Kamren Larsen and Payton Ridenour climb the podium at the 2026 USA Cycling BMX Racing Elite National Championships. As racers from across the globe converge on Rock Hill, SC, the race for the sleeve previews the weekend with domestic racers battling for the coveted USA Cycling National Championship. With six championship classes lining up on top of the Rock Hill BMX 8-meter hill, fans were lining the track’s perimeter to watch the fast laps. Kicking off with the young guns of

The USA BMX Pro Series rolls into one of the sport’s most iconic venues this weekend as the USA BMX Carolina Nationals takes over Rock Hill, South Carolina, for three days of high-speed, bar-to-bar racing. As the second stop of the Pro Series calendar, the stakes are already growing, and the big hill at Rock Hill is ready to host some of the fastest racers on the planet. Previewing the speed for the weekend, the USA Cycling Elite National Championships race around the track o

Supercross Vision F1x: Formula 1 Carbon Meets the BMX Gate Supercross BMX has taken its championship-proven Vision F1 frame and pushed it even further with the new Vision F1x—a material upgrade aimed squarely at maximizing power out of the gate. While the geometry remains the same as the race-winning Vision F1, the big change is in the carbon. The F1x is built using a proprietary blend of Toray M40x and M46x prepreg carbon fiber, materials commonly found in Formula 1 chassis

After claiming the 2025 ABA Futures overall title, Matthew Weerts is stepping into the Men’s Pro class for the 2026 USA BMX Pro Series. Weerts reflects on the momentum he built last season, when his confidence began to click around the Derby City Nationals and carried him to the Futures crown. Originally starting at St. Peters BMX in Missouri, Weerts returned to racing as a teenager after several years away and quickly rose through the ranks. Now based in Florida, he’ll line

If you’ve been around BMX long enough, you know the signs when a rider is about to break out in a big way. Fast laps, cool nerves, and a trophy case that keeps getting heavier.  That rider is Derin Merten . Promax announced this week that they have signed Merten, a move that feels less like a gamble and more like a smart read of the 2025 results sheet. Merten comes in as the USA Cycling Junior National Champion, World No. 4 in Junior Women, the 2025 USA BMX Futures Champion,

Ask anyone outside BMX what makes the sport difficult, and they’ll point to the speed, the crashes, or the sheer physical demand. But anyone who’s ever rolled onto a gate knows the truth: the hardest part of BMX racing happens in your head. Recently, Kam Larsen touched on this in a TikTok that hit home: why practice and racing feel completely different, and why pressure changes everything. You can feel unstoppable during training, hitting lines cleanly and smoothly. Then race