Where did BMX freestyle contests begin in this area? Bucks County PA. From 1986 till 1990 Bucks County was the home to the PA AFA and held regular contests all year long. Now of course that was 5 billion years ago and the days of the AFA and quarter pipes with wedge ramps, as contest […]
Bethlehem PA. Steel City USA. The dirt and street scene in North East PA is and has been off the hook since forever. Over the past few years though, flatland BMX has seen a big resurgence around here and the riders have been pushing the scene pretty hard. Bethlehem locals, Willie and Marc along with […]
ou gotta watch these 20+ year old videos of flatland from the late 80’s. The riding stands up to today and the amount of riders pushing the envelope in flatland chilling around the contest area is amazing. Here’s some video of Jay Jones, Craig LePage (flatlands first World Champion) So… Here’s Craig LePage at Woodhaven […]
Rodney Morweiser of Grove Street brought this to our attention. Scope out the flatland being dropped in this thing from 1989….TWENTY ONE years ago…almost 22. Names in there, East Coast Flat Legends: Jay Jones, Mike Smeed, Sean Leslie, Leslie Freud, Ross Smith….crazy. This video was actually taken when I was the “manager” of the General […]
CEDAR BMX The Place: Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania The Track: Cedar BMX – www.cedarbmxpark.com The Nearest Lodging: The track is behind the ‘Red BarnVillage Bed and Breakfast’ (see www.redbarnvillage.com). The Recommendation: GO THERE
New member to the site Jim Dellavalle has clued me in to a bunch of things he is working on in the NJ, NY, PA area. Jim is a big advocate for the BMX-MTB community and is pretty hardcore about making sure the next generation of riders have places to ride that are good, hassle free, […]
One thing that has been missing from the revamped BMXNJ site is the promised coverage of the eastern PA scene that we have up on the site. When I redid the whole thing in ’08, I realized that PA and NJ have always had a tight history of working together to help out the sport. Starting […]
