Freestyle BMX
It is an extreme sport descended from BMX racing that consists of five disciplines: street, park, vert, trails, and flatland.Skateboarder Magazine then published photos of kids on bikes riding in empty household swimming pools in 1975.In 1975 kids started riding bikes in concrete reservoir channels in Escondido San Diego, California.In 1976 Devin and Todd Bank [4] began riding BMX bikes inside the Runway Skatepark in Carson California.Bob Haro and John Swanguen rode BMX bikes at Skateboard Heaven, a concrete skatepark in San Diego, California, late 1976.In the summer of 1978, Paramount, Lakewood, and other Southern California skateparks began reserving sessions or whole days exclusively for BMX bikes.[5] BMX Action Magazine published the first freestyle how to article in their January/February 1979 issue which showed Bob Haro doing a "rock walk."[6] BMX bike riders also performed a demonstration freestyle show in 1979 during a skate competition at Rocky Mountain Surf Skatepark in Salt Lake City, Utah.Manufacturers hurried to the drawing boards to develop new freestyle bikes, components, and accessories, and began searching for talented riders to sponsor.During this period, the sport progressed with the release of new bike models, components, and accessories designed strictly for freestyle.In the early 1990s, BMX freestyle suffered a decline in its commercial popularity; subsequently a number of large companies reduced or terminated their investment in the sport.In this economic climate, communities of new rider-owned companies and initiatives began to re-define the sport according to their own needs and interests, paving the way for what is now[when?]This decline and subsequent new phase of the sport's development into an independently driven industry was notably referenced in the introduction to the BMX video Ride On (directed by Eddie Roman).Concrete parks are commonly built outdoors due to their ability to withstand years of exposure to the elements of conditions.One of the primary reasons flat landers often ride only on flatland is the decreased stability of a shorter bike on ramps, dirt courses and streets.
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