The BMX Thread

yes...!!! 🤘

www.vitalbmx.com

i know what happens, and yes i remember when it shut down.  that's why i posted it.  😃

Swampfest is one of the most creative events every year. Really cool to watch.

i think swampfest is my favorite time of year for youtube videos. 

Honestly, I love watching Swampfest, but one of my favorite parts of it is watching the build videos leading up to it. Its the best winter dust off event as spring starts. I hope someone gets the double rail tower thing they built last year. The Monster truck is absurd.

Keep'em coming!

I liked how the Rotorua DS had a bit of swampfest.

I'm torn... Should all Rampage applicants be required to attend Swamp Fest to learn to huck their meat? Or should they be denied entry If they've attended and learned bad habits? 

Dennis doing Dennis things

These brink back such cool BlackMarket vibes (which makes sense because some of the earliest Mob frames were built by S&M).

Kinda surprised it took them this long, but there has long been a weird divide between BMX and MTB brands/cultures. I also would have built it differently, and not advertised 'threaded BB is threaded,' but...I want one.

That nose manual up the stairs. I’m still trying to comprehend how that is even possible! I’ve never seen anything like that before. 

Our BMX has been doing these rad spot check history lessons with Dennis. It'd be cool to do something similar in MTB with iconic sections at World Cups or famous trails/jump spots. 

Also here's a vid from Anthony Panza that I found pretty interesting. He rode for Cult for the past decade, and during that time built an impressive Youtube channel. This video dives into why he left Cult and just his struggles with riding for a bmx company.  

51 years ago I raced in the LA Coliseum. Still enjoy everything on two wheels. 

ooo a thread for meee

Kris Fox just released a sick shreddit. he's hands down the rider I'd steal the talent of for a day if I could.

but whats more important is seeing my 200 pound 34 year old ass hop on a fresh Mongoose from Amazon and battle a 360, huffing n puffing lol

Ironically, this fits in this thread... But seriously this is one of the craziest freeride edits I've ever seen. A tooth hanger clip and a massive wall bang clip in the same edit... ON THE SAME BIKE? I thought that thing was gonna blow up on that double compression at the end. Wow

Why does it seem to be so accepted that bmx and skatboar pros dont wear helmets? I just dont get it

Culture.

If foreign cultures around the world can stick bones through their nose, worship cows, or marry off children... You can't understand why some people don't wear helmets?

People legit used to just not wear helmets on bikes up until like... The 90s? Maybe early 2000s? (they were only required on the tour de france around 2003-2005)

As a (former) BMXer it's funny cuz... I wore no helmets on any bike, until I got on a mountain bike.

The second I got on a mountain bike I said FUCK this I need a helmet and pads. This shit is dangerous.

I rode BMX for 20+ years. No real injuries until I got older and fatter. Broke my elbow. Was not wearing a helmet during the crash. Never hit my head once in all those years.

I have ridden MTBs for 6 years (almost to the day...)

Since taking up mountain biking I have broken my collarbone (never happened on BMX), broken my back, and had my first concussion.

ALL WITH A HELMET ON. And pads...

Safety is ultimately still about planning. And riding within your limits. A helmet does not absolve you of all injury regardless.

Most of our heroes were wearing a helmet when they got fucked up. (including Scotty Cranmer)

And all these dudes not wearing helmets, ironically, RARELY end up paralyzed or brain damaged. The one major exception, sadly, being Mike Aitken. Who is a trails rider, not street. At least where it happened. So high speed really derails your ability to plan and prepare. Things happen too fast.

When I ride my BMX now I wear a helmet... And MTBing is the reason that is the case.

But it's hard to explain to anyone who is not a BMX rider.

Even at it's peak danger, it's still outrageously more safe than riding road bikes around cars and mountain biking down loose terrain or at high speeds etc.

The amount of repetition these guys have makes them masters at planning and preparation, even when they are stoner high school dropouts.

None of my friends riding BMX got injured the way MTBers do.

tl;dr nah, you gotta read it. don't care if it's long lol. ask and ye shall receive.

Fast and Loose just dropped one of the best videos I've seen this year, period. Enjoy!

I respect your opinion, but clearly i disagree. In this case, culture just seem to be an excuse, to justify a bad habit.

Good on you not having injurys while not wearing a helmet. Your personal experiences doesnt make it right for everybody. I know noone that had a bad accident while not  securing a seatbelt when driving cars, but still can i understand the fatality of an accident without seatbelts.

Especially as a professional, one should be a rolemodel to youth. Kids copy habits. And there is alot of kids looking up to bmx riders. As a father of two, i would not want them to ride any vehicle without helmets, because they see proffesionals jumping down buildings without helmets.

I used to teach kids riding dirtbikes and had a hard time telling the kids that they need to wear a helmet regardless of how far or long they gonna ride, because adults used to ride their bikes to the washing station without helmets.

Long story short. Yes i get it, each to their own,but i find it incredible stupid.