UCI BMX Supercross World Cup presented by Swatch Live on Freecaster.tv

The third leg of the 2008 UCI BMX Supercross World Cup presented by Swatch will take place on Friday and Saturday, 9th and 10th of May. For the first time ever the event will be held in Denmark.

Copenhagen will host this, the final World Cup event before the Olympics in Beijing. More than 120 professional riders from all over the world will compete for medals and Olympic participation.

Freecaster.tv will be webcasting Live from the finals on Saturday May 10 at 13:00 (CET) so when the leaders of the pack have proven their worth, you can watch them battle for Olympic glory. There's a lot riding on this one. Check it out on http://www.freecaster.tv/1000002_1004453

April, 2008 - DC and SE Bikes have joined together to release the Quadangle, a classic frame from SE’s stable. The “Loop Tail Quad”, as it was known, will be the second joint release from the DC x SE partnership. The two brands released a recreated PK Ripper in April of 2007. Less than 500 redesigned Quadangle bikes will be released Spring 2008 to exclusive shops worldwide.

"This bike is an absolute work of art... a testament to the design brilliance of Scott Briethaupt, and the inventive SE Racing ethos of that time,” said DC Co-Founder Damon Way. “We are truly honoured to have the opportunity to align with SE to deliver a project of this caliber".

The 2008 DC x SE Quadangle has been redesigned in a new aesthetic. It has been revamped as a 24-inch cruiser, the first time this larger size has ever been featured on this bike. Like the original 1979 version, the bike features a black frame, but custom DC x SE pads and head badge have been added, to keep shared branding with the first DC x SE project, the PK Ripper.

The original SE Quadangle was created in 1979 as Stu Thompson’s signature bike. It was quickly dubbed the “STR-1”, which stood for “Stu Thompson Replica 1”. After some design changes it was given several new nicknames including the “Quadangle” and “Loop Tail Quad” based on its new design. This version would be made from 1979 to 1982 before being updated into a newer non-loop tail design.

The frame would go through additional design changes in the following years and a new frame was created in 1984. SE used the newly designed Quadangle to address the rising popularity of the Freestyle market by adding frame standers, a coaster brake mount and a steeper head tube angle. This would be referred to as the “Freestyle Quad” and was coupled with a new version of its custom “Landing Gear” fork called “Standing Gear”. This new version of the frame and fork would only be offered in 1984 and 1985. From 1985 to 1994 the design remained untouched. By the late 1990’s the frame was converted over to alloy from the original steel construction, which forever changed the aesthetic of the design.

This 24-inch Quadangle is the second in a series of three limited edition bikes from DC and SE Bikes, all designed to embrace the heritage of the brand and the sport. Truly a collector’s item,

production will be limited to less than 500 bikes. For more information on the project, please visit www.dcshoes.com/quad.

UCI Supercross World Championship Live on Freecaster.tv

Since it's inaugural Live webcast of a UCI BMX Supercross event in February, the team at Freecaster.tv have been waiting in anticipation for the next fixture.

Round 2 of the UCI SX series comes to you from Adelaide Australia and if the action from Madrid was anything to go by, you wont want to miss this. The world's top 200 BMX racers will be hoping to qualify for the 2008 Olympics in Beijing but only 8 can make it to the final!

The event will be held over two days with the athletes going though grueling time trials and qualifying heats to determine those who will continue on. So only the best of the best will make it to the finals on Sunday.

The race will take place at the Jublilee Hall in Adelaide. An indoor course of monstrous proportions has been designed for this monstrous event. Catch all the best action from the finals on Sunday, April 13 at 13.30 (CEST) on http://freecaster.com/1000002_1004279

Seven National Federations are sending their BMX athletes to the World Cycling Centre (WCC) in Aigle, Switzerland, this month to prepare the second leg of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup.

Norwegian BMX rider Sebastian Kartfjord arrived at the WCC yesterday for a week long training camp. Before the end of the month the centre will also host World Cup hopefuls from Italy, the Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Russia and the Czech Republic for training camps lasting between three days and three weeks.

Lithuania’s delegation, Vilma Rimsaite, is no stranger to the WCC facilities: she was a trainee at the centre in 2005, 2006 and 2007.

The round 9 and 10 of the European Championship BMX will be held at Echichens, Switzerland on the 19th and 20th of april.

More information of EC BMX Echichens
Official website of BMX Club Echichens

It looks like vert BMX is going to be dropped in the upcoming X Games. It's replaced by something called “super park”. Vert is joining flatland and dirt in the growing list of BMX disciplines which have been dropped.

More information on Mystic Negro.

Do you know when the X Games takes place? Ever thought it would be really useful to have an extensive calendar of every action sports event so you can see what's on where and when? Well Freecaster did, so they made one!

The Monster Calendar is accessible via the Frecaster.tv web site. It consists of 13 different action sports divided by color, corresponding to the Freecaster.tv channel color code. Calendars with the individual sports can be found on their respective page but the main attraction is the Monster full view with details of all sports, from all over the world, all year round. You can also select a few different sports to create your own view by clicking on the down arrow beside the agenda tab.

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GT BMX Racing Team: Jill Kintner, Joey Bradford, Mike Day and Randy Stumpfhauser at UCI Continental #9 and #10 in West Palm Beach, Florida gathering points for 2008 Olympics in Bejing, China. Presented by Eric Rupe, GT Team Manager.

We are proud to announce we have a new BMX forum. It is powered by Invision Power Board. One of the best features is that you don't even have to register to post a message, of course if you do sign up you will have a bunch of extra member goodies.

Some nice features:
- You can post embed videos of the major video sites (youtube, google video,...)
- You can add attachments to each post
- You can view the forum in a Lo-Fi Version for super fast surfing

So don't be a stranger and post your stuff at the new BMX forum, Yihaa...

Are you ready? Because here it comes, the first BMX event of 2008! Once again, the well-oiled machine, Calle Marconi is making it happen with the “KEEPOD BMX CONTEST”, the kick-off event for this year. The event will take place on Saturday 22nd of March, at the “Trinity skatepark” of Milan in via Cevedale, 5 (area Bovisa). A long list of experienced riders have confirmed their participation in this special event and will show-off their best performance in order to win the first prize money of 500€ and other cool prizes offered by Keepod, the main sponsor of the event. The competition will be in one category and will be open for all riders. Registration price is 5€ for members of the Trinity indoor park and 10€ (5€ ticket/insurance plus 5€ registration) for non members. During the day you can enjoy good music and have a drink at the park’s bar.

Photographers who wants to get access to the contest area please write: info at callemarconi dot com
Opening indoor park: 10:00, Registration: 10:30, Free session: 10:30 – 13:30, Contest: 14:00 – 17:30 (possible schedule changes based on the number of participants), Prize-giving: 18:00 – 18:30 -> 500€ Pize money.