Bart de Jong
Niek Kimmann is a professional BMX racer, three-time World Champion, and a gold medalist Olympian. His accomplishments follow a lifelong journey of BMX racing. He shared his story with Box on what his BMX career was all about. Kimmann grew up in a small village called Lutten, located in the Netherlands and lived there for 15 years. His parents were influential, athletic and enjoyed the outdoors. His mother was a horseback rider, and his father was an ice skater. When he was younger, he spent two hours a week trying out different sports such as track and field, football, and others, but none of these called out to him. It wasn't until his friends introduced him to BMX that he found his passion instantly. His first experience riding at his local BMX track was what he would call "love at first sight."
The flying Dutchman began his riding journey when he was only seven years old. Growing up on a farm, he had plenty of room to ride his bike around. As he continued to race, he would frequent the Dedemsvaart track near his hometown for an hour every Tuesday and Thursday. He was mentored by the track's coach amongst other kids. "I was lucky to have a good coach at my track, the help they gave me,
Today we are proud to announce that we are distributing Primo from now on!
Primo's STATEMENT:
"Primo have officially joined forces with Traffic distribution in Germany. We’ve been long time fans of the direction Traffic has taken BMX and could not be more stoked to be working with them to help make our products available at the right places throughout much of the EU."
Our first delivery of the MY21 Primo parts has arrived! The delivery contained only a hand full of products due to production delays. For example the Primo BALANCE fork, CHURCHILL cranks and the Primo CALI grips in many different colorways. We will receive a second delivery very soon so that we will have almost their whole portfolio available in a few weeks.
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In 2004 Jim Bauer invited me to shoot the Odyssey team tour of Europe. It was fun, mostly. We all met in Montpellier, France for the FISE BMX comp. Please enjoy this footage of Mike Aiten 180'ing repeatedly, it's the coolest. Thanks Jim!
If you know Troy Charlesworth you'll know he has been filming with his Century Xtreme lens for the good part of a decade. Producing a number of full length DVDs not to mention a plethora of web parts. Recently finishing Boyds Locked Down Under part for @Odyssey BMX. Today Troy is showing us how he gets the most from his fisheye while out filming.
Spanish rider Ruben Alcantara is one of BMXs most iconic heroes.
The Austin Allen Memorial Jam at Apple Valley Park. 10/2/2021
2020 BMX proudly presents ‘That’s What’s Up’, a DVD by Troy Charlesworth.
Paterico Fallico gives you a run down of his current Colony build. Watch the bike check video for more info and see the spec list below.
Enrico Orobko is an 25 years old BMX rider from Viljandi, Estonia. He is doin' it for himself. He has been riding bikes since he was 12. He loves the adrenaline that BMX gives and to be honest - he loves to progress.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.