Jacko getting ready for X Games Best Trick tonight!

If you didn't know, X Games 17 Best Trick is TONIGHT! Rockstar's Jackson Strong has been out practising his front flip, let's see if he stops it tonight!

Mat Rebeaud pulls out of X Games 17

Unit rider Mat Rebeaud has just announced he is withdrawing from the Summer X Games 17 Speed & Style contest in Los Angeles this weekend.

Rebeaud, who is still coming back from breaking his femur earlier this year while practising the Volt into the foampit, says he's not feeling confident charging the Speed & Style whoop section as he's struggled with the set at his practice track in Switzerland.

Mat's manager, Russell Stratton told us this morning he will use the time instead to focus on being as well prepared as possible for the next round of the Red Bull X-Fighters in Warsaw, Poland on August 6th.

All the best for the recovery, buddy, we miss seeing you out there riding!

Gymkhana 4 is go!

DC and Ken Block are proud to announce that production has begun on another gymkhana video project titled, Gymkhana FOUR. Fans can expect all of the driving precision, speed, and tire smoke that Ken has become known for to be taken to a whole new level with his latest project, set to be released in late Summer 2011.

“The DC x Ken Block Gymkhana franchise of videos is the most successful viral video content ever produced from the action sports, footwear, and auto industry,” said Anton Nistl, DC’s President. “It’s with amazing content like this that DC extended its reach in the digital and social media realms, we’ve seen our Facebook page grow from one million followers last October, to an industry leading 5.6 million. With Ken and our in-house DC creative team working to produce the finished product, the new video will undoubtedly be the most successful video yet.”

The car that Ken used for this project is a brand new racecar that his Monster World Rally Team recently completed. A modified 2011 Ford Fiesta, the car (codenamed the H.F.H.V.) made its first debut to the public this past Saturday at the Gymkhana World Tour event at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, CA. It will be used again later this week when Ken competes at X Games 17 in two separate rally events, Rally Car Racing and RallyCross.

"I'm unbelievably stoked about how Gymkhana FOUR is going," said Ken. "I did it in a brand new racecar that we've just finished building and it's an absolute beast. Plus, the concept for this next chapter is on a completely new level. The locations we visited and action we documented are absolutely wild. Fans are going to be floored when they see the finished clip. I can say with full confidence that Gymkhana FOUR is going to be better than Gymkhana THREE. And that is saying a lot, because I thought I would never be able to outdo GYM3."

The car used for Gymkhana FOUR, named the H.F.H.V. (Hybrid Function Hoon Vehicle), is a 100% new car for Ken. It incorporates the word hybrid into its name based on it being a multi-discipline vehicle. With quick changes, it can be set up for three distinctly different driving modes: performing gymkhana, racing in RallyCross and racing in the U.S. Rally America series. Visually, fans will be able to tell which setup the car is in based upon wheel colors and styles. The color-coding is: white for gymkhana, green for RallyCross and black for Rally America. In addition to the visual cues, the H.F.H.V. also undergoes less visible, internal changes between setups, such as the radiator moving between the front and the rear of the car depending on the cooling needs of the mode it’s in, as well as each mode having its own individual suspension setups, engine programs, turbos, restrictors and more.

To accompany the all-new build, a new livery has been created that retains the drip element from Ken’s Gymkhana THREE car, but incorporates vertical pin stripes as well as a tonal repeat pattern from Ken’s 2011 Ford Fiesta RS WRC car. Block’s newest DC footwear and apparel, inspired by the updated car livery, will be featured in Gymkhana FOUR and become available to consumers when the video launches.

Since launching the first video, Gymkhana Practice in 2008 the franchise has expanded to include two other major videos, Gymkhana TWO and Gymkhana THREE, as well as a number of supporting clips. To date, the franchise of driving performance videos has been viewed more than 110 million times globally, making it a viral phenomenon. Recognized far beyond the action sports and auto industry, the videos have won numerous creative awards and made prestigious lists. Most recently, Gymkhana THREE made YouTube’s official list of the “Top 10- Videos of 2010” and Ad Age’s list of “Top Viral Videos of 2010.”

Stay tuned to DC’s Facebook page http://facebook.com/dcshoes for the latest news on DC athletes and product.

MCF MiniBike Nationals Race Report

Last weekend MT3 Events held the MCF MiniBike nationals at the recently revamped Arncott Moto Parc ,where 65 of the uk`s premier mini bike riders went bar to bar in 8 races with 7 to count over 2 days .

