My name is Matthew Akkola, and I represent one-half of Third Coast Racing (TCR). I have been racing R/C cars since 1981 and currently run 1/10 sedan and 1/8th scale nitro- on road. TCR races primarily in Texas, but will contest in several other major events around the nation. We focus on providing help to anyone who wants it.

Sal Amato has been sponsored by Boca Bearings for three years now. Sal lives in NY and has been racing RC for 7 years. He runs all aspects of on-road racing 1/10 & 1/12 electric indoor carpet and outdoor asphalt as well as 1/10 nitro sedan. "Congrats to all my new team mates and hope everyone has a great year."

Cody Armstrong is a 28 years old and has been RC racing for a couple of years. Cody started with 2wd short course off road and 4wd short course this last season. I run stock touring during the winter and is starting his second season in that. He does well in the short course and improves in the on road.

Randy Barymon is a 33 years old RC driver living in Jonesboro Arkansas. Randy has only been racing RC for the past year, but has been into the RC hobby for about 13 years. He's currently running in the stock SCT, 1/8 scale Buggy, and SC oval classes at the local off road/dirt oval track. Although he has only been racing for 1 year Randy has had much success at the local and regional level with many first places and podium finishes. Above all he has been having a lot of fun competing and socializing with other like minded people. Randy likes to help the other new racers at the track with their race setups and truck repairs. Randy is never far removed from RC as he spends most of his free time hanging out at the local hobby shop and on forums learning about the hobby. To support his hobby Randy works as a nurse at a local hospital and also teaches Radiology at Arkansas State University.

My name is Gary Bates. I am a 34 year old Welder by trade, and currently live in Schererville, Indiana. I really enjoy racing Electric and Nitro powered RC cars on the Dirt Oval scene. I have recently focused my efforts on the 1/8 Outlaw Late Model class, in which I have had very good success. During the 2010 and 2011 seasons, I won over 20 A-Mains and had many podium finishes. The best part of RC Racing is being able to spend time and have fun with my friends and family.

Connor Batham is 14 years old and lives in Glendora, CA. Connor has been racing for about 5 years. His is currently racing Team Associated SC10. Connor had been introduced to racing by his friend Josh Hurst.

Joshua Beach, I race R/C 1/10th scale Dirt Oval EDM race cars. I am a member of CDRC Racers. Our club is on the WDRA tour, http://www.dirtoval.com/forums/ and we actually host 2 stops on the tour at 2 different tracks(the only club on the tour with 2 tracks Science and Hobby, and Competition Hobby) This is my second season of racing, and I have been doing phenomenally well. (rookie of the year) I have been on the podium (1st, 2nd, or 3rd) 6 of the last 8 races, and at the last BIG WDRA Race at Lake Ariel, PA. My team mate Keith finished 2nd, and I placed 3rd which is amazing considering that was my first big race. Here is a link to the B-Main, which I won, and bumped to the A-Main. Here is a link to the A-Main, where Keith Placed 2nd, and I placed 3rd .

I began racing in at the age of 12 in 1991. Raced electric 1/10 buggies, electric 1/10 stadium trucks, and nitro 1/10 stadium trucks in New York, Pennsylvania, Michigan and Canada from 1991 to 2001. Race director for a Hobbytown USA franchise from 2000 to 2001. Moved to Jacksonville, Florida 2002.

Brian Bourland is 32 years old and has been regularly racing since 2001. He was first interested in RC as a child and his first hobby grade vehicle was a Tamiya grasshopper. I got my initial taste of racing in the 90's with 1/10 off-road. Then I got RC 10gt in 2000 and that has led to regularly racing almost ever since. Brian mainly races 1/8 electric Buggy and 1/8 nitro buggy. This year he had started racing in the 4x4 short course class as well.

My name is Jason Bowlin, and I'm a proud member of Team Boca Bearings. I'm 34 years old and have been racing RC cars for 10 years. I currently race dirt oval on the East Coast and look forward to representing Boca Bearings again in 2012.

My name is Chad Brown and I am 16 years old. I have been on the Boca RC team for close to three years now. I have never been let down by the quality of Boca Bearing nor the support. When it comes to sponsoring our local races Boca has always been generous and supportive. I appreciate all the support Boca has given me since I have been on their team and look forward to an exciting 2012 year of racing.

Mikey Bustamante is 19 years old. He was born and raised in Las Vegas Nevada and started racing RC cars about 7 years ago. Mikey races all off-road classes, anywhere from 1/8 Nitro buggy, to 1/10 2wd Buggy. This will be his 3rd year with Boca Bearing. "I appreciate all their help and their support! I am looking forward to the 2012 Season as I plan on attending the 2012 World Championship in Argentina."

1. Could you introduce yourself to the readers?
I am Mikey Bustamante, I am 18 years old and live the in...more »

Walt Carpenter is an air condition tech by profession but on the weekend he is driving RC truggy. He mainly competes around his city or in national competitions. When he started he was only able to compete in in-door events, due to weather conditions. Today, Walt lives in the south where he can race twice a week in many outside tracks and compete in races. Walt competed recently in the Ponchatrain Point Series which took place in Springfield, LA and St Charles, LA. Walt was racing his Nitro Buggy and competed in the expert Nitro Buggy Class. He ended up taking 3rd in the overall competition.

