Check out the pro results from the So Cal Nationals over on espn.com/action. The wifi at the hotel I stayed at was brutal and the wifi int he airport last night wasn’t any better. AM stuff will be up here tonight or tomorrow.
This was my favorite shot of the weekend. It’s photoshopped, but I had planned it out and it came out how I wanted. Read up on the pro’s and check out the photo gallery here on espn.com/action.
dR is one of the few BMX racers who rely more on outside sponsors than one particular brand.
“You’ve got to figure,” Mesenbrink said, “if that brand can get its message across to 15,000 fans, they could easily sell 20 times in product what they’re paying in incentives. It makes sense for these companies to do that — there’s not much risk when you’re only talking a couple thousand dollars.”
There is an interesting article over on espn.com/action talking about social media, and how a lot of athletes are getting deals and bonus’ based on how many followers they have on twitter and fans they have on facebook. It’s kind of crazy to think that this is what brands are looking for, but it’s 2011 and ‘web 2.0′ has taken over.
Check otu the gallery and write up over on espn.com/action The day 2 AM gallery will be up this afternoon.
With the ABA season kicking off in Reno this weekend I reached out to a handful of Elite riders to see what there plans for the year out. Check out what they said here on ESPN.com/action.
If you don’t remember this brutal crash that Maris took at the Grands, familiarize yourself with it now. It left him with a shoulder and hand injury. I caught up with him for a blog post for espn.com/action, check it out here.
It’s a week and a half old, but the hell with it. Check out the writeup