BMX bike

 The acronym BMX stands for Bicycle MotoCross and has to do with the history of this sport, which dates back to 1969. It was then that in California - where else - young people began to use their bikes on Motocross tracks to imitate their motorized idols. . Seeing the trend, a manufacturer started producing bikes similar to motorcycles and the sport would expand. It would not be until a few years later when he would arrive in Europe.

Given the place and the reason for its birth, the original modality is the BMX Race, which consists of races on tracks similar to those of Motocross. With one difference: instead of moist soil, it is compact clayey sand to prevent fouling of the bike wheels. The objective is none other than that of any other race: to be faster than the rival, either competing simultaneously or against the clock.

With the appearance of the skateparks, the bikers who used BMX also began to take these spots and try 'tricks'. Here BMX Freestyle was born, which consists of performing tricks with the bike. This discipline has several sub-disciplines: Dirt Jump, Flatland, Park/Bowl, Street, Vert and Big Air.

The Dirt Jump are acrobatic jumps on dirt ramps chained one after another. When the biker is in the air he performs some trick (or maneuver, for those who don't understand) with the bicycle. A good place to practice it in Spain is La Poma Bikepark, in Premià de Dalt (Barcelona) and a good rider to watch could be Erick Ponce, winner of the Best Trick in the last Happy Ride Weekend that was held there. And watch out for the 'trains

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