Jose Castellano is a 23 year old RC driver. Jose competes in the Forgass series for on-road nitro cars racing which has 9 races a year. Jose has been racing for about a year now and continually improves his skills. Recently he had traveled to a few races such as the NovaRossi Challenge, BYRONS RACE, Region 4 Championships. Jose's goal for 2012 is to race in the Nationals.

Diatta Collymore has been racing for 8 years. Currently, Diatta runs the Xray NT1 and Xray T3 for both nitro and electric touring car classes. Diatta has always wanted to race, so after his first time experiencing a track when he was younger, it was almost a given that he would be hooked. In 2012 Diatta is looking to compete in as many major U.S. races as he can, including the Gas Sedan Nationals and Winter Nationals.

Walter Cosico has been racing for Boca Bearings for over 4 years. Since then he hasn't ran anything other than the Orange Seal bearings. Walter has competed in many national events in the past and even made the A main once in Florida. He races 1/10th scale touring cars and also runs for Team Xray/Hudy. Walter lives and competes in Southern California and races in 3 big races nationwide every year. "Boca Bearings have been great support over the years and I believe that the Orange Seals are the best bearings out in the market."

Bitten Curry starts his 3rd year racing nitro buggy and second year running electric buggy. He is jumping into pro class for 2012 and looks forward to a great racing season.

I'm James Davenport I've been racing 1/10 scale RC cars since I was 8 or 9. I started at a race track called the Salinas RC car club ran by my parents in Salinas California. Since then I have attended many tracks and a couple of national and world level race events. They include Roar 2006 carpet nationals, Roar 2006 Asphalt nationals, Reedy race 2009,2010 and 2011. I am by no means a top level driver and didn't place top 10 in any of the national or world level races I attended, but every time I go I do a lot better than before and I learn new things and meet new people. I have however take podium finishes in a couple of trophy races held at tracks in my area in the past 3 years. Those include the Top Gun and Carpet madness races held at Nor-Cal, I took 2nd and 1st respectively. I also race constantly just about every weekend at my local race track Nor-Cal Hobbies.

1. Could you introduce yourself to the readers?
My name is Tyler Delong and I am 15 years old. I attend Desert Oasis High School and will be a sophomore next year. I was born and raised in Las Vegas, NV.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I've been in this sport for two and half years now....more »

My name is Federico Duperly. I am 15 years old and I live in Georgetown, ON, Canada. I am in Grade 10 & currently attend Christ the King Catholic secondary school. I have been in the RC hobby since 2007 and have been racing since 2010. My first car was a Traxxas Tmaxx. At the moment, I have 4 cars. A Traxxas Tmaxx that I race, a Team Associated SC10 2wd that I also race, a Traxxas Nitro Stampede, and an HPI savage 25. During the 2010 Racing season at my local RC club, I won 1st place in the monster truck championship.

Jean Laurent Dupont is a 26 year old driver from France. His first car was a Tamiya TAO2, he received it when he was 14 years old but begun racing when he was 18. Jean's favorite scale is 1/8, however he races the 1/8 and the 1/10 2WD.

Jean enjoys putting the car together before each race and celebrating after each win. Currently he is racing the Mugen MBX6 with Reedy Engine and AKA tires as well as Losi22 Speed Passion and Pro-Line tires...more »

My name is Wyatt Durrer I have always loved to play with RC Cars since I was a kid. I have been racing locally and regionally for approximately 3yrs. I am currently sponsored by Hobby Pro USA, Byron's Fuel, and now Boca Bearings. I have recently finished 1st overall open truggy and 2nd overall open buggy at the RC PRO NAT QUAL in Cape Fear NC. I also finished 2nd in pro buggy and 4th in pro truggy for the RC PRO VA STATE SERIES. I am attending the Fall Brawl at The Badlands coming up the first week of December.

Sonia Etheridge has been racing for 4 years. Sonia runs a Mugen MBX-6T at the local track in Gloucester, VA. She is the only female nitro racer and enjoys racing with and against her boyfriend and all the guys at the track, and loves giving them a run for their money.

Matt Farris has been racing for 3 years. Matt is 17 years old. In the first year of racing Matt won the Intermediate buggy class in the mid-west. In the following year he placed 2nd in the expert class mid-west division. Matt raced the Futaba Nitro challenge and TQ'd both expert buggy and truggy classes. Matt will be racing in the Pro class this year and expects even greater results.

Eric Fletcher is a 23year old college student from St. Louis Missouri. Eric has been racing for 4years and was the 2010 Missouri Sportsman Champion and the 2010 Intermediate Buggy Champion for the RC Pro Series. Eric races at St. Louis Dirtburners and will be in the Midwest for the 2012 season. He races with his family and tries to have as much fun as possible.

