Here's a good article I ran across this morning about one of the Strider Cup racers from Indiana.
http://www.wiscnews.com/reedsburgti...cle_36a72158-ad64-11e0-87a3-001cc4c002e0.html

Ryan Found a good one today...He swears that he found the link to CelebrityBabyScoop through a Google alert! Check out the Q&A with Trista Sutter from the first season of the Bachelorette mentions her son's Strider in the "How Are the Kids doing?" section.

Stride On

Awesome!! Love that they are looking for sponsors to make it to the World Championship. It's going to be a great event!

Here's a good one from the Rapid City Journal giving an outline of how the company started with a good picture of Charlie and Cracker!
http://rapidcityjournal.com/business/article_6aea331a-2a6a-11e0-aeeb-001cc4c002e0.html

This q&a is hilarious. He doesn't talk about Strider, but there is a cute photo of his son with crazy hair and getting ready to ride his orange Strider!
http://www.bikemag.com/news/3535/

There was an article in Parenting Magazine in the may or june issue about balance bikes and thats how we learned of the bikes in general. I did some research and fond that I liked the Stider bike and the whole Strider concept and we purched one for my son's thrird birtday (7-30).

Hi TX Hemi! I was reading your other post about how much your 3yr old son is enjoying his Strider, sounds like fun do you have any any pictures or video footage we could see?

I will be getting some video as soon as we get a new camcorder and I'll get some posted.

We made it into Bicycle Times Magazine today! We're getting super pumped for a huge turnout in Denver on August 28th...Do you know anybody in Denver?

http://www.bicycletimesmag.com/content/tots-race-too-strider-world-cup

Awesome! I look forward to seeing them

I just found this while doing a google search

http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?pid=1941182

The Strider World Cup at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge is going to be awesome! The word is getting out to the bike mags. http://www.bikemag.com/news/strider-world-cup-to-be-held-at-usa-pro-cycling-challenge/

This is really cool...Great way to include your kids in your daily activity and deepen their love for two wheeled fun at the same time.

A reporter from TIME magazine interviewed Ryan last week and quoted him in the story that came out online. The hard copy is coming out soon! Down with Training Wheels and Trikes!

http://healthland.time.com/2011/09/...arning-to-ride-a-bike-has-never-been-so-easy/

Here is a great TV 8 Interview in Vail, Colorado from the Strider Cup Racing and Strider Adventure Zone at the USA Pro Cycling Challenge.

Hey, Just saw this. As a fellow Hoosier, I'm definately impressed. Wow!

The Strider World Cup races are breaking into the the BMX magazines! This month in "PULL" there was a nice blurb about theStrider Racing at the Midwest Nationals in Warsaw, Indiana. We love the caption, "When the flag drops, The Similac stops"! One of the advantages for USA BMX is getting the next generation or BMX racers into the game at an even earlier ageand help them skip the training wheels altogether!
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Thats Cool

This was on the local channel 10 WTSP website this morning. People are talking! Time To RACE!!!!

Strider World Championships come to Sarasota Oct. 14-15

Submitted by Summer Lott, Web Producer, 10 News In Your Neighborhood

Sunday, October 9th, 2011, 10:49am

Topics: Sports & Recreation

Sarasota County’s BMX Track, 1590 North Tuttle Ave., Sarasota, will host the first-ever Strider World Championships, Oct. 14-15, for racers age 2-5 from North America, Europe, Asia and South America.

Spectator admission and parking for the event are free. Proceeds from vendor fees will support Suncoast Charities for Children, which benefits local children with special needs. In addition to World Championship races, the weekend will be filled with family friendly events and activities including:

• free Strider test rides all weekend
• free Strider loaner racing bikes (all toddlers who attend Friday night qualify to race)
• Strider riding clinic with BMX Hall of Fame racers Greg Hill and John Purse
• toddler best trick contest
• adult Strider bike races
• 2011 Florida and National Champion super boat “Team Velocity” will be on display, as well as super boat “Joyland.” Team members will sign autographs Saturday, noon – 1:30 p.m.
• children's obstacle course by I Train Your Kids

• face painting and balloon sculptures
• food stations featuring healthy snacks for kids.

“The Sarasota BMX track has been here since 1974 and is one of the oldest and most popular destinations for the sport,” said John McCarthy, interim executive director, Sarasota County Community Services. “BMX is now an Olympic sport and Strider racing allows kids as young as 2 years old to begin their pursuit of Olympic gold.”

Strider bikes have no pedals, allowing toddlers as young as 18 months old to balance and ride on two wheels without the use of tricycles or training wheels.

“When toddlers learn to ride on a Strider bike, the experience opens up a whole new world of balance, self-confidence, motor skills, teamwork and friendly competition,” said Ryan McFarland, founder and CEO of Strider Sports International. “These children are having a blast and learning valuable life lessons every step of the way.”

The Strider World Championships joins the Thunder by The Bay Motorcycle Festival, the Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival, the Holiday Boat Parade of Lights, and the Carlton Fisk Celebrity Golf Classic as some of the most popular fundraising events in the region.

For more information, contact the Sarasota County Call Center at 941-861-5000 or visit the Strider World Championships web site at www.striderlife.com/worldchampionship.