Days go by. The "summer race" that should be at Sandnes in august got canceled. I guess the organizers saw the entry list for Valkenswaard and 90% of the riders where dutch, only a few foreign riders. And 3 jr/Elite woman. 
For myself, Im trying to relax a little, but still keep the most important sessions in the programe. I will attend to the summer race in Haaksbergen only, then next is nordic champs in Denmark.

Upcoming weekend is the 4x worlds in Italy, freecaster is covering the event, the worlds are always a good one.

15.june.2008 Sandnes, Norway

USOC Olympic qualifying Chula Vista

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14.june.2008 Sandnes, Norway

Been watching some forums to get the latest USAC news hehe. Mikey Day won the trails race in Chula vista and by doing so, is locked into the 2nd spot on US olympic team. Donny looks to be coaches pick. My guess for the team: Kyle, Mikey, Donny and Cisar as alternate. 

Looks like Mikey dropping the worlds for Chula Vista training payed off,,, big time..



9.june.2008 Sandnes, Norway

From worlds last weekend on to nationals back home this weekend. Cant say I was super motivated. We raced on two different tracks saturday and on my hometrack Sandnes (Summer games this august) on sunday. Both races went pretty good and I won both of them. Luckily really nice weather both days so that made it a little more fun to ride. A new prosection at Sandnes made the younger classes more fun to watch as they also could take the pro if they wanted.

Other than this I havent done too much, been at the trails a coupple of times and it is starting to work really good, with some cool lines.

photo:Martin Hellevik

photo:solabmx.no

photo:solabmx.no



4.june.2008 Sandnes, Norway

Finally back home, it was a long trip. But probably even longer for junior Andre Aguiluz. He went down hadr in his 3rd crusier moto and broke his collarbone svereal places and his shoulderblade. Sauced up with loads of painkillers and bandages he started his long trip home. I could see he was in LOADS of pain, but who wants to operate in China? The drugs definetly affected his mood as well but he managed like a champ. Now he is finally home at his folks and decent hospitals. Lets hope for a quick recovery. No matter what this kid is one of the fastest.

"They gave me painkillers with the same effect as weed..." Andre

Im back home to my normal life, it was good to see my family again. How the rest of my year or next year as well is gonna look like I dont know yet. There is a few things that needs to get sorted out first.

Hjemme igjen. Neste løp for meg bli Norgescup på Orstad og Sandnes allerede til helgen. Å ga fra misslykket VM til NC hjemme er litt nedtur det også, så er ikke supermotivert men jeg skal altså sykle.




31.may.2008 Taiyuan, China

Worlds:

1 Maris Strombergs LAT
2 Steven Cisar USA
3 Sifiso Nhlapo RSA

I had motos with Bennet, Cisar, Calluag, Zentins and Phillips. 3-4-4 and on to the 1/8. Cant really explain why but in my 1/8 my gate was the worst gate all day, it really didnt deserve a Q spot in a 1/8 in the worlds. Ended up 6th. One spot from making it to the olympics. I had one chance and blew it big time. Its been a tuff day after going out of that 1/8 final like that. Mostly blaming myself cause it was all my mistake. I would have been glad if it had worked, but I also think you need to show you can do a good race to compete in Beijing. My good race wasnt today...

With that said. Two europeans on the podium, and 4 in the main. Maris taking the win, I`d say deserved, same with Skizo. Congrats guyes!

So, the world must go on. It always does, even though my future could have been a lot easier after this race. Then its good to come home to Silje and Benjamin, he always makes me happy, and this photo pretty much saved the day. At his grandparents house taking a bath outside

13.mai.2008

Started training again monday. Feels ok, but I can feel its been over a week since last training. Pro section is up and running at Sandnes, it works out and is pretty cool but the second one is a little easy and maybe we have to put on another meter. Today I did another taking with a comedy program on television. It was pretty funny. Me racing this comedian in different ways. Show is not on untill autum though.

What does Hockey players do for training?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxEgILozStk&e



7.may.2008

Germany is over and I havent been doing any training since sundays race. Andre always gives me shit for writing that Im always sick or in bad shape on my website but here it goes. After saturdays practice I didnt feel to good and felt I never really recovered from practice going into the race. Before my 1/8final I had no energy left, and my early exit was predictable. Did everything I could to recover from the race and tryed again sunday. I felt better before the race, but again after my motos my fuel was empty (threw up) and I told coach I wanted to give up the race, and save my body. He had seen my moto sheet for 1/8`s and aksed me to go for another round. I did and went on finally ending up as 6th in the semi. Then I was all flat, and havent been feeling to good since that race. 

