FATBMX Your Online BMX News Resource Since 1998

BMX racers converged on Nashville, Tenn., on Saturday for the right to earn the Stars-and-Stripes jersey at the 2013 USA Cycling Amateur BMX National Championships. Riders from 35 different age categories battled each other and the elements for the right to call themselves the best in the nation in their respective divisions. Even a powerful afternoon storm that moved through the area could not dampen the enthusiasm of the racers.

In the end, 35 champions were crowned as they not only fought for the top step of the podium and the coveted Stars-and-Stripes jersey, but also for a chance to represent the U.S. at the 2013 UCI BMX World Championships, July 24-28 in Auckland, New Zealand. The top 16 in each age group qualified to participate in the age group world championships.

2013 USA Cycling Amateur BMX National Championships, Nashville, Tenn. Saturday, June 1, 2013:

A few days after the UCI BMX Supercross in Argentina I travelled to Weiterstadt, Germany for round 5&6 of the European Championship. I have some good memories in Weiterstadt, winning both rounds in 2010, so I was hoping to do the same 2 weeks ago. Unfortunately I don’t remember much of this race, because I crashed pretty hard in Sunday practice and got a concussion. No racing for me after that crash, but on Saturday I made it to the semi final. I had some good racing going on with the Olympic Champ “Strombergs”,

Despite the bad weather Peyuco Duhart, Mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Pierre Agnès, Andy Mooney and Bob McKnight from the Quiksilver Group officially opened the Skatepark 162 on Tuesday, May 28th. Some amateurs and professional skateboarders from the DC team enjoyed a short sunny spell to show some tricks to the public. Then, the evening ended with a concert by the rock band"The Ringo Jets". This 1200 m2 public concrete spot, located in the Jalday area is the result of a Partnership between the Lafitenia association and the town of

Ramp building is something a lot of people can do. But when it comes down to designing and building in a short period of time, you will be able to decide the men from the boys. Currently a crew of ramp builders have made it to Amsterdam to finish up the course for the Red Bull Framed Reactions. Instead of starting from scratch, the crew had a lot of ramps available already as all the Red Bull Skylines ramps had been transported to Amsterdam a few months ago. But the ramp set-up in the Westerpark next week won't bee the same as the