The BMX community agrees that this video has been long overdue. It represents BMX (at least the best parts of it) in full and restores the pride of the rider. No backflip tailwhips. Sorry! No judges or timers. Sorry! Just fun times with fun people and a bicycle. Why not?

If you're a rider who's also interested in military tech, guns, or even just the military personnel themselves this might as well be the perfect documentary for you. Bikes Over Baghdad has proven to be a great success. Maybe entertainment venues are wearing thin on the soldiers. Been there done that. But dudes hucking bikes into the air risking injury... Nothing better, right?

Here's an unfortunate incident at a recent ABA race involving Denzel Stein and Riley Stair as Stein's fork tube snaps, which must show the pressure these guys pump transitions with, which sends him to the ground tripping up Riley, sending him into the air. This is the major con of having light bike parts.

As most of us prepared for a big day of stuffing our faces with delicious Thanksgiving foods, former world mountain biking champion Melissa "The Missile" Giove learned her fate from a federal judge in upstate New York.

The judge sentenced the 38-year-old former world champ to six months of home detention and five years' probation on Wednesday.

Giove pleaded guilty to a drug charge stemming from her arrest in 2009, when authorities say she drove 350 pounds of marijuana from California to Saratoga County. Her lawyer said Giove turned to marijuana trafficking after head injuries ended her biking career and sapped her financially.

The Missile was known for her ability to dodge obstacles at high speeds as she flew down the mountain on her bike, but escaping jail time for drug trafficking may be her most fortunate maneuver yet.

This is another chapter in the interesting life of Giove who was famous for wearing a dead piranha around her neck, and rode with the ashes of deceased pets tucked into her sports bra.

Giove's style propelled her to 14 NORBA downhill titles and 11 World Cup victories, including the 1994 Downhill World Championships.



Photo courtesy of Bike Magazine.

BMX visionary Dane Searls died Friday morning at Gold Coast Hospital in Australia, according to a statement from the Queensland Police. Searls was 23 years-old.

On November 21st Searls was hospitalized in critical condition after attempting to jump without his bike from the balcony of a popular night spot in Queensland, Australia, into a pool.

Searls sustained traumatic head and back injuries, and was unable to break out of a coma since the accident.



Searls will be remembered by the BMX community for his part in creating the Giants of Dirt project in 2010. The project consisted of a series of progressively larger jumps elevating the sport to a whole new level.

Fellow BMX star TJ Lavin who has battled through serious injuries himself had this to say, "Such a shame you had to leave us so early. You'll forever be missed.Your 2nd home just got a little dimmer too. Love you brother."

R.I.P Dane Searls.

Photo courtesy of Unit Clothing.