THIS WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR FINAL COVER…But unfortunately, this is the end for BMX Plus!

Sep 17, 2015

Written by Bart de Jong

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Big shocker this morning to hear that BMX Plus! magazine is no more. We've got issues dating back to 1980 and have photos printed in our brain for years to come. BMX Plus! kept it real giving freestyle and race some love in every issue. Niek Kimmann got the cover of the last published mag and you should try to get it because it'll be a keeper. Here's the word from Ben Crockett, editor in chief at BMX Plus! for the last 15 years or so:

After almost sixteen years at BMX Plus! which is about to turn 37, I am very saddened to say that the magazine will be officially closing its doors. It has been an amazing ride for me, from growing up reading the mag, to being able to run it for a decade and a half. It has been an honor. Hats off to Hi-Torque Publications for supporting the magazine based on a pure love for the sport for so many years. I am bummed we couldn’t bring you at least one more issue, but I am proud of all the content we have been able

to bring to the sport. Our main focus now is to ensure the archives live on and that the public can continue to benefit from the history BMX Plus! has dating back to 1976. Thanks to all the fans, readers, staff, riders, contributors and companies that have supported BMX Plus! all these years. I never dreamed I would be the one sending it off but on such short notice, I am kind of at a loss for what to say. Enough angry emails may be enough to get a digital version of the final issue released, but either way, this will be the last cover. Special thanks to Chris Arriaga for hanging in the final years and former Editor Adam Booth for teaching me all I know.

-Ben Crockett

Good times over the past 4 or so years working at BMX Plus! and a big thanks to everyone that I've rode with, shot photos of and gotten to work with while I was there. No need for sympathy for me, but Its sad that the BMX community is taking another big hit and down one more magazine, leaving only one real BMX magazine in the U.S. for those who still love print.

-Chris Ariaga