Bart de Jong
Last week our capital was all about the Urban Sports Week Amsterdam. From 6 till 9 July there where different kinds of urban sports which could be practiced and seen. BMX was represented with an own event, the Soulcycle BMX Championships! Riders from all over the world came to Amsterdam to compete for the prize money (over €12.000), ride together and have an awesome time! The spectators could hang out on Amsterdam’s Museumplein, watch some amazing BMX riding and enjoy the very chilled vibe that the Urban Sports Week Amsterdam has to offer!
The Museumplein was crammed with BMX parks for all BMX disciplines. Soulcycle organized contests for dirt, spine mini, park, flatland and street. Besides that there was a BMX video contest in which
Officially sponsoring X Games for the fourth year, Monster Energy proudly announces its team of athletes headed to X Games Minneapolis 2017, which makes its debut in the Twin Cities from July 13-16 at U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis to compete for X Games gold and prize money. With four days of competition ahead, the Monster Energy team is ready for action. X Games Minneapolis 2017 has an incredible weekend in store, seamlessly blending completion across Skate, BMX, Moto X and Flat Track racing disciplines, as well as a variety of entertainment, music and activities suited for the whole family throughout X Fest, which will be located in the Medtronic Plaza at U.S. Bank Stadium and The Commons across the street in downtown Minneapolis. Monster Energy will feature athlete autograph signings, brand ambassadors, sampling and an outdoor lounge at X Fest.
Madrid Connections is a video of some of the 2015 local scene. Copyright problems ended with the original video removed and a re-upload of a raw version of it. I miss the musical version so here are the sections without legal problems... maybe. Four sections left because of songs. We just started with the Connections 2 version!
Join the team in Rock Hill for a behind-the-scenes Preview of the upcoming UCI BMX World Challenge classes. All Challenge races will be streamed on BMXLive TV during the week leading up to the World Championships. Stay tuned.
The final day of the Challenge classes from Rock Hill sees the oldest categories race for their chance at a title.
Matthias Dandois defended his 2016 iBMXff World Championship title, and took home the 2017 World title with an amazing flawless run. Hit play and check this one out! Congratulations Matthias!
It’s that time of year again! Summer is in full swing, the sun is shining and our new website is uploaded and live with the new 2018 SE bikes! If you thought we couldn’t top last year’s line of bikes, you better think again! For our 2018 line of bikes, we have refined our line-up and gone back to our roots. With four new models, you’ll see more BMX bikes in the line than ever before. Check out some of the highlights.
Mike Buff is a BMX pioneer who helped introduce freestyle BMX to the world. As one of the original godfathers of freestyle, Mike rode a PK Ripper in the early 1980s when he was a member of the legendary BMX Action Trick Team. The Mike Buff Big Ripper resonates with the same style of the PK Ripper that Mike made famous, but this year’s version is built with big ol’ 29” wheels.
The Simple Summer Session riders list for the event in Riga on 26 August 2017 is starting to look really good. More local riders will be added from the pre-qualification events in Estonia (Kuldrula) and Latvia (Ghetto Games) as well as several more international top riders. Altogether 24 park riders and 24 street riders will ride in Riga. Nate Wessel designed the course and it will be built by MindWorkRamps / Sessionramps so you know it's going to be good.
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This is the report of Sirol Yrbua who's getting ready for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. After a lot of troubles in his life, he decided to change it, trying to do his best he can to make it happen. Life is a mistery that you have to live, not a problem to resolve. Hope you'll enjoy the video.
KURAGA 2017 EDIT by Daniil Kovalenko
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.