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My current daily riding routine leading up to X Games Japan & Salt Lake City. I practice for BMX Dirt and also try to get a back up trick for BMX Park Best Trick.

BMX Showdown Cape Town - South Africa. ULT.X Cape Escape brought two days of world-class BMX action to Cape Town, with a stacked line up of BMX talent across Dirt, Street & Bowl disciplines in the first time format for the event..

I've still been riding in the background, but the stars just haven't aligned for videos... UNTIL TODAY. The BMX bike is back for some dirt jump action down in central Florida. I came across a flyer for a dirt jump jam and I had to let 'er rip.

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.