Breaking News: Nic Long Released From Intense.

Nic Long has been on a bit of a tear on the track lately. USAC National Champion a couple months back, a strong showing in New Mexico, with a win and a second in Elite Men. Won the Friday night “Pro Open” class in Roseville, and made the main both days of the National.

When you’re winning races, the eyes of prospective sponsors and the world are upon you. When you have some setbacks or drama go down, it seems the eyes of CURRENT sponsors are on you most of all.

Just got this breaking news exclusive in to the BMXNEWS “Scoop” email account.

In light of recent events, Intense BMX has decided to let Nic Long out of his current contract with us to pursue other opportunities. Nic has been part of the Intense family for over 5 years, and we have enjoyed watching his riding and his career blossom while he was running our unique products.

It was a tough decision to let him go, as his contract with us ran through 2010, but we feel this is the best course of action for both our programs, and to let Nic pursue the opportunities and funding he now needs to get to the races he wants to attend.

We wish him the best of luck for the balance of the 2010 season and beyond.

Toby Henderson, CEO VSI Products/Intense BMX

No confirmation (but a heaping helping of speculation, which we are not currently at liberty to report) on what kind of uniform Nic will be wearing, come next week’s ABA Midwest Nationals in Rockford, IL. We will keep you posted as we learn more.

UPDATE 6/8/10 11:10PM CDT: On the VintageBMX thread on the topic, Haro Bicycles marketing man Derek Betcher had the following to say: “Allan Cooke and I are proud to welcome Nic Long to the Haro family.”