Norcal Next Generation

Some people may tell you that two wrongs don’t make a right.

But what about two rights? (Is that a left?) For 2018, two right teams have joined forces, and by this November, we wouldn’t be too shocked to see them in the title-chase for No.1 Bike Shop (if not in the points lead).

NorCal-Next Generation is a joint venture formed by two of the longest running BMX teams in Northern California. Together, they have racked up a combined 27 years of team competition with USA BMX (formerly ABA). These two teams, run by The Elliott Family and the Lowry Family, have actually been talking about this joint venture for many years due to their similar mission statements and passion for helping family’s and riders progress to new levels.

For the Elliott family, their original roots go back about 38 years ago. It was the spring of 1980 when Kent Elliott and his little sister Cheri (yes.. that Cheri) begged their parents to take them to the middle of a dusty field surrounded by motorcycles and 4X4s at a Sacramento CA County owned OHV Park. There were no GPS or cell phones guiding them to the track (how anyone found it is a miracle in itself), and there was certainly no formal guidance about the sport provided when they rolled up to the track. They were greeted, however, by a loud skinny teenager named Gork (yes.. that gOrk), shouting his now historic manual gate-starting cadence …. “GEEEEEEETTTT SEEEEEETTTTT !! PEDALSREADYANYTIME!!!” (Yes that last part was one word!)