji Kraft. Revving up the intensity will be the Freestyle Motocross pros whose back-flips and whips will leave spectators on the edge of their seat.

First sizes of Tioga Powerblock tires arrive in shop. Up until this point, the only way to get a pair of the new TIOGA POWERBLOCK tires was to purchase a complete 2009 REDLINE Flight bike; which were the first bikes to be spec'd with this modern-day treaded tire. But as of right now, the top-end S-Spec PowerBlock in sizes 20x2.1, 20x1.95, 20x1.75 and 20x1.60, as well as the standard PowerBlock in sizes - 20x1 1/8, 20 x 1 3/8 and cruiser sizes in 24 x 1.75 and 24 x 2.10 are available thru any Dealer who orders their gear from Seattle Bike Supply.

About the Powerblock: Development of the Tioga POWERBLOCK started in winter 2007, and a key part to the tire's design was disecting vital input from the Factory Redline team - who were the first riders to try out the prototype tread design. When going in to the project, the goal was not only to come up with a modern-day tire that grips the harder packed track surfaces and asphault berms, but a tread designed to retain or increase rider momentum depending on rider input.

Formula Europe’s Steven Wong and Niklas Laustsen are both sent to the World Cycling Centre(WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland.

Their National Federations find it a good way to prepare their riders for the 2009 Worlds in Adelaide, Australia. They will spend five months at the WCC under the guidance of UCI coach Hervé Krebs. During their camp, they will compete in several rounds of the 2009 European BMX Championships Series and at least the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Copenhagen (Denmark) on 8th and 9th May. Niklas is stoked to return to the UCI Centre to prepare for his World Cup debut in his home country.

Starting today at 1:00 pm (est) GO211 is webcasting the ABA So Cal Nationals LIVE from Lake Perris, California. GO211 is the only place fans can watch all the races from the So Cal Nationals. The exciting racing action continues on Sunday, where GO211 will also webcast all the races Live. While watching, fans can enjoy the GO211 chat room and discuss the day's races with other viewers.

If you want more racing action, check out the On-Demand footage from all the 2009 ABA National Races.

www.go211.com/u/socalnationals2009

We are very excited to let you know that our feeds page got a makeover. We have selected over 50 top of the line BMX feeds and categorized them in news, blogs (personal rider blogs), companies, videos and photos.

Check it out here: feelbmx.com/feeds

The most popular feeds are automatically added to the featured page, and you have the possibility to give every BMX feed box a custom color so you can distinguish your favorite feeds from the other ones in a blink of an eye.

If you think your rss feed got the quality to be added to our feeds page just contact us...

Odyssey BMX has a post up with a link to an unreal photo of Chase Hawk. It really looks amazing, so I decided to post it here.

The picture is shot by Gregory R. Dickson and you can see the full photo album over at the Odyssey flickr group.

The American Bicycle Association and NBC Universal Sports are proud to announce an exclusive four year agreement to televise ABA events and the 2009 UCI Continental events.

The ABA is 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 NBC Universal Sports will deliver over 20 hours of programming per year for the next four years to an ever growing NBC Universal Sports audience of over 40 million homes. With BMX 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.