Vans BMX Pro Cup Returns to the Shores of Huntington Beach August 3 & 5
The Vans BMX Pro Cup Series returns to Surf City USA on August 3 & 5, gathering the world’s best professional men and women BMX riders for the highly-anticipated second stop of the 2018 Pro Tour. After taking gold at the first Pro Tour stop in Sydney, reigning 2017 Vans BMX Pro Cup World Champion Larry Edgar will defend his title against top contenders such as 2017 Huntington Beach event winner Dennis Enarson, podium veteran Sergio Layos, and Australia’s rising star Alex Hiam. The Vans BMX Pro Cup series field will also be challenged by recent Woodward East regional qualifier podium winners Clint Reynolds, Alex Leibrock and Rim Nakamura who have all earned their place on the series’ Pro Tour roster.
The second stop of the 2018 Vans BMX Pro Cup Pro Tour in Huntington Beach will play host to the series’ elite women BMX riders, including 2017 Vans BMX Pro Cup World Champion Hannah Roberts, BMX legend Nina Buitrago, and Woodward East regional qualifier winner Charlotte Worthington.
Vans BMX Pro Cup Series, Huntington Beach Schedule
Friday, August 3:
Vans BMX Pro Cup Men’s Pro Tour. SEMI FINALS (LIVE WEBCAST)
Sunday, August 5:
SNIPES Battle Square is bringing both a NEW BMX Flatland event and a fundamentally new event format to Rotterdam. – On Saturday, August 4th, 2018, 14 of the world’s best professional BMX Flatland athletes together with OPEN Class amateur riders will be competing and showing spectacular moves and tricks on their BMX bikes. This fascinating freestyle discipline represents the symbiosis of BMX riding and Breakdancing.
On the first Saturday of August 2018 the last Dutch great “ship of state” SS Rotterdam and SNIPES Battle Square will present a unique event format with this new BMX event. In Rotterdam, the SNIPES Battle Square will start its tour of seven stages across Europe in 2019.
SNIPES Battle Square is bringing both a NEW BMX Flatland event and a fundamentally new event format to Rotterdam. – On Saturday, August 4, 2018, 14 of the world’s best professional BMX Flatland athletes together with OPEN Class amateur riders will be competing and showing spectacular moves and tricks on their BMX bikes. This fascinating freestyle discipline represents the symbiosis of BMX riding and Breakdancing. On the first Saturday of August 2018 the last Dutch great “ship of state” SS Rotterdam and SNIPES Battle Square will present a unique event format with this new BMX event. In Rotterdam, the SNIPES Battle Square will start its tour of seven stages across Europe in 2019.
One day loaded with the “Best of the Best” in the sport — 14 BMX Flatland riders from the Netherlands, USA, Canada, Spain, France, Czech Republic, England, and Germany will compete against each other and fight to win a total of EUR 7,500 prize money. The athletes will be performing to various types of
NITRO WORLD GAMES ADDS NEW SKATE AND BMX EVENTS. ALL COMING TO VISTA, CALIFORNIA
In the spirit of evolution, Nitro World Games has expanded its offerings to give the world’s best Skate and BMX athletes a premier space to further showcase their talents. Going down in the mecca of action sports, where skateboarding and BMX are a way of life, Nitro World Games’ Skate and BMX competitions will unfold this August in Vista, CA at the renowned CA | TF facilities. Adding three all new events that include Skate Vert (Men’s), Skate Park (Men’s & Women’s), and BMX Park (Men’s) the competitions will happen over back to back weekends with Skate semifinals and finals
Vans and global BMX team rider Dakota Roche band together to deliver new colorways and collaborative designs for Dakota’s “For The Search” collection. Highlighting his personalized colorway of the Sk8-Hi Pro, Dakota’s latest collection features an assortment of footwear, apparel and accessories that draw inspiration from his endless search for untapped street spots and new territory for his “Off The Wall” riding style. Dakota’s Sk8-Hi Pro is fabricated in an earthy, covert green suede and canvas upper with tonal laces, solid-black rubber foxing and matching rubber toe-cap detailing. Featuring his personal artwork on the side panel labels, Dakota’s endorsed Sk8-Hi Pro is engineered with Duracap-reinforced underlays and BMX specific medial side support for extra pedal
Today ESPN announced the sponsors for X Games Minneapolis 2018, taking place July 19-22, with live coverage from U.S. Bank Stadium on ESPN and ABC. Nexcare and SoFi join the roster of official sponsors alongside returning brands Fruit of the Loom, Harley-Davidson, LifeProof, Monster Energy, Pacifico, The Real Cost and Toyota. GEICO will once again serve as the official music sponsor. Explore Minnesota also returns as event sponsor with first-time event sponsors Go RVing and Hotels.com. Heading into its second year in Minneapolis, the premier action sports and youth cultural experience will showcase the talents of more than 200 world-class action sports athletes competing for medals and prize money, as well as feature wide-ranging interactive festival
Participating Women at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Edmonton.
