Wenatchee Valley BMX
This is a History / Time line ofWenatchee Vally BMX & BMX Happings
in the Wenatchee, Washington Area.
This history/timeline is from todays date back to 1978.
For other up to date Biking events in the Wenatchee area,
Please see: Wenatchee Biking Info
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Moses Lake, Washington   ( Click on photo for more photos ) A bmx event took place on Saturday November 12th 2005 at the Moses Lake BMX track With dirt jumping and BMX Racing. BMX riders from all over showed up for the bmx event. A well job done everyone - ( More ) Click Here! for Moses Lake BMX |
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Moses Lake, Washington 10/18/2005  ( Click on photo for full sized Flyer ) COOL! A Moses Lake BMX Event ~~~ November 12th, 2005 ~~~ Registration is at 11 am - 12 noon. Free Racing for all ages. You Must have a Helmet to race. Will be some freestyle demonstrations and ( More) Click Here! for Moses Lake BMX |
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Chelan, Washington 08/27/2005   New Skate Park Ramps Are Big Hit. Jumpin' and Grindin', Chelan recently completed installtion of new ramps at the Chelan Skate Park at Don Morse Park.The ramps seems to be meeting with overwhelming approval from the people who are useing them. ( More ) Click Here! for Chelan Skate Park |
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Quincy, Washington 08/18/2005 The Quincy BMX track is seeking restoration. - The city council heard suggestions for the city to restore its BMX bike track back to its original condition. - The mayor and council members all agreed that they would have to discuss the request............... Click Here! for Quincy BMX Track |
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Cashmere, Washington 07/15/2005  Cashmere Skate Park, Shuts Down & Removed The City Of Cashmere has now shut down & closed & removed the skate park due to abuse such as trash and vandalism and illegal activities in at the skate park. No skate park supporters attended meetings, so the city council voted to close it down on July 15, 2005 Click Here! for Cashmere Skate Park |
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Moseslake, Washington 10/15/2004  Moseslake BMX Track Complex The BMX Track has been proposed and the Moseslake city council has approved the funds for building an ABA BMX dirt race track. The Track is now a reality, with A 1,000-plus-foot-long bmx track, - Two thousand yards of topsoil neatly packed into jumps and turns, as a brand-new BMX bicycle track nears completion in Moses Lake. The track is located next to the Larson Park Batting cages. See - http://www.genesbmx.com/moseslake-bmx.html |
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Some BMX Style in Wenatchee 2004  Robin Fenlon doing a tailwhip transfer at the trails in Wenatchee, Washington.  Morgan Wade doing a T-down flip at the trails in Wenatchee, Washington. |
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Leavenworth, Washington  Leavenworth Skate Park A Ribbon Cutting to open the new Leavenworth Skate Park thats is located at Chumstick Hwy. at the foot of the Cascade High Schools parking lot on May 28th 2004 The $140,000 project is a reality ( more ) |
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 ( Click photo for more pic`s ) Wenatchee Skate Park 11-17-2003 A bit cold out, but it looked like everyone was happy and having fun. The BMXers where bmxing and the Skateboarders where a skating. Both groups seem to be getting along with each other. Allowing BMX bicycles at Wenatchee Skate Park would be a good idea and lots cheeper than building a new bmx half pipe less then 300 feet from the skate park. Both groups seem to get along with each other, Just change the park rules. and just let everyone have fun at the skate park. http://www.genesbmx.com/petition.html |
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August 10, 2003  ( Click Photo for more pic`s ) A BMXer showing some good style at the Cashmere Skate Park in Cashmere. BMX Is an Extreme Olympic Sport and is set to be in the 2008 Olympics. With the sport being granted full Olympic status, Lots of BMX riders in the Chelan County areas do not have any places to ride bmx bicycles. With no places for the youth to ride bmx bikes, lots of the youth lose the opportunity to further their Olympic dreams. "Opportunitys are lost" Its something for all to think about. Fair Play - BMX riders shouldn't be excluded from a skateboard park. The two can-and should-mix. For more on how, see: BMX and Skateparks Geneb...Wenatchee,Washington-USA All Things Northwest in BMX! ***** Gene`s BMX ***** |
