Free Agent Dominates ABA/UCI Disney Cup in Orlando

November 1st, 2009

Factory Free Agent dominated this past weekend at the ABA/UCI Disney Cup in Orlando Florida, winning Elite/AA all 3 days!!

This was the last National event of the ABA 2009 season going into the Grand Nationals next month in Tulsa Oklahoma, where Free Agent's Olympic Champion Maris Strombergs leads the Pro Points standings, with American Free Agent Racer Kyle Bennett sitting in 3rd!

17-year-old Connor Fields also goes into the Grand Nationals leading the points standings for 17 Expert after dominating in Orlando.

Day 1 ABA National
1st Kyle Bennett
2nd Cristian Becerine
1st Connor Fields
4th Fausto Endara

Day 2 UCI
1st Cristian Becerine
1st Connor Fields

Day 3 ABA National 2
1st Kyle Bennett
1st Connor Fields (Also winning Disney Cup Overall)

Photo courtesy bmxnow.com

Strombergs Takes UCI Supercross, Conner Fields Earns Bronze

September 27th, 2009

Olympic gold medalist Maris Strombergs (LAT) scored a huge victory at round three of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Chula Vista, California. Australian Sam Willoughby narrowly earned Silver just in front Free Agent Factory racer Connor Fields.

Maris got the the holeshot from lane one and led wire-to-wire, while 17-year-old Conner Fields, back from injury earlier this year was fourth into the first turn. Conner moved into third on the second to last straight and pulled even with Aussie Sam Willoughby in the final berm. Connor just missed the Silver medal by a 1/4 second, but to earn Bronze after his comeback is remarkable.

Another great weekend for Free Agent. Click here for video of the race.

Check out Dale Holmes on the cover of BMXToday

Free Agent Captures Three National #1 Plates for 2009

September 8th, 2009

This past weekend was the NBL Grand National Championships in Kentucky. Great weekend for the Team. Kyle Bennett made his return to racing and was already looking good making the final in day 1. Kyle rode consistantly and used this race to get back up to speed so he can focus the rest of the year on the ABA and UCI World Cup series. Fausto Endara made the trip over from Equador and placed 3rd and 4th in Super X. Cristian Becerine had a great weekend making the podium both days with a 3rd and a 2nd, finishing with 3rd overall. Maris Strombergs came in as points leader, won day 1 and confirmed the NBL National Championship Elite title day 2. Dale Holmes, took the Masters NBL Title and Connor Fields took the 16 Expert Grand National win which also gave him the title!

Overall results:

Maris Strombergs - NBL Elite National Champion #1 Plate

Dale Holmes - NBL Masters National Champion #1 Plate

Connor Fields - NBL 16 Expert National Champion #1 Plate

Cristian Becerine - Elite National #3 Plate

Fausto Endara - Super X National #4 Plate

Congratulations to Factory Free Agent on another great season!

UK Free Agent Team Wins British Championship Team Trophy

June 11th, 2009

Last weekend UK Free Agent Team swept rounds 5 and 6 of the Britsh National Championships. We had 6 wins and took home the Team Trophy.

"Silky" Taylor Johnson (7x) - 6th, 7th
Lewis "The Bull" Locker (8x) - 5h, 5th
"Blackjack" Dominic Skidmore (15-16) - 4th
Jordan "The Cat" Perry (15-16) - 5th
"The Machine" Jack Hall (15-16) - 1st, 2nd
Lee Alexander (Masters) - 3rd, 2nd (20") 1st cruiser
Dale Holmes (19+) - 1st, 1st
Kelvin Batey (Elite) - 1st, 1st

Factory Free Agent Tom Haugen featured on VERSUS Network VS.

June 13th, 2009

ASA ACTION SPORTS WORLD TOUR from Minneapolis. Free Agent Xtreme Rider Tom Haugen will be featured on Versus Network (VS.) Saturday, June 13 at 3pm. Tom actually knocked himself unconcious during the ASA Action Sports World Tour filming, but already had a days worth of video in the can. Be sure to set the DVR.

