The new www.mbk-cycles.com website is online with all the new 2009 BMX models.

You can find new pages and information like an interview about Pablo Gutierrez speaking about his new Pro model BMX carbon frame with a short video and explanation about the new category R-Force dedicated for racing!

The Feel BMX team sends out their wishes with this warm visual message.

It's actually designed by one of my close friends, El Tipo Loco is the name and designing cool stuff is his game. Forget Troy Lee Designs, if you want something original and extremely phat take a look at eltipoloco.com.

Don’t miss the best in Skateboard Vert and BMX Street as FUEL TV brings you ASA Entertainment's LG Action Sports World Championships, Monday, December 29th. It's a full hour of action, plus behind the scenes, lifestyle footage of all your favorite action sports athletes.

Watch Pierre-Luc Gagnon, Bucky Lasek, Daniel Dhers, Rob Darden, Dennis Enarson and more, dominate the Skateboard Vert ramp and BMX Street course in Seattle's KeyArena. Watch it all Monday, December 29th at 8:00 p.m. ET and again at 11:00 p.m. ET on FUEL TV. Don't miss it! Please check your local listings for the TV times in your area.

We are very pleased to announce the new site is up and running. We changed the name to “Feel BMX” due to the fact that there are already several sites with BMX Action in the domain name, and because the bmxaction.com domain name was taken by a guy in Las Vegas.

I contacted him asking to buy the domain name, because he only used it to display a parking website with ads, and he replied with: “I'll sell the domain name for a 5 figure amount in US dollars”

That was a bit over the top, ya feel me...



We have added some really cool new features to the new site:

- Possibility to select the Top Rated, Most Viewed, Most Discussed Videos
- You can add comments to member videos and photos
- The BMX road trip planner on the spots page
- Feeds page with the rss news of all the major BMX sites
- Spots and Logs on the member pages
- and some more...

If you find something that doesn't work as expected, please report it here or on the board. Cheers and the best wishes!

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WUPbmx Contest anniversary edition

We want to inform you that we are organizing the anniversary edition (98|08) of our BMX contest here in Italy. The Contest will be on 06-07 September in Arezzo, Italy.

At the last edition there were more than 75 riders from Spain, France, Germany, Swiss, Slovenia and Italy of course. Daniel Penafiel, Perico, S. Lantschner, P. Ovette, M. Markotic and other good riders has offered a high level of riding.

Arezzo is a very nice city, perfect to do a week-end here in Italy (Tuscany). The Park is well situated under a bridge, and 1 km away from the town centre. On Saturday there will be the qualifications for AM and PRO class, on Sunday the last events with two finals (Amateurs - Pro). More info at www.wupcontest.it.

Godet & van den Wildenberg take Redline’s to Olympic Final

With four REDLINE Global Team members - Damien Godet (France), Manuel DeVecchi (Italy), Rob van den WILDENBERG and Raymon van der BEIZEN (both from The Netherlands) in the Semi’s, there was the rare possibility that Flight bikes could’ve filled half of the gate in the Olympic main.

But REDLINE would gladly settle for 2 out of the 8.

After three rounds of thrills and spills in the Mens Semis, only two RL reps would make the cut to the big O’show. Dutch dominator ROB van den WILDENBERG and French ripper DAMIEN GODET found themselves on the main stage, lining up against some of the toughest competition they’ll ever meet - Day, Robinson, Latvia’s Stromsburg, Aussie Graves, Jiminez and South African Nihlapo.

GT Bicycles is proud to announce that team rider Mike Day has won the silver medal at the Olympic Games in Beijing China! Teammate Jill Kintner, the sole American woman competing in BMX, won the bronze medal in the women’s race.

Santa Clarita, CA’s Day earned silver medal honors with his brilliant racing at the Laoshan BMX Complex tonight. Fighting his way through qualifiers, quarterfinals and semifinals amongst a field of 32 of the world’s best BMX Race competitors, Mike found himself among the top eight riders on the planet battling for a top three finish. Riding his GT Power Series Ultra Box with custom Team USA graphics, Mike had a strong start and it looked like he could break away from the pack right out of the gate. Facing stiff competition from Latvia’s Maris Stromberg, Mike’s unbelievable speed on the bike kept him in a significant second place position for the entire race, giving him an impressive silver medal victory.

“It was amazing! So much effort, time and training went into this and I can’t believe it is over,” said Day after his silver medal finish. “The experience is overwhelming and great for our sport.”

The first Olympic BMX event is over and the medals are dealt out. The world champion Maris Strombergs has been on fire the whole season and he has proven this yet again at the track in Beijing. He won all of his semi final runs which had secured him for the best spot on the gate. In the finals Strombergs took the holeshot and rode to victory, bringing the first gold medal to Latvia.

Mike Day won his semifinals heat, but couldn't pass Strombergs in the finals, giving him a silver medal at the Olympics. The bronze medal was for the American Donny Robinson, he didn't have a good start position but still made it to the top 3. Sifiso Nhlapo of South Africa slipped in the second corner after the huge double, taking Damien Godet of France and Australia's Jared Graves with him. There will be some videos posted of the finals soon so don't be a stranger.


Pics: Liang Qiang/Xinhua, Phil Walter/Getty Images, Streeter Lecka/Getty Images