USA BMX Pro Points through Dixieland

AA PRO / ELITE MEN

Place Rider Age group Points
1 JORIS DAUDET 2186
2 CORBEN SHARRAH 1848
3 ANDERSON FILHO 893
4 TRENT JONES 789
5 ALFREDO CAMPO 749
6 MAX CAIRNS 735
7 CONNOR FIELDS 672
8 SYLVAIN ANDRE 662
9 TANNER SEBESTA 600
10 ALEX TOUGAS 517

ELITE WOMEN

Place Rider Age group Points
1 ALISE WILLOUGHBY 2554
2 BROOKE CRAIN 1324
3 LAUREN REYNOLDS 1049
4 FELICIA STANCIL 874
5 ASHLEY VERHAGEN 692
6 DANIELLE GEORGE 681
7 MIKA SHAW 606
8 ZOE FLEMING 575
9 AXELLE ETIENNE 521
10 RACHEL MYDOCK 436

Corben, Joris and Alise Big Winners at USA BMX Dixieland Nationals

FRIDAY RESULTS

WOMEN ELITE TOTAL RIDERS = 17 GROUPS = 9

  • 1ALISE WILLOUGHBY, FULL TILT, CHULA VISTA, CA
  • 2BROOKE CRAIN, VISALIA, CA
  • 3ASHLEY VERHAGEN, FULL TILT, TEMPE, AZ
  • 4LAUREN REYNOLDS, ANSWER RENNEN, CHULA VISTA, CA
  • 5DANI GEORGE, THRODWN, PALMDALE, CA
  • 6ZOE FLEMING, FACTORY WIAWIS/LSG, AUCKLAND
  • 7FELICIA STANCIL, POWERLITE DANS COMP DFR, ANTIOCH, IL
  • 8ELIDA BEEMAN, POWERLITE DANS COMP DFR, LANSING, MI

MEN ELITE TOTAL RIDERS = 15 GROUPS = 6

  • 1JORIS DAUDET, CHASE BMX/ELEVN RACING, CORONA, CA
  • 2CORBEN SHARRAH, DAYLIGHT CYCLES, TUCSON, AZ
  • 3MAX CAIRNS, HENDERSON, NV
  • 4ANDERSON DE SOUZA FILHO, MEYBO/AVIAN/PROFILE, WINDERMERE, FL
  • 5TYLER WHITFIELD, THRODWN, ROCKFORD, IL
  • 6TANNER SEBESTA, KYLE, TX
  • 7ALFREDO CAMPO, MURRIETA, CA
  • 8JUSTIN POSEY, CHANDLER, AZ

SATURDAY RESULTS

WOMEN ELITE TOTAL RIDERS = 17 GROUPS = 9

  • 1ALISE WILLOUGHBY, FULL TILT, CHULA VISTA, CA
  • 2BROOKE CRAIN, VISALIA, CA
  • 3FELICIA STANCIL, POWERLITE DANS COMP DFR, ANTIOCH, IL
  • 4ZOE FLEMING, FACTORY WIAWIS/LSG, AUCKLAND
  • 5ASHLEY VERHAGEN, FULL TILT, TEMPE, AZ
  • 6RACHEL MYDOCK, SUPERCROSS BMX, PHOENIX, AZ
  • 7DANI GEORGE, THRODWN, PALMDALE, CA
  • 8ELIDA BEEMAN, POWERLITE DANS COMP DFR, LANSING, MI

MEN ELITE TOTAL RIDERS = 13 GROUPS = 6

  • 1CORBEN SHARRAH, DAYLIGHT CYCLES, TUCSON, AZ
  • 2ANDERSON DE SOUZA FILHO, MEYBO/AVIAN/PROFILE, WINDERMERE, FL
  • 3ALFREDO CAMPO, MURRIETA, CA
  • 4MAX CAIRNS, HENDERSON, NV
  • 5TANNER SEBESTA, KYLE, TX
  • 6JUSTIN POSEY, CHANDLER, AZ
  • 7JORIS DAUDET, CHASE BMX/ELEVN RACING, CORONA, CA
  • 8ALEC BOB, FACTORY FREE AGENT BOX, PLANO, TX

The Kai Lightner Profile – Potential Gold Medalist

Eight-time national champion. Three-time IFSC Youth World Championship medalist. 5.14 climber. Olympic hopeful.

Source: Generation 5.16: The Kai Lightner Profile

We know many of you that visit this site are only half interested in many of the sports that we cover, but that’s the point isn’t it?  We want to bring you the fast updates of sports that peak your interest but you don’t have the time to commit to dive down that rabbit hole.

