125 and 250ccm Shootout, Carey Hart Story, Supercross and german races. A lot of good pics and news.

Roadstory with BMX, Motocross and Mountainbike, Steve Peat interview, Freeride test and X-mas giveaway

       Race Leipzig

1. Jeremy McGrath USA  Yamaha 
2. Mike Larocco USA  Honda
3. Thierry Bethys FRA  Honda 
4. Greg Albertyn RSA  Suzuki  
5. Joshua Coppins NZL  Corona   
6. Jussi Vehvilainen FIN  Honda  
7. Pierrick Paget FRA  Honda  
8. Joaquim Rodrigues POR   Honda   
9. Jerome Hemery FRA Kawasaki   
10. Rodrig Thain FRA Suzuki

 Overall

1. Mike Larocco USA Honda
2. Greg Albertyn RSA Suzuki 
3. Thierry Bethys FRA Honda 
4. Jeremy McGrath USA Yamaha 
5. David Vuillemin FRA Yamaha 
6. Joshua Coppins NZL  Suzuki   
7. Pierrick Paget FRA Honda
8.  Rodrig Thain FRA Suzuki 
9. Joaquim Rodrigues POR Honda
10. Jussi Vehvilainen FIN  Honda

Freeriding Days auf La Palma 23.11.00 - 30.11.00 Flott im Pott 16.06.01 Flott im Pott 17.06.01 Fahrtechnik Workshop mit Holger Meyer 22.06 - 24.06.01 Frauen Workshop 22.06 - 24.06.01 Robinson Club Piz Buin in Klosters 30.06.01 - 07.07.01 Val Müstair 07.07. - 14.07.01 Val Müstair 08.09. - 15.09.01 Freeriding Days auf La Palma 15.11 - 22.11.01 Infos: www.dierasenmaeher.de

Paranoia is a new Downhill video from Mountainbike Downhill Magazine in Germany with some Motocross and BMX stuff in it. It is 35 min. long and has stuff from Germany and some european World Cups. Some of it is really good but at some parts you think the guy at the camera was totally drunk.

We heard that Karim Amour is leaving the Vouilloz-Racing Team for a new ride with Diamondback. The free place in the Vuouilloz Team will be filled by Downhill, Dual and BMX rider Michael Deldycke who rode the 2000 season for Taillefer and the france TV superstar and nice guy, formerly sunn rider Stephan Jany.

Team Be One signs contract with Spanish downhill rider Oscar Saiz, French top-10 cross country rider Ludovic Dubau and Italian cross-country rider Annabella Stropparo. Also 2000 team members Mickaël Pascal, Bas de Bever and Corine Dorland will race under the Be One flag again for 2001. Oscar Saiz came over from Subaru Specialized to team up with Pascal and De Bever. After a consistent 2000 season with a lot of top-10 finishes Saiz was looking for a new challenge for 2001 which he found at Be One. Annabella Stropparo came over from Volvo Cannondale and joins Dutch national champion Corine Dorland( BMX worldchampion and extremly good looking) in women’s cross-country. Bas de Bever resigned for Be One. De Bever who had an extremely good year in 2000 with several podium places has his whole year been connected to Team Be One. And will continue racing on the orange bike together with French top-talent Mickaël Pascal, who will continue to look for his first World cup win in 2001.

The invert vertical sports carnival was back in Anaheim, Ca this year with a bigger and better show. With 6 pro competitions going on and over 100 companies with displays, there was something for everyone. One of the most exciting events of the Carnival was the Pro Sprint Trials. 40 of the worlds top Pro BMX racers were in attendance to chase after the $4000 first place prize and over $10,000 total pro purse. With an awesome track layout designed by Robbie Miranda and Todd Corbitt, the invert sprint course was going to offer some great racing, With a 25ft steep staring ramp, racers would mostly rely on keeping smooth and pumping the double jumps that lined the course. Very little pedaling was required, so it was all about skill. Christophe Leveque was the top qualifier with Thomas Allier close behind. When the brackets in the head to head formatted race went up, there was some intense racing. Early rounds included Brian Lopes against Leveque and Allier against

