Mike Cinqmars died last night, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner's Department. An autopsy will be performed on Cinqmars' body next week. As of right now, the cause of Mike Cinqmars' death has been classified as unknown.

Everyone at FreestyleMX.com is saddened by the loss of a true legend of the sport.  Our hearts go out to the Cinqmars family.

Stay tuned for more news as we get it.

The ASA World Championships of FMX will air on CBS this Sunday, Dec. 6 at 5:00 p.m. ET (please check your local listings for the exact time in your region). Don't miss the best in Freestyle Motocross going head-to-head for the 2009 title, in Pomona, CA.

AFMXA 1st Annual FMX Winners

Am Qualifying

Am Finals

Pro Am Finals

The AFMXA has planned the inaugural FMX Amateur Competition for November 7th in Temecula, California. “We have gathered together the top professionals in the field of Freestyle to bring to life the AFMXA Amateur Competition and Awards show, the first of its kind! In keeping with the mission of the AFMXA our goal is to organize the sport by developing an amateur circuit, recognizing those who have given so much to build the sport and fostering the growth of those who are next in line to do so.” In order to qualify riders must submit video entries to http://www.afmxa.org/events. The top 10 amateur selections will be chosen to participate based on execution, style and innovation. Those riders will be invited to participate in the event. Riders must be able to get themselves to the Pala Raceway in Temecula, Ca. on Nov. 7th. Participants must be at least 14 years of age and riders under 18 must be accompanied by parent/guardian on the event date. The judging panel is a “who’s who” of the sport, including Nate Adams, Ronnie Faisst, Jeremy “Twitch” Stenberg, Brian Deegan and Mike Mason, among others. A professional FMX demo will take place following the amateur event, showcasing the talents of our judges and fellow riders including Taka Higashino, Todd Potter and others. The top three riders will take home awards and all ten will participate in a “Best Whip” contest. Videos must be submitted by Oct. 20th. Winners will be announced and contacted by Oct. 27th.

Following the competition will be the AFMXA’s 1st Annual FMX Awards ceremony to recognize top athletes and companies for their accomplishments, commitment to and influence on the sport.  Award categories include Best Riding Part in a Video, Biggest Slam, Best Spread in a Magazine, Un sung Hero Award, Legends Award, Top 3 placers in Amateur Event and more.  In memory of Jeremy Lusk, fellow FMX gold medalist there will also be the Lusk Legacy Rider of the Year given to this year’s most dedicated rider. 

**Tickets to the amateur event will be sold on the day of at Pala Raceway**

**Awards tickets can be purchased in advance by calling the following phone number
949-751-3352**

General Admission Tickets only $20!

Contact info@afmxa.com for tickets and more info.

Amateur Event and Awards Ceremony Details are as follows:

Amateur Competition
November 7, 2009
8am – 2pm
Pala Raceway
12799 Highway 76, Pala, CA 92059

Awards Ceremony
November 7, 2009
 6:00-7:30pm
Pala Casino
11154 Hwy 76 Pala CA 92059

Further information about the AFMXA including our mission, events, membership and partners can be found online at www.afmxa.org.

Out on stands now - ESPN the Magazine "The Body Issue" featuring top athletes in the nude, including Brian Deegan and his fellow Mulisha riders, Todd Potter, Colin Morrison, Beau Manley, Ronnie Faisst and Nixey Danielson.

MTV’s Nitro Circus is a television show featuring highly skilled, adrenaline-fueled mad men. Some would say this motley group has a death wish.. maybe. This week’s episode will feature Roland and the Nitro Crew thrashing the RSD stable of bikes in the LA River. Watch Roland and Andy Bell attempt to jump the LA river on Big V Twins! Take a peek at this week’s all-new episode, airing Thursday at 10PM ET/PT on MTV.

The FIM Freestyle MX World Championships starts with the NIGHT of the JUMPs Riga in it’s 2nd half of the season

Riga, 05th October 2009: Upcoming Saturday the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships starts with the NIGHT of the JUMPs in Riga in it’s 2nd half of the season. A spectacular fight will approach, as the riders haven’t been on the IFMXF track for the last 4 months during the summer break. After seven rounds French rider Remi Bizouard leads the ranking with 123 points. Spain’s Jose Miralles follows 13 points behind. And with 108 or 107 scores US-Boy Brody Wilson and Vice World Champion Libor Podmol still have their chances of the title. Especially Podmol improved his strength at the last contests by premiering 1-Hand Nac Underflip and Stripperflip on the IFMXF track. We can be curious of what kind of new tricks the FMX athletes have invented over the summer months and will show in Riga.

