There are thousands of BMX videos available on the net, catering to the craze that started almost four decades ago in San Diego, California. The videos best loved by BMX fans are those of the amazing crashes that the bikers painfully execute while flying through air or racing on inch thick bars.
The most spectacular BMX crashes of all time are usually those that happen in people’s backyards and the title of the Best BMX video of the year usually goes to an amateur what certainly give proof of this. However, there are some pretty awesome mistakes by pros captured on video that are all the more astounding because of the crowd they crashed in front of. In the 2009 Dew tour in Chicago, Chad Kagy crashed trying to do a double flair, that was first performed by Kevin Robinson in 2006, during the X Games. The web’s flooded with videos of it from every angle. Earlier this year, in July, Sebastian Keep fell out of the Nike 6.0 BCN BMX pro because of a messed up air quarter. A fan site did a slow-motion repeat of the crash and it looked quite alarming. Then there are videos of Blake Foxx’s beautiful crash in the pro section in Guthrie, Oklahoma and Richie Gate tripping at the starting line. There was Bill Ni’s unexpected crash at Rehbeins and that fantastic Latvian crash that resulted in a pile up in the middle of the track. The X games and the Dew tour are only two of many great competing platforms for BMX riders and as pros like Mark Webb or Garrett Reynolds can testify, no one who wants to reach the heights of this sport can do so without taking a lot of spills. Whether a BMX disciple wants to go for the Street, Vert, Trails, Park or Flatlands offshoot of this sport, he has an almost unlimited number of styles he can perform on his way to discovering his very own tricks. And while he is figuring them out, he can amuse fellow BMX followers by putting his attempts up on the net for all to find. A word of warning in the end. The Dew tour, recently, scared many BMX lovers when T J Lavin, an MTV host and BMX pro, crashed during his attempt to execute a nac-nac and went into coma. He is home now and on his way to recovery. But many are not so lucky, namely 17 year old Luke Esgate, who flew off a make shift ramp in an Albany park while riding with a friend and landed on his head. His death was jarring for many. But there is no doubt that its thrilling to watch spectacular, heart stopping crashes on the BMX tracks, and that the dare devils out there will keep providing more BMX videos for fans to enjoy.
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