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2007, Bob Wright alias Pa Ecko, passed away

April 25th. 2007. Through my dear friend Jeff DeVido from Custom cycle Supplies (among others MCS bikes) I learned that on April 25th. 2007, our dear friend Bob Wright , better known among riders as Pa Ecko, passes away. Bob finaly did loose the battle against cancer. So, another BMX pioneer has gone. Bob was known for his Ecko BMX Helmets and also has been "industrial representative" within ...

2007, ABA Announces Multi-Year Agreement With Disney's Wide World of Sports®

Waalre, January 21st 2007 Gilbert, Arizona—April 5, 2007 The American Bicycle Association ( ABA ) has signed a multi-year agreement with Disney Sports Attractions to host National bicycle motocross (BMX) race events. The events will be held at Disney's Wide World of Sports® complex in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. The first event, the Fall Nationals will be held October 25-28, 2007 and is just th...

2007, Tech equipment helps riders

Waalre, January 21st 2007 Just the other I visited some friends and did find an interesting subject to inform you all about. Technical equipment does help sportsmen and women a lit now a days. Visiting with Rob van den Wildenberg and his family did learn me that technical equipment used in bicycle track riding has found its way in BMX. On the pictures you can see a crank set that Rob is using...

2007, JAG BMX returns!

Waalre, January 17th 2007 For the really Old Skool riders 1979 – 1986 this will be probably a big surprise. Guess what.... JAG BMX is returning to the BMX scene. Just some days ago I received a surprising e-mail from Renny Roker, the former owner of JAG BMX bicycle company and promoter of the JAG BMX World Championships from 1978 till 1984. As you can read in the article about Renny Roke...

2006, BMX pioneer George E. Esser, NBL-USA did pass away August 31st

Waalre, August 2006. Dear friends in BMX, I am sorry to say, but I will have a different kind of introduction for the update of August 2006. Yesterday I received a very sad message from Marcia, the wife of GEORGE E. ESSER, founder of the N.B.L. (National Bicycle League – USA), one of the first BMX pioneers in the USA and the world, original initiator and motivator of the I.BMX.F. (now integra...

2006, BMX pioneers did ride ROUTE 66

This August 2006 a year ago, three BMX pioneer/organizers celebrated the 25th anniversary of BMX and friendship among them, by taking a 16 days vacations to the USA riding the ROUTE 66. Gerrit Does (brought BMX to Holland-Europe in 1974-76), Louis Vrijdag (was asked by GD to help getting BMX organized in Holland in 1979 and played a very important role later on in I.BMX.F. integrating into the...

Former BMX World Championship organizers, now involved in Golf sport

Since a bout one year ago, I have been in contact again with mr. Renny Roker, the former JAG BMX World Championship promotor/organizer (1978 – 1984). Long time we lost contact but through a co-incident we got in touch with each other. Renny now is very heavily involved in Junior golf sport and founder/organiser of the Teens on the Green concept (www.teensonthegreen.com). As a matter of fact,...

2006, Remembering RICHARD LONG

Waalre, August 2006 Last July 12 th 2006 it was 10 years ago that RICHARD LONG, GT Bicycles co-founder and visionary died in a traffic incident. Even till today, Richard is remembered by many people, in a special way. His former co-worker Doug Martin started a so-called “Blog” in the internet on which people that knew Richard personally or from a distance, could write down their feelings and t...