My name is Todd Fleury. I have been racing boats since early 2003 in Michigan under IMPBA. Recently I have moved to San Francisco CA and now under NAMBA. I am currently racing two boats. One in the Sport 20 and the second in the Sport 40II classes. This upcoming year will be my debut in the NAMBA district 9 division.

Mark Forbes has been racing RC cars on and off for 20 plus years. His favorite classes are e-buggy & e-truggy. This year Mark looks forward to racing some of the bigger races like the ams 3.0 ,southern Nat and all the club races.

Gabriel Galeano is racing E-buggy 1/8 Team Associated, Team Losi SCTE MOD 1/8 scale and several other Team Losi and Team Associated cards. Gabriel finished second at the March Madness off road race and took first in RC Pro Racing E-truggy, just to name a few events he has participated in. Gabriel is a new Boca Bearings sponsored driver in 2012.

Pedro Gonzalez is from Puerto Rico and is currently living in Long Island, NY. He has always enjoyed racing RC cars. He has begun racing at age 9 when his father gave him his first RC. Pedro has been using Xray cars 1/10 electric from the T1 FK'05 to all the Xray T2 and now Xray T3 for Nitro. Pedro competed in the 2008 and 2009 I95 shout out, 2009 Capital Classic, 2007 All Nitro Regional Race, 2010 NovaRossi Challenge and many more local and regional events.

In 2012 Pedro is planning on competing in the GLC challenge and the electric on road nationals.

William Goodwin is a dirt oval and short course RC racer from Central Florida. He has been competing for a while and is currently racing at SS Raceway in Tampa where he typically places in the top 3. In a recently William raced at the 555 Raceway and placed 3rd with his Pro2 Mod S/C truck.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
I am Robert Green.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I started Racing in 2009 with a Traxxas Revo...more »

My name is Jason Hack I live in De forest, WI which is about 10 miles north of Madison. I am married and have a 2 year old daughter. I started racing RC cars in 1995, my first car was a Bolink Legend. I later graduated up to pan car carpet oval racing at the Madison club. I raced oval on and off for the next 13 years competing in the Roar oval nationals with 2 A main finishes. I have race at the snowbird nationals 3 times with one A-main finish. In 2009 I raced some 1/12 scale on-road and in 2011 I switched over to off-road racing 1/8 scale nitro in the summer and 1/10 scale electric in the winter. In 2011 I participated in the Midwest Nitro Series and finished 7th in the season points standings in both Truggy and Buggy with 1 A-main win and 4 top five finishes in my rookie year in the intermediate class. I plan on racing at Trackside Hobbies and Raceway in Brookfield, WI this winter racing a Losi xxx-sct short course truck and a 22 buggy. I also plan on competing in the 2012 Midwest Nitro series.

Anthony Hamel is a 35 years old RC Driver who lives in Nuevo California. Anthony has been racing for 30 years. He currently works at Dynamic Hobbies in Hemet Ca. Presently Anthony is racing a Tamiya F1 and running in the 2012 Ultimate F1 Winter Series at TQ Raceway in Chino CA.

Aaron Hess is a 13 year old boy who has started racing in March in RC pro series and has continued to improve race after race. Aaron is now leading the RC pro series intermediate arena truck and buggy points going into the finals in November. Aaron has joined the pro-line racing team, buku racing team, max amps, byron fuels and the rb mods teams as he prepares for 2012.

Aaron Hess is a 13 year old boy who has started racing in March in RC pro series and has continued to improve race after race. Aaron is now leading the RC pro series intermediate arena truck and buggy points going into the finals in November. Aaron has joined the pro-line racing team, buku racing team, max amps, byron fuels and the rb mods teams as he prepares for 2012.

Richard Hitchcock has raced RC cars since 1990 when he got his first RC10. Richard now has 12 vehicles and races over half of them in various places as well as for fun. He got into DIRT EDM racing in the late 90s ans left it in the early 2000s, then recently got re-introduced to dirt car racing and has been doing it again since 2005. Richard runs several local tracks within a 2 hour drive window. He is currently following the WDRA circuit in central NY.

Silas Hogholt is a Danish RC driver and has been competing for 4 years now. I won the Danish Championship twice, both in Truggy and Buggy 2009-2010. He has just begun racing abroad. Silas loves to compete and enjoys meeting new people during the events. He uses the Losi Eight 2.0, fitted with OS engine and Hitec electronics.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
I am Silas Høgholt, from Denmark. I am 27 years, and I race 1/8 Buggy and truggy...more »

For Tony Keigley racing RC cars and IMCA dirt modified's is his absolute passion. Being involved in these hobbies allows him to spend quality time with family and friends. Tony also loves to get people involved in RC racing, especially kids. Making sure that kids get involved in these hobbies helps to establish mechanical abilities and problem solving skills. Helping any racer at racing events is also a great part of the hobby. In 2012 Tony plans on attending all RC Pro South events and competing in open buggy and truggy. Winning a national championship is a very important goal in both classes. Keigley will also be attending such races as the Ice Breaker Classic, Futaba Challenge, Dialed Inc. Championships, Alabama Manufacturers Shootout, Southern Nationals, Lone Star Classic, and Texas Off Road Championships.