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October 30, 2002 Chelan Skate Park Opens!  Click Here for Chelan Skate Park |
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Lake Chelan Gets a Skate Park! After several years of fits and starts, proponents of a skate park at Lake Chelan are finally on a roll. A 1,100-square-foot, steel-reinforced concrete slab with about 15 ramps will take shape at Don Morse Park this spring. Voting 5-2, the Chelan City Council approved the project Click Here for Chelan Skate Park |
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 Asplund`s Outdoor Sports 1544 N. Wenatchee Ave. Wenatchee,Wa.98801 On December 31, 2001 Asplund`s Closes its doors. Asplund`s was a big supporter for lots of biking events in the Wenatchee area. |
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 On October 9th 2001 at a City of Wenatchee Parks Board meeting, the Parks board said YES to a BMX Dirt Jumping Park. Problems between the skateboarders and the bmx bike riders at the skateboard park have been flaming up for some time now. The City of Wenatchee Parks Board helped ease the tension by giving some space in the same park(Pioneer Park)to the bmx bike riders to build dirtjumps. Click here for Wenatchee BMX Dirt Jumping Park |
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 09-13-2001 Leavenworth Wa. Starts fund raising for a skateboard park. Click here for Leavenworth Skate Park |
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 06-22-2001 Cashmere,Wa. gets a Skateboard Park. Click here for Cashmere Skate Park |
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 Photo by Gene`s BMX May 5th, 2001 Forget the bummper to bummper Cars on Apple Blossom 2001 This Girl was Cruzing the Wenatchee Ave. on her BMX, and getting ther fast! |
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 Photo by Gene`s BMX July 20th 2000 SopeLake,Wa. A BMXer Jumps his bike at the Sand Pits, Getting big Air! |
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 Photo By Tom Williams , Wenatchee World staf June,2000 GETTIN A JUMP ON SUMMER With school being out for just one week,Josh Ingram 13,of Wenatchee,is wasting no time getting the most of his summer vacation.Monday afternoon found him launching his BMX bike off an submerged concrete fishing dock at WallaWalla Point park. He landed in waist-deep water and wheeled his bike the few feet to the shore to go again. The Columbia River is still running high,making the dock a perfect ramp. |
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 AKA Wenatchee Cycle & Toy 228 South Wenatchee Ave. Wenatchee,Wa. Closes Its Doors In May, 2000 Wenatchee Cycle,was a big supporter for the Wenatchee BMX Track.& lots of other biking events in the Wenatchee area. |
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 Photo By Tom Williams , Wenatchee World staf June 1999 3 Wenatchee Boys cooling off as Summer Brake starts Jummping ther BMX bike in to The Columbia River at Hydro Park |
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 Photo by Tom Williams Wenatchee World 07-20-1998 Dennis Langlais,a member of Diamonback`s three man BMX stunt team, jumps over (from left) Chad Lochman,12,EastWenatchee;Ty McGrew,12,EastWenatchee; Eddy Kavanaugh,11,Wenatchee;Michael Marboe,6,Wenatchee; and Dustin May,11,EastWenatchee,during a performance at Asplund`s parking lot on Sunday.Organizer Gene Sharratt said the event,sponsored by Sunrise Rotary,raised $409. The money will be used by Kids First,a group started by Sharratt this spring to raise money for children in Chelan and Douglas counties.Sharratt said about 400 people attended the three performances Sunday afternoon,Cooper Helm,7,Wenatchee was the winner of a BMX bike raffled off during the event. |
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New trail means freestyle bike riders don't have to seach for open fields, By ANTHONY PEREZ, Wenatchee World staff writer Spring of 1998 East Wenatchee/Douglas Co. Park It's been about 10 years since Wenatchee Valley freestyle bike riders could try their tricks in public parks without getting in trouble. Now, they have their own BMX trail, opened two months ago, on the perimeter of the skateboard course in the Eastmont County Park. "Before this opened, we hit the stairs and stuff around town," said 14-year-old Mike Brawley, East Wenatchee. "Or we found an open field to ride in." Some of the other 15 riders that showed up for Thursday evening's BMX session also admitted that they rode the Wenatchee Skate Park, even though biking is prohibited. The BMX trail was built with a lot of input from the young riders, three meetings worth held by the Douglas County Parks