Unfortunately Steve Mini crashed at a show in Melbourne/Australia and will not come back till Ostrava. Therefore André Villa from Norway returns to the IFMXF track. For his comeback at the IFMXF Villa surely will nail amazing tricks on the dirt. Luckily Massimo Bianconcini is back on the track after his horror crash at the Race and Style in Mannheim. And with Alexey Kolesnikof we will see a Russian FMX rider debuting at the NIGHT of the JUMPs.

And also from German rider Freddy Peters we can expect a new level of his freestyle. The FMX pro from Berlin just won the German FMX Championships and should be highly motivated to raise his account in the World Championship ranking. With current 45 points he is holding the 9th place overall.

The complete field of riders at the 7th contest of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships consists:

Remi Bizouard (FRA)

Jose Miralles Garcia (ESP)

Brody Wilson (USA)

Libor Podmol (CZE)

Brice Izzo (FRA)

Fabian Bauersachs (GER)

Massimo Bianconcini (ITA)

Freddy Peters (GER)

Hannes Ackermann (GER)

André Villa (NOR)

Alexey Kolesnikof (RUS)

After Riga the fight for points of the FIM Freestyle MX World Championships will go on in Ostrava on November 6th and 7th. Round 11 takes place in Zagreb on November 14th. And the NIGHT of the JUMPs season finals will happen on November 21st in Windhoek/Namibia and December 5th in Fortalesa/Brazil.

NIGHT of the JUMPs – FIM Freestyle MX World Championships Round 8

Arena Riga (Latvia)

10th October 2009

FIM Freestyle MX World Championships

Riders Ranking (after 7th contest)

1. Remi Bizouard            FRA     FFM              Yamaha         123 points

2. Jose Miralles              ESP     RFME            KTM              110 points

3. Brody Wilson             USA    AMA             Honda           108 points

4. Libor Podmol              CZE    ACCR            Suzuki           107 points

5. Brice Izzo                 FRA     FFM              Yamaha           94 points

6. Fabian Bauersachs      GER     DMSB            KTM                64 points

7. Massimo Bianconcini    ITAL    ACCR            KTM                64 points

8. Fredrik Johansson       SWE    SVEMO          Suzuki             50 points

9. Freddy Peters            GER     DMSB            Suzuki             45 points

10. Hannes Ackermann    GER     DMSB            KTM                41 points

11. Steve Mini               AUS    MA               Yamaha           30 points

12. Gilles Dejong            BEL     DMSB            KTM                24 points

13. Martin Schenk          AUT    OSK              Yamaha           12 points

14. Vivian Gantner         SUI     FMS              Suzuki             11 points

 15. Wlliam v. d. Putte     BEL     FMS              Suzuki               8 points

 NIGHT of the JUMPs 2009 / FIM Freestyle MX World Championships

 10.10.2009     Riga/LAT                           Round 8

 06.11.2009     Ostrava/CZE                      Round 9

 07.11.2009     Ostrava/CZE                      Round 10

 14.11.2009     Zagreb/CRO                       Round 11

 21.11.2009     Windhoek/NAM                   Round 12

 05.12.2009     Fortalesa/BRA                    Round 13

More information, pictures and Rider Profile you find under www.IFMXF.com

2009 ASA World Championship of FMX Results

A capacity crowd was treated to a grand display of FMX most daring tricks when eight of the sports' top athletes took to the course in the ASA World Championships of Freestyle Motocross at the Fairplex in Pomona, CA this weekend.

First Place - Mike Mason

Second Place - Nate Adams

Third Place - Taka Higashino

This past Saturday, distance jumper Ryan Capes proceeded to break the ramp-to-ramp motorcycle distance jump record in Reno, Nevada. According to Capes, his official distance was 316 feet, 5 inches — triangulated by GPS conducted by Sierra Surveying Inc. The measurement was documented and will now be sent into Guinness for approval.

What's next for Capes? He's claiming over 400 feet on the same ramp-to-ramp setup. Love him or hate him, Capes is gunning for the number one spot.