Robert Keough has been racing slot-cars since he was 12 years old and drag racing for a little over 4 years now. Racing circuits got boring and Robert enjoys the challenge of racing something he had to build from scratch. Robert has come from an average racer to the top of his country, building the fastest slot-car drag racing motors in the world.

Bryant Krause is a 21 year old RC driver from Redding, CA. Bryant has returned to RC after a few years of hiatus. He hopes to compete in big and small events around California and surrounding states, Region 12.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
I'm Chris Lovely, I'm 19 and from the UK, and I race in 1/10th electric touring. I also race in the 2wd and 4wd off road classes, and for abit of fun I race in the Mardave class.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I have been involved in racing for a good ten years or more. It started off as a bit of fun, alongside football. But then racing has taken over...more »

Craig Lowe is a new RC driver on the Boca Bearings team. He is currently running Team Associated B4.1, Team Associated SC10 2wd and a Losi TLR 22 buggy.

My name is Justin Mitchell, and I am from Goldsboro, NC. I have been racing real cars and go karts since the age of 5, and I started racing RC cars 3 years later. I have been around racing my whole life, and my milk bottle 6 weeks after I was born was warmed on a super late model motor at Wake County Speedway were my birth was also announced. This may be what immediately put racing into my blood, but being raised near RC cars, and racing turned to be a very bad thing for the wallet. I raced kid karts on my 5th birthday and have been hooked since. The first time I went to the RC car track, my dad made me swear to him that I wasn't going to race RC cars, I assured him, but was obviously thinking different...more »

Chris Moore has been racing since he was about six. Chris started with RC cars then raced go-karts. From there he went on to race imca dirt modified. Now that Chris is back into RC cars he only wants to move forward. Racing is his life, not just a hobby.

David Morton has been around racing all his life. After spectating his first Pro R/C race, he had been addicted ever since. David races the 8th Scale Nitro Buggy & Truggy class, with a Serpent S-811B and S-811T. Both are powered by Alpha Engines which are fueled by Byrons fuels, and use Savox Electronics.

Bill Oxidean is a National Champion in fast electric radio controlled model boat racers. He grew up in San Leandro, California where he first got into RC cars at the age of 5. Bill started racing boats competitively in 1999 and holds countless straight-line seed world records as well as national titles.

Just recently Bill has participated in the Gary Johnson Grand Prix Classic Venom/Novak driver and Bill TQ'd and took second place in Sport 21 Hydro with the Venom Miss Excite hydro.

Oxidean also TQ'd and took second in A-mod tunnel. Both classes were dominated by nitro boats. Bill showcased excellent driving by finishing first place in 6 out of 8heats that weekend.

Garrett Passmore is from Massachusetts and races at his local track, Fear Farm, in Arizona. Garrett runs the Hot Bodies D8. He started racing 5 years ago with a Losi stadium truck. In the RC world Garrett Iooks up to all of the pros that he wants to be like. In 2012 his plans are to run in bigger races like the nitro challenge and to run smooth clean lap times.

Jeffrey Phillips started collecting RC engines several years ago while recovering from an illness. He has tested hundreds of glow engines and continues to buy, sell and repair them for people. Jeffrey is also affiliated with SIG Model Airplanes and has written a review online for the Aviastar 46 and 53 glow engines and also helped to repair faulty carburetors for them.

Jeffrey has an online presence in the forums RCUniverse and RCGroups as jeffie8696, He assists people with their glow engine problems with a total post count currently somewhere near 4000. He is a member of the Iowa City Aerohawks flying club where he is a club officer and a member of the Muscatine Miniature Aircraft Association. Jeffrey is currently assisting a new hobby store Star Collectibles in Muscatine.

Scott Pittman lives in Archer Lodge, NC. He is a father of 3 kids.Scott is going after points championship in the Carolina model drag racing series at drag strip in Rockingham, NC.

Bryant Reynolds has been racing RC cars for over 10 years. I am from West Virginia. This coming year I will be running both Pro 4x4 SCT, and electric 8th scale.

Mark Rodrigues is 35 years old living in Lynnwood, Washington. Mark has been racing RC Short Course trucks for about 3 years now but had been in the RC hobby since he was 12 years old. He will be mainly running 1/10 Short Course Truck racing in the Pacific Northwest. He is racing Team Associated SC10 and Losi Ten-SCTE. Mark is also the race director for the "Pacific Northwest Shortcourse Shootout".

Pascal Roos is a Dutch RC driver from Rotterdam, Netherlands. His RC car is an X-ray NT1, with novarossi engine. He uses bodies from Xceed Audi A5, Blitz RS4 and the Blitz ISF 2.0. He has been practicing his sport for 4 years now and reached 5th place in the Dutch sub-nationals.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
Hello, I am Pascal Roos. 36 years of age. I live in The Netherlands, in one of the country's biggest city called Rotterdam...more »

Matt Sasser haa been r/c racing for 3 years and has won and finished in the top 3 of many races currently Matt races 17.5 sportsman truck and 17.5 car and hopes to attend the 2012 Snowbird Nationals.

