For anyone, riding a bike can be a great way to get some exercise and fresh air. But some riders want a thrilling, pulse-pumping ride, whether it's through the woods and over the rocks on a mountain bike or navigating track-based obstacles in bicycle motocross, or BMX. This book captures the excitement and rush of extreme biking, from its California origins to today's X Games and Olympics. Readers will explore some of the biggest names in extreme biking and learn about exciting and challenging races. They will also learn about the bikes, gear, styles, stunts, and lingo associated with this speedy sport.

Pedal quickly to stay out in front of the pack! The fast-paced style of BMX racing makes it an exciting sport to watch or practice. Readers will explore the history of BMX racing, the tactics that help win a race, and how the popularity of the sport has grown over the last few years.

Riders feel the wind as they reach incredible speeds flying down hills and launching over jumps. Young readers will explore the history of downhill BMX, learn about the equipment needed to compete, and find out how racers give it their all to win a race.

Product Description: Did you know that the top BMX vert riders can race up and down ramps to show off awesome stunts like no-handed 900 aerial spins? They can rotate their bikes two and a half times while airborne. They do moves such as cliffhangers and tailwhips, wowing fans and judges alike...read more

Product Description: Did you know that BMX street riders do awesome tricks using objects you might see in a city park? These daring athletes slide down handrails with their grinds. They bunny hop up curbs and onto benches. They twist their bikes all the way around in 360 spins...read more

Product Description: Book annotation not available for this title.Title: BMXAuthor: Carr, AaronPublisher: Weigl Pub IncPublication Date: 2012/08/01Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress:

Product Description: Ride it BMX introduces children to the gravity-defying sport of BMX. Simple text and awesome photos help show the two types of BMX riding: racing and freestyle. Kids will love reading about the tricks, bikes, competitions, and stars of the sport.

Product Description: Readers get a close-up look at the most popular, adrenline driven extreme sports.

Product Description: BMX biking is a high-adrenalin sport that covers flatland, vert, and trail moves. This title showcases stunning photography of breathtaking stunts and tricks on all terrains, tells how the sport began, and gives awesome record-breaking BMX facts!

Product Description: BMX greats soar through the air and pull off awesome tricks on their bikes. The top riders are the ones who continue to push the limits. Look inside for all your favorite stars of the BMX world.

Product Description: Simple text and full-color photos illustrate facts about the history, moves, props, and records of pro wrestling.

I had seriously reached a point in my life where I wasn't scared of anything. Panic was replaced by awww, shit, how can I fix this before I hit the ground? Childhood for Mat Hoffman was packed with hazardous behavior and a constant searching for a new rush: sliding down the laundry chute, blatantly misusing a trampoline, leaping off the roof holding an umbrella, executing a two-story bomb drop into a swimming pool on a bike, and more. After experimenting with his bike on a plywood ramp at age eleven, Matfound his true calling. He became addicted to aerials. By the time he was fourteen years old, Mat had earned national notoriety with his ramp skills and landed a factory sponsorship from Skyway Recreation. He was consumed by a love of bike riding, a passion that took him around the globe and beyond the limits of what people said was possible. Always pushing for more height or another way to turn air into art, he's shattered world records, conventional wisdom, and his own body in a quest to experience allthat life has to offer. The price? More than a dozen major surgeries, fifty broken bones, countless concussions and knockouts -- Mat's sacrifices are evident in a medical file that's 400 pages thick. When the boom years of BMX freestyle bottomed out during a bike industry recession in the late 1980s, Mat's enthusiasm never wavered. To save his sport, he bought a semi truck when he was seventeen and became his own sponsor, spreading the word one demo at a time. He and his friends formed Hoffman Bikes and began running bike stunt contests. It was an era of progress for Mat as a rider, as he unveiled jawdropping tricks like the no-handed 540, backflip fakie, and flair, and became the first rider in action sports to pull a 900. In The Ride of My Life, Mat takes readers on his humorous, hardcore, harrowing journey to the top as a bike stunt pioneer, ten-time world champion, video game superstar, X Games ambassador, recreational ninja, and the most innovative rider to ever hit a ramp. He shares stories of the wild experiences he's had while touring with some of the best riders around -- Dennis McCoy, Dave Mirra, Rick Thorne, Kevin Robinson, Mike 'Rooftop' Escamilla, and many others. Spanning two decades of action sports history, as Mat crosses paths with high-risk heroes like Tony Hawk, Johnny Knoxville, and Evel Knievel, The Ride of My Life is the insane, true story of Mat Hoffman, the greatest bike rider of all time.A BMX world champion discusses the people who have influenced his life, the history of BMX, his contributions to freestyle riding, his world records, and his participation in the Olympics.

A BMX world champion discusses the people who have influenced his life, the history of BMX, his contributions to freestyle riding, his world records, and his participation in the Olympics.

Product Description: A comprehensive guide to the "king of street sports." Intense racing, jaw-dropping stunts and freestyle tricks make BMX a favorite among youth. BMX Riding Skills is about the tricks, guiding readers through the maneuvers, techniques, clothing and equipment that add up to competition-worthy skills and a pro street image...read more

Presents the history, needed equipment, and various techniques of bicycle moto-cross racing.

Product Description: Looks at the sport of bicycle motocross racing, including some of the different elements that compose it, the competitions that are held, and several of the top riders.Title: Daring BMXersAuthor: Sandler, MichaelPublisher: Bearport Pub Co IncPublication Date: 2009/08/01Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 200901976...read more

Product Description: Flips, tricks, and big air are just some of the exciting areas covered in Extreme. This fun new series focuses on the history, rules, gear, legends, and unforgettable moments of some of the worlds most incredible sports. Even the most reluctant reader will want to dive into the colorful pages of Extreme...read more

Product Description: Backflips on a bike?! This colorful book details how the X Games evolved and where bicycle stunt riding fits into the mix. Legendary riders such as Dave "Miracle Boy" Mirra and Bruce Crisman are highlighted. Kids will be thrilled to read the interview with Ryan Nyquist, who has won a medal at the Games every year since 1997...read more

Product Description: - the mechanics of the trick bike- the history of the sport- freestyle stunt riding and its heroes- modern motocross courses