What a huge adventure & learning experience for Buchanan Next Gen at the BMX World Championships in Belgium this week! After overcoming a broken collar bone at Australian Nationals in April and a dislocated knee shortly thereafter, Mikayla Rose #22 from Canberra ACT battled it out to the semi-finals, missing a finals berth by just one place
After a staggering soft launch success in Denmark, indie game developer FunGenerationLab is launching Bike Up! world-wide today. The game can be downloaded for free on Apple App Store and Google Play. Bike Up! is an exciting and addictive bike trial game created by BMX Olympian and World Champion Arturs Matisons. “We wanted to make a casual game which is truly enjoyable.“ says Matisons, the creative producer of Bike Up!.
The Fise Experience in Reims was my first FISE event. I went to Montpellier once, but I was like two years old and don't remember much. It was back in a field that year so before the current location. Anyway, straight after school we we on our way to France. It was only 4 1/2 hours but we hit some traffic jams. We crossed straight through Belgium and then into France. The weather was nice and I could not wait until I got to see the Park course. We checked in at the first class hotel first. We were four people in a room for three people but I got the top of the bunk bed so I was okay. We then went to the contest site and saw some familiar faces at the outdoor concrete skatepark. It was a nice skatepark with a bowl and a street section. It's always there and always open so with the FISE event in town it saw a lot of action. The dirt was built just for MTB. Ryan Nyquist was not there but the French were doing the full line. It was cool they built a pump track next to the dirt course which was open to everyone to ride. Of course I brought my bike and did plenty of laps there. I also got to test the Big Airbag which was fun.
The HARO Race Lite Expert is a bike I had last year as well. It is a BMX race bike, but I also use it at the pump track and trails. I even use the bike when I ride 040BMXPARK simply because it fits me well and it's very light. The 2014 version last year was still a little big for me but know I'm a little bigger. The 2015 version has blue parts and a black frame, forks, aluminium handlebars, three-piece cranks, and also the rims are black. The spoke nipples are blue and also the seatpost clamp, hubs, headset and frame stickers. When I race it I put on the
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.