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In line with the new voting system introduced this year to increase the number of members on the UCI Athletes’ Commission, applications are now open to candidates from the BMX Freestyle discipline. Elections for the representatives – one man and one woman for each discipline – will be held during the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in Chengdu, China, from November 8 to 12. Under the new voting system, not only will the number of athletes on the UCI Athletes’ Commission increase, but there will be men-women parity across all disciplines. All representatives on the Commission will be elected for a term of four years, from the 2017 UCI Congress to the 2021 UCI Congress. To be eligible, candidates must be currently active in the sport or have retired within the last four years before the election date.

Further information, including the eligibility criteria and the application process, can be found here.

Applications for the representatives of BMX Freestyle must be submitted by October 28th. Candidates are requested to send their CV to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

The final list of candidates, as well as more information about the voting procedure (exact venues and timetable) will be published on the UCI website on November 6th, before the UCI Urban Cycling World Championships.

Any athletes participating in the BMX Freestyle competition in Chengdu will be eligible to vote for one

In a fast moving world we can sometimes get lost. With so much happening on the BMX Freestyle side in 2017 with multiple events happening on each weekend, it's nice to enter a quiet month. But 2017 isn't over yet and November has two bigger events happening with the UCI BMX Freestyle Park World Cup Finals taking place in Chengdu, China 3-5 November followed by the first UCI Urban Cycling World Championships in the same city (but different location) on 10-12 November. Daniel Dhers (VEN) and Hannah Roberts (USA) are leading the World Cup at the moment and will do everything within their power to do well and seal the deal in Chengdu on the first weekend of November.

The second edition of the Antwerp City Drops event is taking place from 23-24 September 2017. Good times were had in 2016 at the inaugural event with lots of sunshine, high level dirt riding and plenty of partying. In short, a killer weekend in Belgium. The following riders have confirmed their presence and if you think you've got what it takes and your name is not on this list yet, make sure to enter the Open Qualifier event on Saturday morning and claim a spot. In any case, the Dirt contest is going to be a good one with these guys on the list already. A high air contest will take place on Saturday. A Best Trick contest will be held on Sunday. Other events during the ACD festival are BMX Flatland, a Pump track contest, trials, skateboarding, slackline, partying, graffiti, freerunning.

ACD 2017 Dirt contest:
Joe Baddeley (GBR)
Konrad Szabo (HUN)
Paul Thoelen (GER)
Maxime Charveron (FRA)
Kenneth Tancré (BEL)
Simon Moratz (GER)

The wood, metal, and dirt just landed in William Hawrelak Park and the building is well underway for the third stop of the FISE World Series 2017, in Edmonton, Canada. As soon as the containers arrived from Budapest, the FISE Area builders started the process of putting everything together to recreate once more our famous riding areas. These will be the grounds for some incredible action on September 15-17. To get an idea of what is coming, take a look at the competition schedule below.

Thursday, September 14th 
10.30am – 5.30pm  Training BMX Freestyle Park 
5.30pm – 7.40pm    Training BMX Freestyle Park Women 

We'll be rolling out nominees all week long leading up to the 2017 NORA Cup this Sunday in Hastings, England. Here are your 2017 Transition Rider of The Year Nominees (in alphabetical order):
Chase Hawk
Dennis Enarson
Kevin Peraza
Larry Edgar
Logan Martin

We'll be rolling out nominees all week long leading up to the 2017 NORA Cup this Sunday in Hastings, England. Here are your 2017 Flatlander of The Year Nominees (in alphabetical order): Alex Jumelin Jean William Prevost John Yull Matthias Dandois Moto Sasaki WHO DO YOU THINK WON? Find out when the NORA Cup 2017 winners are announced this Sunday, 9/10 @ 1PM PST.

Last Friday AUTUM had their first store opening in Berlin and it was a BLAST. Loads of people showed up and the Autum crew would like to give an extra special thanks to all the helping hands who made it possible. At the store you will find all the AUTUM hardware and softgoods plus some selected products of other brands. Actually the whole new AUTUM® LIFE Apparel collection is in stock - be fast as some pieces are only available in limited amounts.

You can visit the store from now on at the following times at:

AUTUM STORE

100% introduces the all-new 2018 collection of BMX/MTB products featured on a brand new, easier to use website. A complete new range of Helmets, Riding Gear, and Eyewear is now available from 100% at dealers worldwide and on the new 100% website. The lineup includes new designs of the popular Aircraft Carbon DH helmet featuring MIPS technology. Complementing the helmet is a new collection of technical riding apparel for men, women, and youth riders. From the R-Core Downhill/Enduro series comes an all-new premium line of riding gear with 4-way stretch materials called R-Core X. 

Adding to the range is a new line of Celium and Airmatic gear along with a fully redesigned selection of riding gloves. With several designs spanning across six different models, every rider is sure to find the perfect glove.

In addition to the new gear, an expanded range of goggles, casual and athletic wear, along with several

Source BMX is proud to announce Dennis Enarson’s Team (Team #7) for this year's Battle Of Hastings to be held at The Source Park :

Dennis Enarson (USA)
Chad Kerley (USA)
Garrett Reynolds (USA)
Alex Hiam (AUS)

Yet another heavy team! We can’t wait to see what Dennis and his crew bring to the contest. 

Warmed up by the first stop of the FISE World Series in Montpellier, the riders are eager to participate in the second event in Budapest, from the 18th to the 20th of August in BudaPart - Kopaszi gát park. This tour is a World Action Sports Festival, which organizes amateurs and professional competitions in the following disciplines: BMX Freestyle Park, BMX Freestyle Flatland, Skateboard, Mountain Bike, Roller Freestyle. Each stops is the occasion for riders to performing for an overall ranking, which is rewarding at the end of each year the winner of the tour. According to the core soul of the festival, FISE events are also the occasion for spectators to discover action sports by many initiations and demos organized, as well as having a great time with friends or family by cruising the exhibitor's area and enjoying the spot.