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.

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

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

 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.

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

1977  more pictures on the Irvine BMX track, recently built that year.

 1977 Irvine's BMX track, an oversight.

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

 1977 picture taken in Waalre- Holland, BMX sales started to grow, more and more BMX bikes were seen in the street of Holland.

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.

1981  Back in time, the start of the I.BMX.F.

I.BMX.F. became an officialy registered non profit organisation in 1981, April 3rd. Rumours were there in the USA about this new internatiional world wide organisation and US manufacturers started writing to the I.BMX.F. asking for detailed information on Rules and regulations. Among them one of the largest companies in the bicycle industry, HUFFY Bicycles Internation. Enclosed their letter of May 18th. 1981.

April 12th. 2025 the 7th Old Skool BMX Day NL will take place.