Welcome to another exciting episode of the Super Rad BMX Podcast! In this episode, we're thrilled to have the legendary Hollywood Mike Miranda join us for an in-depth interview.
Profile's Launch Box is a series of Profile team mixers, launched on your lunch break, during each season of every year.
During a thrilling summer of Action Sports, Wolverhampton hosted the E-FISE BMX Street Contest, where the world's top BMX talent came together to shoot some epic videos. Three of the globe's best Pro BMX riders—Nathan Williams, Casey Starling, and Joe Jarvis— joined forces with the three Wild Card winners (Alex Kennedy, Stu Chisholm and Lohan Costa), who secured their places earlier in the summer after some fierce competition. The final results are now in, and the winners were crowned at the end of a competition that brought together style, creativity and technical mastery.
FINAL RESULTS
1st Place: Nathan WILLIAMS x Peter ADAM - €6,000
Name: Shoa Matsumoto
Age: 15
Hometown: FUKUOKA, JAPAN
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Monster Energy
The FAT Favorites list:
-Spot to ride: YAKATA BMX PARK @yakata_bmx_park
-Food: Rahmen
-Person on Instagram: Kevin Peraza
-Travel destination: USA California
-Riders to ride with: Takato Ueda
-Car: NISSAN 180sx
-Movie: Howl’s Moving Castle
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: VANS
-Bike company: FEDERAL BIKES
-BMX contest: JAPAN CUP
The Future of Physics in BMX Streets? - Trying Out Mash Box!
Name: Bob Medrano
Hometown: Concord, California, USA
Started riding BMX in: 1973
Number of bikes in the collection: 10
It looks like you were one of the NorCal BMX pioneers in the '70s. Did you realize what was being developed at the time?
Bob Medrano: No I would have never thought it would be an Olympic sport.
Did a lot of it come from imitating motocross?
Bob Medrano: Yes for sure. I just wanted to ride (motocross) bicycles or motorcycles & be around the riding spots in the area & there were a lot of MX & BMX spots in the '70s.
What were the early tracks like and how did the bikes hold up on the BMX tracks that were created?
Kurt Schmidt is without doubt the fakie pioneer, no one was doing fakie tricks like him in the mid 90s, we delve deep into that topic and as usual go right back to the start. Kurt grew up near Minneapolis in middle America, a long way from the sunshine drenched concrete skateparks of California but the lust for BMX was strong and these guys made their own thriving scene, mostly in Kurt's garden, where they constructed quarter pipes to rip on. I never knew just how deep Kurt's BMX roots were, he started way back in the 80s BMX boom.
Results Mynavi Japan Cup Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokosuka City, Japan 26 - 29 September 2024
Women Flatland:
1 Nina SUZUKI 16 JPN 84.25 200.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Sona YOSHIMURA 15 JPN 80.5 160.00
3 Yui KIYOMUNE 15 JPN 76.5 130.00
4 Kirara NAKAGAWA 19 JPN 73.25 110.00
5 Ayuna MIYASHIMA 16 JPN 73 90.00
6 Seima ITO 20 JPN 69.5 70.00
7 Sakura KAWAGUCHI 18 JPN 69.25 50.00
Men Flatland:
1 Yu KATAGIRI 19 JPN 89.75 200.00 UCI Ranking Points
2 Moto SASAKI 39 JPN 88.25 160.00
3 Masato ITO 34 JPN 85 130.00
4 Fumiya KANNA 32 JPN 84.75 110.00
Pro BMX riders from across the globe converged in Tartu, Estonia, for the highly anticipated 24th edition of SIMPLE SESSION. The festival returned to its hometown, transforming the entire city into a playground with jam sessions popping up in various spots. The highlight, however, was the main contest held at the iconic Comb Factory, where riders tackled a one-of-a-kind, all-terrain course.