นายพลากร เพชรจานง ม.6/8 เลขที1่ 5
BMX SPORT
Most sports in this generation are team sports and many people constantly end up
on the bench or cut from the team, because the are not good enough. But in BMX
every person gets to participate some might not be as good as another rider and
loose every race but they still get to compete and enjoy riding, and this is one of the
many reason why I think BMX is the best sport ever! First of all for those people who
are thinking what BMX is? Here me out and ill explain.
BMX is just a short 40 or so second sprint race around a 400 metre long man made
dirt track with lots of different bumps and humps all different sizes some being small
and some being big! BMX first started in the early 1970s when kids began racing
their bikes on dirt tracks, in Southern California drawing inspiration from the
motocross superstars of their time. There was no stopping it a new sport was made,
bicycle motocross was the name it was given but it was quickly shortened to BMX. It
was that good that it grabbed the attention of more than a thousand people in one
short summer.
BMX has many high points and on of the is the adrenaline you get especially when
your coming down a 5 plus metre high start ramp and hitting 40, 50 and the faster
people even hit around 60 kilometres at one time. As you would imagine going that
fast on a two wheeler bike how much adrenaline do you think you would get? Around
2003 the International Olympic committee made BMX a full medal Olympic sport for
the 2008 Beijing China Olympic games. With that there were named two First ever
BMX champions With Maris Stromberg’s Form Latvia winning the men, and AnneCaroline Chausson from France taking the women’s gold.
It only takes one trip to a BMX race and you will quickly see that everyone in
attendance from 3 year olds children to over 50 year olds are having a great time.
BMX is a safe and an action sport for the whole entire family, I even know a 72 year
old that still races. How amazing is that? Statistics have proven that BMX racing is
one of the safest of all youth sports today. Part of this is due to the requirement of
safety equipment. Every time a rider is on a track they must be wearing long sleeves,
long pants, a helmet and gloves.