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Happy STRIDERday: BFF Edition

joelhagan — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:18:34 +0000

STRIDER hopes that your children will be BFF (Best Friends Forever) with bicycles. In this particular case BFF stand for ‘Bicycle Film Festival‘. It is a fun video of highlights from the Festival last year. Watch it with your kids and be inspired by the diverse sport/fun/utilitarian thing that is a bicycle.

Make sure to pay close attention at the 2:10 mark…Have a great Saturday!

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Share your Strider success stories, photos, video and interact with other Strider enthusiasts at our newest centralized social media outlet www.StriderLife.com! Join the Strider conversation on our Facebook wall!

Photo Highlights From Reno and Guthrie!

joelhagan — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:36:13 +0000

We have two USA BMX STRIDER World Cup events under our belts…29 to go! We weren’t able to get any video of the events, but we put together a couple slide shows of photos from the Silver Dollar Nationals in Reno, NV and the Sooner Nationals in Guthrie, OK.

Enjoy, then go and add your comments, photos or video to the conversation at StriderLife.

(Reno)

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(Guthrie)

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Six More Weeks of Winter!

joelhagan — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 23:52:27 +0000

: Jason Cohn / Reuter

Happy Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil came out of hibernation this morning and saw his shadow. We’ll have to wait and see if this actually forecasts six more weeks of Winter or not, but with the weather we’ve been having in Striderville lately it wouldn’t be so bad.

Even if it does get cold and wintry Have no fear STRIDER is indoor friendly! With no grease from a chain to worry about, lightweight construction, non-marking tires and a tight turning radius you can bring them into the house if you do happen to get snowed in. Head over to StriderLife and add your suggestions to where to ride inside when the weather gets too cold.

Announcing The STRIDER Rider Calendar Contest!

joelhagan — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:53:21 +0000

Do you have a bunch of great photos of your adorable (most of the time) STRIDER rider(s) on your hard drive? Would you like to see him/her on the ‘2013 STRIDER Rider Calendar’? Share your photos (January Entries and February Entries) with the Strider Life community! Each month the employees of Strider Sports International will pick their favorite photo of STRIDER fun from those uploaded. That month’s photo will:

1. be in the calendar for 2013

2. be the banner photo for the next month of 2012 on the Strider PREbike facebook page!

3. The top photo each month will receive a $200 product voucher for bikes, accessories or parts from the Strider Sports webstore. The 2nd place photo each month will receive a $100 product voucher for the Strider Sports webstore and the 3rd place photo with the will receive a $50 product voucher!”

Rules and Regulations:
- By uploading the image to www.StriderLife.com you are releasing the copyright of the image for use by Strider Sports International, Inc. for promotional purposes in perpetuity.
- Individuals may post 1 photo per month with the thread for each month opening on the 1st day of the month. *see below for exceptions.
- The winning photos for each month will be tallied at 4:30 MST the last day of each month.
- The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be notified through the “conversation” function on Strider Life and will need to submit a higher resolution image by email after being notified.
- Photos are welcome from all over the globe! Keep in mind that shipping, should you win, will come out of the product voucher.
- * The winning photos will be sent to the printer in the middle of October, thus the Oct., Nov, and Dec forum threads will be open to post photos as of 9/15/12 and winners will be chosen for all three months on 10/15/12 at 4:30 MST. The photos for January and February will be chosen on February 29th.

Results Are In From The Sooner Nationals!

joelhagan — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:32:35 +0000

We had a great showing of STRIDER riders for the USA BMX Sooner Nationals in Guthrie, Oklahoma. There were 20 racers, representing 6 states (some as far away as California)! STRIDER racers from CowTown BMX from Fort Worth Texas took first place in the 4 and 5 year old classes…way to represent!

Head over to StriderLife.com and share your photos, videos and stories from the the Sooner Nationals.

2 YO & UNDER STRIDER

[1] GORAN DJUROVIC
[2] JAYDEN WERNER – FORT WORTH, TX
[3] JAK JOHNSON – STILLWATER, OK
[4] MARIA YOUNG – LITTLE ROCK, AR
[5] REVYN MASSEY – HOMINY, OK
[6] GAVIN BUSH – AUSTIN, TX

3 Year Old STRIDER
[1] COOPER WILLIAMS – SILOAM SPRINGS, AR
[2] JAKOB KRENEK – TUCSON, AZ
[3] MATTHEW MCLEOD – EULESS, TX
[4] LIBERTY NORRIS – LINCOLN, NE
[5] PEYTON FIGARD – OKLAHOMA CITY, OK
[6] ANGELA YOUNG – LITTLE ROCK, AR

