NASS has revealed a list of the world’s top BMX riders from around the globe to compete at the IBMXFF World Championships when they return to the UK for the first time in 28 years next month (July). The competitions will feature more than 400 athletes competing for prize money in the BMX disciplines of Park, Dirt, Vert and new for 2016, Flatland. Legend of the sport Mat Hoffman will be joined by already announced X Games silver medalist Logan Martin and X Games gold medalist Daniel Sandoval. Flying the flag for Great Britain on home soil will be seven-times NASS pro park champion Mark Webb, Daniel Dhers, who brings five X Game gold medals to the table, Alex Coleborn, Simon Tabron, Coco Zurita and Brandon Loupos.
PARK: Pat Casey, Jack Clark, Alex Coleborn, Daniel Dhers, Scott Hamlin, Ben Hennon, Brock Horneman, James Jones, Tom Justice, Isaac Lesser, Brandon Loupos, Logan Martin, Kevin Peraza, Victor Peraza, Daniel Sandoval, Ola Selsjord,
FISE World Series second stop will take place in Croatia from July15th to 23rd in the City of Osijek. After the first stop of the tour in Montpellier and its huge crowd, the FISE World Series is ready for the second stop in Croatia and will be featuring the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup 2016. The location of the event is called Copacabana, just next to the river Drava and the beautifull fortified city of Osijek. If you get confused about the pronunciation, try replacing ‘ij’ with ‘y’, and say Osyek.
UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup.
For the first time in its history, BMX Freestyle Park becomes a recognized bicycle discipline, as it is now certified by the UCI. This novelty in the cyclist world is the result of a great collaboration between Union Cyclist International (UCI) and FISE (Festival International des Sports Extrêmes) through the launch of the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup. The first stop ever was during FISE World Montpellier in May and the top 3 are Alex Coleborn (UK), Daniel Dhers (Ven) and Mike Varga (Can).
GT Bicycles today announced a European BMX Freestyle Tour in partnership with the brand’s European BMX distributor, Frenchys Distribution. From June 25th through July 1st, GT’s Freestyle BMX athletes Brian Kachinsky, Jason Phelan, Dan Conway, Max Bringer and Tim Bringer will travel throughout Europe, including: Paris and Lyon, France; Stuttgart, Germany; and Zurich, Switzerland.
While on the road, the team will spend time with fellow riders and fans, stop at local shops and participate in a trail jam. The schedule of events is as follows:
June 25th, 3:00PM: La Crèmerie, 49 rue Albert Thomas, Paris, France
June 28th, 2:30PM: Kunstform, Rotebühlstraße 63, 70178 Stuttgart, Germany
July 1st, 3:30PM: Bros Bike Store x 133 Trail, 30 Chemin de la Péguette, 42170 Saint-Just-Saint-Rambert, France
For 17 years Osijek has been the epicenter of extreme entertainment, providing home not only to extreme sports, but also to never-ending, slick dance moves and top notch musical background. Spanning over a week, from July 15 to July 23, Pannonian Challenge is here once again to give you the time of your life! This year's festival is definitely the largest one so far – over 400 inliners, BMX riders and skaters from all
Monster Zurich Street-Jam is on!? The second Zurich BMX Street-Jam is going down! We are going to meet the 09th of July 2016 at the ditch spot next to ZHDK Zurich (find the addresses at the end). After a short warm up session we are heading to several street spots all around Zurich where you need to show us your mad set of skills! After several spots the final station is the Skatepark Sihlcity at Allmend where the session is going to end with a grill & chill (~18:30). We count on you!
The Pro Freestyle organisation scaled up the numbers of action sports festivals this year. Next to The Hague, Pro Freestyle sets foot in Heerlen. A full tournament in 6 disciplines: Skateboard, BMX Park, BMX Street, Scoot, Inline and MTB Park. This year the organization announced not only a pro tournament but amateurs can also participate.
Dates:
-Heerlen-Limburg: June 30 – July 3 (south of Holland, close to Belgium and Germany)
-The Hague: August 25-28 (all sports 6 disciplines mentioned above + wakeboard)
First 10 BMX Park riders confirmed:
Tom van den Bogaard (1st 2015)
Kostya Andreev (2nd 2015)
Daniel Wedemeijer
Kenneth Tancre
Michael Beran
Nitro Circus, the world’s leading action sports entertainment brand and Hyper Bicycles, Inc, a leading manufacturer of BMX bikes, mountain bikes and other specialty products, have announced a licensing partnership. This multi-year agreement, effective immediately, establishes Hyper Bicycles as the official bike of Nitro Circus. Millions of fans have seen athletes like the legendary James Foster ride Hyper Bicycles in sold-out Nitro Circus Live shows around the world. Now Hyper Bicycles will be an even more prominent part of this incredible touring event, through on-site fan giveaways and much more.
Hyper Bicycles will also distribute and sell a range of new Nitro Circus-inspired products including BMX bikes, mountain bikes and both 6 and 12-volt electric motorbikes for adults and kids. Thanks to Hyper’s extensive retail distribution network, these will be available in stores next year.
“X Games medalists and Olympic champions have chosen Hyper
BMX will be represented at the inaugural Nitro World Games in Utah in a BMX Triple Hit comp and BMX Best Tricks competition. Pre-qualified for the event are the following riders. Open Qualifiers happen very soon.
BMX TRIPLE HIT:
Nick Bruce
Pat Casey
Kurtis Downs
James Foster
Logan Martin
Daniel Sandoval
Colton Satterfield
Ben Voyles
Colton Walker
Zack Warden
BMX BEST TRICKS
Pat Casey
Following the blowout world premiere of Vans’ first-ever BMX video, ILLUSTRATED, Vans is proud to announce the debut of Vans’ first annual BMX Street Invitational to be held at the Vans Off The Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, California. The Vans BMX Street Invitational honors the sport’s elite as they illustrate their style across urban terrain including stairs, handrails, ledges and banks. The inaugural event
This is your chance to be part of history. From the creators of Nitro Circus, the Nitro World Games is coming to Rice-Eccles Stadium, in Salt Lake City on July 16 th. Next week will see an ‘Open Qualifier’ event, just for BMX, where they will welcome any professional rider to take part, riding the exact set up for the World Games, to attempt to qualify for the games. A brainchild of Travis Pastrana and Mike Porra, the Nitro World Games is all about progressing action sports to new heights. The event in Salt Lake City, creating history along the way, will be an exclusive 3-hour show, broadcast live on NBC.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.