Marcin Śliwerski is a 16 years old RC driver from Poland. Marcin races off-road RC cars and has been into this hobby since he can remember. He has now been competing for 2 years. Marcin races Losi 8ight-E car and trains to compete in the class E10 4wd Kyosho Lazer SP. In the 2011 season he took podium spot 12 times. Marcin's biggest achievement was placing second in the official Polish Cup 2011 in the class et8. Marcin is very passionate about competing and plans to race in class ET10 and ET8 in 2012.

Chad Smith Jr. is a 15 year old RC driver. Chad has been racing for 4 years. He lives in Pennsylvania and races year round. Currently, Chad is racing a TLR 22, Associated 4x4 Short Course Truck, and a Team Associated 2wd Short Course Truck.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
I'm Hrvoje Stegmayer, from Zagreb, Croatia. I'm 26 years old, and I'm racing 1/5 Formula 1 cars.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
Since 2005, tried all classes but when I tried F1 class that was enough for me, nothing else can come close with satisfaction and enjoyment of driving F1...more »

Zac Sullins has been racing buggy for the past nine years and truggy for five years. Currently, Zac races an Agama A8 Evo buggy with a Go 21engine, EbMods fuel, VP pro wheels and tires, and a Spektrum radio. He also runs a RC8T.

Dominique "Spanky" Thorpe is an RC drag driver and has been a member and current record holder of International Model Drag Racing Association. Dominique races 1/10 scale RC cars. He currently holds the world record for ET and Brent for MPH in Nitro Funny car division.

Keith has been racing for about 7 years, and has won numerous big races, as well as consistently wins our local races each week. He is the one that designed our carbon fiber chassis, as well as future plans for designing our own front and rear shock towers. We are all running prototype race cars, and are having amazing results. We are selling these "custom carbon fiber" race cars on a national level, as an upgrade to current chassis on market. Currently there are 4 major manufactures of Dirt Oval Race Cars. (Custom Works, Putnam Pro Pulsion, JRC, and Hyperdrive (GSRP)). Our website is www.TeamKWRacing.com - Boca Bearings is listed as a Sponsor.

John Wegener is also known as J-DUBB. He is from Saginaw, Michigan. John started racing RC's a year and a half ago. He has always been interested in the hobby and enjoys the competition. John races the Losi Ten SCTE, Losi XXXSCT, and the XXXSCB when there is a class as it s a relatively new line.

Terry Yoder has been racing RC Cars for about 6 Years. He Races in the Sprint Car, Late Model, and Modified Classes. he has won multiple events, Including being a top earner in the WDRA summer points series this past year. Terry is the current Track Maintenance Director, and Terry is also on the Board for our local club races.

Mike Ziolkowski , also known at the track by his nickname "Zippy" from Chicago Illinois, has been racing RC cars since 1987.

James Adams is an angler from Grapevine, TX. He currently competes in the Texas Bass Federation and Everstart Series. He is one half of Bass Recon Guide Service and enjoys fishing whether it's for fun or competition.

Chadwick Boutwell has been fishing for over 20 years. His dream is to become a professional angler in the next few years. Chad finished 2nd in the recent Bassmaster weekend series.

Amanda is an avid saltwater angler from Carolina Beach, North Carolina. She captains the F/V Reel Finatical and has represented Boca Bearings for the last 2 years. She enjoys all types of fishing, from inshore Trout and Flounder to Gulf Stream Wahoo and Tuna. Amanda finds great joy in sharing her love of the ocean with others; her passion for the sea & the sport of fishing is contagious!

Carlos Zamorano & Fernando Caston are a team of two professional fishermen, belonging to the Spanish Federation of Fishing and Spanish Association of Black Bass.

The two anglers have over 20 years experience in the world of competitive fishing.

The team is training in various Spanish and Portuguese reservoirs, depending on the conditions and dates of competition.

This year's focus is zoomed on participating in major international competitions, such as World Championships.

Just recently the team has won the State Championship. The total catch amounted to 33lb and qualified the two to participate in the National Championship in September.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
My name is Steven Gee, I'm a fisherman with 5 years of bass fishing experience.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I've been involved in bass fishing for the past 5 years.

3. Are there people who have inspired you to get started?
A close friend had convinced me to try bass fishing and from that point I've been hooked to the hobby...more »

Just to introduce myself my name is Jeffray Gooch, currently a member of FLW,BFL and B.A.S.S. fishing organizations, 2011 Po Boy's Angler of the year and 4th in the Henderson County Bass Anglers.

For 2012 my plans are to fish these clubs plus move up to the (FLW) BFL series Music City division or LBL Division depending on schedules. I am lined up to fish the Tennessee State Team Tournament in March and Individual tournament in September on Pickwick Lake also the Triton Owners tournament this summer.

