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