Most of the BMX team is heading overseas this year, so before they go, we will be knocking out some new videos with all the guys. Davo Girsch is first of the blocks, and has come down to Gold Coast for a week of riding and filming new spots. Stay tuned for his new clip in the coming weeks...

On Saturday, Gertrude will be continuing his mission south to Sydney, for the end of daylight savings comp at Five Dock, and some cool dirt jump comp on the 10th of April.

We will be catching up with Cam White, Jaie Toohey, Dane Searls and Cam Pianta at the end of April, as well as covering the Amigos Of Dave Bike Day at the Nerang Skatepark, on May 1. Make sure you all get your ass to Nerang for that, it is for a good cause, and shaping up to be a sweet as day.

• By Allan H

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With another ridiculous 5am start to contend with the weekend was off to a flying start. The drive to Horsham was only slowed by a 60ft concrete Koala, yep that’s correct a 60ft koala.

The action started at 8:30am on Sunday morning, practice and qualifying was all smooth with no injuries, Unit riders Luke Arbon in (U19’s) and Ford Dale riding (Pro-Lites) both qualified in solid positions and had good gate picks, Tye Simmonds was also right in the mix on the new 350cc four stroke. Team Kawasaki rider Bill Mackenzie was right on his game qualifying fastest in the pro open. PJ Larsen ruled the Pro- Lites start order, his time was only bettered by Billy Mackenzie on a fo fiddy. Unit’s young gun Tye Simmonds 11th on debut on the new 350cc four stroke.
The three classes each had three moto’s so the racing and bike cleaning was fierce.

The U19’s was all about Josh Cachia, he grabbed the lead early in the first moto and checked out. Luke Arbon had a bad start and charged through the pack to end the moto in 7th place. That was as good as the day got for Arbon. After crash in the 2nd moto his day was finished with an injury to, well, urr ummm I will just leave that one at tender nether regions. ( Damn that is a bruise!!) The overall winner on the day was Josh Cachia, the visitor from over the ditch Hamish Dobbyn in 2nd and Sunshine Coast product Dylan Peterson rounding out the podium in 3rd.
The pro-lites was dominated by American PJ Larsen, he was quickest in qualifying being a little over 1 second faster than Unit’s Ford Dale in who was 2nd fastest. When the racing started it was a KTM freight train of Larsen and his team mate Ryan (Doggie) Marmont right behind, Dale got a bad start and charged hard to get 3rd. That was the highlight of Dale’s day as he finished 13th in moto 2 and did not finish the 3rd after tangling with Kade Mosig. PJ Larsen grabbed the overall win and the mental edge over the competition his speed and bike skills are amazing and he really is in a class (sorry for the cliché) of his own. Ryan Marmont finished the day in 2nd and Kirk Gibbs finished 3rd.

Pro-open was a class act all day long, three motos three winners. Scotsman Billy Mackenzie (and Unit rider) grabbed the holeshot in moto 1, attempted to establish a buffer however he was pursued my by Todd Waters, Andrew McFarlane and Dean Ferris the ensuing battle saw the four riders pull out a 15 sec gap on the rest of the field by the 10 minute mark. Waters capitalized on a Ferris mistake, got to the front and checked out for the win. Mackenzie nabbed 2nd and Andrew McFarlane 3rd. The 2nd moto was all Ferris, Waters and Mackenzie, Waters struggled to get off the line and was 15th after the 1st lap. Mackenzie and Ferris were arguing over the front running, this allowed the hard charging Waters to close the gap and making up a huge 12 places on the 2nd lap, he got to within 5seconds of the lead pair and that was as close as he got. The final lap board flashed and Ferris was barely in front of Mackenzie, the Scotsman stalked Ferris pushing for a mistake. Ferris held strong until the 2nd last corner where he overshot a berm and Mackenzie made quick work of getting by for the win. The third and final moto was an iron man event. With rain falling the Horsham track turned into a slick clay fest. Defending series champion Jay Marmont nailed the holeshot and checked out.

The eventual margin a huge 25seconds over debutant Unit rider Tye Simmonds. The hype is real people Simmonds has a new machine and killer instinct to match he will win races this year (GO TYEBO!!). Mackenzie was again consistent and thanks to a gift from Cheyne Boyd in the last lap finished 3rd. The overall winner on the day was Unit’s Mackenzie from Todd Waters and series defending champion Jay Marmont nabbing third.

The Mx Nationals are alive and kicking, the 2nd round will take place in Canberra on April 18th. Don’t forget if you want to listen to the live commentary log on to www.mxnationals.com.au or read the text feed at www.fullnoise.com.au
Over and out.

• By Kam W

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More than 4.000 thousand spectators watched the spectacular racing in the Palacio des Deportes downtown Madrid. A record number of 174 competitors from 27 countries entered the first World Cup of the 2010 UCI BMX Supercross season in Madrid. The best 64 men and 32 women qualified for the finals based on their time trial results.

Unit athlete Caroline Buchanan headed to Spain with high hopes, and came away with a very impressive 3rd place! Nice work Caroline!

We are short on details right now, but as soon as Caolrine sends through her race report, we will post it up. The next round of the UCI BMX World Cup is the beginning of May.

• By Allan H

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