1. Could you Introduce yourself to our readers?
My name Is Andrew Gormley, I live In Woodenbridge, co Wicklow, Ireland. I am 38.

2. How long have you been Involved In your sport?
I started when I was 15 years old so 23 years.

3. Are there people who have inspired you to get started?
Yes Sam Roach, Irish International angler and tournament caster, he has seen the potential and encouraged me to take it further...more »

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
I am Todd Iwamoto and an avid tournament fisherman on the Left Coast who loves getting on the water for fun and competition!

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
30+ years of fishing in general and 12 years of tournament bass fishing...more »

Stephen Kinning lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He sportcast in Northern Ireland and is a member of two clubs - Ulster Casting Club & Down Casting Association. He has been using Boca Bearings in his casting reels for a few months with fantastic results. I have had personal bests using these bearings on 125g weight...more »

Ron Mayer began his involvement in competitive bass fishing in 2003 when he joined the Centennial Bass Club of Northern Colorado. While a member of Centennial Ron served one term as Tournament Director and was also active in several programs including C.A.S.T. (Catch A Special Thrill, a program that takes physically and mentally handicapped kids fishing), Casting Kids (a BASS program devoted to teaching kids the fundamentals of casting, flipping, and pitching), multiple conservation and habitat construction projects, teaching seminars to BASS Jr. clubs, and working numerous sports and tackle shows. ...more »

Ryan Schneider lives in St. Louis, Missouri. He has been fishing for over 20 years. Currently, and for the past 3 years he has been competing in the Bassmaster Weekend Series Tour, Missouri Division. Last year he finished 5th overall in the divisional points standing. He took second place in the Divisional finals at Lake of the Ozarks.

He went on to finish 19th out of 200 in the Regionals on Degray Lake, Arkansas. That finish qualified Ryan to participate in the Bassmaster weekend Series Nationals held on Lake Gunnersville, Alabama. There he placed 12th out of 200 in this 4 day competition.

Tyler Taylor is a 22 year old passionate outdoors man who loves to fish. Tyler has fished from Erie to Dale hollow and in-between. Tyler currently resides in Cincinnati.

Nick Tharp currently lives in Santa Barbara, California. At the age of 14 he started working as a deckhand aboard a sport fishing boat and has been on the water ever since. At 29 he earned his USCG 50 Ton Masters license. Nick is now a professional freelance deckhand and has crewed aboard a wide variety of boats around the world. When he is not doing crew work, Nick sends a good portion of his time on conservation efforts in the form of a rockfish sampling program and a pelagic shark tagging program.

Russell Watkins has been fishing for as long as he could walk. Fully supported by his family Russ has been able to spend more than 100 days a year for four consecutive years on the water meeting and forming relationships with all types of people in the industry.

Some of his accomplishments were eight 1st place finishes, forty one top 10 finishes four Big Fish Awards Hawg Town BASS 2010 Angler of the Year. Russ has also two Walleye and four Bass Professional Tournament wins.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
Hello, my name is Christine Grant. I compete nationally in triathlons. I also work full time as a Manager of Operations and Client Programs for a consulting firm (Linkage, Inc.) that specializes in leadership and organizational development.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I have been a competitive runner for more than 20 years; however, I only recently began competing in triathlons. 2011 will be my second year and I am very much looking forward to it...more »

Renzo has participated in forty marathons ( 26.2 miles), seven triathlons and many shorter distance races. These are some of the results that he has achieved during his career: finished in first place in the Wheelchair Division of the Miami Marathon in 2003, 2006 and 2007; The Disney World Marathon in 2005, 2006 and 2007 and the West Palm Beach Marathon in 2004,2005, 2006 and 2007. Renzo also placed 11th in the 2007 Boston Marathon. First place in the Nautica South Beach Triathlon in 2009, 2010 and 2011. In the 2006 and 2007 Los Angeles marathon Renzo finished in third place in his age group.

Renzo is also the current course record holder for the handcycle division in the Nautica South Beach Triathlon. He is currently intensely training to prepare for the 2011 ~ 2012 racing season. Besides marathons in Miami, West Palm Beach, Los Angeles and Boston, Renzo is preparing to be the first elite athlete with a disability to ride in a racing wheelchair across the island of Hispaniola in a single day. This event will raise the profile of the adaptive sports in the Dominican Republic. Renzo's longer term goal is qualifying for the Paralympics in London in 2012, both in the marathon and adaptive cycling (handcycling) road races.

James Stout is a 24 year old bike racer riding for team Traveller in 2012. He has spent 2011 living and Racing in Catalonia. "I've been fortunate to compete in top level races across Europe, the USA, South America Africa and the Caribbean. During my career I have won time trials, Criteriums, circuit races and been part of a team that won the Race across America in 2010."