4 Year Old STRIDER
[1] PEYTON PRICHARD – COWTOWN BMX, BENBROOK, TX
[2] RYDER GALE – CORONA, CA
[3] KYLIE SILVER – SAN ANTONIO, TX

5 Year Old STRIDER
[1] JACOB PRICHARD – COWTOWN BMX, FORT WORTH, TX
[2] LAUREN CLAYTON – EDMOND, OK
[3] MIAH CHASE – CROSBY, TX
[4] DYLAN YEAGER – AMARILLO, TX
[5] MAESON NORRIS – LINCOLN, NE

Happy STRIDERday: Monster Jam Edition!

joelhagan — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:19:10 +0000

In 1981 Dennis Anderson began his career with the original ‘Grave Digger‘ as a dominant mud bogger. After 30 years and several incarnations, Grave Digger is still going strong with Dennis behind the wheel!

It is very hard not to be impressed by a Monster Jam monster truck, especially if you’re a kid!

Check out the newest Monster Jam STRIDER video with a cameo from Dennis Anderson and then get out and enjoy your STRIDERday!

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1970′s BMX Roots!

joelhagan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:13:26 +0000

This weekend is the Sooner Nationals in Guthrie, Oklahoma! It is the second stop in the Strider World Cup racing season as we storm the newly formed USA BMX. We are super excited about helping the next generation of BMX racers and bicycle enthusiasts to get on two wheels earler than ever before.

To get all you parents and kids stoked for the Strider World Cup here is a great video talking about Bicycle Motocross’ roots. Pretty neat to see how the sport has evolved since the 1970′s. Enjoy this flashback to Soledad Sands and have a great weekend no matter what your plans are! Leave a note in the comments if you have any memories from this era or recognize anybody from the video.

BMX legend and STRIDER’S own Greg “the Machine” Hill was the 1979 Amateur Men’s #1 Title.

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Strider Cup Results From the Striderville Extreme Indoor Enduro!

joelhagan — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:59:06 +0000

Last Saturday the next generation of Enduro racers got to warm up the track with some STRIDER Cup racing action! 34 kids came out to race on a challenging course with obstacles that included tires, logs and some mud for good measure.

Head over to www.StriderLife.com and share your photos and reactions.

2 Year Olds

[1] Bailey Merchant #202

[2] Spenser Orozco #201

[3] Caedmaon Hauck #203

[4] John Farrar #209

3 Year Olds

[1] Liah Torpy #301

[2] Kason Barry #303

[3] Finnan Wheaton #302

[4] Claire Reth #306

[5] Talia Hagan #305

[6] Cole Brumbaugh #304

[7] Quinn Mason #308

[8] Leah Belmore #307

4 Year Olds

[1] Taycen Bertolotto #408

[2] Ronan Wheaton #402

[3] Landyn Kruske #407

[4] Evan Adams #403

[5] Tanner Engesser #406

[6] Evan Duncan #411

[7] Gavin Chiaroni #409

[8] Bridger Massa #401

[9] Kendall Wittenberg #410

[10] David Lewis #405

[11] Rush Turner #404

5 Year Olds

[1] Kadin Gonzales #502

[2] Gavin Spellman #503

[3] Jackson Morrison #507

[4] Brady Johnson #508

[5] Hunter Merchant #504

[6] Payton Powles #511

[7] Alexa Jacobs #501

[8] Wyatt Brumbaugh #506

[9] Holden Harmon #509

[10] Maddy Arehart #505

[11] Freddie Reth #510

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Happy STRIDERday: Electric Edition!

joelhagan — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:39:52 +0000

We thought we’d seen just about every customization you could think of for a STRIDER until we ran across stew0511′s YouTube Videos! His son is the (seemingly) fearless test rider for the first ever electric STRIDER.

Talk about a lightweight KTM ~~motorcycle~~ motorSTRIDER!

Now get off the computer and have some fun with your kids. Have a great Saturday…and don’t forget to head out for some STRIDER racing tonight in Rapid City, SD if you’re around!

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The Silver Dollar National Results Are In!

joelhagan — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:23:25 +0000

Last weekend was the first National races for the newly formed USA BMX and Strider Cup was very pleased to be a part of it! There were 18 STRIDER racers from 2 to 5 years old rocking the main track in Reno, NV.

Check out the top racers in each age group then head over to www.StriderLife.com to share your stories from race day!

2 Year Olds

[1] Jacob Krenek

[2] Izaak Fujon

[3] Braxton Rollins

3 Year Olds

1. Solonan Kaniauu

2. Avery Chavez

4/5 Year Olds

1. Landon Haffman

2. Aedan McKinnon

3. Ryder Gale

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