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Teaching Your Kids to Ride Mountain Bikes

Teaching Your Kids to Ride Mountain Bikes

Kids at every age love to copy parents. From the age of 2 to 12 they just adore to pretend that they are grown up. Those parents who are a part of the mountain biking community find their kids always ready to learn the tricks of the sport. What is important to for you to know is when is the right time for your kid to get into this sport and who you should go about it.

The first thing is to understand is that a kid may be eager to learn it even before he or she can learn to balance a two wheeler from seeing you but mountain biking is a serious thing unlike paddling a BMX in your driveway. Make sure your child has developed his muscles well and can do all the exercises that you do to maintain you muscle power for this sport.

Getting your kid his first mountain bike should be a well thought purchase. A cheap inexpensive model may cost you higher in the longer run or may need you kid to exert more than required. Remember that smaller the wheels are more force they would require to paddle and keep up with your 26 inch bike. Never compromise on the safety gear. These should be the best to ensure your kid's protection.

Demonstrate everything to your child first and then let him try it. Remember, always stay close, preferably dismounted when your kid it trying out a new thing for the first time, just to be ready for an eventuality.
Let your child learn at his own pace till he is perfect, don't rush up to get to the difficult things, rather stay on the easier trails till you are sure that he is ready for the next level.

The most important thing is, never let him out of your sight on the trail. If he lags behind, stop and let him come closer. A child who lags behind unattended will tend to get rash to stay near you. Remember safety comes first.

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Starting a Career in BMX Bike Racing

Starting a Career in BMX Bike Racing

BMX Bike Racing can be a very exciting and adventurous sport. Getting started into BMX Bike Racing is simple and rather inexpensive. First you start out by joining a BMX bike association since they are the groups that typically provide the guidance and rules for BMX bike racing. There is the American Bicycle Association (ABA) and the National Bicycle League (NBL). Annual memberships are about $45, and membership perks include discounts and other services.

Next you will need to get yourself a bike to ride, specifically one geared towards BMX racing, which is usually a "class" bike, which is a 20-inch wheel bike or a "cruiser" bike, which is a 24-inch wheel bike. If you need assistance with selecting the right bike, a BMX salesperson should be able to assist you. Paying only a few hundred dollars or less for a good used or new bike is reasonable. After you have chosen the perfect BMX bike, then you will need to buy the correct BMX clothing and protective equipment. You will need long pants or jeans, a long sleeve shirt, a full face helmet with a chin strap, gloves, and a set of pads for your handlebar crossbar and stem of your bike.

Once you have your membership, bike, and all of your needed gear, then you can find a BMX track to race. To locate a racing track, you can call your local bike shop or visit the ABA website at ababmx.com or the NBL website at www.nhl.org. Once you get in contact with your local track, make sure you find out practice and racing times, fees charged for riding or racing, and if they offer any beginner riding training programs.

If you are new to BMX racing, it is probably a good idea to get some practice in at the track and around your community before entering your first race. To do this, you can slowly start out by riding various tracks to get a feel for each of them since they are all different. You can also sign up for BMX bike racing training classes and observe other professional riders to see what their riding techniques and styles are. You could also ask some of the riders how to break into the sport and what the best way of starting out is. Outside the track, you can simply ride your bike everywhere you go to get practice in every chance you get. Plus try jumping curves and riding in and out of ditches and up and down small hills. Slowly incorporate small tricks. Once you think you are ready, you can start out by racing locally.

BMX racing typically does not involve Freestyle BMX or performing tricks, but if you are wanting to get into doing tricks, there are other competitions. Some Freestyle BMX competitions include Flatland, where riders perform bike tricks by rarely moving their bikes from the ground; Street, which involves making use of whatever objects that are available in your area to perform a trick; and Dirt, which involves jumping dirt ramps and performing air tricks.

Once you decide to enter your first race, you can ask the track operator for assistance in getting everything that you will need, including a number plate for you bike. While waiting for your race, observe and watch how riders balance at the starting gate and take the jumps and turns. Your initial race will start out with your skill level and age class, so you do not have to worry about competing against professionals.

Typically in a race, amateurs usually compete for points and trophies, while the professionals compete for points, trophies, and cash, which can range from hundreds of dollars to thousands of dollars depending on the competition. So the more competitions you enter and the better you become, the more money you will win, and there are plenty of yearly BMX racing competitions to race in. Also, the better you get at racing, the more likely BMX racing sponsors will take notice and want you to become a part of their team.

Scott Lewis is the owner of BMXGames123.com and created it to show off his love for the bike racing sport

What Events Are In The X GAMES?

What Events Are In The X GAMES?

The ‘X Games’ is an extreme sports competition organized by ESPN.
It is primarily for broadcasting on TV.

X-Games are of two types.
These are Summer X- Games and Winter X-Games. X Games competition is a multi-event sport.

Competition is performed in various styles. Participants can win bronze, silver, and gold medals. Apart from this, they can also win money. The competition offers great level of excitement.

The main events in summer X games are as follows:

Freestyle BMX, Park, Racing-Introduced in X Games 13, Big Air, Freestyle
Best Trick, Vert, Step Up, and Supermoto are very popular.

Men's-Women's Vert Best Trick, Super cross, Women-Team USA vs. the World (Introduced in X Games 13), Skateboarding Street, Big Air, and Men’s Women's Street Best Trick Vert are included as well.

MotoX, Surfing, and Men-Team USA vs. the World (Formerly East vs. West) were also included.

The main events winter X games:

Skier X, Men's Women's Super Pipe, Men’s Women's Slope style,
Super Pipe, and Men's and Women's Monoskier X (mixed-gender) were commonly played.

Snowboarding, Slope style, Men’s Women’s Snowboarder X, Skiing, Men's Women's Best Trick, Snowmobiling, Freestyle, SnoCross, and Snow skating are among other popular events.

Some of the most popular events in these games are as follows:

SnowCross- It is a kind of Snowmobile racing to check the skills of endurance, and speed. The final race is made up of twenty laps.

Skier X and Snowboarder X- Riders try to win on a 3,500-foot downhill path full of tabletop jumps, rollers, banked turns, and gaps.

Skiing Super Pipe and Snowboarding Super Pipe- 500-foot long, 16-foot deep Super Pipe is used to show aerial maneuvers.

Skiing Slope style and Snowboarding Slope style- It mainly checks the ability of freestyle riding.

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