Ontiveros Podium

Lil Damian Ontiveros won every lap from start to finish until the main where he nailed a 3rd behind defending champ Brock Heffron and another USA rider. Good job Damian, and welcome to the club of fools with W's.

Also noted was Matt Sterling who took 4th possibly 5th at the line congrats as well!

Practice!

Blog Update #57 from Aussie land haha. Practice went well today and I was actually kinda irked because after the deaths of many yesterday including myself they made the call to fill in the rhythm and shave down some of the high spots. Meaning i got broke off yesterday for no reason. grrrr. Did some helmet-camera filming for Avant Garde Intl and it was cool to see the footage when we got back to the apartment. Everyone was gettin through the rhythm without ridin the bull so that was good, I have everything fairly wired and my knee is swollen as all hell but its a little looser today than it was yesterday so thats looking like it should be ok. All my local boys were lookin good Matt Trujillo was sending the first straight like a G, and D'Zapo was getting around well on his 24" so hopefully those guys can get deep in the weekends events. Kory Cook is stil my main pic for the win in 17-24Men I gated with him today and he was all over the first straight shooting the jumps low and fast, so Im picking him to be in the main and go podium for sure. Korben Corbett is still on a hot hand and got things together today for sure. Brock Heffron owned me down the first straight this one lap so I had to lurk him in practice and get him back LOL Tim Daniels is still the nicest guy in BMX.

Pics coming soon!!! Team Usa!

skyline-evo wagon- SFO

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Jump jump lawn dart! Ouch.

Finally! Got into the apartment spot for just $89 a night which is alot cheaper then what we got knocked for last night at the downtown spot haha. Check the pics below and heres brief descriptions. Just got back from practice, people still missing their bikes? WOW... Thats seriously sucks. The track isnt bad but its very very far from good. Ol Tom Ritz built once again what can be only cnsidered a dysfunctional "rhythm" section down the 3rd straight. I was one of the early casualties as I flipped the bars trying to double through the section. Bashed my knees into the back of the bars and I aint gonna lie Im limping kinda shitty and my left knee is wayyyyyy sore and swelling :( Got 2 days to get it worked out though so might juss relax at the track practice tomorrow :) Alot of people are sweating the first 2 jumps but fairly easy IMO and the second straight has some decent jumps but once again if you aint jumping you have problems, steep and very deep. Rhythm is where the races will be won and lost and nobody has figured anything out at the end of day 1, I got it started with my lawn dart and then a long list of USA riders tried to go through at decent speeds and learned how shady it was setup.

I asked Donny for a tip on doing well- he said sleep with your mouth open and showed me how... Haha

Lots of dope cars here in AUS and they are all Right Hand Drive- Got off the plane and saw an Evolution in a Wagon version... Sick, Skylines and Nissan's galore too.

We were downtown and took pics with these big brass pigs?

Met up with Jenny, who is the chick in the picture- she saved our ass by lending us her phone and shes stuck with us for the week. Carlos loves him some Jenny- Ha

Papered up livin big in Australia. Fake it til you make it I guess?

Airport had alot of marketing stuff for the Worlds it was a big deal and kinda cool- Kevin O'Brian even had a cabbie guy with his name on a sign it was pretty legit. He is racing as well, said if Roybal ducked him he might as well take the title.

Checked into the team hotel and got the gear setup- Apparently im #40 for class and #25 for cruiser. Guess ill be shedding quite a few digits off both :) Showed up to practice and didnt have my team USA gear which wasnt a big deal or so I thought, I got yanked from practice 2x once for no team jersey, second time for not the official plate on. Weak as shit, surprised I didnt get called out for the denim rolled up :)




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practice today gettin credentials after practice, cities good I slept like 18 hours yesterday and last night haha, 20" is built and im ready to trip around taxi status to get things done today before hittin the beach apartment later in the afternoon... updates soon apparently wifi aint free out of the usa. ha.

Arrived on time but somehow missed our flight while waiting for bikes glad mine even showed up though- ronnie evans, alden volle, and brian carrilo all fell victim to the luggage monster. DR Jason Rogers hermanator and a few other legit dudes were on our flight, and everyone was balled up when we touched down. Sydneys dope though and I now have 3 hours to enjoy it haha. Eating Hungry Jacks which is their version of Burger King, soda here is funny tasting which is good cuz I dont need to drink it anyway :) More updates soooooon!