How to BMX Flatland | Can you make it! Episode 2 (Peg Wheelie) by Matthias Dandois
It may seem strange that game-changing BMX products come to the world from Southern Wisconsin--we get it. We're proud of our Midwestern roots, but it's just our home base. The reality is, Throdwn titanium frames and cranks were "made" in Tulsa, and Louisville, and Nashville and Zolder, and Rockford and Pittsburgh, and dozens of other racing cities we have visited over the three years of developing the final product we're introducing today.
The first eight members of the 2016 UCI BMX World Championships team were named on Wednesday, nearly one month ahead of the May 25-29 competition in Medellin, Colombia. Four men and four women were selected to the team, while another two men are still to be named following the May 7-8 World Cup #3 in Papendal, Netherlands.
In addition to potential world titles, Olympic spots are on the line for Team USA, as podium finishes would punch American athletes’
I have spent the majority of my life travelling the world riding my bike and making friends along the way. I’ve been very lucky to have had a long career as a pro rider and here I am following my instincts and launching my own company. We have seen riding naturally evolve with street becoming the predominant style of freestyle BMX, but for me although I enjoy riding street and using my pegs I have always had a bigger passion for riding transitions. Whether it’s indoors,
Name: Mati Lasgoity
Hometown: Barcelona, Spain
Sponsors: Fiend
Instagram: @mlridebmx
What's your best Simple Session memory?
Mati Lasgoity: I have none, but I'm heading there in a couple weeks for the first time and start to make my future memories.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.