It's slated to be one of the biggest days for BMX in 2016: On Saturday night, June 11th in Chula Vista, Ca., the National Hall of Fame will induct six new legends of the sport into the famed hall. All of this will take place just hours after the U.S. BMX Olympic Trials where the second U.S. Athlete to represent the United States will be decided! Please join us in welcoming the following six inductees in to the BMX HoF Class of 2016:
PIONEER RACER: LEE MEDLIN
Known to the BMX world as Pedalin' Lee Medlin, this year's Pioneer
Flame Trails Jam: 17 April 2016. No more excuses. Time to ride. All ages.
How many times do you meet friends and say: "Let's ride together some day". 95% of the time it doesn't happen until you meet again somewhere else and the same question pops up. The solution to all this is to pick a date, get the dirt spot in shape and invite all your friends to come ride that day. Also all facebook friends are welcome, it's just an excuse to get together for a fun day of riding bikes. Yes, we've picked a date, made a flyer and we want you to come to the Flame trails at Sportpark Brandevoort in Helmond, NL on Sunday 17 April 2016. We'll make sure the spot is up and running for all BMX riders (racers and freestylers) and we'll have some tunes. You just come over and roll.
BMX Olympic Bronze Medalist, Laëtitia Le Corguillé retires from racing!
Long time International BMXer, Laëtitia Le Corguillé has announced her retirement from BMX Racing and won't get a chance to participate to her third Olympic games... and retires from the sport... Laëtitia suffered a serious foot injury, Sunday at the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup in Manchester, UK while making a run at her third Olympics and has ended what has been one of the longest and most successful Elite Women's BMX careers in the sport.
In her own words "I took a while to give news of my ankle because yesterday afternoon was hard to take ... after all, I have a broken calcaneus (heel bone): 2 large fracture above. This is very bad news because even if all goes well, my foot must remain immobilized for 3 months without contact of the heel on the floor ... three months on crutches. It is the end of season for me. I hoped also to finish my career on a high note at the Olympic Games (even if the qualification was not certain yet ). This will not be the case. So you can understand that this injury also announces
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.