Robert MacPherson. As the rounds passed, the stand out riders were Allier, Leveque, Florent Boutte, Wade Bootes, Kyle Bennett and Robert Dewilde. When the last 4 riders stood, it was to be Leveque Vs Bennett, and Allier Vs Dewilde. As both races went off, Leveque was slightly edged out by Bennett, and Allier took a commanding victory over Dewilde. When the final round started, Allier let Bennett know who was boss from the stat, as he took a large lead just after the start and dominated the first of 2 rounds. In the 2nd Rounds, Allier once again proved his power and Skill and took the win, as well as the Overall victory! Thomas added one more tittle to his best pro racing season ever, with the NBL #1 Pro title and UCI World Championship.

20 of the worlds top pro vert riders were in attendance to chase after the $4000 first place prize and over $10,000 total pro purse.Hot Wheels/GT's John Parker was one of the crowd favorites from the beginning of practice, and he wasn't about to let his fans down. John unleashed a full bag of tricks in the finals The format was a one minute run, and then a 25 minute jam, where the ten finalists took turns to out do each other. At the end of the jam, it was evident to all that it was between John and Kevin Robinson/Hoffman Bikes for the overall win. John was looking to better his 2nd place finish from Invert last year, and when the judges scores were tallied up and announced, John had done just that, taking the invert pro vert title home for 2000.

SNAP January

Second part of the Vans triple crown BMX race with great pictures - NBL Grands with Allier taking the title - big photo pages and cool stuff.

Brian Lopes, has just negotiated an agreement with GT to be his exclusive bicycle sponsor commencing January 2001. Lopes is breaking out of the typical mountain bike racing mold where nearly all the top ranked riders are associated with a big team. He will be competing as an individual, independent rider, under a program he has created with his own sponsors. His team will be called GT-Fox. Lopes is the current World Cup Dual Champion and a resident of Laguna Beach California, just a few miles from GT world headquarters. Lopes is eager to climb aboard GT's I-Drives and to be riding what he called "the best riding full suspension bikes in the world."  Last year Lopes was out training with Team GT's Katja Repo doing some downhill runs. He jumped on her bike for one of the runs and after just the first section stopped, exclaiming  " Wow! Are you sure this is a downhill bike? The pedaling is unbelievable!" Lopes' other sponsors include, Fox Clothing, Oakley, Shimano, Rock Shox, Bell, Maxxis, THE and  Alpinestars. His schedule will include the World Cup and NORBA events where he will focus on the Dual and take in some downhill action as well. He will also race with the GT BMX team for the Vans Triple Crown series and select Nationals.

Dirt nov/dec 2000

Motocoss backflip sequence, Interbike Las Vegas, Swatch Biker-X in England, big Roadstory with DH/DL World Cup, Avalanche cup in England and more.  

Freedom dec/jan

German freestyle Championships, very good Matti Röse interview, big stories about the X-Games and  about King of Concrete plus a lot more cool stuff.  

SNAP 50^th

Big lookback on the last 50 issues of SNAP, Dirt competition at the X-Games, great pictures and a lot of ads.  

Dennis Stratmann gives us some words about downhill and his life! more

After winning the first round of the FIM supercross worldchampionships in Paris he became the new King of Bercy in Paris/Bercy. He won all of the six main events. With Tortelli getting second overall and Pichon getting third it was an all french podium.

250 OVERALL RESULTS:

(King of Bercy)
1. David Vuillemin, Yamaha
2. Sebastien Tortelli, Honda
3. Mickael Pichon, Suzuki
4. Damon Huffman, Suzuki
5. Michael Byrne, Honda

Clifford Adoptante won both days of the Pace Freestyle Motocross series in Oakland. Look at how they treat the winner.

Pace Freestyle Motocross Series

Friday
1. Clifford Adoptante
2. Mike Jones
3. Trevor Vines

Saturday
1. Clifford Adoptante
2. Trevor Vines
3. Mike Jones