To: USA BMX, Rule board 2019
Fair classes for Experts and Expert Girls
To be delivered to B.A. Anderson CEO USABMX
Girls at the grass roots and local levels are struggling. With a significantly smaller amount of girls in Bmx Racing and an even smaller amount of Expert Girls, our local girls are being forced to race girls a day short of 4 years older or younger just to make a class of girls. Meanwhile Expert boys are building classes only checking up 1 year in Expert boys. The expert boys are feeling under challenged while Expert Girls are feeling over-challenged. Amongst speaking to the bmx community we have come to agree that a 2 year allowance for check ups in class building procedure would be sufficient. Expert boys and girls would be able to build a class with a bit of a challenge instead of conquering the intermediate class. It is important to consider with a 3 year build up it is only a day short of 4 years. Thus we are mixing elementary school children with pubescent preteens and sometimes teens. We do understand the idea is to build a fair class but for girls it’s an effort to make an all girl moto. However a 6 year old girl simply can not compete with a 10 year old girl (or a girl 1 day shy of 10. Usabmx seems to be building based on making classes for large races where there is typically a class for these proficiencies. It is time UsaBmx take in to account where all racers began, at the local level.
We ask you change both Expert and Expert boy classes to a 2 yr class builder and then if a class cannot be made move these riders into the appropriate intermediate class.
Thank you for your attention. We look forward to the rule change for the 2020 bmx rulebook .
Girls at the grass roots and local levels are struggling. With a significantly smaller amount of girls in Bmx Racing and an even smaller amount of Expert Girls, our local girls are being forced to race girls a day short of 4 years older or younger just to make a class of girls. Meanwhile Expert boys are building classes only checking up 1 year in Expert boys. The expert boys are feeling under challenged while Expert Girls are feeling over-challenged. Amongst speaking to the bmx community we have come to agree that a 2 year allowance for check ups in class building procedure would be sufficient. Expert boys and girls would be able to build a class with a bit of a challenge instead of conquering the intermediate class. It is important to consider with a 3 year build up it is only a day short of 4 years. Thus we are mixing elementary school children with pubescent preteens and sometimes teens. We do understand the idea is to build a fair class but for girls it’s an effort to make an all girl moto. However a 6 year old girl simply can not compete with a 10 year old girl (or a girl 1 day shy of 10. Usabmx seems to be building based on making classes for large races where there is typically a class for these proficiencies. It is time UsaBmx take in to account where all racers began, at the local level.
We ask you change both Expert and Expert boy classes to a 2 yr class builder and then if a class cannot be made move these riders into the appropriate intermediate class.
Thank you for your attention. We look forward to the rule change for the 2020 bmx rulebook .
Why is this important?
I have seen boys who want a challenge at local races and girls who are already a niche Market are quiting due to unrealistic challenges in moto building. Let’s encourage our riders to grow starting with the Grass roots level!