Today we bring you an important name in the climbing world, his write up in Climbing Magazine and why you should at least put his name in the back of your head.  There is a good chance that he will not only represent the US in the 2020 Olympic Games but that he will bring home the gold as well!

To all of you non-climbers out there, consider yourself as having been put on notice.

Full Results – Vans BMX Pro Cup – Sydney

Results


Men’s FInal

1 Larry Edgar 95.50
2 Sergio Layos 92.88
3 Alex Hiam 92.13
4 Dennis Enarson 90.50
5 Chris James 90.25
6 Corey Walsh 89.75
7 Dylan Lewis 89.50
8 Jason Watts 87.63
9 Matty Cranmer 87.38
10 Pat Casey 86.50
11 Gary Young 86.00
12 Boyd Hilder 85.63
13 Kevin Peraza 84.63
14 Cody Pollard 84.38
15 Kris Fox 83.75
16 Corey Bohan 80.13
17 Ryan Saville 79.63
18 Brandon Loupos 79.00
19 Cauan Madona 78.38
20 Paul Thoelen 76.25

Men’s Semi-Finals

1 Larry Edgar 92.88
2 Alex Hiam 92.25
3 Chris James 90.00
4 Sergio Layos 90.00
5 Matty Cranmer 88.50
6 Corey Walsh 88.00
7 Dennis Enarson 87.13
8 Jason Watts 85.63
9 Kris Fox 85.50
10 Dylan Lewis 85.50
11 Pat Casey 84.75
12 Boyd Hilder 83.50
13 Kevin Peraza 83.50
14 Cody Pollard 82.00
15 Gary Young 81.75
16 Corey Bohan 81.50
17 Brandon Loupos 81.00
18 Paul Thoelen 80.25
19 Ryan Saville 80.00
20 Cauan Madona 79.25
21 Kevin Kalkoff 78.50
22 Douglas Oliveira 78.38
23 Matt Cordova 78.13
24 Jamie Cooper-Ellis 77.00
25 Eze Martinez 76.75
26 Ronnie Napolitan 76.50
27 Tom Boorman 75.00
28 Nathan Tyas 74.38
29 Kurt Perkins 74.25
30 Jake Wallwork 73.50
31 Luke Parker 73.25
32 Will Gunn 73.13
33 Tyrone Edwards 72.50
34 Jacman Hinss 69.50
35 Tyson Jones-Peni 69.25
36 Benn Pigot 68.25
37 Matty Ballis 62.75

Men’s Regional Qualifier

1 Ryan Saville 88.38
2 Shane Ellis 87.75
3 Cody Pollard 86.63
4 Paul Thoelen 86.50
5 Matty Cranmer 86.13
6 Brandon Loupos 86.13
7 Benn Pigot 83.88
8 Andres Gatica 82.50
9 Nathan Tyas 80.25
10 Eze Martinez 79.50
11 Kurt Perkins 77.88
12 Luke Parker 77.25
13 Matty Ballis 76.63
14 Tyrone Edwards 75.25
15 Jacman Hinss 75.25
16 Will Gunn 74.00
17 Tom Boorman 73.13
18 Jake Wallwork 72.75
19 Tyson Jones-Peni 72.38
20 Danny Stevenson 71.75
21 Mike Clark 71.25
22 Dean Anderson 69.25
23 Victor Peraza 69.13
24 Scott Scamehorn 69.00
25 Brad Mas 67.00
26 Aaron Simone 66.63
27 Jacob Deveney 65.00

Women’s Finals

1 Teresa Azcoaga 89.00
2 Angie Marino 83.25
3 Ellie Chew 83.25
4 Perris Benegas 81.50
5 Nina Buitrago 80.75
6 Natalya Diehm 78.50
7 Camila Harambour 77.75

VANS BEST TRICK

Teresa Azcoaga – no hander over the spine

RED BULL BEST TRICK:

  1. Nina Buitrago – peg grind over the spine extension
  2. Ellie Chew – Fastplant on Extension
  3. Teresa Azcoaga – Tobaggan Air

The Story Behind the Start Order at the UCI World Cup DH in Losinj – Pinkbike

For viewers watching the UCI World Cup DH in Losinj live, the seeding order of the riders in the final caused major confusion. So what happened. Why didn’t the Bulldog start last since he qualified first?

Source: The Story Behind the Start Order at the UCI World Cup DH in Losinj – Pinkbike

Personally, we favor start orders with protected riders and the current WC 1 as running last in the start order.  Let’s face it, it helps with creating a story for announcers and reporters to help make the sport more exciting to casual viewers.

What are your thoughts?

