If BMX had 100 riders like Matthias Dandois, the popularity of BMX would rise to a bigger level. Matthias' spirit, drive and enthusiasm is unheard of. He gets the attention he deserves but also takes the opportunities that are needed to get in the picture. Sometimes it might be out of the comfort zone, but for Matthias it lead to acting in a movie and getting the cover of GQ magazine. It is hard to keep up with Matthias and we're stoked he found some time to get back to us to answer some questions.
Last contest you entered: Chimera Games in Japan end of February 2020
It's been a crazy year regarding BMX events, both races and freestyle contests. The UCI just delivered the latest info on the 2020 World Cup & World Championship season. With safety in mind it doesn't look too good. Please read the update below.
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Following extensive discussions with the event’s organising committee, the 2020 UCI BMX World Championships, which had been scheduled to take place in Houston (USA) on 26-31 May and which had previously been postponed, have unfortunately been cancelled at the request of the organisers.
Edit to celebrate nine years of sobriety and BMX. Song: “Gone” The Deconstruction.
Madrid, Spain is home to a flatland talent that you may not of heard of yet - Varo Hernandez. During lockdown, Varo and filmer Rafael Black decided to make the most of their free time, and Varo filmed some wild links for this new video.
Filmed and edited by Fernando Gomarin Olaiz
We took a trip to State College, PA to meet up with AV from Grindworks BMX and Work team rider Brad Gibbs. The day was pretty darn productive so we decided a day edit was in order. Brad is rider the "Easy Street" Frame, Tom is on the "Squirrel Catcher", and John is on the "Tempest"
Yes, it’s true, The Rye Airfield park and all of the land around it is for sale. Beau Lambert explains: "We were going to make this public on April 13th this year but we also knew that so many of our young customers had already had a rough go with remote learning and massive social changes. Losing what many consider their 2nd home would just add to it. There are so many reasons behind this decision but Covid is unfortunately the final straw for us to make this information public.
1) - Operate with sessions, currently referred to as training sessions with a coach on hand all the time to meet Covid standards, until a sale can be made. This could happen as fast as a couple months or take more than a year. We will stay open as long as we are not going into debt.
2) - If a sale doesn’t take place and we are still covering costs we will stay open until April 13th, 2022. It was always our goal to make it at least 20 years.
3) - If demand isn’t there for us to operate under current restrictions we will close the doors, that could be at anytime. IF sessions sell out we will keep adding them to meet demand.
South Coast BMX edit Filmed by Max Hedges and Charlie Fergusson.
HWR revised opening sequences with trailer... take a look at what the Schwinn Sting Ray bicycle was all about and how 20" bicycles changed the lives of kids forever...