Posts Tagged ‘NBL’
Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
This last weekend there were 3 Strider Cup races in the U.S.A. We’re working feverishly to get up photos, race results and interact with parents about their experiences. If you have any photos, video or stories to share check us out on our Strider Facebook or StriderCup Facebook wall! In the meantime here is an inspirational video from YouTube. This little guy is going to make a great head coach some day!
If he would have learned on a Strider the cuteness factor of this speech would have been multiplicatively greater!
Go check out our Facebook wall and share some inspiration in the form of photos, video or Strider success stories from your Strider riders!
Tags: balance bike, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, learning to ride a bike, NBL, Strider Cup, strider prebike, toddler bike, training wheels, tricycle
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Monday, May 23rd, 2011
Are you going to be in the Colorado Rockies for the Memorial day weekend? Maybe you should take an impromptu trip! We’ve added a Strider Cup event during the Keystone Summer Remix. There will be fun for the entire family with some snow left on the mounatin, including: Hawaiian snow tubing, new rails for some fun terrain park sessions, music, mt. biking, scenic gondola rides and of course some Strider Cup Action for the toddlers!
- Strider Family Fun in the Rockies!
Saturday 5/28
9:30 – 12pm Keystone Strider Cup: This one’s for the little tikes a race designed just for them. Come out to the River Run Village and enter your kids in the only Summit County Strider Cup event. Entry is free. Age categories 2yrs – 3yrs // 4yrs – 5 yrs girls and boys ride together. Prizes for top finishers. *Helmets required – everyone who enters the race will be entered into a drawing to win a Strider Bike!9:00am – Registration in River Run Village 10:00 – 10:30am
2yrs / 3 yrs PRACTICE 10:30am – 11:00am – 2yrs / 3 yrs RACE 11:00am – 11:30am
4yrs / 5yrs PRACTICE 11:30am – 12:00pm – 4yrs / 5yrs RACE
12pm – 1pm Rocky Mountain Music – Original Environmental Music & Concerts for Kids featuring Jeff Kagan.
If you’re in the area or want to take a trip to the mountains for the long weekend for some family fun…Do It!
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Tags: balance bike, BMX, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, learning to ride a bike, NBL, prebike, running bike, toddler bike
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Monday, May 16th, 2011
May is National Bicycle Month…are you getting sick of us telling you that yet?
May 16th (Today) – May 20th is Bike to Work Week!
What a great way to start making bikes a larger part of your daily life. It also is a great example for your kids to lead a healthy, fun lifestyle. Check out below the fold for some bike commuting tips and a fun video…
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Tags: bike to work week, Facebook, first bike, IMBA, National Bike Month, NBL, running bike, strider, strider prebike
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Monday, May 9th, 2011
We don’t have all the specifics yet, but the photos and video from Strider Cup Japan are just too good not to share right away. The event was held in niigata and was a huge success! The kids were all very excited to race and the huge crowd had a lot of fun cheering them on.
One interesting thing about the Japanese riders is the amount of customization they do to their Striders. The video has some footage riding around town, practicing at a local dirt park and then goes into the big Strider Cup race!
Strider feels privileged to be a small reprieve from the hard times occurring in Japan recently. It is nice to see kids being kids and their family and friends cheering them on.
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Tags: balance bike, custom, early childhood development, Japan, learning to ride a bike, NBL, Niigata, running bike, strider, Strider Cup, Strider Japan, strider prebike, Team No Pedals
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Tuesday, May 3rd, 2011
A few weekends ago we had the Strider Cup Easter Classic in Sarasota, Florida. John McCarthy, the Sarasota County manager for Tourism and Recreation gave a very enthusiastic report to the Sarasota board of county commissioners.
We love this video because it highlights how important it is to get the guys in ties and suits (not to mention the women in their power suits) involved in making bikes a larger part of the community. It also shows that the biking community can play a vital role in economy and tourism as well.
What has your community done to promote bicycling? It is National Bike Month and all! Do you only bike for exercise/entertainment or have you integrated two wheeled pedal power into your everyday lives?
The Strider portion comes at about 4:58…watch the entire thing or scoot forward.
