Though it's certainly not going to interrupt anybody's daily dose of Brett Favre speculation, Tom Held at the Journal Sentinel was nice enough to put together this little piece on Milwaukee BMX which appeared in his "Off the Couch" blog at JSOnline.com today ... thanks for the ink, Tom. I definitely enjoyed our talk.
There are also a couple other great articles that were recently published that I wanted to share. First, is this lengthy piece from Bicycling Magazine "BMX GOING BIG". This article is such a great read ... and is exceptionally eye opening as to what phenomenal athletes the world's top BMX racers really are. I hope you all enjoy reading it as much as I did.
Finally, Tim Eiring, who competes with us from time to time, and also helped out on several volunteer days, including our 2008 New Rider Clinic, was recently featured in this cool article in the Small Business Times. We wonder how much Tim's corporate insurance rates have gone up as a result. Great article Tim !!!
Finally, some really depressing news came in from Linda Weimer at Fond du Lac BMX this afternoon. After a botched break in at their track building ... the would be vandal turned arsonist and burned the building down. Insurance is going to help out ... but, the long and the short is ... Fondy BMX is temporarily out of commission. We at Milwaukee owe the Weimer's a lot as they provided a ton of support while we were in the process of getting started. We'll definitely do what we can to reciprocate in this time of need.
Kevin O'
4 comments:
Look for a donation basket or bucket to be passed around this weekend for Fondy BMX. Lets help them defer some of the costs from the fire. If everyone throws a buck down, we can at least get enough to buy a sure start in time for racing. John Mittelstadt
Hey, KOD, check out this morning's JS sports article about bike & wheel suppliers from Wisconsin supplying BMX in the Olympics. Nice history and background, too!
http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=780706
Oh, and thanks for the props on Tim (and he didn't "brag" about racing a BMX Olympian, just said he raced him in the past!) ;-)
One last thing (sorry!) - just sick at hearing about Fondy. Linda, Paul & Dallas -- thinking of you and hoping things get better!
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