Dale Holmes, www.daleholmes.com, december 2005: Just got myself a copy of the new magazine BMX World www.bmxworldmag.com for sure its the best race magazine since Snap in the mid 90's. With Kyle Bennett on the cover and interview's with Kyle , Christophe Leveque, and Mike Day its a great read, race reports from all parts of the World and cool color picture's. Go get it if you can, support the magazine's that support racing, for people in the US you can get it at Barn's and Noble. Warwick Wheeler and Craig Sainsbury from Australia are responsible for the mag with Greg Leasure as the main man in the States.
98 pages in color.
4 pages on Vintage BMX!
Races, Races and more Races.
Great Britian, Japan, Switzerland, New Zealand.
tons of USA Races covered.
Pohlkamp, Upshaw, Stumpy coverage.
Dirt and Street stuff.
Olympic info.
Issue #3 of BMX World Magazine will be out on news stands April 10th, 2006.
Giant Eric Rupe interview.
Ryan Guettler interview.
Pop Session Estonia.
NZ X-Air BMX Games.
Xmas Classic.
Silver Dollar Nationals.
Gator Nationals.
RM59 Tropical National.
-Matt Pohlkamp interview
-NBL Golden State Nationals
-SE 30 years of radness
-Redline history
-ABA Great Salt Lake Nationals
-USAC Championships
-European UCI rounds 5-8
-ABA Midwest Nats and Spring Nationals
+ more
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, march 2008: The covers of BMX WORLD magazine unfolds. You can see the 2008 March/April cover of the 100% race magazine on your right. That's Kyle Bennett getting the holeshot and the cover at the same time. The inside cover is an interesting (and expensive) place to advertise on. With the unfoldable cover it gives Redline three pages on a prime spot.
The contents page of the latest issue reads the following:
-Insideline 8
-Off-Track 11
-Joey Bradford Kickin' it with Big Black 12
-Days of the Wildman 14
-Now that's a first: Randy Stumpfhauser 16
-My ride: Aaron Johnson 18
-Pro talk 19
-What's hot and what's not 2008 20
-2008 UCI BMX Pacific-Oceanic series round 2&3 page 22
-Me, you, and your mom 24
-Perseverance - the story of an A-pro lifer; Jason Sherrill 26
-UCI SX - World Cup round 3, Salt Lake City 30
-"Dynamite" Dave Clinton interview 60
-UCI SX - World Cup round 4, France 46
-NBL Lake Mead 52
-Steven Cisar interview 60
-ABA Fall Nationals - Disney Cup 66
-ABA 2007 Grands 74
-Nic Long: ABA National #1 Amateur 82
-Bio: Kris Fox 86
-Generation next: Lee Lewis page 87
-Product 88
-Trade section 91
I've only had the opportunity to read the Dave Clinton interview and that was great. I remember following one of his clinics at our local track in Beek en Donk in 1980. I was ten and that big dude had a beard!
If you're looking for a 100% BMX race magazine there are no better options than this one.
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, may 2008: If you're an outsider and are wondering if BMX racing is still alive you should pick up a copy of BMX World magazine. The May-June issue has you covered with race reports from all over the world starting with the ABA SIlver Dollar Nationals, the NBL Christmas Classic, UCI SX in Spain, a report on the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, the NBL Coyote nats, the ABA Sooner Nationals and also reports form the European Indoor series (Round 1-6), Pacific Oceania UCI series (4-8) and the ABA Wild West shootout. This issue also comes with a Kyle Bennett Pull-Out Poster for your wall. Kyle is one of those dudes that could pick up a gold medal at the Olympics this summer so you won't be laughed at when you have his poster on the wall. 98 pages of 100% BMX racing is what you get in exchange of $ 5 bucks. The Andy Patterson interview is worth that much.
2008 UCI WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
EXCLUSIVE INTERVEIW WITH MARIS STROMBERGS - 2008 World Champion
HISTORY IN THE MAKING 2008 USA OLYMPIC TRIALS
UCI SX COPENHAGEN
NBL STARS AND STRIPES
ABA SUMMER NATIONALS
and much much more....
2008 ABA/NBL GRANDS, THE FUTURE GENERATION
ERA RACE
INTERBIKE
ABA BLACK JACK NATS
UCI SX SALTLAKE CITY AND FRANCE
2008 DISNEY CUP
2009 UCI BMX WORLDS AUSTRALIA, UCI SUPERCROSS, NBL GRANDS, 2009 AUSSIES, EURO SERIES, JASON 'JROG' ROGERS. OLD SKOOL GRANDS, ABA FIRST STATE PLUS MUCH MORE!!
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, december 2009: When Snap magazine folded a few years ago BMX racing coverage seemed to be left in the hands of BMX Plus! magazine. But there is more than that if you look around. A little search on Google will get you in the right direction. Spain has BMX A Tope, France has SOUL, the UK has Fastlane, and BMX World is another publication that covers the BMX racing scene. In fact, there's nothing but racing in the mag from the UCI World's in Australia to several UCI BMX World Cup events and the NBL Grands. With the mag focused on BMX racing it might just be the mag to get if all you care about is getting around the track as fast as possible. The product reviews are racing parts, the full page crash section is all about racing spills and also the racing companies support the mag with their ads on the high quality paper. You might have seen the results on the internet already before the mag drops on your doormat but if you're into reading a magazine over watching the internet, I can advise you to contact BMX WORLD mag a.s.a.p.