Not much in the way of news today, so I’ll be wasting some of your good old time with a very far-fetched idea of mine. During my years of schooling, I learned that archaic humans had started evolving from the great apes around 400,000 years ago. (I guess now is also where I should say that if you’re a creationist, don’t take this too seriously.)
The general idea belief among human evolution is that humans split off as a distinct species from other primates and evolved into what we are today. Upright, bipedal, bigger brained with less body hair and all that jazz. And according to many, humans are still evolving (only we don’t notice it because it’s not an overnight process. But think about it, how many of us actually need an appendix or our tailbone? If we follow the course of evolution, and if humanity lasts long enough, we eventually won’t have those anymore. At least that’s what the Internet says, and everything I read on the Internet is true…)
Unfortunately, BMX bikes weren’t readily available when Homo Habilis and Homo Erectus were walking the Earth, so the needs of the modern day BMXer were not throughly addressed when our ancestors made the decision to evolve into humans. As a result, our bodies aren’t designed correctly for the rigors of BMX. I’ll begin with the shins…. More info
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Awesome! Rad! Cool! Sweet! Skiers and snowboarders alike used these adjectives and many more to describe their trip down Beaver Mountain on a snow bike during a free demo of the product Feb. 7.
“It’s really pretty easy, if you’ve never skied you could pick this up faster,†said Bill Pierce of Providence. “It’s like floating down the mountain.†Pierce took advantage of the free demo day with his 12-year-old son Scott, who road the kid-sized version of the new extreme snow sport toy.
Not a mountain or BMX bike — although the design of each was implemented… More info
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Living on Treasure Island, George Graef sees just about everything going on on the Lake. So when he saw this bicycle skimming across the waves, he wasn’t necessarily surprised, but he did pause to take a picture. “The inventiveness of Canyon Lake water ski enthusiasts is something to admire,†he says.Â
According to Al Van Beenen, who often is involved as a boat driver when something unusual is taking place on the water, Mike Murphy and Tony Klarich are behind the latest contraption…Â More info
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USA Cycling teamed up with GT Bicycles to host the first of four camps in 2009 to be a part of a USA Cycling’s new BMX Junior Development Program. Seventeen 15-16 year-old men and women were invited to the United States Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif., Feb. 1-6 to take part in the first camp of its kind.
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Nine of the top young men in the sport of BMX and eight of the best young women arrived on the campus of the Olympic Training Center on Sunday where they were greeted by USA Cycling BMX Director Mike King and USA Cycling BMX coaches Brian Fell and Jeff Glynn, and later Jerry Bradford. Also on-site were GT Bicycles Team Marketing Support Coordinator Steve Spencer and Vet Pro Eric Rupe. The athletes, along with more than a dozen of their parents, were promptly taken on a tour of the Olympic Training Center. …Â Details