Factory Free Agent Dale Holmes Cristian Becerine and Maris Strombergs hold training clinic at Fresno NBL National

May 16th, 2009

Free Agent Pros Dale, Cristian and Maris held a 3 hour rider clinic with the about 25 local riders taking part even though temperatures reached 100 degrees out on the track.


In addition to the racing, the Free Agent Pros Maris, Kyle, Cristian and Dale were invited to dinner Saturday night with the Fresno City Board Members, and the NBL officials, as a token of thanks for supporting the Fresno race venue. They have spent millions on this facility, which includes a BMX track, BMX Trails and a MTB Park and it is probably the best venue in the country. The guys also did interviews for TV during the race weekend.

 

Factory Free Agent Breaks Out Big At Florida ABA National

 

February 23rd, 2009

Another good weekend for the Free Agent Team at the ABA Oldsmar, Florida Nationals.

Saturday (Day 1) was the UCI event, which was filmed for NBC, and once again great coverage for Factory Free Agent with Cristian Becerine taking a huge win against the World's best. Cristian has spent the last 2 months training hard and now it is starting to come through for 2009 with his first big win of the year. To make it even better, it's going to be broadcast on NBC Nationwide in the next few months! Great job Big C!

European, World and Olympic Champion, Maris Strombergs, was running 2nd to Cristian in the final but was ridden off the track by another rider, ending a chance of a Free Agent 1st and 2nd.

Conner Fields (Junior Men) had another great weekend in Florida and more TV time, with a 1st and 2nd on Saturday and another 1st on Sunday. Connor has just been invited to go to Colombia in a few weeks for a big event, so looks like a busy month coming up for the Con Man!

Kyle Bennett was back on track in Florida. After a mistake in qualifying on Saturday, Kyle came back with a 3rd in Sunday's final behind Donny Robinson, who won, and teammate Maris Strombergs in 2nd. 2 Free Agent Pros on Sunday's podium was good to see.

Latvian Free Agent Flow Team rider and Maris' training partner, Kristaps Konrads, had another consistent weekend placing 6th in Sunday's A Pro finals and some more great American racing experience.

In the Vet Pro class this weekend, Dale Holmes placed 3rd on Saturday and 2nd on Sunday.

All in all, another good weekend for the Factory Free Agent, taking 8 podiums over the 2 days and some great TV coverage.

 

2009 Bicycles are Now Available

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2009 Free Agent Bicycles are now on the Free Agent BMX.com website.

Please click here to view the 2009 bicycle models. Most 2009 models are now in stock and should start arriving in authorized Free Agent dealers in early November.

 

Olympic Champion Maris Strombergs with Free Agent for 2009

October 27, 2008

Olympic BMX Gold Medalist Maris Strombergs from Latvia has agreed to ride Free Agent for 2009.

Strombergs will contest the NBL and ABA Championships.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tom Haugen Go211.com and Vitalbmx.com Interview and Go211.com Video

August 6th, 2007

Tom has a brand new interview and video on line. C;ick the following links to view.

Click here to watch the Vital BMX Tom Haugen interview. 

Click here to watch Tom's latest go211.com interview.

Check the cool pic of Tom at X-Games XIII. Photo by John Povah/Etnies BMX Team Manager

For all the specific dates and locations of where he'll be, check out Tom's myspace page (myspace.com/tomhaugen) and while you're at it check out the Free Agent myspace page (myspace.com/freeagentbmx) where you can win the exact bike Tom rides.

Get Free Agent Clothing at the Free Agent On-Line Store

You can now purchase Free Agent clothing through our new On-Line Store and have it delivered to your front door.

Of course you can still get your favorite Free Agent bicycles and accessories from your Authorized Free Agent Dealer, but now you have two options.

 

 

 

(photo courtesy of XBR magazine)