The purpose built minibike track at Arncott Moto Parc, perfectly prepared by Jonathan Groves and his team made the MCF Minibike Nationals a weekend to remember! Arncott Moto Parc enjoyed near perfect weather conditions, and the racing was action packed, from big wipe outs on little bikes and ding dong battles between every rider in every group. All the riders pushed their bikes to the limits and battled for hounors in each class. The Open Midsize Class the most popular class were first out 10am Saturday and as the class being so popular timed qualification was needed to select the fastest 15 riders for Group A. Luke Coker set the fastest time in qualification with just under a second advantage from Callam wood. These guys swapped places all weekend with Luke coming home in the end with a three point advantage from the ever charging Callum Wood.

In Open Midsize Group B Jamie Courtney took 5 of the possible 8 wins , with Ricky Atkinson Alfie Webb and Ben Coffin each sharing a moto win .The Pro 50cc class saw Ashley Rymer Lead the way with a dominant display of speed and style on the 10 inched wheel machines ,with Ashley Hall capitalising and taking a win as Ashleys bike lost power in moto 4 ,Rymerand his team of mechanics had to work over night to rebuild the engine ,which helped him get back on track to win every race on Sunday .Kevin Doolan who had to split his time with speed way commitments and mini bike races which ment he missed 2 races on the Saturday ,but won every other race from an ever improving Chris Whybrow..

Some of the closet and fastest action battles came from the Superstock class , with Blaine Blackwell having to battle his way up front to take 4 race wins on Saturday with Rhys Davies and Ashley Rymer. Rymer was swapping bikes and doing back to back races but was able to keep the heat on Blackwell and Davies for the whole race. It was Rhys Davies though who seemed to be a bit of a crowd favourite being first to clear the big step up triple jump on the circuit. Sunday it looked like Rhys Davies after an early night and looking fresh was hoping to change things around and took the first win from Blackwell and Rymer. Davies then suffered loose handle bars in moto 6 and a puncture in moto 7 whilst leading the chasing pack of Blackwell, Rymer and Gary Everest.

Youth 6-9 saw a very stylish Miles Boumount Score Maximum points and recorded lap times that would worry some of the adult competitors. Joe Hudson and Thomas Pope had a long hard battle in all 8 races over the weekend in the Youth 10-12 class with both riders putting on a fantastic display of skills on some of the more technical sections of the circuit. and each finishing on joint points ,but it was Joe Hudson who took the decider final race for the overall. Jason Breckon was the only other rider to score maximum points over the weekend with a stylish display of skills, Rhys Phillip did provide Breckon with a bit of a challenge in first 3 races until bike problems stopped play .

Report By MT3 Events Ltd Pictures Mark Houghton
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Results Open 50cc Mini
1Chris Whybrow
2Kevin Doolan

50cc Pro
1Ashley Rymer
2Alex Hall
3Gary Phelps
4Sam Lane
5Iain Macmilian
6Friddie Brasted-watts

Open Mid Size A Group
1Luke Coker
2Callam Wood
3George Harckham
4Luke Pritchard
5Jody Barnes
6Steven Garrett

Open Midsize Group B
1Jamie Courtney
2Ricky Atkinson
3Matt Thorpe
4James Harrinson
5Jarred Angel
6James Major

Superstock
1Blaine Blackwell
2Rhys Davies
3Ashley Rymer
4Gary Everest
5paul williams
6Jake Mickleburgh

Youth 6-9
1Miles Boumount
2Ethan Breckon
3Jacob Breckon

Youth 10-12
1Joe Hudson
2Thomas Pope

Youth 13-15
1Jason Breckon
2Sam Camberlain
3Ryan Phillips

Pastrana heading to Indycar?!

Not content with going into NASCAR Nationwide, Alpinestars' Travis Pastrana has decided he wants a shot at the big end of year Indycar race. It's the final event of the season in Las Vegas, and the series promoter have offered $5,000,000 for any non Indycar driver that can come in and win.

For now, the agreement just includes a test at a yet-to-be-determined time and location, but Pastrana, who also is trying NASCAR, wants to compete in the inaugural Izod World Championship.

"For me to not do that, I would regret it for the rest of my life," he said. "It's absolutely amazing, and I'm definitely looking forward to it."

IndyCar CEO Randy Bernard announced the challenge in February as a way to showcase the skills of the sport's regulars. About two dozen drivers from outside IndyCar have expressed interest in being among the five chosen. So far, at least four, including Pastrana, have officially applied to participate.

Joey Hand, a member of Ganassi Racing's 24 Hours of Daytona-winning team, also applied.

Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon wants to be considered because he doesn't have a full-time IndyCar ride, but that seems unlikely given his vast experience.

Walking through the air with Chad Reed

After winning the first Moto at the Spring Creek round of the AMA Nationals, Shift Racing's Chad Reed caused ever more of a stir in race two, when he had one of the most spectacular crashes we've seen all year!

