Bart de Jong
The UCI BMX Freestyle park World Cup season ends in Australia. It has been a battle between Anthony Jeanjean and Logan Martin all year long. With Jeanjean getting home advantage in Montpellier France, it is now Logan Martin's turn to use the Gold Coast surroundings in his favour for the last stop. Both did well in Montpellier and Brussels and their ranking points indicate 1820 for Jeanjean and 1800 for Martin at the moment. During qualification neither one of the top park riders made a mistake and a 1-2 finish was the results with Logan coming on top. The event continued on Saturday with the semi finals where 12 of the 24 riders were sent to the showers. Logan and Anthony are still in getting out of the semi finals in 1st (Logan) and 3rd (Jeanjean) giving the Aussie the opportunity to watch the Frenchy's runs before dropping in. With two runs of which the best run counts, expect the battle to be on. In Abu Dhabi at the recent UCI BMX Freestyle World Championships Logan Martin got a flat tire during qualification. Something like that could just happen at the Gold Coast as well but both team France and team Australia are ready to minimize bad luck and get the riders ready so they can perform at their best at the final round of the season. 2022 UCI BMX Park World Champion made it to the finals in 2nd place and is ready to mix it up with the two title favourites on Sunday. We will see what happens but make sure to keep checking in for the outcome.
In Women Park China is taking over. You read that right. China is taking over the Women class
Alex Donnachie, Joe Foley, Antonio Smallwood and Thomas Roulston get back on the road for our new video, 'Hit the City, BSD Vancouver'.
PNW killa John Nelson, coming through with the bars on this mixtape edit! Filmed over the last several months in Seattle, John titled it "No Spots in Seattle" because as a kid, he once asked an older rider why there weren't a lot of pros coming out of the area, and the dude said, "because there's no spots in Seattle" and that always stuck with him. We think it's safe to say Seattle's breeding beasts nowadays! Also, shout out to @ghybikes for keeping John rolling!
Markell Jones staying on theme for this one, filmed the majority of this in and around Long Beach. So it's only fitting that we name his colorway on the Velocity frame; Long Beach Sand(LB Sand). Here is Markell bringing his own ideas & clean style to every spot he touches. Enjoy!
Sending it in the heat! Check out what went down during Men's Practice at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup 2022 in Gold Coast, Australia. Qualification is about to start. Looks like Anthony Jeanjean and Logan Martin are the ones to beat. Also, fingers crossed that Brandon Loupos knee is okay after that crash at 5:38!
We are happy to create our first official team for Behind Bars, apart from making sure we provide the best BMX Brands and Equipment needed to cater for our scene here in Malta. We also support the scene and we want to make sure that promising riders like Matthew and Jake get the help they need to reach the potential they have.
Heading 12 years deep in to the Channel 4Down Video Vault this week we give you the United Down Under 08 Tour.
This video was filmed during United's tour of Australia, hitting up shops as they went along and enjoying the sun down under. Stick around after the credits to enjoy the bonus mix section, crash section, and additional bonus footage.
Watch Jayden Fuller, Paterico Fallico, Sam Grace and Mick Bayzand keep dry whilst in Sydney and session the Bike Air Bike Park.
There's lots to say about this edit, damn it's good, but here's a description straight from the GOAT's mouth...
The GT BMX crew takes an extended weekend in ST. Louis lurking spots and admiring the 630 ft tall arch visible from just about any spot in the city, for real. That thing is massive.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.