Department. But their ideas about track's design didn't stop when the construction was over. Park officials encourage the bikers to change the course, even giving them rakes, shovels and hoses to do it. "We don't want them to completely change the whole thing," said Andre Gerspach, the parks employee in charge of operations of the track. "We make the kids keep some areas simple so the inexperienced riders can have a chance." The trail has grown into several dirt ramps some of which are known as berms along with slopes and inclined turns, which vary in size and difficulty, set up in a semi-circle. "It's pretty cheap to come here and it's near our homes," said 17-year-old Jered Bykoski, East Wenatchee. "It's also better then other places because we help build it. If we don't like something we can change it." Falls that result in injury are increasingly a part of so-called "Generation X" games like freestyle BMX and skate boarding. But, in the track's two months of operations there have only been a couple instances of moderately serious injuries. The most severe was a dislocated shoulder. "Falls go along with getting better," said 16-year-old Dustin Cates, East Wenatchee. "If you don't crash,you aren't trying hard enough." Pushing themselves a little further each day, many of the riders are trying to perform more difficult tricks. Ten years ago a small BMX track closed in Wenatchee adjacent to the Lewis and Clark Elementary School. From that point on, the nearest public track was in Waterville. Douglas County Parks gave permission for the trail in early March. It took only one weekend in the middle of April to build the dirt ramps. All the construction equipment was donated by Chipman Construction and two volunteers performed all the labor. "My son brought (the BMX park idea) to my attention,"said Steve Milton, who along with his son,Jeff Nelson, were the duo who built the course. " It was a long weekend. I think it turned out really well." The park is open Thursday through Sunday with two sessions each day. An afternoon session runs from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., while the evening session runs from 6 to 9 p.m. Both sessions are open to all ages, provided a helmet is worn. Each session costs $1 for those living within the Eastmont Regional Service Area and $2 for those living outside the area. "Most of the riders who show up are from East Wenatchee," said Jerry Sernoffsky, a parks employee. "But we'll occasionally have some riders from Wenatchee, Cashmere and Leavenworth show up." |
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 On 08/07/97 Wenatchee got a SkateBoard Park. Click here for Wenatchee Skate Park. |
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 Photo By Wenatchee World staff June,1996 A BMXer getting big Air jumping his bmx bike off a dirt lip in Wenatchee. |
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 Photo by Gene`s BMX August,1995 A group of BMXers and Bikers Hits the 12 mile trail of Devils Gulch. In Wenatchee,Wa. |
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FIRE DESTROYS Eastmont Cart & Cycle 1000 Valley Mall Pky. EastWenatchee,Wa. The Owner of the bikeshop Ken Lewis, Helped out with trying to rebuild the BMX track at Lewis&Clark Park from 1986-1987. And was the Team MGR of the Wenatchee Freestyle Team. Eastmont Cart & Cycle also supported a few other bicycling events through out the Wenatchee valley. The bike shop was never rebuilt |
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 Captain America Trick Team, A troupe of bicycle & skateboard artists from Seattle,will be one of the featured attractions at Sundays Wenatchee Rainier Mexican Fiesta at Lincoln Park.Maria Ellen Avilez,East Wenatchee,will reign over the celebration which will include Mexican dancers & musicians from MosesLake & Yakima,pinatas for the children,skateboard & bicycle trick competition & plenty of Mexican-style food for everyone. |
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  Photos By Mike Bonnicksen, Wenatchee World staff Fall of 1987 Three bikers raced ther machines inside Grace Lutheran Church Thursday.They didnt do any damage, though and no one was scard.These riders were on bicycles and they were invited to put on a show. The audience just loved it. Mrs.Crutcher said,She is always on the lookout for entertainment for here church. Recently Mrs.Crutcher`s husband Harry,saw a group of bicycle riders practicing at RiverFront Park and ask them if they`d put on a demonstration at the church center This was the first demonstration for the bikers who call themselves the Wenatchee Freestyle Team. Three of the Wenatchee bicyclists performed thursday,they are Jeff Hawk 16,Shawn Provo 15, and Shawn Spencer 18,all of Wenatchee.Mrs.Crutcher said the show lasted about 45 minutes. |