Here's the list of participating Women at the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup in Edmonton. It's great to see this list continuously grow. Live feed on FATBMX when it becomes available.
Women Park Edmonton, Canada:
1. GEORGE Tryphena
2. NYCHKA Stephanie
3. BRUCE Kara
4. DINEL Sarah
5. IBáñEZ PéREZ Bea
WORLD’S TOP ATHLETES & BRAND NEW COURSE REVEALED FOR NASS FESTIVAL 2018
The world’s leading BMX and skate athletes will descend on the West Country this July to NASS Festival 2018. The nation’s only annual action sport and music festival, which takes place on the 5th – 8th July near Bristol will host athletes from all corners of the globe heading to the festival to perform at the 2018 NASS Pro Park as the likes of Mark Webb and Alex Donnachie face off in the BMX competitions.
Once again, the guys at Four One Four Skateparks have come through with another incredible park design that sees the perfect mix of street and transition to offer anall-round park experience. This year, the course is packed with a healthy amount of rails, hubbas, gaps and drive ways that sit nicely
X Games Minneapolis 2018: 19 Live Hours on ESPN, ABC and the ESPN App
X Games Minneapolis 2018 will receive extensive coverage across multiple television and digital platforms July 19 - 22, as the world’s best action sports athletes compete in Skateboard, BMX and Moto X competitions. ESPN and ABC will televise a combined 19 hours of live X Games Minneapolis 2018 coverage, which will also be accessible via the ESPN App to viewers who receive their video subscription from an affiliated provider.
Eight and a half additional hours of event coverage will be streamed live on the X Games Facebook,
040 BMX Invitational Spine Ramp contest this Saturday 30 June in Eindhoven!
040 BMXPARK in Eindhoven, Netherlands is a place that many want to visit. What about a trip this weekend? Starting from Friday afternoon some of the best BMX riders will start their practice on the 040 BMX Spine Miniramp for next day's 040 BMX Invitational contest. The ramp will be set up right next to the 040BMXPARK outdoors, but with sunny weather on the agenda for the entire week, there is no need to fear any rain. Just bring your sunglasses.
Some of the riders who have confirmed their presence are Mark Webb (GBR), Milan Tenbult (NED), Justin Dowell (USA), James Jones (GBR), Tom van den Bogaard (NED), Tom Justice (GBR), Kenneth Tancré (BEL), Daniel Wedemeijer (NED), Shaun Gornall (GBR), Paul Thoelen (GER), Levi Weidmann (NED), Zdenda Pesek (CZE), Scott Hamlin (GBR), Lennox Zimmermann (GER), Erik Figar (CZE), Alessandro Barbero (ITA), Jari Roggeveen (NED), Sem Kok (Amerika), Niels van Maren (NED) & Jack Clark (GBR).
The event will be held at Ketelhuisplein, Strijp-S, Eindhoven, Netherlands and is part of E-Moves, an Urban Festival that attracts many top players in their own field.
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