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It's not every day you get to watch two 50+ year old riders hitting the streets in a legit split video part, let alone two of the finest OGs, Dan Price and Amos Burke. Filmed on home turf in the Hastings, UK area, the level that these two still ride at is downright sick as hell. 50 is the new 40!

BMX legend Jay Miron shares the story behind the first double backflip in 1996, wild European adventures from the mid 90s, why Metro Jam came to an end, and more!

The Thrill of BMX: Where Adrenaline Meets Art

What is BMX?

BMX, short for Bicycle Motocross, began in the 1970s as a grassroots sport mimicking motocross on pedal-powered bikes. Over time, it evolved into a global phenomenon with several distinct disciplines, including street, park, dirt, flatland, and racing. Each category brings its own unique challenges and techniques, but the essence of BMX remains the same—speed, skill, style, and the courage to take risks. Whether it’s launching over dirt jumps or grinding rails in an urban landscape, BMX is a display of balance, precision, and creativity.

In between swigging 2 litre cartons of warm milk on a sunny summer's day, DIG Locals veteran Nathan Smith likes to throw down in the streets. Dude gets DOWN. Big moves from a big lad!

The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that it has renewed its partnership with the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) for the distribution of European broadcasting rights for its events in various cycling disciplines. The renewed partnership covers the period 2025-2031. The extension of the agreement, which began in 2017, covers both men's and women's competitions in all major cycling disciplines: road, track, mountain bike, BMX Racing, BMX Freestyle, cyclo-cross (including the UCI Cyclo-cross World Cup), trials and gravel. It also covers two editions of the UCI Cycling World Championships, an event organised every four years in the years preceding the Summer Olympic Games, which brings together the various cycling disciplines over a period of nearly two weeks.

Ryan "Biz" Jordan has been making a splash in BMX for a minute now. As the ring-leader of S&M's mid-school resurgence project, he had a duty to get down to business and get down to bizness he did. Enjoy!

Northern John, NJ, Norm, Nawf, real name John Deprieelle has always been a fun dude to hang out with when ever most people have come across him. It's a humorous experience coming across NJ, I cant think of anyone who tell ya any different?

John started out in the dark days of 1991, long past the BMX boom, when BMX was at one of its lowest points. From his early start in Southport he quickly started a long journey into every aspect of UK BMX.