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At Lewis & Clark Park. ( click to see full size ) 
Photos by Gene`s BMX |
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  Photo By Kelly Gillin,Story By Andy Perdue, Wenatchee World staff writer April 23,1987 Competitive motocross bicycle racing hasnt been at Lewis & Clark Park for awhile.But a new team has formed and the excitement may begin as soon as mid-May.Bryan LaRoque,a Wenatchee man who is coaching the Rock N Roll racing team,as its called,said in the pastmonth about 35 people ages 4 to 20 have joined the new club.LaRoque said he alrready has six local businesses sponsoring the team,so he hopes to be able to provide team helmets and jerseys soon. Right now LaRoque said,he is only waiting for the Wenatchee Parks board to recommend the city council give him permission to expand the present track at Lewis&Clark Park by 75 feet to make it the proper racing length. While hes waiting,though,hes training team members for the racing.Much of that training is learing how to avoid accidents and how to fall properly to avoid injury.That way,when racing begins,the fun and excitement won`t be ruined as the kids try to win races. To start,LaRoque said he`ll be using donated trophies to award the winners,but as the racing becomes more organized,he`ll be able to start purchasing new trophies.LaRoque receives $1 million in liability insurance through the ABA for $500 annually,and each racer will pay $5 to help cover that cost. He said he expects racers from all over Central Washington to be competing each week as soon as racing begins. |
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 By Andy Perdue, Wenatchee World staff writer April 2,1987 BMX motorcross bicycle racing is back at Lewis&Clark park.At its Wendesday meeting,the Wenatchee Park Board approved the use of the present BMX track for a new racing club called Rock n Roll Racing.The team,which formed a month ago,has about 35 members ages 4 to 20 said team coach Bryan LaRoque.LaRoque said the team is insured through the American Bicycle Association for $1 million liability which costs the team $500 a year. The board approved use of the track to the club Monday through Friday so the bike racing wouldnt conflict with radio-controlled car racing on Sundays. The car racers use two tracks built inside the BMX track. LaRoque also asked the boards approval to expand the track by 75 feet,but that request was tabled until board members could review the proposal. |
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 1987 |
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1981 Ninety-nine riders and lots of spectators. including Mayor Jim Lynch, turned out for the opening of the Wenatchee Valley BMX motocross bicycle racing season at Lewis and Clark school. Tim's Bike Shop captured the team trophy. |
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BMX Racing started in the Wenatchee Area in the year of 1978 at a ABA track on 9th Street,in the city of Wenatchee.  *Photo by Gene`s BMX ( 9th Street area today 2002 where that bmx track was. ) BMX Racing lasted on 9th Street till mid year 1980, In 1980-81 the track moved about 1/2 of a mile north, To Lewis & Clark Park .Ther it was called the "Lewis & Clark Park BMX Track".  *Photo by Gene`s BMX ( Lewis & Clark Park area today- 2002 where that bmx track was. ) It was organized with BMX racing till 1984. From ther the BMX track just sat,with kids playing on it as a dirt pile. Then in the Fall of 1986 The city of Wenatchee wanted to remove the old BMX racing track, a few people got together and said some stuff,and the track stayed. A hand full of BMX races happend 1986-1987 From that time the bmx track just sat there as a lump of dirt and a few kids played up on it. In 1991 the bmx track was removed becouse of the school next to it rebuilt and is now to day a grass play ground fild for the school. |
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Gene`s BMX is Missing some history from
1978 - 1986
If anyone has any photos,flyer,newspaper clips,
storys, of the Wenatchee BMX tracks ,from the dates,
( 1978 - 1986 ) It would be helpful if you
would share the history with Gene`s BMX.
OR if Gene`s BMX has left out anything from 1987 -today
So it can be added to this History/Timeline.
Please Mail Gene`s BMX,at: genesbmx.com
Thank you,From Gene`s BMX, hope you enjoy the
history / timeline that is made.
Also Next to Wenatchee is Quincy, Check out the Quincy Valley BMX History
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