BMX Weekly, San Diego, CA (2025)

09/25/2025

2025 TRA Double Cross and Dirt Jump Comp – Official Results

The 2025 TRA Double Cross and Dirt Jump Comp was held September 20 at the TRA compound in Macungie, PA. The pro invitational fundraiser event, presented by FIT and brought to you by S*M, Odyssey, Empire, Dirtsculpt, Titanium Finishing Company, HYDAC, Schroeder Industries, Blackman’s Cycle, Powers Bike Shop, Axlerad Screen Printing, Fictive Brand, A-Lot Excavating, Kynetik, Jaunt, Fabtech, HRP Designs, Steadfast Powder Coating, and Crest Flooring, drew riders from across the country to compete in both Pro 20” and 26” classes as well as the 15 & under amateur open wheel class. After the race, open wheel dirt jump comps for both Pro and amateur were held using the entire course with the combined score of two runs judged by TRA’s Facility Manager and 20″ Pro rider Brent Caprio, 3rd place Pro 20” podium finisher Louis Delfino, and HYDAC BMX Team’s Pro 26″ rider Taylor Barber. The event featured a $1500 pro purse with a winner-take-all cash prize in each class. Trophies to 3rd place were made by Fabtech with graphics by Penn Skate’s founder Chris Budinetz. Stay tuned for event coverage from our media partners.
(TRA BMX Mike Gentilcore)

Pro Double Cross 20”

Ethan Popovich
Nic Long
Louis Delfino

Pro Double Cross 26”

Evan Menditto
Elijah Mann
Devin Koziel

Pro Dirt Jump Comp

Nate McAllister
Chris Aceto
Kevin Stevens

15 & Under Open Wheel Double Cross:

Elliot Pettit
Marshall Warner
Max Meinel

15 & Under Amateur Dirt Jump Comp:

Elliot Pettit
Logan Wiggins
Marshall Warner

09/13/2025

2005 ABA World Championships – Ontario, CA

Would you call 2005 new school, or more toward the end of mid school? Not sure—but here’s a photo of Bubba Harris on the 24” Cruiser, winning the ABA Worlds in Ontario. This shot was featured in the Australian magazine BMXPress. Mike Day took second, and Randy Stumpfhauser won the Cruiser main that weekend.

Just a week later, at the 2005 UCI Worlds in Bercy, France, Bubba won the Elite final, with Mike Day taking second again, and Stumpy grabbed yet another Elite World Cruiser title (I think he won around five total).

Not a bad couple of weeks for all three of them.

BMXPress Magazine / Photo: Dan Mooney

09/02/2025

New Podcast -

Eddy King is in town (San Diego), and he and his mom dropped by for a catch-up. We hit the record button on the podcast as well.

We talk about San Diego’s deep history in BMX, some of the early tracks from the 70s, and the current San Diego BMX Track (run by Tyler Brown and his wife), which is one of the longest-running tracks in the U.S.—possibly the longest in history.

We also talk about Hall of Fames popping up around the country and ask: why don’t they have one in San Diego or So-Cal?

Other topics include Dirty Fest, the Oakley 50th Anniversary Party that Eddy attended, the NBA Awards, and the upcoming 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles—how it could be the perfect time for BMX history to shine with a side event, museum, or exhibition running alongside the Olympic BMX events.

We also touch on Harry Leary, some Kellogg’s talk, and more. Check it out!

08/29/2025

Thanks to Fabien Rolland for the photos from last week’s BOMD 3 event in France. I asked ChatGPT for more insight on BOMD 3—and here’s what came up.

BOMD 3 – La Terre Sacrée (Bicycle of Motocross Day) takes place August 22–23, 2025, in Montdoumerc, in the Lot region of southern France, and is a free, family-friendly vintage BMX festival that recreates the raw spirit of the sport’s 1970s origins.

The centerpiece is a specially built 400-meter downhill dirt track with jumps, whoops, sliding turns, and even a “pool jump,” where over 350 riders from around 10 countries will compete on old-school bikes.

Legendary guests like Stu Thomsen and other world champions will join the action, while the surrounding festival village offers food trucks, a bar, a vintage BMX market, bike exhibitions, fun contests like mullet competitions and kids’ draisienne races, plus vintage car displays and rock-vintage concerts to cap off the evenings.

With its American-style retro atmosphere, community-driven organization, and focus on heritage, racing, and good times, BOMD 3 promises an immersive time-capsule experience celebrating BMX culture at its roots.

08/12/2025

NEW Podcast -

Over in the UK at the moment, so going to knock out some podcasts while here. First up, one of the most hard-working, dedicated guys I know in the UK – and the guy behind the Malverns Classic – Si Paton.

