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The final instalment in our FISE Montpellier 2025 coverage, and it's the women's street finals. Congrats to Bethany Hedrick, Anahi Valentina and Sarah Skotnicki (Sarah is missing from the podium as she had to run off and ride Spine Finals!)
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2025 BMX Racing World Cup season is right around the corner. First stop - Sarrians, France. One of the more challenging tracks in the world. Luckily, I get to train here weekly to get used to it. Excited for when it all kicks off.
Boyd Hilder signature BIG BOYD rims in Black and Coffee. BIG BOYD rims are made from 6069-T6 aluminum and designed with Boyd Hilder for pro-level street, park riding and more. The extra-wide cross-section is both strong and light, and designed to work with larger tire widths. This is now the widest rim in our lineup.
180 downside whip overlord, Kent Fuller has been working on this for the last three years with filmer Tristan Sweet, in between breaking his ankle and getting a concussion (the first crash in the video). Needless to say, it turned out to be a banger. Get watching!
All the behind the scenes footage from Trey Jones's part in the full length video POST TIME.
10 years later, we decided to bring back our short movie series for one final episode. Mark Webb and Daniel Dhers, two of the best BMX riders of their generation, have been coming to FISE for nearly 20 years. A decade ago, along with filmmaker JC Pieri, they created the series Living the Dream. Now, it’s time to reunite them for one last ride.
MIX - TYPESHIT - 2025 Animal Bikes Featuring:
BMX racing and casino games may appear to be worlds apart at first glance, but they are not. They are closely related. BMX racing features sharp turns and high jumps that defy gravity, while the casino’s fast thrills come from its online slots. In both cases, it all comes down to the same elements – excitement, certain risks, and great anticipation for something huge to happen next. This shared passion for high stakes has allowed developers to draw inspiration from the world of BMX racing as a way of translating extreme sports to the excitement of online slots and other online casino games.
Thrill and Excitement as Main Forces
It’s fast, it’s furious, it’s BMX racing. All that instant gratification and entertainment from taking a machine over challenging tracks complete with tight turns, huge jumps, and high-speed sprints down straight sections. The kind of physical and mental toughness required to win creates an electric atmosphere for both competitors and spectators. With the excitement of the races and the suspense over results, and the fast pace of the sport, everything puts one on a palpable level of adrenaline. It’s the same high of adrenaline that BMX gaming wants to give in the planning of big risk games such as online slots.
Similar to BMX racing, online casino games, particularly fast ones, instant and with high volatility, shake the player to such a point where they sit on the edge of their seats. Just like BMX racers feel the
Where else but Montpellier—la ville fidèle to the spirit of urban sports—to host the opening round of the 2025 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup? Since 1997, this Mediterranean gem has welcomed no fewer than 28 major urban sports festivals, and this year was no exception. As part of the emblematic Festival des Sports Extrêmes (FISE), the city once again came alive, offering a thrilling stage for the Park, Street, Spine Mini and Flatland disciplines. Over the course of a week, an estimated 300,000 spectators were treated to a veritable spectacle of talent, adrenaline, and sheer artistry on two wheels.
BMX Park Men: La crème de la crème under the sun
To ensure fair and ample practice time for all, the Men’s Park event imposed a cut at 72 riders—a practical choice, and a nod to the professionalism that defines this sport at its highest level. After the pause following December’s UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Abu Dhabi, riders returned revitalized, their arsenals of tricks freshly sharpened and ready to be unveiled on this prestigious stage.
The gods of weather smiled upon Montpellier. Despite the heat—intense, almost Provençal in its brilliance—the skies stayed dry, and support crews came prepared à la française, armed with coolers, baguettes, sunglasses, and parasols.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.