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2018, the USA BMX Hall of Fame nominated Renny Roker

Renny Roker one of the Industry nominees 2018. In June 2018 the USA BMX Hall of Fame did publish the names of the nominees in their respectif categories. In the Industry section one of the nominees is Renny Roker (Jag BMX). I know most of the Industry nominees personal, also Renny Roker. One think I can say is, that because of the 1979 en 1980 Jag BMX World Championships in Indianapolis-USA, f...

2018, a project of Janis Grinvalds named "global BMX community

August 2018.   A project of Janis Grinvalds - Latvia named "global BMX Community, worldofbmx " Some time ago already, Janis Grinvalds asked me to help him make his project known to readers of the universityofbmx.com  With the enclosed information I want to give my readers the opertunity to check out Janis's project. So here some information to get involved in the .........

2018, collection of Facebook reactions on the University of BMX site

This page was created in May 2018 and will be filled during time, step by step.  Reactions are placed ad random. Enjoy. May 1st. 2018.  This FACEBOOK reaction came in from Tom Lynch - GBR. Ok, such a great response from my last post, thank you, only went in the loft for a picture for Dale Holmes. So a lil international flavour then just concentrating on a little over 1 year. Team A...

2018, celebrating 40 years of BMX in The Netherlands and Europe

Dear friends in BMX, 40 years ago, the sport of BMX (Bicycle Moto-Cross) was introduced in The Netherlands and Europe as an official registered sport. Around 3 years later BMX turned into an international world wide sport through the I.BMX.F.  And it was after the merge with the UCI that BMX became an Olympic sport in 2008. 40 years of development of riders, events, officials have past...

2017, Special Docu on Dutch TV on start and grow of BMX, 1978 till now

On June 18th, a special documentary on Dutch BMX has been shown on Dutch National TV, NPO 1 at 22.15 hours. This 30 minutes docu will tell people about the introduction, start and developments in Holland over time on Bicycle Moto-Cross. BMX was introduced by Gerrit Does early 1978 in Holland and coordinated activities European wide in Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland...

2017, UCI Press release: BMX Freestyle Park an Olympic disipline from 2020 on.

UCI Press-Release, Lausanne June 9th. 2017. Madison and BMX Freestyle Park added to Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Programme. The Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) is delighted to announce that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has agreed to add the Madison and BMX Freestyle Park to the Programme of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. The decision was made at today’s meeting of the IOC Executiv...

Spectacular developments in BMX from 1995 till 2016 ?

To read about the DEVELOPMENT in BMX at the highest level, the Elite classes and within the World Cup/Supercross format, check this out: Waalre, March 26th., 2016   An historical overview. For some time now I had the plan to write an article about the developments/evolution in the sport of BMX at the highest National and International level within the UCI, in the Elite Women and Men cl...

Gerrit Does retired from I.BMX.F.

Seen here a page from an American Magazine calledd "BMX PLUS" issue October 1985 were it is announced that Gerrit Does will retire as General Secretary from the I.BMX.F. ending 1985. He made the announcement during the annnual congress at the I.BMX.F. Worlds in Whistler - Canada, 1985. He stated: I have layed down the foundation for this world wide organization and worked on this for 5 years....