Si came over earlier this week and we spent the whole day talking BMX, MTB, and more, and recorded an hour’s worth for the pod.
We talk about Si’s early days growing up in Birmingham, riding Birmingham Wheels with local legends Anthony Butt and the West Midlands early-’80s BMX scene. Si talks about skating alongside BMX and getting into the MTB scene when it was blowing up in the early ’90s in the UK.

We talk about Si putting on the National Downhill Series for British Cycling, bringing the Malverns back with backing from Clive Gosling and GT, and the ups and downs of running a monstrous event – plus how things are looking for this year’s event, which takes place in a few weeks’ time.

We also talk about the Bob Haro / Gumball 3000 – IKONIX Bike Launch London event he was part of last week. We discuss the possibility of a Frogtown or Dirty Fest–style BMX event as part of the future of the Malverns, and potentially even the British BMX Hall of Fame.

Lots more covered from mid-’90s Crewe BMX track sessions with Coach/Trainer Bob Fields (RIP), US trip to the States with Nigel Page. We talk Steve Peat, Jason McRoy, Dylan Clayton, Paul Roberts, the Mammoth Kamikaze, We Were RAD, the ’90s UK rave scene, and more.

It was great to catch up with Si, and hopefully we can do it again later in the year.

08/07/2025

ChatGPT’s thoughts on the World Championships trophies.

I know many of you have already seen just how cheap and poorly made the World Championships trophies from Denmark were last week. Who approved these embarrassing things? Who signed off on this for a World Championship event? It’s practically an insult to the riders who earned them. Despicable.

08/04/2025

New BMX Weekly Podcast – UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark with Tyler Brown

In this episode, we recap the 2025 UCI BMX World Championships in Copenhagen, Denmark.
We discuss the Elite Men’s and Women’s mains, the Men’s U23 final, and the continued dominance of the French on the world stage.
Niek Kimmann is back and looking strong. We also highlight standout Danish performances, finish line screams, Team USA struggles, and more.

📷

06/28/2025

Podcast – Anthony Howie Waye

Anthony Howie Waye is someone I’ve always wanted to do a podcast with, and finally—during a two-week trip to California this month with his daughter—Howie came over to hang out for the day, and we recorded a pod.

We covered a lot in this one, from the start of Howie’s BMX career to riding for GT in the U.S., and then becoming the biggest name and a dominant Pro in Australia during the late ’80s and into the ’90s.

We talk about him having to miss the 1989 home Worlds in Australia, meeting Mike Miranda and Toby Henderson, the competition down under, and the riders he battled with—guys like Paul Adams and Lee Egan—as well as the riders he respected and followed as a fan post-career, including Warwick Stevenson, Khalen Young, Sam Willoughby, Josh Jolly, Izaac Kennedy, and more.

We also get into GT, S&S Racing, his first Worlds in 1991 in Norway, racing Christophe Leveque for the first time, and landing on the cover of BMX Plus! from that same Worlds main with Leveque.

We dive into his 1994 trip to the U.S., winning the ABA World Cup in Toledo, Ohio, and then winning every lap on his way to the final at the 1994 World Championships at Waterford Oaks in Michigan. He shares his thoughts leading up to the main event, what happened once the gate dropped, and tearing his ACL.

We also cover the next chapter in Howie’s life after racing—coaching, his apparel brand LKYBLN, his return trip to the U.S., Dirty Fest, and so much more.

06/12/2025

Is mountain biking more BMX than BMX? Has BMX racing lost its way? Aussie Josh Jolly is cleaning up in BMX and now crushing it at Crankworx on the MTB. BMX Legends trip to Whistler, updated BMX GOAT talk, the French Olympic gold, silver and bronze retirement plan, Downhill World Cup talk, zone 2 riding, Dirty Fest, Surron talk and more. Dr. J came by and we covered the lot in this new episode of the BMX Weekly Podcast. Check it out!

06/09/2025

The Olympic Gold Medalist meets the King of Supercross!

Where else can you catch Niek Kimmann and Jeremy McGrath hanging out? Only at Dirty Fest 3 yesterday!

06/08/2025

Dirty Fest 3: Pistol Pete Loncarevich with his custom LRP. 🔥

06/07/2025

1 – Good to see Darrell Young at Dirty Fest 3, still looking fast and smooth after all these years.

2 – Matt Haden’s new signature Torker.

3 – Glenn Pavlovsky's ELF in the Crit Plate pits which once graced the cover of BMX Action Magazine.

4 – Mike Miranda can be seen chorusing around the pits in the Dirty Fest rig... FACTORY!

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