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From the 9th to 13th of May, spectators can enjoy 5 action packed days of Action Sports at the tours flagship event. After an amazing launch event in Saudi Arabia and a massive first stop in Japan, the FISE family couldn't be more ready for the biggest event of the year. Montpellier's festival is not to be missed bringing together to best action sports athletes in a huge range of sports including BMX, Roller, Scooter , MTB Slopestyle, Wakeboard and Parkour.
This year, the stop is promising to be bigger than ever with a bunch of fresh additions such as the UCI BMX Flatland World Cup event and a brand new second Freestyle Park dedicated to Roller and Scooter Freestyle. The event will continue on from the Hiroshima event and host the following World Cups:
Live on FATBMX! Circuit Zolder in Belgium is home to the final round of the European leg of the UCI BMX Supercross World cup Tour 2018. Next up it's off to Baku, Azerbaijan for the World Championships and then onto Santiago del Estero for the final rounds.
2018: Zolder LIVE - Round 5 on FATBMX. After a successful inaugural event in 2017 we're back at Circuit Zolder as they play host to Round 5 of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Tour 2018. We're half way through the season and things are hotting up for the overall title.
Live on FATBMX. Round 4 of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Tour comes to you from the Olympic training centre in Papendal, the Netherlands.
2018: Papendal LIVE - Round 3 on FATBMX. The legendary track in Papendal, the Netherlands, hosts Round 3 of the UCI BMX Supercross World Cup Tour 2018.
With the adrenalin only just left our bodies, from the exciting racing in Paris, it's time to get geared up for the next stop on tour. Papendal, the Netherlands - home to the Dutch team. Bring it on!
500,000 fans. 7 sports. 5 days. The world's biggest action sports festival is coming! FISE Montpellier ?? | 9-13 May.
Over the past several months Dylan McCauley & Jeff Wescott have been working on a new joint video project called No Quarter with Jeremie Infelise behind the the lens and on the edit.
Fun fact: Dan filmed 10 of these clips in 1 day. Try to guess which ones. Straight beastmode.
Imagine a very sick bikepark. A tailor-made park including all the sections you need to rise BMX limits to another level. Now imagine the same park fully covered in mirrors. Finally, imagine two of the best riders of the moment nailing tricks you might have never seen. Hard to believe? Also hard to turn it into reality. But it’s not a mirage, it’s absolutely true. It has happened somewhere near Pamplona in Spain and twelve months have been needed to make this possible.
One year throughout which, amongst other things, the Spanish rider with Nigerian origins, Courage Adams (22), has been one of the main responsibles of the thorough design of its sections. However, riding alone in this unique bikepark made no sense and it was a huge challenge. Besides, the first feeling he had once he saw the finished park was “it looks like a spacecraft. That place looked nothing similar to how it was before,” he pointed out.
The decisive moment had come. Courage invited German rider Paul Thölen (19), who came from his hometown Viersen exclusively for the occasion. “As soon as I saw the Mirror Park I thought it was surreal and that I wouldn’t be able to perform a single trick”, he confesses.
The trouble you have to face when riding on such a slippery Surface and facing your own reflections is extreme. Everything is complex and confusing. Stimulus are multiplied times one thousand and your surrounding becomes imprecise and uncertain, to the extent of getting dizzy and having to stop several times until you get back on track.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.