BMX - best bmx'er?

i was just wondering who the top bmxer's are and what they specialize in.

i wanted to look up some videos to watch but i wasn't sure who to search for because i don't know anything about bmx.



i saw a trailer once that i really liked. i remember it started off with a guy on a halfpipe rolling slowly, then he just jumps off and does a backflip off onto the ramp. (i THINK that's how it started off). can somebody name that video for me please.

That would most likely be Dave Mirra in the video Sentenced to Life.

ah yes, that's the one.

thanks.

can you recommend a couple more videos that people consider the best and also name me a few top riders.

(so is mirra the best? i hear his name a lot)

Dave Mirra is basically the Tony Hawk of BMX

but I wouldn't really say Dave Mirra is the best... everyone is different, so there really is no best.. I would check out the Animal videos (All Day, Can I Eat?) those are some of my favorites and can be conveniently found on google video. As for riders, I'll name my favorites...
edwin delarosa, bob scerbo, eddie cleveland, tyrone williams, corey martinez, matt beringer, tom white, josh stricker, steve hamilton, van homan, lino gonzalez, jared washington, blackman, dave mirra

My favorites, more or less in order...
Eddie Cleveland, Edwin DeLarosa, Ian Schwartz, Chase Hawk, Bob Scerbo, Gary Young

The Odyssey video is really good, as are the Animal ones and the Lotek Mixtape.

Yeah, I forgot about the Lotek Mixtape. Eddie Cleveland and Bob Scerbo's parts in that are amazing.

I like the way Mike Aitken and Edwin Delarosa ride. I also enjoy Adam Banton. Get a hold of the oddessy video its on Limewire and isohunt.com and suck. Its a good watch

my fav is Edwin Delarosa

Yeah, pretty much everyone loves Edwin... although sometimes he is criticized for grinding as much as he does. And I do think Tyrone is very underrated... I really like his style.

Perry Kramer, Bob Haro...

gary young, sooo smooth

i cant wait for the new Fitlife vid, van homan, brian foster, delarosa, chase hawk, tom white, mike aitken, some of the best riders and doing what they do best all in one video, due in september .
My favourite riders = morgan wade , josh harrington, brian foster, chase hawk, edwin delarosa, adam banton and of course, corey martinez. steve hamilton is also good

morgan wade is insane. nuff said.

Flow/style/freaking good: Ruben, Aitken, Inman, Chase Hawk
Vert: Jamie Bestwick, Dave Mirra
Street: Edwin, Van Homan, Corey Martinez
Park: Dave Mirra, Scotty Cranmer, Ryan Nyquist, Gary Young...


And of course me.

And of course me.
Aha. That one made me giggle.

wormz and jason levy http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-590226770575549750&q=jason+levy

Some of those tricks were completely insane...

Dave Mirra is basically the Tony Hawk of BMX
Really?? Mat Hoffman was defiontly the first to land a 900 on a bike.

I think he's referring to how well-known they are outside of the sport.

tjlavin,chris doyle,cory nastazio

Dave Mirra is basically the Tony Hawk of BMX


i hope you dont think that.

chris doyle

fixed. the other two were horrible.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1827208903573412623&q=dave+mirra&hl=en

360 backflip tuck no hander

HOLY **** ! That was insane. Dave Mirra deserves a lot more credit than he gets.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1827208903573412623&q=dave+mirra&hl=en

360 backflip tuck no hander

My wife and I do that on our tandem at the skate park all the tiime.

guns o' steel: i said the same thing...and that frontflip no hander/one hander was booooooosted

HOLY **** ! That was insane. Dave Mirra deserves a lot more credit than he gets.


no. he doesnt.

no. he doesnt.
yes. he does. who else do you know that does that?

no. he doesnt.

are you kidding me? did you see the video?

no. he doesnt.
i whould like to know what it takes to impress people like you because dave mirra did things other riders have not even attempted in one session

to sum up everything for you guys DAVE MIRRA IS OVERRATED AND WASHED UP GET OVER IT AND MOVE ON. what are you going to do when he more than likely retires? who will you touch yourselfs to then? exactly. dave mirra might have broken ground but generally he is just trying to hang out to his last 15 minutes of fame. he doesnt deserve any more attention then he gets and further more im glad he got injured and couldn't ride x-gaymes. finally some one else who rode better then him got to win. even though every year people ride better and less sketchy than him.

again...360 backflip tuck no hander

no. he doesnt.
im gonna say i agree.

i completely respect what he does. and give him tons of credit. but thats the point. he doesnt deserve anymore credit then he gets. he already gets tons. he's MTV's poster boy for action 'sports'. what else could someone askfor then to be one of...scratch that...the most famous bmx rider in the world.

He is the most famous rider in the world for a reason... he's very good, and he enters televised contests, and he wins most of them. Trust me, he deserves tons of credit, but his style is just different from other people... I think people like Bob Scerbo and Edwin Delarosa are just as good- they just have different styles and don't enter the amount of televised contests that Mirra does.

Hoffman. Anyone that won a amature contest turn pro after winning then win the pro contest in the same day must be good.

Don't they teach English in Canada?

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I'm glad my post was so important to you that had to comment on my spelling/grammer. It doesn't say much about you. Oh well I've wasted too much of my day responding to you.

Grammar. Did you miss this? (http://www.bikeforums.net/showthread.php?t=148213)

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I thought you were done wasting your time responding to me. Apparently not.

lol. You need a life. Your not much of a person if you must complain about other people's grammar. My guess is I'm not the only one that thinks this of you.
Wrong. Rules are rules sir, and you may wish to follow them like everybody else.

Or at least acknowledge them.