Toby Henderson has been splitting time between top-dog duties at Box Components, and a many-hats role at the American BMX Company, which revived and reimagined the Race inc. line of products. Since he joined the newly-restarted brand, a little over two years ago (see bmxnews September 8, 2021), the brand released some impressive product, and made the pretty-promises of the mockups and prototypes come true. This week, Toby posted a press release on social media channels stating the following (edited slightly by News for brevity): Toby Henderson Announces Departure from American BMX Company Aft ..read more

Mike Redman was a BMXer who was all-the-way-in on every aspect of BMX Racing, since the early 80s. He was a racer, a BMX start-up entrepreneur, at a young age, (with MRC, Mike Redman Concepts), a wildly-successful racing team leader, Bike Brand visionary (via Redman Bikes), Race Announcer at hundreds of national races (and thousands more on the sub-national-level), Track Operator at Grand Prix BMX in Lake Perris, CA, coach to thousands of local-level BMXers, who participated in his clinics, all-of-which made him a BMX industry Legend. Mike passed away last week, reportedly after complications ..read more

It’s just-past September 1, which marks the official start of “when is next year’s national schedule coming out” season. Well, USA BMX is on-it-like-Blue-Bonnet for the 2023 rundown, having released the first-half (or so) of the 2023 National Schedule. We will be heading to all the familiar places in the new year (which is a VERY good thing), and see the Gator Nationals re-take it’s place in the early-year action. Here’s the January-through-Memorial Day list. Get out your Mileage Plus cards, and start booking those flights now. News will have the balance of the schedule, once available. We lo ..read more

It was an incredible weekend of racing in Indiana, as Steel Wheels Indoor BMX hosted a big weekend of racing, with a Race for Life on Saturday, and what is said to be the largest Gold Cup Qualifier in series history (at 148 motos) on Sunday. We spotted no-fewer than 10 state plates in the parking lot, and lots of grey plates on the track, as the whole of the region descended on Hobart, Indiana for the race., News was there, at our local track, for all the Gold Cup Action on Sunday, and came back with an epic photo set from the day. Check below for the link to the photo gallery…. Yes, it was V ..read more

The BMX News “One Ton Challenge!” We are looking for 40 BMX Moms and Dads who are ready to commit to losing 50lbs between April 1 and Grands. Think about it, and get ready to sign up. More info, and sign up link coming next week! The post Coming Soon: The “One Ton Challenge” appeared first on BMX NEWS ..read more

One thing we know about our local BMX track is there are ALWAYS things we’d like to change. “That turn isn’t ‘bowled-out’ enough”…”Why is the gate so slow/fast/slippery?”…”Can’t they post motos faster?”…”Can’t they have better food at concessions?” The “they” behind it all isn’t some amorphous government agency…it’s a dedicated group of volunteers who work their tails off to put on a race week after week, season after season, year after year—and, for some, decade after decade. So when a local-track family goes to another track, and posts on social media about how the new (to them) track is SO ..read more

It’s been a minute since we have brought you Factory Rennen news. At the end of the 2018 season Brand chief, George Costa, decided to put more work in to developing new products and keeping the wheels of industry turning at HQ, versus the wheels on the team trailer. So here it is, 2022 and Rennen is bringing back its factory team… well sort of. Brandon Crain, who was part of the Rennen program since he was on skinny tires will be representing the brand again, as the solo factory rider for 2022. He is mounting a serious campaign for the big cup (his second…he won it once already, in 2017), and ..read more

Time2Shine National Bike Shop Team is looking to be a steady presence on the podium in 2022. At the 2022 Blue Ridge Nationals in Lexington, VA, 11 of 21 riders earned podium spots, highlighted by Valentino Vallejo, who swept all three days in 14X, along with wins in 13-14 Open on Friday and Saturday. Federico Cappello 16X (World 6) came away scored two wins and a second in class after a hard crash in the cruiser semi on Friday. Being over 5,000 miles from their homes in Argentina didn’t prevent them from putting their talents on full display among the Americanos. The younger Time2Shine boys de ..read more

Racing BMX indoors on concrete was how those of us who lived above the frost line used to roll in the winter, during the early days of BMX. Wooden jumps were built to simulate those of the outdoor variety (mostly tabletops, but not all), and there was even some flirtation with wooden turns. In the “modern era,” we now have a few indoor on dirt tracks dotting the fruited plain, but they are spread pretty far apart in Minnesota, Indiana and Ohio. For the past 11 years, during the month of December, East Moline (IL) track operator Paul DePauw rents out the QCCA Expo Center for the whole month, pl ..read more

With all apologies for the delay, we are pleased to present our photoset from Sunday at the 2021 USA BMX Grand National. This was the largest BMX race of all time, with an eye-popping 956 motos. Hard to imagine that it was all fit in to two calendar days. The “what happens when it hits 1000 motos or more?” article is soon to come, but for today, let’s all rejoice in the fact that BMX Racing is strong in America, and still leads the world in participation and fervor. For those of us who were in Tulsa, it lived up to every-bit of it’s moniker “The Greatest Race on Earth,” and toss-in the Super B ..read more