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unusual facts about BMX



Aberfoyle Park, South Australia

The Happy Valley sports park, which is located near Aberfoyle Park High School, contains the Happy Valley Football Club who are known as the Vikings, the Happy Valley Cricket Club, the Happy Valley tennis club, a lawn bowls club and a BMX track.

Akifumi Sakamoto

At the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China, Sakamoto held off his teammate Masahiro Sampei to take home the men's BMX silver medal in 31.379, trailing closely behind Hong Kong's Steven Wong by more than a full second.

Aladdin Deck Enhancer

BMX Simulator is a licensed product of the BMX sports bike line, where the player controls a bicycle rider in a top view looking down at the track, similar to Super Sprint.

American BMX Stunt Team

Based primarily in the state of North Carolina, their show is a time-sensitive stage act and sub-company of the larger and well-known King BMX Stunt Show, owned and operated by XGames alum Keith King.

Andy Patterson

Andrew Patterson (born January 19, 1964 in Norwalk, California U.S.) was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1977 to 1985.

Anthony Sewell

He did on screen stunt work for the BMX race subplot in an episode of the American television series CHiPs which originally aired on March 3, 1979.

Bicycle motocross

Freestyle BMX is now one of the staple events at the annual Summer X Games Extreme Sports competition and the Etnies Backyard Jam, held primarily on the East and West coasts of the United States.

BMX bike

Some BMX riders go on to other cycling sports such as Australian Olympian Jared Graves, former "golden child" Eric Carter, and youth BMX racer Aaron Gwin.

Bob Haro

In 1978, Haro teamed up with R. L. Osborn to form the very first freestyle BMX team, which made its debut at ABA's Winternationals in Chandler, AZ.

Carl Gugasian

Once outside the bank, he would run into the well-scouted woods, where a dirt bike was waiting, stash the evidence in his cache, then ride the bike a few miles through the woods to an anonymous-looking panel van waiting on the other side.

China Krys Darrington

She started riding in 1983 after finding a BMX Plus! magazine in the locker of another junior high school student at Old Trail School.

Cycling at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics – Combined mixed team

The venues were at Tampines Bike Park for the Cross Country, Boys’ Time Trial and BMX and The Float at Marina Bay for Girls’ Time Trial and the Road Race.

Daniel Dhers

Dhers resides in Greenville, North Carolina, known as Protown USA because of the strong concentration of BMX riders that live there, including Dave Mirra.

Diamondback Bicycles

Diamondback Bicycles was founded as a BMX brand in 1977 by Western States Imports in Newbury Park, California, which sold bikes under the Centurion (bicycle) brand.

Duffy Books in Homes

Notable personalities who were once students in Duffy Books in Homes schools include BMX rider Sarah Walker and Miss World New Zealand 2010 Cody Yerkovich.

Durban Stars F.C.

As of 2008, they have created professional teams within Beach soccer, BMX, Skateboarding, Touch rugby, Beach cricket, Basketball, Volleyball and Indigenous Games.

Eddie Fiola

He wins the GT-BMX summer freestyle championship in Venice beach California and visits the UK to take part in the televised Kellogg’s freestyle BMX competition alongside fellow country man and main competitor in the King of the Skateparks series Mike Dominguez.

Frank Post

Franklin Post (b. April 20, 1962 from Watsonville, California U.S.) was an American professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978-1981.

Gabriela Díaz

María Gabriela Díaz (born January 2, 1981 in Alta Gracia, Córdoba) is an Argentine professional BMX cyclist.

Gary Ellis

Some other top pros like Tinker Juarez who in addition to a 12 year BMX career went on to have a 20 year Mountain Bike Racing (MTB) and Road Racing careers has been fortunate to have remained remarkably injury free.

Jackson Memorial High School

Scotty Cranmer (born 1987), professional BMX rider, including four X Games medals (2005).

Jeff Ruminer

Jeffrey Ruminer (born December 16, 1962 from Seminole, Oklahoma USA) was a professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from (1977–1985).

Joey Bradford

Pete Loncarevich, Eric Carter, Bas de Bever, Corine Dorland and Dale Holmes started their MTB careers during the one or two twilight years of BMX racing.

Among the exceptions is Wade Bootes that started MTB racing essentially during the middle of his BMX career.

Kids of the Black Hole

It was also used in the BMX video "Forward" which was produced by Etnies and featured Mike Escamilla as well as during Terje Haakonsen's part in the Mack Dawg snowboard video "Simple Pleasures".

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX

The player can play as one of eight different professional BMX riders, including Mat Hoffman, Rick Thorne, or Mike Escamilla.

Morgan Wade

He later attended Tyler Junior College and majored in graphic arts before beginning his BMX career full-time.

Mosh Giant

Mosh is the BMX division of Giant Manufacturing Co. Ltd created in 1996 by Giant helped by Linn Kastan and AA Pro racer Jason Richardson.

National Pedal Sport Association

The National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA) was a South Eastern USA regional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sanctioning body originally based in Palm Harbor, Florida.

NPSA

National Pedal Sport Association, south-eastern US regional BMX sanctioniny body 1974–1988

Rimša

Vilma Rimšaitė (born 1983), Lithuanian female Olympic BMX cyclist

Rolling Thunder skate park

Rolling Thunder also hosted the "Best in the West" Skate/BMX contest series in Northern California and Southern Oregon.

Ryan Nyquist

Ryan Nyquist (born March 6, 1979 in Los Gatos, California) is a professional BMX rider who has won numerous gold medals in the X Games Dirt Jumping & Bike Park events.

Shawn Texas

First Professional race result: Third in Pro class at the World Wide BMX Association (WWBMXA) Supernationals on June 6, 1982 in Rancho San Diego, California.

Shire Country Park

It consists of Millstream Way following the course of the River Cole from Yardley Wood to Small Heath and includes the following sites: Scribers Lane SINC, Trittiford Mill Pool, The Dingles, Chinn Brook Recreation Ground, Sarehole Mill Recreation Ground, Moseley Bog LNR, Burbury Brickworks, The John Morris Jones Walkway, Cocksmoor BMX.

Sierra Fellers

In the skate/BMX movie Livin' It, Fellers stated that when he was seven he became a Christian.

Stephen Wong

Steven Wong (王史提芬), award-winning BMX cyclist of Hong Kong and Belgian descent

Thunderlip

They did several tours for this record, including the Props Visual Road Fools BMX tour (which included such riders as Mat Hoffman, Mike Aitken, and Chase Hawk).

United States Bicycle Motocross Association

The United States Bicycle Association (USBA) was a short-lived Bicycle Motocross (BMX) national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona.

Waiting All Night

The music video is the inspirational true life-story of San Francisco born BMX champion and actor - Kurt Yaeger, who became an amputee after an accident in 2006.


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