Under the cicumstances we decided to drop the World cup in Denmark next weekend. So next race is now the world champs in China. Hopefully I can start train again for that race, for sure is gonna be a though one!

Mange norske hadde tatt veien til de to siste EM rundene i Tyskland, godt å se!

For min del ble det en helg der kroppen ikke virket i det hele tatt. Fantes ikke energi og var stort sett kvalm og dårlig under løpene. Etter søndagens innledende kastet jeg også opp, noe jeg aldri har gjort under konkurranse før. Klarte likevell komme til semi og ta UCI poeng for 4 gang i år.

. Så nå dropper vi Verdenscup i Danmark neste helg og bruker det vi har av tid frem mot VM i Kina. Det er der Norge kan sikre sin OL PLASS. Rundt et VM i Kina er det mye og tenke på, heldigvis tar Arvid, Marianne og Petter seg av store deler av dette så vi kan konsentrer os om viktigere ting. For min del går disse dagene til hvile, skulle helst sett de inneholdt hard trening men kroppen min er ikke frisk så hoved prio akkurat nå er å bli frisk.





2.may.2008
Weiterstadt, Germany

Thomas Hamon FRA wins Elite crusier. Tommorow round 11 of the European Champs is on!!


1.may.2008
Weiterstadt, Germany

Our first practice sessions at the track here in germany are over. Track is a little special but cool. Second straight is a pretty big pro section going into a tech rythm at the 3rd straight. Tommorow is crusier day. I am not racing but will watch the mains from the sidelines. Havent been feeling to good this week so we will see how the race goes.

May is here and only a few weeks left till the worlds. I feel a lttle tired after back to back racing for over a month and a lot of travelling, it will be good with some days at home before heading to China! But first off, european finals in Germany!

Norgesmesterskapet Moss 2008:
1. Sebastian Kartfjord
2. Kim Erik Larsen
3. Anders Grønsund

Norgesmester for 2 år på rad! Fornøyd med det. Alikevell følte jeg årets NM var et av de mindre løpene jeg noengang har vært på, både ang deltakere og tillskuere. Rekruteringsarbeid? Etter løpet ble topp 3 i jr og Elite innkallt til doping kontroll, tok meg 1 1/2 time å klemme ut de 175ml som trengtes.

NC3 Gressvik:
1. Sebastian Kartfjord.com
2. Kim Erik Larsen
3. Thomas Sæther

Norgescup på en våt men god gressvik bane. Pleier å kalle den hestebanen siden den beste hesten som regel vinner etter den laaaaaange første sletten. Idag gidde Kim Erik meg god konkurranse rundt banen. Andre gikk i bommen igjen. Den dagen han treffer på alt vil han være med helt i toppen. Ble etter hvert litt lei og sliten. Det er som to verdener å sykle NC i regn uten tillskuere ene helgen så til EM med UCI poeng og OL deltakelse på målstreken for mange den andre helgen. Men men sånn er det. 

19.april.2008
Echichens, Switzerland

1. Maris Strombergs
2. Thomas Allier
3. Sifiso Nhlapo

Rode ok today, the gate is wierd so didnt hit it perfect every time. Qualified from motos, come from behind in the 1/8. Outside in the 1/4 with a really good gate. In the semi I actually hit the gate so was kinda stuck from the start. Got back and had a 4th/5th in the 3rd turn, tire slipped and the cesar crashed in front of me. Lots of excuses, gate wasnt good enough anyways. New day tommorow!


19.april.2008
Lausanne, Switzerland

Yesterdays practice went ok. It got delayed cause of the gate broke down. Gate isnt really random gate - drops at the same point every time. Cause of rain yesterday the hill got really slippery and a couple of riders went down when not using the anti-spin. The crew didnt swep the hill though.

Rain came down all night long. But now its i windy and sunny so track is probably drying up, we`ll see.

Went to the olympic museum today, with was nice. Also saw Fabien Cancellara training on his timetrail bike on our way home.




13.april.2008

David Herman wins SX Adelaide. Freecaster didnt work, but the sound did. And it SOUNDED like Strombergs was leading ill 3rd straight then Herman passed him for the win.

Our race was rained out, track was pretty wet but it worked. First straight was super muddy. After Qualifying both me and Andre has a 1-1-1. So I tought maybe Andre was the biggest competition today. Picked lane 4 with the other ones inside. Had a pretty good gate and held it in. Next race is Switzerland next weekend. If the weather holds up I guess it will be a good race. I am looking forward to it, getting back to real races.