View video by - clicking here -

RED BULL X FIGHTERS RESULTS
 

London Results:
1. Nate Adams
2. Levi Sherwood
3. Dany Torres
4. Robbie Maddison
5. Jeremy Stenberg

X-Fighters World Championship Results:
1. Nate Adams
2. Robbie Maddison
3. Eigo Sato
4. Mat Rebeaud
5. Dany Torres

Now YOU can finally compete in a Red Bull X-Fighters event

Red Bull X-Fighters for the iPhone isn't super-easy, but it's pretty easy to figure out — I was busting out tricks in no time. The game isn't on the same level as 2XL Supercross, but it's way more fun to play in my opinion. I'd also have to say that it fits the iPhone better than 2XL Supercross. One gripe I have is that I think it could've been priced a tad lower — $4.99 seems a bit steep for a game of this caliber.

You finally have a chance to pull a double pits to chesty!!!

The Biggest Names in Action Sports - Travis Pastrana, Kyle Loza, Ricky Carmichael, Danny Way, Bob Burnquist, Shaun White  -- as You've Never Seen Them Before!

Eye-popping visuals and compelling story telling from director Steve Lawrence - in theaters for one week only - you don't want to miss this!

Check out the Official Movie Website:  www.xgames3dmovie.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XTSDcGdAPJ0

One of FMX's biggest contest series' becomes a "jam session"

August 17, 2009, 5:18 PM

By: Ryan Leyba

If you tuned into NBC this weekend to catch the first stop of the Dew Tour in Portland, you probably noticed that there was no FMX. BMX yes — FMX no. What was once one of the sports biggest series' of contests has now become a mere jam session-style demo. To find out what the riders think of the new format, I rang up 2008 Dew Cup winner, Adam Jones

for more on this go to http://espn.go.com/action/fmx/blog?post=4405581

Judging from the rider introductions alone, Travis Pastrana was clearly the heavy favorite going into the Moto X Best Trick competition in the Staples Center. Kyle Loza was another to receive lots of love from the crowd as the two-time reigning champ arrived looking for a three-peat.

The whole show looked like something out of a Playstation 3 game with riders throwing new tricks that never seem possible. Slow rotations and incredible combinations were incredible to watch, but unsuccessful on all counts. The way that riders took massive diggers and managed to walk away was also more similar to a video game. Big crashes ultimately shaped the outcome of the Best Trick competition.

Willy Watts, an unknown rider from Oklahoma, showed up with some mystery trick but wound up backing out on both runs which drew some disapproval from commentator and freestyle originator, Brian Deegan. With that waste of time over with, the rest of the show could continue. Silly Willy, we won't be seeing him at X again.

Blake Williams laid down a 360 downside Indian air can-can, a brand new combination, on his first run which set him firmly in the lead. The only 4-stroke rider of the night left the rest of the competition to crash their way out of contention.

Wearing classic leather work gloves, Scott Murray attempted a double backflip and twisted off-axis on his first run and under-rotated the second attempt to come up empty handed and dejected yet again. American rider Paris Rosen attempted a front flip only to land on his rear wheel and loop backwards, landing hard on his tailbone. He would not return for a second run, but the crowd wasn’t too concerned about it as Pastrana rolled to the starting ramp for his first attempt.

With twice as many X Games medals than the entire rest of the field, Pastrana went back to his roots and showed up with a RM125. His reasoning for the small 2-stroke was lighter weight and easier rotation of a smaller machine. TP hucked a brand new trick called the Rodeo 720, but he wasn’t able to get the bike back in line and wound up dropping hard on his right hip. After the hard knock, TP managed to limp up the landing ramp and salute the crowd after which he retreated backstage to sip a Red Bull and watch the replay to assess his performance. Ultimately he had to assess his physical condition and was forced to bow out of his second run due to blurry vision. However, his radical move was enough to put him in medal contention.

“I had this dialed a week ago,” he said “…I really thought I had it.”

Loza earned his first gold in 2007 with the Volt body variable and followed that up with the Electric Doom in 2008. Loza would pull the same trick as he did last year and it was good enough to displace Bilko despite the fact that Williams had brought something new. The commentators and riders on the sideline were all remarking on the importance of innovation, but Loza’s repeat trick was impressive enough.

“That was the scariest thing of my entire life,” he said, “except for the last two years.”

Todd Potter, fresh off his gold medal in Moto X Best Whip, picked up bronze after playing it safe with a pair of extended flip combinations.

X Games 15 Moto X Best Trick Results:
1. Kyle Loza, 89.20
2. Blake Williams, 88.00
3. Todd Potter, 83.40
4. Travis Pastrana, 61.40
5. Paris Rosen, 57.80
6. Charles Pages, 55.00
7. Scott Murray, 51.80
8. William Watts, 37.60