ORIGIN

The BMX originated in the early 1970s in California. When the youth attempted to imitate the motocross champions with their bikes on a very specific and risky mode besides being peligroso.En 1970 was widespread variant known as dirt track racing, bike circuits using very similar to those made with motorcycles. Later, in the mid-80s, began to use the special bike BMX freestyle tricks, the pioneer and ex-pro racer, Bob Haro was the first to use the BMX in skateparks, and indeed was the father freestyle, creating the first exclusive freestyle bike with which they began to do a variety of tricks, to consolidate in 1990 flatland and other modalities, such as dirt, vert, park, and street.

 More specifically, in 1977, the American Bicycle Association (ABA) was organized as a national body for the sport's growth, which was introduced in Europe in 1978. In April 1981 he founded the International BMX Federation and the first world championship was held in 1982. Since January 1993 BMX has been integrated into the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), through which it became an Olympic sport in 2008.