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,

Bill Ryan brings back the PASSION.  Supercross BMX has long been known for blending performance-driven design with progressive BMX culture, and the Passion Frame reignites that tradition. Designed as a true all-around freestyle frame, the Passion delivers a refined balance of strength, responsiveness, and adaptability for riders who demand reliability across park, street, trails, and beyond. Constructed from full seamless, heat-treated Chromoly, the Passion Frame is engineere

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