New Zealand appoints BMX coach

BikeNZ has announced that Grant White has been recruited to the long-term position of National BMX Coach.

White, an former international BMX rider for Australia and New South Wales and Australian BMX coach, has spent the last three years running his own business offering professional BMX coaching services to a number of world-class riders.

As New Zealand's national BMX coach, White will lead BikeNZ's BMX high performance programme in the lead up to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where BMX will make its debut as an Olympic sport.