In addition to competing in cycling races James tries to be an ambassador for type one diabetes. He has had the condition since he turned 18 and was told he would have to stop racing bike. "I have proven that you can achieve anything you want with diabetes and I want to spread this message to young people with type one. I keep a regular blog which chronicles my training and my way of dealing with my condition at www.insulinandembrocation.com." When James is not riding he can be found studying for his PhD in Spanish history, playing guitar or cooking!

Tina Valle is a Triathlete! 2011 marked my first full season of competing in triathlons. I began this whole crazy triathlon thing midway through 2010. I am proud to say that 2011 was an amazing year – I moved up to Olympic distance and Half Ironman distances races, in addition to the Sprint distance ones. A few of my biggest accomplishments this year were: finishing top 10 in my age group in the Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon, to finishing 2nd in age group for SuperFrog Triathlon, and winning my age group for the Koz Triathlon Series in San Diego, CA. Honestly ...more »

David is a Spnish roller skater. He participates in marathons and ultra marathons on his skates. Davis has been skating for 15 years, now.

1. Could you introduce yourself to the readers?
My name is Alejandro Alvarez (Alex), I come from Barcelona , Spain and am 33 years old.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I started practicing speed-boarding at the age of 13...

Oriol Gàlvez is a Spanish Longboarder from Barcelona. The young longboarder has specialized in downhill slalom and slides. At the tender age of 14 Oriol has already participated in a variety of longboarding competitions such as IGSA Peyragudes Delux Cup in 2009 or Movistar Barcelona Extreme Sports Series, where he has consistently placed in the top 4.

1. Could you introduce yourself to the readers?
I´m rider from Malaga Spain who loves downhill, and practice with a roller skates, longboards,skeleton and soapbox.

2. How long have you been involved in your sport?
I was skating since I have memory but downhill with 15 years old about and competition about 3 years....more »

Pablo Fouz Rey is a seventeen year old longboarder from Spain currently living in Valencia. Pablo has been skating now for 3 years- 2 years street skate and 1 year downhill skateboarding.

This summer Pablo placed 2nd and 3rd in IGSA junior championships in Italy and Germany. This year Pablo hopes to be able to train more to go to America to compete in some championships, if not he will try to travel Europe continuing to compete in local events. He hopes to learn a lot and help boca bearings team to promote our products. Pablo rides a landyachtz wolfshark, with genghis trucks and orangatang 4president wheels

Gerard Ruiz Diaz is a 20 year old Spanish longboarder belonging to the Jarto Jartorius sports club. The club is known nationally for organizing free riders and other extreme sport events. Gerard started longboarding about 3 year ago. As Gerard is still a student he has a limited time for training, however he spends 6 days a week skating and a few hours a day practicing downhill. He hopes to participate int eh Catalonia Championship in April.

My name is Diego Santana, I'm from Santiago Chile and I have been longboarding for about 5 years and I have participated in several championships here in Chile and outside, like Argentina and Colombia, getting great positions in every championship that I attend. My specialty in the longboarding is the Freestyle and Slide and I'm well known for the facility to do skate tricks and hard combinations with no problems, also I try to record videos to promote some of my sponsors and to try to get more of them, also I do the same with photo sessions, so in this way I can show your brand when I'm not on competition.

It all begun with a video I found on the net. I saw a person who skated with a board longer than what I have ever seen before and made some movements that impressed me. This video prompted me to investigate the sport. I wanted to try it.

I bought my first longboard and started to skate. At the same time Alex skated in Venezuela and already had an idea what it meant to compete. When he came to Spain he continued skating and participating in events. I have been practicing in the mountains and one day while...more »

We are Aero Racing, an F1 in Schools team consisting of 6 multinational Year 11 students from Dubai College in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. We are a new team to the F1 in Schools technology challenge, as this is our first year taking part, but we feel confident that we can achieve great things through effort and teamwork. We are currently working towards our first competitive event, the Dubai College school competition in January 2012, and feel we are making good progress with car design, team identity, and marketing/sponsorship, which we hope Boca Bearings can help us with.

Our team is:
Sucheta Kinger: Team Manager
D'Arcy Anderson: Design Engineer
Tanya Lalwani: Resources Manager
Abhishek Belani: Manufacturing Engineer
Yash Shankar: Graphics Designer
Amna Ali: Graphics Designer

Octane Racing is an F1 in Schools team from Dundalk Grammar School that will be representing Ireland in the World Finals competition held in Malaysia on the 17th of September. Octane gained the opportunity to compete in the World Finals by winning the Irish National F1 in schools challenge on the 7th of April. During the competition the team won the Fastest Car award at the Regional and National Finals achieving an Irish record of 1.130 seconds using Boca Bearings "73-PP/TP/C3 Z/S #5 SRL Radial Full Ceramic" bearings.

Orpheus Racing Team is competing this year in the f1 in schools competition. Orpheus consists of four team members. They are a team from UAE and represent the Indian High School.

