History class never appealed to me. I dropped it as soon as I could. When it comes to BMX history, it's a different story. You see I’ve always thought that BMX originated in the USA in the late sixties until I walked passed a bookstore the other day. On the poster in the shop window was a picture of two kids riding bikes at a “fietscross” in 1956. The photo was taken in St.-Anthonis, Holland 15 miles from the FATBMX office. I walked in the store, searching for the mag and found “Ach Lieve Tijd”. The € 4.95 cover prize was a steal for a piece of BMX history. A quick search for more BMX pics was a negative but a story about Motocross I found. It mentioned that the sport of Motocross was started in the Netherlands on modified Nortons, DKW’s and BSA’s. Seeing that there is a truth to this, it is acceptable to believe that there were kids around pretending they had motorcycles but riding their bikes instead.

Bicycle Motocross anyone?

It’s hard to beat the date of the organized BMX race on Queensday of 1956. The Bultaco’s and Montesa’s had not made it to the USA yet and Scott Breithaupt wasn’t even born.

Greetings from Holland, the country where BMX was born.

BdJ

It ain’t much if it ain’t Dutch.

2010/2/9 13:15:22 - Simpel Session Behind The Scenes pictures.
2010/2/9 10:07:02 - Always chill, January 2010 edit. by Itamar Bavli
2010/2/9 9:30:00 - The ASA High School Tour expands to bring Anti-Tobacco message to 100 Schools via an Action Sports Experience in 2010
2010/2/9 8:09:32 - Simpel Session Finals video. By Robin Fenlon
2010/2/9 6:00:00 - Seeley on Duffs BMX PROgram.
2010/2/9 4:20:00 - Miles Rogoish on Osiris Pro video
2010/2/9 1:30:00 - FAT FAVs with Robert Tibbs
2010/2/8 16:20:00 - Simpel Session Best trick video by Robin Fenlon
2010/2/8 13:50:00 - 2010 Red Bull Fight with Flight. By Sulferblitz
2010/2/8 12:29:38 - BMX B-day boys this week
2010/2/8 11:10:00 - The Local Face Team video
2010/2/8 7:20:00 - Love BMX digital mag
2010/2/8 4:20:00 - "Get Laced" video. By Jon Peacy
2010/2/8 1:30:00 - FAT FAVORITE list with Kareem J Williams
2010/2/7 19:20:00 - Simpel Session results. Woowoo!
2010/2/7 10:00:00 - Simpel Session Best Trick and BMX Finals live on FATBMX this afternoon!
2010/2/7 6:40:00 - New Day Smith signature frame
2010/2/7 4:20:00 - Simpel Session practice video by Robin Fenlon
2010/2/7 1:30:00 - FAT FAVORITE list with Sean Yarroll
2010/2/7 1:00:00 - wethepeople videorama 2010 - Balazs Ivanfi (HU)
2010/2/7 0:10:00 - On FuelTV: Chase DeHart, Robbie Morales and musical guest Switchfoot - Wednesday 2.10.10
2010/2/7 0:00:00 - TWELVE - a new project of the mountain biker and BMXer Michal Prokop.
2010/2/6 22:59:46 - Qualifying results Simpel Session 2010.
2010/2/6 21:14:34 - Tom Stretton - Welcome edit. By Colony BMX
2010/2/6 11:30:00 - MFOBMX - "O Peso do AR" - part5 by Vespa Produções