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Back in Brussels for the third round of the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup. Discover the Belgian capital in the new teaser for the third round of the 2023 UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup. After Diriyah in Saudi Arabia and Montpellier in France, Belgium has the honor of hosting a round of the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup (Park) this summer, from 6 to 9 July. After an epic first event in 2022, the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup is back in Brussels as part of Brussels Urban Sessions, a free festival that will turn the Belgian capital into the center stage of the world’s most daring action sports and urban lifestyle.
One year before the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the UCI BMX Freestyle World Cup rounds bring
The biggest BMX race in the region will take place on 22nd/23rd April 2023, again as a part of BMX Alpe-Adria and Slovenian national cup. Race 2 (Sunday) has a UCI C1 category and live broadcast on website!
BMX Park Ljubljana is getting ready to host the fifth edition of BMX Race Ljubljana, the biggest BMX race in the region (April 22/23). Race will open dr. Auer Alpe-Adria BMX cup and is of course part of the Slovenian BMX Cup, at the same time the Sunday race will have a UCI C1 status and a hefty price found, making it a good opportunity to get some UCI points towards Paris 2023 qualies. Biggest change for the 2023 edition is the updated track in Ljubljana! Organizers from Cycling club Rajd have extended the last straight of the track, making it 20 meters longer and used that space to add more features. This will shake-up the race and could be decisive in motos, at the same time local riders get a better track for training. Young Slovenians are faster with each season, and the infrastructure has to
Name: Luigi Viacava
Age: 33
Hometown: Lima, Peru (French/Peruvian nationality)
Hook-ups/Sponsors: My own job as a filmmaker haha
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Little unnoticed spots in the street
-BMX video: Etnies Grounded
Saturday, April 1 ended Daylight Savings and we had a jam to send it off properly. Big thanks to @theseenaus from Newcastle for filming, and thanks to everyone who came to be a part of it!
Check out Felix Prangenberg and the Fracture Crew spending some quality time in Barcelona, Spain.
Name: Henry Rodriguez
Age: 23
Hometown: Arequipa, Perú
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Briatong clothing, NeoBMX
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Pepelucho
-BMX video: This one
-Website: Henry's Favourite
-Food: Ceviche con Arroz de Mariscos
-Person on Instagram: Follow it.
-Travel destination: USA, SD
Name: Jake Calhoun
Age: 18
Hometown: Long Valley, New Jersey, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Monster Army, Danscomp, CbdDepartment, HeavyPedalz
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Greenlawn skatepark in Long Island, never get to go but man that park is perfect for me
-BMX video: Kink Cheap Thrills
-Website: FATBMX, VitalBMX, OurBMX
-Web video: Girls, girls, girls, music video
-Person on Instagram: Tommy Lee, dude's instagram is wild
-Travel destination: Of the places I’ve been, Florida. someday I’ll be making a road trip from Geneva to Vienna with some friends and make a full video!
-Riders to ride with: Devin Boehm, Colin Akerman, Remy Reynolds, Troy Harm, Jon Plemenik, Chris
Peruvian native/rider/filmer Luigi Viacava took a trip with a few friends to the northern region of his home country and explored an anomaly of a small fishing town. Banks line most streets of Los Organos, creating some really cool setups; spot frothers are in heaven. Featuring Cristian Trigoso, Marc Asturias, and Henry Rodriguez.
Axel Gonzalez in Cali with guest clips from Greg Granville and Mark Appleyard.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.