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Tags: balance bike, BMX, early childhood development, Facebook, first bike, JoJo, learning to ride a bike, NBL, prebike, running bike, strider prebike, toddler bike, training wheels, tricycle
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Wednesday, April 27th, 2011
All the Strider Cup racers were ripping it up in Sarasota this last weekend! Fun was had by all on the fast red dirt of Sarasota BMX‘s track. Below you can check out some great photos from Saturday. You should also bop on over to www.StriderCup.com for some videos, additional photos and official results.
Strider Fun in the Red Dirt of Sarasota!
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Tags: balance bike, BMX, Easter Classic, NBL, running bike, Sarasota BMX, Strider Cup, strider prebike, toddler bike
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Tuesday, April 26th, 2011
Hope all our Strider family had a great Easter. We’ve had bunnies and Striders on our minds so we thought it would be a good time to introduce a more advanced Strider skill: the Bunny Hop!
This guy could bunny hop over a child on a Strider!
Bunny Hop -n: a jump executed by a person riding a bicycle Strider and standing up on the pedals launch pad footrests.
I had to altar the definition a bit to fit with Strider, but the concept is the same for a Strider as with a pedal-bike. The lightness of a Strider along with the launch pads make it easy for toddlers to get off the ground with their bikes, whether they are adding a little extra hang time off of a ramp or bunny hopping on flat land.
Hippity-Hoppity, Hippity-Hoppity, Look at Bode Hop!
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Tags: balance bike, BMX, Bunny Hop, learning to ride a bike, NBL, prebike, running bike, strider, Strider skills, toddler bike
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Thursday, April 21st, 2011
The next two weekends will see some heated Strider Cup action at two Florida NBL venues.
We’re kicking off the action this weekend (4/23 & 4/24) in Sarasota at the Easter Classic in Sarasota! With a newly designed track SarasotaBMX promises to put on some amazing racing action in what is predicted to be “one of the largest national races of the year.”
The turn-out in Georgia was great...how many will be in Florida?
The next weekend (4/30 & 5/1) the Strider Cup rolls into West Palm Beach for the NBL Gator Nationals at Okeeheelee BMX. There should be a fun mix of veterans and newcomers at both events.
Okeeheelee is primed and ready for Strider action!
Join the Strider Conversation on our Facebook wall and meet some other Strider riders on the Strider Cup page. Send photos, comments, video and random oddities to ssblog@stridersports.com
Stride On.
Tags: Easter Classic, Gator Nationals, NBL, Okeeheelee, SarasotaBMX, Strider Cup, strider prebike, West Palm Beach
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Wednesday, April 20th, 2011
Strider made it into two sections in the May 2011 issue of Dirt Bike! The ’New Products’ section had a great write up on the KTM branded model which is perfect for all the future motorbike riders out there.
There was also a great photo in the ‘Bits and Pieces’ section of Bobby Bonds‘ son riding his green Strider through the pits at one his Dad’s races. Bobby was rookie of the year in 2001 and WORCS champion in 2008. Imagine how good his son will be riding with a couple year head start on Bobby!
Two mentions in the same magazine!
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Tags: balance bike, Bobby Bonds, dirt bike magazine, NBL, prebike, running bike, strider, toddler bike, training wheels, tricycle
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Monday, April 18th, 2011
Here is a great video for Monday! Cade is ripping up his neighborhood dirt track with his dog, mountains in the background and last years plant life over his head. (disclaimer: remember to always wear your helmet)
Dirt tracks like this are a great place to get your Strider rider onto some varied terrain. They can be put in with little more than some spare dirt and elbow grease. If you have an amazing Parks department like Striderville does they may just allow it to be built on city land as well!
Recently a group of Strider employees and their families went for an outing at our local dirt jump park. The older kids had a great time trying some new tricks (some even catching air). You could see the confidence level increase in the younger Striderers just from watching the older kids buzz by.
Have Fun, Ride Safe and join the Strider conversation on our Facebook wall! Send Photos, Videos, Stories and other randomness to ssblog@stridersports.com
Tags: BMX, Dirt Jump Park, Facebook, first bike, learning to ride a bike, NBL, prebike, running bike, strider, strider prebike
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