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Bmx Brilliant!

I knew I wanted to be a BMX rider the first time I went to a BMX track. I thought the BMX track was the single greatest thing ever. I loved the way the amazing BMX riders – clad in their awesome tight racing leathers (why they were called leathers I couldn’t work out…they were made of fabric, not cow hide) and super-cool open face helmets – charged down the start hill, bashing elbows to get in the lead over More

Essential Snowboarding Tips

Snowboarding is thought to be one of the most fun sports around, however, it is also equally thought of as being one of the most risky as well. But before grabbing your board and heading for the chalet val thorens, it is best that you get some professional training. This should be done by a professional snowboarder to ensure that you are trained properly. You should get several trainings before attempting going it alone because there could be serious More

Why Skaters are great

There’s a certain something about skateboarders. A certain je ne sais quoi. It was that sport in high school that a lot of guys did - they did it because it was cool, and it had a whole fashion style and way of life that went with it. You’re doing what you love, and you’re also just chilling out with mates. You don’t have anyone to answer to. And you’re almost a nuisance, by the noise that you’re creating, but More

Famous Snowboarding Resorts

Snowboarding is a fun-filled thrilling sport that many people indulge in. Finding the right spot is what makes any snowboarding holiday even more pleasurable. Below are some famous snowboarding resorts for any level snowboarder.

Tignes

This resort is planted in France. It was constructed in the 1960s. The Tignes sits on the Grande Motte glacier and has sloped back more than 25 meters since 1982, but skiers and snowboarders still enjoy its slopes throughout the year.

Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

Chamonix is a More

The Hole

When I was growing up, the place where all the BMX riders went to do radical tricks from the future which I still didn’t really believe in (even though I had seen them with my own eyes) was called The Hole. It was a mud ditch in some woods a few miles away from my village that smelt a little bit of red diesel. A simple set-up, riding The Hole went like this. You all took your turn to More

Tough Nut

My friend and I sat watching the BMX video for the fourteenth time that day. For the ninth time, my mate Andrew said “did you see that! Did you?”

I said “yes Andrew, surprisingly I did,” and the argument ensued.

The argument was about how the BMX rider’s handlebars span around without the brake cables getting all tangled up, at least Andrew was convinced they were spinning around. His unlikely theory was that there was some special device that allowed More

My Supposed Friend

Much as I loved my BMX bike, there was one thing that I absolutely hated about it: that was taking the handlebar grips off and putting new ones on. I despised doing it, it was the Bain of my life! If only I’d lived in a city then I would have had others to help me out. But oh no. As a beginner in this BMX thing (a beginner living in a village surrounded only by the old and decrepit) More

BMX / Freetsyle Overview

To someone who knows nothing about BMX / Freestyle, either term might conjure up memories of mucking about as a kid, jumping off a plank balanced on bricks nicked from the next-door-neighbours garden, or images from the eighties: huge helmets, tight clothing and ‘getting max air’ out of dodgy looking ramps. In fact, BMX and Freestyle is now simply called BMX (for Bicycle Motocross). While the name itself might refer more to the racing aspect, surprisingly, it’s the other disciplines More

First Time

I remember the first time I really crashed. I’d been riding my BMX for about a two years and had never really got hurt. I’d scraped myself up a few times, fallen off and felt pain, but I’d never really slammed hard enough to shake myself up. When I did I did it so well that I bypassed all the pain you should feel after a terrible accident. The shock was so great that I didn’t even know who More

Big Air…

Even in this age of mass media and all-powerful internet, many people still mistakenly believe that BMX is something that happens only on race-tracks around the world, with huge-helmeted, leather-clad riders battling elbows to cross a finish line made of paper, to collect a trophy made of moulded gold plastic. While that may partially be true, it is much less true than the general reality: anyone who has seen a recent BMX magazine / DVD / Youtube video will know More