Fighting for the lead with Villopto had Chad on the ragged edge, and when he caught the ruts on the way up to the tracks biggest jump, it violently threw him 10M into the air without a bike, gnarly stuff!

The best part about the whole incident is that Chad got up and carried on, finishing the race in 14th, a real champions ride!

We're back!

All the maintenance on the FSX site is done, so we're back online and ready to go again!

http://www.freestylextreme.com

Thanks,

Jeff

FreestyleXtreme Website down for maintenance

Hey all,

Just a quick note to say that the FSX site is currently down for scheduled maintenance, we're hoping to get it back online as soon as we can - check back for updates and keep an eye on our Facebook and Twitter pages!

Facebook.com/fsxtreme
Twitter.com/fsxtreme

Thanks,

Jeff

Director - FreestyleXtreme

A visit to Alpinestars HQ - Asolo Italy

Alpinestars and FreestyleXtreme have been working together pretty closely for several years now, but even we were surprised when the director invited us over to Italy to visit the Wold Wide HQ!

We'll be updating the blog as we go so keep an eye out for all the behind the scenes pictures and anything else we think is cool!

Day 1
Headed over to Italy from East Midlands Airport, flew over Venice which was pretty cool!

We arrived at the airport in Italy to be greeted by Astars, super stoked!

Alpinestars car ready to take us down to Asolo, boom!

Alpinestars HQ is in the small town of Asolo in Northern Italy. It's a tiny town with a population of around 10,000 people; a substantial amount of which work for Alpinestars!

Jimme Johnson NASCAR Race Suit, Bridgestone Potenza wheel and Alpinestars Surfboard

Audi R15 TDI

Audi R15 TDI from Le Mans 2010, pretty cool door stop!

Rad Chad Reed poster

Alpinestars Cars!

Jorge bike!

 Astars!

More pictures on the way!

FSX's Eugene Laverty's latest Blog

I’ve never written a blog on my iPad before so here goes. Pippa and I are on our way back from the Goodwood Festival of Speed which we attended for the second consecutive year. I just rode a stock Yamaha R1 whereas Chaz Davies managed to blag himself an old 500 Yamaha previously raced by Kenny Roberts Senior! On Saturday night we had a black tie event so that gave the girlfriends something to get excited about. Goodwood know how to put on a good show and the entertainment after dinner was something special. The fireworks displays have been mind-blowing both times I’ve been there but I sure wouldn’t want to be footing the bill for it!

Looking back to Misano and Aragon I’m not extremely pleased with our results but again I’m learning new things about riding a superbike which adds stumbling blocks to our progress. My style is better suited to a bike with big power, however I’d never ridden one before this season and so I’m climbing over new hurdles week in week out. Think about it, on a 600cc or 250cc machine (especially the 250s I rode) the moment you exit a corner the throttle is to the stop until the next braking point. On a 1000cc bike the horsepower is too much for a two-wheeled machine so the thing is constantly trying to wheelie. If we had two extra wheels it would be a lot more simple! In Aragon we made a big breakthrough with our chassis setting which has massively helped our wheelie machine but I only wish we’d found that back at Round Two. Such is racing though, you never stop learning.

I’ve been out riding my YZ250F motocross bike a few times since Aragon with my friend Tubman. The track is quite new so the grassy sections really suit the big guy as he’s able to find traction where others can’t! I’m enjoying my riding and trying to learn a little from Mr Tubz who’s a pretty handy motocross rider. If you’ve read me calling it ’scrambling’ on Twitter you ought to know that I only do that to wind up the mud boys! I raced MX as a kid so it was cool to visit Desertmartin for a round of the British Motocross Championship and see a few of my old rivals in action. I’ve been watching Martin Barr for the past few seasons and I have big admiration for how he rides so it’s great to see him getting on so well.

The previous night I’d been in Dublin to appear on an RTE chatshow called ‘Saturday Night with Miriam’ alongside top Irish comedian PJ Gallagher. I’ve become good friends with PJ over the past few years and he’s mad keen on racing. He’s been circuit racing for a few years now and he’s all set to make the jump to road racing very soon. The show was good craic as PJ kept us entertained as always!

I’m home now for a few nights in my own bed before heading off to the Czech Republic for our next race in Brno. Just as I was before Monza I’m confident that we can be fighting for race wins at the next two rounds of Brno and Silverstone. I’m currently sitting 4th in the championship which I’m really pleased about but I still have a shot at the top three so I’ll keep on pushing and see where we end up.
Take it easy,
Eugene

Chilling at the DC Ride Day - Rocketworld

Over in the States DC get all the riders together for a ride day once a year, so when DC told us they were thinking of doing one over here we jumped at the chance of heading down! It all took place at Rocketworld - pretty much the closest thing we've got in the UK to Pala.

