The 2014 USA BMX Season started for amateurs and pros alike, with the calendar barely two weeks old. This was a much better arrangement than the 2013 calendar, which gave the pros four months out of the view of their adoring fans.
One of the things we like about the USA BMX structure (versus the old ABA/NBL structure) is that it is “safe” now to try new things, and if they don’t quite work out, they can be changed easily–without the other side playing “gotcha” games.
Reno 2014 was a big race by any standard, at 342 motos on Saturday and 304 on Sunday. This is the race where many of the factory teams roll out their new look for the year, as well as those rider pickups that they started talking about just as the last grands moto was crossing the line in Tulsa … More
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The 22-year-old performs in the popular ‘Nitro Circus Live’
While some people might feel bad for Aaron Fotheringham, who was born with spina bifida and cannot use his legs, the 22-year-old wheelchair athlete from Las Vegas who is also known as “Wheelz” wouldn’t change his situation for the world.
Fotheringham is genuinely stoked to be in his wheelchair and grateful for the opportunities it has provided him him. Currently, he is traveling around with some of the top action sports athletes in the world performing in the “Nitro Circus Live” television show … More
Stoked News has posted a number of Aaron’s videos on the web site. Use the search box on the top right corner of the page and search for “Fotheringham” Aaron’s a very impressive guy.
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At the end of sixth grade I found myself on a plane with my fellow students from Denver, Colorado, traveling 1,500 miles to Jacksonville, Florida. We were en route to Cumberland Island, a barrier island on the Georgia coast, just a stone’s throw away from that north Florida city. The backpacking trip was an initiation of sorts into my future life of adventure. For a chubby pre-teen from landlocked suburbia, it was also an eye-opening journey to an exotic place, replete with chance encounters with wildlife seldom seen in Colorado: possums, armadillos and, yes, gators.
My mission to map mountain bike routes across the country recently brought me back to this part of northern Florida. Returning the area evoked memories of that decades-ago trip and … More
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We set out on a brisk, winter day to shoot this before heading back to school for the semester. Bryan’s dog, Kaia, accompanied us and this was the result.
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