Effort to shrink Bears Ears National Monument started before Donald Trump was elected president

Washington • Before Bears Ears National Monument existed, there were already efforts to get rid of it.

Source: Effort to shrink Bears Ears National Monument started before Donald Trump was elected president

We’ve been following what we will refer to as The Bears Ears Situation for a while now.  We feel that we have finally found enough facts, or at least “sides to the story” to report on the situation.

We have chosen to link out to the article from The Salt Lake Tribune for just this reason.  So much of the controversy has become a “Trump vs. Conservationalists” discussion that we wanted to include what happened before Trump and move the issue away from whether or not you “hate or love” our current President.

Note:  Native Tribes pushed the Obama administration to create Bears Ears to preserve their history, culture, way of life and to give them more of voice in the management of this land.

Note:  Utah is a largely Republican state with many elected officials being upset that Obama was probably going to designate the Bears Ears Monument against the State of Utah’s wishes.  They viewed this as a federal land grab that infringed on their States Rights to manage the land as they wish.

Note: The creation of the Bears Ears monument was known to be probably before Obama left office but after Trump was elected president.  The referenced article explains how Utah officials started lobbying Trump before he even took office.

Note:  Speaking of lobbying, at least on uranium mining company, Energy Fuels Resources (USA) Inc. launched a concerted lobbying campaign to scale back Bears Ears National Monument.  According to the Washington Post, the nation’s sole uranium processing mill sits directly next to the boundaries that President Obama designated only a year ago Source Link

Note: Trump has stated that he is “only giving the land back to Utah as they will be better able to manage it” and he “righting an overreach of the federal government”

The above information leaves us with many questions that we are still deliberating on.

  1.  What is the roll of conservation vs the creation of jobs in the energy sector?
  2.  Is this an issue of States Rights or States not recognizing Tribal Rights and the Federal Government stepping in ensure Tribal protection?
  3. Should the Federal Government be responsible for ensuring conservation of anything?  Should we become more and more reliant on them to protect what we feel is important at the extent where they continue to have more and more power?
  4. Should people as whole become more pro-active in the efforts they believe in such as to influence local/state level representatives and even companies so that conservation is more important to everybody?
  5. Our favorite major-level response to all of this is from the beginning when apparel company Patagonia boycotted the Outdoor Retailer show in Salt Lake because Utah officials called on President Trump to repeal the Bears Ears Monument.

In the end, it is our opinion that the only vote that really counts in the vote you make with your dollar.  If you hit someone in the pocketbook hard enough they will listen.  But it takes lot’s of people together to hit the pocket books hard enough to change the mind of party oriented elected officials on either side of the isle.  In Utah’s case it will come down to their economy.

Is recreation and conservation worth more money to the state, localities and local economy than the energy sector?

Kevin Robinson, X Games BMX gold medalist, dies at age 45

Kevin Robinson, X Games BMX Vert and Big Air competitor and World Record holder, died on Saturday in East Providence, Rhode Island. He was 45 years old.

Source: Kevin Robinson, X Games BMX gold medalist, dies at age 45

We were out this weekend with the electronics turned off, having this hit us first thing in the morning morning news definitely hurts.  Kevin was a hero to many but more than that, he was happy, healthy and an amazing father and husband.  Kevin will be missed.

Bryan Fox – Yesterday: Video Review

Quiksilver brings us a snowboarding video that is heavily inspired from the surfing world.  Coming in at 8.5 minutes we thought the video was a bit long for the footage that it included as there was well over a minute of time killing non-riding B roll that could have at least been shortened up a little.

The locations, scenery and surf style of riding excite every bone in our almost-ready-to-snowboard bodies though and have us checking plane tickets and weather forecasts to find some surf-able powder.

What are your thoughts on this edit?

Case Study: How to Make A Really Good Life In Skydiving

How NZ Aerosports General Manager Attila Csizmadia Found His Niche

When I talk to Attila Csizmadia, he’s out of breath. He has just finished shaking down his four-year-old son for a set of puckishly “stolen” car keys, and it was a hell of a hunt.

“Sorry,” he says, “I was running around the house like crazy looking for them.”

Hidden keys are certainly not the only thing Attila runs after during the course of any given day. Since 2005, he has been the General Manager of NZ Aerosports–the central hub of operations for one of the sport’s most innovative, prolific and beloved parachute manufacturers. This is a dream job for a lot of skydivers, naturally, but it didn’t come easily. Indeed, one can’t help but think that running an office staffed with 30 to 40 staff is excellent preparation for the rigors of parenthood. The four-year-old is one of Attila’s two; the other is 13 years old–not far off from the age Attila was when he first started skydiving.

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