BMX has emerged as one of the popular form of cycling across the globe. BMX can be considered to be the short form of Bicycle Moto-cross(X) . BMX Freestyle or Freestyle BMX has emerged as one of the most challenging adventure sports . The origin of BMX Freestyle can be traced back to the later part of the twentieth century. Since then, the sport has been liked by many adventure lovers across the globe.
BMX Freestyle can have different categories on the basis of venues used for the sport. The sport can be held on street, in skatepark, trail, vert or flatland. Riders use a special type of bicycle for the purpose. The aim of the sport is to perform various tricks or movements while riding the cycles. In artificially built platforms for BMX Freestyle , different obstacles are scattered across the place, which are negotiated by the riders. They perform different tricks like hops, jumps, airlifts, spins and others. The tricks are given interesting names like grind, fakie, wallride, endo, revert, levitator, Derek duster, seatgrab, tabletop, turndown, backspin, busdriver, icepick, toothpick and others.
The most essential equipment for BMX Freestyle is the specialized bicycle with 20 inch wheels. The cycles are specially built for the sport, which can be used for performing the tricks and overcoming the obstacles. The cycles are generally referred as bikes. Some of the bikes have spikes to provide a better grip during the ride. The designs of the bikes vary with different BMX Freestyle events. The sport involves in certain risk factors and for this reason, players should take every possible safety measures while riding bikes and performing various tricks.