Team Black Bird 1.0, consists of six students from The Indian High School, Dubai, U.A.E, participating in the prestigious Formula One in Schools Technology Challenge. This challenge is a well-known international competition involving designing, analyzing, making, testing and racing a miniature model of an F1 car. The central objective of F1 in Schools, which spans over 30 nations, is to transform the conventional perceptions of engineering, science & technology and ultimately pave a path for new, innovative & effective ideas as solutions from and for the new generation at a global level.

Black Bird has been a part of F1 for the past 3 years. The team's recent achievement was winning two awards: one for Best Display Pit and another for Best Team Identity. Also, the official record set at the international level, two years back, was 1.02 seconds which was broken by Black Bird's car, at 1.009 seconds with help of Boca Bearings.

This year, the team aims to qualify from the Middle East event, to go head to head with the best of the best, internationally to win the coveted Bernie Ecclestone F1 in Schools championship trophy.

We are Team Haste from the United Arab Emirates, competing in the F1 in Schools technology challenge. We're the first team ever to win every single award in the internal finals, and are now representing The School of Research Science to race against the best in the UAE at the national finals.

We are team Tachyon from Templeogue College, Dublin. We are competing in the F1 in schools challenge and are thoroughly enjoying it so far. We are an experienced and dedicated team and so are confident that we have a strong chance in this years competition.

Our team is called Sub Zero Racing from Dubai British School. Our team consists of six people. We have qualified for the national event and are using the best software and resources available to achieve great things. Right now we are making good progress towards our car design, team identity and marketing/sponsorship.

My name is Timothy Er and I am part of a team called Synergy F1 for the F1 in Schools competition. We are a collection of 6 students from Dr. Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute in Toronto. I have competed in the 2011 Canadian Nationals and 2011 World Finals for F1 in Schools in Malaysia as part of Team Solstice, a collaboration between Canada and England. Our teams in past years have been very successful in the F1 in Schools competition, placing first and second for three successive years.

This season, we are planning to compete at the 2012 Canadian Nationals F1 in Schools competition in April with the intent of placing 1st on the podium. Due to the previous success with your bearing and the great partnership with Boca Bearing, we would like to take that opportunity to renew our sponsorship once again for our 2011/2012 season. We hope to continue our shared partnership with your company and we agree to all terms listed in the sponsorship agreement.

A Team is comprised of the Andrews family and has been a staple of the sponsored team since 2009. A Team is competing in different go-kart categories, just recently Josh Andrews competed in the first race of the season and qualified on the "pole" and posted the first win for this year. The event took place in SEMO Raceway, Missouri.

Hunter is 9 years old and is currently competing at NCQMA in his Red rookie and Blue Rookie year. He drives in the USAC quarter midget classes and in 2012 will run some of the .25 next gen USAC tour. Hunter is starting his 2nd year racing and is very dedicated to the sport of quarter midget racing and his success. He is a great student in school and works hard toward his goals in life.

Ayrton Kuwe Mutagaana is a 13 year old racer based in western Pennsylvania. For the 2010 season, he planned to attend all the home races at Beaverun and hopefully a few WKA Manufactures Cup national races and CKI as well.

Outside of racing, Ayrton enjoys spending time with his sister and cousins. He also loves reading and is constantly tinkering and learning about all things cars!

• 2007 five feature wins and three top fives
• 2008 five wins and ten top fives
• 2009 finished up second in points missed it by one point
• 2010 Non Restricted won five out of five FDDS 2nd and four top fives
• 2011 Stepping up, now running a Limited Late Model Dirt Car won Rookie of the year finished up 13 in points out of 41 at the legendary Volusia Speedway In addition to
• racing cars Cheyenne enjoys the gym basketball and horseback riding.

1. Could you introduce yourself to our readers?
Hi I'm Cheyenne Cox! I'm 15 years old. more »

Cedarville University Solar Boat Team is an engineering design team made up of senior mechanical engineering majors. Our championship record includes six world championships in the last eight years at Solar Splash, an intercollegiate solar boating competition, as well as a second place finish at the DONG Energy Solar Challenge, where Cedarville is still the only US team to have ever competed. This year, with the continued support of Boca Bearings, we hope to enter both of these competitions again and continue our winning record.

We are a team of students that compete in high gas mileage competitions around the country. Right now we are prepping for the Shell Eco-Marathon 2011. It is a super mileage race that takes place on Discovery Green, in downtown Houston, Texas. Last year our record mileage for the Indiana IMSTEA challenge was 728 mpg. The challenge cars are all designed, built and operated by students in the Engineering Technology Design classes at the High School.

I am writing you on behalf of the 2012 SAE Baja team for Lawrence Technological University. The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) holds an off-road competition every year. For our senior project, our team is responsible for designing and building a vehicle for competition in Wisconsin

Let me introduce our team. I am Dave Ferguson of the First Robotics Challenge (FRC) Team 3932: The Dirty Mechanics. I am one of the founders of the team. We are a community based robotics team based out of Boca Raton, Florida. We are excited to say that we now have nineteen students and twelve mentors making up our new team. Some of the team members have several years of First related robotics experience. Others are completely new to the sport. No matter the experience level, we all have one common goal: to learn while having fun.