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

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

He’s the defending champ for a reason. Cam Wood rolled into the 2025 USA BMX Pro Series with his cowboy hat, spurs, and a lasso made of...

The world's racers return to US soil—the birthplace of BMX and the legends that have built the sport into what it has become. Not since...