Bas van Steenbergen is one of the world’s best bike-handlers, a Red Bull Rampage alumnus, and uses “slalom” riding to sharpen his ability to change direction — both vertically over jumps and horizontally between creative berms — with his newly-created “Dream Slalom” track in British Columbia’s interior.
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BMX Video – LOOSE CHANGE
Featuring Stevie Churchill, Michal Smelko, Joe Jarvis, Carlo Hoffmann, Mirco Andreani, Jordan Aleppo and Jakub Juza.
Shot in Prague and Brno.
A canvas in his living room reminds Connor Fields why he keeps pushing himself.
The 23-year-old BMX rider’s home decor includes a panoramic view of Rio de Janeiro, purchased when he bought his Henderson home in 2012.
The sale in October came two months after Fields, then 19, crashed in the final BMX race of the 2012 London Olympics after cruising through preliminaries.
Now older and more mature, Fields is hoping four years of motivation from looking at Rio’s famous Christ the Redeemer statue is enough for him to push through an injury setback and craft a redemption story of his own … More