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History of BMX (2025-2026)

History of BMX year 2025

January 10th. To all of you readers of this site, we do wish you a HAPPY and HEALTHY 2025.  It is 50 years ago that I discovered the sport of BICYCLE MOTO-CROSS,  BMX. September 1974 I did spent several week in the USA in the Kansas City  and St. Louis area for mnotorcycle moto-cross activities. At a local Yamaha dealer I saw the first ever BMX bikes 20 inch full suspension  by Yamaha. Since then up till this day I have been involved in BMX, introduced the sport in The Netherl;and (Holland) and I helped informing other European potential promotors/organizers to introduce BMX in their countries. I want to celebrate these 50 years of involment by publising ad random, pictures, articles, important letters, opinions and so on. Hope you all will enjoy "the History of BMX" as I know it.

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Kansas City 1974, Yamaha dealer "Independend Yamaha - Kansas)" Advertisement YAMAHA  BMX bike.

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1976 Gerrit Does and Pierre Karsmakers present at the Elks BMX Track in the LA area, First BMX race we went to.

x 1976 elks bmx track la john lewis present g. does and p. karsmakers 1976, First US BMX bikes imported in Holland by Pierre Karsmakers. Nico Does (6 y.o.) doing a wheely on an Eagle BMX at home.

x 1976 six year old nico does on his 1st

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
One year later in 1977, Pierre Karsmakers and Gerrit Does visited the Irvine BMX Track in Irvine, just to learn more abot BMX.

x 1977 irvine bmx track cali 11977  more pictures on the Irvine BMX track, recently built that year.

x 1977 irvine bmx track la 1977 Irvine's BMX track, an oversight.

x 1977 irvine bmx track cal. 2

1977 The starting gate at Irvine BMX track and Pierre Karsmakers holding the gate.

x 1977 irvine bmx track pierre k 1977 picture taken in Waalre- Holland, BMX sales started to grow, more and more BMX bikes were seen in the street of Holland.

x 1977 waalre ned bmx sales started to growjpgx 1977 78 nico does 1st. official licence holder sfnx 1977 78 nico riding the waalre bmx trail in th woodsjpg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the USA around 1978 there were several BMX organisations actif. The most important sanctioning bodie were N.B.A. - N.B.L. and A.B.A. Here is list of the sanctioning bodies at the time.

x 1978 bmx developing in the us several organisations involved back thenjpg