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2020 Olympic Games Awarded to Tokyo
Early Sunday, in a ceremony in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the International Olympic Committee selected Tokyo as the host city for the 2020 Summer Olympics. Tokyo beat out Istanbul and Madrid for the...
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Top Stories of 2013
We had some great stories to report in 2013. BMX Racing is going in a positive direction, and everything that happened this year points to a bigger-and-badder year ahead in 2014. We took some time,...
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UCI Brings BMX Park Into the Fold
Back on Feb 16, 2013, BMX News reported that UCI was eyeing BMX Freestyle as a potential Olympic sport. This weekend, that possibility took another step forward, as they announced BMX Park as the...
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Skateboarding in Olympics For Tokyo 2020
On March 28, 2011, BMX News ran an article foretelling a time when skateboarding and BMX Freestyle might be included in the Olympics. Today, the decision was made to bring Skaters into the Olympic...
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BMX Freestyle Park Added to 2020 Olympics
Over the past four years, BMX News has been watching BMX Freestyle jump from square to square on the Olympic Candidate gameboard, enroute to becoming an officially-recognized medal sport for Tokyo...
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USA Cycling Creates All-Discipline “National Team”
It was like Hall of the Justice League at the US Olympic Training center in Colorado Springs, CO earlier this week, as 23 of the newly-named 51-member USA Cycling “National Team” came togdether for a...
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Derby City Nats Get First 2020 Points
USA BMX announced late last week that the pro schedule at the Derby City Nationals over Labor Day weekend will be changed from Friday/Saturday to Saturday/Sunday. Derby City is a three-day national...
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Josh McLean Parts Ways With Factory Yess
Last time we saw Yess BMX Factory Flyer, Josh McLean, was a few weeks back at the Tangent Pro-Am in Wisconsin (he took 7th in the main). Today, Josh and Yess BMX jointly announced his departure from...
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Podcast: Tony D — USAC BMX Programs Manager
Big news this week out of Colorado Springs, Colorado, as USA Cycling added a big name to their already massively-competent crew. In the lead-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the federation has...
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Tokyo 2020 Sport Pictograms
The visual representations of each sport at any-given Olympic Games—”pictograms” in Graphic Design parlance— are an important part of both the marketing of each sport to their respective fans and...
View ArticleThe UK National Lottery Highlights Kye Whyte
Ahead of this weekend’s Manchester (UK) World Cup, we bring you a documentary short highlighting Tokyo 2020 Olympic Hopeful, Kye Whyte. The film, produced by Jungle Creations for the UK National...
View ArticleUCI Points Report: Team USA Edition
As expected Norway’s Tore Navrestad won their National Championship race; and along with the remaining podium netted 145 points. That’s enough to move up four spots to 18th in the Olympic Qualification...
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UCI BMX “National Championships Week” Report
It was the big National Championship (CN) weekend around the world and everyone (Junior Women, Junior Men, Elite Women, and Elite Men) was vying for that coveted flag sleeve. Twenty eight countries had...
View ArticleBMX Supercross 2020 Staging-Up in AUS
With 2020 Olympic qualifying entering the homestretch, the push is on for riders around the world to earn massively-valuable points that will carry their nation on to Tokyo. The first four rounds (two...
View ArticleVideo: Shepparton SX Main Events
Rounds one and two of the 2020 UCI BMX World Cup series took place this past weekend in Shepparton, Australia. Fans, both on-site and around the globe, were treated to some incredible race action,...
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Could Coronavirus Lead to Cancellation of Tokyo Olympics?
As we cross the 150-day mark til the opening ceremonies in Tokyo, there is increased talk of what to do if the Coronavirus outbreak rages further out of control, taking root in Japan and in nations...
View ArticleTokyo Olympics Postponed…Now What?
In what seemed to be the ultimate inevitability, Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach held a conference call Tuesday morning to discuss what...
View ArticlePodcast: Jason Carnes Talks 2020 and Beyond
Jason Carnes is a man known by more nicknames than Apollo Creed: Black Jack, Horny Toad, JC, Carne$, Carnsie, and more. He has been around BMX for more than 30 years, 17 as Factory Redline Team...
View ArticleNew Date for Tokyo Olympics
Not long after the official announcement to postpone the games hit the newswires, the IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee is out late Monday with the new date for the rescheduled Opening ceremony. In a...
View ArticleFelicia Stancil Moves to Ssquared
The moving and shaking is underway on the team scene, with many roster changes in the “don’t tell anyone, but…” phase. The bell on the latest one sounded Monday as Felicia Stancil posted on her...
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