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Hey BMX fans,

Get ready—Dirtyfest 3 is going live on Friday, June 6 through Sunday, June 8! It’s the ultimate old-school BMX throwdown—your favorite legends from the ’80s and ’90s, plus flat-pedal BMX racing like you’ve never seen before.

Big News:
Join me Friday night as I officially launch my new brand, IKONIX!
We’re debuting exciting new products all weekend long, and you’ll be the first to see what we’ve been building.

Don’t Miss:
IKONIX Bikes Release Party – Friday @ 7:30 PM
Visit my booths all weekend for exclusive gear, bikes, and more!

This is one event you won’t want to miss—I hope to see you there!

At first glance, horse racing jockeys and BMX riders seem to be competitors from two disparate worlds. One travels dirt tracks on a bicycle, flying through the air over obstacles; the other mounts up on half a ton of animal and gallops along at incredible velocities, making his way through a pack on grass orearth. But take a closer look, and the similarities between the two high-speed sports—and their competitors—emerge clearly.

Despite the diverse milieu and mechanics, both horse racing and BMX riding require maximum physical and mental capacity. From managing the body to making decisions in a split second, both sports require an extraordinary mix of strength, strategy, and sheer nerve.

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.

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.

Pannonian Challenge, the largest extreme sports festival in the region, has been shaping the identity of Osijek as an urban, sports, and cultural hub for over two decades. From May 23 to 25, more than 100 registered athletes from Latvia, Slovenia, Hungary, Ukraine, the Czech Republic, Poland, Bulgaria, Spain, Russia, Colombia, Japan, and China will arrive at Osijek's skate park.

“We are proud to announce that this year’s edition of the festival will bring together a large number of male and female competitors from various countries in all three competition disciplines. Among them are members of the BMX national team from China. The female riders of this team are ranked

Only two weeks left to wait! The 19th edition of the NL Contest by Caisse d'Epargne - Urban Sport & Art Festival will open its doors to festival-goers and athletes from all over the world on May 23, 24 and 25, 2025. This unique, 100% Alsace-made event will rock the Rotonde Skatepark in Strasbourg for a weekend that promises to be full of excitement and all kinds of tricks. The NL Contest by Caisse d'Epargne - Urban Sport & Art Festival is a unique event , which has established itself over the years in Europe and thus become an essential event in the world of urban sports and urban cultures . Through this highlight, the Nouvelle Ligne association , organizer of the NL Contest , works to honor new urban sports disciplines but also all emerging practices that redefine the appropriation

The official 2025 BMX Freestyle South African Championships are set to take place at the Park Lines BMX Tournament on Saturday 24 May. Presented by LW Mag and Dragon Energy in association with Garmin, Balwin Properties, Fox and Mongoose. BMX Freestyle riders from all over the country will gather to compete for the title of South African BMX Freestyle champion. The action-packed event will showcase creativity and skill as riders perform tricks and stunts in their battle to win their share of the prize money and to see who will be crowned event champions.

Park Lines will take place at the newly built SkyLab Skatepark at the Jozi-X Adventure Park in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Invited riders from around South Africa will compete in the Pro Division, and the event will afford up-and-coming riders the opportunity to compete in the Amateur Division.

The park will offer a range of obstacles for riders to make use of during their runs. Competitors will go head-to-head in qualifying heats where judges will take use-of-park, variation, style, tricks and amplitude into account when making their selection of riders advancing into the Finals. Pro riders will be competing for their share of the Cash Prize Purse, a Garmin Instinct 3 Smartwatch, along with other prizes from the official event partners.

For its 28th edition, Montpellier will once again transform itself into the world capital of urban sports, from May 28th to June 1st, welcoming hundreds of thousands of enthousiasts to the banks of the River Lez for 5 days of competition, activities and festivities. From 28th April to May 25th inclusive, the standard fare will be will be €12. During FISE week, from May 26th to June 1st, the late rate will apply at €14.

While the backdrop to the 2024 event was the run-up to the Olympic Games, the 2025 event will be an opportunity to celebrate the achievements of the athletes who won medals in Paris. Anthony Jeanjean, the French BMX prodigy who won the FISE Montpellier 2024 on home soil and the bronze medal at the

etnies is excited to announce its launch of collaboration with Barcelona-based collective Sour Solution. With its roots in Sweden and its pumping heart in the streets of Barcelona – Sour has established a cult following thanks to its team of outstanding riders, offbeat humour and distinct visual identity. Celebrated for their exceptional boards, riotous graphics and commitment to marketing and skate philosophy, their video output superbly showcases the team's technical abilities and creative expression - solidifying their reputation and making a collab with etnies highly seductive.

Leading the collection is the Snake x Sour Solution - a mid-nineties silhouette updated in

First, I would like to thank you for your support of me and my company over the years. From humble beginnings as a teenager, I started as a rider and designer and created Haro Bikes. After Haro Bikes, I continued to participate in BMX through Olympic collaborations with Nike in 2008 and 2012, the London Olympics in 2012, marquee events with Red Bull, and collaborations with some of the most iconic brands in sport, like Vans, Redline, BMX Action, Oakley, SE Bikes, JT Racing, Honda, Yamaha, Ducati, and many more.

My passion for BMX has never wavered, and I’m proud to introduce my new BMX brand, IKONIX. While my roots are in the ’70s and ’80s, as a contemporary designer, I wanted to create something new and innovative. The IKONIX FS1 is not a re-pop of past designs—it’s a look forward. It’s fresh, modern, rideable, performance-focused and loaded with details.
My vision for IKONIX is to build a new BMX brand that is steeped in my history and design ethos: high in quality and limited in numbers.

The FS1 represents the first of many exceptional products I plan to offer. I hope you can join me as