Australian BMX Skateparks Worth Knowing
Australian BMX skateparks are the council and commercial parks across every state where riders can legally ride bowls, mini ramps and street plazas on a BMX.
4 min readThe history of BMX: from kids copying motocross in 1970s California to Olympic medals, the rise of freestyle, the video era and the scenes that shaped the sport.
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Australian BMX skateparks are the council and commercial parks across every state where riders can legally ride bowls, mini ramps and street plazas on a BMX.
4 min readBMX in Australia has thrived since the late 1970s, with world and Olympic success in racing, a dense skatepark network and Logan Martin's Olympic gold in 2021.
5 min readIn the 1990s BMX rebuilt itself after the freestyle bust through rider-owned companies, the X Games, video magazines and the growth of street riding.
6 min readBMX magazines are the print and online publications, from BMX Action and Freestylin' to Ride BMX and Dig, that have documented BMX riding since the 1970s.
5 min readThe BMX Olympics timeline runs from BMX racing's debut at Beijing 2008 and freestyle park's debut at Tokyo 2020 through Paris 2024, LA 2028 and Brisbane 2032.
4 min readBMX video games are console, PC and mobile games based on BMX riding, led by Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (2000) and Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX (2001).
4 min readThe 1980s freestyle boom was the decade when trick riding split from BMX racing, built its own contests, magazines, bikes and stars, then collapsed in 1989.
6 min readBMX began in early 1970s Southern California when children raced modified Schwinn Sting-Ray bikes on dirt tracks in imitation of motocross, creating a sport.
6 min readStreet riding grew from a 1980s sideshow into the dominant BMX discipline through pegs and grinds, East Coast scenes, brakeless bikes and the video part.
6 min readThe web edit era is the period from the mid 2000s when online video on YouTube, Vimeo and later Instagram replaced DVDs as the main way BMX riding was shared.
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