As well as the 50 or so MX riders (including FreestyleXtreme team riders Alex Snow & Sunny T from Lanes Kawasaki) a whole host of other guys turned up at the track, including DC BMX’er Kye Forte and DC’s newest FMX athlete Jamie Squibb. We chilled out for the day by the track, the lake and the catering van which rustled up a mean hog roast.

We'd heard rumous they had a lake jump at the track, and when we saw the Nitro Circus style lake jump nestled among the trees it was a no brainer! Once the sun came out and the lake temperature was above freezing, the lads decided to send it off the ramp, and by it we mean BMX's, Dirt Jump'ers and the FSX Slider. Backflip's, front flips, and crashes ensued, pictures below!!

Podium at RedBud for Dungey

Team Rockstar Makita Suzuki's Ryan Dungey and team mate Brett Metcalfe powered their RM-Z450s to second and fourth-placed overall finishes at the Rockstar Energy Drink Redbud AMA Motocross Championship sixth round in Buchanan on Saturday.

Dungey had good morning practices and great starts in both motos. He was fourth out of the gate in moto one but quickly moved into third during the first lap. By the seventh lap, he was able to grab second and then put his head down and powered his RM-Z after the leader. Dungey charged hard for the next nine laps and caught up to the leader but wasn't able to make a pass and settled for a second-place finish. In moto two, Dungey's RM-Z450 rocketed him out of the gate and into the front for the holeshot. He slipped to second in the first lap and charged hard for the 16-lap race but ended up crossing the line for another second, which gave him a second-place overall on the day. The reigning Champion remains third in the Championship points, just six points out of second.

"It was a good day," said Dungey. "I went two-two on the day. Practice was good. I got off to good starts on my RM-Z. I battled and almost got first in the first moto; I just came up a little short. Second again in the second moto - it was tough. The track was challenging and I fought the track in a few places. But overall, it was a good day. My Rockstar Makita Suzuki team did a great job and my Suzuki ran great this weekend. We'll just keep moving forward. I'm looking forward to Millville. We have this week off and we'll be able to work on a few things on the bike and physically and mentally as well. Just try to get better in a few areas and show up better. That's the goal. Millville is a great track; a fun race, my hometown race, and the fans are great. It's one of my favorite tracks in the series."

Metcalfe started the day strong with the fifth fastest time in qualifying. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider used the power of his RM-Z to launch himself into fifth out of the gate directly behind his team mate in the first moto. He was able to make the pass for fourth in the second lap and rode strong for the remaining 14 laps to finish fourth. In moto two, Metcalfe once again pulled a good start that put him up with the front pack. The Rockstar Makita Suzuki rider immediately slotted himself in fifth and charged hard for the 16-lap race to finish in the fifth position. His four-five finishes were good enough for a fourth-place overall. Metcalfe's strong result moved him up two slots in the championship points race to fourth place.

"Redbud went really, really good," said Metcalfe. "I was extremely happy with the day and to finally have a result in the top five, where I feel I belong, was important. Especially finishing up with a good result here before the week off and heading into the second half of the season. Everything was working great for us. My Rockstar Makita Suzuki was working awesome and I really feel like we found the setup I need and now it's just getting out there and getting the results I want. I qualified well so I got a good gate pick, which was important to get good starts. I was able to run up to the front pack and keep myself separated from the rest of the field. I was able to get a fourth in the first moto and a fifth in the second, which gave me a fourth overall for the day - a much better result than the last couple weeks. I want to thank the entire Rockstar Makita Suzuki team and Yoshimura for getting my bike dialed in here for Redbud. I'm looking forward to having a weekend off and we're gonna put our heads down and try to make more improvements. I'm looking forward to Millville. It's a great track and similar to Redbud, so our bike setup should be pretty good. I look to try to be up front and sneak in for our first podium of the year."

The Rockstar Makita Suzuki team's next event is the seventh round of the 2011 AMA Pro Motocross Championship on Saturday, July 16th, at the Spring Creek National in Millville.

Redbud 450 Class Overall Results:

1. Chad Reed
2. Ryan Dungey (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
3. Ryan Villopoto
4. Brett Metcalfe (Rockstar Makita Suzuki)
5. Mike Alessi
6. Justin Brayton
7. Andrew Short
8. David Millsaps
9. Kevin Windham
10. Christian Craig

2011 Motocross 450 Class Standings:

1. Chad Reed - 268
2. Ryan Villopoto - 252
3. Ryan Dungey (Rockstar Makita Suzuki) - 246
4. Brett Metcalfe (Rockstar Makita Suzuki) - 178
5. David Millsaps - 173
6. Kevin Windham - 172
7. Andrew Short - 130
8. Christian Craig - 119
9. Mike Alessi - 115
10. Jake Weimer - 112