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The official 2025 BMX Freestyle South African Championships are set to take place at the Park Lines BMX Tournament on Saturday 24 May. Presented by LW Mag and Dragon Energy in association with Garmin, Balwin Properties, Fox and Mongoose. BMX Freestyle riders from all over the country will gather to compete for the title of South African BMX Freestyle champion. The action-packed event will showcase creativity and skill as riders perform tricks and stunts in their battle to win their share of the prize money and to see who will be crowned event champions.

Park Lines will take place at the newly built SkyLab Skatepark at the Jozi-X Adventure Park in Bryanston, Johannesburg. Invited riders from around South Africa will compete in the Pro Division, and the event will afford up-and-coming riders the opportunity to compete in the Amateur Division.

The park will offer a range of obstacles for riders to make use of during their runs. Competitors will go head-to-head in qualifying heats where judges will take use-of-park, variation, style, tricks and amplitude into account when making their selection of riders advancing into the Finals. Pro riders will be competing for their share of the Cash Prize Purse, a Garmin Instinct 3 Smartwatch, along with other prizes from the official event partners.

Backbone BMX put on another sick jam. Full on day with no rain.

Building the new Fairground at Twisted Oaks Bike Park in Suffolk, UK. This line has gone down better than we could have expected. There's been a queue for most of the time since it opened!

The Bloom BMX hosted their first BLOOM WKND event at Woodward Camp in partnership with Ride Like a Girl, a weekend that was dedicated to women 17+ during Woodward's open ride sessions over Easter Weekend.

San Diego has a legacy of action sports, but world-class public bike parks? That's new. Witness the creation of the groundbreaking Bradley Bike Park in San Marcos – a rideable masterpiece built against all odds on near-flat ground. Forget standard construction and wood ramps; this is about artistry etched in dirt.

Riding with 2 broken fingers is painful but sometimes you have to "fight fire with fire" :)

Today we are diving back into the history of Supercross BMX! There is so much good information in these interviews that I can't fit it all in a single video. Part three is getting pumped out next.

Nathan Goring was after a bigger guard sprocket that could make pedaling and smashing the streets of England more enjoyable. And he fancied some Shields in there too... (duh). So when he sent over a scribble, we gave it the go ahead and the GoRing was born.

Earlier this year, I stepped down from a job that I worked at for almost 10 years to focus more on the aspects of my life that bring me joy. Most of this video was filmed in the long months leading up to taking that big leap.