Bart de Jong
We asked three leading motocross athletes how BMX has helped them when they made the transition to riding dirt bikes. See what they had to say:
Eli Tomac
FATBMX: Did you ever race BMX?
Eli Tomac: My racing started with bicycles and that was riding BMX tracks, it was the first thing I did. I got on a bicycle and raced BMX probably till I was 7 or 8 years old at the local tracks and then after that I went full motocross but yeah it was part of my life in the beginning.
FATBMX: Do you use something you learnt from BMX for your motocross riding?
Eli: I think the crossover is excellent, just for learning balance, balance is huge in the control of your bike.
FATBMX: Do you think BMX is a good school for motocross?
Eli: Oh yeah, totally! I mean, especially in the Supercross environment it's very similar, well, it's both, it's bike control right, knowing how to pinch the bike, I think there's a lot of similarity between BMX and Motocross.
Top 16 to Saturday's Finals. BMX Triples Glendale Qualification results. Dirt.
1) Daniel Sandoval
2) Mike Varga (CAN)
3) R-Willy (AUS)
4) Kevin Perazzzzzaaaaa (MEX)
5) Brady Baker
6) Felipe Manerim (BRA)
7) Brian Fox
8) Maxime Chalifour (CAN)
9) Andy Buckworth (AUS)
10) Ben 'triple bro' Wallace (GBR)
11) Mark Rubio
12) Karl Immers
13) Bryce Tryon
14) Josh Matthews (AUS)
15) Istvan Caillet (FRA)
16) Mason Ritter
Results UCI BMX Racing World Cup Rotorua, NZL Round 1
Elite Men:
1. MAHIEU Romain FRA 1 37.037 500
2. DAUDET Joris FRA 2 37.324 430
3. MARQUART Simon SUI 3 37.431 370
4. BUTTI Cedric SUI 4 37.718 318
5. CARMONA GARCIA Mateo COL 5 37.926 273
6. KENNEDY Izaac AUS 6 38.318 235
7. LARSEN Kamren USA 7 38.521 202
8. GAROYAN Leo FRA 8 38.748 174
9. BLANC Renaud SUI 5 37.816 165
10. DYHRE Magnus DEN 5 38.645 157
11. VAN DER BURG Dave NED 6 37.883 149
12. THOUIN Theo FRA 6 40.467 142
13. OEGEMA Ynze NED TOF 7 38.172 135
14. PILARD Arthur FRA 7 1:09.812 128
15. SCIORTINO Martti ITA 8 38.659 122
Mitch Fieg dipped out to Brisbane for ten days over New Year and got real busy with the locals. Aptly named, cause this shit bangs. Featuring Declan Kilpatrick, Will Fraser and Mitchell Campbell, with guest clips from Raph Jeroma-Williams, Dylan BigMoney, Guy Perrett and Levi Royce.
How to Pack your BMX Bike Bag with Pro BMX Racer Bella Hammonds
Another week, another video from @thespotcenter ! This time we got our own team rider Rihards Brinkis, 20 years old from Latvia, Riga who went out with the homie @bobilevs222 and got some stuff for you to see!
We’re stoked to welcome up and coming @declankilpatrick to the LUXBMX team. We surprised him with a print ad to announce it in the new edition of Dig BMX and got his friends around to share in the moment.
Friday morning and off to Anaheim in the morning for Supercross media day. We had passed by this Shepard Fairey mural all week and decided to stop for a minute to take a few pics. It wasn't as short as a Max Verstappen pitstop but we didn't waste much time adding the images to the camera. Picked up the media passes and left some stroopwafels that we had still left. The ladies at the welcome office were stoked. We strolled around the pits and saw the paddock being put up.
Red plate holder Aaron "the cowboy" Plessinger was seen walking around with a horse at the KTM rig. There's a first for everything. Honda HRC had called all the media for a brunch meeting as Dakar winner Ricky Brabac was on hand to talk about his 2024 Dakar rally experience.
Cinema BMX is proud to officially welcome Julian Arteaga to the Pro Team! Teaming up with Trent Lutzke to film a welcome piece throughout Texas, we're excited to release this latest piece of progressive, technical, and stylish street riding from Julian and properly welcome him to the stacked crew that make up the Cinema BMX team. A lot more to come, stay tuned in!
The FISE Xperience Series tour is back on the road for its 18th season, travelling all over France and even across the Channel, with 5 destinations confirmed! Start in March in Tignes, then head for Reims in June before hitting the road for Thonon-les-Bains and Le Havre in August. As an added bonus, the tour arrives in England for the first time, in the city of Wolverhampton in September, to round off the season in style. Since its beginnings in 1997, FISE (Festival International des Sports Extrêmes) has grown to become the biggest urban sports event in the world. Its FISE Xperience Series has toured France since 2007, bringing urban sports to as many people as possible.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.