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Tomorrow we're leaving for the Battle Of Hastings. A BMX battle this time, 950 years after 6000 people died in the fight in 1066. We're hoping for a few less casualties this weekend but you never know when the BMX crew gets to town. Eleven 4-men teams of heavy hitters have made it to Hastings so riding at The Source will be off the hook. It's time something happened again in Hastings that gets the international BMX community together. If you haven't planned anything for the

We are proud to announce our all new brand and helmet line, Vigor Audio Helmets. Our Helmets will be the first of their kind to offer seamless audio integration within a multi­sport safety helmet ready to use out of the box. There has always been a strong connection between action sports and music that has always resulted in a sub­par experience for the athletes. Vigor Audio Helmets will enhance that experience for the cyclist, skaters, and even scooter riders.

Our new website vigorhelmets.com will launch September 20th,

The World of X Games series on ABC will feature weekly action sports content throughout the month of September, including the first-ever BMX-focused Real Series compeition. The September lineup will also highlight the latest World Surf League stop in Teahupo’o, a look-back at X Games Austin music offerings and a behind-the-scenes look at the Trail of Missions.

Real BMX presented by Hot Pockets

The Sosh Urban Motion 5 is officially ON and the best thing about it is that the Wild Card contest is now open to the 27 countries of European Union (UK included ... for now haha). In fact there will be 3 Wild Card teams : one from France & two from Europe. To compete it's really simple: make a team of one rider & one filmer, film the best one minute edit you can do, both riding & filming wise & publish it on Instagram with the #mysoshurbanmotion! Entries have to be before September the 30th.

7 days to FISE World Denver! Full program.
20 days to FISE World Edmonton! Full program.

Understanding FISE World Series tour 2016
The FISE World Series is a freestyle sports world tour, gathering all the best riders in the world in 5 disciplines: BMX, Skateboard, Mountain Bike, Inline skate and Wakeboard.
In 2016 the world tour stops in 5 countries, on 3 different continents! After a successful first stop in France in Montpellier, a second one in Croatia in Osijek, the 2 next stops will take place in North America (Denver, USA and Edmonton, Canada) and the last stop in China in Chengdu.
This year and for the first time the FISE World series (FWS) will be featuring the first ever UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup.

A stop for everyone! FISE World Series gives you the chance to compete!
At each stop of the FISE World Series we have competitions for

The fifth season of ION’s bike department sees the introduction of a fifth product category: bike shoes. To mark the premiere of the footwear line, the brand is releasing two different models: a flat pedal bike shoe called Raid_Amp featuring classic lacing. And a clipless shoe named

Only a few days to go for the second and final edition of Pro Freestyle. The city of The Hague will be the host to the BMX Street contest. The first edition of Pro Freestyle was won by Anthony Perrin. But, does he also comes out on top in the overall ranking?

Top confirmed BMX Street athletes are:
-Anthony Perrin (winner Pro Freestyle Heerlen-Limburg 2016)
-Leon Hoppe
-Daan van Wezel

At Odyssey we have always looked for ways to improve the parts that we use. Better parts can make your riding more enjoyable and allow you to ride longer, and the same thing can be said for the equipment that’s not directly bolted to your bike. It goes without saying that wearing a helmet is almost always a good decision, whether it’s because a skatepark demands it, or just because you’ve realized that being sidelined with an injury is not worth the time and hassle. After 30 years in BMX we’ve seen what can happen when people aren’t wearing safety gear, and because of this we’re always thinking of new ways to reduce the possible chance of injuries. Whenever we’ve discussed helmets in the past we were often discouraged to see so many people wearing designs that are little more than basic hard hats; meaning that they provide all the fit-related inconvenience of a helmet while providing only minimal protection against actual injuries.

This Thursday the Pro Freestyle The Hague edition kicks off. The second edition of 2016 will be a spectacular with one of the worlds best BMX Park athletes of this moment confirmed: Daniel Sandoval.

Top 20 athletes on the BMX Park Contest Pro are:

-Daniel Sandoval
-Kostya Andreev
-Jack Clark
-Michael Beran (winner 1^st edition Pro Freestyle 2016)
-Marin Rantes
-Michael Meisel
-Shaun Gornall
-Mat Armstrong
-Levi Weidmann
-Tobias Freigang
-Dominik Freigang
-Timo Schulze