This year's SM BMX took place at the Orminge Skatepark in Stockholm, Sweden and even though the weather wasn't quite on our side, riders did their best to have a good time none the less. Here's a short recap video of some of the events that took place!
The next generation is safe with Shadow / Subrosa rider Saul Vilar representing. Only just turning 14, Saul has some unreal talent on a bike, and is thirsty for more good times on two wheels.
Here is some BMX Flatland action filmed from above with a DJI drone. Tricks /stunts are performed by Gauthier Saint and edit by Jean-François Boulianne. The video was filmed in Montreal, Québec on august 2021.
Wethepeople's Canadian youngster Jeffrey Lapointe is as smooth as they come. Sit back and watch over 5 minutes of cutting edge street moves from the man himself. Jeffrey killed it for this one.
Paterico's video that we dropped a couple months ago sure was a wild one! So we put together all the raw clips and crashes along with everything that went down in between.
Eze Helmreich of Córdoba, Argentina rips his local trails for nearly 3 minutes straight. We met Eze back in '18 at Woodward West where he was working and riding everyday. On our way in we heard about him from mutual friends telling us how crazy the Argentinian was on the trails, in the park or at the plaza.
Riders on fire, waving massive crowds under a bright sun, this weekend event in Le Havre was the best way to kick off the 2021 tour in style. In all the sports, tricks and lines were insane as in the Bowl than the Freestyle Park. Make sure to find out all the results and stay tuned to the next one in Canet-en-Roussillon. From the women's final this morning, Laury Perez smashed it with big wall, an air whip and an air bar. Coming from Sérignan, she crossed France to achieve as much a victory in the contest as the Winner title of the FFC BMX Freestyle Park French Cup.
In the Pro category, the third step of the podium went to Daniel Wedemeijer who stood out with an international level run, where each of the tricks was enhanced by flawless execution.
The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is pleased to announce that James Palmer (CAN) and Laura Smulders (NED) have been elected to represent BMX Racing on the UCI Athletes’ Commission, in a vote organised during the 2021 UCI BMX World Championships held in Papendal (the Netherlands) from 17 to 22 August. James Palmer and Laura Smulders (re-elected) were chosen from among four candidates – two men and two women – by athletes registered for the event.
James Palmer obtained 68.1.% of the votes for the male candidates, while Laura Smulders reached 85.1% of the votes for the female candidates. The voting participation rate was 73.4%.
Members of the UCI Athletes’ Commission are elected for a four-year term which will take effect at the UCI Elective Congress in 2021 - to be held during the UCI Road World Championships in Flanders (Belgium) - and will end at the following Elective Congress on the occasion of the 2025 UCI Road World Championships in Africa.
This election is part of the renewal of the UCI Athletes' Commission for the 2021-2025 period. Its new members are elected by their peers during the 2021 UCI World Championships for the various cycling disciplines.
Since 2017, the Commission has been composed of 20 members, with each discipline or specialty –
NL Contest 2021 BMX results. SkatePark – Rotonde – Strasbourg, France. 27-29 August 2021. Caillet wins big.
BMX PRO
1 – Istvan CAILLET
2 – Maxime BRINGER
3 – Kenneth TANCRE
4 – Cam PEAK
5 – Florent KASTNER
6 – Romain DEVASSINE
7 – Nicolas KROFFIG
8 – Thibaut PANAVILLE
9 – Alex SIDERIS
10 – Maxime VAUTRINOT
11 – Antoine L’HELGUEN
12 – Hassin NEKKAB