Bruce Watman is a good friend of RSABOUT and gave the brand plenty of exposure in the Track Attack BMX racing series held across six track in Melbourne, Victoria recently. He was racing in the 30-44 years cruiser class that featured a number of very fast riders. By combining skill, luck and persistence he managed to take out first place for the class. Well done Bruce.

If you were to count up the total age of riders in the last photo it’s probably about the same as the total of all the other younger classes. Thanks to Ian for the photo.

Bruce on the podium for Track Attack 2009

BMX team rider Luke Parker entered the Junior Park class and from what I guess to be around 30 riders he qualified 5th for the final in the Saturday session. Come Sunday morning it was the finals and two, one minute runs counting by using the average. Most riders were concentrating on the top part of the course and only doing a couple of tricks down on the street section. Good thing really because from where I was I couldn’t see that section very well. The final result for Luke was 6th (I previously wrote 5th) in the final.

Unfortunately Andrew Gul injured his knee earlier in the week and wasn’t able to ride. Oh well, hope it is better for Cam White’s Hillside Jam.

Here’s a few photos of Luke from the Saturday qualifying and Sunday final.

Luke Parker BMX Games Qualifying

Luke Parker Sunday Final BMX Games

Luke Parker Sunday Final BMX Games

Luke Parker Sunday Final BMX Games

We’ve added three new large RSABOUT logo t-shirts to the range. These probably represent the last of the logo t-shirts (for now anyway) and new releases will be less about the RSABOUT logo and more about the designs. Stay tuned.

Economic t-shirt by RSABOUT
Waterfront t-shirt by RSABOUT
Day One t-shirt by RSABOUT

Large logo t-shirts by RSABOUT

Team rider Luke Parker is racing the first four rounds of the Track Attack 2009 series before trying his hand at the BMX Games on the weekend. As I sit here writing this post round 3 is underway. I thought it best if I didn’t go to this round as I’m not sure I’m a good influence on Luke. I went riding on Saturday and called in afterwards to check out the end of the racing. I arrived just in time to see Luke go down in the second corner of his semi and miss qualifying for the final. No pictures so I though I’d head out Sunday to watch round 2. Get a good position near the first corner only to see Luke go down in the first corner of his first moto. Not a good start to the day and with the competitive A Pro class that makes it all but impossible to progress out of the motos. Oh well, better luck for the rest of the races Luke.

Bruce Watman was also sporting the RSABOUT colours and he and Paul Morris was having a great battle. Good to see an older guy giving the youngster a run for his money.

Thanks to Mark and Ian for the photos as all the ones I took were useless!

Luke Parker racing in Track Attack 2009

Bruce Watman racing in Track Attack 2009

Bruce Watman and Paul Morris racing in Track Attack 2009

Team riders Andrew Gul and Luke Parker will be competing in the BMX GAMES to be held at Melbourne Docklands over the Australia Day long weekend from 24-26 January. More information about session times can be found at the BMX Games website.

It will be an especially busy week and a half for Luke who is racing A Pro in the first few rounds of Track Attack 2009 then putting the race bike away and grabbing the street bike for the BMX Games. More details can be found at the Track Attack 2009 website.

Good luck guys.

Rockstar Energy Drink BMX Games

Track Attack 2009

When Luke and I were first talking about sponsorship I said I’d like regular updates of riding photos so I could included them in the news items. This isn’t what I had in mind though. It is the result of a failed whip air at the Box Hill skatepark. Ouch.

Luke at hospital

Luke's eye injury

Luke sent through some photos taken around Melbourne over the last few days. Oh to be back at school where the summer holidays means out riding all day…

Luke at the Lilydale bowl

Luke at the Lilydale bowl

Luke at the Lilydale bowl

Luke at Hill 'n' Dale