2012 DH1 Race 1 Announced

Maribor, Slovenija will host the first DH1 race on 12th - 13th May 2012.

Reaper Madness At Bootleg Canyon

Online registration will open on November 1st. Watch for BIG savings for pre-registered racers. The course will be Armageddon to Reaper , and this race will be a USAC State/Regional Championship event. Meaning it will be the 1st qualifier in 2012 for the Nationals

2012 Reaper Madness At Bootleg

Uci launches 2012 European Series In Cooperation With IXS

The iXS Downhill Cup organisation has been working very closely with the UCI for several years now. This cooperation has now been strengthened even further with the iXS European Downhill Cup recognised as the official UCI European Series.

A number of UCI decisions have received a lot of coverage from a wide range of media recently and there has been much discussion about the sport’s future. Even if the reasons behind developments are not 100 percent clear to laymen, it should be emphasised that the International Cycling Union has done a lot for the Downhill discipline in recent years. There has been a World Cup series for two decades now and its value is priceless, despite some ups and downs. Without a doubt, not everything is perfect but the success story can only be continued through a constructive partnership.

And that’s exactly what the iXS Downhill Series organisation is trying to capitalize on by continuously expanding the cooperation. It is, furthermore, taking advantage of the opportunity to provide the UCI with important grass-roots input – in other words from competitors, teams and, of course, the individual venues – based on the experience gained from putting on up to 20 races a year in order to reach a general consensus.

In this context an important step for the future was gaining official UCI European Series status for the iXS European Downhill Cup. In the final analysis the UCI is gaining a partner who has been actively involved in the sport for 10 years and has generated unbroken success for the Downhill discipline not only at national level in Switzerland and Germany but also at continental level.

Peter van den Abeele, Off-Road Disciplines Manager, says in this regard: “We are pleased to have such a reliable partner who has been working for many years to continuously improve race events in accordance with UCI wishes and is further developing mass audience awareness of the sport through targeted PR work.”

Andreas Stöckli, event manager at iXS Sports Division, is also very positive about the close partnership: “Recognition of our Cup as the official UCI Europe Series confirms the significance we’ve developed together with our race organisers over the last four years. The goal was to create a prestigious series located between the World Cup and the national race series to thus provide athletes with an easier but nevertheless professional means of entering the world elite.”

Next year the iXS European Downhill Cup will be held in seven different countries, taking place at top level venues offering the relevant country’s most challenging courses. 2011 saw a high media profile being achieved, for example the five half-hour reports broadcast by Red Bull’s in-house TV channel Servus TV.

Last season saw 2 570 competitors from 41 countries at the starting lines of the various iXS Downhill Series. In this context the European Cup is focusing more strongly on top world professionals, as confirmed by the participation of major teams. Among others, many names from UCI elite teams appeared on the start lists, including world rank Top 20 riders such as Troy Brosnan (AUS), Brook MacDonald (NZL), Cameron Cole (NZL), Markus Pekoll (AUT), Brendan Fairclough (GBR) and Florent Payet (FRA). In order to further increase attractiveness for top class international riders there are plans to raise the media profile even more and to adjust the rules to reflect top athletes’ needs more. All additional information is available at ixsdownhillcup.com

iXS 2012 European Downhill Cup dates:

• #1        28.-29.04.2012           Rivera - Monte Tamaro (SUI)
• #2        26.-27.05.2012           Leogang (AUT)
• #3        16.-17.06.2012           Innerleithen (GBR)
• #4        04.-05.08.2012           Pila (ITA)
• #5        11.-12.08.2012           Špičák (CZE)
• #6        08.-09.09.2012           Châtel (FRA)
• #7        22.-23.09.2012           Todtnau (GER)

Freecaster.tv Rebrands As Extreme.com

Freecaster.tv rebrands as extreme.com

For the last 3 years, Freecaster.tv and extreme.com have been working as partners to provide actions sports fans with the finest news and video content as well as live streaming from the top events out there. 

As of today the current Freecaster web site will be rebranded - extreme.com.

Beyond the name change, everything will be the same and Freecaster is still providing the technical solutions and all LIVE content under the brand extreme.com. The new site will continue to be the place for you to get your fix of all things MTB, BMX, skate, snow, surf and everything else in between. 

Freecaster will relaunch as a site focusing on LIVE streaming later in the year. The action sports LIVE webcasts will be streamed on extreme.com. 

In the mean time, make sure you join us on our new facebook page - http://www.facebook.com/extremecom -

where we’ll be posting daily updates and videos for you to enjoy. Twitter will be updated soon too. 

To summarise, it’s exactly the same as before, but it’s all under one name -www.extreme.com

Bookmark it, spread the word and enjoy. 

Thanks!

Tracey Hannah Is Back

I said I’d be back!

It has been 4 years since I raced overseas. The time flew by like a rocket launcher…... not!

I didn’t have anything to do with racing; it was either on, or off! If I thought about it, I’d be obsessed, but that hasn’t been a possibility… Till Now!! 

What about me? My name is Tracey Hannah. I used to race downhill mountain bikes. I stopped riding because it was too expensive to keep going overseas, and I guess a break was good. My best results were Junior World Champion, 1st at a World Cup Round, 3rd overall World Cup Series and 3rd Elite World Championships. I love riding.

Who am I? A sand miner….. Still Tracey Hannah, still love riding, still need a full time job for $, still want to be the Pro Women’s Downhill Champion of the World more than once. I still know how to ride a bike.  

Where is Australia? We need to win a Pro World Title for the Women Downhill Mountain bike riders of this Country, it has to be done. I am willing J

Why? There is born in some of us a will to win, a drive that forces action, we don’t eat, we don’t sleep, we don’t smile, we don’t breath until the win is won.

When? Now, I need to be selected to represent my country in the coming World Championships. I will race whatever races it takes to guarantee my selection into the team. I will be in Leo gang!

Determination and a will to win is my driving force, I want to race, I love riding and….. I just happen to like training.

There is only so far I can go on my own. I would like to race the Australian National Championships, and hopefully some events overseas that offer UCI points in preparation for the 2012 World Titles.

I am currently being supported by Nsdynamics, and Gt Bicycles have given me a bike to race.

If you want your brand represented by a girl at the World Champs I am the person to call.

Thank you for all your support, it is so encouraging to know that you are all out there, helping me get back up and on the scene again.

Keep updated with my racing progress on my website;

www.traceyhannahracing.com

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