©Svein Hagen/Stavanger Aftenblad


Sven Kvia Cup 2, Klepp

1 Sebastian Kartfjord - Sandnes BMX
2 Kim Erik Larsen - Sola BMX
3 Anders Grønsund - Sandnes BMX


12.april.2008

Summer Games in Norway this August. Prize money PRO PURSE €18.000!!!!!!! Maybe the best prize money in the world for such a race?



12.april.2008
Sandnes, Norway

Today was our first national race of the season. It was held at a track called Sviland just 15minutes from my house. Gate is old school NBL and really slow. Turns are small, open and slows you down quite a bit so its really a stop and go track. You can feel the legs have been working crossing the line. I had motos with Andre Fossa witch is pretty fast theese days, think he will do a good show in Switzerland next weekend. 111. In the main I hade first lane choice but picked 4 cause of a really hard first turn, you dont want to come way inside coming in there. Holeshot, held it and won. Tommorow is another race on a different track, a lot better track, but gate probably sucks there as well.

In the OZ it looks like Donny Robinson picked up a timetrail win followed by Strombergs. By the pictures track looks really good and fun to race. Maybe it is easier to build first straights with lower starting ramp? Thinking about overshooting the first jump. We`ll see how the race goes. Why isnt Freecaster covering our Nationals instead? Probably was a hard decision.

Norgescup/Sven Kvia Cup 1 Sviland

1. Sebastian Kartfjord, Sandnes BMX
2. Anders Grønsund, Sandnes BMX
3. Andre Fossa Ikillyouz, Klepp BMX

Ser ut som Sandnes BMX plukkte opp både 1 og 2 - foregangsklubben!


10.april.2008
Sadnes Norway


New design, was happy with the old one but wanted more "space" for the news instead of that little window. So this is kinda the "trail" version. Also want to try to do updates in both languages. Maybe not every time but there is so much going on in Norway as well so..

Supercross in Australia, Adelaide is hosted this weekend. Freecaster is sending the show sunday. Our team is not going, instead we are staying home doing nationals, way much better races! :D

Ny side. Litt mer plass på denne siden gir meg flere muligheter. Nå vil jeg også prøve å skrive noen nyheter på Norsk. For min del har det vært en litt uvirkelig uke med mye pressedekning, det er ikke jeg vant til. På toppidrettsenteret, med pressekonferanse og 3 journalister som drar i deg og vil intervjue er ikke hverdags for en bmx-syklist, hvertfall ikke undertegnede. Men det har samtidig vært veldig artig og kjekt å bli lagt merke til - få litt opmerksomhet rundt det en gjør.

I går var det også en artikkel om meg i Stavanger Aftenblad og idag om BMX på ruten i Sandnes sentrum i 2009 og 2010.




8.april.2008
Olympic Centre, Oslo, Norway

Today started with some plyos in the gym here at the Olympic training centre in Norways capital Oslo. Its pretty cool here. Going to the gym you meet a lot of celebrity athletes winning both olympic and world medals. Primeminister even came by for some weights. Then later we had invited the press and a lot more people shoved up than expected. So today BMX has been on TV and the biggest newspapers. Did some sprinting and I did a lot of interviews. So it turned out to be a pretty good day! Now we are heading home. Forecasts looks good and hopefully the new gate at my track is done now. Should be good to ride outdoors again, pretty fed up with the indoor dust. Here are some links to videos/interviews with tv and newspapers

NRK - http://www1.nrk.no/nett-tv/distrikt/rogaland/verdi/49602 

Dagbladet - http://www.dagbladet.no/sport/2008/04/08/531939.html 

Aftenposten - http://www.aftenposten.no/webtv/?id=9468&cat=2

4.april.2008
Sandnes, Norway

See my 40 secs of fame on television here.

Did another taking with a TV channel today. They have finally understood whats going on with bmx and olympics. Broght Anders and Andre today for the takings. We spent about 2 hours on a track, the last 40 minutes with pouring rain. Always a little stressfull doing takes like this. So much riding long brakes then full laps again :D

Next worldcup in Australia will be casted on freecaster.tv so check that out next weekend. We are not going, so I guess I`ll be sitting streaming it at home. Track layout is published, even it never turns out that way, take at least 2-3 jumps away from the draft hehe.

3.april.2008
Sandnes, Norway

Se innslagets artikkel jeg gjorde med TV2 i går HER. Last ned innslaget her 

Imorgen er det filming med statskanalen! Travle dager!

2.april.2008
Sandnes, Norway

TV2 SPORTEN I KVELD!

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